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Runaway train: Yankees flatten Mets, Santana

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees hammered Johan Santana in the worst start of his career, routing the Mets, 15-0, yesterday for the worst blowout in Subway Series history.

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees hammered Johan Santana in the worst start of his career, routing the Mets, 15-0, yesterday for the worst blowout in Subway Series history.

Jeter went 4 for 4, and the Yankees got two-run homers from Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano in a nine-run fourth inning, chasing Santana early to take two of three at Yankee Stadium.

Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez shouted at Yankees reliever Brian Bruney in left field during batting practice, and the two were separated by teammates, one day after they exchanged barbs through the media.

Once the first pitch was thrown, the Yankees provided all the fireworks.

They needed only four innings to set a season high for runs in a game, building a huge cushion for A.J. Burnett (5-3). They finished with 17 hits - three by No. 9 batter Francisco Cervelli - and pulled several stars before the seventh.

Mets manager Jerry Manuel wasn't around at the end, either. He was ejected by plate umpire Jim Wolf for arguing after David Wright took exception to a called third strike in the sixth.

Santana (8-4) didn't look right all day. The velocity on his fastball was down, around 89-90 m.p.h., and he was touched up for four two-out runs in the second.

NY Mets 000 000 000 – 0 6 0

NY Yankees 040 900 20x – 15 17 1

NY Mets AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      NY Yankees AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Cora ss 4   0   0   0   .258      Jeter ss 4   2   4   2   .310

F.Martinez lf 4   0   0   0   .216      Berroa 3b 1   1   0   0   .125

Beltran cf 3   0   1   0   .344      Damon lf 4   1   2   3   .284

Tatis 3b 1   0   0   0   .259      Teixeira 1b 4   0   1   0   .284

D.Wright 3b 3   0   1   0   .364      Gardner cf 0   0   0   0   .276

W.Valdez 2b 1   0   1   0   .238      A.Rodriguez 3b 4   1   0   0   .230

Church rf 4   0   0   0   .270      R.Pena 3b-ss 1   0   1   1   .254

Sheffield dh 3   0   2   0   .270      Cano 2b 4   2   3   3   .298

Dan.Murphy 1b 2   0   0   0   .238      Swisher rf-1b 3   2   0   0   .247

Schneider c 4   0   1   0   .205      H.Matsui dh 3   3   1   2   .257

L.Castillo 2b 1   0   0   0   .279      Me.Cbrera cf-rf 4   1   2   2   .294

Reed cf 1   0   0   0   .313      Cervelli c 5   2   3   1   .298

Totals 31   0   6   0         Totals 37   15   17   14      

E: A.Burnett (1). LOB: New York (N) 8, New York (A) 7. 2B: Damon (15), Cano 2 (15), Me.Cabrera 2 (9). HR: H.Matsui (10), off J.Santana; Cano (11), off Stokes. RBIs: Jeter 2 (30), Damon 3 (38), R.Pena (5), Cano 3 (39), H.Matsui 2 (28), Me.Cabrera 2 (26), Cervelli (6). SF: Cano. RLSP: New York (N) 5 (Beltran 2, Murphy, Reed, Schneider); New York (A) 4 (A.Rodriguez, Me.Cabrera, Swisher, Berroa). RA: Swisher, H.Matsui, Cervelli. GIDP: Murphy, Reed, A.Rodriguez. DP: New York (N) 1 (Cora); New York (A) 2 (Cano, Jeter, Teixeira), (R.Pena, Cano, Swisher).

New York (N) walks (4): Sheffield, Murphy 2, L.Castillo.

New York (A) walks (7): Damon, Gardner, Swisher 2, H.Matsui 2, Me.Cabrera.

New York (N) strikeouts (12): Cora 2, F.Martinez 2, Beltran, Tatis, D.Wright 2, Church 2, Sheffield, Murphy.

New York (A) strikeouts (6): Damon 2, Teixeira, A.Rodriguez, H.Matsui, Me.Cabrera.

