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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Wild-Card standings

WLPctGB
x-Los Angeles6447.577
x-Oakland6447.577
New York6050.5453 1/2
Cleveland6052.5364 1/2

Mariners 5, Twins 4

Minnesota ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
ShStewart lf 412200.282
Punto 2b 311111.251
Mauer c 300011.295
LeCroy dh 301111.271
1-LRodriguez pr-dh 000000.288
JJones rf 400000.263
LFord cf 400001.252
Morneau 1b 400001.247
Tiffee 3b 411001.205
Bartlett ss 211021.234
Totals 3146457
Seattle ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
ISuzuki rf 411000.304
Bloomquist 2b 402100.278
Ibanez dh 411001.293
Sexson 1b 411102.266
Beltre 3b 301010.255
Reed cf 301211.256
Morse ss 400002.300
YBetancourt ss 000000.226
Snelling lf 222110.286
Torrealba c 300000.111
Totals 3159536
Minnesota 004000000—460
Seattle 00121001x—590

1-ran for LeCroy in the 8th.

LOB—Minnesota 5, Seattle 5. 2B—ShStewart 2 (21), Punto (12), Bloomquist (12), Ibanez (23), Sexson (26). HR—Snelling (1), off CSilva. RBIs—ShStewart 2 (49), Punto (15), LeCroy (29), Bloomquist (12), Sexson (85), Reed 2 (36), Snelling (1). SB—Punto (6). GIDP—ShStewart, Morse, Torrealba. Runners left in scoring position—Minnesota 3 (LeCroy 2, LFord); Seattle 3 (Ibanez, Morse 2). Runners moved up—JJones, Sexson, Torrealba. DP—Minnesota 2 (Tiffee, Punto and Morneau), (Bartlett, Punto and Morneau); Seattle 1 (Thornton, Morse and Sexson).

Minnesota IPHRERBBSONPERA
CSilva L, 7-6 795515933.42
Crain 100021202.88
Seattle IPHRERBBSONPERA
Meche 554432885.12
Thornton 2 1/3 10013355.44
JeNelson 00001062.87
Sherrill W, 1-0 2/3 0000150.00
Guardado S, 27 10000191.38

CSilva pitched to 2 batters in the 8th, JeNelson pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited runners-scored—Crain 2-1, JeNelson 1-0, Sherrill 2-0. IBB—off Crain (Beltre) 1, off Meche (Mauer) 1. T—2:29. A—35,401 (47,447).

Yankees 3, White Sox 2

Chicago ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Podsednik lf 401002.281
Iguchi 2b 400001.283
Pierzynski c 401001.274
Konerko 1b 402000.268
TPerez dh 402000.227
Dye rf 411002.267
Rowand cf 411101.289
Crede 3b 300001.248
Uribe ss 201100.244
Totals 3329208
New York ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Jeter ss 400101.309
Cano 2b 400001.287
Sheffield rf 210021.304
ARodriguez 3b 411202.315
Matsui lf 300001.298
JaGiambi dh 200010.291
Posada c 300000.252
TMartinez 1b 312000.229
Womack cf 301000.241
Crosby cf 000000.189
Totals 2834336
Chicago 000020000—290
New York 21000000x—340

LOB—Chicago 5, New York 5. 2B—TPerez (5), Rowand (20), Womack (6). HR—ARodriguez (32), off OHernandez. RBIs—Rowand (48), Uribe (52), Jeter (47), ARodriguez 2 (89). SB—Sheffield (8). CS—Podsednik (17). SF—Uribe. GIDP—Rowand. Runners left in scoring position—Chicago 2 (Dye 2); New York 3 (Jeter, Cano, Matsui). Runners moved up—Crede, Jeter. DP—New York 1 (Cano, Jeter and TMartinez).

Chicago IPHRERBBSONPERA
OHernandez L, 8-5 6433341164.67
Cotts 10000182.14
Jenks 100001172.63
New York IPHRERBBSONPERA
Mussina W, 11-7 6822071224.01
Sturtze H, 13 11000084.33
Gordon H, 20 10000082.97
MRivera S, 30 10000170.92

HBP—by OHernandez (Matsui). T—2:58. A—54,871 (57,478).

