Around the Bases: Walk-off wins reign supreme on Monday night

Rays 2, Red Sox 1: The Rays took over first place in the AL East Monday night, doing so on the back of David Price, who pitched 7 1/3 innings, striking out eight and walking none.

The Rays appear to have benefited from some "human error" in this one, as it looks as though Daniel Nava should have been called safe here.

Dear @RedSox scoreboard operator - your standings are wrong. Yours truly, @RaysBaseball.

— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) July 30, 2013

Don't worry @raysbaseball we look forward to seeing you in Tampa in September for our home games at the Trop.

— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) July 30, 2013

Rangers 4, Angels 3: The Rangers would come back from a one-run deficit with two solo-home runs in the ninth inning of this one. A.J. Pierzynski tied the game up, and then Geovany Soto walked-off on this:

Indians 3, White Sox 2: Continuing the theme of thrilling Monday-night games, the Indians would win this one on a walk-off home run by Jason Giambi.

Giambi, who nearly became the Rockies' manager this offseason, accomplished something special with that home run.

.@EliasSports: Jason Giambi breaks Hank Aaron’s record as oldest player in @MLB history to hit a walk-off homer.

— MLB (@MLB) July 30, 2013

Pirates 9, Cardinals 2: In the first of a five-game series between the two teams atop the NL Central, the Pirates cruised to a victory. Cardinals starter Jake Westbrook was not very effective Monday, allowing four runs in the first inning. Pedro Alvarez did all the necessary work with a three-run home run in the first.

Braves 9, Rockies 8: After his absurd defensive show on Sunday night, Andrelton Simmons followed that up by hitting a walk-off home run. The Braves only had to get to that point because Jordan Walden blew a save. Craig Kimbrel had been used a lot lately, and the team likely wanted to rest him.

Mets 6, Marlins 5: Jeremy Hefner was solid, allowing three runs over 5 1/3 innings in this one. The Mets took the lead for good on an RBI double by first baseman Ike Davis.

Brewers 5, Cubs 0: This game was scoreless until the ninth inning, when the Brewers erupted for five runs off the recently acquired Pedro Strop. The go-ahead run came on an RBI single by Carlos Gomez.

Athletics 9, Blue Jays 4: Of all the games from Monday, this one really lacked the storyline or drama of the others. The A's scored a bunch, A.J. Griffin was solid, and Yoenis Cespedes hit a triple and a home run.

Padres 2, Reds 1: The Reds had the lead up until the last pitch of the game, when Chris Denorfia fittingly ended Around the Bases on this walk-off bomb: