Colon's mojo too strong for A's; Yanks boogie on

OAKLAND, Calif. - Bartolo Colon pitched a four-hitter for his first shutout in nearly five years and Mark Teixeira homered in the first inning to help the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics for the eighth straight time, 5-0, on Monday.

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Published May 31, 2011, 3:01 a.m. ET

Robinson Cano added an RBI double in the three-run first against Trevor Cahill (6-3) and Derek Jeter recorded his 2,981st career hit and drove in a run for the Yankees, who have won 22 of 26 games against Oakland since the start of the 2008 season.

The offensively challenged A's were shut out for the sixth time this year, getting only four baserunners against Colon (3-3) to snap a season-longest four-game winning streak.

Colon allowed no walks and struck out six to snap a five-start winless stretch with his first shutout since blanking Seattle, 4-0, on July 5, 2006, with the Angels.

This marked the latest step in a remarkable comeback season for the 38-year-old Colon, who was out of baseball a year ago and was brought by the Yankees to spring training on a minor-league deal. Colon earned a spot in the rotation early this season and has maintained it with a 3.26 ERA in the opening two months.

The Yankees have won back-to-back games behind strong starts from Colon and CC Sabathia after losing the first two games of their nine-game West Coast trip.

Cahill was shelled in two starts against the Yankees last year, allowing 14 runs in 10 innings in two losses. He started this game much the same way.

Jeter got it started with a leadoff single and scored with one out on Teixeira's 16th home run and seventh in the last 11 games. Alex Rodriguez then walked and scored on Robinson Cano's double. That proved to be more than enough.

Yankees 5, Athletics 0

New York 300 000 101 – 5 7 0

Oakland 000 000 000 – 0 4 0

New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Jeter ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .259

Granderson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276

Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .258

Al.Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .277

Cano 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .284

Posada dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .169

Swisher rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .212

1-Dickerson pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308

Gardner lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .255

Cervelli c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .200

Totals 30 5 7 5 5 5

Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267

Barton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .206

DeJesus rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242

Willingham lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246

Matsui dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222

K.Suzuki c 3 0 1 0 0 2 .251

M.Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .210

Kouzmanoff 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .223

Pennington ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .260

Totals 30 0 4 0 0 6

1-ran for Swisher in the 9th. LOB: New York 5, Oakland 3. 2B: Cano (11), Swisher (8), Willingham (8), Pennington (4). 3B: Cano (2). HR: Teixeira (16), off Cahill. RBIs: Jeter (16), Teixeira 2 (38), Cano (35), Cervelli (8). SB: Gardner 2 (10), Cervelli 2 (2). SF: Jeter, Cervelli. RLSP: New York 3 (Jeter, Granderson, Posada); Oakland 2 (M.Ellis, DeJesus). RA: Crisp. GIDP: M.Ellis. DP: New York 1 (Jeter, Teixeira); Oakland 1 (Barton).

New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Colon (W 3-3) 9 4 0 0 0 6 103 3.26

Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Cahill (L 6-3) 62/3 4 4 4 5 2 107 2.31

Breslow 11/3 1 0 0 0 3 25 3.80

Ziegler 1 2 1 1 0 0 15 1.89

IR-S: Breslow 1-0. Umpires: Home, Jim Wolf; first, Derryl Cousins; second, Jim Joyce; third, Ron Kulpa. T: 2:28. A: 35,067 (35,067).

Tigers 6, Twins 5

DETROIT - Jhonny Peralta was allowed to score from first on a fan-interference call, breaking an eighth-inning tie, and Detroit went on to beat Minnesota.

There was considerable dispute over whether someone interfered with Alex Avila's shot that rattled along the short fence near the left-field line before bouncing up toward a fan standing in a small seating area jutting out toward the field. Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire was ejected after a heated argument.

"I don't care who it hit. The ball went in the stands," Gardenhire said. "When it goes in the stands you know it's a ground-rule double."

