Bourjos lifts Angels past Twins
MINNEAPOLIS - Peter Bourjos hit his first major-league home run and had a triple and four RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS - Peter Bourjos hit his first major-league home run and had a triple and four RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
The speedy centerfielder also threw out Jason Kubel at home plate in his best day since being promoted from triple A on Aug. 3. Erick Aybar added three hits and an RBI for the Angels.
Kevin Slowey (11-6) lasted just three innings for the Twins, allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks, before leaving with discomfort in his right triceps.
Los Angeles 040 012 002 – 9 16 0
Minnesota 300 000 000 – 3 5 2
Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI Avg.
B.Abreu lf 6 1 2 1 .264 Span cf 3 1 0 0 .269
H.Kendrick 2b 5 0 3 0 .278 O.Hudson 2b 4 0 0 0 .283
Callaspo 3b 4 0 2 0 .285 b-Repko ph 1 0 0 0 .262
Tor.Hunter rf 5 1 1 0 .295 Mauer c 2 1 0 0 .331
H.Matsui dh 4 2 1 0 .255 Kubel rf 4 0 1 0 .262
E.Aybar ss 5 1 3 1 .267 Cuddyer 1b 4 1 2 2 .276
Napoli 1b 3 2 1 1 .251 Thome dh 1 0 1 0 .272
J.Mathis c 5 1 1 1 .204 1-Tolbert pr-dh 0 0 0 0 .217
Bourjos cf 5 1 2 4 .170 Delm.Young lf 4 0 1 1 .316
Totals 42 9 16 8 Valencia 3b 4 0 0 0 .328
Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 .262
a-A.Casilla ph 1 0 0 0 .282
Totals 29 3 5 3
a-grounded out for Hardy in the 9th. b-popped out for O.Hudson in the 9th.1-ran for Thome in the 8th. E: Hardy (5), Span (4). LOB: Los Angeles 10, Minnesota 8. 3B: J.Mathis (1), Bourjos (1). HR: Bourjos (1), off Slowey; B.Abreu (15), off Slowey. RBIs: B.Abreu (66), E.Aybar (27), Napoli (54), J.Mathis (12), Bourjos 4 (6), Cuddyer 2 (58), Delm.Young (88). SB: Span (19). SF: Napoli. RLSP: Los Angeles 4 (Tor.Hunter, Bourjos, H.Matsui, B.Abreu); Minnesota 2 (Valencia, Mauer). RA: Span, Kubel. GIDP: B.Abreu, Callaspo, Kubel, Valencia. DP: Los Angeles 3 (Bourjos, Bourjos, J.Mathis), (Napoli, E.Aybar, F.Rodriguez), (E.Aybar, H.Kendrick, Napoli); Minnesota 2 (Hardy, O.Hudson, Cuddyer), (Hardy, Cuddyer).
Los Angeles walks (3): Callaspo, H.Matsui, Napoli.
Minnesota walks (9): Span 2, Mauer 2, Thome 3, Hardy 2.
Los Angeles strikeouts (6): B.Abreu, Tor.Hunter, Napoli, J.Mathis 2, Bourjos.
Minnesota strikeouts (6): Span, O.Hudson 2, Cuddyer, Delm.Young, Valencia.
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
T.Bell 41/3 4 3 3 6 3 96 5.48
F.Rodriguez (W 1-3) 22/3 1 0 0 2 2 35 3.69
Rodney 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.99
Fuentes 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 3.13
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Slowey (L 11-6) 3 7 4 4 2 2 69 4.39
Manship 22/3 4 2 1 1 2 44 2.41
Mahay 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.44
Rauch 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 14 3.35
Perkins 2 4 2 2 0 0 32 9.00
Mahay pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. IR-S: F.Rodriguez 2-0, Mahay 1-1, Rauch 1-0. WP: T.Bell. Umpires: Home, Jerry Layne; first, Mike Winters; second, Hunter Wendelstedt; third, Mike Estabrook.
T: 3:26. A: 40,966 (39,504).
