Baseball

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Mariners 9, Red Sox 4

a-announced for Lugo in the 8th. b-grounded into double play for Murphy in the 8th. 1-ran for Broussard in the 7th. E—Tavarez (1), JfWeaver (1). LOB—Boston 11, Seattle 7. 2B—Pedroia (17), Youkilis (21), Sexson (13), Beltre (18). HR—Beltre (10), off Timlin; Johjima (8), off Timlin. RBIs—JDrew 2 (32), Youkilis 2 (38), JoLopez 2 (43), Johjima 3 (31), Beltre 2 (30), Bloomquist (8). SB—DOrtiz (1), Crisp (15), JoLopez (2). S—YBetancourt. GIDP—WPena, Johjima. RLSP—Boston 6 (JDrew, Pedroia, MRamirez, Lowell 3); Seattle 4 (Vidro, Johjima, YBetancourt 2). RMU—DOrtiz, JLugo. DP—Boston 1 (JLugo, Pedroia and Youkilis); Seattle 1 (YBetancourt, JoLopez and Sexson).

IR-S—Snyder 3-2, O’Flaherty 2-0, Sherrill 3-0. HBP—by Green (Varitek), by JfWeaver (Varitek). T—3:21. A—33,830 (47,447).

Indians 5, Athletics 2

a-doubled for Nixon in the 8th. E—Barfield (10). LOB—Oakland 6, Cleveland 7. 2B—Crosby (14), DJohnson (12), VMartinez (15), Garko (8), Michaels (6), Barfield (12). HR—Hafner (11), off Gaudin. RBIs—DJohnson (26), Kotsay (8), Hafner (47), JhPeralta (43), Garko 2 (29), Michaels (22). SB—JhPeralta (3). GIDP—Scutaro 2, Kotsay, VMartinez. RLSP—Oakland 4 (Swisher 2, Kotsay 2); Cleveland 5 (VMartinez, Gutierrez 2, Barfield 2). RMU—DJohnson, Sizemore. DP—Oakland 1 (Scutaro, Crosby and DJohnson); Cleveland 3 (Barfield, JhPeralta and Garko), (JhPeralta, Barfield and Garko), (Blake, Barfield and Garko).

IBB—off Embree (Garko) 1, off Gaudin (Nixon) 1. HBP—by Sabathia (Cust). T—2:23. A—17,737 (43,415).

Rangers 8, Tigers 3

a-struck out for Catalanotto in the 8th. 1-ran for Rodriguez in the 9th. E—Wilkerson (3), Bonderman (2). LOB—Texas 8, Detroit 8. 2B—Wilkerson (7), Inge (12). 3B—Granderson (14). HR—Hairston Jr. (3), off De La Cruz. RBIs—MYoung (47), MByrd 3 (19), Hairston Jr. 2 (9), Melhuse (7), Granderson (39), CGuillen (55), Inge (38). S—Inge. SF—CGuillen. GIDP—Sosa, IRodriguez, Monroe. RLSP—Texas 2 (Lofton, MByrd); Detroit 6 (Polanco 5, IRodriguez). DP—Texas 2 (Vazquez, Kinsler and Wilkerson), (Vazquez, Kinsler and Wilkerson); Detroit 1 (CGuillen, Polanco and Casey).

McBride pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. IR-S—De La Cruz 1-1. HBP—by Loe (Polanco). WP—Francisco, De La Cruz. PB—IRodriguez. T—2:55. A—36,330 (41,070).

White Sox 5, Devil Rays 4

a-flied out for Wilson in the 9th. E—JoWilson (4). LOB—Chicago 11, Tampa Bay 5. 2B—Podsednik (3), Gonzalez (3), Navarro (9), JoWilson (3). HR—Gomes (6), off Danks. RBIs—Gonzalez 2 (3), Thome (29), Konerko (37), Fields (10), Wigginton (39), Gomes (15), JoWilson 2 (3). SB—Iwamura (6), DYoung (6), Navarro (1). SF—Wigginton, JoWilson. GIDP—Crawford. RLSP—Chicago 4 (Iguchi, Fields, Terrero 2); Tampa Bay 3 (Iwamura 2, JoWilson). RMU—Podsednik, Konerko, Crawford, Gomes. DP—Chicago 1 (Uribe and Konerko).

IR-S—Camp 2-1. T—3:19. A—10,514 (43,772).