New York (N) IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

J.Santana (L) 3   9   9   9   2   3   82   3.29

Stokes 2   6   4   4   2   2   44   3.80

Switzer 11/3   2   2   2   2   0   36   13.50

Takahashi 12/3   0   0   0   1   1   23   3.18

New York (A) IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

A.Burnett (W) 7   4   0   0   4   8   111   4.46

D.Robertson 1   0   0   0   0   2   12   2.25

Hughes 1   2   0   0   0   2   21   5.13

W: Burnett, 5-3. L: Santana, 8-4.

J.Santana pitched to 5 batters in the 4th. IR-S: Stokes 2-2, Takahashi 3-1. HBP: by Switzer (Berroa). WP: A.Burnett. Umpires: Home, Jim Wolf; first, Brian O'Nora; second, Fieldin Culbreth; third, Gary Cederstrom.

T: 3:18. A: 47,943 (52,325).

Marlins 11, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO - Ronny Paulino hit two home runs, Josh Johnson pitched his first complete game of the season, and Florida completed a sweep of Toronto.

The Marlins not only took the three-game series but also won their eighth in a row overall at Toronto.

Paulino went 4 for 5, scoring three runs and driving in three with his first career multihomer game.

Johnson (6-1) gave up seven hits and won his third straight decision.

This was the third time the Marlins had swept Toronto in a three-game series.

Florida 031 400 102 – 11 18 0

Toronto 000 300 000 – 3 7 0

Florida AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Toronto AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Coghlan lf 4   1   2   1   .263      Scutaro ss 4   0   0   0   .298

Bonifacio 3b 6   0   2   1   .244      A.Hill 2b 4   0   2   0   .313

Ha.Ramirez ss 4   0   2   2   .330      V.Wells cf 3   0   0   0   .238

Hermida dh 4   0   0   0   .276      Lind lf 4   0   0   0   .300

Uggla 2b 5   1   2   0   .218      Rolen 3b 4   1   3   0   .320

C.Ross cf 5   2   2   0   .270      Rios rf 4   1   1   2   .275

Helms 1b 4   2   2   1   .247      Overbay 1b 2   0   0   0   .283

R.Paulino c 5   3   4   3   .281      Millar dh 4   1   1   1   .240

B.Carroll rf 5   2   2   2   .279      Barajas c 4   0   0   0   .268

Totals 42   11   18   10         Totals 33   3   7   3      

LOB: Florida 10, Toronto 6. 2B: Coghlan (5), C.Ross (18). HR: R.Paulino (2), off Tallet; R.Paulino (3), off League; Rios (9), off Jo.Johnson; Millar (4), off Jo.Johnson. RBIs: Coghlan (9), Bonifacio (17), Ha.Ramirez 2 (34), Helms (12), R.Paulino 3 (13), B.Carroll 2 (5), Rios 2 (31), Millar (20). SB: Ha.Ramirez (9). SF: Ha.Ramirez, Helms. RLSP: Florida 6 (Uggla, Hermida 2, Bonifacio 2, Ha.Ramirez); Toronto 3 (Barajas 2, Lind). RA: Coghlan, Bonifacio 2. GIDP: Lind. DP: Florida 1 (Uggla, Ha.Ramirez, Helms); Toronto 1 (Rolen, A.Hill).

Florida walks (2): Coghlan 2.

Toronto walks (3): V.Wells, Overbay 2.

Florida strikeouts (5): Bonifacio 2, Hermida, C.Ross, Helms.

Toronto strikeouts (6): Scutaro, Lind, Overbay, Millar 2, Barajas.

Florida IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Jo.Johnson (W) 9   7   3   3   3   6   119   2.76

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Tallet (L) 31/3   10   8   8   1   2   67   4.87

Hayhurst 21/3   1   0   0   0   0   26   0.00

Carlson 11/3   3   1   1   1   2   35   5.22

B.J.Ryan 1   1   0   0   0   0   10   6.06

League 1   3   2   2   0   1   16   5.93

W: Johnson, 6-1. L: Tallet, 4-4.

IR-S: Hayhurst 2-1, Carlson 2-0. HBP: by Hayhurst (Hermida, Ha.Ramirez). WP: League.

Umpires: Home, Randy Marsh; first, Dan Iassogna; second, Mike Winters; third, Lance Barksdale. T: 2:38. A: 20,985 (49,539).