Red Sox 11, Rangers 6

Texas ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dellucci lf 612001.261
MYoung ss 522101.332
Teixeira 1b 311021.279
Blalock 3b 403200.282
ASoriano 2b 502100.287
Nevin dh 511001.281
Mench rf 502000.271
Matthews cf 411010.268
Barajas c 502100.255
Totals 42616534
Boston ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Damon cf 501200.339
Renteria ss 411010.278
DOrtiz dh 411211.294
MRamirez lf 410011.282
Stern rf 000000.143
Varitek c 420013.307
Millar rf-1b 412000.274
Petagine 1b 312100.250
a-Kapler ph-rf-lf 100000.364
Graffanino 2b 333410.306
Youkilis 3b 000000.286
Cora 3b-2b 312010.216
Totals 351112965
Texas 310010010—6162
Boston 40013030x—11121

a-grounded into double play for Petagine in the 7th.

E—ASoriano (17), Barajas (8), Petagine (1). LOB—Texas 13, Boston 6. 2B—Dellucci (10), Teixeira (24), Blalock (24), Nevin (4). HR—Graffanino (4), off Karsay; DOrtiz (26), off RRodriguez. RBIs—MYoung (60), Blalock 2 (73), ASoriano (79), Barajas (34), Damon 2 (55), DOrtiz 2 (92), Petagine (4), Graffanino 4 (24). SB—Graffanino (5), Cora (7). SF—Blalock. GIDP—Dellucci, Nevin, MRamirez, Kapler. Runners left in scoring position—Texas 6 (Blalock, ASoriano, Nevin, Mench, Barajas 2); Boston 3 (Damon 2, Renteria). Runners moved up—ASoriano, Matthews, Millar. DP—Texas 2 (ASoriano and Teixeira), (BShouse, MYoung and Teixeira); Boston 2 (Renteria, Graffanino and Petagine), (Graffanino, Renteria and Petagine).

Texas IPHRERBBSONPERA
RRodriguez 2/3 54420385.53
Baldwin 3 1/3 21122532.61
Karsay L, 0-1 244301466.30
BShouse 112120244.38
FCordero 100002193.40
Boston IPHRERBBSONPERA
WMiller 4 1/3 1054321044.95
Gonzalez W, 2-1 2 2/3 20001406.32
Timlin 131101161.46
Bradford 110000111.93

Karsay pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Inherited runners-scored—Baldwin 3-0, BShouse 2-1, Gonzalez 2-0. IBB—off BShouse (Graffanino) 1. WP—Baldwin, WMiller. T—3:18. A—35,453 (35,095).

Tigers 9, Blue Jays 8 (12)

Detroit ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Polanco 2b 612100.344
CGuillen ss 322111.318
Infante ss 211000.234
DYoung 1b 623101.266
MOrdonez rf 511203.306
RoWhite dh 613200.309
Monroe lf 502111.288
Inge 3b 510002.265
VWilson c 501100.156
Logan cf 400011.274
Totals 47915939
Toronto ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Johnson lf 312100.285
b-Catalanotto ph-lf 311000.298
OHudson 2b 712201.266
VWells cf 513110.287
Hillenbrand dh 612101.295
AHill ss-3b 500000.295
Koskie 3b 512100.244
1-Adams pr-ss 101000.280
Rios rf 525210.282
Hinske 1b 500010.253
Huckaby c 302000.173
a-Zaun ph-c 300002.265
Totals 51820834
Detroit 401110001001—9150
Toronto 110202020000—8201

a-struck out for Huckaby in the 8th. b-singled for Johnson in the 8th. 1-ran for Koskie in the 9th.

