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AMERICAN LEAGUE Mets get ready for important week EAST ...... W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York ...... 34 23 .596 — — 7-3 W-2 18-11 16-12 By David Lennon Not if the Mets expect to win Manuel joked Sunday that the Boston ...... 33 24 .579 ½ — 6-4 L-1 18-8 15-16 NEWSDAY any of those six games. The Mets’ Mets should move the orange Toronto ...... 32 27 .542 2½ 2 5-5 W-1 21-10 11-17 NEW YORK — It’s not often stunning lack of power this sea- line from the top of the walls at Tampa Bay ...... 29 30 .492 6 5 6-4 L-2 16-11 13-19 that a 162-game season hinges on son is what most keeps Manuel Citi Field to beyond the bullpens ...... 24 33 .421 9½ 9 3-7 L-5 16-13 8-20 CENTRAL a team’s performance over the up at night. Beltran smacked the and into the second deck...... W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away course of one week. Not before only home of the recently On a more serious note, the Detroit ...... 31 25 .554 — — 5-5 W-3 17-11 14-14 September, anyway. completed trip and leads the Mets do have a couple of things Minnesota ...... 28 30 .483 4 5½ 4-6 L-2 21-12 7-18 These next six games, howev- Mets with seven. Only two NL working for them this week. Chicago ...... 26 31 .456 4 6½ 4-6 L-2 14-16 12-15 Kansas City .....24 32 .429 7 8½ 1-9 L-1 15-15 9-17 er, represent one of those weeks teams have fewer than the will make two Cleveland ...... 25 34 .424 7½ 9 4-6 W-1 12-14 13-20 for the Mets. Three against the Mets’ 34 homers — the Pirates starts, the first Tuesday night WEST first-place Phillies in a series that (33) and Giants (28). and the second to close the Sub- ...... W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away begins Tuesday night at Citi The Padres’ Adrian Gonzalez way Series on Sunday. He is 4-1 Texas ...... 33 23 .589 — — 6-4 W-1 18-9 15-14 Los Angeles .... 28 27 .509 4½ 4 5-5 L-2 14-12 14-15 Field, followed by three in the has 22 by himself. As for the two with a 1.37 ERA at Citi Field, but Seattle ...... 28 29 .491 5½ 5 7-3 W-2 16-14 12-15 Yankees’ backyard, a homer- clubs the Mets are bracing for, his fly-ball tendencies could be Oakland ...... 25 30 .455 7½ 7 7-3 W-6 14-13 11-17 friendly place where ERAs go to the Yankees were second in the an issue in the Bronx. Knowing die. majors entering Monday’s games Santana, however, no one is bet- CHARLES KRUPA/ASSOCIATED PRESS MONDAY’S RESULTS Johan Santana will attempt to “I’m concerned, no question,” with 88 home runs, including 53 ter at adjusting to his surround- win his eighth decision tonight. Detroit 5, 4, 1st...... W: Zumaya 3-0; L: Linebrink 2-3 said. “I do believe in their building, and the Phillies ings. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2nd...... late in baseball that good pitching were third with 78. The Mets “I take every game very seri- N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3...... W: Pettitte 6-2; L: Sonnanstine 4-6 METS WATCH Toronto at Texas...... late stops good hitting. I think that’s were fourth in the majors with a ously with a lot of intensity,” Minnesota at Oakland...... late what we have to do. Our pitching .277 batting average and second Santana said. “That’s the way I UP NEXT — Tonight vs. Phil- TODAY’S GAMES will really have to be on par for with a .360 on-base percentage, approach every game. But going adelphia Phillies, 7:10 (SNY). J.A. us. It’s not going to be for us a but it’s not paying off — they’re against the team that’s at the top Happ (4-0 2.48) vs. Johan San- Kansas City (Bannister 4-3) at Cleveland (Cl.Lee 3-6), 7:05 slugfest, 10-9, 9-8 type of thing. ranked 17th in baseball with 257 in our division, you don’t want to tana (7-3 2.00). Seattle (Vargas 2-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 2-2), 7:05 That’s not going to happen.” runs scored. lose any games to them.” L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 5-2) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5-4), 7:08 — STAFF REPORTS N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 4-2) at Boston (Beckett 6-2), 7:10 Toronto (Tallet 3-3) at Texas (McCarthy 5-2), 8:05 Detroit (Willis 1-3) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-2), 8:11 Minnesota (S.Baker 3-6) at Oakland (Bre.Anderson 3-5), 10:05 SUNDAY’S RESULTS WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Ortiz’s eyes fine, not cause of slump Detroit 9, L.A. Angels 6 Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 Associated Press the third to the sixth spot in the Toronto 4, Kansas City 0 L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 7:08 BOSTON — It looks like lineup, but has hit better recent- Texas 6, Boston 3 