ORIOLES 12, YANKEES 2
NEW YORK - Just when the slumping New York Yankees got Alex Rodriguez back, Derek Jeter went down with an injury that nearly led to a brawl with Baltimore.
Adam Jones hit a three-run double during Baltimore's seven-run first inning against Mike Mussina, as the Orioles routed New York, 12-2, last night in a testy game that included a homer by A-Rod in his return from the disabled list. Mussina (6-4) got only two outs against his former team - matching the shortest start of his 18-year career.
The Orioles took advantage of a two-out throwing error by Jeter in the first to build a big cushion for Daniel Cabrera (5-1), who handed the Yankees (20-25) their fourth straight loss and sixth in seven games.
Kevin Millar and Luke Scott added tack-on homers for the surprising Orioles, who have won eight of 10. Jones finished with a career-high four hits and four RBIs.
With Baltimore up by 9-0 in the third, Cabrera hit Jeter on the left hand with a 2-1 pitch and the shortstop spun away in pain. Jeter was quickly removed from the game. X-rays were negative; he is listed as day-to-day with a bruised hand.
In the sixth, New York reliever LaTroy Hawkins threw one pitch inside to Scott and then the next one over his head. Hawkins was ejected, and both benches emptied, but no punches were thrown.
Baltimore 720 100 020–12 12 1
New York 000 002 000– 2 7 2
Baltimore AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
BRoberts 2b 4 1 1 1 .271 Damon lf 4 0 1 0 .250
LHernandez 2b 1 0 0 0 .247 Jeter ss 1 0 0 0 .312
Mora 3b 5 0 0 0 .251 1-Gnzalezpr-ss 2 0 0 0 .225
Cintron 3b 0 0 0 0 .571 BAbreu rf 4 1 2 0 .286
Markakis rf 5 0 1 0 .258 ARodriguez 3b 3 1 1 2 .287
Huff dh 4 2 1 1 .250 SDuncan 1b 1 0 0 0 .189
Millar 1b 4 3 2 1 .241 HMatsui dh 4 0 1 0 .303
Scott lf 4 3 1 2 .278 Giambi 1b 3 0 2 0 .204
RHernandez c 3 1 1 1 .212 Ensberg 3b 1 0 0 0 .211
AJones cf 5 1 4 4 .265 Cano 2b 3 0 0 0 .200
Bynum ss 5 1 1 1 .267 MlCabrera cf 3 0 0 0 .250
Totals 40 12 12 11 JMolina c 3 0 0 0 .200
Totals 32 2 7 2
1-ran for Jeter in the 3rd. E: Mora (5), Damon (1), Jeter (5). LOB: Baltimore 7, New York 4. 2B: AJones (9). 3B: Roberts (3). HR: Scott (4), off Veras; Rodriguez (5), off Cabrera; Millar (6), off Ohlendorf. RBIs: Roberts (17), Huff (24), Millar (22), Scott 2 (16), Hernandez (18), AJones 4 (15), Bynum (1), Rodriguez 2 (13). GIDP: Jeter, Ensberg, Cabrera. RLSP: Baltimore 3 (Mora, AJones, Bynum); New York 1 (Cabrera). RA: Mora. DP: Baltimore 3 (Bynum, Roberts and Millar), (Mora, Roberts and Millar), (LHernandez, Bynum and Millar); New York 1 (Rivera and Duncan).
Baltimore walks (6): BRoberts, Huff, Millar, Scott, RHernandez 2.
Baltimore strikeouts (8): BRoberts, Markakis 3, Millar, Scott, AJones, Bynum.
New York strikeouts (5): AlGonzalez 2, Giambi, Cano, MlCabrera.
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
DCabrera (W) 7 5 2 2 0 4 86 3.48
Cormier 2 2 0 0 0 1 22 1.35
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Mussina (L) 2/3 5 7 1 2 1 41 4.11
Ohlendorf 31/3 4 3 1 2 3 47 5.60
Hawkins 12/3 0 0 0 1 1 17 5.57
ERamirez 11/3 1 0 0 0 1 21 0.00
Veras 1 1 2 2 1 2 26 4.05
MRivera 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0.50
W: DCabrera, 5-1. L: Mussina, 6-4. IR-S: Ohlendorf 1-0. HBP: by DCabrera (Jeter). WP: Mussina, Ohlendorf. Umpires: Home, Chuck Meriwether; First, Bill Welke; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Tim Welke. T: 2:54. A: 51,617 (56,936).
TORONTO - John Lackey won for the first time since Sept. 28, pitching seven strong innings to help Los Angeles get a rare victory in Toronto.
