BOSTON - J.D. Drew hit an RBI single to spark an eighth-inning rally, then scored the go-ahead run on Mike Lowell's fly ball last night to help the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees, 4-3
It marked the first time the Red Sox have opened the season with eight straight wins against their New York rivals since they helped christen a brand-new Fenway Park in 1912 by winning the first 14 matchups against the then-New York Highlanders.
The teams don't meet again until Aug. 6.
Takashi Saito (1-0) earned his first AL victory with four outs of scoreless relief, and Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth for his 16th save. David Ortiz hit his third homer in five games.
Brad Penny pitched six shutout innings before the Yankees scored three times off Manny Delcarmen in the seventh to take a 3-1 lead. After cruising through seven innings, CC Sabathia (5-4) ran into trouble when Nick Green hit a leadoff single and Dustin Pedroia walked.
Drew singled to make it 3-2 and chase Sabathia after a season-high 123 pitches. Alfredo Aceves gave up a single to Kevin Youkilis to load the bases, and then another base hit to Jason Bay that tied it. Lowell hit a shallow fly ball to left-center, and Drew scored as Brett Gardner's throw bounced into the infield behind him.
Penny plunked Alex Rodriguez in the back in the first inning, and after a meeting of the umpires, both benches were warned. There were no further problems.
New York 000 000 300–3 10 1
Boston 010 000 03x–4 8 0
New York AB R H BI Avg. Boston AB R H BI Avg.
Jeter ss 5 0 2 0 .298 Pedroia 2b 3 1 0 0 .306
Damon lf 4 1 0 0 .286 J.Drew rf 4 1 2 1 .267
Teixeira 1b 5 0 0 0 .289 Youkilis 1b 3 0 1 0 .350
A.Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 2 .234 Bay lf 4 0 1 1 .277
Cano 2b 4 0 1 0 .293 Lowell 3b 3 0 0 1 .292
Swisher rf 4 0 1 0 .255 D.Ortiz dh 3 1 2 1 .203
Gardner cf 0 0 0 0 .267 Varitek c 4 0 0 0 .236
H.Matsui dh 3 0 2 0 .260 Baldelli cf 4 0 1 0 .259
MeCabrera cf-rf 4 1 2 0 .298 N.Green ss 3 1 1 0 .279
Cervelli c 4 1 1 1 .269 Totals 31 4 8 4
Totals 36 3 10 3
E: Damon (3). LOB: New York 9, Boston 7. 2B: A.Rodriguez (5), Swisher (14), Cervelli (2), J.Drew (13). HR: D.Ortiz (4), off Sabathia. RBIs: A.Rodriguez 2 (25), Cervelli (5), J.Drew (30), Bay (57), Lowell (40), D.Ortiz (25). SB: Jeter (12), A.Rodriguez (2). SF: Lowell. RLSP: New York 5 (Cano 3, Cervelli, H.Matsui); Boston 3 (Lowell, Baldelli 2). RA: Teixeira 2, Swisher. GIDP: N.Green. DP: New York 1 (Jeter, Cano, Teixeira); Boston 1 (Bay, Bay, N.Green, Pedroia).
New York walks (2): Damon, H.Matsui.
Boston walks (3): Pedroia, Youkilis, D.Ortiz.
New York strikeouts (7): Damon, A.Rodriguez, Swisher 2, H.Matsui, Me.Cabrera, Cervelli.
Boston strikeouts (7): Pedroia, J.Drew, Youkilis, Lowell, Baldelli 2, N.Green.
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sabathia (L) 7 6 4 4 2 6 123 3.68
Aceves (BS) 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 10 2.55
Coke 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 12 4.01
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Penny 6 6 0 0 1 5 117 5.32
Delcarmen (BS) 2/3 3 3 3 1 0 29 2.08
Saito (W) 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 23 2.53
Papelbon (S) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.00
W: Saito, 1-0. L: Sabathia, 5-4. S: Papelbon, 16. BS: Delcarmen, 1. BS: Aceves, 1.
