Friday, September 26, 2003
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Royals 12, Tigers 6
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Detroit set an A.L. record with its 118th loss. Raul Ibanez and Rondell White drove in three runs each for Kansas City. The Tigers (38-118) have lost 10 straight, one short of their season high, and 16 of their last 17. Detroit must win five of its final six games to avoid tying the post-1900 major league record set by the 1962 New York Mets, who went 40-120. White went 4-for-4, Carlos Beltran homered, and Joe Randa went 3-for-3 for the Royals. With its 82nd win, Kansas City ensured its first winning year since going 64-51 in the strike-shortened 1994 season.
Red Sox 7, Orioles 5
BOSTON -- Manny Ramirez, Trot Nixon and David Ortiz homered to protect Boston's lead in the wild card race. Jeff Suppan (3-3) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings. Jason Johnson (10-9) gave up six runs -- five earned -- and seven hits before leaving four batters into the sixth. He has not won in eight starts since Aug. 10. Luis Matos and Jack Cust homered for the Orioles.
Mariners 5, Angels 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jamie Moyer became the fifth pitcher with a 20-win season in his 40s, and Randy Winn hit an inside-the-park homer for Seattle. Bret Boone homered and had three hits. Moyer (20-7) took a five-hit shutout into the ninth, but Chone Figgins singled and scored on a throwing error by third baseman Willie Bloomquist. Moyer, who turns 41 on Nov. 18, finished the six-hitter for his first complete game this year. It is the second 20-win season of his 17-year career. Moyer's other 20-win season was 2001. The only other 40-somethings to win 20 games were Hall of Famers Cy Young, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Warren Spahn and Phil Niekro. Spahn and Young did it twice after they turned 40.
Athletics 7, Rangers 3
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Eric Chavez homered, doubled and drove in two runs, and Barry Zito won his third straight start as Oakland defeated Texas for the fifth time in a row. Miguel Tejada had two hits and three RBIs, and Jermaine Dye also homered. Zito (14-12) improved to 11-0 in 17 starts against the Rangers. Rafael Palmeiro hit his 527th homer.
White Sox 6, Yankees 3, 10 innings
CHICAGO -- Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning as Chicago prevented New York from clinching the AL East. Alfonso Soriano homered twice for the Yankees. Soriano set a major league record for leadoff homers when he hit his 13th of the season on Bartolo Colon's second pitch of the game. He broke Brady Anderson's mark of 12 set in 1996 with Baltimore.
Devil Rays 5, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO -- Roy Halladay lost a chance at his 22nd win when he was ejected, and Tampa Bay's Rob Bell held Toronto hitless for six innings. Julio Lugo homered off Halladay for the Devil Rays, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Chad Gaudin, Joe Kennedy and Lance Carter followed Bell and finished the four-hitter. Halladay (21-7) had not allowed an earned run in a club-record 41 innings before Lugo connected leading off the sixth. Halladay was tossed in the sixth for hitting Rocco Baldelli with a pitch. The right-hander also plunked Damian Rolls in the fourth.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Marlins 6, Braves 3
ATLANTA -- Derrek Lee homered and had four RBIs to lead Florida. Before an announced crowd of 17,345 -- the smallest in Turner Field history -- Lee hit an RBI single in the first. After a 53-minute rain delay, Miguel Cabrera added a two-run single off Mike Hampton (14-8), who gave up six runs and 11 hits in five innings. Mark Redman (14-9) pitched seven innings, allowing Gary Sheffield's three-run homer in the sixth, and Ugueth Urbina worked the ninth for his third save.
Giants 6, Astros 3
HOUSTON -- Pinch-hitter Pedro Feliz and Ray Durham hit consecutive homers in the ninth off Billy Wagner (1-4) as Houston lost its third straight. The NL West champion Giants (96-59) boosted their record at Minute Maid Park to 12-1. Marquis Grissom and Andres Galarraga also homered for the Giants. Barry Bonds went 0-for-4, ending his streak of reaching base in 58 straight games. Joe Nathan (11-4) pitched a perfect eighth, and Tim Worrell got three outs for his 37th save.
Padres 9, Dodgers 5
SAN DIEGO -- Phil Nevin hit a three-run homer and San Diego opened its final homestand at Qualcomm Stadium. Dodgers starter Odalis Perez (0-4) left after one inning, apparently with a finger injury. He left trailing 4-0 after allowing hits to his first five batters. Mike Bynum (1-3) gave up three runs and six hits in five innings.