In a rematch of 1918, Red Sox pound Cubs
BOSTON - Adrian Gonzalez had four of Boston's 19 hits, adding four RBIs on Friday night, as the Red Sox welcomed the Chicago Cubs back to Fenway Park for the first time since the 1918 World Series by beating the National League side, 15-5.
BOSTON - Adrian Gonzalez had four of Boston's 19 hits, adding four RBIs on Friday night, as the Red Sox welcomed the Chicago Cubs back to Fenway Park for the first time since the 1918 World Series by beating the National League side, 15-5.
Kevin Youkilis had two doubles and a two-run homer, and Jacoby Ellsbury also had three hits for Boston, which won its seventh consecutive game. The Red Sox are 22-10 since losing 10 of their first 12 games; they have passed the New York Yankees for the first time this season, and now trail the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays by just a half-game.
Jon Lester (6-1) won his sixth straight decision despite giving up a career-high 12 hits. He allowed five runs, two walks and a hit batter, striking out five.
The last time the Cubs visited Fenway, Chicago hitters were trying to break through against ace pitcher Babe Ruth, the Great War was still raging in France, and Boston's ballpark was still a novelty.
At the time, they were the two most successful clubs in baseball. The Red Sox already owned four Series championships, while the Cubs were coming off their fifth NL pennant in 13 years.
The Red Sox wrapped up the title in six games despite scoring only nine runs, and the clincher drew just 15,238 fans.
Nearly a century later, the Cubs finally headed back for the rematch.
"This is a great series for the fans," Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who was a part-time player for the Cubs in 1986, said before the game.
Souvenir shops were hawking all kinds of Cubs-Red Sox merchandise, including a green T-shirt that read: "THE GREEN MONSTER. NO IVY ON THIS WALL."
Red Sox 15, Cubs 5
Chicago 002 030 000 – 5 12 4
Boston 202 420 05x – 15 19 1
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
S.Castro ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .322
Barney 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .318
Je.Baker 3b 5 2 4 0 0 0 .370
Ar.Ramirez dh 4 0 3 1 0 0 .299
a-Campana ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500
C.Pena 1b 4 1 0 1 1 0 .229
Byrd cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .308
b-DeWitt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
A.Soriano lf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .265
Re.Johnson rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .404
K.Hill c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .225
Totals 38 5 12 4 2 8
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellsbury cf 6 2 3 2 0 1 .297
Pedroia 2b 4 3 2 0 2 2 .246
Sutton 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 6 1 4 4 0 0 .326
Youkilis 3b 5 2 3 3 0 0 .271
Ortiz dh 5 2 2 0 0 0 .297
Lowrie ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .313
Cameron rf 3 1 0 0 2 1 .152
Crawford lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .212
D.McDonald lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150
Saltalamacchia c 3 3 2 1 2 0 .236
Totals 42 15 19 13 6 5
b-popped out for Byrd in the 9th. E: A.Soriano (4), K.Hill (4), S.Castro 2 (9), Lowrie (6). LOB: Chicago 10, Boston 10. 2B: Barney (6), Ar.Ramirez (10), Re.Johnson (6), Ellsbury (14), Pedroia (6), Youkilis 2 (13), Ortiz 2 (8). HR: Youkilis (8), off Maine; Saltalamacchia (2), off Maine. RBIs: Ar.Ramirez (16), C.Pena (18), Re.Johnson 2 (13), Ellsbury 2 (21), Ad.Gonzalez 4 (41), Youkilis 3 (30), Lowrie (19), Crawford 2 (13), Saltalamacchia (11). SB: Ellsbury (14), Pedroia (8). SF: Youkilis. RLSP: Chicago 6 (C.Pena 2, K.Hill 2, Byrd, Barney); Boston 7 (Cameron 2, Crawford 2, Ortiz, Ad.Gonzalez, Youkilis). RA: C.Pena. GIDP: Re.Johnson, Ad.Gonzalez. DP: Chicago 1 (S.Castro, Barney, C.Pena); Boston 1 (Lowrie, Pedroia, Ad.Gonzalez).