Yankees 9, Mariners 5
NEW YORK - In his first career start, New York third baseman Eduardo Nunez drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the bullpen patched together six stellar innings in a victory over Seattle.
Relievers Chad Gaudin, Boone Logan (1-0), and David Robertson helped get the ball to Mariano Rivera, who allowed a run in the ninth while getting four outs for his 25th save.
Ichiro Suzuki hit a pair of homers and Russell Branyan belted one of the longest ever at the new Yankee Stadium, but it wasn't enough for Jason Vargas (9-6), who packaged two shaky innings around a string of 15 consecutive outs.
Jorge Posada hit a two-run homer and Robinson Cano added a pair of RBIs against the young lefthander.
Seattle 202 000 001 – 5 12 1
New York 400 000 32x – 9 10 0
Seattle AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
I.Suzuki rf 5 3 3 2 .311 Jeter ss 5 1 2 1 .277
Figgins 2b 5 0 1 0 .247 Swisher rf 3 0 0 0 .292
Branyan dh 5 1 1 2 .241 Teixeira 1b 3 1 1 1 .254
Jo.Lopez 3b 4 1 2 0 .241 Cano 2b 4 1 2 2 .324
F.Gutierrez cf 4 0 1 0 .253 Thames dh 4 0 0 0 .302
Kotchman 1b 4 0 3 1 .223 Posada c 3 2 1 2 .252
J.Bard c 3 0 0 0 .247 Kearns lf 3 1 1 0 .281
M.Saunders lf 4 0 0 0 .222 Gardner lf 1 1 1 0 .285
Jo.Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 .257 Granderson cf 4 1 1 0 .247
Totals 38 5 12 5 E.Nunez 3b 3 1 1 1 .250
R.Pena 3b 1 0 0 1 .197
Totals 34 9 10 8
E: Kotchman (1). LOB: Seattle 8, New York 4. 2B: Kotchman (17), Teixeira (29). HR: I.Suzuki 2 (5), off Vazquez 2; Branyan (19), off Vazquez; Posada (14), off J.Vargas. RBIs: I.Suzuki 2 (34), Branyan 2 (44), Kotchman (43), Jeter (56), Teixeira (89), Cano 2 (80), Posada 2 (43), E.Nunez (1), R.Pena (16). SF: Teixeira. RLSP: Seattle 4 (Jo.Wilson, M.Saunders 3); New York 1 (Cano). RA: J.Bard. GIDP: Figgins. DP: New York 1 (Jeter, Cano, Teixeira).
Seattle walks (1): J.Bard.
New York walks (2): Swisher, Posada.
Seattle strikeouts (8): Figgins, Branyan, F.Gutierrez, J.Bard, M.Saunders 2, Jo.Wilson 2.
New York strikeouts (4): Thames, Posada, Kearns 2.
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
J.Vargas (L 9-6) 61/3 8 7 7 0 4 100 3.43
J.Wright 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 16 4.65
B.Sweeney 1 1 2 0 1 0 22 3.38
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Vazquez 3 8 4 4 1 2 65 5.05
Gaudin 3 1 0 0 0 3 40 5.68
Logan (W 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.70
D.Robertson (H 12) 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 20 3.63
M.Rivera (S 25-27) 11/3 2 1 1 0 1 27 1.18
Vazquez pitched to 1 batter in the 4th. IR-S: J.Wright 2-2, Gaudin 1-0, M.Rivera 2-0. HBP: by D.Robertson (Jo.Lopez). Balk: J.Vargas. Umpires: Home, Brian Knight; first, Sam Holbrook; second, Gerry Davis; third, Greg Gibson.
T: 2:54. A: 48,158 (50,287).
Orioles 8, Rangers 6
BALTIMORE - Rookie Josh Bell hit his first two major-league home runs, part of an unprecedented long-ball barrage against Cliff Lee that carried Baltimore past slumping Texas.
Ty Wigginton and Luke Scott also connected against Lee, who never before yielded four homers in a game.
The lefthander has given up 13 home runs this season - seven against Baltimore.
