Felix Hernandez tries to build separation from Cy Young Award pack

We'll see Felix Hernandez take another shot tonight at trying to break away from that pack of contenders for the American League Cy Young Award. Hernandez had a rare off day in Cleveland his last time out, but so did most of the other contenders this week. Justin Verlander picked up his 14th win for the Tigers, but also gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings and saw his ERA drift back to 3.38. Roy Halladay got pounded for seven runs over six innings and saw his ERA pushed back to 3.03. Josh Beckett gave up eight runs in eight innings and his ERA stands at 3.65. Zack Greinke of the Royals, who had just one win since June, got a badly-needed eight-inning, two-run performance and actually lowered his ERA from 2.44 to 2.43. So, that puts Greinke at a dozen wins, just like Hernandez. In terms of ERA, Greinke is the only guy ahead of Hernandez's 2.73 in the AL. But as we mentioned last week, ERA alone likely won't be enough to get it done if Greinke can't pile on some more win...