Sabathia pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Aceves 2-2, Coke 2-0, Saito 1-0. HBP: by Penny (A.Rodriguez). Umpires: Home, James Hoye; first, C.B. Bucknor; second, Mike Everitt; third, Gerry Davis.
T: 3:39. A: 38,153 (37,373).
Athletics 4, Twins 3
OAKLAND, Calif. - Rajai Davis' single to right drove in the winning run in the ninth, and Oakland rallied from a three-run deficit to beat Minnesota.
Minnesota 000 300 000–3 8 0
Oakland 000 000 031–4 7 1
Minnesota AB R H BI Avg. Oakland AB R H BI Avg.
Tolbert 2b 4 0 0 0 .183 O.Cabrera ss 4 1 1 1 .234
B.Harris ss 4 0 1 0 .287 Kennedy 2b 2 1 1 2 .328
Mauer c 4 0 1 0 .410 Cust rf 4 0 1 0 .231
Morneau dh 4 1 2 0 .340 Holliday lf 4 0 0 0 .274
Kubel rf 2 1 1 0 .311 Giambi dh 2 0 1 0 .217
1-Gomez pr-cf 0 0 0 0 .216 2-Denorfia pr 0 1 0 0 .000
Crede 3b 4 1 1 3 .233 Powell c 2 0 0 0 .204
Cuddyer cf-rf 4 0 0 0 .262 a-K.Suzuki ph 0 0 0 0 .276
Buscher 1b 3 0 0 0 .195 D.Barton 1b 3 0 0 0 .000
Delm.Young lf 4 0 2 0 .252 R.Davis cf 4 0 1 1 .239
Totals 33 3 8 3 Hannahan 3b 3 1 2 0 .205
Totals 28 4 7 4
One out when winning run scored.a-was hit by a pitch for Powell in the 9th.1-ran for Kubel in the 8th. 2-ran for Giambi in the 9th. E: O.Cabrera (9). LOB: Minnesota 6, Oakland 6. 2B: Cust (7), Giambi (9). 3B: Hannahan (1). HR: Crede (10), off Cahill; Kennedy (5), off Blackburn. RBIs: Crede 3 (27), O.Cabrera (20), Kennedy 2 (21), R.Davis (3). S: D.Barton. RLSP: Minnesota 3 (Buscher, Tolbert, Crede); Oakland 3 (Holliday, R.Davis, D.Barton). GI DP: Tolbert, Mauer, O.Cabrera, R.Davis. DP: Minnesota 3 (Crede, Tolbert, Buscher), (Tolbert, Buscher), (B.Harris, Tolbert, Buscher); Oakland 2 (D.Barton, O.Cabrera, D.Barton), (Kennedy, O.Cabrera, D.Barton).
Minnesota walks (3): Kubel 2, Buscher.
Oakland walks (4): Kennedy, Giambi 2, Powell.
Minnesota strikeouts (4): B.Harris, Morneau, Buscher, Delm.Young.
Oakland strikeouts (3): O.Cabrera, Cust, Powell.
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Blackburn 8 6 3 3 3 3 97 3.31
Henn (L) 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 3.60
Guerrier 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.18
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cahill 7 7 3 3 2 2 104 4.17
Ziegler (W) 2 1 0 0 1 2 29 3.76
W: Ziegler, 1-1. L: Henn, 0-2.
Henn pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. IR-S: Guerrier 1-1. IBB: off Ziegler (Kubel). HBP: by Guerrier (K.Suzuki), by Blackburn (Kennedy). Umpires: Home, John Hirschbeck; first, Wally Bell; second, Marty Foster; third, Chad Fairchild.
T: 2:15. A: 13,383 (35,067).
White Sox 4, Tigers 3
CHICAGO - Scott Podsednik hit an RBI single off Joel Zumaya with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, lifting Chicago over Detroit.