Lee (10-7) had gone five starts since July 22 without surrendering a homer. He allowed a career-high-tying eight runs, 10 hits, and a walk in 52/3 innings.
Texas 000 210 210 – 6 12 0
Baltimore 002 501 00x – 8 11 0
Texas AB R H BI Avg. Baltimore AB R H BI Avg.
Andrus ss 5 0 1 0 .276 B.Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0 .246
M.Young 3b 5 1 3 0 .289 Lugo ss 4 0 1 1 .257
Hamilton lf-cf 5 2 3 3 .356 Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 .286
Guerrero dh 5 1 1 1 .298 Wigginton 1b 4 1 1 1 .252
Dav.Murphy rf 4 1 2 0 .276 Scott dh 4 1 2 1 .297
B.Molina c 3 0 0 1 .214 Ad.Jones cf 4 0 0 0 .275
Moreland 1b 3 0 2 1 .314 Pie lf 4 2 2 0 .289
A.Blanco 2b 3 1 0 0 .238 Tatum c 4 1 1 0 .264
Borbon cf 3 0 0 0 .263 J.Bell 3b 4 3 3 5 .244
a-B.Boggs ph-lf 1 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 11 8
Totals 37 6 12 6
a-struck out for Borbon in the 8th. LOB: Texas 7, Baltimore 4. 2B: M.Young (29), Guerrero (20), Dav.Murphy (18), Moreland (2). HR: Hamilton (27), off Bergesen; J.Bell 2 (2), off Cl.Lee 2; Wigginton (19), off Cl.Lee; Scott (23), off Cl.Lee. RBIs: Hamilton 3 (85), Guerrero (88), B.Molina (12), Moreland (9), Lugo (17), Wigginton (62), Scott (56), J.Bell 5 (9). SB: Dav.Murphy (10), Pie (4). SF: B.Molina. RLSP: Texas 5 (A.Blanco, Guerrero 3, B.Boggs); Baltimore 2 (Ad.Jones, Markakis). RA: Hamilton, Dav.Murphy. GIDP: Hamilton. DP: Baltimore 1 (Lugo, B.Roberts, Wigginton).
Texas walks (2): Moreland, A.Blanco.
Baltimore walks (1): B.Roberts.
Texas strikeouts (6): Andrus, Guerrero, A.Blanco, Borbon 2, B.Boggs.
Baltimore strikeouts (8): Markakis, Wigginton, Scott, Ad.Jones 2, Tatum 3.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cl.Lee (L 10-7) 52/3 10 8 8 1 4 107 3.09
Feldman 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 5.43
Kirkman 11/3 0 0 0 0 3 19 0.00
F.Francisco 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 6 3.78
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bergesen (W 5-9) 7 9 5 5 2 3 96 5.84
M.Gonzalez (H 3) 1 2 1 1 0 2 21 4.50
Uehara (S 1-1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 1.73
IR-S: Feldman 2-1. WP: Feldman. Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; first, Jeff Kellogg; second, Larry Vanover; third, Jeff Nelson.
T: 2:45. A: 23,041 (48,290).
Tigers 5, Indians 2
DETROIT - Max Scherzer beat an AL Central opponent for the first time in 10 tries this season, pitching Detroit past Cleveland.
Scherzer (9-9) allowed two or fewer runs for the fifth straight start. He gave up one earned run and four hits in seven innings, striking out eight.
Don Kelly homered and Austin Jackson doubled, singled, and scored twice for the Tigers.
Phil Coke pitched a perfect eighth for the Tigers, and Jose Valverde closed for his 24th straight successful save.
Rookie Josh Tomlin (1-3) allowed five runs on seven hits in six innings.
The Tigers led, 2-1, after a messy first inning that saw the teams combine for three errors and a run-scoring wild pitch.
Shin-Soo Choo reached on a two-out error by Tigers second baseman Will Rhymes, stole second, and scored when rightfielder Brennan Boesch dropped Travis Hafner's sinking liner for another error.
