Yankees rip Tigers with nine-run sixth
NEW YORK - Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking double and a two-run homer in New York's nine-run sixth inning, lifting Phil Hughes and the Yankees to an 11-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
NEW YORK - Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking double and a two-run homer in New York's nine-run sixth inning, lifting Phil Hughes and the Yankees to an 11-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
Austin Kearns added a two-run double and Derek Jeter a two-run triple as New York's offense, still missing Alex Rodriguez and Lance Berkman because of injuries, broke loose for the second consecutive day.
The big inning spoiled a homecoming for 21-year-old Tigers starter Rick Porcello, who made his first career start at Yankee Stadium. Porcello attended Seton Hall Prep in nearby West Orange, N.J., and was pitching with family and friends in the crowd of 48,143.
Miguel Cabrera hit his third homer in two games and fourth of the series for Detroit, but there was no carryover of beanballs from a testy game the night before.
Cano has homered in three straight games while batting in A-Rod's cleanup spot. He had three hits and scored three times for the Yankees, who took the final three in a four-game series with the fading Tigers to remain tied for first place.
Detroit 200 000 210 – 5 10 0
New York 000 209 00x – 11 11 0
Detroit AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
A.Jackson cf 4 0 1 1 .302 Gardner lf 4 1 0 0 .283
Rhymes 2b 4 1 2 0 .276 Jeter ss 4 1 1 2 .276
Raburn rf-lf 4 1 1 0 .233 E.Nunez ss 1 0 0 0 .000
Mi.Cabrera 1b 3 1 1 2 .340 Teixeira 1b 4 2 1 0 .256
Boesch rf 1 0 1 1 .272 Cano 2b 5 3 3 3 .325
Damon dh 4 0 0 0 .274 Swisher rf 3 1 2 1 .294
Peralta ss-3b 4 1 2 1 .237 Posada c 3 1 1 1 .251
Inge 3b 3 1 1 0 .256 Granderson cf 3 1 1 1 .248
Santiago ss 0 0 0 0 .273 Kearns dh 4 1 2 2 .280
Avila c 4 0 1 0 .217 R.Pena 3b 4 0 0 0 .204
Kelly lf-1b 4 0 0 0 .221 Totals 35 11 11 10
Totals 35 5 10 5
LOB: Detroit 4, New York 5. 2B: Raburn (15), Avila (8), Cano (34), Kearns (21). 3B: Jeter (3). HR: Mi.Cabrera (31), off P.Hughes; Jh.Peralta (12), off Mitre; Cano (24), off Bonine. RBIs: A.Jackson (27), Mi.Cabrera 2 (100), Boesch (56), Jh.Peralta (51), Jeter 2 (55), Cano 3 (78), Swisher (70), Posada (41), Granderson (38), Kearns 2 (47). SB: Gardner (35). RLSP: Detroit 1 (Rhymes); New York 1 (Kearns). GIDP: Jh.Peralta, Avila. DP: New York 2 (E.Nunez, Cano, Teixeira), (Cano, E.Nunez, Teixeira).
Detroit walks (1): Santiago.
New York walks (5): Gardner, Teixeira, Swisher, Posada, Granderson.
Detroit strikeouts (9): A.Jackson, Raburn 2, Damon 2, Inge, Avila, Kelly 2.
New York strikeouts (3): Cano, Granderson, Kearns.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Porcello (L 5-11) 5 6 6 6 3 2 94 5.76
Schlereth 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 9.00
Weinhardt 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 22 9.17
Bonine 12/3 3 1 1 0 0 29 3.83
Valverde 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.73
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
P.Hughes (W 15-5) 6 4 2 2 0 6 84 3.90
Mitre (S 1-1) 3 6 3 3 1 3 57 3.86
Porcello pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.Schlereth pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. IR-S: Schlereth 2-0, Weinhardt 3-3, Bonine 1-1. PB: Avila. Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild; first, Todd Tichenor; second, Bill Miller; third, Eric Cooper.
T: 2:56. A: 48,143 (50,287).
Orioles 4, Rangers 0
BALTIMORE - Rookie Brian Matusz pitched eight innings, and Baltimore used a four-run seventh to defeat Colby Lewis and skidding Texas.
Matusz (5-12) gave up five hits, walked one and struck out six. Only two Rangers reached second base and none advanced to third.
It was the fourth straight defeat for the Rangers, who were coming off a three-game sweep in Tampa Bay.
Texas received a fine pitching performance from Lewis (9-10) until the seventh, when Baltimore did all its scoring on five hits.