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Davis (L 0-2) 32/3 8 7 7 3 3 89 8.31
Maine 1/3 5 3 3 1 0 37 40.50
J.Russell 3 2 0 0 0 1 39 6.26
Samardzija 1 4 5 3 2 1 46 3.91
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lester (W 6-1) 6 12 5 5 2 5 104 3.68
Atchison (S 1) 3 0 0 0 0 3 33 4.32
Maine pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. IR-S: Maine 1-1, J.Russell 2-1. HBP: by Lester (Byrd), by Atchison (Byrd). PB: K.Hill. Umpires: Home, Brian O'Nora; first, Alfonso Marquez; second, Ed Hickox; third, Ed Rapuano.
T: 3:35. A: 37,140 (37,493).
Mets 2, Yankees 1
NEW YORK - R.A. Dickey regained command of his knuckleball and confounded the Yankees for six innings, Daniel Murphy homered, and a youthful Mets lineup won the Subway Series opener Friday night in front of a surprisingly lackluster Yankee Stadium crowd.
Justin Turner had three hits, including a tying double off Freddy Garcia (2-4) to give him an RBI in six straight games. Jose Reyes made a run-saving play at shortstop and Francisco Rodriguez converted his 15th straight save for the resurgent Mets, winners of 10 of 14.
Mark Teixeira homered for the Yankees, who have lost six straight at home for the first time since 2003.
K-Rod, pitching in the Mets' fifth consecutive game, worked a 1-2-3 ninth. The bullpen put up three perfect innings in relief of Dickey (2-5).
NY Mets 000 101 000 – 2 7 1
NY Yankees 001 000 000 – 1 4 1
New York (N) AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jos.Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311
Dan.Murphy 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .234
Beltran rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .280
Bay lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227
F.Martinez dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .273
Turner 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .364
Thole c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213
Pridie cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236
R.Tejada 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .300
Totals 34 2 7 2 2 6
New York (A) AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jeter ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .259
Granderson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .253
Al.Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280
Martin c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .270
Posada dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 .178
Swisher rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .218
Gardner lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260
Totals 31 1 4 1 3 11
E: Jos.Reyes (4), Cano (4). LOB: New York (N) 7, New York (A) 7. 2B: F.Martinez (2), Turner 2 (7), Al.Rodriguez (9), Martin (6). HR: Dan.Murphy (4), off F.Garcia; Teixeira (11), off Dickey. RBIs: Dan.Murphy (13), Turner (14), Teixeira (26). SB: Pridie (3), Gardner (6). RLSP: New York (N) 5 (Pridie, Thole 3, R.Tejada); New York (A) 5 (Gardner 2, Swisher 2, Al.Rodriguez). RA: Posada. GIDP: Granderson. DP: New York (N) 1 (R.Tejada, Dan.Murphy).
New York (N) IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dickey (W 2-5) 6 4 1 1 3 6 101 4.71
O'Connor (H 2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0.00
Isringhsen (H 11) 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 1.80
Rodriguez (S 15) 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 0.76
New York (A) IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
F.Garcia (L 2-4) 7 5 2 2 2 2 95 3.12
Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 3.63
Robertson 1 1 0 0 0 2 20 1.53
HBP: by Dickey (Swisher). WP: F.Garcia. Umpires: Home, Tim Timmons; first, Jeff Kellogg; second, Eric Cooper; third, Mark Carlson.
T: 2:47. A: 47,874 (50,291).
Astros 5, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO - Chris Johnson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth as Houston rallied to beat Toronto.
The Astros (16-29), owners of the worst record in baseball, had lost five straight and 10 of 12 going in, but rallied to win despite trailing, 2-0, through seven innings.