Detroit tied the game in the bottom half on Ryan Raburn's RBI double. Raburn later scored the go-ahead run on Tomlin's wild pitch.
Cleveland 101 000 000 – 2 4 2
Detroit 200 120 00x – 5 8 2
Cleveland AB R H BI Avg. Detroit AB R H BI Avg.
Crowe cf 4 0 1 0 .250 A.Jackson cf 4 2 2 0 .307
A.Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 .285 Rhymes 2b 3 0 0 0 .273
Choo rf 4 1 0 0 .287 Raburn lf 4 1 1 1 .234
Hafner dh 4 0 2 1 .271 Mi.Cabrera dh 2 1 1 0 .341
J.Nix 3b 4 0 0 0 .245 Boesch rf 4 0 2 1 .274
Duncan lf 4 0 0 0 .233 Jh.Peralta ss 4 0 1 0 .235
LaPorta 1b 3 0 0 0 .238 Inge 3b 2 0 0 1 .261
Donald 2b 3 0 0 0 .253 Avila c 3 0 0 0 .214
Gimenez c 1 1 0 0 .172 Kelly 1b 4 1 1 1 .241
Totals 31 2 4 1 Totals 30 5 8 4
E: Gimenez (1), Donald (12), Rhymes (1), Boesch (7). LOB: Cleveland 4, Detroit 7. 2B: A.Jackson 2 (28), Raburn (16), Mi.Cabrera (38), Boesch (21). HR: Kelly (4), off Tomlin. RBIs: Hafner (39), Raburn (35), Boesch (57), Inge (47), Kelly (16). SB: Choo (15). S: Rhymes. SF: Inge. RLSP: Cleveland 2 (J.Nix 2); Detroit 5 (Jh.Peralta 3, Kelly 2). RA: Raburn, Jh.Peralta. GIDP: Crowe, J.Nix. DP: Detroit 2 (Jh.Peralta, Rhymes, Kelly), (Rhymes, Jh.Peralta, Kelly).
Cleveland walks (2): Gimenez 2.
Detroit walks (4): Mi.Cabrera 2, Inge, Avila.
Cleveland strikeouts (9): A.Cabrera, Choo, J.Nix 3, Duncan, Donald 2, Gimenez.
Detroit strikeouts (2): Avila, Kelly.
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Tomlin (L 1-3) 6 7 5 5 2 2 101 3.86
Germano 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
J.Smith 1 1 0 0 2 0 26 4.55
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Scherzer (W 9-9) 7 4 2 1 2 8 119 3.73
Coke (H 13) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.42
Valverde (S 24-25) 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.68
IBB: off Tomlin (Mi.Cabrera, Mi.Cabrera). WP: Tomlin. Umpires: Home, Ted Barrett; first, Tony Randazzo; second, Paul Nauert; third, Brian Gorman.
T: 2:29. A: 38,088 (41,255).
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4
BOSTON - Jed Lowrie homered to lead off the 11th inning to lift Boston over Toronto.
The victory came after an embarrassing, season-worst 16-2 loss to the Blue Jays on Friday.
Jonathan Papelbon (5-5) pitched a perfect inning for the win.
Toronto 000 103 000 00 – 4 7 2
Boston 002 020 000 01 – 5 10 2
Toronto AB R H BI Avg. Boston AB R H BI Avg.