N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 4 Toronto at Texas, 8:05 ’s eyesight isn’t the ly. He has a six-game hitting Oakland 3, Baltimore 0 Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 cause of his season-long slump. streak with seven hits in 25 at- Seattle 4, Minnesota 2 Minnesota at Oakland, 10:05 His vision checked out “very bats, raising his average from well” during an examination .185. ROUNDUP Monday, and the Boston Red Center fielder Jacoby Ells- Sox designated hitter was given bury is day-to-day with a TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 4 — At Chicago, Brandon Inge sin- drops for dry eyes, team spokes- strained right shoulder after gled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the Tigers person Pam Ganley said. tests showed no structural dam- beat the slumping White Sox in the opener of a day-night dou- Ortiz has two homers and 22 age, Ganley said. He was hurt bleheader. RBIs with a .197 batting average when he slid into second base in opened the ninth by reaching on third in 51 games. In his other six the third inning of Sunday’s 6-3 baseman Josh Fields’ error. followed with an years with Boston he averaged loss to the and infi eld off Alexei Ramirez’s glove. 38.5 homers and hit below .287 left the game after five innings. Inge then grounded a single into left fi eld off Scott Line- just once when he batted .264 in Boston begins a three-game brink, scoring pinch-runner Josh Anderson from second base. an injury-plagued 2008 season. series at home against the New MARY SCHWALM/ASSOCIATED PRESS The White Sox have lost six of seven. Ortiz has been dropped from York Yankees on Tuesday. David Ortiz smiles after a against the Rangers on Saturday. Fernando Rodney worked the ninth for his 11th save in as many chances for the AL Central leaders with Inge starting a game-ending play at third. led off the bottom of the eighth against Joel MAJOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK Zumaya (3-0) with his eighth homer, a line shot over the fence in left that tied it at 4. CARDINALS — Shortstop Khalil in late July. MARLINS — Right-hander to the public and Detroit starter Armando Galarraga, looking to snap a six- Greene, who went on the 15-day dis- Brendan Ryan and rookie Tyler Hayden Penn was outrighted to Class we are expect- game losing streak, went 6 2/3 innings. He allowed seven abled list late last month with social Greene have played shortstop since AAA New Orleans on Monday. ing a large crowd, hits, including a two-run homer by Jermaine Dye, and left with anxiety issues, will begin a rehab Greene went on the disabled list. Penn had been designated for we hope ... if the weather a 4-3 lead. ’s RBI single off Chicago reliever assignment with Class AAA Memphis. RANGERS — Ron assignment after issuing three bases- holds up. There won’t be a roof by D.J. Carrasco in the sixth put the Tigers ahead 4-3. Dye’s 15th The assignment began Mon- Washington will be a Ranger, at least loaded walks during a 9-6 loss to the then,” Marlins president David Sam- homer made it 3-all. day night. St. Louis manager Tony La through 2010. Brewers on Wednesday night. son said Monday. Chicago starter Clayton Richard lost his control in the Russa is hopeful Greene will be ready The Rangers announced Mon- The Marlins acquired Penn (1-0, Following three straight week- fi fth with two outs. Magglio Ordonez singled before Richard to play when he’s eligible to come off day they exercised their club option to 7.77) in an April 1 trade with the Ori- end games against the San Francisco walked three straight batters. the DL on Sunday. retain him. oles for infi elder . ...The Giants that all were delayed by rain, Greene is batting .200 with two Washington is in his third sea- Marlins will break ground the Marlins had averaged 10,852 dur- homers and 14 RBIs in 38 games. son with the Rangers, who lead the AL on their new stadium July 18 at the ing the fi rst eight games of a current The Cardinals acquired Greene West. Texas is tied with the Yankees for site formally occupied by the Orange 11-game homestand. from San Diego last offseason after he the best record in the Bowl. ATHLETICS — ’s slumped to a .213 average with only 10 heading into Monday’s games. The 37,000-seat ballpark will have sprained left knee hasn’t healed yet so, EAST homers and 35 RBIs. His poor season Washington is 187-193 with Texas a retractable roof and is scheduled to the outfi elder has been placed on the ...... W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away ended prematurely when he punched and is the fourth-longest tenured man- open in 2012. 15-day disabled list. Philadelphia .... 33 22 .600 — — 8-2 W-1 12-14 21-8 New York ...... 