The Orioles improved to 11-6 under Buck Showalter, whose previous managerial job was with Texas from 2003-06.
Texas 000 000 000 – 0 7 0
Baltimore 000 000 40x – 4 11 0
Texas AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Andrus ss 4 0 1 0 .275 B.Roberts 2b 3 1 1 2 .252
M.Young 3b 4 0 1 0 .288 Markakis rf 4 0 1 1 .288
Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 .353 Wiggntn 3b-1b 4 0 1 0 .254
Guerrero dh 3 0 2 0 .299 Scott 1b 4 0 1 0 .295
B.Molina c 4 0 1 0 .220 Lugo 3b 0 0 0 0 .252
Dav.Murphy lf 3 0 1 0 .273 Ad.Jones cf 3 0 0 0 .279
Cantu 1b 3 0 0 0 .250 Pie lf 4 1 2 0 .286
B.Boggs rf 3 0 0 0 .000 Wieters c 4 1 2 0 .243
A.Blanco 2b 3 0 1 0 .245 C.Patterson dh 3 1 2 1 .282
Totals 31 0 7 0 C.Izturis ss 3 0 1 0 .241
Totals 32 4 11 4
LOB: Texas 5, Baltimore 6. 2B: A.Blanco (4), B.Roberts (6), Wigginton (22), Wieters (14). RBIs: B.Roberts 2 (8), Markakis (42), C.Patterson (25). RLSP: Texas 2 (Cantu, B.Molina); Baltimore 4 (Wigginton 2, Scott, Wieters). RA: C.Izturis. GIDP: Cantu 2, Ad.Jones. DP: Texas 2 (A.Blanco, Andrus, Cantu), (Hamilton, Cantu); Baltimore 2 (C.Izturis, B.Roberts, Scott), (Wigginton, B.Roberts, Scott).
Texas walks (1): Guerrero.
Baltimore walks (1): B.Roberts.
Texas strikeouts (6): Andrus, M.Young, Hamilton, Dav.Murphy, B.Boggs 2.
Baltimore strikeouts (4): Markakis 2, Wigginton, Pie.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
C.Lewis (L 9-10) 62/3 9 4 4 1 4 92 3.37
D.Oliver 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.54
O'Day 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.47
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Matusz (W 5-12) 8 5 0 0 1 6 115 4.97
Uehara 1 2 0 0 0 0 25 1.80
IR-S: D.Oliver 1-1. HBP: by O'Day (Ad.Jones).
Umpires: Home, Tim McClelland; first, Andy Fletcher; second, Adrian Johnson; third, Manny Gonzalez.
T: 2:27. A: 14,635 (48,290).
Angels 7, Red Sox 2
BOSTON - Hideki Matsui hit a three-run homer, then drove in another run with a bases-loaded walk, and Ervin Santana took a two-hitter into the eighth inning to help Los Angeles snap a nine-game losing streak against Boston.
Santana (13-8) allowed two runs and four hits in seven-plus innings, walking four, hitting a batter and striking out three. Kevin Jepsen, who blew Wednesday night's game by giving up runs on a wild pitch and hit batsman, pitched out of Santana's bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the eighth.
The Angels, who had lost three straight to fall below .500, held a 20-minute players-only meeting before the game.
Los Angeles 000 004 300 – 7 9 2
Boston 000 100 010 – 2 5 0
Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg. Boston AB R H BI Avg.
B.Abreu lf 4 1 0 0 .266 Scutaro ss 5 1 2 0 .270
M.Izturis 2b 4 2 1 0 .245 Lowrie 2b 4 0 1 0 .304
Callaspo 3b 4 1 1 2 .281 D.Ortiz dh 1 1 1 1 .268
Tor.Hunter rf 4 1 3 0 .296 V.Martinez c 4 0 0 0 .279
H.Matsui dh 4 1 1 4 .255 A.Beltre 3b 1 0 0 1 .327
H.Kendrick 1b 4 0 2 1 .271 J.Drew rf 4 0 0 0 .259
E.Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 .265 Lowell 1b 4 0 1 0 .237
J.Mathis c 4 0 0 0 .204 Kalish cf 4 0 0 0 .259
Bourjos cf 4 1 1 0 .133 Nava lf 4 0 0 0 .278
Totals 36 7 9 7 Totals 31 2 5 2
E: E.Aybar (15), H.Kendrick (9). LOB: Los Angeles 7, Boston 8. 2B: M.Izturis (13), Callaspo (22), Tor.Hunter (28), Lowrie (7). HR: H.Matsui (16), off Beckett; D.Ortiz (27), off E.Santana. RBIs: Callaspo 2 (53), H.Matsui 4 (63), H.Kendrick (60), D.Ortiz (78), A.Beltre (84). CS: Scutaro (4). SF: A.Beltre. RLSP: Los Angeles 3 (E.Aybar 2, H.Matsui); Boston 3 (A.Beltre, J.Drew, Scutaro). RA: Callaspo. GIDP: J.Drew. DP: Los Angeles 1 (M.Izturis, E.Aybar, H.Kendrick).