Casey Kotchman broke a 1-1 tie by doubling home Torii Hunter in the third inning, and the Angels snapped a four-game road losing streak in a ballpark where they have struggled in recent years.
Los Angeles, loser of 14 of 16 in Toronto coming in, improved to 19-38 at Rogers Centre since 1996.
Los Angeles 101 000 100–3 5 0
Toronto 100 000 000–1 9 1
Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg. Toronto AB R H BI Avg.
Izturis 3b-ss 5 1 0 0 .216 Wilkerson rf 3 1 1 1 .213
Matthews Jr. lf 4 1 1 0 .224 AHill 2b 5 0 2 0 .276
Guerrero rf 3 0 1 1 .260 Rios cf 4 0 1 0 .253
GAnderson dh 4 0 0 0 .282 Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0 .294
Hunter cf 3 1 1 0 .293 Stairs dh 4 0 0 0 .286
Kotchman 1b 4 0 2 1 .316 SStewart lf 4 0 1 0 .248
Napoli c 0 0 0 0 .258 Overbay 1b 3 0 0 0 .267
SRodriguez 2b 4 0 0 0 .184 Zaun c 3 0 1 0 .252
EAybar ss 0 0 0 0 .270 Scutaro ss 2 0 2 0 .259
Quinlan 3b 3 0 0 0 .235 Totals 32 1 9 1
Totals 30 3 5 2
E: Scutaro (2). LOB: Los Angeles 8, Toronto 11. 2B: Hunter (12), Kotchman (10). 3B: Matthews Jr. (1). HR: Wilkerson (1), off Lackey. RBIs: Guerrero (23), Kotchman (27), Wilkerson (7). SB: Rios (9). CS: AHill (2). SF: Guerrero. GIDP: GAnderson, SRodriguez, Wilkerson, SStewart, Zaun. RLSP: Los Angeles 4 (Matthews Jr. 2, Hunter, SRodriguez); Toronto 6 (Wilkerson, AHill 2, Rios 2, Stairs). RA: Kotchman. DP: Los Angeles 3 (Izturis and Kotchman), (SRodriguez, Izturis and Kotchman), (SRodriguez, Izturis and Kotchman); Toronto 2 (AHill, Scutaro and Overbay), (Rolen and Overbay).
Los Angeles walks (6): Matthews, Hunter, Napoli 3, Quinlan.
Toronto walks (7): Wilkerson 2, Rios, Overbay, Zaun, Scutaro 2.
Los Angeles strikeouts (5): Izturis, Matthews, Guerrero, SRodriguez 2.
Toronto strikeouts (8): Wilkerson, AHill, Rios 2, Rolen, Stairs 2, Zaun.
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lackey(W) 7 7 1 1 3 6 106 1.29
SShields(H) 1 2 0 0 1 1 14 3.93
FRodriguez(S) 1 0 0 0 3 1 33 2.79
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
McGowan(L) 61/3 5 3 2 4 4 101 4.21
Frasor 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.94
Carlson 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 1.86
Downs 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.29
W: Lackey, 1-0. L: McGowan, 2-4. S: FRodriguez, 18. H: SShields, 9. Frasor pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Frasor 1-1, Carlson 1-0. IBB: off Carlson (Napoli) 1, off McGowan (Napoli) 1. HBP: by McGowan (Napoli). Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Rick Reed; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Mark Wegner.
T: 2:46. A: 31,487 (49,539).
RED SOX 2, ROYALS 1
BOSTON - Boston rookie Justin Masterson pitched 61/3 strong innings against Kansas City, one day after Jon Lester's no-hitter against the Royals.
Masterson (1-0), 23, allowed a run and three hits in his second major-league start.
The Red Sox scored twice in the second inning, on Julio Lugo's sacrifice fly and Coco Crisp's ground-rule double.
Jonathan Papelbon ended a bases-loaded threat in the eighth by striking out Billy Butler and pitched a perfect ninth - with two more strikeouts - for his 13th save in 15 opportunities.
Kansas City 000 000 100–1 5 0
Boston 020 000 00x–2 5 0
Kansas City AB R H BI Avg. Boston AB R H BI Avg.
