Strasburg fans 8 Indians in win
CLEVELAND - Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg had more trouble with Cleveland's mound than Indians hitters while lasting 51/3 innings in his second major-league start, leading the Washington Nationals to a 9-4 victory on Sunday.
CLEVELAND - Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg had more trouble with Cleveland's mound than Indians hitters while lasting 51/3 innings in his second major-league start, leading the Washington Nationals to a 9-4 victory on Sunday.
Coming off a 14-strikeout debut, Strasburg (2-0) allowed just two hits, one a home run by Travis Hafner. He struck out eight and walked five as Washington ended Cleveland's four-game winning streak.
Strasburg was in control from the outset, and appeared destined to dominate the Indians who, with the exception of Hafner, couldn't catch up to his 100-m.p.h. fastball through four innings.
But the 21-year-old was bothered by loose dirt on the mound and twice requested repairs. When he was lifted by manager Jim Riggleman after walking two in the sixth to load the bases, Strasburg was booed by many of the same fans who came to see if the phenom was for real.
Strasburg didn't disappoint, but he didn't deliver anything as sensational as his 14-K gem in his Washington debut.
Still, his appearance drew 32,876 fans, the second-largest crowd at Progressive Field this season.
Strasburg's first pitch - a 99-m.p.h. fastball for a strike to leadoff hitter Trevor Crowe - stirred the crowd, which reacted to the radar-gun posting with a collective gasp of excitement. He fanned the first two batters, giving him nine straight over two games.
Washington 010 104 030 – 9 16 0
Cleveland 010 000 003 – 4 7 0
Washington AB R H BI Avg. Cleveland AB R H BI Avg.
C.Guzman 2b 5 0 3 0 .304 Crowe cf 4 0 1 0 .243
Morgan cf 5 0 0 0 .249 Choo rf 5 0 1 2 .291
Zimmerman dh 5 0 1 0 .306 C.Santana c 4 0 1 0 .273
A.Dunn 1b 4 3 2 1 .289 Hafner dh 3 1 1 1 .247
Willingham lf 4 1 1 0 .273 Kearns lf 2 0 0 0 .297
I.Rodriguez c 5 2 2 2 .338 a-Duncan ph-lf 1 0 0 0 .258
Morse rf 2 0 1 1 .423 Branyan 1b 3 0 0 0 .254
1-Berndina pr-rf 2 2 2 2 .282 A.Marte 1b 1 1 1 0 .276
Desmond ss 5 1 3 2 .276 Peralta 3b 3 0 0 0 .251
A.Gonzalez 3b 5 0 1 1 .283 b-Donald ph 1 0 0 0 .238
Totals 42 9 16 9 Valbuena 2b 4 1 1 1 .172
A.Hernandez ss 3 1 1 0 .273
Totals 34 4 7 4
a-flied out for Kearns in the 8th. b-grounded out for Peralta in the 9th.1-ran for Morse in the 6th. LOB: Washington 9, Cleveland 9. 2B: A.Dunn (19), Willingham (8), I.Rodriguez (12), Alb.Gonzalez (4), Crowe (4), A.Marte (1). 3B: Desmond (3). HR: A.Dunn (14), off D.Huff; Bernadina (3), off Sipp; Hafner (7), off Strasburg. RBIs: A.Dunn (35), I.Rodriguez 2 (19), Morse (4), Bernadina 2 (18), Desmond 2 (33), Alb.Gonzalez (2), Choo 2 (32), Hafner (25), Valbuena (14). RLSP: Washington 5 (Alb.Gonzalez 2, Willingham 2, A.Dunn); Cleveland 5 (Branyan, Peralta 2, Choo, Hafner). RA: A.Dunn, Donald. GIDP: I.Rodriguez. DP: Cleveland 1 (A.Hernandez, Valbuena, Branyan).
Washington walks (3): A.Dunn, Willingham, Morse.
Cleveland walks (6): Crowe, C.Santana, Hafner 2, Kearns, A.Hernandez.
Washington strikeouts (7): Morgan, Zimmerman, Willingham 2, I.Rodriguez, Desmond, Alb.Gonzalez.
Cleveland strikeouts (10): Crowe, Choo 2, Kearns, Branyan 2, Peralta 3, Valbuena.
