Sunday, August 22, 2004
With the win Texas remained tied with Boston for the wild card lead.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mark Teixeira hit his 30th homer, Manny Alexander added a two-run double and the Texas Rangers won their eighth straight game Saturday night with a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
The Rangers matched their longest winning streak of the season and remained tied with Boston for the AL wild-card lead. They trail first-place Oakland by a half-game in the AL West.
Texas starter Mickey Callaway gave up only two runs and five hits but was lifted after 4 2-3 innings, one out from qualifying for his first win since April 1, 2003, with Anaheim.
Making his second start since missing 123 days with an elbow injury, the right-hander was trying to end a personal eight-game losing skid. He gave up Ruben Gotay's sacrifice fly and Joe Randa's RBI single in the fifth before giving way to Franklin Francisco (4-1).
Francisco retired Mike Sweeney on a pop fly to end the threat and went two innings for the win, giving up one run and two hits.
Francisco Cordero pitched a scoreless ninth for his 39th save in 41 chances. He converted his 19th consecutive opportunity, tying the team record he set earlier this season. Desi Relaford flied out to the warning track with two on to end the game.
TEXASKANSAS CITY
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EYong dh3121DJesus cf5010
Dllucci dh1000Gotay 2b4001
MYong ss5020Randa 1b5022
ASrano 2b4011MiSwy dh4010
Txeira 1b4111Nunez rf5020
Mench lf5000Rlaford 3b4010
BJordn rf4110Guiel lf3000
Nix cf0000Buck c3220
Mathws cf4000ABlnco ss2110
Brajas c2110RMateo ph1000
Alxndr 3b4122WGrero ss0000
Totals365105Totals363103
Texas100400000--5
Kansas City000020100--3
E--Relaford (7). LOB--Texas 11, Kansas City 12. 2B--EYoung (16), MYoung (23), BJordan (9), Barajas (17), Alexander (1). HR--Teixeira (30). SB--DeJesus (5). S--Barajas. SF--ASoriano, Gotay.
IPHRERBBSO
Texas
Callaway4 2-352214
Francisco W,4-1221111
Almanzar1-300010
Mahay110011
FCordero S,39120002
Kansas City
BriAnderson L,2-115 2-385522
Sullivan1 1-310012
Carrasco210020
HBP--by Callaway (Relaford). Umpires--Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Tim McClelland; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Tony Randazzo. T--3:12. A--25,035.
Athletics 5, Devil Rays 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Barry Zito scattered four hits over eight shutout innings, leading Oakland past Tampa Bay.
Bobby Crosby, Marco Scutaro and Mark Kotsay homered for Oakland, which has won five straight. The Athletics have hit 14 homers -- including seven solo shots the last two days -- over the past four games.
Zito (9-9) struck out six and walked one to improve to 5-2 in eight starts since the All-Star break. He lost both of his starts against Tampa Bay last season, giving up 14 runs in 102/3 innings.
Only one baserunner -- Carl Crawford in the sixth -- reached third base against Zito. Crawford was thrown out at the plate by third baseman Eric Chavez on a grounder by Jose Cruz Jr.
OAKLANDTAMPA BAY
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Kotsay cf5111Crwfrd cf4020
Byrnes lf4030Upton dh4020
EChavz 3b4000Huff rf1000
DMiller c4110JoCruz rf3000
Httberg 1b4100TMrtnz 1b3010
Durazo dh4011Lugo ss4000
Kielty rf2010THall c3000
Crosby ss3112Cantu 3b3000
Scutaro 2b4111Rolls lf3000
RSnchz 2b3000
Totals34595Totals31050
Oakland002012000--5
Tampa Bay000000000--0
E--RSanchez (3). DP--Oakland 1, Tampa Bay 2. LOB--Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 5. 2B--Byrnes (28), Durazo (26), Kielty (12), Upton (4). HR--Kotsay (12), Crosby (17), Scutaro (4). SF--Crosby.
IPHRERBBSO
Oakland
Zito W,9-9840016
CHammond110000
Tampa Bay
Halama L,6-6585421
Nunez200004
Seay110000
DBaez100000
Halama pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. HBP--by DBaez (Byrnes), by Nunez (Kielty). WP--Zito. Umpires--Home, Tim Timmons; First, Kevin Kelley; Second, Bruce Froemming; Third, Mike Winters. T--2:24. A--25,123.
Tigers 11, Mariners 10
DETROIT -- Craig Monroe hit an RBI single with one out in the 11th inning.
The teams combined for a Comerica Park-record 36 hits, including 21 by Seattle.
Rondell White led off the 11th for the Tigers with a single off Scott Atchison (1-1), and Carlos Guillen hit into a forceout, and then stole second.
Monroe followed by lining a pitch to center field, and Guillen easily beat Randy Winn's throw to the plate, giving Detroit its third straight win.
SEATTLEDETROIT
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ISuzuki rf7242Infante 2b5110
Winn cf6154Hggnsn rf4010
BBoone 2b7011Logan cf0000
Ibanez lf4211IRdrgz c5241
Jcbsen dh5011DYong dh6210
JoCbra dh0000RoWhte lf5220
Spiezio 1b6110CGillen ss6226
DWilsn c5121Monroe cf6111
Blmqist 3b6230CPena 1b5133
RStiago ss3010Inge 3b4000
EMrtnz ph1010
Lopez ss2110
Totals52102110Totals46111511
Seattle12120130000--10
Detroit03004300001--11
One out when winning run scored.
E--RSantiago (2), IRodriguez (9). DP--Seattle 1, Detroit 1. LOB--Seattle 14, Detroit 10. 2B--ISuzuki (21), Winn (28), Jacobsen (6), CGuillen 2 (34). 3B--ISuzuki (5), Spiezio (3). HR--Winn (11), Ibanez (14), CPena (18). SB--ISuzuki (29), Winn (17), Bloomquist (12), CGuillen 2 (11), Inge (3). SF--DWilson.
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
Moyer4 1-397533
Hasegawa1 2-323320
Sherrill210012
Atchison L,1-12 1-331102
Detroit
JJohnson1 1-363300
Novoa2 2-353313
Levine231100
Knotts1-333301
Yan1 2-320012
Urbina200022
JWalker W,2-4120001
WP--Sherrill. Balk--JJohnson. Umpires--Home, Chuck Meriwether; First, Mike Reilly; Second, C.B. Bucknor; Third, Eric Cooper. T--4:03. A--36,817.