The MLB Report /Scores and fast facts
Compiled from News and wire service reports.
Published: July 05, 2009, 12:30 am
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American League
Cleveland 5, Oakland 2: Carl Pavano earned his first win in five starts while Ben Francisco and Grady Sizemore hit homers for the Indians, who won consecutive games for the first time since June 11-12.
Seattle 3, Boston 2: Chris Woodward’s bases-loaded pop up in the ninth inning dropped behind a partially drawn-in infield to score the go-ahead run for the Mariners, who also won Friday. The Red Sox had won their previous seven series overall.
Texas 12, Tampa Bay 4: Andruw Jones homered and drove in four runs, Michael Young added a three-run double and the Rangers roughed up Rays’ starter David Price, who lasted just 1x innin 3/4 1/3 .
Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 4: Alberto Callaspo drove in three runs and the Royals eclipsed their run total from their previous four games and snapped Chicago’s seven-game winning streak.
Minnesota 4, Detroit 3: Justin Morneau had four hits, including a homer and the tying single in the seventh inning, and the Twins rallied to beat the Tigers despite Magglio Ordonez’s three-run homer in the seventh.
Baltimore at L. A. Angels: The Angels are averaging 6.4 runs in their last 20 games, going 14-6 in that time. That’s nearly two runs per game more than they had been scoring before.
National League
Milwaukee 11, Chicago Cubs 2: Rookie Casey McGehee had a career high four hits and five RBIs to help the Brewers pound the Cubs’ Rich Harden. The Cubs had won three in a row after going 11-14 in June.
Florida 5, Pittsburgh 3: Hanley Ramirez homered and Emilio Bonifacio had three hits and scored twice for the Marlins, who have won four of five. The Pirates have dropped five of their last seven.
Washington 5, Atlanta 3: The Braves’ Tommy Hanson extended his scoreless innings streak to 26 before Adam Dunn’s 300th career homer and the Nationals rallied for four eighth-inning runs.
Philadelphia 4, N. Y. Mets 1: Jamie Moyer scattered five hits in 6x innin 3/4 1/3 to tie Carl Hubbell for 42nd place on the all-time list with his 253rd career win. The Phils won just their third series at home all season.
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 2: Micah Owings homered and pitched into the seventh inning while Joey Votto also homered and drove in two runs for the Reds. Owings’ homer was the eighth of his career.
Arizona at Colorado: Shut out for the second time in three games, the Diamondbacks had four hits for the second straight contest and committed three errors to raise their major league-leading total to 74.
San Diego 7, L. A. Dodgers 4: Manny Ramirez’s first home run since returning from a 50-game drug suspension wasn’t enough to help Los Angeles overcome Everth Cabrera’s three RBIs. Ramirez tied Jimmie Foxx for 16th on the all-time list with his 534th career homer. Up next is Mickey Mantle (536).
San Francisco 9, Houston 0: Tim Lincecum went seven innings and ran his career-best scoreless innings streak to 23 in winning his third straight start. He has gone 18 consecutive innings without allowing a baserunner past second.
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