Detroit 000 000 012–3 7 1
Chicago 011 000 011–4 8 0
Detroit AB R H BI Avg. Chicago AB R H BI Avg.
J.Anderson lf 4 0 0 0 .252 Podsednik lf 5 0 2 1 .299
Raburn 1b 4 1 1 0 .229 Al.Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0 .254
Thomas rf 4 0 0 0 .237 Dye rf 4 0 1 0 .276
Mi.Cabrera dh 4 0 0 0 .329 Wise rf 0 0 0 0 .150
Granderson cf 4 1 3 2 .267 Thome dh 3 1 2 2 .258
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 .273 Pierzynski c 4 1 1 1 .291
Laird c 3 0 0 0 .221 Beckham 3b 4 0 0 0 .083
Santiago 2b-ss 3 1 1 1 .287 Bri.Anderson cf 4 1 2 0 .248
Everett ss 2 0 1 0 .272 Getz 2b 4 0 0 0 .241
a-Thames ph 1 0 1 0 .297 Fields 1b 1 1 0 0 .234
Polanco 2b 0 0 0 0 .249 Totals 32 4 8 4
Totals 33 3 7 3
No outs when winning run scored.a-singled for Everett in the 8th. E: Zumaya (1). LOB: Detroit 3, Chicago 9. 2B: Granderson (7), Dye (7). HR: Santiago (4), off G.Floyd; Granderson (14), off Jenks; Thome (12), off E.Jackson; Pierzynski (6), off N.Robertson. RBIs: Granderson 2 (37), Santiago (21), Podsednik (11), Thome 2 (39), Pierzynski (13). SB: Raburn (2), Getz (8). CS: Bri.Anderson (4). RLSP: Detroit 1 (Inge); Chicago 4 (Pierzynski 4). GI DP: J.Anderson. DP: Chicago 1 (Al.Ramirez, Getz, Fields).
Chicago walks (5): Al.Ramirez, Thome, Fields 3.
Detroit strikeouts (6): Thomas 2, Mi.Cabrera, Inge 2, Santiago.
Chicago strikeouts (6): Al.Ramirez, Dye, Thome, Beckham, Getz, Fields.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
E.Jackson 5 5 2 2 4 3 99 2.24
Lyon 21/3 0 0 0 0 2 28 4.66
N.Robertson 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 13 5.19
Zumaya (L) 0 2 1 0 1 0 15 3.15
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
G.Floyd 8 5 1 1 0 5 111 4.94
Jenks (W) BS 1 2 2 2 0 1 22 3.86
W: Jenks, 1-2. L: Zumaya, 3-1. BS: Jenks, 2.
Zumaya pitched to 4 batters in the 9th. Umpires: Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Bill Miller; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Brian Runge.
T: 2:37. A: 20,824 (40,615).
Rays 11, Angels 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs, and Dioner Navarro homered and had three RBIs as Tampa Bay thumped Los Angeles.
Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford both hit solo homers for Tampa Bay.
Rays starter David Price left with one out in the fourth because of a high pitch count (105).
Los Angeles 000 010 000– 1 4 0
Tampa Bay 011 221 04x–11 15 0
Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg. Tampa Bay AB R H BI Avg.
