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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tigers 8, Mariners 5

Indians 2, Athletics 0

Royals 7, White Sox 1

Yankees 4, Twins 0

Orioles 5, Rangers 4

Blue Jays 8, Angels 0

Red Sox 10, Devil Rays 9 (10)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cardinals 4, Padres 2

Rockies 4, Mets 3

Dodgers 7, Reds 4

Pirates 6, Marlins 3

Braves 3, Nationals 2 (10)

Astros 2, Phillies 1

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All times PDT

East Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Boston	55	45	.550	—
New York	53	45	.541	1
Baltimore	51	48	.515	3 1/2
Toronto	50	49	.505	4 1/2
Tampa Bay	36	65	.356	19 1/2

Central Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Chicago	65	34	.657	—
Minnesota	53	46	.535	12
Cleveland	52	49	.515	14
Detroit	50	50	.500	15 1/2
Kansas City	37	63	.370	28 1/2

West Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Los Angeles	59	41	.590	—
Oakland	54	46	.540	5
Texas	49	50	.495	9 1/2
Seattle	43	56	.434	15 1/2

Tuesday’s Results

Toronto 8, L.A. Angels 0

N.Y. Yankees 4, Minnesota 0

Baltimore 5, Texas 4

Boston 10, Tampa Bay 9, 10 innings

Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 1

Detroit 8, Seattle 5

Cleveland 2, Oakland 0

Today’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Garland 15-4) at Kansas City (R.Hernandez 8-9), 11:10 a.m.

Cleveland (Elarton 6-5) at Oakland (Haren 8-7), 12:35 a.m.

Boston (Wakefield 8-9) at Tampa Bay (McClung 1-5), 1:15 p.m.

Texas (C.Young 8-6) at Baltimore (Chen 7-6), 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota (J.Santana 9-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Leiter 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Colon 12-6) at Toronto (Towers 7-8), 4:07 p.m.

Detroit (Maroth 8-10) at Seattle (Moyer 8-3), 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Texas at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 10:05 p.m.

DETROIT					SEATTLE
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Grndsn cf	5	1	1	0	ISuzuki rf	5	1	2	2
CGillen ss	5	0	3	1	Winn lf	3	0	1	0
Shltn 1b	4	0	1	1	Ibanez dh	4	1	0	0
MOrdz rf	4	0	1	1	Sexson 1b	4	0	0	0
RoWhte dh	3	1	2	0	Beltre 3b	4	0	1	1
Logan pr-dh	1	1	0	0	Reed cf	3	1	1	1
IRdrgz c	4	2	2	0	Blmqist ss	4	0	2	0
DYong lf	4	1	3	5	JoLpez 2b	3	1	2	1
Mnroe lf	0	0	0	0	Olivo c	3	1	0	0
Infnte 2b	3	0	0	0	Hansen ph	1	0	0	0
McDnld 3b	3	2	1	0
Totals	36	8	14	8	Totals	34	5	9	5

Detroit	001	210	031	—	8
Seattle	002	003	000	—	5

E—CGuillen (7), Shelton (3). DP—Detroit 2, Seattle 1. LOB—Detroit 7, Seattle 7. 2B—DYoung (21), JMcDonald (4). 3B—ISuzuki (9). HR—DYoung (17). CS—CGuillen (3), IRodriguez (3). S—Infante. SF—Ordonez, Reed.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Detroit
JJohnson W,7-8	8	9	5	4	3	4
Farnsworth S,6	1	0	0	0	1	2

Thornton pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

HBP—by Mateo (RWhite). PB—Olivo.

T—2:57. A—30,644 (47,447).

CLEVELAND					OAKLAND
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Szmore cf	4	1	2	1	Kendall c	4	0	1	0
Crisp lf	4	0	1	0	MEllis 2b	4	0	0	0
JhPlta ss	4	0	0	0	Crosby ss	4	0	0	0
VMrtnz c	4	0	1	0	EChavz 3b	3	0	1	0
Brsrd 1b	3	1	1	0	Httberg dh	3	0	0	0
Blliard 2b	3	0	0	0	Kielty lf	3	0	1	0
ABoone 3b	3	0	1	0	Johnson 1b	3	0	0	0
Liefer dh	4	0	1	1	Payton cf	3	0	0	0
Blake rf	4	0	1	0	Swisher rf	3	0	1	0

Totals	33	2	8	2	Totals	30	0	4	0

Cleveland	010	000	010	—	2
Oakland	000	000	000	—	0

E—ABoone (10). DP—Cleveland 2, Oakland 1. LOB—Cleveland 9, Oakland 4. 2B—Crisp (24), VMartinez (17), Liefer (1), EChavz (21). HR—Szmore (10). SB—Szmore (13).

WP—Blanton.

T—2:35. A—18,606 (43,662).