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Strasburg (W 2-0) 51/3 2 1 1 5 8 95 2.19
Storen 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 29 1.54
Slaten 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.54
Batista 1/3 4 3 3 1 0 23 4.76
Clippard 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.51
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Huff (L 2-8) 52/3 6 6 6 3 4 91 5.82
Herrmann 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
R.Perez 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 5.31
Sipp 1 5 3 3 0 2 24 7.48
K.Wood 1 2 0 0 0 1 13 8.74
IR-S: Storen 3-0, Slaten 1-0, Clippard 2-0, Herrmann 2-2.
Umpires: Home, Brian O'Nora; First, Scott Barry; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Jerry Crawford.
T: 3:24. A: 32,876 (45,569).
Mets 11, Orioles 4
BALTIMORE - David Wright hit two homers, Chris Carter and Jason Bay also connected, and New York beat Baltimore for a three-game sweep.
Bay entered in an 0-for-16 skid before going 4 for 4 with four runs scored. Wright and Alex Cora each had three of New York's season-high 18 hits.
Mike Pelfrey (9-1) gave up nine hits in six rocky innings but had enough run support to win his fifth straight decision.
New York has won eight of nine to move a season-high seven games over .500 (35-28).
New York 501 013 100 – 11 18 1
Baltimore 210 000 100 – 4 11 1
New York AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Jos.Reyes ss 5 0 2 0 .265 C.Patterson lf 4 1 2 0 .255
Pagan cf 5 2 1 1 .283 M.Tejada 3b 3 1 1 1 .263
D.Wright 3b 5 2 3 4 .286 Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 .295
I.Davis 1b 5 1 1 0 .253 Montanez rf 1 0 0 0 .145
Bay lf 4 4 4 1 .284 Wigginton 1b 4 0 0 0 .272
Carter dh 3 1 1 3 .281 Scott dh 4 1 2 1 .276
a-Tatis ph-dh 2 0 0 0 .192 Ad.Jones cf 4 0 3 2 .260
J.Feliciano rf 5 0 2 0 .200 Wieters c 4 0 0 0 .235
Cora 2b 4 0 3 2 .223 S.Moore 2b 3 1 2 0 .273
H.Blanco c 5 1 1 0 .286 Lugo ss 4 0 1 0 .212
Totals 43 11 18 11 Totals 35 4 11 4
E: Jos.Reyes (4), Hendrickson (1). LOB: New York 7, Baltimore 10. 2B: Pagan (10), D.Wright (16), Bay (15), Scott (13). HR: D.Wright (11), off Millwood; Carter (2), off Millwood; Bay (4), off Millwood; D.Wright (12), off Hendrickson. RBIs: Pagan (26), D.Wright 4 (47), Bay (25), Carter 3 (11), Cora 2 (14), M.Tejada (23), Scott (23), Ad.Jones 2 (23). SB: C.Patterson (8). S: C.Patterson. SF: Cora, M.Tejada, Scott. RLSP: New York 6 (H.Blanco 4, I.Davis 2); Baltimore 4 (Wieters 2, Markakis 2). RA: J.Feliciano, Markakis, Ad.Jones. GIDP: H.Blanco, Lugo. DP: New York 1 (Cora, Jos.Reyes, I.Davis); Baltimore 1 (M.Tejada, S.Moore, Wigginton).
New York walks (1): Bay.
Baltimore walks (3): M.Tejada, Wigginton, S.Moore.
New York strikeouts (6): Jos.Reyes 2, D.Wright, Tatis 2, H.Blanco.
Baltimore strikeouts (1): Wigginton.
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pelfrey (W 9-1) 6 9 3 3 3 1 101 2.39
Mejia 1 2 1 1 0 0 15 3.04
Igarashi 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 10.03
Valdes 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 5.16
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Millwood (L 0-8) 51/3 11 8 8 1 4 96 5.16
Hendrickson 11/3 4 3 3 0 1 24 6.34
Bergesen 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 7 6.50
Albers 1 2 0 0 0 1 11 5.34
IR-S: Hendrickson 1-1, Bergesen 1-0. WP: Mejia. Umpires: Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Tom Hallion. T: 2:55. A: 24,848 (48,290).
Tigers 4, Pirates 3
DETROIT - Miguel Cabrera hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting Detroit past skidding Pittsburgh, which has lost a season-high eight straight.
Armando Galarraga gave up two runs in his first home start since his near-perfect game.