Toronto lefthander Jo-Jo Reyes looked poised to end a 26-start winless streak after pitching seven shutout innings. But Reyes saw his misery extended when Hunter Pence tied it with a two-run, two-out double off Jon Rauch in the eighth. The blown save was Rauch's second of the season.
Matt Downs drew a one-out walk off Frank Francisco (1-1) in the ninth and Johnson followed with a two-run shot.
Houston 000 000 023 – 5 10 0
Toronto 010 001 000 – 2 10 0
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bourn cf 4 1 3 1 1 1 .272
Barmes ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .203
Pence rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .290
Ca.Lee dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239
Michaels lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .172
M.Downs 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .269
Wallace 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
C.Johnson 3b 3 1 2 2 0 1 .216
Hall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .221
a-Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Ang.Sanchez 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .266
Towles c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210
Totals 34 5 10 5 3 8
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Y.Escobar ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .277
C.Patterson lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .281
Bautista rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .352
A.Hill 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .250
J.Rivera 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .222
Arencibia c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235
E.Thames dh 4 0 0 1 0 2 .222
R.Davis cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .260
J.Nix 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .196
Totals 35 2 10 2 2 9
a-grounded out for Hall in the 8th. LOB: Houston 6, Toronto 8. 2B: Pence (13), Y.Escobar (4), A.Hill 2 (9), Arencibia (6). HR: C.Johnson (5), off F.Francisco. RBIs: Bourn (10), Pence 2 (33), C.Johnson 2 (19), E.Thames (2), R.Davis (6). SB: Bourn 2 (16), C.Johnson (1). CS: Bourn (2). RLSP: Houston 6 (Michaels 2, Towles, C.Johnson, Ca.Lee, Barmes); Toronto 4 (R.Davis, E.Thames, Bautista, J.Nix). RA: Pence, M.Downs, Towles, E.Thames. GIDP: Michaels, Y.Escobar, Arencibia. DP: Houston 2 (Barmes, Hall, M.Downs), (Ang.Sanchez, Barmes, Wallace); Toronto 1 (Y.Escobar, A.Hill, J.Rivera).
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
An.Rodriguez 51/3 8 2 2 1 3 82 5.72
Escalona 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.86
Del Rosario 11/3 1 0 0 1 1 17 4.00
W.Lopez (W 1-1) 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 3.00
Melancon (S 2) 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 2.08
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jo-.Reyes 7 5 0 0 1 7 93 4.07
Rauch (BS 2-7) 1 2 2 2 1 0 26 3.57
Francisco (L 1-1) 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 27 5.56
Camp 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 12 2.08
IR-S: Escalona 2-0, Del Rosario 2-1, Camp 1-1. HBP: by Jo-.Reyes (C.Johnson). Umpires: Home, Brian Gorman; first, Tony Randazzo; second, Dan Bellino; third, Larry Vanover. T: 3:05. A: 15,478 (49,260).
Indians 5, Reds 4
CLEVELAND - Rookie pinch-hitter Ezequiel Carrera bunted home Shin-Soo Choo from third base with two outs in the eighth inning, sending Cleveland past Cincinnati in the Ohio Showdown's series opener.
Carrera, called up from triple-A Columbus earlier in the day by the injury-hit Indians, dropped the first pitch from Nick Masset down the first-base line, scoring Choo, who had tripled off Bill Bray (1-1). The speedy Carrera was able to avoid a tag by first baseman Joey Votto to notch an unforgettable hit in his first at-bat in the majors.
Vinnie Pestano (1-0) got two outs in the eighth for his first career win. Chris Perez worked the ninth for his 11th save in 12 tries.