CHICAGO					KANSAS CITY
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Pdsdnk lf	4	0	1	0	DJesus cf	4	0	0	0
Ozuna 3b	4	0	1	1	Ambres lf	4	1	2	0
CEvrtt dh	4	0	1	0	Sweeny dh	3	2	2	0
Knerko 1b	3	0	0	0	EBrown rf	4	1	2	1
Gload 1b	1	0	0	0	Stairs 1b	2	1	0	2
Przyns c	3	0	2	0	Berroa ss	3	1	0	0
Dye rf	4	0	2	0	Teahen 3b	4	1	1	3
Perez lf	4	0	1	0	Murphy 2b	4	0	1	0
WHarrs 2b	4	0	0	0	Castillo c	4	0	0	0
Uribe ss	2	1	0	0
Totals	33	1	8	1	Totals	32	7	8	6

Chicago	001	000	000	—	1
Kansas City	000	106	00x	—	7

E—WHarris (2), Uribe 2 (11). DP—Chicago 1, Kansas City 1. LOB—Chicago 9, Kansas City 5. 2B—MSweeney (25), EBrown (19), Teahen (17). 3B—Osuna (1).SB—Ambres (2), EBrown (4). CS—Podsednik (13). SF—Stairs.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Chicago
Buehrle L,11-4	6	8	7	7	2	2
LVizcaino	2	0	0	0	1	0

HBP—Uribe (by Lima). WP—Burgos.

T—2:24. A—19,175 (40,785).

Minnesota	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
ShStewart lf	3	0	0	0	0	2	.285
Punto 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.256
THunter cf	3	0	0	0	0	3	.264
Mauer c	3	0	0	0	0	2	.307
LeCroy dh	3	0	0	0	0	1	.279
LFord rf	3	0	1	0	0	0	.257
BBoone 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	.224
Cuddyer 1b	3	0	0	0	0	1	.256
JCastro ss	2	0	1	0	0	0	.249
a-Tiffee ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.191
Totals	28	0	2	0	0	11

New York	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Jeter ss	4	1	2	0	0	1	.298
Cano 2b	4	0	0	0	0	2	.303
Sheffield rf	4	1	1	0	0	0	.298
ARodriguez 3b	3	1	2	1	1	0	.321
Matsui lf	4	0	2	2	0	0	.307
JaGiambi dh	1	1	0	0	2	1	.285
BWilliams cf	4	0	2	0	0	0	.244
TMartinez 1b	3	0	0	1	0	0	.220
Flaherty c	4	0	0	0	0	1	.154
Totals	31	4	9	4	3	5

Minnesota	000	000	000—0	2	0
New York	020	000	20x—4	9	0

a-grounded out for Castro in the 9th.

LOB—Minnesota 2, New York 8. 2B—LFord (20), Matsui (27). HR—ARodriguez (28), off Radke. RBIs—ARodriguez (80), Matsui 2 (78), TMartinez (39). GIDP—Punto, Cano, TMartinez. Runners left in scoring position—Minnesota 1 (Cuddyer); New York 4 (JaGiambi, TMartinez, Flaherty 2). Runners moved up—BBoone, BWilliams. DP—Minnesota 2 (Punto, BBoone and Cuddyer), (BBoone and Cuddyer); New York 1 (Jeter and TMartinez).

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Radke L, 6-10	6	5	2	2	2	3	100	3.88
Crain	2/3	2	2	2	1	1	12	2.49
Romero	1/3	1	0	0	0	1	12	2.13
Mulholland	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	5.36

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
RaJohnson W, 11-6	8	2	0	0	0	11	97	3.95
Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2.72

Inherited runners-scored—Romero 3-2. HBP—by Radke (JaGiambi), by Radke (TMartinez), by RaJohnson (ShStewart). WP—Radke. T—2:30. A—53,855 (57,478).

Texas	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Dellucci lf	2	0	1	1	2	0	.264
b-Hidalgo ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.225
MYoung ss	5	0	1	0	0	0	.322
Teixeira 1b	4	1	1	0	0	1	.275
Blalock 3b	4	0	2	0	0	0	.286
ASoriano 2b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.281
AGonzalez dh	3	0	0	0	1	1	.222
Mench rf	3	1	1	0	1	0	.269
Matthews cf	4	2	3	2	0	0	.250
SAlomar c	3	0	0	0	0	2	.287
Totals	33	4	9	3	4	6

Baltimore	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
BRoberts 2b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Mora 3b	3	0	0	0	1	0	.296
Tejada ss	4	1	1	0	0	0	.318
RPalmeiro 1b	4	1	2	1	0	0	.284
SSosa dh	4	1	1	2	0	0	.234
JvLopez c	4	1	3	1	0	1	.282
Fasano c	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Surhoff lf-rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	.264
Marrero rf	1	0	1	0	0	0	.181
a-Bigbie ph-lf	2	0	0	0	0	1	.252
Matos cf	3	1	1	1	0	0	.270
Totals	33	5	9	5	1	3

Texas	000	010	210—4	9	1
Baltimore	101	002	01x—5	9	1

a-struck out for Marrero in the 4th. b-struck out for Dellucci in the 9th.

E—Blalock (4), Kline (1). LOB—Texas 7, Baltimore 5. 2B—Mench (24), Matthews 2 (12). 3B—Marrero (2). HR—JvLopez (8), off Baldwin; SSosa (12), off Rogers; Matthews (8), off RLopez; Matos (3), off Rogers. RBIs—Dellucci (37), Matthews 2 (27), RPalmeiro (56), SSosa 2 (36), JvLopez (23), Matos (17). S—SAlomar. GIDP—MYoung, Matthews. Runners left in scoring position—Baltimore 1 (Matos). Runners moved up—Surhoff. DP—Baltimore 2 (Mora, BRoberts and RPalmeiro), (BRoberts, Tejada and RPalmeiro).