Brad Thomas (4-0) replaced Galarraga and got the final out in the eighth inning for the win. Jose Valverde closed it for his 13th save, but gave up a run to end his scoreless streak at 25 appearances.
Pittsburgh 010 100 001 – 3 7 0
Detroit 000 000 13x – 4 7 0
Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg. Detroit AB R H BI Avg.
Tabata lf 4 0 1 0 .313 A.Jackson cf 0 0 0 0 .308
N.Walker 2b 4 0 0 0 .286 a-Raburn ph-lf 4 0 0 0 .165
A.McCutchen cf 4 1 2 0 .307 Santiago ss 4 0 0 0 .246
G.Jones 1b 4 1 2 2 .274 Damon dh 2 1 2 0 .294
Doumit c 4 1 1 0 .268 Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 1 1 3 .330
Church rf 4 0 0 0 .186 Boesch rf 4 0 1 0 .342
Delw.Young dh 2 0 0 1 .233 Inge 3b 3 0 1 0 .253
An.LaRoche 3b 3 0 0 0 .236 Avila c 3 1 1 1 .219
c-Iwamura ph 1 0 0 0 .177 Kelly lf-cf 3 0 0 0 .231
Cedeno ss 3 0 1 0 .240 Worth 2b 2 0 0 0 .257
Totals 33 3 7 3 b-C.Guillen ph-2b 1 1 1 0 .299
Totals 30 4 7 4
a-grounded out for A.Jackson in the 1st. b-singled for Worth in the 8th. c-flied out for An.LaRoche in the 9th. LOB: Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4. 2B: G.Jones (14), Doumit (12). HR: G.Jones (10), off Galarraga; Avila (3), off Karstens; Mi.Cabrera (19), off Dotel. RBIs: G.Jones 2 (39), Delw.Young (14), Mi.Cabrera 3 (56), Avila (6). SF: Delw.Young. RLSP: Pittsburgh 2 (Delw.Young, Cedeno); Detroit 1 (Worth). RA: Church, An.LaRoche. GIDP: Mi.Cabrera. DP: Pittsburgh 1 (N.Walker, Cedeno, G.Jones).
Pittsburgh walks (1): Delw.Young.
Detroit walks (2): Damon 2.
Detroit strikeouts (4): Santiago, Inge, Avila, Worth.
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Karstens 7 6 2 2 1 3 96 4.50
Carrasco 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.78
Ja.Lopez (L 1-1) 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 2.35
Dotel 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 6 5.70
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Galarraga 72/3 6 2 2 1 0 106 2.67
Thomas (W 4-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.40
Valverde (S 13) 1 1 1 1 0 0 12 0.66
Karstens pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.Ja.Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Carrasco 1-0, Ja.Lopez 1-0, Dotel 2-2, Thomas 1-0. WP: Carrasco. Balk: Galarraga. Umpires: Home, Gerry Davis; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T: 2:33. A: 31,243 (41,255).
Yankees 9, Astros 5
NEW YORK - Jorge Posada slugged a grand slam for the second straight day, Robinson Cano ripped his 100th career homer and New York completed a three-game sweep of Houston.
The last Yankee to hit grand slams in consecutive games was catcher Bill Dickey in 1937, according to STATS LLC. The last player to do it in the big leagues was Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran on July 16 and 18, 2006.
Houston 100 004 000 – 5 8 1
New York 000 342 00x – 9 9 1
Houston AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
Bourn cf 5 1 1 0 .266 Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 .293
Keppinger 2b 5 0 0 0 .292 Granderson cf 4 1 0 0 .241
Pence rf 3 0 0 0 .260 Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 0 .229
Ca.Lee dh 3 1 1 1 .226 Cano 2b 3 3 1 1 .371
Sullivan lf 4 0 2 0 .196 Swisher dh 4 1 1 1 .299
P.Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 .227 Posada c 3 2 1 4 .288
Blum 1b 4 1 1 0 .236 Cervelli c 0 0 0 0 .282
Manzella ss 4 1 1 2 .222 Gardner lf 3 1 2 1 .317
Cash c 3 1 2 2 .217 Huffman rf 4 0 1 0 .250
Totals 35 5 8 5 R.Pena 3b 3 0 1 2 .208
Totals 33 9 9 9
E: P.Feliz (8), Teixeira (1). LOB: Houston 6, New York 11. 2B: Blum (4), Teixeira (13). HR: Cash (2), off P.Hughes; Cano (13), off Moehler; Posada (8), off Daigle. RBIs: Ca.Lee (35), Manzella 2 (16), Cash 2 (4), Cano (47), Swisher (40), Posada 4 (23), Gardner (20), R.Pena 2 (8). SB: Bourn (21), Pence (7), Gardner (22). CS: Jeter (3). SF: Ca.Lee. RLSP: Houston 2 (Sullivan, Pence); New York 6 (Granderson, Jeter 2, Huffman 3). RA: Jeter.