30 25 .545 3 — 5-5 W-1 17-9 13-16 a dugout wall and broke his left hand ager in Rangers history. “The groundbreaking will be open — ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta ...... 27 28 .491 6 3 4-6 W-1 13-15 14-13 Florida ...... 28 31 .475 7 4 6-4 W-1 14-17 14-14 Washington ..... 15 40 .273 18 15 2-8 L-1 9-20 6-20 CENTRAL MONDAY’S BOX SCORES ...... W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee ...... 33 24 .579 — — 6-4 L-1 16-9 17-15 Konerko 1b 2 1 1 2 1 1 .297 a-grounded out for T.Greene in the 7th. b-struck out for West W, 1-1 8 2 0 0 1 6 104 2.22 AMERICAN LEAGUE Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .298 T.Miller in the 7th. c-singled for R.Flores in the 8th. Nunez 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 3.10 St. Louis ...... 31 27 .534 2½ ½ 3-7 L-4 19-15 12-12 Getz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 E—Schumaker (3). LOB—Colorado 9, St. Louis 5. HBP—by J.Miller (Uggla). WP—Ra.Johnson. Chicago ...... 28 26 .519 3½ 1½ 6-4 W-1 16-10 12-16 Fields 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .237 2B—Hawpe (17), Y.Molina (5). 3B—Br.Ryan (2). HR— Umpires—Home, First, Gary Ceder- Cincinnati ...... 29 27 .518 3½ 1½ 3-7 L-1 14-14 15-13 YANKEES 5, RAYS 3 Wise cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Tulowitzki (6), off Motte. RBIs—Barmes 2 (28), Helton strom Second, Third, Brian O’Nora. ...... 26 30 .464 6½ 4½ 5-5 L-1 15-11 11-19 Totals 33 4 9 4 5 5 (41), Hawpe (43), Tulowitzki (18), Br.Ryan (5). SB—S. T—2:32. A—12,068 (38,560). Houston ...... 25 30 .455 7 5 7-3 W-1 14-17 11-13 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Smith (3), Br.Ryan (5). CS—Barmes (4). SF—Hawpe. WEST B.Upton cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .216 Detroit ...... 020 011 001—5 10 0 Runners left in scoring position—Colorado 3 (Stewart, BASEBALL TODAY ...... W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Crawford lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .326 Chicago ...... 100 020 010—4 9 3 Barmes, C.Gonzalez); St. Louis 3 (Pujols, B.Thompson, 1-ran for Mi.Cabrera in the 9th. Schumaker). Los Angeles .... 39 20 .661 — — 5-5 L-1 22-8 17-12 Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0 1 3 .316 MILESTONE MAN C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .220 E—Pierzynski (3), Fields (8), Al.Ramirez (5). LOB—De- Runners moved up—Thurston. Bobby Abreu doubled for his 2,000th hit in the Los Ange- San Francisco .29 27 .518 8½ 1½ 6-4 L-1 18-9 11-18 Zobrist 2b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .299 troit 12, Chicago 8. 2B—Inge (9), Raburn (3). 3B—Getz les Angels’ 9-6 loss at Detroit. San Diego ...... 26 30 .464 11½ 4½ 3-7 L-1 18-11 8-19 Dillon dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .364 (2). HR—Dye (15), off Galarraga; Konerko (8), off Zuma- Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Arizona ...... 25 32 .439 13 6 5-5 W-1 12-19 13-13 M.Hernandez c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .283 ya. RBIs—Granderson (35), Inge 2 (39), Everett (21), Marquis W, 8-4 6 2/3 6 2 2 1 4 87 3.98 MARATHON MEN Colorado ...... 25 32 .439 13 6 6-4 W-5 9-14 16-18 Kapler rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .173 Sardinha (3), Dye 2 (39), Konerko 2 (36). SB—Polanco R.Flores H, 4 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Arizona’s 9-6 victory over San Diego lasted 5 hours, 45 Brignac ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205 (2), Getz (6). S—Sardinha. SF—Sardinha, Konerko. Corpas H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 5.74 minutes. The Padres were held hitless through nine extra MONDAY’S RESULTS a-Joyce ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Runners left in scoring position—Detroit 7 (Mi.Cabrera Street S, 9-10 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.09 innings by four relievers. Their only baserunners in extras Totals 32 3 5 3 4 10 2, Inge, Raburn 2, Everett 2); Chicago 5 (Pierzynski, St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA came on three walks. It was the longest big league game Colorado 5, St. Louis 2...... W: Marquis 8-4; L: BThompson 0-2 1 Konerko, Wise 2, Thome). Thmpsn L, 0-2 4 /3 5 3 3 3 2 67 4.50 by time and innings since San Diego beat visiting Cincin- Pittsburgh at Atlanta...... late New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Runners moved up—Al.Ramirez. GIDP—Mi.Cabrera, Al. D.Reyes 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.28 nati 12-9 in an 18-inning game that took 5 hours, 57 Florida 4, San Francisco 0...... W: West 1-1; L: Johnson 5-5 Jeter ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .306 Ramirez, Dye. Motte 1 3 1 1 0 1 20 4.18 minutes on May 25, 2008, according to the Elias Sports Arizona at San Diego...... late Damon lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .299 DP—Detroit 2 (Inge, Polanco, Mi.Cabrera), (Inge, Polan- T.Miller 1 1 0 0 1 2 17 3.24 Bureau. The Padres have played the two longest games Teixeira 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .286 co, Raburn); Chicago 1 (Getz, Al.Ramirez, Konerko). C.Perez 1 2 1 1 0 1 17 3.66 in the majors this year. They beat the Reds 6-5 in a 16- TODAY’S GAMES A.Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Hawksworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 12.00 inning game May 16 that lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes. Cano 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .300 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Inherited runners-scored—R.Flores 1-0, D.Reyes 3-1. Cincinnati (Cueto 5-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 2-3), 7:05 Posada c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Galarraga 62/3 7 3 3 4 3 118 5.19 IBB—off T.Miller (Tulowitzki). HBP—by B.Thompson DEAR ABBEY Philadelphia (Happ 4-0) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 7-3), 7:10 1 H.Matsui dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .246 Seay H, 11 /3 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.96 (Barmes). WP—Marquis, B.Thompson. general manager Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 5-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 6-3), 7:10 Swisher rf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .257 Zumaya W, 3-0 BS, 2-3 Umpires—Home, ; First, Tim Welke; Second, wrote an open letter to fans on the team’s Web site ex- St. Louis (C.Carpenter 4-0) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 5-1), 7:10 Gardner cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 3.20 ; Third, Angel Hernandez. plaining the decision to trade All-Star center fielder Nate (Lilly 6-4) at Houston (Moehler 2-3), 8:05 Me.Cabrera cf-rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Rodney S, 11-11 T—2:36. A—36,748 (43,975). McLouth to Atlanta for three prospects wasn’t financially Colorado (Hammel 2-3) at Milwaukee (Looper 5-3), 8:05 Totals 28 5 6 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.60 motivated. The Pirates, who traditionally have one of the San Francisco (Cain 7-1) at Arizona (Buckner 2-1), 9:40 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA MARLINS 4, GIANTS 0 majors’ lowest payrolls, are averaging a major league- San Diego (C.Young 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 7-3), 10:10 Tampa Bay ...... 000 300 000—3 5 0 Richard 42/3 5 3 3 5 4 100 4.14 low 16,588 in attendance. New York ...... 120 001 01x—5 6 1 Carrasco 31/3 3 1 1 0 5 42 2.18 San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. SUNDAY’S RESULTS WEDNESDAY’S GAMES a-flied out for Brignac in the 9th. Linebrink L, 2-3 1 2 1 0 0 0 17 1.74 Rowand cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .303 BEANTOWN BOOGIE E—A.Rodriguez (3). LOB—Tampa Bay 7, New York 2. Inherited runners-scored—Seay 1-0, Carrasco 3-0. Renteria ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .244 Texas took two of three from the Red Sox to win a series Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 3, 14 inn. Cincinnati at Washington, 7:05 HR—Kapler (1), off Pettitte; Teixeira (18), off Sonnanstine; WP—Seay, Richard. Balk—Richard. ’ interfer- Winn rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .277 in Boston for the first time in 12 years. The Rangers Atlanta 8, Milwaukee 7 Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 Swisher (12), off Sonnanstine; Damon (12), off Son- ence—Pierzynski. B.Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 hadn’t won a series at Fenway Park since a three-game Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7:10 nanstine; Jeter (8), off Sonnanstine. RBIs—M.Hernandez Umpires—Home, ; First, ; Second, Sandoval 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .305 sweep in August 1997. They were 0-12-3 in their last 15 N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 0 ; Third, . St. Louis at Florida, 7:10 (11), Kapler 2 (7), Jeter (26), Damon (34), Teixeira (51), Uribe 3b-2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .297 series at Boston and 1-9 in their last 10 road games Houston 6, Pittsburgh 4 Swisher 2 (35). T—3:01. A—24,408 (40,615). against the Red Sox before Sunday’s win. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 8:05 Torres lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .227 Colorado 7, St. Louis 2 Runners left in scoring position—Tampa Bay 4 (Dillon Burriss 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Arizona 9, San Diego 6, 18 innings Colorado at Milwaukee, 8:05 3, M.Hernandez). NATIONAL LEAGUE b-Aurilia ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 NATIONALS NEMESIS San Francisco 3, Florida 2 San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 Runners moved up—Dillon 2. GIDP—Dillon, A.Rodri- Ra.Johnson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .056 Livan Hernandez allowed four singles in seven innings Philadelphia 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 guez, Swisher. ROCKIES 5, CARDINALS 2 a-Schierholtz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 and the scored five runs in the first to DP—Tampa Bay 2 (Zobrist, Brignac, C.Pena), (Longoria, J.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 beat Washington 7-0. Hernandez (5-1) walked four and Zobrist, C.Pena) New York 1 (Jeter, Teixeira). ROUNDUP Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. c-Whiteside ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 struck out four to win for the fifth time in seven starts. Fowler cf 3 2 1 0 2 1 .257 M.Valdez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- The right-hander has won seven consecutive games Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Barmes 2b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .290 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 7 against the Nationals and improved to 10-5 lifetime S’stine L, 4-6 7 6 5 5 2 1 92 7.00 ROCKIES 5, CARDINALS 2 — At St. Louis, Helton 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .314 against his former team. Washington lost for the 10th Choate 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 9 2.45 Hawpe rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .337 Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg. time in 12 games and dropped to 2-7 against the Mets took the NL lead with his eighth win and hom- Isringhausen 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.84 Street p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- Coghlan lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .225 this season. New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA ered for the fi rst time in nearly a month, helping the Rockies Stewart 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .229 Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- Pettitte W, 6-2 6 5 3 2 3 7 104 4.22 Tulowitzki ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .223 Helms 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .222 TOUCH ’EM ALL complete their fi rst sweep in St. Louis. Hughes H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 5.30 C.Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .154 Ha.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .330 Clete Thomas’ broke an eighth-inning tie and Coke H, 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 4.24 The last-place Rockies won their season-high fi fth in a P.Phillips c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .346 Cantu 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .279 Detroit beat the 9-6. ... Indians rook- Rivera S, 14-15 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.20 row under new manager . Marquis p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Uggla 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .224 ies Chris Gimenez and Luis Valbuena hit consecutive Sonnanstine pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. R.Flores p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- C.Ross cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .248 homers off former Cleveland ace Bartolo Colon in an 8-4 Clint Barmes had a pair of RBI singles for his sixth straight Inherited runners-scored—Isringhausen 1-0. HBP—by c-S.Smith ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .280 R.Paulino c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .253 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Victor Martinez and Pettitte (C.Pena). WP—Pettitte. multihit game and Brad Hawpe doubled and had a sacrifi ce fl y Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- B.Carroll rf 4 2 3 3 0 0 .270 Shin-Soo Choo also hit back-to-back homers off Colon, Umpires—Home, Tim McClelland First, Spilborghs rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 West p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 helping Cleveland win a road series for only the second in the Rockies’ fi rst sweep of the year. Colorado last swept the Second, Third, . Totals 35 5 11 5 4 6 d-De Aza ph-lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 time this season. Cardinals in July 1994, winning four straight at Mile High Sta- T—2:34. A—44,706 (52,325). Totals 31 4 9 4 6 7 dium. The Rockies are 7-4 under Tracy after going 18-28 with St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. LAUNCHING PAD . TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 4 Schumaker 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .289 San Francisco ...... 