The MLB Report /Scores and fast facts
American League
Boston 5, Baltimore 4: AL batting leader Dustin Pedroia homered in the seventh inning to begin Boston’s comeback from a four-run deficit. The Red Sox won when Orioles pitcher Jim Miller threw away a bunt for a game-ending error. The Red Sox sold out 96-year old Fenway Park for the 455th consecutive regular-season game, tying the Cleveland Indians’ major league record.
Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 2: Nick Swisher and Alexei Ramirez homered to help the White Sox, playing without five regulars, avert a three-game sweep.
Texas 1, Seattle 0: Rangers fill-in starter Dustin Nippert allowed seven hits in seven innings. The first home day game for the Rangers since July 13 drew an announced attendance of 12,882, though the stands appeared to be far emptier.
Toronto 5, Minnesota 4 (11): John McDonald singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Blue Jays posted their eighth straight victory over the Twins.
Oakland at Kansas City (rain): Heavy rains forced the Royals to postpone Wednesday night’s game. It will be made up with a doubleheader today at Kauffman Stadium.
Detroit 9, L. A. Angels 6: Placido Polanco had three hits and drove in three runs for the Tigers. Mark Teixeira hit a home run for the Angels, which saw their magic number to clinch the A. L. West remain at eight.
National League
Florida 5, Atlanta 3: Hanley Ramirez homered and doubled to lead the Marlins in front of a sparse crowd of just 600 fans at the first pitch on a 90-degree afternoon in Miami.
N. Y. Mets 9, Milwaukee 2: Ryan Church hit a grand slam and Brian Schneider added a homer in the Mets’ six-run first inning, their highest-scoring first inning in more than a year.
San Francisco 9, Colorado 2: Barry Zito (9-16) — who lost his first nine decisions this year — won for the third time in four starts for the Giants. The NL champion Rockies began the day five games behind NL West-leading Arizona.
Arizona 4, St. Louis 3: Adam Dunn doubled home the winning run in the ninth for the Diamondbacks, who won for only the third time in 10 games and stretched their NL West lead to two games over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 5: Adam LaRoche snapped a 0- for-16 slump with a pair of RBI singles to lead the Pirates.
Washington 9, Philadelphia 7: Cristian Guzman set a franchise single-season record with his eighth consecutive multi-hit game for the Nationals. Guzman went 3 for 5, scored twice and had three RBIs.
Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 0: Randy Wolf pitched a six-hitter for his eighth career shutout as the Astros defeated the slumping Cubs, who’ve lost a season-high five in a row.
L. A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 4: Blake DeWitt and Angel Berroa hit back-to-back homers in the fourth for the Dodgers, who moved to 1z 3/4 1/2 me 1/3 behind NL West-leading Arizona entering a three-game series between the teams beginning Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Around the horn
Milwaukee Brewers: Major League Baseball’s scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh’s Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee’s 7-0 win on Sunday. If the call had been reversed, it would have been the second no-hitter in Brewers history after Juan Nieves’ performance on April 15, 1987 in a 7-0 win against Baltimore.
Compiled from News and wire service reports.