Cincinnati 002 002 000 – 4 7 1
Cleveland 000 004 01x – 5 5 3
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Stubbs cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .270
J.Gomes dh 4 0 0 0 1 0 .176
Votto 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .338
B.Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .329
Bruce rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .263
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .276
Heisey lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .273
Hanigan c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259
Janish ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .238
b-F.Lewis ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286
Totals 34 4 7 3 4 6
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Brantley cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .285
A.Cabrera ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .283
Choo rf 3 1 1 1 0 2 .241
C.Santana c 1 0 0 1 3 0 .221
Duncan dh 2 0 0 1 0 0 .214
a-Carrera ph-dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
O.Cabrera 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273
LaPorta 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Kearns lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .193
Hannahan 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .242
Totals 27 5 5 5 4 4
b-walked for Janish in the 9th. E: Bruce (3), O.Cabrera (3), C.Santana (1), LaPorta (4). LOB: Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 4. 2B: Bruce (7). 3B: Choo (1). RBIs: Votto (26), Rolen (16), Heisey (17), Brantley (20), Choo (20), C.Santana (21), Duncan (11), Carrera (1). SB: Rolen (1). CS: Heisey (1). SF: Duncan. RLSP: Cincinnati 4 (Heisey, Bruce, Janish, Hanigan); Cleveland 2 (O.Cabrera 2). RA: B.Phillips. GIDP: O.Cabrera. DP: Cincinnati 1 (B.Phillips, Janish, Votto); Cleveland 1 (C.Perez, LaPorta).
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
T.Wood 51/3 3 4 4 2 3 94 5.17
Ondrsk (BS1-1) 12/3 0 0 0 1 1 19 2.19
Bray (L 1-1) 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 13 1.69
Masset 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.15
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
White 3 1 2 1 3 3 65 3.60
Herrmann 2 3 2 1 0 2 36 7.11
J.Smith 12/3 1 0 0 0 0 24 2.25
Sipp 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 10 1.33
Pestano (W 1-0) 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 13 1.65
C.Perez (S 11) 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.00
Herrmann pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. IR-S: Ondrusek 3-2, Masset 2-1, J.Smith 2-1. IBB: off Bray (C.Santana). HBP: by T.Wood (Choo). WP: J.Smith. Umpires: Home, Phil Cuzzi; first, Bill Miller; second, James Hoye; third, Manny Gonzalez.
T: 3:15. A: 31,622 (43,441).
Royals 3, Cardinals 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jeff Francis went 72/3 innings, outdueling Chris Carpenter to lead Kansas City to victory over St. Louis.
Francis (1-5), who had pitched well several times while failing to get his first win since signing with the Royals, was facing a team he had always fared well against while playing in the National League. The righthander gave up six hits and two runs, walked two and struck out six while raising his career record over the Cardinals to 5-1.
For most of the game, Francis and Carpenter (1-4) were locked in a mirror-image duel. Through six innings, they had both thrown 76 pitches and allowed five hits and no runs. Carpenter had walked none and struck out five. Francis had walked two and struck out five.
But that changed in the seventh when the Royals scored three runs on RBI hits by Wilson Betemit, Alcides Escobar and Melky Cabrera.
St. Louis 000 000 000 – 0 6 0
Kansas City 000 000 30x – 3 9 0
St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .301
Rasmus cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .296
Pujols 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .266
Holliday dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .357
Craig lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286
Y.Molina c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .316
Jay rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .313
Greene 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .206
Descalso 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212
a-Kozma ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Totals 31 0 6 0 3 8
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Gordon lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .276
Me.Cabrera cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .272
Hosmer 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .314
Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287
Butler dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .284
Betemit 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .311
B.Pena c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .197
Getz 2b 3 1 2 0 0 1 .230
A.Escobar ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .231
Totals 30 3 9 3 1 5
a-grounded out for Descalso in the 8th. LOB: St. Louis 7, Kansas City 6. 2B: Pujols (5), Betemit (13). RBIs: Me.Cabrera (27), B.Pena (8), A.Escobar (12). SB: Jay (2). SF: Me.Cabrera, B.Pena. RLSP: St. Louis 5 (Greene 2, Theriot, Craig, Holliday); Kansas City 2 (Francoeur, Hosmer). GIDP: Craig, Greene. DP: St. Louis 1 (Jay, Pujols); Kansas City 2 (A.Escobar, Hosmer), (A.Escobar, Getz, Hosmer).