Dejesus cf 4 0 1 0 .268 Crisp cf 4 0 1 1 .297
Grdzielanek 2b 3 0 0 0 .316 Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 .296
AGordon 3b 3 0 3 0 .293 Ortiz dh 4 0 2 0 .253
JGuillen lf 4 0 0 0 .235 MRamirez lf 4 0 0 0 .292
Teahen rf 1 1 0 0 .261 Ellsbury lf 0 0 0 0 .276
Butler dh 4 0 0 0 .269 Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0 .265
Gload 1b 3 0 0 0 .255 Youkilis 1b 3 1 1 0 .328
JBuck c 4 0 1 1 .257 JDrew rf 3 1 1 0 .283
Pena Jr. ss 2 0 0 0 .167 Varitek c 2 0 0 0 .286
a-Cllspo ph-ss 1 0 0 0 .288 Lugo ss 1 0 0 1 .278
b-Olivo ph 1 0 0 0 .271 Cora ss 0 0 0 0 .409
Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 28 2 5 2
a-struck out for Pena Jr. in the 7th. b-struck out for Callaspo in the 9th. LOB: Kansas City 8, Boston 5. 2B: Dejesus (2), AGordon 2 (12), Crisp (8). RBIs: JBuck (14), Crisp (11), Lugo (11). SF: Lugo. GIDP: Butler. RLSP: Kansas City 4 (JGuillen 2, Butler 2); Boston 3 (Pedroia 2, Youkilis). RA: Grudzielanek, Butler, Lowell. DP: Boston 1 (Lugo, Pedroia and Youkilis).
Kansas City walks (5): Grudzielanek, AGordon, Teahen 3.
Boston walks (2): Varitek, Lugo.
Kansas City strikeouts (11): Grudzielanek, JGuillen 3, Teahen, Butler, Gload, JBuck 2, Callaspo, Olivo.
Boston strikeouts (10): Pedroia 2, MRamirez 3, Lowell, Youkilis 2, Varitek 2.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Meche(L) 7 5 2 2 2 8 119 5.58
RRamirez 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 1.86
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Masterson(W) 61/3 3 1 1 3 5 91 1.46
JLopez(H) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.18
Delcarmen(H) 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 6 5.71
Okajima(H) 2/3 1 0 0 2 1 26 0.90
Papelbon(S) 11/3 0 0 0 0 3 20 2.45
W: Masterson, 1-0. L: Meche, 3-6. S: Papelbon, 13. H: Delcarmen, 6. H: Okajima, 10. H: JLopez, 5.
IR-S: JLopez 1-0, Delcarmen 1-1, Papelbon 3-0. HBP: by Masterson (Gload). Umpires: Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Tom Hallion; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Brian Knight.
T: 2:50. A: 37,486 (37,400).
TIGERS 12, MARINERS 8
DETROIT - Justin Verlander struck out a season high of seven, and Edgar Renteria hit one of Detroit's four homers and matched his career high with five RBIs in the victory over Seattle.
Verlander (2-7) gave up a run and four hits and walked one in six innings, gaining his first victory in nearly a month.
Detroit 020 513 10x–12 17 3
Seattle AB R H BI Avg. Detroit AB R H BI Avg.
ISuzuki cf 4 0 3 0 .289 Granderson cf 5 2 2 3 .242
Beltre 3b 5 2 2 3 .246 Polanco 2b 5 0 3 1 .283
JoLopez 2b 3 0 0 0 .302 Sheffield dh 5 0 0 0 .180
a-Blmqist ph-2b 1 2 1 0 .171 Ordonez rf 4 2 2 1 .312
Ibanez lf 3 0 0 0 .295 Raburn lf 1 0 0 0 .258
b-Reed ph-lf 2 0 1 1 .500 MiCabrera 1b 4 2 3 0 .282
Vidro dh 5 0 2 1 .215 CGuillen 3b 4 2 2 2 .290
Sexson 1b 3 1 1 0 .203 Joyce lf-rf 3 1 0 0 .242
c-Cairo ph-1b 1 0 0 1 .182 Renteria ss 4 2 4 5 .281
Johjima c 4 0 1 0 .222 IRodriguez c 4 1 1 0 .264
Balentien rf 2 2 0 0 .212 Totals 39 12 17 12
YBetancourt ss 4 1 2 1 .261
Totals 37 8 13 7
a-singled for Lopez in the 8th. b-fouled out for Ibanez in the 8th. c-hit a sacrifice fly for Sexson in the 8th. E: Granderson (2), Raburn (3), Joyce (1). LOB: Seattle 7, Detroit 4. 2B: Vidro (6), Sexson (6), Granderson (4), Polanco (9), MiCabrera (9). 3B: Renteria (1). HR: CGuillen (4), off MLowe; Granderson (6), off Baek; Renteria (4), off Baek; Ordonez (7), off Baek; Beltre (9), off Verlander. RBIs: Beltre 3 (21), Reed (1), Vidro (19), Cairo (5), YBetancourt (15), Granderson 3 (15), Polanco (14), Ordonez (27), CGuillen 2 (20), Renteria 5 (23). SB: ISuzuki (21). CS: ISuzuki (2). SF: Cairo. GIDP: Cairo, IRodriguez. RLSP: Seattle 3 (Beltre, Ibanez, Johjima); Detroit 1 (MiCabrera). RA: Johjima, CGuillen, Joyce. DP: Seattle 2 (Beltre, JoLopez and Sexson), (YBetancourt and JoLopez); Detroit 1 (Polanco, Renteria and MiCabrera).