Figgins 3b 3 1 1 0 .316 B.Upton cf 5 0 0 0 .212
Abreu rf 2 0 1 0 .297 Crawford lf 5 1 2 1 .325
Tor.Hunter cf 3 0 1 1 .313 Longoria 3b 3 2 1 1 .307
Guerrero dh 4 0 0 0 .260 C.Pena 1b 3 2 1 4 .229
J.Rivera lf 2 0 0 0 .306 Zobrist 2b 4 1 2 0 .316
Quinlan 1b 3 0 0 0 .222 W.Aybar dh 4 1 2 0 .268
E.Aybar ss 4 0 1 0 .281 Gross rf 4 1 3 2 .274
J.Mathis c 3 0 0 0 .200 Navarro c 5 1 2 3 .202
Kendrick 2b 4 0 0 0 .231 Brignac ss 4 2 2 0 .245
Totals 28 1 4 1 Totals 37 11 15 11
LOB: Los Angeles 8, Tampa Bay 9. 2B: Zobrist (14), Navarro (7), Brignac (4). HR: Longoria (14), off E.Santana; Crawford (5), off Oliver; Navarro (4), off R.Thompson; C.Pena (19), off R.Thompson. RBIs: Tor.Hunter (44), Crawford (29), Longoria (56), C.Pena 4 (47), Gross 2 (19), Navarro 3 (17). SB: Crawford (35), Gross 2 (5). CS: Figgins (7). SF: C.Pena. RLSP: Los Angeles 3 (Quinlan 2, Kendrick); Tampa Bay 6 (Navarro 5, B.Upton). RA: W.Aybar, Brignac. GIDP: Tor.Hunter. DP: Los Angeles 1 (J.Rivera, J.Rivera, Quinlan, Kendrick); Tampa Bay 2 (Brignac, Zobrist), (Longoria, Zobrist, C.Pena).
Los Angeles walks (8): Figgins, Abreu 2, Tor.Hunter, J.Rivera 2, Quinlan, J.Mathis.
Tampa Bay walks (5): Longoria, C.Pena, Zobrist, W.Aybar, Gross.
Los Angeles strikeouts (12): Figgins, Abreu, Tor.Hunter, J.Rivera, Quinlan 2, E.Aybar, J.Mathis 3, Kendrick 2.
Tampa Bay strikeouts (8): B.Upton 3, Crawford, Longoria 2, Zobrist, W.Aybar.
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
E.Santana (L) 42/3 8 6 6 2 3 96 7.47
Oliver 1 2 1 1 0 1 23 3.04
Jepsen 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 15 15.00
R.Thompson 2/3 4 4 4 2 2 36 5.87
Bulger 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 10 5.33
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Price 41/3 2 1 1 6 6 105 2.37
Balfour (W) 12/3 2 0 0 1 2 35 5.79
Choate 2 0 0 0 1 2 26 1.35
J.Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 5.06
W: Balfour, 3-1. L: Santana, 1-3.
IR-S: Oliver 2-1, Bulger 2-0, Balfour 2-1. HBP: by E.Santana (Longoria). Umpires: Home, Jeff Kellogg; first, Tim Timmons; second, Mark Wegner; third, Rob Drake.
T: 3:16. A: 17,086 (36,973).
Mariners 6, Orioles 3
BALTIMORE - Russell Branyan homered and drove in three runs to lead Seattle past Baltimore.
Branyan contributed a sacrifice fly during a three-run rally in the third, then capped his night with a 450-foot blast in the seventh. Branyan's team-leading 14th homer tied for the sixth-longest at Camden Yards.
Adrian Beltre went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored, while Ichiro Suzuki doubled, tripled, and scored two runs.
Baltimore has lost seven of its last eight games.
Seattle 003 010 200–6 12 0
Baltimore 200 000 100–3 7 0
Seattle AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
I.Suzuki rf 5 2 2 0 .360 B.Roberts 2b 4 1 1 0 .286
Branyan 1b 4 2 2 3 .317 Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 .287
Beltre 3b 4 1 3 1 .258 Ad.Jones cf 4 0 0 0 .329
Griffey Jr. dh 4 0 2 0 .215 Scott dh 4 1 1 2 .307
Jo.Lopez 2b 4 0 0 1 .241 Mora 3b 4 0 1 0 .258
Y.Betancourt ss 5 0 1 1 .242 Reimold lf 3 0 0 0 .271
Balentien lf 2 0 0 0 .222 Wigginton 1b 4 0 1 0 .222
Quiroz c 4 0 1 0 .273 Zaun c 3 0 0 0 .200
En.Chavez cf 3 1 1 0 .266 Andino ss 4 1 2 0 .254
Totals 35 6 12 6 Totals 34 3 7 2
LOB: Seattle 9, Baltimore 7. 2B: I.Suzuki (12), Y.Betancourt (7), B.Roberts (19), Markakis (19), Mora (5). 3B: I.Suzuki (2). HR: Branyan (14), off Bass; Scott (14), off Olson. RBIs: Branyan 3 (29), Beltre (26), Jo.Lopez (36), Y.Betancourt (19), Scott 2 (35). SF: Branyan, Jo.Lopez. RLSP: Seattle 3 (I.Suzuki, Balentien, Y.Betancourt); Baltimore 5 (Wigginton, Ad.Jones, Markakis 2, Scott). RA: B.Roberts. GIDP: En.Chavez. DP: Baltimore 1 (B.Roberts, Andino, Wigginton).