Minnesota 000 140 000 – 5 10 0

Detroit 201 002 01x – 6 9 0

Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Span cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .295

A.Casilla ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .236

Kubel rf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .310

a-Repko ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .185

Morneau 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .242

Cuddyer 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .263

Thome dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 .236

1-Plouffe pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207

D.Young lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210

Valencia 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .230

R.Rivera c 4 1 2 1 0 2 .212

Totals 36 5 10 5 2 5

Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

A.Jackson cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .223

Dirks lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .281

b-C.Wells ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226

Boesch rf-lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .254

Kelly lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262

Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .314

V.Martinez dh 4 1 1 2 0 2 .298

Jh.Peralta ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .303

Avila c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .280

Raburn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .196

Worth 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Inge 3b 2 1 1 0 1 1 .206

Totals 32 6 9 6 2 7

a-flied out for Kubel in the 7th. b-struck out for Dirks in the 7th.1-ran for Thome in the 8th. LOB: Minnesota 7, Detroit 5. 2B: Kubel (14), Thome (4), Valencia (9), R.Rivera (2), A.Jackson (10), Dirks (2), Avila (10). HR: Mi.Cabrera (10), off Blackburn; V.Martinez (5), off Blackburn. RBIs: Kubel (30), Morneau (17), Cuddyer 2 (13), R.Rivera (2), Dirks (4), Boesch (23), Mi.Cabrera (37), V.Martinez 2 (27), Avila (29). SB: Inge (1). S: A.Jackson. SF: Morneau. RLSP: Minnesota 4 (D.Young 3, A.Casilla); Detroit 4 (Mi.Cabrera, Boesch 2, Raburn). RA: Span, Morneau, Dirks, Boesch.

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Blackburn 6 7 5 5 1 3 99 3.57

Hoey 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 14 10.45

Dumatrait 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 7 1.80

Al.Burnett (L 1-4) 1 2 1 1 0 2 24 6.75

Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Penny 6 10 5 5 1 2 105 4.72

Purcey 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 3.18

Alburqrque(W2-1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.31

Valverde (S 13) 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.38

Purcey pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.Blackburn pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Hoey 2-0, Dumatrait 3-0, Alburquerque 1-0. Umpires: Home, Bruce Dreckman; first, Paul Emmel; second, Rob Drake; third, Gary Darling.

T: 3:09. A: 30,198 (41,255).

Mariners 4, Orioles 3

SEATTLE - Jack Cust hit the second triple of his career, driving in two runs to help Seattle beat Baltimore.

Doug Fister (3-5) went 71/3 innings to pick up his first victory since April 30. He allowed three runs on seven hits, walked one, and struck out a career-high nine in his 49th career start.

Fister threw 23 of 30 first-pitch strikes. He is 3-2 with a 3.02 ERA over his last eight starts.

Brandon League worked the ninth for his 14th save in 17 opportunities.

Ichiro Suzuki, steeped in his worst career slump - 1 of 22 over his previous five games - had a pair of singles and scored twice. He now has a career .367 average against Baltimore, the best against any team. He has at least one hit in 40 of the last 42 games he has played against the Orioles.

Baltimore 001 000 020 – 3 8 1

Seattle 202 000 00x – 4 6 1

Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Pie cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .263

Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236

Markakis rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .249

Guerrero dh 4 0 0 1 0 1 .295

1-Ad.Jones pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283

Wieters c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270

Scott 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .234

Reimold lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .348

Mar.Reynolds 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .198

Andino 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .273

Totals 35 3 8 3 1 9

Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

I.Suzuki rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .276

Ryan ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .276

Smoak 1b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .253

Cust dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .239

A.Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .283

Olivo c 3 0 0 1 1 3 .239

Peguero lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .179

F.Gutierrez cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265

Figgins 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .190

M.Saunders cf-lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .172

Totals 28 4 6 4 5 10

1-ran for Guerrero in the 8th. E: Wieters (1), Figgins (6). LOB: Baltimore 6, Seattle 5. 2B: Scott (8). 3B: Cust (1). HR: Mar.Reynolds (7), off Fister. RBIs: Markakis (17), Guerrero (23), Mar.Reynolds (24), Ryan (17), Cust (17), A.Kennedy (14), Olivo (19). SB: I.Suzuki (13). CS: M.Saunders (2). RLSP: Baltimore 3 (Andino, Mar.Reynolds, Scott); Seattle 3 (Olivo, Figgins 2). RA: Ryan. GIDP: Andino, A.Kennedy. DP: Baltimore 1 (Scott, Hardy, Scott); Seattle 1 (Ryan, A.Kennedy, Smoak).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Arrieta (L 6-3) 21/3 4 4 4 4 3 68 4.97

Simon 32/3 2 0 0 1 4 43 4.05

Viola 12/3 0 0 0 0 2 23 0.00

Ji.Johnson 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.07

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Fister (W 3-5) 71/3 7 3 3 1 9 110 3.24

J.Wright (H 11) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.46

Laffey (H 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.78

League (S 14-17) 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 5.09

IR-S: Simon 3-0, J.Wright 2-1, Laffey 2-0. Umpires: Home, Phil Cuzzi; first, Mike Muchlinski; second, Bill Miller; third, James Hoye.