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Rogers	7	8	4	3	1	3	103	2.77
Baldwin L, 0-1	1	1	1	1	0	0	12	1.75

Baltimore	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
RLopez	6 1/3	6	3	3	2	4	106	4.37
Ray H, 3	2/3	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.57
Kline	0	2	1	1	0	0	6	5.71
Grimsley W, 1-1 BS, 1	1	0	0	0	2	0	24	9.82
BRyan S, 22	1	0	0	0	0	2	12	2.80

Kline pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored—Ray 1-1, Grimsley 2-1. IBB—off Grimsley (AGonzalez) 1. WP—Grimsley. T—2:52. A—25,235 (48,290).

for Guerrero.

Los Angeles	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Figgins 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	.290
Erstad 1b	3	0	0	0	1	0	.278
VGuerrero rf	4	0	3	0	0	0	.311
1-Sorensen pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
GAnderson dh	4	0	1	0	0	0	.296
2-Paul pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161
BMolina c	4	0	0	0	0	0	.306
JRivera lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	.239
OCabrera ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	.242
SFinley cf	3	0	2	0	0	1	.236
Izturis 3b	2	0	1	0	1	1	.292
Totals	32	0	8	0	2	4

Toronto	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Adams ss	3	2	2	1	2	0	.266
Catalanotto lf	4	1	1	0	0	1	.314
Johnson lf	1	0	0	0	0	1	.278
VWells cf	5	1	1	1	0	1	.276
Hillenbrand 1b	5	1	3	4	0	0	.301
Koskie 3b	4	0	1	0	1	0	.248
Zaun c	5	0	1	0	0	0	.278
Hinske dh	3	1	1	0	1	0	.247
Rios rf	3	1	1	1	0	0	.283
OHudson 2b	4	1	3	1	0	0	.272
Totals	37	8	14	8	4	3

Los Angeles	000	000	000—0	8	1
Toronto	300	400	01x—8	14	0

1-ran for Guerrero in the 9th. 2-ran for Anderson in the 9th.

E—Izturis (6). LOB—Los Angeles 7, Toronto 10. 2B—VGuerrero (18), Rios (20), OHudson (18). HR—VWells (20), off JoPeralta; Hillenbrand (13), off Byrd. RBIs—Adams (44), VWells (61), Hillenbrand 4 (58), Rios (41), OHudson (44). GIDP—Figgins, GAnderson, Zaun, Hinske. Runners left in scoring position—Los Angeles 5 (Erstad 2, JRivera, OCabrera 2); Toronto 4 (Adams, Catalanotto 3). Runners moved up—JRivera, Catalanotto. DP—Los Angeles 2 (OCabrera and Erstad), (Erstad and OCabrera); Toronto 2 (OHudson, Adams and Hillenbrand), (Adams, OHudson and Hillenbrand).

Los Angeles	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Byrd L, 9-7	3	10	7	7	1	0	63	4.10
Gregg	3 1/3	3	0	0	2	2	63	6.75
JoPeralta	1 2/3	1	1	1	1	1	26	4.50

Toronto	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Chacin W, 10-5	8	6	0	0	2	4	95	3.45
MBatista	1	2	0	0	0	0	16	3.11

Byrd pitched to 4 batters in the 4th.

Inherited runners-scored—Gregg 1-1, JoPeralta 2-0. HBP—by Gregg (Rios). T—2:29. A—18,754 (50,598).

Boston	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Damon cf	5	2	3	1	0	0	.338
Renteria ss	3	2	1	0	2	0	.273
Mirabelli dh	4	1	1	1	0	1	.222
c-DOrtiz ph-dh	2	0	0	0	0	0	.297
MRamirez lf	6	2	2	2	0	3	.275
Varitek c	3	2	2	2	3	0	.308
Millar 1b-rf	4	0	3	1	1	1	.279
1-Stern pr-rf	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286
Nixon rf	1	0	0	0	0	1	.293
a-Hyzdu ph-rf	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
b-Olerud ph-1b	3	0	1	0	0	1	.278
Mueller 3b	5	0	2	2	0	0	.281
Graffanino 2b	5	0	1	0	0	1	.300
Totals	44	10	16	9	6	9

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Gathright cf	6	1	1	0	0	1	.269
Crawford lf	5	2	2	1	0	1	.286
Lugo ss	5	2	4	1	0	0	.301
Cantu 2b	5	0	1	1	0	1	.287
Huff 1b	3	2	2	4	1	0	.267
THall c	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270
Hollins rf	5	1	3	0	0	0	.286
Gomes dh	4	0	0	1	0	2	.274
LaForest c	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TLee 1b	2	0	1	1	0	0	.243
ASGonzalez 3b	4	1	1	0	1	0	.271
2-NGreen pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252
Totals	43	9	15	9	2	6

Boston	203	000	102	2—10	16	0
Tampa Bay	005	001	200	1—9	15	1

a-struck out for Nixon in the 3rd. a-struck out for Nixon in the 3rd. b-struck out for Hyzdu in the 7th. b-struck out for Hyzdu in the 7th. c-popped out for Mirabelli in the 8th. c-popped out for Mirabelli in the 8th. 1-ran for Millar in the 9th. 1-ran for Millar in the 9th. 2-ran for Gonzalez in the 10th. 2-ran for Gonzalez in the 10th.