Seattle walks (5): Beltre, Griffey, Balentien 2, En.Chavez.
Baltimore walks (3): B.Roberts, Reimold, Zaun.
Seattle strikeouts (6): I.Suzuki 2, Branyan, Griffey, Jo.Lopez, Balentien.
Baltimore strikeouts (4): Ad.Jones, Wigginton, Zaun, Andino.
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Olson (W) 5 5 2 2 3 1 94 4.26
Jakubauskas (H) 2 2 1 1 0 1 28 5.82
M.Lowe (H) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.03
Aardsma (S) 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 1.78
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Uehara (L) 5 7 4 4 1 3 81 4.37
Bass 12/3 3 2 2 3 2 35 3.79
Hendrickson 11/3 1 0 0 0 1 10 5.53
A.Castillo 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 0.00
W: Olson, 1-1. L: Uehara, 2-4. S: Aardsma, 11. H: Jakubauskas, 1. H: Lowe, 6.
IR-S: Hendrickson 1-0. WP: Jakubauskas. Umpires: Home, Brian O'Nora; first, Fieldin Culbreth; second, Gary Cederstrom; third, Jim Wolf. T: 2:53 (Rain delay: 0:27). A: 12,260 (48,290).
Indians 4, Royals 3
Kansas City 000 020 010 0–3 9 2
Cleveland 001 000 020 1–4 9 1
Kansas City AB R H BI Avg. Cleveland AB R H BI Avg.
DeJesus lf 5 1 2 1 .239 B.Francisco lf 5 0 0 0 .249
Crisp cf 5 0 2 0 .230 DeRosa 3b 3 2 3 0 .274
Butler 1b 4 0 2 1 .281 V.Martinez c 3 0 1 1 .339
2-Teahen pr-3b 0 0 0 0 .277 Choo rf 5 1 1 1 .288
J.Guillen rf 4 0 0 0 .256 Jh.Peralta ss 4 0 1 1 .257
Maier rf 1 0 0 0 .227 Garko dh 3 0 2 0 .258
Callaspo 2b 5 0 1 0 .308 1-Barfield pr-dh 0 0 0 0 .417
B.Pena dh 4 0 0 0 .211 a-JCrroll ph-dh 1 0 0 0 .317
Olivo c 4 1 1 1 .246 Gimenez 1b 4 0 0 0 .231
Blmquist 3b-1b 4 0 0 0 .279 Valbuena 2b 3 1 1 0 .203
Pena Jr. ss 3 1 1 0 .115 Crowe cf 3 0 0 0 .185
b-L.Hrndz ph-ss 1 0 0 0 .200 Totals 34 4 9 3
Totals 40 3 9 3
No outs when winning run scored.b-struck out for Pena Jr. in the 9th.1-ran for Garko in the 7th. 2-ran for Butler in the 10th. E: Pena Jr. (3), Callaspo (4), DeRosa (9). LOB: Kansas City 9, Cleveland 9. 2B: DeJesus (12), Jh.Peralta (10), Valbuena (8). HR: Olivo (8), off Aquino. RBIs: DeJesus (22), Butler (26), Olivo (20), V.Martinez (42), Choo (35), Jh.Peralta (26). SB: Crisp (13). S: Crowe. RLSP: Kansas City 4 (Bloomquist 2, Callaspo, J.Guillen); Cleveland 3 (Choo 2, J.Carroll). RA: Butler, V.Martinez.