Blue Jays 8, Twins 5

a-singled for Cirillo in the 9th. b-grounded out for Castillo in the 9th. 1-ran for Thomas in the 8th. E—Zaun (1), Cuddyer (2), Cirillo (1). LOB—Toronto 5, Minnesota 5. 2B—VWells (19), Rios (18), THunter (21). HR—Stairs (12), off Guerrier; Rios (17), off Slowey; VWells (9), off Slowey. RBIs—VWells 3 (42), Rios 2 (44), Stairs 2 (28), Lind (29), Kubel (25), Redmond 2 (23). SB—Rios (7), Bartlett (12), THunter (11), Punto (13). SF—Rios, Lind. GIDP—Cuddyer, Cirillo. RLSP—Toronto 4 (Glaus 3, JMcDonald); Minnesota 2 (LRodriguez, Mauer). RMU—Stairs 2, Kubel 2. DP—Toronto 2 (Glaus, AHill and Stairs), (JMcDonald, AHill and Stairs).

Downs pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S—Janssen 1-0, DReyes 3-1. HBP—by Guerrier (Thomas). WP—Halladay. T—2:53. A—24,240 (46,632).

Royals 5, Angels 3

E—TPena (13), Napoli (5). LOB—Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 3. 2B—VGuerrero (22), Morales (4). RBIs—DeJesus (26), Shealy (21), LaRue (8), Kendrick (14), Morales (6), Napoli (28). CS—Gathright (1). SF—Kendrick, Napoli. GIDP—OCabrera. RLSP—Kansas City 3 (EGerman, Shealy, LaRue); Los Angeles 2 (Kotchman, Kendrick). RMU—Shealy, VGuerrero, Kotchman 2. DP—Kansas City 1 (Gordon, EGerman and Shealy).

HBP—by Lackey (Gordon), by Lackey (Gathright). WP—Lackey. Balk—Lackey. T—2:23. A—43,895 (45,257).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Braves 4, Nationals 1

a-struck out for Bergmann in the 5th. b-struck out for Traber in the 7th. c-lined out for Hudson in the 7th. d-flied out for Schroder in the 9th. 1-ran for C.Jones in the 8th. LOB—Washington 8, Atlanta 3. 2B—Zimmerman (17), Belliard (9), Schneider (9), Renteria (19), CJones (16). HR—McCann (6), off Traber. RBIs—Schneider (31), McCann 4 (39). SB—FLopez (9). CS—Harris (4). RLSP—Washington 5 (Watson 2, DYoung, Kearns, Batista); Atlanta 3 (AJones, Francoeur). RMU—AJones. DP—Washington 1 (Schneider and Belliard).

IBB—off Traber (AJones) 1. T—2:29. A—25,375 (49,583).

Mets 2, Cardinals 1 (11)

Spiezio 3b

4

0

0

0

1

2

.277

Duncan lf

3

0

1

0

1

2

.273

RFranklin p

0

0

0

0

0

0

—-

b-Schumaker ph

1

0

0

0

0

0

.220

Springer p

0

0

0

0

0

0

—-

JEncarnacion rf

5

0

1

0

0

0

.265

AKennedy 2b

5

1

1

0

0

1

.206

GBennett c

4

0

1

0

1

1

.234

Maroth p

2

0

1

0

0

1

.500

Ludwick lf

1

0

0

0

0

1

.241

Totals

39

1

8

1

4

12

No outs when winning run scored. a-grounded out for Feliciano in the 8th. b-grounded out for Franklin in the 11th. E—Pujols 2 (6). LOB—St. Louis 10, New York 2. 2B—Taguchi (10). HR—ShGreen (7), off Springer; Gomez (2), off Maroth. RBIs—Taguchi (14), ShGreen (27), Gomez (11). SB—GBennett (1), Maroth (1). CS—JoValentin (1), Wright (1). S—Maroth. GIDP—Pujols, Lo Duca. RLSP—St. Louis 5 (Miles 2, Spiezio 2, AKennedy). RMU—Taguchi. DP—St. Louis 1 (Spiezio and Pujols); New York 1 (JBReyes, JoValentin and CDelgado).

Springer pitched to 1 batter in the 11th. IR-S—Feliciano 3-0. IBB—off Smith (Pujols) 1. T—3:19. A—40,075 (57,343).

Brewers 6, Astros 1

a-walked for Villanueva in the 7th. b-hit a sacrifice fly for Turnbow in the 8th. c-singled for Bruntlett in the 9th. d-walked for Borkowski in the 9th. E—Lamb (6). LOB—Houston 9, Milwaukee 7. 2B—Braun (9), BHall (20), JEstrada (16), Jenkins (10). HR—Fielder (27), off Randolph; CaLee (13), off BSheets; Hardy (18), off JJennings. RBIs—CaLee (60), CHart (31), Hardy (50), Braun (19), Fielder (62), JEstrada (26), Graffanino (17). SB—Pence (6), CHart (15), Braun (5), Counsell (4). CS—Jenkins (1). S—BSheets. SF—Graffanino. RLSP—Houston 4 (Loretta 2, Lamb 2); Milwaukee 5 (CHart, Braun 2, Fielder, JEstrada). RMU—Berkman, Hardy. DP—Milwaukee 1 (Counsell and Fielder).