Orioles 11, Braves 2

BALTIMORE - Ty Wigginton hit two home runs, Robert Andino drove in three runs and stole home, and Brad Bergesen pitched his first complete game to lead Baltimore over Atlanta.

The Orioles have scored 19 runs in the last two games, after scoring just 19 runs in the previous 11 games.

The revival came from some unlikely sources. Andino, who is replacing Cesar Izturis due to his recent appendectomy, had three RBIs in his first 70 at-bats. He had a bases-loaded walk in the third and a two-run double in the fourth.

Atlanta 000 000 101 – 2 5 0

Baltimore 322 310 00x – 11 15 2

Atlanta AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Baltimore AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

McLouth cf 3   0   0   0   .254      B.Roberts 2b 1   1   1   2   .299

G.Blanco cf 0   0   0   0   .000      a-Salazar ph-3b 2   0   1   0   .300

Y.Escobar ss 1   0   0   0   .293      Reimold lf 5   0   1   0   .287

DiHernandez ss 3   0   0   0   .129      Markakis rf 5   1   1   0   .284

C.Jones dh 3   0   0   0   .298      A.Huff 1b 5   0   2   1   .261

McCann c 2   0   1   0   .327      Wggintn 3b-2b 4   4   3   3   .235

D.Ross c 2   2   2   2   .296      Scott dh 3   2   1   0   .314

G.Anderson lf 4   0   1   0   .254      Zaun c 4   1   2   0   .209

Canizares 1b 4   0   0   0   .235      Pie cf 4   1   1   1   .202

Prado 3b 4   0   0   0   .269      Andino ss 4   1   2   3   .257

Francoeur rf 3   0   0   0   .250      Totals 37   11   15   10      

K.Johnson 2b 3   0   1   0   .238

Totals 32   2   5   2      

a-struck out for B.Roberts in the 6th. E: A.Huff (3), B.Roberts (3). LOB: Atlanta 5, Baltimore 12. 2B: Andino (2). HR: D.Ross 2 (5), off Bergesen 2; Wigginton (4), off D.Lowe; Wigginton (5), off Medlen. RBIs: D.Ross 2 (14), B.Roberts 2 (27), A.Huff (41), Wigginton 3 (18), Pie (5), Andino 3 (6). SB: B.Roberts (13), Andino (2). SF: B.Roberts. RLSP: Atlanta 3 (Prado, Canizares, Di.Hernandez); Baltimore 6 (A.Huff, Markakis 2, Reimold, Pie, Zaun). RA: A.Huff. GIDP: Di.Hernandez, Andino. DP: Atlanta 1 (Acosta, K.Johnson, Canizares); Baltimore 1 (Andino, Wigginton, A.Huff).

Atlanta walks (2): G.Blanco, C.Jones.

Baltimore walks (9): B.Roberts 2, Reimold, Wigginton, Scott 2, Zaun, Pie, Andino.

Atlanta strikeouts (3): Di.Hernandez, Canizares, Prado.

Baltimore strikeouts (4): Salazar, Reimold, Markakis, A.Huff.

Atlanta IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

D.Lowe (L) 21/3   8   7   7   3   0   80   4.08

Medlen 4   6   4   4   5   3   81   5.91

Acosta 12/3   1   0   0   1   1   27   1.54

Baltimore IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Bergesen (W) 9   5   2   2   2   3   112   3.79

W: Bergesen, 4-2. L: Lowe, 7-4.

IR-S: Medlen 3-1, Acosta 2-0. Umpires: Home, Laz Diaz; first, Eric Cooper; second, Mike Reilly; third, Chuck Meriwether.

T: 2:42. A: 26,770 (48,290).

Rays 5, Nationals 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Pinch-hitter Willy Aybar got a lucky bounce for a double in the eighth, and Tampa Bay completed a sweep of lowly Washington.

Carlos Pena opened the eighth with a double off Ron Villone (3-3). After Ben Zobrist struck out, Aybar hit a ball down the line that hit third base and angled away from third baseman Willie Harris into left field for a run-scoring double.