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Carpentr (L 1-4) 61/3 9 3 3 0 5 88 4.88
Miller 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.45
Franklin 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 9.20
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Francis (W 1-5) 72/3 6 0 0 2 6 94 4.23
Crow (H 3) 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 11 0.83
Soria (S 7-9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 4.08
IR-S: Miller 2-1, Crow 1-0. IBB: off Francis (Holliday). Umpires: Home, Joe West; first, Angel Hernandez; second, Angel Campos; third, Chad Fairchild.
T: 2:17. A: 26,816 (37,903).
Nationals 17, Orioles 5
BALTIMORE - Danny Espinosa homered and drove in five runs, Jayson Werth hit two homers and had four RBIs, and Washington had its biggest offensive outing since moving to the nation's capital in a rout of Baltimore.
Roger Bernadina, Wilson Ramos and Laynce Nix also homered for the Nationals, who had a season-high 19 hits. The six homers also set a Nats record.
Henry Rodriguez (1-0) worked three scoreless innings for the victory.
The Expos became the Nationals in 2005, after the franchise moved to Washington from Montreal.
Washington 030 361 112 – 17 19 0
Baltimore 003 200 000 – 5 12 0
Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bernadina cf 6 1 2 2 0 3 .280
Desmond ss 6 2 2 0 0 1 .217
L.Nix lf 5 1 2 2 1 1 .312
Werth rf 4 2 3 4 0 0 .247
Bixler rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Stairs dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .077
a-Morse ph-dh 2 0 1 0 0 1 .260
Ad.LaRoche 1b 3 2 0 0 2 1 .169
b-Cora ph-1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .236
W.Ramos c 4 5 3 2 1 0 .289
Espinosa 2b 4 3 3 5 1 0 .209
Hairston Jr. 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .237
Totals 45 17 19 17 5 9
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pie lf-cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .254
Ad.Jones cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .293
Reimold rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Markakis rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .256
Fox c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .186
Guerrero dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 .306
Wieters c 4 1 1 2 0 2 .273
B.Snyder 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Scott 1b-lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .228
Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Andino ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Mar.Reynolds 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .190
R.Adams 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
Totals 36 5 12 5 3 5
b-singled for Ad.LaRoche in the 9th. LOB: Washington 8, Baltimore 8. 2B: Pie (3), Wieters (7), Mar.Reynolds (9). 3B: W.Ramos (1), Espinosa (4). HR: Espinosa (6), off Arrieta; Bernadina (1), off Berken; Werth (7), off Berken; Werth (8), off M.Gonzalez; W.Ramos (3), off M.Gonzalez; L.Nix (6), off Gregg. RBIs: Bernadina 2 (5), L.Nix 2 (18), Werth 4 (18), W.Ramos 2 (10), Espinosa 5 (27), Hairston Jr. 2 (12), Pie (2), Ad.Jones (24), Wieters 2 (24), Scott (17). SF: Ad.Jones. RLSP: Washington 5 (Stairs 3, Desmond, W.Ramos); Baltimore 4 (Wieters, Hardy, Ad.Jones, Guerrero). RA: Desmond. GIDP: W.Ramos, Guerrero. DP: Washington 1 (Slaten, Espinosa, Cora); Baltimore 1 (Andino, R.Adams, B.Snyder).