Los Angeles walks (5): B.Abreu, M.Izturis, Callaspo, Tor.Hunter, H.Matsui. Boston walks (4): D.Ortiz 2, A.Beltre 2. Los Angeles strikeouts (8): B.Abreu, Tor.Hunter, H.Matsui 2, H.Kendrick, E.Aybar, J.Mathis 2. Boston strikeouts (2): Scutaro, J.Drew.
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
E.Santana (W 13-8) 7 4 2 2 4 1 105 3.93
Jepsen 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 4.29
Rodney 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 4.07
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Beckett (L 3-3) 61/3 7 6 6 2 6 105 6.67
Delcarmen 1/3 0 1 1 3 0 18 4.68
Atchison 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 8 3.95
Wakefield 2 1 0 0 0 1 19 5.38
E.Santana pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Jepsen 3-1, Delcarmen 2-2, Atchison 3-1. HBP: by E.Santana (D.Ortiz). Umpires: Home, Jerry Crawford; first, Phil Cuzzi; second, Brian O'Nora; third, Chris Guccione. T: 3:06. A: 37,641 (37,402).
White Sox 11, Twins 0
MINNEAPOLIS - Paul Konerko had five hits and four RBIs and Mark Buehrle pitched seven shutout innings to help Chicago slow surging Minnesota.
Buehrle (12-9) allowed five hits and struck out four. Konerko hit his 31st home run and had a double and three singles among Chicago's 21 hits to help the Sox avoid a sweep and shave the Twins' lead to four games in the AL Central.
Carl Pavano (15-8) set a career high and tied a club record with 15 hits allowed. He gave up seven runs in six innings.
Chicago 202 010 240 – 11 21 1
Minnesota 000 000 000 – 0 5 1
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
Pierre lf 5 2 3 0 .277 Span cf 4 0 0 0 .271
Vizquel 3b 6 2 3 0 .289 O.Hudson 2b 3 0 0 0 .284
Rios cf 5 1 1 1 .293 Mauer dh 4 0 0 0 .332
Konerko 1b 5 3 5 4 .308 Cuddyer 1b 3 0 1 0 .277
Teahen rf 4 2 3 2 .268 Delm.Young lf 3 0 0 0 .317
An.Jones rf 1 0 0 0 .210 b-Repko ph-lf 0 0 0 0 .267
Al.Ramirez ss 5 1 3 2 .293 Kubel rf 4 0 0 0 .260
Kotsay dh 4 0 0 0 .233 Valencia 3b 3 0 1 0 .331
a-Lbrdge ph-dh 1 0 0 0 .286 Punto ss 2 0 1 0 .253
Pierzynski c 5 0 2 2 .243 A.Casilla ss 2 0 1 0 .284
Beckham 2b 5 0 1 0 .251 Butera c 4 0 1 0 .210
Totals 46 11 21 11 Totals 32 0 5 0
b-walked for Delm.Young in the 8th. E: Al.Ramirez (15), Valencia (2). LOB: Chicago 9, Minnesota 9. 2B: Konerko (24), Al.Ramirez (23), Pierzynski (23), Cuddyer (29). 3B: Teahen (2). HR: Konerko (31), off Pavano; Al.Ramirez (14), off Perkins. RBIs: Rios (68), Konerko 4 (85), Teahen 2 (19), Al.Ramirez 2 (52), Pierzynski 2 (38). SB: Pierre (48). RLSP: Chicago 6 (Kotsay, Rios, Beckham 3, Pierzynski); Minnesota 4 (Span, Butera, Kubel 2). RA: Rios, Pierzynski. GIDP: Beckham. DP: Minnesota 2 (Valencia, O.Hudson, Cuddyer), (Kubel, Cuddyer).