Washington 010 300 000 – 4 9 0

Tampa Bay 000 202 01x – 5 8 0

Washington AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

W.Harris 3b 4   0   0   0   .222      B.Upton cf 4   0   2   0   .218

c-Kearns ph 0   0   0   0   .207      Burrell dh 2   0   0   0   .241

N.Johnson 1b 5   0   2   0   .315      Longoria 3b 4   0   1   0   .305

Zimmerman dh 3   0   0   0   .310      C.Pena 1b 3   2   2   0   .240

Dunn lf 4   1   1   0   .258      Zobrist 2b 3   1   0   0   .309

Dukes cf 4   2   2   0   .259      Gross rf 2   1   0   0   .272

C.Patterson rf 4   0   0   0   .000      a-W.Aybar ph 1   0   1   1   .274

Alb.Gnzalez ss 4   1   2   3   .319      1-Crawford pr-lf 0   0   0   0   .316

J.Bard c 3   0   1   1   .239      Kapler lf-rf 2   1   2   3   .202

b-C.Guzman ph 1   0   0   0   .322      Navarro c 3   0   0   1   .205

A.Herndez 2b 3   0   1   0   .269      Brignac ss 3   0   0   0   .271

Totals 35   4   9   4         Totals 27   5   8   5      

a-doubled for Gross in the 8th. b-struck out for J.Bard in the 9th. c-was hit by a pitch for W.Harris in the 9th.1-ran for W.Aybar in the 8th. LOB: Washington 7, Tampa Bay 6. 2B: Dukes 2 (12), Alb.Gonzalez (4), J.Bard (6), C.Pena (12), W.Aybar (7). HR: Kapler (3), off Detwiler. RBIs: Alb.Gonzalez 3 (12), J.Bard (8), W.Aybar (20), Kapler 3 (11), Navarro (19). SB: B.Upton 2 (24). CS: Kapler (2). S: Navarro. RLSP: Washington 4 (Dunn 2, W.Harris, Dukes); Tampa Bay 4 (Zobrist, Longoria, Brignac, Navarro). RA: N.Johnson, Zimmerman, C.Patterson, Gross. GIDP: Burrell, Longoria, Navarro. DP: Washington 3 (W.Harris, A.Hernandez, N.Johnson), (W.Harris, A.Hernandez, N.Johnson), (Detwiler, A.Hernandez, N.Johnson).

Washington walks (2): Zimmerman, A.Hernandez.

Tampa Bay walks (7): Burrell 2, C.Pena, Zobrist, Gross, Kapler 2.

Washington strikeouts (8): N.Johnson, Zimmerman, Dunn 2, Dukes, C.Guzman, A.Hernandez 2.

Tampa Bay strikeouts (4): B.Upton, Longoria, Zobrist, Navarro.

Washington IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Detwiler 6   6   4   4   5   0   95   5.23

Tavarez 1   0   0   0   1   2   14   4.26

Villone (L) 1/3   2   1   1   1   1   15   0.96

Beimel 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   5   3.91

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

J.Shields 61/3   9   4   4   1   4   92   3.52

Choate 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   18   1.13

Wheeler (W) 1   0   0   0   0   0   14   4.79

Howell (S) 1   0   0   0   0   3   18   1.95

W: Wheeler, 2-1. L: Villone, 3-3. S: Howell, 3.

IR-S: Beimel 2-0, Choate 1-0. IBB: off Villone (Kapler), off Choate (Zimmerman). HBP: by Howell (Kearns). WP: J.Shields. PB: Navarro. Balk: J.Shields. Umpires: Home, Paul Schrieber; first, Ed Rapuano; second, Joe West; third, Paul Nauert.

T: 2:47. A: 25,841 (36,973).

Royals 7, Reds 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Brian Bannister pitched eight sharp innings, Miguel Olivo drove in four runs, and Kansas City took advantage of Cincinnati's sloppy fielding to cap a three-game sweep.

A pair of errors by third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. helped the Royals score five unearned runs.

Bannister (5-3) gave up four hits, and the only run he allowed was unearned after a throwing error by shortstop Luis Hernandez in the first inning.

Bannister, who had allowed 19 runs and 23 hits in 132/3 innings in his previous three starts, retired 10 in a row and 17 of 18 after Hernandez's error.