E—Cantu (14). LOB—Boston 12, Tampa Bay 7. 2B—Damon (28), Varitek (21), Mueller (19), Cantu (24), Huff (16), TLee (13), ASGonzalez (9). HR—Damon (8), off DBaez; Varitek (16), off DBaez; Huff (12), off Bradford; MRamirez (28), off Hendrickson. RBIs—Damon (49), Mirabelli (14), MRamirez 2 (92), Varitek 2 (44), Millar (36), Mueller 2 (42), Crawford (54), Lugo (38), Cantu (64), Huff 4 (58), Gomes (19), TLee (21). SB—Damon (11), Varitek (1), Crawford 2 (33). CS—Graffanino (2). S—Renteria. SF—Gomes. Runners left in scoring position—Boston 8 (Mirabelli, Hyzdu, Olerud 2, Mueller 2, Graffanino 2); Tampa Bay 2 (Gathright, Hollins). Runners moved up—Mirabelli. DP—Boston 1 (Graffanino and Renteria).

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Clement	2 1/3	4	3	3	0	2	38	4.43
Bradford	2/3	3	2	2	0	1	14	7.71
MMyers	2	1	1	1	0	0	22	2.49
Gonzalez	2	4	2	2	1	1	41	5.34
Delcarmen	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	0.00
Schilling W, 3-4	2	3	1	1	1	1	32	6.67

Tampa Bay	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Hendrickson	3	7	5	5	1	2	56	7.07
Brazelton	3 1/3	1	1	1	5	4	73	6.33
TreMiller BS, 2	1/3	1	0	0	0	1	5	4.44
Harper	1/3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7.36
Borowski H, 6	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.00
DBaez L, 5-3	BS, 7	2	7	4	3	0	2	42

MMyers pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

Inherited runners-scored—Bradford 2-2, Gonzalez 1-1, TreMiller 2-1, Harper 2-0.

IBB—off Gonzalez (Huff) 1. HBP—by Brazelton (Damon). WP—Hendrickson.

T—3:48. A—24,029 (41,315).

All Times PDT

East Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Atlanta	56	44	.560	—
Washington	55	45	.550	1
Philadelphia	52	49	.515	4 1/2
New York	51	49	.510	5
Florida	49	48	.505	5 1/2

Central Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	63	36	.636	—
Houston	53	47	.530	10 1/2
Chicago	51	49	.510	13 1/2
Milwaukee	50	51	.495	14
Pittsburgh	44	56	.440	19 1/2
Cincinnati	43	57	.430	20 1/2

West Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
San Diego	50	50	.500	—
Arizona	48	54	.471	3
Los Angeles	45	55	.450	5
San Francisco	43	56	.434	6 1/2
Colorado	36	63	.364	13 1/2

Tuesday’s Results

Atlanta 3, Washington 2, 10 innings

Houston 2, Philadelphia 1

Pittsburgh 6, Florida 3

Milwaukee 7, Arizona 2

Colorado 4, N.Y. Mets 3

St. Louis 4, San Diego 2

L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 4

San Francisco 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 11 innings

Wednesday’s Games

Arizona (Vargas 3-5) at Milwaukee (Ohka 6-5), 11:05 a.m.

San Francisco (Tomko 7-10) at Chicago Cubs (C.Zambrano 7-4), 11:20 a.m.

Washington (Loaiza 6-6) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 7-5), 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Duke 3-0) at Florida (Valdez 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Padilla 5-8) at Houston (Clemens 8-4), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (V.Zambrano 4-9) at Colorado (Jam.Wright 5-10), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Marquis 9-7) at San Diego (Peavy 8-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Ra.Ortiz 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Weaver 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

ST.LOUIS					SAN DIEGO
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Eckstn ss	5	0	0	0	Young lf	5	0	1	0
Nunez 3b	5	0	1	0	Loretta 2b	3	0	1	0
Pujols 1b	4	1	2	1	Giles rf	3	0	1	0
Edmonds cf	3	0	0	0	Nevin c	4	0	0	0
Gall lf	4	2	2	0	Randa 3b	4	1	1	0
Flores p	0	0	0	0	Nady 1b	3	1	3	0
Tavarez p	0	0	0	0	Greene ss	4	0	1	1
King p	0	0	0	0	Jackson cf	4	0	2	1
Mabry rf	0	0	0	0	Williams p	2	0	0	0
Grdzlnk 2b	4	1	2	0	Blum ph	1	0	0	0
Taguchi rf-lf	3	0	2	1	Qntrll p	0	0	0	0
Diaz c	3	0	0	1	Klesko ph	1	0	0	0
Mulder p	3	0	1	0	Otsuka p	0	0	0	0
Eldred p	0	0	0	0
Rdrgz lf	1	0	0	0
Isrghsn p	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	4	10	3	Totals	34	2	10	2

St. Louis	010	003	000	—	4
San Diego	000	002	000	—	2

E—Randa (7). DP—St. Louis 3, San Diego 2. LOB—St. Louis 7, San Diego 11. 2B—Nunez (8), Pujols (24), Gall (1), Loretta (6), Nady (9). HR—Pujols (27). SB—Greene (3). S—Diaz.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
St. Louis
Mulder W,12-5	5 2/3	9	2	2	3	1
Eldred	0 1/3	0	0	0	1	0
Flores	0 1/3	0	0	0	0	0
Tavarez	1 1/3	1	0	0	1	0
King	0 1/3	0	0	0	0	0
Isringhausen S,28	1	0	0	0	1	1

Eldred pitched to 1 batter in the 7th

T—3:01. A—36,659.