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Marquis 4 8 5 5 3 2 89 4.08
Rodriguez (W 1-0) 3 2 0 0 0 3 41 1.00
Coffey 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.16
Slaten 1 2 0 0 0 0 16 1.59
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Arrieta (L 5-2) 32/3 6 6 6 3 3 91 4.75
Berken 1 5 6 6 1 2 39 7.94
Rapada 11/3 2 1 1 1 2 25 9.39
M.Gonzalez 2 2 2 2 0 2 35 8.59
Gregg 1 4 2 2 0 0 19 4.15
IR-S: Berken 3-1. HBP: by Berken (Werth), by Arrieta (W.Ramos). WP: H.Rodriguez, Berken. Umpires: Home, Gerry Davis; first, Sam Holbrook; second, Greg Gibson; third, Todd Tichenor.
T: 3:31. A: 24,442 (45,438).
Dodgers 6, White Sox 4
CHICAGO - Russell Mitchell tied the game with a two-out homer in the ninth inning, and Juan Castro had the go-ahead single in a three-run 10th as Los Angeles rallied to beat Chicago.
Jamey Carroll started the 10th with a single off Sergio Santos (2-1), and Matt Kemp singled one out later.
Castro, a seventh-inning replacement after second baseman Juan Uribe left with a hip flexor injury, then dumped an RBI single over first base. James Loney followed with an RBI double, and Jay Gibbons greeted Will Ohman with a run-scoring single.
Mitchell, who entered batting .091 and was 0 for 3, tied it with a drive down the left field line off Santos, who had not given up a run all season over 20 innings and blew his first save in seven chances.
Los Angeles 200 000 001 3 – 6 12 0
Chicago 030 000 000 1 – 4 10 0
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Gwynn Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .211
a-Sands ph-cf-lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Carroll ss 5 2 4 0 0 0 .319
Ethier rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .316
Kemp dh-cf 4 2 2 2 1 1 .324
Uribe 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Ju.Castro 2b 2 1 1 1 0 1 .125
Loney 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .232
Navarro c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .130
Gibbons lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .174
Guerrier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Elbert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
MacDougal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Mitchell 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .125
Totals 41 6 12 6 4 8
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pierre lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .251
Al.Ramirez ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .262
A.Dunn dh 5 0 0 1 0 2 .196
Konerko 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Quentin rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .259
Rios cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .204
R.Castro c 3 1 1 1 0 2 .211
b-Pierzynski ph-c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .252
Beckham 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .211
Morel 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .232
c-Vizquel ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .340
Totals 40 4 10 4 0 7
a-walked for Gwynn Jr. in the 8th. b-singled for R.Castro in the 9th. c-singled for Morel in the 10th. LOB: Los Angeles 9, Chicago 6. 2B: Carroll 2 (9), Loney (4), Quentin (16), Rios (7), R.Castro (2). HR: Kemp (10), off Humber; Mitchell (1), off S.Santos; Beckham (4), off Lilly. RBIs: Kemp 2 (31), Ju.Castro (1), Loney (14), Gibbons (2), Mitchell (1), A.Dunn (20), R.Castro (4), Beckham 2 (15). RLSP: Los Angeles 5 (Uribe, Loney 2, Mitchell 2); Chicago 3 (Al.Ramirez, Rios, Konerko). RA: Kemp, Al.Ramirez, A.Dunn. GIDP: Mitchell. DP: Chicago 1 (Beckham, Al.Ramirez, Konerko).
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lilly 7 7 3 3 0 5 102 4.71
Jansen (W 1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 2 32 5.12
Guerrier (H 7) 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 14 3.42
Elbert (H 1) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
MacDougal (S 1) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.80
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Humber 7 5 2 2 1 4 102 3.10
Thornton (H 4) 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 15 5.93
Crain (H 6) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.57
Sntos(L2-1BS1) 11/3 5 4 4 1 2 28 1.69
Ohman 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 8 5.84
IR-S: Elbert 2-1, MacDougal 1-0, Crain 3-0, Ohman 3-1. IBB: off S.Santos (Navarro), off Thornton (Kemp). Umpires: Home, Lance Barksdale; first, Adrian Johnson; second, Fieldin Culbreth; third, Gary Cederstrom. T: 3:17. A: 24,121 (40,615).