Umpire ejects four as Bosox beat Twins
MINNEAPOLIS - Jason Varitek hit two home runs, then was one of four people ejected by young umpire Todd Tichenor during separate arguments in the seventh inning of Boston's 3-1 victory over Minnesota yesterday.
MINNEAPOLIS - Jason Varitek hit two home runs, then was one of four people ejected by young umpire Todd Tichenor during separate arguments in the seventh inning of Boston's 3-1 victory over Minnesota yesterday.
The 32-year-old Tichenor, up from the triple-A Pacific Coast League, gave the boot to both catchers and both managers during a wild seventh inning.
"Everybody handles things differently," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said of Tichenor. "It looked like he had his hands full today."
In the seventh, Twins catcher Mike Redmond argued a call at the plate, and Tichenor tossed Redmond almost immediately after the catcher approached him.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire jumped out of the dugout to defend Redmond and was ejected himself.
In the bottom of the inning, Red Sox starter Josh Beckett seethed when he didn't get a called strike three. Varitek stood up to intervene, turned around and got in Tichenor's face.
Ejection No. 3.
Then it was Francona's turn to defend his player. See ya.
Boston 000 010 200 – 3 6 0
Minnesota 010 000 000 – 1 5 0
Boston AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Ellsbury cf 3 0 0 0 .302 Span cf 3 0 0 0 .311
Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 1 .333 Mauer dh-c 4 0 0 0 .407
J.Drew rf 3 0 0 0 .252 Morneau 1b 3 0 1 0 .342
Youkilis 1b 2 0 1 0 .375 Kubel rf 4 0 0 0 .331
Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 .303 Crede 3b 4 1 1 1 .240
D.Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 .194 B.Harris ss 3 0 2 0 .274
Varitek c 3 2 2 2 .248 Delm.Young lf 3 0 0 0 .245
Kottaras c 1 0 1 0 .200 Redmond c 2 0 0 0 .250
J.Bailey lf 4 1 1 0 .188 Henn p 0 0 0 0 ---
Lugo ss 3 0 0 0 .260 a-Cuddyer ph 0 0 0 0 .284
Totals 30 3 6 3 Ayala p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Buscher ph 1 0 0 0 .183
Tolbert 2b 3 0 1 0 .200
Totals 30 1 5 1
a-walked for Henn in the 7th. b-struck out for Ayala in the 9th. LOB: Boston 6, Minnesota 7. 2B: J.Bailey (3), B.Harris (5). HR: Varitek 2 (10), off Swarzak 2; Crede (9), off Beckett. RBIs: Pedroia (17), Varitek 2 (22), Crede (22). S: Span. SF: Pedroia. RLSP: Boston 1 (Lowell); Minnesota 4 (Redmond, Morneau, Tolbert, Buscher). RA: Lugo, Mauer. GIDP: Lowell, J.Bailey, Redmond. DP: Boston 1 (Pedroia, Lugo, Youkilis); Minnesota 2 (B.Harris, Tolbert, Morneau), (Crede, Tolbert, Morneau).
Boston walks (4): J.Drew, Youkilis 2, Lugo.
Minnesota walks (4): Morneau, B.Harris, Delm.Young, Cuddyer.
Boston strikeouts (3): D.Ortiz 2, Varitek.
Minnesota strikeouts (10): Span 3, Mauer, Morneau, Kubel 2, Crede, Delm.Young, Buscher.
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Beckett (W) 7 3 1 1 4 8 111 4.60
Okajima (H) 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 2.57
Papelbon (S) 1 1 0 0 0 1 19 2.45
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Swarzak (L) 6 5 3 3 4 3 103 2.08
Crain 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 7.43
Henn 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.15
Ayala 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 4.37
W: Beckett, 5-2. L: Swarzak, 1-1. S: Papelbon, 13. H: Okajima, 8.
Swarzak pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Crain 1-0, Henn 1-1. HBP: by Henn (Ellsbury). Umpires: Home, Todd Tichenor; first, Jerry Layne; second, Tony Randazzo; third, Chris Guccione.
T: 2:56. A: 23,958 (46,632).
Indians 2, Rays 1
CLEVELAND - Rookie David Huff and four relievers combined to stifle Tampa Bay, and Victor Martinez drove in both runs for Cleveland, which completed a sweep of the defending American League champions.
The Rays have now lost 17 in a row in Cleveland, the longest road losing streak against one team in club history.
Huff allowed four hits through four innings before giving way to rain. Kerry Wood worked the ninth for his eighth save.
Tampa Bay 000 001 000 – 1 8 0
Cleveland 001 010 00x – 2 7 0
Tampa Bay AB R H BI Avg. Cleveland AB R H BI Avg.
B.Upton cf 4 0 1 0 .192 A.Cabrera ss 4 1 2 0 .321
Crawford lf 4 0 2 0 .317 Sizemore dh 3 0 1 0 .223
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0 .324 V.Martinez 1b 4 0 1 2 .359
C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 .239 Choo rf 3 0 0 0 .289
W.Aybar 2b 4 1 2 1 .284 Jh.Peralta 3b 4 0 1 0 .267
Zobrist ss-rf 4 0 2 0 .304 Garko lf 3 0 0 0 .261
Dillon dh 2 0 0 0 .000 Crowe cf 0 0 0 0 .182
a-Gross ph-dh 2 0 0 0 .250 BFrancisco cf-lf 2 0 1 0 .259
Kapler rf 3 0 0 0 .188 Valbuena 2b 3 0 0 0 .182
Brignac ss 1 0 0 0 .200 Shoppach c 3 1 1 0 .228
Navarro c 4 0 0 0 .215 Totals 29 2 7 2
Totals 35 1 8 1
LOB: Tampa Bay 9, Cleveland 6. 2B: Zobrist (12), Sizemore (11), B.Francisco (10), Shoppach (3). HR: W.Aybar (3), off J.Lewis. RBIs: W.Aybar (12), V.Martinez 2 (36). SB: B.Upton (15). S: B.Francisco. RLSP: Tampa Bay 4 (W.Aybar, Navarro, Longoria 2); Cleveland 5 (Choo 2, Valbuena 2, Jh.Peralta). RA: Dillon, A.Cabrera, V.Martinez. GIDP: Choo. DP: Tampa Bay 1 (Zobrist, C.Pena).