NEW YORK					COLORADO
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Reyes ss	4	0	2	2	LuGnzl 2b	4	1	1	0
Cmeron rf	5	0	0	0	Atkins 3b	4	0	1	0
Beltran cf	4	0	1	0	Hlliday lf	4	0	2	1
Floyd lf	3	0	0	0	Byrnes cf	2	1	0	0
Wright 3b	4	1	3	1	Miceli p	0	0	0	0
Piazza c	4	0	0	0	Fentes	0	0	0	0
Wdwrd 1b	4	0	0	0	Shealy 1b	4	1	1	1
Cairo 2b	4	1	1	0	Mohr rf	3	1	1	2
Ishii p	1	0	0	0	Ardon c	4	0	1	0
Padlia p	0	0	0	0	Mchado ss	2	0	0	0
Offrmn ph	1	0	1	0	Frncs p	2	0	1	0
Heilmn p	0	0	0	0	DeJean p	0	0	0	0
GWllms ph	1	1	1	0	Sllivn cf	0	0	0	0
						0	0	0	0
						0	0	0	0
Totals	35	3	9	3	Totals	29	4	8	4

New York	001	000	101	—	3
Colorado	103	000	00x	—	4

E—Woodwarw (5), Atkins (13), Machado (1). DP—New York 1, Colorado 1. LOB—New York 8, Colorado 6. 2B—Reyes (17), LuGonzalez (17), Francis (2). HR—DWright (15), Mohr (9). S—Ishii, Francis. SB—Cairo (10). CS—DWright (5), Holliday (2).

WP—Ishii, DeJean.

T—2:55. A—22,518 (50,449).

CINCINNATI					LOS ANGELES
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Freel 2b	4	0	0	0	Izturis ss	5	1	2	2
Cruz ph	1	0	0	0	APerez 2b	4	0	2	0
Aurilia ss	4	0	0	0	Schmoll p	0	0	0	0
Griffey Jr. cf	4	1	1	1	Alvarez p	0	0	0	0
Kearns rf	4	1	1	0	Sanchez p	0	0	0	0
Casey 1b	4	0	2	1	Robles ph-3b	1	0	0	0
Pena lf	3	0	1	0	Bradley cf	3	0	0	0
Dunn ph-lf	1	0	0	0	Kent 1b-2b	4	1	2	2
EEncrncn 3b	4	0	3	0	Phillips c	2	1	0	0
LaRue c	3	1	2	0	Edwards 3b	4	0	0	0
FLopez ph	1	0	0	0	Brazoban p	0	0	0	0
Milton p	2	1	1	1	Werth lf	3	1	1	0
Belisle p	0	0	0	0	Repko rf	4	2	3	1
Coffey p	0	0	0	0	OPerez p	2	0	0	0
Mercker p	0	0	0	0	Saenz ph-1b	2	1	1	2
Valentin ph	1	0	0	0
Totals	36	4	11	3	Totals	34	7	11	7

Cincinnati	011	010	010	—	4
Los Angeles	010	100	32x	—	7

E—Repko (5). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Cincinnati 6, Los Angeles 7. 2B—Kearns (14), EEncarnacion 2 (4), APerez (10), Repko (10). HR—Griffey Jr. (22), Milton (2), Kent (18), Saenz (9). SB—EEncarnacion (1), APerez (8). S—Milton.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cincinnati
Milton L,4-11	6	5	4	4	3	4
Belisle BS,1	0 1/3	3	1	1	0	0
Coffey	1 1/3	3	2	2	0	1
Mercker	0 1/3	0	0	0	0	0

Milton pitched to 2 batters in the 7th

Alvarez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th

HBP—by Belisle (Bradley). WP—Coffey.

T—2:58. A—42,826.

PITTSBURGH					FLORIDA
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Lawton rf	4	1	4	1	Pierre cf	5	0	3	0
Duffy cf	5	2	4	1	LCstllo 2b	4	0	0	0
Bay lf	3	1	0	0	Dlgdo 1b	4	1	2	1
Ward 1b	5	0	3	3	MiCbrera lf	4	1	1	0
Mckwiak 3b	3	0	0	0	LoDuca c	2	0	2	0
FSnchz ph-3b	2	0	0	0	JEncrncn rf	2	0	1	0
JCstllo 2b	4	1	1	0	DLsSnts p	0	0	0	0
Cota c	5	0	0	0	Alfnsca p	0	0	0	0
JWlsn ss	4	1	2	0	Harris ph	1	0	0	0
Fogg p	3	0	1	1	Mecir p	0	0	0	0
Medws p	0	0	0	0	Lowell 3b	3	0	1	1
Rstvch ph	1	0	0	0	Easley ss	2	0	0	1
White p	0	0	0	0	Mohlr p	2	0	0	0
TRdmn ph	1	0	0	0	Vargas p	0	0	0	0
Mesa p	0	0	0	0	Rdlng p	0	0	0	0
					Conine rf	2	0	2	0
Totals	40	6	15	6	Totals	31	3	12	3

Pittsburgh	020	022	000	—	6
Florida	102	000	010	—	3

E—Easley (7). DP—Pittsburgh 4, Florida 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 12, Florida 8. 2B—Ward (19), Lawton (28). S— LCastillo, Lo Duca. SF—Easley. SB—Duffy 2 (2), Lawton 3 (15), Pierre (32). CS—Mackowiak (4), Pierre (10).

