Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Jason Giambi's 35th homer in the top of the 12th carried New York to victory.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE -- Orioles rookie Jack Cust fell down and was tagged out 10 feet from an uncovered home plate Saturday night, ending a wild 12th-inning rundown and the New York Yankees' 5-4 win over Baltimore.
Jason Giambi hit his 35th homer with two outs in the top of the 12th as the Yankees dealt Baltimore its sixth straight loss.
Jeff Nelson walked Cust with two outs in the bottom half, and Larry Bigbie doubled to right-center. Cust tried to stop coming around third, but slipped to the ground.
Second baseman Alfonso Soriano made a low relay throw to third, and Cust was caught in a rundown. After a couple of throws, nobody covered the plate for the Yankees, and all Cust had to do to score the tying run was out-race third baseman Aaron Boone.
Cust couldn't do it. As he saw the clear path to the plate and tried to get into high gear, he stumbled face-first to the ground and was easily tagged out by Boone.
Seldom-used John Flaherty hit two home runs for the Yankees, who will attempt to complete a four-game sweep Sunday.
Giambi was 1-for-5 with three strikeouts before sending a 1-0 pitch from Hector Carrasco (1-4) far over the center-field wall.
Chris Hammond (3-1) pitched two innings and Nelson got three outs for his eighth save -- his first with the Yankees since arriving on Aug. 6 in a trade with Seattle.
NEW YORKBALTIMORE
abrhbiabrhbi
ASrano 2b6000BRbrts 2b5020
NJhnsn 1b3000DCruz dh4110
Jeter ss6010Matos cf5121
JaGbi dh6221Gbbons rf5000
BWllms cf4110TBtsta 3b4001
Matsui lf3011Frdyce c4111
ABoone 3b4021Surhoff ph1000
Dllucci rf4000JLeon 1b4000
Sierra ph0000Cust ph0000
KGarca rf0000Bigbie lf5010
Flherty c4222Morban ss4121
Posada c1000
Totals41595Totals41494
New York010010110001--5
Baltimore101100001000--4
DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--New York 9, Baltimore 4. 2B--JaGiambi (18), ABoone (2), Matos (17), Bigbie (10). HR--JaGiambi (35), Flaherty 2 (4), Matos (10), Fordyce (5), Morban (2). CS--NJohnson (2), BRoberts (3). S--ABoone, DCruz. SF--TBatista.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
Hitchcock653303
Osuna210001
MRivera111101
CHammond W,3-1210001
Nelson S,8110011
Baltimore
Hentgen652235
Parrish232200
Ligtenberg1 2-300011
BRyan1-300021
HCarrasco L,1-4211123
BRyan pitched to 2 batters in the 11th. WP--Hentgen.
Umpires--Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Mike Fichter; Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Tim Tschida. T--3:50. A--48,499.
Rangers 12, White Sox 8
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Todd Greene hit a three-run homer, Jason Jones and Hank Blalock added two-run shots, and the Texas Rangers rallied after wasting an early five-run lead to defeat the Chicago White Sox.
The Rangers scored nine runs in three innings against White Sox starter Bartolo Colon (10-11) as Texas improved its record in August to a major league best 11-4.
Chicago lost its fourth straight and remains two games behind Kansas City in the AL Central.
Colon, 4-1 with a 2.09 ERA in his previous five starts, tied a career high for runs allowed. He gave up seven hits, struck out five and walked three.
Sandy Alomar went 2-for-4 and had three RBIs for the White Sox.
CHICAGOTEXAS
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RAlmr 2b5120MYong 2b4220
Lee lf5122Blalock 3b4222
CEvrtt cf4000ARdrgz ss3310
MOrdz rf5120RPlmo dh3122
Dubach dh3220Txeira 1b4112
Grffnno ph1000Nix rf4111
Knerko 1b5111Greene c4113
Vlentin ss4111Jones lf4112
Crede 3b3011Sadler lf0000
SAlmr c4123Nivar cf4010
Totals398138Totals34121212
Chicago006000200--8
Texas50430000x--12
E--Teixeira (11), Greene (3). DP--Chicago 2, Texas 2. LOB--Chicago 7, Texas 3. 2B--RAlomar (3), MOrdonez 2 (39), Konerko (15), SAlomar (10), RPalmeiro 2 (16), Teixeira (19), Nix (6). HR--Lee (25), SAlomar (4), Blalock (21), Greene (9), Jones (2). SB--ARodriguez (16). CS--Blalock (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Colon L,10-11379935
DWright343311
Wunsch210001
Texas
REllis265511
Benoit W,8-54 1-353322
Ramirez2 2-320000
REllis pitched to 5 batters in the 3rd. HBP--by DWright (RPalmeiro). WP--DWright. Balk--Colon. Umpires--Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Larry Poncino; Second, Kevin Kelley; Third, Phil Cuzzi. T--2:50. A--40,072.