Houston walks (2): Pence, Cash.
New York walks (10): Granderson, Cano 2, Swisher, Posada 2, Gardner 2, Huffman, R.Pena.
Houston strikeouts (10): Bourn 2, Keppinger, Pence 2, Sullivan 2, P.Feliz, Manzella 2.
New York strikeouts (8): Granderson, Cano, Swisher 3, Posada, Huffman, R.Pena.
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Moehler (L 0-3) 42/3 4 4 4 5 4 99 6.32
G.Chacin 0 0 2 2 2 0 10 2.92
Daigle 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 20 2.70
W.Wright 2/3 3 2 1 0 1 21 5.40
W.Lopez 11/3 0 0 0 0 1 16 4.13
Fulchino 1 0 0 0 2 1 32 7.50
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
P.Hughes (W 9-1) 52/3 7 5 5 2 6 110 3.11
D.Marte 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.09
Park 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 5.71
Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 4.76
M.Rivera 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 1.21
G.Chacin pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. IR-S: G.Chacin 1-0, Daigle 3-3, W.Lopez 2-0. HBP: by Fulchino (Teixeira). WP: Daigle. Umpires: Home, Ted Barrett; First, Tony Randazzo; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Paul Nauert. T: 3:38. A: 46,832 (50,287).
Braves 7, Twins 3
MINNEAPOLIS - Troy Glaus homered twice and tied a career high with four hits to power Atlanta past Minnesota, as the Braves took two of three in an interleague series between division leaders.
Kris Medlen (4-1) tossed a career-high eight innings in his 11th career start, and held the Twins scoreless until Delmon Young's three-run homer with two outs in the seventh.
Glaus, who had three RBIs, hit his 13th and 14th home runs in consecutive at-bats in the fifth and seventh. It was the 29th multihomer game of his career and first since Aug. 9, 2008.
Atlanta 410 010 100 – 7 16 0
Minnesota 000 000 300 – 3 4 1
Atlanta AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Prado 2b 4 1 3 1 .332 Punto 2b 3 0 0 0 .221
Conrad 3b 5 1 1 0 .280 Plouffe ss 4 0 0 0 .130
Heyward rf 5 1 2 1 .265 Mauer dh 3 1 1 0 .319
McCann c 4 1 0 0 .260 Morneau 1b 4 0 0 0 .350
Glaus 1b 5 3 4 3 .290 Cuddyer cf 4 1 1 0 .277
Hinske dh 5 0 2 1 .316 Kubel rf 4 0 1 0 .246
Y.Escobar ss 4 0 2 0 .243 Delm.Young lf 3 1 1 3 .285
Me.Cabrera lf 5 0 0 0 .249 B.Harris 3b 3 0 0 0 .160
G.Blanco cf 4 0 2 0 .400 Butera c 3 0 0 0 .135
Totals 41 7 16 6 Totals 31 3 4 3
E: Punto (3). LOB: Atlanta 10, Minnesota 3. 2B: Heyward (12), Hinske 2 (14), Y.Escobar (9), Kubel (9). HR: Prado (6), off Slowey; Glaus (12), off Slowey; Glaus (13), off Mijares; Delm.Young (8), off Medlen. RBIs: Prado (29), Heyward (43), Glaus 3 (49), Hinske (24), Delm.Young 3 (40). CS: Heyward (4). RLSP: Atlanta 5 (Me.Cabrera 3, Conrad, McCann); Minnesota 2 (B.Harris, Kubel). RA: Morneau, Delm.Young. GIDP: Me.Cabrera. DP: Minnesota 2 (Butera, Butera, Plouffe), (Morneau, Plouffe).
Atlanta walks (3): Prado, McCann, Y.Escobar.
Minnesota walks (2): Punto, Mauer.
Atlanta strikeouts (8): Conrad, Heyward 2, McCann 2, Hinske, Y.Escobar, G.Blanco.