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Pittsburgh
Fogg W,5-6	5 1/3	9	3	3	3	1
Meadows	2/3	1	0	0	0	0
White	2	1	0	0	1	1
Mesa S,25	1	1	0	0	0	0

Florida
Moehler L,6-7	4 1/3	9	4	4	1	4
Vargas	1 1/3	2	2	2	1	2
Riedling	0	0	0	0	1	0
De Los Santos	1 1/3	3	0	0	2	0
Alfonseca	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mecir	1	1	0	0	0	2

Riedling pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

De Los Santos pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

T—3:19. A—26,431.

Washington	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Wilkerson lf	5	0	3	1	0	1	.265
Vidro 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	.259
JGuillen rf	4	0	2	1	0	0	.301
NJohnson 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.315
Castilla 3b	3	0	0	0	1	1	.250
Church cf	3	0	0	0	1	2	.313
Schneider c	4	1	1	0	0	1	.278
CGuzman ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	.183
LHernandez p	3	1	1	0	0	0	.176
CCordero p	0	0	0	0	0	0	—-
b-Baerga ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.277
Stanton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	—-
Ayala p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	35	2	8	2	2	6

Atlanta	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Furcal ss	4	0	1	0	1	1	.260
Johnson lf	5	0	0	0	0	1	.229
MGiles 2b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.283
AJones cf	4	1	2	1	1	1	.281
CJones 3b	4	0	2	0	0	0	.275
1-Betemit pr-3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287
LaRoche 1b	3	1	1	2	0	0	.266
Langerhans rf	4	0	1	0	0	1	.238
McCann c	3	0	1	0	1	0	.292
2-Francoeur pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	.385
Smoltz p	2	0	0	0	0	0	.170
a-Orr ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.306
Brower p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Foster p	0	0	0	0	0	0	—-
Reitsma p	0	0	0	0	0	0	—-
c-JuFranco ph	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276
Totals	34	3	8	3	3	5

Washington	001	010	000	0—2	8	0
Atlanta	000	000	101	1—3	8	0

Two outs when winning run scored. a-fouled out for Smoltz in the 8th. b-flied out for Cordero in the 10th. c-sacrificed for Reitsma in the 10th. 1-ran for C.Jones in the 9th. 2-ran for McCann in the 10th.

LOB—Washington 5, Atlanta 8. 2B—AJones (18), CJones (17). 3B—AJones (3). HR—LaRoche (14), off LHernandez. RBIs—Wilkerson (36), JGuillen (55), AJones (78), LaRoche 2 (58). CS—Betemit (2). S—JuFranco. SF—LaRoche. GIDP—Vidro, NJohnson. Runners left in scoring position—Washington 2 (JGuillen, CGuzman); Atlanta 3 (MGiles, CJones, Langerhans). Runners moved up—Schneider, CGuzman, LHernandez, Johnson. DP—Atlanta 3 (LaRoche), (MGiles, Furcal and LaRoche), (Smoltz, MGiles, Furcal and LaRoche).

Washington	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
LHernandez	8	5	1	1	1	5	105	3.32
CCordero BS, 4	1	2	1	1	0	0	7	1.17
Stanton L, 0-1	2/3	1	1	1	1	0	10	2.70
Ayala	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2.95

Atlanta	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Smoltz	8	8	2	2	2	4	108	2.62
Brower	1/3	0	0	0	0	1	6	5.28
Foster	2/3	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.10
Reitsma W, 3-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	3.23

Ayala pitched to 2 batters in the 10th.

Inherited runners-scored—Ayala 2-1. IBB—off Stanton (Furcal) 1. HBP—by Ayala (MGiles). T—2:35. A—43,308 (50,091).

Philadelphia	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Rollins ss	4	1	1	0	0	0	.276
Lofton cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	.320
Urbina p	0	0	0	0	0	0	—-
ToPerez 3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Utley 2b	4	0	2	0	0	1	.315
BAbreu rf	4	0	1	0	0	3	.295
Burrell lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	.282
Howard 1b	3	0	1	0	1	1	.265
DaBell 3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.249
Madson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Pratt c	3	0	1	0	0	2	.255
Lieber p	2	0	0	0	0	1	.049
a-Chavez ph-cf	1	0	1	0	0	0	.247
Totals	33	1	8	0	1	9

Houston	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Taveras cf	4	0	1	0	0	1	.296
Biggio 2b	4	1	1	1	0	0	.280
Berkman lf	3	0	1	0	1	0	.314
1-Bruntlett pr-lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175
Ensberg 3b	4	0	1	0	0	1	.290
Lamb 1b	4	1	1	1	0	1	.218
OPalmeiro rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	.321
AEverett ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	.239
Ausmus c	3	0	2	0	0	0	.249
Oswalt p	3	0	0	0	0	1	.133
Totals	31	2	7	2	1	6

Philadelphia	000	001	000—1	8	1
Houston	100	000	001—2	7	0

No outs when winning run scored. a-singled for Lieber in the 8th. 1-ran for Berkman in the 8th.