Cincinnati 100 000 000 – 1 5 2

Kansas City 104 000 02x – 7 9 1

Cincinnati AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Kansas City AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Dickerson cf 4   0   0   0   .234      DeJesus lf 4   1   1   0   .240

Al.Gonzalez ss 4   1   1   0   .225      Bloomquist rf 4   2   1   0   .291

B.Phillips 2b 4   0   1   0   .273      Butler 1b 4   0   0   0   .283

L.Nix lf 4   0   1   0   .256      Jacobs dh 2   1   0   0   .229

Gomes dh 4   0   1   0   .317      Olivo c 4   2   2   4   .257

Bruce rf 4   0   1   0   .213      B.Pena c 0   0   0   0   .211

R.Hernandz 1b 3   0   0   0   .248      Callaspo 2b 4   1   2   2   .318

Hanigan c 2   0   0   0   .311      Teahen 3b 4   0   3   1   .286

Hairston Jr. 3b 3   0   0   0   .246      Lu.Hernandz ss 3   0   0   0   .179

Totals 32   1   5   0         Pena Jr. ss 1   0   0   0   .111

Maier cf 3   0   0   0   .219

Totals 33   7   9   7      

E: Hairston Jr. 2 (8), Lu.Hernandez (1). LOB: Cincinnati 5, Kansas City 4. 2B: Gomes (4), Olivo (5). 3B: Callaspo (2). HR: Olivo (9), off Rhodes. RBIs: Olivo 4 (24), Callaspo 2 (24), Teahen (22). RLSP: Cincinnati 2 (R.Hernandez, Bruce); Kansas City 2 (Callaspo 2). GI DP: Lu.Hernandez. DP: Cincinnati 2 (Gonzalez, R.Hernandez), (L.Nix, Gonzalez, R.Hernandez).

Cincinnati walk (1): Hanigan.

Kansas City walks (2): Jacobs 2.

Cincinnati strikeouts (5): B.Phillips, L.Nix, Gomes, Hanigan, Hairston.

Kansas City strikeouts (6): Bloomquist, Butler, Olivo, Teahen, Pena, Maier.

Cincinnati IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Cueto (L) 6   7   5   0   1   4   110   2.17

Herrera 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   10   1.90

Masset 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.74

Rhodes 2/3   2   2   2   1   2   23   1.66

Kansas City IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Bannister (W) 8   4   1   0   1   4   108   4.10

J.Cruz 1   1   0   0   0   1   12   5.40

W: Bannister, 5-3. L: Cueto, 6-4.

Umpires: Home, Todd Tichenor; first, Jerry Layne; second, Tony Randazzo; third, Chris Guccione. T: 2:38. A: 24,525 (38,177).

Dodgers 6, Rangers 3

ARLINGTON, Texas - Chad Billingsley earned his National League-best ninth victory, retiring 16 of 17 batters after an early error put Los Angeles behind, and Casey Blake drove in four runs to beat AL West-leading Texas.

After shortstop Rafael Furcal botched an inning-ending double play with a bad throw that allowed two runs in the first, Billingsley (9-3) set down everybody but Andruw Jones until Nelson Cruz had a leadoff single in the seventh.

Los Angeles (N) 103 000 200 – 6 10 1

Texas 200 100 000 – 3 6 1

Los Angeles AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Texas AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Pierre lf 3   2   0   0   .343      Kinsler 2b 4   0   0   0   .260