T: 2:46. A: 22,819 (47,878).

Angels 10, Royals 8

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Torii Hunter's second home run, a two-run shot off Joakim Soria in the ninth, powered Los Angeles to a come-from-behind victory over Kansas City.

Hunter, who had a solo home run off Everett Teaford in the seventh, drove in the 1,000th run of his career with the long drive that put the Angels on top, 9-8. For Soria (3-3), a two-time all-star, it was his fifth blown save in 12 opportunities and second in two days.

Last year he had three blown saves in 46 opportunities.

Mark Trumbo and Peter Bourjos hit solo home runs in the eighth off Louis Coleman to bring the Angels to within a run.

Los Angeles 102 010 123 – 10 15 1

Kansas City 330 000 200 – 8 11 1

Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

M.Izturis 2b 3 2 0 0 1 0 .289

Aybar ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .308

Abreu lf 5 2 4 2 0 0 .276

Willits lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056

Tor.Hunter rf 5 2 3 4 0 1 .249

Callaspo 3b 4 1 3 1 1 0 .306

Branyan dh 5 0 1 0 0 2 .125

Trumbo 1b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .249

Conger c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .233

Bourjos cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .240

Totals 40 10 15 10 3 7

Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Gordon lf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .279

Me.Cabrera cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .274

Hosmer 1b 5 1 2 4 0 0 .274

Francoeur rf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .272

Butler dh 4 1 1 0 1 2 .292

Betemit 3b 5 1 2 1 0 2 .314

Treanor c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .216

Getz 2b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .243

A.Escobar ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .220

Totals 35 8 11 8 5 7

E: Conger (2), Betemit (5). LOB: Los Angeles 8, Kansas City 7. 2B: Abreu 2 (13), Conger (5), Hosmer (5). 3B: Betemit (1). HR: Tor.Hunter (7), off Teaford; Trumbo (10), off L.Coleman; Bourjos (3), off L.Coleman; Tor.Hunter (8), off Soria; Gordon (7), off E.Santana; Hosmer (5), off E.Santana. RBIs: Abreu 2 (24), Tor.Hunter 4 (31), Callaspo (26), Trumbo 2 (27), Bourjos (12), Gordon (29), Hosmer 4 (15), Francoeur (30), Betemit (23), Getz (13). S: Aybar. SF: Francoeur. RLSP: Los Angeles 4 (Branyan 2, M.Izturis, Bourjos); Kansas City 4 (Butler, A.Escobar 2, Francoeur). RA: Me.Cabrera, Hosmer. GIDP: Tor.Hunter, Conger, Hosmer, Betemit. DP: Los Angeles 2 (Trumbo, Aybar, Trumbo), (Callaspo, M.Izturis, Trumbo); Kansas City 2 (Hochevar, Getz, Hosmer), (A.Escobar, Getz, Hosmer).

Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

E.Santana 6 7 6 6 4 5 114 4.34

R.Thompson 2/3 3 2 2 1 0 25 2.96

Jepsen (W 1-2) 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 10 9.00

Rodney (S 3-6) 1 0 0 0 0 2 23 3.86

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Hochevar 5 7 4 4 3 2 105 4.96

G.Holland (H 2) 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 0.00

Teaford (H 1) 11/3 1 1 1 0 1 18 2.84

L.Coleman (H 2) 2/3 2 2 2 0 0 15 3.12

Soria (L 3-3,BS5) 1 4 3 3 0 3 29 6.55

IR-S: Jepsen 2-0. HBP: by E.Santana (A.Escobar), by Hochevar (M.Izturis). Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; first, Fieldin Culbreth; second, Gary Cederstrom; third, Lance Barksdale.

T: 3:15. A: 24,406 (37,903).

Blue Jays 11, Indians 1

TORONTO - Jo-Jo Reyes won for the first time in 29 starts by throwing his first career complete game and Jayson Nix hit a two-run home run to lead Toronto to a rout of Cleveland.

Reyes (1-4) allowed one run and eight hits, earning a win for the first time in nearly three years.

His previous victory came with Atlanta against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 13, 2008. The lefthander went 0-13 with a 6.59 ERA in his 28 starts between wins.

The crowd of 12,902 stood and cheered "Jo-Jo, Jo-Jo" as Cleveland's Jack Hannahan batted with two outs in the ninth.