Tampa Bay walks (2): B.Upton, C.Pena.
Cleveland walks (2): Sizemore, Choo.
Tampa Bay strikeouts (9): B.Upton, Longoria 2, C.Pena, W.Aybar 2, Zobrist, Gross, Kapler.
Cleveland strikeouts (11): Sizemore, V.Martinez 2, Choo 2, Jh.Peralta, Garko 3, Valbuena 2.
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Niemann (L) 3 5 1 1 1 4 53 4.44
Cormier 3 2 1 1 1 4 44 2.19
Howell 2 0 0 0 0 3 22 2.63
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Huff 4 4 0 0 1 2 71 10.97
J.Lewis 11/3 3 1 1 0 1 28 5.54
Herges (W) 12/3 1 0 0 0 3 30 1.35
R.Betancourt (H) 1 0 0 0 1 2 17 3.71
K.Wood (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 6.35
W: Herges, 1-0. L: Niemann, 4-4. S: Wood, 8. H: Betancourt, 7. H: 0, 1.
Niemann pitched to 1 batter in the 4th. IR-S: Cormier 1-0, Herges 1-0. WP: Cormier. Balk: J.Lewis. Umpires: Home, Jim Reynolds; first, Angel Hernandez; second, Bill Welke; third, Tim Welke.
T: 2:48 (Rain delay: 2:40). A: 27,356 (45,199).
Orioles 5, Tigers 1
BALTIMORE - Luke Scott homered twice and had four RBIs, David Hernandez pitched into the sixth inning to win his major-league debut, and Baltimore beat Detroit for its season-high fourth straight victory.
Nolan Reimold also homered for the Orioles. The rookie has connected in three straight games and has five in 14 games since he was recalled from triple-A Norfolk on May 14.
Detroit 000 010 000 – 1 5 0
Baltimore 010 010 03x – 5 11 2
Detroit AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Thomas lf 2 0 1 1 .264 B.Roberts 2b 4 0 2 0 .306
a-Raburn ph 1 0 0 0 .244 Ad.Jones cf 4 1 1 0 .357
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0 .263 Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 .297
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0 .263 A.Huff 1b 1 1 1 0 .273
Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 .366 Mora 3b 4 0 2 0 .276
Granderson cf 3 0 2 0 .254 Scott dh 4 2 2 4 .318
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0 .269 Reimold lf 4 1 1 1 .264
Larish dh 3 0 1 0 .228 Zaun c 3 0 0 0 .209
1-JAdrsn pr-dh 0 0 0 0 .302 C.Izturis ss 3 0 2 0 .256
Laird c 2 1 0 0 .238 Totals 31 5 11 5
Santiago ss 4 0 0 0 .329
Totals 30 1 5 1
a-flied out for Thomas in the 9th.1-ran for Larish in the 8th. E: Zaun (4), Mora (3). LOB: Detroit 10, Baltimore 5. 2B: Larish (1), A.Huff (14). HR: Scott (7), off Galarraga; Reimold (5), off Galarraga; Scott (8), off Perry. RBIs: Thomas (9), Scott 4 (22), Reimold (10). SB: Granderson (8). CS: A.Huff (4). S: Polanco. RLSP: Detroit 7 (Inge 2, Ordonez, Santiago 2, Mi.Cabrera, Laird); Baltimore 2 (Markakis, Reimold). RA: Ordonez, Markakis. GIDP: Inge, Laird, Ad.Jones, Mora, Reimold. DP: Detroit 3 (Inge, Polanco, Mi.Cabrera), (Inge, Polanco, Mi.Cabrera), (Inge, Polanco, Mi.Cabrera); Baltimore 2 (Mora, B.Roberts, A.Huff), (Mora, B.Roberts, A.Huff).
Detroit walks (7): Thomas 2, Granderson, Inge, Larish, Laird 2.
Baltimore walks (2): A.Huff 2.
Detroit strikeouts (5): Mi.Cabrera 2, Granderson, Larish, Santiago.
Baltimore strikeouts (5): Ad.Jones, Markakis, Mora, Reimold, Zaun.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Galarraga (L) 7 10 3 3 1 4 100 5.50
Seay 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 8 5.65
Perry 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 11 2.70
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Hernandez (W) 52/3 5 1 1 4 3 108 1.59
Albers (H) 1 0 0 0 2 1 17 4.91
Ji.Johnson (H) 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 14 3.28
Sherrill 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.61
W: Hernandez, 1-0. L: Galarraga, 3-5. H: Johnson, 8. H: Albers, 3.
Galarraga pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Seay 1-0, Perry 2-2, Albers 2-0, Ji.Johnson 1-0. HBP: by Galarraga (A.Huff). Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; first, Larry Vanover; second, Dan Iassogna; third, Sam Holbrook.
T: 2:46. A: 11,937 (48,290).