E—Johnson (1). LOB—Detroit 9, Toronto 13. 2B—Polanco (10), RoWhite 3 (23), Johnson (12), Hillenbrand (26). HR—OHudson (9), off Colon; Koskie (8), off Maroth; CGuillen (5), off Bush; Rios (6), off Maroth. RBIs—Polanco (20), CGuillen (23), DYoung (54), MOrdonez 2 (28), RoWhite 2 (49), Monroe (68), VWilson (7), Johnson (44), OHudson 2 (51), VWells (67), Hillenbrand (64), Koskie (19), Rios 2 (45). S—Logan, AHill. SF—MOrdonez, VWells. GIDP—Inge, OHudson, VWells, Hinske. Runners left in scoring position—Detroit 5 (DYoung 2, Inge, Logan 2); Toronto 7 (Catalanotto 2, OHudson, Hillenbrand, Hinske 2, Zaun). Runners moved up—MOrdonez, OHudson, Koskie. DP—Detroit 3 (CGuillen, Polanco and DYoung), (Infante and DYoung), (Infante, Polanco and DYoung); Toronto 1 (AHill, OHudson and Hinske).

Detroit IPHRERBBSONPERA
Maroth 5 2/3 106601794.89
Spurling H, 5 2/3 30000103.70
JWalker H, 8 2/3 00010102.70
Colon BS, 1 1222011119.29
German 220022312.72
Darensbourg W, 1-0 1 1/3 30000224.50
Dingman S, 2 2/3 0000021.54
Toronto IPHRERBBSONPERA
Bush 4 2/3 107712834.94
Chulk 1 1/3 00011273.21
Speier 200003252.25
MBatista BS, 4 221100212.96
Schoeneweis L, 2-3 231113244.31

Inherited runners-scored—Spurling 2-1, JWalker 2-0, Dingman 1-0, Chulk 2-0. IBB—off Schoeneweis (Monroe) 1, off German (Hinske) 1, off JWalker (Rios) 1. HBP—by Chulk (VWilson), by Bush (Inge), by Maroth (Johnson). WP—Chulk. T—3:38. A—20,887 (50,598).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wild Card standings

WLPctGB
Houston6051.541
Washington5853.5232
Philadelphia5854.5182 1/2
Florida5754.5143
New York5754.5143

Cardinals 8, Brewers 4

St. Louis ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Eckstein ss 510001.269
Rodriguez lf 500002.310
Pujols 1b 220030.341
Edmonds cf 211030.272
Grudzielanek 2b 533500.300
Nunez 3b 513100.312
Taguchi rf 302210.285
Mahoney c 400000.167
Morris p 200001.100
c-Luna ph 100001.256
Flores p 000000.000
Tavarez p 000000—-
e-Gall ph 101000.222
Al Reyes p 000000.000
Totals 35810875
Milwaukee ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
BClark cf 500000.314
Weeks 2b 321012.260
Overbay 1b 420012.279
CaLee lf 401100.270
Jenkins rf 401202.295
DMiller c 401000.268
Helms 3b 402101.297
Hardy ss 301010.212
VSantos p 100000.056
a-Magruder ph 100000.229
Eveland p 000000.000
b-Durrington ph 100000.333
JuSantana p 000000.000
Wise p 0000001.000
d-Branyan ph 100000.266
De La Rosa p 000000—-
Totals 3547437
St. Louis 010300022—8101
Milwaukee 200020000—471

a-grounded into fielder’s choice for Santos in the 4th. b-grounded out for Eveland in the 6th. c-struck out for Morris in the 7th. d-flied out for Wise in the 8th. e-singled for Tavarez in the 9th.

E—Pujols (10), Weeks (11). LOB—St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 8. 2B—Grudzielanek (24), Taguchi (13), Hardy (17). HR—Grudzielanek (7), off VSantos. RBIs—Grudzielanek 5 (45), Nunez (32), Taguchi 2 (34), CaLee (91), Jenkins 2 (56), Helms (18). SB—Grudzielanek (8), Weeks (10). GIDP—Taguchi, Mahoney. Runners left in scoring position—St. Louis 4 (Grudzielanek, Nunez, Mahoney, Morris); Milwaukee 5 (BClark 2, CaLee, Hardy, Branyan). Runners moved up—Rodriguez, Nunez, Mahoney, CaLee. DP—Milwaukee 2 (Hardy, Weeks and Overbay), (Hardy, Weeks and Overbay).