Minnesota strikeouts (6): Punto, Plouffe 2, Morneau, Kubel 2.
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Medlen (W 4-1) 8 4 3 3 1 5 92 3.23
Venters 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 0.98
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Slowey (L 7-4) 42/3 9 6 5 1 6 89 3.84
Mahay 11/3 3 0 0 0 1 26 4.67
Mijares 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 16 2.77
Crain 1/3 1 0 0 2 0 18 5.26
Duensing 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 1.75
Al.Burnett 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 2.37
Crain pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Crain 1-0, Duensing 2-0. WP: Slowey, Crain. Umpires: Home, Brian Runge; First, Mike Winters; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Jerry Layne. T: 2:47. A: 39,772 (39,504).
Marlins 6, Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Rookie Mike Stanton knocked in two runs to back up Chris Volstad's solid pitching as Florida stopped Tampa Bay to take the Sunshine State interleague series.
Rays first baseman Carlos Pena was hitless, ending his streak of six games with at least one homer. He finished two games shy of the major-league record held by Dale Long (Pittsburgh, 1956), Don Mattingly (New York Yankees, 1987) and Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle, 1993).
The Rays had held sole possession of first place for 51 days, but the loss enabled the Yankees to tie them.
Florida 000 104 100 – 6 10 1
Tampa Bay 000 100 000 – 1 6 0
Florida AB R H BI Avg. Tampa Bay AB R H BI Avg.
Coghlan lf 3 0 0 0 .278 Jaso dh 3 0 1 0 .281
G.Sanchez 1b 5 0 1 0 .281 Crawford lf 4 1 1 0 .296
H.Ramirez ss 4 1 2 0 .285 Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0 .320
Cantu dh 5 1 2 1 .288 C.Pena 1b 4 0 0 0 .193
Uggla 2b 4 1 1 1 .262 Zobrist rf 3 0 0 1 .308
C.Ross cf 5 1 0 0 .291 B.Upton cf 3 0 0 0 .239
Stanton rf 2 1 2 2 .368 Shoppach c 4 0 0 0 .208
Helms 3b 4 1 1 2 .282 S.Rodriguez 2b 3 0 3 0 .288
R.Paulino c 2 0 1 0 .303 Brignac ss 3 0 1 0 .303
Totals 34 6 10 6 Totals 30 1 6 1
E: R.Paulino (4). LOB: Florida 9, Tampa Bay 8. 2B: H.Ramirez (14), Uggla (14), S.Rodriguez (11). HR: Cantu (9), off Niemann; Helms (2), off Niemann. RBIs: Cantu (46), Uggla (37), Stanton 2 (4), Helms 2 (9), Zobrist (32). SB: H.Ramirez 2 (11), C.Ross (5), Stanton (2), Crawford (21), S.Rodriguez 2 (2). SF: Uggla, Zobrist. RLSP: Florida 6 (Uggla 2, H.Ramirez 2, G.Sanchez, C.Ross); Tampa Bay 4 (Jaso, Longoria 3). RA: G.Sanchez 2, Cantu, C.Pena. GIDP: Helms 2, Crawford, Brignac. DP: Florida 2 (Helms, Uggla, G.Sanchez), (H.Ramirez, G.Sanchez); Tampa Bay 2 (Brignac, S.Rodriguez, C.Pena), (Brignac, S.Rodriguez, C.Pena).
Florida walks (7): Coghlan 2, H.Ramirez, Stanton 2, R.Paulino 2.
Tampa Bay walks (5): Jaso, Longoria, B.Upton, S.Rodriguez, Brignac.
Florida strikeouts (7): Coghlan 3, Uggla, C.Ross 3.
Tampa Bay strikeouts (6): Jaso, C.Pena, Zobrist, Shoppach 2, Brignac.
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Volstad (W 4-6) 6 4 1 1 4 3 109 4.25
Tankersley 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 20 4.50
Sanches 11/3 0 0 0 0 1 18 3.38
Nunez 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 2.10
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Niemann (L 6-1) 6 9 5 5 3 4 99 2.83
Wheeler 1 1 1 1 0 1 20 3.26
Cormier 2/3 0 0 0 3 0 22 3.86
Benoit 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 27 0.57
IR-S: Sanches 2-0, Benoit 2-0. Umpires: Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Jim Wolf. T: 3:23. A: 25,442 (36,973).