Furcal ss 3   0   1   0   .248      M.Young 3b 3   1   1   0   .316

Hudson 2b 4   1   1   0   .310      Blalock 1b 4   1   1   0   .251

Blake 3b 4   2   2   4   .299      An.Jones dh 4   1   2   1   .257

Ethier rf 5   0   1   0   .270      N.Cruz rf 4   0   1   1   .278

Kemp cf 4   0   1   0   .308      Dav.Murphy lf 3   0   0   0   .252

Loney 1b 4   1   1   1   .285      Byrd cf 3   0   0   0   .288

Martin dh 4   0   1   0   .244      Salt'macchia c 3   0   1   0   .251

Ausmus c 2   0   2   1   .317      Andrus ss 3   0   0   0   .262

Totals 33   6   10   6         Totals 31   3   6   2      

E: Furcal (8), Blalock (2). LOB: Los Angeles 11, Texas 2. 2B: Hudson (19), Blake (16), Ausmus (2). HR: Blake (10), off Holland; An.Jones (7), off Billingsley. RBIs: Blake 4 (39), Loney (43), Ausmus (4), An.Jones (17), N.Cruz (43). SB: Ethier (4), Kemp (14), Loney (5). CS: Saltalamacchia (2). S: Furcal, Hudson. SF: Blake. RLSP: Los Angeles 8 (Ethier, Kemp 2, Pierre 2, Hudson 2, Martin); Texas 2 (Dav.Murphy, N.Cruz). GI DP: Pierre, Dav.Murphy. DP: Los Angeles 1 (Hudson, Furcal, Loney); Texas 1 (Kinsler, Andrus, Blalock).

Los Angeles walks (7): Pierre 2, Furcal, Kemp, Loney, Martin, Ausmus. Texas walk (1): M.Young.

Los Angeles strikeouts (7): Furcal, Hudson, Ethier 2, Kemp, Loney 2.

Texas strikeouts (7): M.Young, Blalock, An.Jones, N.Cruz 2, Byrd, Andrus.

Los Angeles IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Billingsley (W) 7   5   3   2   1   3   97   2.72

Troncoso (H) 1   0   0   0   0   1   7   1.51

Broxton (S) 1   1   0   0   0   3   13   1.41

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Holland (L) 5   5   4   4   4   2   89   6.63

D.Mathis 1   0   0   0   2   1   31   5.14

Guardado 2/3   3   2   2   1   1   26   5.82

O'Day 11/3   1   0   0   0   1   21   0.82

C.Wilson 1   1   0   0   0   2   18   3.12

W: Billingsley, 9-3. L: Holland, 1-4. S: Broxton, 16. H: Troncoso, 6.

Billingsley pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Troncoso 1-0, O'Day 2-1. HBP: by D.Mathis (Ausmus).

Umpires: Home, Sam Holbrook; first, Charlie Reliford; second, Larry Vanover; third, Adrian Johnson.

T: 2:58. A: 36,343 (49,170).

Angels 6, Padres 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Juan Rivera homered twice, Jered Weaver pitched his first career shutout, and Los Angeles sealed a three-game sweep of San Diego.

Weaver (7-2) worked quickly on the mound and struck out five while giving up only five hits. He threw 119 pitches, 80 strikes, and won his fourth straight.

He got out of jams with spectacular fielding gems from teammates - Gary Matthews Jr. made up for a baserunning mistake when he made a diving catch on Henry Blanco's hit in the third, and Rivera robbed Kevin Kouzmanoff of a hit when chased down a long ball in left field in the fourth.

San Diego 000 000 000 – 0 5 0

Los Angeles (A) 131 010 00x – 6 7 0

San Diego AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Los Angeles AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Gwynn cf 4   0   1   0   .333      Figgins 3b 3   2   2   0   .326

Eckstein 2b 3   0   0   0   .254      M.Izturis 2b 2   0   0   1   .281

Giles rf 4   0   0   0   .197      Tor.Hunter cf 4   0   1   2   .319

Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4   0   3   0   .276      Guerrero dh 4   0   1   1   .266

C.Floyd dh 4   0   0   0   .071      J.Rivera lf 4   2   2   2   .308

Kouzmanoff 3b 4   0   0   0   .235      K.Morales 1b 3   0   1   0   .271

Venable lf 3   0   1   0   .158      Matthews Jr. rf 4   0   0   0   .238

H.Blanco c 3   0   0   0   .193      J.Mathis c 3   1   0   0   .196

L.Rodriguez ss 3   0   0   0   .230      E.Aybar ss 3   1   0   0   .288

Totals 32   0   5   0         Totals 30   6   7   6      

LOB: San Diego 6, Los Angeles 6. 2B: Gwynn (5), Ad.Gonzalez (6), Venable (2), Figgins 2 (12), K.Morales (17). HR: J.Rivera (7), off C.Young; J.Rivera (8), off Moreno. RBIs: M.Izturis (15), Tor.Hunter 2 (51), Guerrero (9), J.Rivera 2 (31). RLSP: San Diego 4 (Venable, Kouzmanoff, Gwynn, Giles); Los Angeles 2 (J.Mathis, Tor.Hunter). RA: L.Rodriguez.