St. Louis IPHRERBBSONPERA
Morris 664234973.65
Flores W, 2-1 100002163.73
Tavarez H, 25 110000182.66
Al Reyes 100001172.58
Milwaukee IPHRERBBSONPERA
VSantos 454422694.18
Eveland 210021372.02
JuSantana 100002164.38
Wise L, 4-4 122210233.47
De La Rosa 122220264.81

IBB—off De La Rosa (Pujols) 1. HBP—by Morris (Weeks). WP—VSantos. Balk—Wise. T—3:01. A—30,260 (41,900).

Reds 9, Cubs 4

Cincinnati ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
FLopez ss 310020.279
Freel 2b 500001.284
Griffey Jr. cf 522302.283
Dunn lf 522201.258
Casey 1b 422000.312
Aurilia 3b 501000.264
Kearns rf 211110.236
Valentin c 301310.288
Claussen p 410002.029
Shackelford p 000000.000
Keisler p 000000.429
Coffey p 000000.000
Totals 3699946
Chicago ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Lawton rf 511101.267
TWalker 2b 503100.297
DeLee 1b 401010.349
ARamirez 3b 400010.304
Garciaparra ss 411000.177
Barrett c 211021.276
Burnitz cf 401101.263
Murton lf 311110.400
JeWilliams p 100001.067
Rusch p 000000.130
a-Cedeno ph 100000.259
Wood p 000000.111
Ohman p 000000—-
b-NPerez ph 100000.265
Totals 3449454
Cincinnati 022004100—990
Chicago 000000004—490

a-flied out for Rusch in the 7th. b-popped out for Ohman in the 9th.

LOB—Cincinnati 6, Chicago 9. 2B—Griffey Jr. (27), Casey 2 (26), Valentin (9), TWalker (18). HR—Griffey Jr. (24), off Rusch; Kearns (8), off JeWilliams; Dunn (33), off JeWilliams. RBIs—Griffey Jr. 3 (75), Dunn 2 (80), Kearns (34), Valentin 3 (35), Lawton (45), TWalker (27), Burnitz (56), Murton (3). S—JeWilliams. GIDP—Burnitz. Runners left in scoring position—Cincinnati 2 (Freel 2); Chicago 4 (TWalker, ARamirez, Garciaparra, Barrett). Runners moved up—Aurilia, Lawton, ARamirez. DP—Cincinnati 1 (FLopez, Freel and Casey).

Cincinnati IPHRERBBSONPERA
Claussen W, 7-8 7200531064.53
Shackelford 110001131.20
Keisler 2/3 54400246.37
Coffey 1/3 1000034.95
Chicago IPHRERBBSONPERA
JeWilliams L, 3-5 5 1/3 77732845.18
Rusch 1 2/3 22212263.98
Wood 100001134.50
Ohman 100001112.60

Inherited runners-scored—Coffey 1-0, Rusch 2-2. IBB—off Rusch (Kearns) 1. HBP—by JeWilliams (Casey), by JeWilliams (Kearns). T—2:33. A—39,965 (39,538).

Rockies 4-5, Marlins 3-3

Florida ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Pierre cf 500000.261
LCastillo 2b 501002.312
Conine 1b 411012.298
MiCabrera lf 401012.351
Lowell 3b 501000.235
Aguila rf 512100.256
AGonzalez ss 411000.277
Treanor c 501200.217
De Los Santos p 000000—-
Beckett p 200000.095
c-Willis ph 100000.246
Alfonseca p 000000—-
Villone p 000000.000
f-Easley ph 100001.228
Mota p 000000.000
Jorgensen c 000000—-
Totals 4138327
Colorado ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Quintanilla ss 500011.257
LuGonzalez 2b 611002.289
Holliday lf 401022.307
Atkins 3b 312020.285
Piedra rf 300000.280
d-Mohr ph-rf 311102.212
Shealy 1b 502101.300
Sullivan cf 512100.263
Closser c 301010.228
Fuentes p 000000—-
Dohmann p 100000.000
SKim p 100001.000
a-Garabito ph 100000.307
Carvajal p 000000.000
b-Miles ph 100000.277
Cortes p 000000.000
DeJean p 000000—-
e-Ardoin ph-c 000110.229
Totals 41410479
Florida 02000100000—382
Colorado 00020001001—4100

Two outs when winning run scored. a-flied out for S.Kim in the 4th. b-popped out for Carvajal in the 6th. c-grounded out for Beckett in the 7th. d-struck out for Piedra in the 7th. e-sacrificed for DeJean in the 8th. f-struck out for Villone in the 9th.