F.Lewis dh 5 0 1 0 .274 Scutaro ss 5 2 3 0 .276
Y.Escobar ss 5 0 0 0 .295 J.Drew rf 3 1 2 0 .261
J.Bautista rf 5 1 1 0 .253 V.Martinez c 5 0 3 3 .284
V.Wells cf 5 1 1 0 .265 D.Ortiz dh 5 0 0 0 .265
J.Buck c 4 0 1 1 .286 A.Beltre 3b 5 0 1 1 .324
A.Hill 2b 3 1 0 0 .210 Lowell 1b 4 0 0 0 .226
Overbay 1b 2 1 1 2 .254 1-Kalish pr-cf 1 0 0 0 .246
McDonald 3b 4 0 1 1 .253 Hall lf-2b 5 0 0 0 .238
Snider lf 4 0 1 0 .241 Y.Navarro 2b 3 0 0 0 .167
Totals 37 4 7 4 a-Nava ph 0 0 0 0 .273
b-Lowrie ph-1b 1 1 1 1 .317
McDonald cf-lf 3 1 0 0 .272
Totals 40 5 10 5
No outs when winning run scored.a-was announced for Y.Navarro in the 8th. b-walked for Nava in the 8th.1-ran for Lowell in the 8th. E: Y.Escobar 2 (4), Hall (10), Lowrie (4). LOB: Toronto 4, Boston 9. 2B: V.Wells (37), J.Buck (22), Jo.McDonald (8), Scutaro (31). HR: Overbay (16), off Matsuzaka; Lowrie (3), off Janssen. RBIs: J.Buck (52), Overbay 2 (56), Jo.McDonald (12), V.Martinez 3 (49), A.Beltre (85), Lowrie (8). SB: F.Lewis 2 (13). SF: J.Buck. RLSP: Toronto 2 (Jo.McDonald, J.Bautista); Boston 5 (A.Beltre 3, Lowell, Scutaro). RA: D.Ortiz. GIDP: Y.Escobar, D.Ortiz, Hall. DP: Toronto 2 (Y.Escobar, A.Hill, Overbay), (Overbay, Y.Escobar, Carlson); Boston 1 (A.Beltre, Hall, Lowrie).
Toronto walks (3): A.Hill, Overbay 2.
Boston walks (3): J.Drew, Lowrie, D.McDonald.
Toronto strikeouts (10): F.Lewis 3, Y.Escobar, J.Buck 2, A.Hill, Jo.McDonald, Snider 2.
Boston strikeouts (10): J.Drew, D.Ortiz 2, A.Beltre 2, Lowell, Hall 2, D.McDonald 2.
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
R.Romero 7 9 4 4 1 8 117 3.50
Frasor 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.83
S.Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.37
Camp 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.91
Carlson 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.70
Janssen (L 4-2) 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 3.90
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Matsuzaka 8 6 4 4 3 8 109 4.19
D.Bard 2 1 0 0 0 1 13 1.91
Papelbon (W 5-5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 3.08
S.Downs pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.Janssen pitched to 1 batter in the 11th. IR-S: S.Downs 1-0, Camp 2-0. IBB: off Matsuzaka (Overbay). HBP: by R.Romero (J.Drew). Umpires: Home, Bill Miller; first, Eric Cooper; second, Chad Fairchild; third, Todd Tichenor.
T: 3:22. A: 37,614 (37,402).
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Royals 6, White Sox 5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Yuniesky Betancourt hit a grand slam in the seventh inning, then delivered a two-out single in the 11th that gave Kansas City a win over Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader.
Betancourt's third grand slam of the season tied a Royals record set by Danny Tartabull in 1988. Betancourt and Alex Rodriguez are the only major-leaguers with three slams this season.
Wilson Betemit drew a leadoff walk from rookie Chris Sale (0-1) in the 11th, moved up on Alex Gordon's sacrifice, and stopped at third on Mike Aviles' two-out single. Betancourt's single to center won it.
Jesse Chavez (2-1), the fourth Kansas City pitcher, worked two scoreless innings to earn the victory.
White Sox starter Freddy Garcia held the Royals to four hits and one run - Betemit's leadoff homer in the fifth - through six innings.
In the seventh, Garcia walked Billy Butler and gave up two-out singles to Willie Bloomquist and Aviles. Sergio Santos relieved Garcia and gave up Betancourt's grand slam on his second pitch.
The White Sox threatened in the 10th, but pinch-runner Brent Lillibridge was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Carlos Quentin's double to right-center.
Royals righthander Phil Humber, making his first big-league start since Sept. 26, 2007, with the New York Mets, allowed five runs on nine hits, while striking out six in 52/3 innings.
Humber had not pitched since a relief appearance on Aug. 10. He was primarily a starter this season with Triple-A Omaha.