IR-S—Borkowski 2-1. IBB—off JJennings (Hardy) 1. WP—JJennings 2, Turnbow, Spurling. T—2:47. A—28,786 (41,900).

Cubs 10, Rockies 9

Two outs when winning run scored. a-singled for Francis in the 6th. b-struck out for Martin in the 8th. c-struck out for Julio in the 9th. d-singled for Howry in the 9th. 1-ran for DeRosa in the 9th. 2-ran for Bowen in the 9th. E—KMatsui (1), Izturis (7). LOB—Colorado 10, Chicago 10. 2B—Helton (18), Tulowitzki (12), Fontenot 2 (6), Theriot (11). HR—Tulowitzki (7), off Howry; Pagan (3), off Francis. RBIs—Holliday (60), Helton (39), Atkins (38), Hawpe (52), Tulowitzki 3 (35), Spilborghs 2 (15), ASoriano 2 (30), Fontenot 2 (11), DeRosa 3 (36), Pagan 3 (11). SB—KMatsui (15), Theriot (13). CS—Fontenot (1). GIDP—Atkins, Spilborghs. RLSP—Colorado 5 (Taveras 2, Baker, Hawpe, Francis); Chicago 5 (ARamirez, Pagan, Izturis 2, Eyre). RMU—Tulowitzki, ASoriano, DeRosa, Bowen. DP—Chicago 2 (ARamirez, Fontenot and DeLee), (Theriot, Fontenot and DeLee).

Eyre pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. IR-S—Wuertz 2-0, Eyre 2-0, Howry 2-2. HBP—by Marquis (Torrealba). Balk—TMartin. T—3:34. A—40,269 (41,160).

Dodgers 8, Diamondbacks 1

LGonzalez lf

4

1

1

1

0

2

.294

Kemp rf

0

0

0

0

0

0

.431

Martin c

4

0

2

2

0

1

.293

Ethier rf-lf

3

1

0

0

1

0

.276

TAbreu 3b-2b

3

1

1

0

1

0

.271

Penny p

2

1

1

0

0

1

.241

b-Loney ph-1b

1

1

1

2

0

0

.448

Totals

35

8

9

8

3

4

a-lined out for Slaten in the 8th. b-tripled for Penny in the 9th. E—Ethier (4), Drew (7). LOB—Los Angeles 4, Arizona 5. 2B—Penny (2), CBYoung (13). 3B—Martin (2), Loney (2). HR—Betemit (8), off Slaten. RBIs—Pierre 2 (17), Betemit (20), LGonzalez (39), Martin 2 (49), Loney 2 (9), CBYoung (28). CS—JKent (2). S—CBYoung. GIDP—Furcal, Tracy. RLSP—Los Angeles 2 (Pierre, Ethier); Arizona 2 (Quentin, CSnyder). DP—Los Angeles 1 (JKent, Furcal and Garciaparra); Arizona 2 (CSnyder and Drew), (Drew, OHudson and CJackson).

HBP—by Owings (Penny). T—2:48. A—24,966 (48,785).

Giants 4, Padres 3 (11)

Two outs when winning run scored. a-grounded out for Germano in the 7th. b-walked for Correia in the 8th. c-singled for Figueroa in the 8th. d-flied out for Linebrink in the 9th. e-struck out for Hennessey in the 10th. f-grounded out for Bell in the 11th. 1-ran for Branyan in the 8th. E—Schierholtz (1). LOB—San Diego 9, San Francisco 7. 2B—AdGonzalez (22), Barrett (10), Klesko (11). HR—Cameron (9), off Correia; Vizquel (2), off Germano. RBIs—Cameron 3 (37), Vizquel (22), DRoberts (8), Feliz 2 (35). SB—DRoberts (12). GIDP—Durham. RLSP—San Diego 3 (Cameron, Kouzmanoff 2); San Francisco 2 (Klesko 2). RMU—BMolina, Feliz. DP—San Diego 1 (MGiles, KGreene and AdGonzalez); San Francisco 1 (Durham and Vizquel).