E—Conine (4), Villone (1). LOB—Florida 8, Colorado 14. 2B—Conine (11), MiCabrera (32), Treanor (4), Sullivan (5). HR—Mohr (12), off De Los Santos. RBIs—Aguila (1), Treanor 2 (6), Mohr (25), Shealy (13), Sullivan (18), Ardoin (10). SB—Conine (1), Holliday (8). CS—Holliday (3). S—Ardoin. GIDP—Shealy. Runners left in scoring position—Florida 4 (MiCabrera, Lowell, Treanor, Beckett); Colorado 8 (Quintanilla, LuGonzalez 2, Piedra 2, Shealy, Garabito 2). Runners moved up—Piedra, Sullivan, Dohmann. DP—Florida 2 (Conine, AGonzalez and Conine), (Treanor and Lowell).

Florida IPHRERBBSONPERA
Beckett 6722231103.49
Alfonseca H, 4 1/3 10011182.38
Villone BS, 2 1 2/3 01003253.00
Mota 210041484.28
De Los Santos L, 1-1 2/3 11101115.40
Colorado IPHRERBBSONPERA
SKim 452204635.94
Carvajal 211111484.47
Cortes 100000164.15
DeJean 110001144.83
Fuentes 100001162.72
Dohmann W, 1-1 2100103312.60

Inherited runners-scored—Villone 2-0.

IBB—off Dohmann (MiCabrera) 1, off Mota (Atkins) 1. HBP—by Carvajal (AGonzalez), by Beckett (Atkins). WP—Beckett. PB—Ardoin. T—3:58. A—0 (50,449).

GAME TWO

Florida ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Pierre cf 401000.261
LCastillo 2b 300000.309
Conine 1b 411002.297
MiCabrera lf 210021.349
Lowell 3b 210020.234
Aguila rf 400001.233
AGonzalez ss 301300.278
Jorgensen c 300002.000
b-Easley ph 100000.227
IValdez p 201000.400
a-LHarris ph 101000.327
Messenger p 000000.500
Totals 2935346
Colorado ABRHBIBBSOAvg.
LuGonzalez rf-2b 411010.288
Quintanilla ss 411001.256
Holliday lf 401001.306
Atkins 3b 401100.285
Shealy 1b 313110.329
Mohr cf-rf 301010.214
Miles 2b 412100.280
DeJean p 000000—-
Fuentes p 000000—-
Ardoin c 411200.230
BKim p 300001.048
Sullivan cf 101000.266
Totals 34512533
Florida 010002000—350
Colorado 01101200x—5120

a-singled for Valdez in the 7th. b-grounded out for Jorgensen in the 9th. LOB—Florida 5, Colorado 9. 2B—AGonzalez (21), LuGonzalez (21), Shealy (6), Miles (11). HR—Ardoin (3), off IValdez. RBIs—AGonzalez 3 (38), Atkins (51), Shealy (14), Miles (21), Ardoin 2 (12). SB—Shealy (1), Sullivan (8). S—LCastillo, Quintanilla. SF—AGonzalez. GIDP—Quintanilla. Runners left in scoring position—Florida 2 (Lowell 2); Colorado 5 (Mohr 3, Miles, BKim). Runners moved up—MiCabrera, Aguila. DP—Florida 1 (AGonzalez, LCastillo and Conine).

Florida IPHRERBBSONPERA
IValdez L, 1-1 6105513815.63
Messenger 220020364.40
Colorado IPHRERBBSONPERA
BKim W, 3-8 7533441095.05
DeJean H, 10 100002104.71
Fuentes S, 20 100000142.67

IBB—off BKim (MiCabrera) 1. T—2:18. A—19,784 (50,449).

Consecutive saves

Leading consecutive save opportunities converted since 1988 when blown saves were recorded on a major league-wide basis:

84 — Eric Gagne, Los Angeles, 2002-04 (Aug. 28, 2002-July 4, 2004).

54 — Tom Gordon, Boston, 1998-99 (April 19, 1998-June 5, 1999).