American League Roundup
Orlando Cabrera's fourth hit drove in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning as the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland, 6-3, last night, handing the Indians their ninth loss in 10 games.
WHITE SOX 6, INDIANS 3
CLEVELAND - Orlando Cabrera's fourth hit drove in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning as the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland, 6-3, last night, handing the Indians their ninth loss in 10 games.
Boone Logan (2-1) recorded four outs for the win and Bobby Jenks got the final three outs for his 13th save in 15 chances.
Jenks allowed two singles, then got Jhonny Peralta to hit into a double play and struck out Franklin Gutierrez to become the second-fastest reliever to notch 100 career saves, doing so in 187 games. Kazuhiro Sasaki did it in 160.
The White Sox won for the 10th time in 12 games.
Nick Swisher opened the 12th with a single off righthander Scott Elarton (0-1). Pinch-runner DeWayne Wise went to third on a single to right by Alexei Ramirez and scored on a single to right by Cabrera, who was then caught in a rundown trying for second.
After A.J. Pierzynski was intentionally walked, Ramirez scored on a grounder by Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye got another intentional walk. Brian Anderson then slapped an RBI double just inside the first-base line to make it 6-3.
Elarton, called up from the minors on Saturday, was making his first relief appearance in the majors since Sept. 6, 2003, when he was with Colorado.
David Dellucci and Jhonny Peralta hit solo homers in the first and fifth innings for Cleveland, but the Indians' offense continued to struggle. Cleveland came in last in the AL with a .232 average, and stranded 13 runners while going 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
The White Sox, next-to-last in hitting with a .243 mark entering the game, weren't much better until their winning rally.
Dellucci's fifth homer in the bottom half tied it and the Indians copied Chicago's early effort in the third when their first three batters all reached safely, but only one run scored on a single by Victor Martinez to make it 2-1.
Jim Thome homered in the sixth off fellow ex-Phillie Paul Byrd to get Chicago within 3-2. The blast was the 517th of his career, putting him three behind Frank Thomas for 18th place on the all-time list and four behind Ted Williams and Willie McCovey.
Chicago 100 001 100 003–6 17 0
Cleveland 101 010 000 000–3 12 0
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Cleveland AB R H BI Avg.
OCabrera ss 6 2 4 1 .241 Sizemore cf 6 0 0 0 .254
Pierzynski c 5 1 3 1 .293 Dellucci dh 3 2 2 1 .228
Quentin lf 6 0 2 1 .302 a-Garko ph-dh 2 0 0 0 .233
Dye rf 5 0 0 0 .285 BFrancisco lf 6 0 1 0 .338
Thome dh 5 1 2 2 .207 VMartinez c-1b 6 0 3 1 .305
2-BAndsn pr-dh 1 0 1 1 .250 Aubrey 1b 4 0 0 0 .200
Konerko 1b 6 0 0 0 .204 1-JCarroll pr-2b 1 0 1 0 .214
Crede 3b 4 0 2 0 .264 Peralta ss 5 1 1 1 .218
Swisher cf 5 0 1 0 .205 FGutierrez rf 5 0 1 0 .234
3-Wise pr-cf 0 1 0 0 .000 Blake 3b 4 0 2 0 .221
AlRamirez 2b 5 1 2 0 .213 ACabrera 2b 3 0 1 0 .182
Totals 48 6 17 6 b-Shoppach ph-c 1 0 0 0 .219
Totals 46 3 12 3
a-struck out for Dellucci in the 9th. b-lined out for Cabrera in the 10th.1-ran for Aubrey in the 10th. 2-ran for Thome in the 11th. 3-ran for Swisher in the 12th. LOB: Chicago 9, Cleveland 13. 2B: Cabrera (7), Anderson (5), Martinez (9). HR: Thome (10), off Byrd; Peralta (10), off Vazquez; Dellucci (5), off Vazquez. RBIs: Cabrera (12), Pierzynski (17), Quentin (44), Thome 2 (27), Anderson (9), Dellucci (15), Martinez (17), Peralta (17). SB: Anderson (1). CS: Crede (2), Gutierrez (2). S: Peralta. GIDP: Cabrera, Pierzynski, Ramirez, Peralta. RLSP: Chicago 6 (Quentin, Konerko 4, Crede); Cleveland 9 (Sizemore 3, Francisco, Aubrey, Gutierrez 2, Shoppach 2). RA: Quentin, Thome, Gutierrez. DP: Chicago 1 (Cabrera, Ramirez and Konerko); Cleveland 3 (2 by Cabrera, Peralta and Aubrey), (Peralta, Cabrera and Aubrey) .
Chicago walks (3): Pierzynski, Dye, Crede.
Cleveland walks (4): Aubrey, Gutierrez, Blake, Cabrera.
Chicago strikeouts (8): Cabrera, Pierzynski, Quentin, Dye 3, Konerko, Ramirez.