E—Lieber (4). LOB—Philadelphia 6, Houston 6. 2B—Rollins (17), Utley (20), Ausmus (8). 3B—BAbreu (1), Ensberg (2). HR—Lamb (6), off Madson; Biggio (16), off Lieber. RBIs—Biggio (45), Lamb (37). GIDP—Utley, DaBell. Runners left in scoring position—Philadelphia 4 (Lofton, Burrell, DaBell 2); Houston 3 (Berkman, Lamb, Oswalt). Runners moved up—Rollins. DP—Houston 2 (Biggio, AEverett and Lamb), (Ensberg, Biggio and Lamb).

Philadelphia	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Lieber	7	6	1	1	0	4	79	4.69
Urbina	1	0	0	0	1	2	19	4.58
Madson L, 4-4	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3.95

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Oswalt W, 14-8	9	8	1	1	1	9	123	2.33

Madson pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

T—2:11. A—33,867 (40,950).

BATTING—BRoberts, Baltimore, .337; Damon, Boston, .335; MYoung, Texas, .324; Tejada, Baltimore, .319; ARodriguez, New York, .318; Mauer, Minnesota, .311; THafner, Cleveland, .310.

RUNS—Damon, Boston, 77; Jeter, New York, 75; ARodriguez, New York, 75; Teixeira, Texas, 73; MYoung, Texas, 71; DOrtiz, Boston, 71; Figgins, Los Angeles, 68; ASoriano, Texas, 68.

RBI—MRamirez, Boston, 90; DOrtiz, Boston, 87; Teixeira, Texas, 83; ARodriguez, New York, 79; Sexson, Seattle, 77; Matsui, New York, 76; Sheffield, New York, 76.

HITS—Damon, Boston, 134; MYoung, Texas, 132; Tejada, Baltimore, 125; ISuzuki, Seattle, 124; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 120; BRoberts, Baltimore, 120; Lugo, Tampa Bay, 116; ARodriguez, New York, 116.

DOUBLES—Tejada, Baltimore, 33; BRoberts, Baltimore, 27; DOrtiz, Boston, 27; Damon, Boston, 27; Matsui, New York, 26; ASoriano, Texas, 26; IRodriguez, Detroit, 26.

TRIPLES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 9; ISuzuki, Seattle, 8; Sizemore, Cleveland, 7; Inge, Detroit, 7; DeJesus, Kansas City, 6; Figgins, Los Angeles, 6.

HOME RUNS—Teixeira, Texas, 27; ARodriguez, New York, 27; MRamirez, Boston, 27; ASoriano, Texas, 25; Sexson, Seattle, 24; DOrtiz, Boston, 24; Konerko, Chicago, 22.

STOLEN BASES—Podsednik, Chicago, 51; Figgins, Los Angeles, 34; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 31; Lugo, Tampa Bay, 29; ISuzuki, Seattle, 23; THunter, Minnesota, 21; Womack, New York, 20.

PITCHING (9 Decisions)—Crain, Minnesota, 9-1, .900, 2.14; Garland, Chicago, 15-4, .789, 3.19; Buehrle, Chicago, 11-3, .786, 2.66; Clement, Boston, 10-3, .769, 4.30; Halladay, Toronto, 12-4, .750, 2.41; ClLee, Cleveland, 11-4, .733, 3.87; Rogers, Texas, 11-4, .733, 2.71.

STRIKEOUTS—JoSantana, Minnesota, 149; RaJohnson, New York, 131; Lackey, Los Angeles, 125; Bonderman, Detroit, 113; Halladay, Toronto, 108; DCabrera, Baltimore, 107; Clement, Boston, 106.

SAVES—Nathan, Minnesota, 27; MRivera, New York, 25; FRodriguez, Los Angeles, 24; Wickman, Cleveland, 24; FCordero, Texas, 23; Hermanson, Chicago, 23; Guardado, Seattle, 23.

BATTING—DeLee, Chicago, .365; MiCabrera, Florida, .350; Pujols, St. Louis, .334; Alou, San Francisco, .330; BClark, Milwaukee, .316; ARamirez, Chicago, .316; LCastillo, Florida, .315.

RUNS—DeLee, Chicago, 80; Pujols, St. Louis, 79; MiCabrera, Florida, 71; Dunn, Cincinnati, 70; BClark, Milwaukee, 69; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 69; Bay, Pittsburgh, 67.

RBI—CaLee, Milwaukee, 83; DeLee, Chicago, 81; Pujols, St. Louis, 78; AJones, Atlanta, 77; CDelgado, Florida, 76; MiCabrera, Florida, 74; Ensberg, Houston, 74.

HITS—DeLee, Chicago, 133; MiCabrera, Florida, 131; BClark, Milwaukee, 130; Pujols, St. Louis, 124; Reyes, New York, 117; ARamirez, Chicago, 115; Rollins, Philadelphia, 112.

DOUBLES—DeLee, Chicago, 31; Bay, Pittsburgh, 30; Wilkerson, Washington, 30; BGiles, San Diego, 29; MiCabrera, Florida, 28; MGiles, Atlanta, 28; CDelgado, Florida, 28.