Catcher J.P. Arencibia embraced Reyes after Hannahan struck out. One fan held up a sign reading "I believe in Jo-Jo."

Cleveland 000 100 000 – 1 8 1

Toronto 002 720 00x – 11 13 0

Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Brantley cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .279

A.Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .298

a-Everett ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278

Choo rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250

Duncan dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .261

O.Cabrera 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258

C.Santana c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .214

LaPorta 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Kearns lf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .197

Hannahan 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227

Totals 32 1 8 1 4 4

Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Y.Escobar ss 4 1 2 1 1 0 .293

C.Patterson lf 4 1 0 2 0 0 .294

Bautista rf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .356

b-McCoy ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213

J.Rivera 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .243

Arencibia c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .259

A.Hill 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .235

E.Thames dh 4 2 2 0 0 0 .265

R.Davis cf 4 3 3 2 0 0 .277

J.Nix 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .200

Totals 36 11 13 10 2 3

a-flied out for A.Cabrera in the 8th. b-flied out for Bautista in the 8th. E: O.Cabrera (4). LOB: Cleveland 8, Toronto 5. 2B: Bautista (9), Arencibia (8), R.Davis 2 (7), J.Nix (4). HR: Duncan (2), off Jo-.Reyes; J.Nix (3), off Carmona. RBIs: Duncan (16), Y.Escobar (19), C.Patterson 2 (26), Bautista 2 (38), Arencibia (26), R.Davis 2 (10), J.Nix 2 (10). SF: C.Patterson. RLSP: Cleveland 4 (Kearns, A.Cabrera, Duncan, Hannahan); Toronto 2 (A.Hill, Y.Escobar). RA: Choo, LaPorta, J.Rivera. GIDP: Brantley, A.Cabrera 2, C.Patterson. DP: Cleveland 1 (O.Cabrera, A.Cabrera, LaPorta); Toronto 3 (J.Nix, A.Hill, J.Rivera), (Jo-.Reyes, A.Hill, J.Rivera), (A.Hill, Y.Escobar, J.Rivera).

Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Carmona (L 3-6) 4 9 9 7 2 3 81 5.31

Durbin 2 3 2 2 0 0 27 5.24

R.Perez 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 1.37

Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Jo-.Reyes (W 1-4) 9 8 1 1 4 4 121 4.15

HBP: by Carmona (A.Hill).

Umpires: Home, Marvin Hudson; first, Ted Barrett; second, Tim McClelland; third, D.J. Reyburn.

T: 2:21. A: 12,902 (49,260).

Rangers 11, Rays 5

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Mike Napoli homered twice and drove in five runs, leading Texas to a victory over Tampa Bay.

Napoli homered for the third consecutive day, giving him four in three games. No. 9 hitter Endy Chavez went deep for his second straight game, helping the defending AL champions amass a season-high 20 hits in their first meeting with Tampa Bay since Texas eliminated the Rays in the opening round of last year's playoffs.

Mitch Moreland also homered in support of Derek Holland (4-1), who allowed five runs and five hits over 52/3 innings, but still won for the first time in over a month.

Texas 205 101 020 – 11 20 1

Tampa Bay 000 104 000 – 5 9 3

Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Andrus ss 6 2 3 0 0 0 .268

A.Blanco ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

Dav.Murphy rf 5 0 1 0 1 1 .224

J.Hamilton lf 5 1 2 2 0 2 .324

Mi.Young 2b 6 0 3 0 0 0 .340

A.Beltre 3b 6 1 2 1 0 0 .254

N.Cruz dh 5 1 1 0 1 1 .219

Moreland 1b 4 3 2 1 2 1 .301

Napoli c 6 2 3 5 0 1 .229

En.Chavez cf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .394

Totals 48 11 20 11 4 6

Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .237

Damon dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .276

S.Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0 1 2 .233

B.Upton cf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .242

Zobrist 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .251

F.Lopez 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .225

Joyce rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .368

Shoppach c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .156

Ruggiano lf 3 1 1 3 1 1 .143

Totals 36 5 9 5 6 12

E: Napoli (2), S.Rodriguez 3 (4). LOB: Texas 15, Tampa Bay 10. 2B: Andrus 2 (7), J.Hamilton (8), N.Cruz (5), Napoli (6). HR: Napoli (9), off W.Davis; En.Chavez (2), off W.Davis; Moreland (7), off B.Gomes; Napoli (10), off Sonnanstine; Zobrist (9), off D.Holland; Ruggiano (1), off D.Holland. RBIs: J.Hamilton 2 (13), A.Beltre (42), Moreland (18), Napoli 5 (25), En.Chavez 2 (3), Zobrist (30), Joyce (28), Ruggiano 3 (3). SB: B.Upton (11). SF: J.Hamilton. RLSP: Texas 9 (Napoli 3, Mi.Young 3, A.Beltre, Dav.Murphy, N.Cruz); Tampa Bay 4 (S.Rodriguez, B.Upton 2, F.Lopez). RA: Andrus, Damon, Zobrist.

Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Holland (W 4-1) 52/3 5 5 5 5 7 112 4.96

M.Lowe 1/3 2 0 0 1 1 23 3.75

D.Oliver 2 1 0 0 0 3 32 2.45

Bush 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 4.43

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

W.Davis (L 4-5) 22/3 12 7 7 1 1 77 4.52

B.Gomes 21/3 4 1 1 0 1 52 3.09

Sonnanstine 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 4.39

Jo.Peralta 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.38

J.Cruz 0 1 2 2 2 0 17 4.42

C.Ramos 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 3.86

A.Russell 1 1 0 0 0 2 17 3.00

J.Cruz pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. IR-S: B.Gomes 2-0, C.Ramos 2-1.

Umpires: Home, CB Bucknor; first, Jerry Meals; second, Dale Scott; third, Dan Iassogna.

T: 3:42. A: 14,203 (34,078).

White Sox 7, Red Sox 3

BOSTON - Alexei Ramirez and Carlos Quentin each had a pair of RBIs in a four-run sixth inning as Chicago snapped Jon Lester's seven-game winning streak and beat Boston.

Paul Konerko added a solo homer for the White Sox, who halted a three-game losing skid and won for the 11th time in their last 13 games against the Red Sox.

Jake Peavy (2-0), making just his fourth start after working back from season-ending right shoulder surgery last July, held Boston to three runs and six hits without walking anyone.

Chicago had increased its lead to 3-1 in the third when Konerko homered off an advertisement above the Green Monster seats. It was his 376th career homer, tying him for 66th all-time with former White Sox and Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, who was in Fenway Park and shown on the center-field video board as one of Boston's legends.

Chicago 201 004 000 – 7 12 0

Boston 102 000 000 – 3 7 0

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Pierre lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .265

Al.Ramirez ss 4 2 2 2 1 0 .278

Quentin dh 3 1 1 2 0 2 .254

Konerko 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .301

Pierzynski c 5 0 2 2 0 0 .267

Rios cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .206

Lillibridge rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .288

Beckham 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .231

Morel 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .239

Totals 37 7 12 7 5 7

Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Ellsbury cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .297

Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .243

Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .332

Youkilis 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260

Ortiz dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 .306

C.Crawford lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232

Sutton ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .208

J.Drew rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235

a-Cameron ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .196

Saltalamacchia c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .218

Totals 33 3 7 3 1 4

a-struck out for J.Drew in the 9th. LOB: Chicago 10, Boston 6. 2B: Al.Ramirez (15), Ellsbury (17). HR: Konerko (11), off Lester; Ad.Gonzalez (10), off Peavy. RBIs: Al.Ramirez 2 (27), Quentin 2 (35), Konerko (40), Pierzynski 2 (17), Pedroia 2 (18), Ad.Gonzalez (46). SB: Lillibridge (5). CS: Lillibridge (4). S: Sutton. RLSP: Chicago 4 (Lillibridge, Konerko 2, Beckham); Boston 4 (Youkilis, J.Drew, Sutton, C.Crawford). RA: Ad.Gonzalez. GIDP: Pierre. DP: Boston 2 (Sutton, Pedroia, Ad.Gonzalez), (Saltalamacchia, Saltalamacchia, Youkilis).

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Peavy (W 2-0) 7 6 3 3 0 2 112 3.24

Crain 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 7 2.59

Thornton 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 27 5.60

Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Lester (L 7-2) 52/3 8 7 7 4 4 127 3.94

Wheeler 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 19 8.36

Bowden 2 3 0 0 1 1 42 0.00

IR-S: Thornton 1-0, Wheeler 2-2. HBP: by Peavy (Saltalamacchia), by Lester (Quentin, Quentin). WP: Bowden. Umpires: Home, Marty Foster; first, Bill Welke; second, Tim Tschida; third, Mike Estabrook. T: 3:24. A: 37,463 (37,493).

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