Kansas City walks (2): Butler, B.Pena.
Cleveland walks (5): DeRosa 2, V.Martinez 2, Valbuena.
Kansas City strikeouts (8): DeJesus, Crisp, J.Guillen 2, B.Pena, Olivo, Bloomquist, Lu.Hernandez.
Cleveland strikeouts (7): B.Francisco, Choo 3, Jh.Peralta, Gimenez, Valbuena.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Greinke 71/3 6 3 3 3 6 116 1.72
Bale (H) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.76
Soria (BS) 11/3 1 0 0 1 1 21 1.54
Farnsworth (L) 0 2 1 1 1 0 15 3.43
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sowers 5 6 2 2 1 2 99 5.10
Aquino 3 2 1 1 1 4 44 3.21
K.Wood 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 5.06
Herges (W) 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.02
W: Herges, 2-0. L: Farnsworth, 1-4. H: Bale, 3. BS: Soria, 1.
Farnsworth pitched to 3 batters in the 10th. IR-S: Bale 2-1, Soria 1-1. Umpires: Home, Eric Cooper; first, Mike Reilly; second, Chuck Meriwether; third, Laz Diaz. T: 3:21. A: 14,342 (45,199).
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0
Toronto 000 000 000–0 6 0
Texas 010 000 00x–1 5 0
Toronto AB R H BI Avg. Texas AB R H BI Avg.
Scutaro ss 4 0 1 0 .305 Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 0 .265
A.Hill 2b 4 0 2 0 .311 M.Young 3b 4 0 0 0 .318
Rios rf 4 0 1 0 .261 An.Jones dh 4 0 0 0 .248
V.Wells cf 4 0 0 0 .250 N.Cruz rf 3 1 1 0 .288
Lind lf 3 0 1 0 .315 Dav.Murphy lf 4 0 2 0 .267
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0 .312 Byrd cf 2 0 0 1 .291
Overbay 1b 4 0 0 0 .293 Saltlamcchia c 3 0 1 0 .242
Millar dh 3 0 0 0 .246 C.Davis 1b 2 0 1 0 .205
R.Chavez c 2 0 0 0 .273 Andrus ss 2 0 0 0 .269
a-Inglett ph 1 0 0 0 .118 Totals 28 1 5 1
Barajas c 0 0 0 0 .270
Totals 33 0 6 0
a-grounded out for R.Chavez in the 8th. LOB: Toronto 7, Texas 7. 2B: A.Hill (8), Lind (22), Dav.Murphy (9), C.Davis (8). RBIs: Byrd (27). SB: N.Cruz (10). SF: Byrd. RLSP: Toronto 6 (Lind, Rios 2, Millar 2, Overbay); Texas 4 (Andrus, M.Young, Kinsler, Dav.Murphy). RA: Overbay.
Texas walks (2): C.Davis, Andrus.
Toronto strikeouts (2): A.Hill, Rolen.
Texas strikeouts (9): Kinsler 2, M.Young 2, An.Jones, Dav.Murphy 2, Byrd, Saltalamacchia.
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
R.Romero (L) 61/3 5 1 1 2 6 99 3.71
Frasor 12/3 0 0 0 0 3 30 1.96
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Millwood (W) 72/3 5 0 0 0 1 105 2.72
O'Day (H) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.92
C.Wilson (S) 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 12 3.24
W: Millwood, 6-4. L: Romero, 3-3. S: Wilson, 6. H: Day, 6.
IR-S: Frasor 1-0, O'Day 1-0. HBP: by Frasor (N.Cruz), by Millwood (Lind). WP: Millwood. Umpires: Home, Bill Hohn; first, Bruce Dreckman; second, Paul Emmel; third, Gary Darling.
T: 2:41. A: 16,073 (49,170).