TRIPLES—Reyes, New York, 11; Pierre, Florida, 9; Furcal, Atlanta, 8; Rollins, Philadelphia, 7; JWilson, Pittsburgh, 6; BGiles, San Diego, 6; Eckstein, St. Louis, 5; DRoberts, San Diego, 5; CGuzman, Washington, 5.

HOME RUNS—DeLee, Chicago, 32; AJones, Atlanta, 32; Dunn, Cincinnati, 28; ARamirez, Chicago, 27; Pujols, St. Louis, 26; Ensberg, Houston, 26; CaLee, Milwaukee, 24.

STOLEN BASES—Reyes, New York, 34; Furcal, Atlanta, 32; Pierre, Florida, 31; Taveras, Houston, 24; Freel, Cincinnati, 23; Rollins, Philadelphia, 23; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 23.

PITCHING (9 Decisions)—Eaton, San Diego, 9-2, .818, 3.42; PMartinez, New York, 12-3, .800, 2.79; Morris, St. Louis, 11-3, .786, 3.42; Carpenter, St. Louis, 14-4, .778, 2.26; LHernandez, Washington, 12-4, .750, 3.44; Prior, Chicago, 7-3, .700, 3.23; Benson, New York, 7-3, .700, 3.14.

STRIKEOUTS—PMartinez, New York, 147; Carpenter, St. Louis, 140; Peavy, San Diego, 136; JVazquez, Arizona, 127; BMyers, Philadelphia, 126; Zambrano, Chicago, 124; Burnett, Florida, 124.

SAVES—CCordero, Washington, 34; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 27; Hoffman, San Diego, 27; Mesa, Pittsburgh, 24; Lidge, Houston, 23; Looper, New York, 22; Turnbow, Milwaukee, 21; BWagner, Philadelphia, 21.

July 27

1918 — Brooklyn rookie Henry Heitman completed one of the shortest careers in major league history. Heitman appeared on the mound against the St. Louis Cardinals, gave up four consecutive hits and then left the game, never to play a major league game again.

1946 — Rudy York of Boston hit two grand slams and drove in 10 runs as the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 13-6.

1950 — Del Ennis of the Philadelphia Phillies drove in seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings of a 13-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Ennis doubled with the bases loaded in the seventh and hit a grand slam in the eighth.

1959 — New York lawyer William Shea announced the formation of the Continental League. New York, Houston, Toronto, Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul were the five cities named and Branch Rickey was named league president.

1984 — Montreal’s Pete Rose passed Ty Cobb for the most singles in a career with No. 3,053, against the Philadelphia Phillies.

1986 — Two 300-game winners faced each other as Don Sutton hurled six strong innings to outpitch Tom Seaver and give the California Angels a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

1996 — The San Diego Padres pounded the Florida Marlins, 20-12. Wally Joyner led the way with five RBIs, while John Flaherty hit a grand slam. The Padres were the sixth club to score 20 runs in a game this season. The last time that happened was 1929.

July 31 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y. Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.

Oct. 4 — Playoffs begin.

Oct. 11 — League championship series begin.

Oct. 22 — World Series begins, city of American League champion.

October/November TBA — Free agent filing period, first 15 days after World Series ends.

Nov. 7-11 — General managers meetings, Indian Wells, Calif.

Dec. 5-8 — Winter meetings, Dallas.

Dec. 7 — Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.

Dec. 19 — Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept or reject the offers.

Dec. 20 — Last day for teams to offer 2006 contracts to unsigned players.

2006

Jan 5-15 — Salary arbitration filing.

Jan. 8 — Last day until May 1 for free agents who rejected arbitration offers to re-sign with their former teams.

Jan. 18 — Exchange of salary arbitration figures.

Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings.

Through July 22

(x-active)

Player	No.
1. Pete Rose	4,256
2. Ty Cobb	4,191
3. Hank Aaron	3,771
4. Stan Musial	3,630
5. Tris Speaker	3,515
6. Honus Wagner	3,430
7. Carl Yastrzemski	3,419
8. Paul Molitor	3,319
9. Eddie Collins	3,309
10. Willie Mays	3,283
11. Eddie Murray	3,255
12. Nap Lajoie	3,252
13. Cal Ripken	3,184
14. George Brett	3,154
15. Paul Waner	3,152
16. Robin Yount	3,142
17. Tony Gwynn	3,141
18. Dave Winfield	3,110
19. Cap Anson	3,081
20. Rickey Henderson	3,055
21. Rod Carew	3,053
22. Lou Brock	3,023
23. x-Rafael Palmeiro	3,011
24. Wade Boggs	3,010
25. Al Kaline	3,007
26. Roberto Clemente	3,000

Mateo L,2-4

Through July 25

(x-active)

1. Nolan Ryan	5,714
2. x-Roger Clemens	4,440
3. x-Randy Johnson	4,292
4. Steve Carlton	4,136
5. Bert Blyleven	3,701
6. Tom Seaver	3,640
7. Don Sutton	3,574
8. Gaylord Perry	3,534
9. Walter Johnson	3,508
10. Phil Niekro	3,342
11. Ferguson Jenkins	3,192
12. Bob Gibson	3,117
13. x-Greg Maddux	2,998
14. Jim Bunning	2,855
15. Mickey Lolich	2,832
16. Cy Young	2,819