Cleveland strikeouts (11): Sizemore 2, Garko 2, Francisco 2, Aubrey, Peralta 2, Gutierrez, ACabrera.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA JVazquez 6 9 3 3 2 2 103 3.52 Dotel 12/3 1 0 0 0 3 27 3.48 Thornton 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.57 Linebrink 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 1.17 Masset 2/3 0 0 0 2 0 17 3.38 Logan (W) 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 25 2.65 Jenks (S) 1 2 0 0 0 1 9 1.69
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA PByrd 62/3 10 3 3 1 1 80 4.10 RPerez (BS) 11/3 1 0 0 0 3 26 3.09 RBetancourt 2 1 0 0 0 3 22 5.66 Borowski 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 12.00 Elarton (L) 1 4 3 3 2 0 18 27.00 W: Logan, 2-1. L: Elarton, 0-1. S: Jenks, 13. BS: RPerez, 3.
IR-S: Thornton 2-0, Logan 2-0, RPerez 1-1. IBB: off Elarton (Dye) 1, off Elarton (Pierzynski) 1, off Masset (Blake) 1. HBP: by JVazquez (Dellucci). WP: Dotel. PB–VMartinez. Umpires: Home, Paul Nauert; First, James Hoye; Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Gerry Davis.
T: 4:02. A: 31,006 (43,545).
TORONTO - Toronto defeated Kansas City to complete its first four-game sweep of the Royals.
Toronto outscored the Royals by 23-4 in the series as it extended Kansas City's losing streak to eight - the Royals' longest since Sept. 17-26, 2006.
Gregg Zaun and Marco Scutaro both homered for Toronto as Shaun Marcum won for the first time in four starts. The Blue Jays have won 11 of their last 14.
Toronto centerfielder Alex Rios threw out a runner at the plate for the second straight game. Rios, who erased Jose Guillen on Sunday, nailed Alex Gordon trying to come home from second on Mark Teahen's single in the eighth.
Kansas City 000 002 000–2 7 1
Toronto 040 021 00x–7 9 1
Kansas City AB R H BI Avg. Toronto AB R H BI Avg.
DeJesus lf 3 0 0 0 .270 SStewart lf 4 0 1 0 .265
Grudzielank 2b 5 0 0 0 .290 Inglett 2b 4 1 0 0 .268
AGordon 3b 3 1 2 0 .287 AHill 2b 0 0 0 0 .267
JGuillen dh 3 0 0 0 .249 Rios cf 4 0 2 2 .263
Butler 1b 4 1 1 0 .261 Rolen 3b 4 1 1 0 .302
Teahen rf 4 0 2 1 .249 Stairs dh 3 0 0 0 .279
Olivo c 3 0 1 1 .292 Overbay 1b 4 1 1 1 .286
Pena ss 3 0 0 0 .162 Scutaro ss 3 2 2 1 .263
a-EGerman ph 1 0 0 0 .139 Wilkerson rf 2 0 0 1 .205
Gathright cf 4 0 1 0 .256 Zaun c 3 2 2 2 .264
Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 31 7 9 7
a-struck out for Pena in the 9th. E: Butler (1), Inglett (1). LOB: K.C. 9, Toronto 2. 2B: Rios (11), Rolen (11), Zaun (6). HR: Scutaro (2), off Tomko; Zaun (2), off Tomko. RBIs: Teahen (13), Olivo (20), Rios 2 (22), Overbay (18), Scutaro (17), Wilkerson (13), Zaun 2 (8). SB: Olivo (2), Rios (11), Scutaro (4). SF: Olivo, Wilkerson. GIDP: Rios, Overbay. RLSP: K.C. 5 (Grudzielanek 2, Olivo 2, Pena); Toronto 2 (Stairs 2). RA: DeJesus. DP: K.C. 2 (Pena, Grudzielanek and Butler), (Soria, Pena and Butler).
K.C. walks (1): DeJesus.
Toronto walks (1): Stairs.
K.C. strikeouts (8): Grudzielanek 3, AGordon, Teahen, Olivo, Pena, EGerman.
Toronto strikeouts (5): SStewart, Rolen 2, Stairs 2.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Tomko (L) 6 8 7 6 0 4 107 6.11
Peralta 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 5.40
Soria 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 0.93
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Marcum (W) 71/3 5 2 1 1 6 99 2.64
Carlson 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.74
Frasor 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 23 3.63
W: Marcum, 5-3. L: Tomko, 2-6. .
IR-S: Carlson 2-0, Frasor 2-0. HBP: by Marcum (JGuillen), by Marcum (AGordon), by Marcum (DeJesus). WP: Marcum. Umpires: Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Scott Barry; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Brian Gorman.
T: 2:32. A: 23,157 (49,539).
ORIOLES 6, YANKEES 1
BALTIMORE - Garrett Olson outpitched fellow rookie Darrell Rasner as Baltimore ended New York's five-game winning streak.
Nick Markakis went 3 for 4 with a home run, and Aubrey Huff also homered for the Orioles, who snapped a five-game skid that began with successive defeats in New York.
Rasner (3-1) had won each of his three starts since being recalled from the minors May 4, and yesterday's game was a rematch of five days earlier, when both pitched at Yankee Stadium. In that game, an 8-0 New York victory, Rasner threw seven scoreless innings.
This time it was Olson (4-1) who excelled, not allowing a hit after the third inning. He struck out seven.