Kline pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. IR-S—Correia 2-2. IBB—off Linebrink (Bonds) 1. HBP—by Germano (Durham). WP—Lincecum. T—3:10. A—41,140 (41,777).

American League leaders

BATTING—MOrdonez, Detroit, .379; ISuzuki, Seattle, .359; Jeter, New York, .342; Posada, New York, .341; Willits, Los Angeles, .337; ARodriguez, New York, .333; OCabrera, Los Angeles, .332.

RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 72; Sheffield, Detroit, 66; MOrdonez, Detroit, 64; Sizemore, Cleveland, 62; Rios, Toronto, 55; DeJesus, Kansas City, 55; Granderson, Detroit, 54; BAbreu, New York, 54.

RBI—ARodriguez, New York, 77; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 69; MOrdonez, Detroit, 68; VMartinez, Cleveland, 62; Sosa, Texas, 59; Morneau, Minnesota, 57; THunter, Minnesota, 57.

HITS—ISuzuki, Seattle, 110; MOrdonez, Detroit, 105; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 102; Jeter, New York, 100; BRoberts, Baltimore, 95; Polanco, Detroit, 95; MYoung, Texas, 93.

DOUBLES—MOrdonez, Detroit, 34; DOrtiz, Boston, 27; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 23; Posada, New York, 23; Cano, New York, 22; AHill, Toronto, 22; Granderson, Detroit, 22; MYoung, Texas, 22; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 22.

TRIPLES—Granderson, Detroit, 14; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 8; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Teahen, Kansas City, 5; DeJesus, Kansas City, 5.

HOME RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 28; Morneau, Minnesota, 20; Rios, Toronto, 17; CPena, Tampa Bay, 17; Sheffield, Detroit, 17; THunter, Minnesota, 15; Kinsler, Texas, 14; VMartinez, Cleveland, 14; Sexson, Seattle, 14; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 14.

PITCHING (8 Decisions)—Beckett, Boston, 11-1, .917, 3.07; Bonderman, Detroit, 8-1, .889, 3.90; Sabathia, Cleveland, 11-2, .846, 3.24; Verlander, Detroit, 9-2, .818, 2.78; Haren, Oakland, 9-2, .818, 1.78; Halladay, Toronto, 9-2, .818, 4.25; KEscobar, Los Angeles, 9-3, .750, 2.81; Shields, Tampa Bay, 6-2, .750, 3.64.

National League leaders

BATTING—Holliday, Colorado, .354; DeLee, Chicago, .350; DYoung, Washington, .337; MiCabrera, Florida, .330; Helton, Colorado, .326; Renteria, Atlanta, .323; HaRamirez, Florida, .320; Utley, Philadelphia, .320.

RUNS—HaRamirez, Florida, 62; Rollins, Philadelphia, 60; Uggla, Florida, 59; Fielder, Milwaukee, 52; Utley, Philadelphia, 52; JBReyes, New York, 52; Dunn, Cincinnati, 49; ASoriano, Chicago, 49; Renteria, Atlanta, 49.

RBI—Fielder, Milwaukee, 62; Holliday, Colorado, 60; CaLee, Houston, 60; Utley, Philadelphia, 58; MiCabrera, Florida, 54; Hawpe, Colorado, 52; Howard, Philadelphia, 51; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 51.

HITS—Holliday, Colorado, 109; HaRamirez, Florida, 97; Byrnes, Arizona, 97; JBReyes, New York, 96; DeLee, Chicago, 96; Utley, Philadelphia, 93; Rollins, Philadelphia, 93.

DOUBLES—Utley, Philadelphia, 30; Uggla, Florida, 29; Holliday, Colorado, 27; DeLee, Chicago, 26; Church, Washington, 22; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 22.

TRIPLES—Rollins, Philadelphia, 9; JBReyes, New York, 8; Johnson, Atlanta, 6; CGuzman, Washington, 6; Pence, Houston, 5; Byrnes, Arizona, 5.

HOME RUNS—Fielder, Milwaukee, 27; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 21; Dunn, Cincinnati, 20; Hardy, Milwaukee, 18; MiCabrera, Florida, 17; Howard, Philadelphia, 16; Pujols, St. Louis, 16.

PITCHING (8 Decisions)—Penny, Los Angeles, 10-1, .909, 2.04; Peavy, San Diego, 9-2, .818, 2.14; Harang, Cincinnati, 8-2, .800, 3.59; Hamels, Philadelphia, 9-3, .750, 3.80; BSheets, Milwaukee, 9-3, .750, 3.09; CYoung, San Diego, 7-3, .700, 2.08; Maine, New York, 8-4, .667, 2.87