000 000 000—0 3 0 hit the 100th home run at the new Yankee Rasmus cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Florida ...... 030 001 00x—4 9 0 Stadium, helping earn his 200th win as a MARLINS 4, GIANTS 0 — At Miami, Sean West did not (First Game) Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .327 a-lined out for Ra.Johnson in the 6th. b-fouled out for manager in New York’s 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay. allow a hit until the seventh inning in his fourth career start Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Ludwick rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Burriss in the 8th. c-struck out for J.Miller in the 8th. d- There has been at least one homer in all 28 games at the Granderson cf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .262 Duncan lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249 walked for West in the 8th. stadium, extending the record for a major league ball- and Brett Carroll hit his fi rst career home run. Polanco 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Y.Molina c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .264 LOB—San Francisco 4, Florida 11. 3B—B.Carroll (1). park. Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico opened with West (1-1) allowed one baserunner — a leadoff walk to Ordonez rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .284 T.Greene 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .261 HR—B.Carroll (1), off Ra.Johnson. RBIs—Ha.Ramirez long balls in 22 straight games. There were 160 homers Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .345 last season at the old . Andres Torres in the third — through the fi rst six innings. a-Thurston ph-3b2 0 0 0 0 0 .245 (27), B.Carroll 3 (3). SB—Torres (3), Coghlan (3). SF— 1-J.Andrsn pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269 B.Thompson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Ha.Ramirez. Edgar Renteria then lined a single to left on West’s fi rst pitch Thames dh 3 0 1 0 2 1 .269 D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- Runners left in scoring position—San Francisco 3 QUICK STATS of the seventh. West gave up two hits, one walk and struck Inge 3b 4 1 2 2 1 1 .282 Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- (Rowand, Uribe, B.Molina) Florida 6 (Cantu 2, C.Ross, Oakland has three shutouts this season — all in the last Raburn lf-1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .250 T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- Coghlan, R.Paulino 2). six games. ... Texas slugger hit his 17th out six in eight innings. The left-hander, a 6-foot-8 Houston Everett ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 .270 b-Ankiel ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Runners moved up—Uggla. GIDP—C.Ross. homer, and 10th in his last 17 games, to tie Tampa Bay’s native, missed the entire 2007 season after undergoing shoul- Sardinha c 2 0 0 1 0 1 .107 C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- DP—San Francisco 1 (Uribe, Burriss, Sandoval). Carlos Pena and New York’s for the AL lead. Totals 36 5 10 5 5 9 Hawksworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —- ... The White Sox are 2 for 39 with runners in scoring po- der surgery. Br.Ryan ss 3 1 2 1 0 1 .297 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA sition over their last six games. ... The Yankees have a Johnson (5-5), pitching four days after he earned career Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Totals 33 2 6 1 1 6 Johnson L, 5-5 5 7 3 3 3 5 90 5.14 major league-high 20 comeback wins. ... Philadelphia Podsednik lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .305 beat the 7-2, handing ex-Phillies victory No. 300 at Washington, allowed three runs, seven hits, J.Miller 2 2 1 1 2 1 38 2.39 Al.Ramirez ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .251 Colorado ...... 001 021 010—5 11 0 M.Valdez 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 4.08 his first loss in 12 starts since April 7, three walks and struck out fi ve in fi ve innings. Dye rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .278 St. Louis ...... 001 000 100—2 6 1 Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA his season debut. ... The Rockies have scored 38 runs Thome dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .243 during their first four-game winning streak of the year.

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