Baltimore 000 001 50x–6 9 0
New York AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Damon lf 4 0 1 0 .265 BRoberts 2b 3 1 0 0 .258
Jeter ss 3 0 0 0 .282 Mora 3b 4 1 1 1 .239
Abreu rf 4 0 0 0 .288 Markakis rf 4 2 3 2 .258
ARodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0 .289 Huff dh 4 1 2 3 .246
Matsui dh 4 1 3 0 .331 Scott lf 3 0 0 0 .250
SDuncan 1b 4 0 0 0 .164 Payton lf 0 0 0 0 .237
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 .224 Millar 1b 4 0 1 0 .236
Moeller c 2 0 1 1 .265 RHernandez c 4 1 1 0 .215
MlCabrera cf 4 0 0 0 .249 AJones cf 4 0 1 0 .253
Totals 31 1 5 1 Bynum ss 3 0 0 0 .234
Totals 33 6 9 6
LOB: New York 8, Baltimore 5. 2B: Matsui (9), Markakis (6), Huff (11). HR: Huff (8), off Veras; Markakis (9), off Rasner. RBIs: Moeller (8), Mora (25), Markakis 2 (24), Huff 3 (28). SB: Jeter (3), Rodriguez (3). RLSP: New York 3 (Rodriguez, SDuncan, Cabrera); Baltimore 4 (Huff, Millar, Bynum 2). RA: Cano.
N.Y. walks (4): Jeter, Rodriguez 2, Moeller.
Baltimore walks (2): Roberts, Scott.
N.Y. strikeouts (8): Damon, Jeter 2, Abreu, Duncan 2, Cano, Moeller.
Baltimore strikeouts (6): Scott, RHernandez, AJones 2, Bynum 2.
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Rasner (L) 6 5 1 1 1 3 98 1.80
Hawkins 2/3 2 3 3 1 2 20 6.08
Veras 11/3 2 2 2 0 1 19 4.50
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Olson (W) 7 3 0 0 4 7 107 4.09
Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 2.70
JWalker 1 2 1 1 0 0 12 4.20
W: Olson, 4-1. L: Rasner, 3-1. IR-S: Veras 2-2. HBP: by Olson (Moeller). Umpires: Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Ted Barrett; Third, Dana DeMuth.
T: 2:46. A: 34,928 (48,290).
RAYS 7, RANGERS 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Scott Kazmir won his fourth straight start, striking out 10 in seven innings to lead first-place Tampa Bay over Texas.
Kazmir (4-1) retired his first 10 batters, seven on strikeouts, before Michael Young singled with one out in the fourth. Kazmir allowed one run and three hits, striking out the side in the first and third innings. He has given up two runs over 26 innings during his streak.
Eric Hinske hit a three-run homer for the 31-20 Rays, who are 11 games over .500 for the first time in the franchise's mediocre history.
Texas AB R H BI Avg. Tampa Bay AB R H BI Avg.
Kinsler 2b 3 1 1 3 .292 Iwamura 2b 4 1 2 0 .267
MiYoung ss 4 0 1 0 .280 Crawford lf 5 1 1 0 .280
Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 .327 Upton cf 4 0 2 2 .308
Bradley dh 4 0 0 0 .325 CPena 1b 4 0 3 1 .238
DaMurphy lf 3 0 0 0 .286 Longoria 3b 4 1 1 0 .247
Shelton 1b 3 0 0 0 .228 CFloyd dh 5 1 1 0 .255
Laird c 3 0 0 0 .267 Navarro c 4 1 3 1 .369
MByrd rf 3 1 1 0 .213 Hinske rf 4 1 2 3 .257
RVazquez 3b 3 1 2 0 .366 Gross rf 1 0 0 0 .228
Totals 30 3 5 3 Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0 .247
Totals 39 7 16 7
LOB: Texas 1, Tampa Bay 15. 2B: Vazquez 2 (9), Pena (5), Navarro (8). HR: Kinsler (7), off Glover; Hinske (9), off Ponson. RBIs: Kinsler 3 (31), Upton 2 (31), Pena (30), Navarro (18), Hinske 3 (25). CS: RVazquez (1). SF: Kinsler, Upton. RLSP: Tampa Bay 8 (Upton 2, Longoria, CFloyd 3, Hinske 2). RA: Crawford.
Tampa Bay walks (6): Iwamura 2, Pena, Longoria, Navarro, Bartlett.
Texas strikeouts (12): Kinsler, MiYoung, Hamilton, Bradley 3, DaMurphy, Shelton, Laird 2, MByrd, RVazquez.
Tampa Bay strikeouts (1): Longoria.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Ponson (L) 5 12 5 5 3 1 94 3.63
Rupe 3 4 2 2 3 0 61 4.40
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kazmir (W) 7 3 1 1 0 10 95 1.50
AReyes 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 4.35
Glover 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 8 5.52
TMiller 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.71
W: Kazmir, 4-1. L: Ponson, 3-1. Umpires: Home, Chris Guccione; First, Tim Welke; Second, Chuck Meriwether; Third, Bill Welke.
T: 2:43. A: 12,174 (36,048).