Seattle walks (4): ISuzuki, Bloomquist, Balentien 2.
Detroit walks (1): Joyce.
Seattle strikeouts (8): ISuzuki, Beltre, Ibanez 2, Vidro, Sexson 2, Balentien.
Detroit strikeouts (3): Granderson, Raburn, IRodriguez.
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Silva(L) 4 9 7 7 1 0 72 4.91
Baek 2 6 4 4 0 0 35 6.00
MLowe 1 2 1 1 0 2 16 4.00
Rowland-Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 3.15
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Verlander(W) 6 4 1 1 1 7 104 5.61
ALopez 2 5 3 2 1 0 40 2.30
Rapada 1/3 2 4 4 2 1 18 4.50
Cruceta 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2.08
TJones(S) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.32
W: Verlander, 2-7. L: Silva, 3-3. S: TJones, 7.
Cruceta pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. IR-S: Cruceta 2-2, TJones 2-0. WP: Baek. Umpires: Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Mike Reilly; Third, Bob Davidson.
T: 2:49. A: 39,463 (41,070).
TWINS 11, RANGERS 4
MINNEAPOLIS - Glen Perkins (1-1) pitched six scoreless innings for his first major-league win, helping Minnesota rout Texas.
The Rangers lost their third in a row after Minnesota roughed up starter Doug Mathis (1-1) for nine runs in 21/3 innings.
Mathis made his first major-league start since the Rangers purchased his contract from triple-A Oklahoma on May 11 to replace the injured Kevin Millwood.
Alexi Casilla, Mike Lamb and Delmon Young each had two RBIs for the Twins.
Texas AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Kinsler 2b 5 1 2 1 .301 CaGomez cf 4 1 1 0 .270
MiYoung ss 5 0 1 0 .280 Casilla 2b 4 1 2 2 .273
Hamilton rf 5 0 2 1 .321 Mauer c 4 2 3 1 .331
Bradley dh 4 1 1 0 .319 Morneau 1b 4 1 2 1 .304
DaMurphy lf 4 1 1 0 .279 Clark 1b 1 0 0 0 .286
MByrd cf 4 1 1 0 .190 Cuddyer rf 5 1 1 1 .225
Shelton 1b 4 0 0 0 .179 Kubel dh 2 2 1 0 .256
Sltalamacchia c 4 0 1 1 .209 DYoung lf 4 2 1 2 .283
Duran 3b 4 0 2 1 .192 Lamb 3b 3 0 2 2 .228
Totals 39 4 11 4 Everett ss 3 1 0 1 .183
Totals 34 11 13 10
E: Kinsler (8), Sltalamacchia (2), Casilla (1). LOB: Texas 9, Minnesota 6. 2B: Mauer (10), Cuddyer (6), Kubel (5). 3B: CaGomez (3), DYoung (4). RBIs: Kinsler (22), Hamilton (51), Sltalamacchia (7), Duran (4), Casilla 2 (5), Mauer (19), Morneau (35), Cuddyer (14), DYoung 2 (14), Lamb 2 (19), Everett (7). SF: Mauer, Lamb. GIDP: CaGomez, Cuddyer. RLSP: Texas 4 (Hamilton 2, Bradley, Shelton); Minnesota 2 (Morneau, DYoung). RA: MByrd. DP: Texas 2 (Kinsler, MiYoung and Shelton), (MiYoung, Kinsler and Shelton).
Minnesota walks (5): CaGomez, Casilla, Kubel 2, Everett.
Texas strikeouts (5): MiYoung 2, Shelton 3.
Minnesota strikeouts (2): CaGomez, Casilla.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Mathis(L) 21/3 8 9 6 4 0 70 10.13
FGerman 32/3 2 0 0 1 1 43 2.08
Rupe 2 3 2 2 0 1 32 4.23
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Perkins(W) 61/3 6 3 2 0 3 96 3.44
Bass 22/3 5 1 1 0 2 36 3.72
W: Perkins, 1-1. L: Mathis, 1-1. .
IR-S: FGerman 3-2, Bass 3-1. IBB: off Mathis (Kubel) 1. HBP: by Perkins (Bradley). Umpires: Home, Jim Joyce; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Tim Tschida.
T: 2:39. A: 19,376 (46,632).