San Diego walk (1): Eckstein.

Los Angeles walks (5): Figgins, M.Izturis, K.Morales, J.Mathis, E.Aybar.

San Diego strikeouts (5): Gwynn, C.Floyd 3, L.Rodriguez.

Los Angeles strikeouts (3): Tor.Hunter 2, J.Mathis.

San Diego IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

C.Young (L) 21/3   4   5   5   5   0   69   5.21

Moreno 2   2   1   1   0   1   31   4.84

G.Burke 12/3   1   0   0   0   1   19   1.88

Mujica 1   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.30

Bell 1   0   0   0   0   1   11   1.32

Los Angeles IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Jer.Weaver (W) 9   5   0   0   1   5   118   2.08

W: Weaver, 7-2. L: Young, 4-6.

IR-S: Moreno 1-0, G.Burke 1-0. HBP: by Moreno (M.Izturis). Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild; first, John Hirschbeck; second, Wally Bell; third, Marty Foster.

T: 2:30. A: 40,163 (45,257).

Indians 3, Cardinals 0

CLEVELAND - Cliff Lee threw seven innings of no-hit ball before settling for a three-hitter to give Cleveland a win over St. Louis.

Lee (4-6) allowed only two first-inning walks until Yadier Molina opened the eighth with an opposite-field drive down the right-field line that hit off the wall for a double.

That broke a string of 20 in a row set down by the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, who was bidding for the first no-hitter at Progressive Field and first by a Cleveland pitcher since Len Barker's perfect game against Toronto on May 15, 1981.

Penn product Mark DeRosa hit a two-run homer in the first, and Kelly Shoppach got a solo shot in the fifth off Chris Carpenter (4-1), who won the NL Cy Young in 2005.

St. Louis 000 000 000 – 0 3 0

Cleveland 200 010 00x – 3 5 0

St. Louis AB   R   H   BI   Avg.      Cleveland AB   R   H   BI   Avg.   

Br.Ryan ss 3   0   1   0   .299      J.Carroll 2b 3   1   1   0   .311

Ankiel lf 4   0   0   0   .246      DeRosa lf 4   1   1   2   .277

Pujols 1b 3   0   0   0   .324      V.Martinez 1b 3   0   0   0   .335

Ludwick rf 4   0   1   0   .241      Choo rf 3   0   0   0   .288

Stavinoha dh 4   0   0   0   .238      Jh.Peralta 3b 3   0   1   0   .255

Y.Molina c 3   0   1   0   .264      Garko dh 3   0   0   0   .255

Rasmus cf 3   0   0   0   .262      B.Francisco cf 3   0   0   0   .245

T.Greene 3b 3   0   0   0   .262      Valbuena ss 3   0   0   0   .185

Schumaker 2b 3   0   0   0   .276      Shoppach c 3   1   2   1   .212

Totals 30   0   3   0         Totals 28   3   5   3      

LOB: St. Louis 5, Cleveland 2. 2B: Molina (6), Shoppach (7). 3B: Peralta (1). HR: DeRosa (11), off Carpenter; Shoppach (5), off Carpenter. RBIs: DeRosa 2 (44), Shoppach (16). RLSP: St. Louis 3 (Stavinoha 2, Schumaker); Cleveland 1 (Garko). RA: Ludwick, Rasmus.

St. Louis walks (2): Br.Ryan, Pujols. Cleveland walk (1): J.Carroll.

St. Louis strikeouts (6): Ankiel 3, Ludwick, T.Greene 2.

Cleveland strikeouts (5): DeRosa 2, Choo, Valbuena, Shoppach.

St. Louis IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Carpenter (L) 7   5   3   3   1   3   89   1.59

C.Perez 1   0   0   0   0   2   15   3.32

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Cl.Lee (W) 9   3   0   0   2   6   93   2.88

W: Lee, 4-6. L: Carpenter, 4-1. Umpires: Home, Rob Drake; first, Jeff Kellogg; second, Tim Timmons; third, Mark Wegner.

T: 1:58. A: 23,644 (45,199).

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