Minnesota walks (3): Cuddyer, Repko, Valencia. Chicago strikeouts (4): Teahen, Kotsay, Beckham 2. Minnesota strikeouts (6): O.Hudson, Cuddyer, Kubel, Punto, A.Casilla, Butera.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Buehrle (W 12-9) 7 5 0 0 1 4 110 3.87
Putz 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.60
T.Pena 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 10 5.57
Jenks 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 4.85
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pavano (L 15-8) 6 15 7 7 0 3 87 3.52
Perkins 2 5 4 4 0 1 30 9.00
Rauch 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 3.45
Pavano pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IR-S: T.Pena 2-0, Perkins 1-1. HBP: by Putz (O.Hudson), by Perkins (Pierre).
Umpires: Home, Bruce Dreckman; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Bill Hohn; Third, Gary Darling. T: 2:31. A: 40,723 (39,504).
Indians 7, Royals 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Shin-Soo Choo hit a tiebreaking RBI single in a five-run eighth inning, and Cleveland rallied to beat Kansas City.
Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and drove in two runs for the Indians, who committed a season-high five errors and had a runner thrown out at every base.
Cleveland 000 000 052 – 7 13 5
Kansas City 000 120 000 – 3 10 0
Cleveland AB R H BI Avg. Kansas City AB R H BI Avg.
Brantley cf 4 1 1 1 .212 G.Blanco cf 4 1 2 0 .275
Valbuena lf 0 0 0 0 .163 Kendall c 5 0 0 0 .257
A.Cabrera ss 4 0 2 2 .290 B.Butler 1b 3 1 2 0 .312
Choo rf 5 0 1 1 .290 Ka'aihue dh 5 0 0 0 .173
Hafner dh 4 0 1 1 .270 Betemit 3b 3 0 1 2 .340
J.Nix 3b 4 0 2 0 .249 Gordon lf 5 0 3 0 .235
Gimenez c 0 0 0 0 .179 Maier rf 3 0 0 0 .253
Crowe lf-cf 4 1 1 0 .253 Ja.Miller rf 1 0 0 0 .000
LaPorta 1b 4 1 2 1 .243 Y.Betancourt ss 4 0 0 0 .267
Donald 2b 4 2 1 0 .256 Getz 2b 4 1 2 0 .228
Marson c 2 0 1 0 .192 Totals 37 3 10 2
a-Duncan ph 1 1 1 1 .243
A.Marte 3b 0 1 0 0 .223
Totals 36 7 13 7
a-singled for Marson in the 8th. E: A.Marte (11), J.Nix 2 (10), Talbot (1), LaPorta (3). LOB: Cleveland 5, Kansas City 12. 2B: Brantley (3), A.Cabrera (13), B.Butler (35), Getz (8). RBIs: Brantley (14), A.Cabrera 2 (18), Choo (59), Hafner (38), LaPorta (29), Duncan (24), Betemit 2 (22). SB: Donald (3). CS: Brantley (2), Gordon (3). SF: A.Cabrera. RLSP: Cleveland 3 (Crowe 2, Choo); Kansas City 7 (Y.Betancourt 2, Maier 2, Gordon 2, Kendall). RA: Brantley, A.Cabrera, Ka'aihue. GIDP: Choo, Y.Betancourt. DP: Cleveland 2 (Talbot, A.Cabrera), (A.Cabrera, LaPorta); Kansas City 2 (Gordon, Gordon, Kendall), (Y.Betancourt, B.Butler).
Cleveland walks (2): Brantley, A.Marte. Kansas City walks (4): G.Blanco, B.Butler, Betemit 2. Cleveland strikeouts (6): Choo, Hafner 2, Crowe, LaPorta, Marson. Kansas City strikeouts (5): G.Blanco, Kendall, Ka'aihue, Betemit, Maier.
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Talbot 42/3 8 3 2 4 2 97 4.23
Sipp 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 4.82
Germano 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00
R.Perez (W 4-0) 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 27 3.23
C.Perez (S 15-19) 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 22 2.22
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Davies 71/3 7 3 3 0 5 108 5.14
Bl.Wood (L 1-3) (BS 4) 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 18 5.40
D.Hughes 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 11 4.83
G.Holland 1 2 2 2 1 0 22 9.00
IR-S: Sipp 3-0, R.Perez 1-0, C.Perez 2-0, Bl.Wood 2-2, D.Hughes 2-1. IBB: off Talbot (B.Butler). HBP: by Germano (B.Butler). WP: Davies, G.Holland. PB: Kendall.
Umpires: Home, Chris Tiller; first, Doug Eddings; second, Kerwin Danley; third, Dana DeMuth.
T: 3:24. A: 9,732 (37,840).
