Texas tees off on Lieber, rips Yankees

Mark Teixeira drove in three runs for the Rangers.
NEW YORK -- Juan Dominguez shut down the New York Yankees for his first major league win, and Brad Fullmer homered and scored a career-high four runs in the Texas Rangers' 8-1 victory Saturday.
Mark Teixeira also connected and drove in three runs as Texas teed off on Jon Lieber, handing the Yankees only their second loss in 12 games. New York had won four straight, all come-from-behind victories.
Fullmer homered leading off the second, then doubled, singled and walked to reach safely in his first four plate appearances. He knocked in two runs and is 9-for-15 (.600) with three homers lifetime against Lieber.
Dominguez (1-1), called up from Triple-A Oklahoma on May 29, allowed only Ruben Sierra's fifth-inning home run. Facing a lineup missing Derek Jeter, he pitched eight impressive innings, giving up five hits, striking out five and walking one. The rookie retired 11 in a row during one stretch.
The 24-year-old right-hander was 0-3 in his first seven big league appearances. This was his fifth start. Carlos Almanzar finished the six-hitter.
During the seventh-inning stretch, the crowd of 51,910 let out a collective gasp when public address announcer Bob Sheppard communicated President Ronald Reagan's death. The fans then observed a moment of silence.
Another loss
Lieber (4-3), who gave up six runs and nine hits in six innings, lost his second start in a row. The sinkerballer got only two groundball outs -- a sure sign he was missing his best stuff.
Fullmer hit his sixth homer over the center-field fence leading off the second.
Ex-Yankee Alfonso Soriano singled in the fourth and scored from first on Fullmer's one-out double to right. Teixeira followed with an RBI single, making it 3-0. Rod Barajas added a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Sierra hit his sixth home run to right-center in the fifth.
Teixeira made it 6-1 with a two-run shot deep into the right-field upper deck in the sixth, his seventh of the season. Laynce Nix followed with a triple, but Lieber escaped further damage.
TEXASNEW YORK
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Nix cf4010Matsui lf4000
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Mathws rf4010TClark 1b3010
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Totals378127Totals32161
Texas010212011--8
New York000010000--1
E--Matsui (2). DP--Texas 1, New York 1. LOB--Texas 5, New York 5. 2B--Blalock (15), Fullmer (10), Sheffield (12). 3B--Nix (2). HR--Fullmer (6), Teixeira (7), Sierra (6). SF--Barajas.
IPHRERBBSO
Texas
Dmngz W,1-1851115
Almanzar110000
New York
Lieber L,4-3696602
Heredia1 2-311012
Prinz1-300000
GWhite121111
Umpires--Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Tim Welke; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Gary Cederstrom. T--2:26. A--51,910.
Tigers 6, Twins 0
MINNEAPOLIS -- Gary Knotts pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and Craig Monroe drove in four runs, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Minnesota Twins.
Ivan Rodriguez went 4-for-5 with four singles, and Carlos Guillen and Carlos Pena each homered for Detroit, which snapped a two-game losing skid. Steve Colyer and Ugueth Urbina finished the a three-hitter, the Tigers fourth shutout of the season.
Matthew LeCroy had two of the three hits for the Twins, who have lost 11 of their last 16 games. It was the third time Minnesota has been shut out.
Knotts (3-1) held Minnesota hitless until Lew Ford doubled with one out in the third inning. But, Ford was stranded at third.
Knotts struck out two and walked four in 7 2-3 innings, Colyer got one out in the eighth and Urbina pitched the ninth.
Seth Greisinger (2-5), making his first start against his former team, allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Pena hit a 424-foot solo home run off Greisinger with two outs in the second inning to give the Tigers the early lead. It was Pena's ninth homer of the season.
DETROITMINNESOTA
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Monroe lf4024JJones rf4000
CPena 1b3111LeCroy dh3020
Munson 3b3000Cddyer 2b4000
Inge 3b0000HBlnco c3000
Infante 2b4010
Totals376126Totals30030
Detroit011002020--6
Minnesota000000000--0
E--Infante (4). DP--Detroit 1. LOB--Detroit 7, Minnesota 8. 2B--CGuillen (13), White (13), LFord (10). HR--CGuillen (8), CPena (9). CS--Infante (4).
IPHRERBBSO
Detroit
Knotts W,3-17 2-330042
Colyer1-300000
Urbina100012
Minnesota
Greisinger L,2-55 1-384415
Mulholland1 2-310002
Roa1-332220
Balfour1 2-300001
WP--Knotts 2, Greisinger. Umpires--Home, Mike Winters; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Bruce Froemming. T--2:38. A--17,573.
Mariners 4, White Sox 2
SEATTLE -- Bret Boone ended a 1-for-19 slump with a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the fifth and Ryan Franklin pitched seven strong innings to help the Seattle Mariners to a victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Boone hit his ninth homer of the season off Scott Schoeneweis after John Olerud walked with one out in the fifth. The 438-foot shot landed in the second deck in left field.
Franklin (3-4) won for the first time since May 7 and ended his two-game losing streak. He allowed two runs on six hits and three walks, and had four strikeouts.
Eddie Guardado pitched the final 1 1-3 innings for his 10th save in 13 opportunities. The White Sox loaded the bases on walks in the eighth -- two by J.J. Putz and one by Guardado -- but Guardado got Paul Konerko to foul out to end the threat.
Schoeneweis (5-3) pitched five innings and gave up four runs on seven hits and five walks. He struck out four.
The AL Central-leading White Sox lost for the third time in four games, but stayed two games in front of Minnesota.
The last-place Mariners, who have the worst record in the AL, won for only the 20th time in their 54th game. Last season, when they won 93 games, they got their 20th win on May 4.
Seattle tied the score at 2 in the fourth on Ichiro Suzuki's sacrifice fly.
The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI singles by Carlos Lee and Jose Valentin. Edgar Martinez doubled in a run in the Mariners' half.
CHICAGOSEATTLE
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Thmas dh3110Olerud 1b3100
CaLee lf4011BBoone 2b2112
Vlentin ss3011Aurilia ss4010
Rwand cf0000Bcchca cf2110
Knerko 1b4010Blmqist 3b4010
TPerez rf2000Brders c3000
Drnsflt ph1000
Crede 3b4000
SAlmr c2000
Gload ph1000
Olivo c0000
Totals30262Totals28474
Chicago200000000--2
Seattle10012000x--4
DP--Seattle 2. LOB--Chicago 8, Seattle 8. 2B--Valentin (10), Konerko (7), ISuzuki (7), EMartinez (14). HR--BBoone (9). SB--Winn (4). CS--WHarris (2), CaLee (4), Bocachica (1). S--Borders. SF--ISuzuki.
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Schnws L,5-3574454
MJackson100000
Politte200013
Seattle
RFranklin W,3-4762234
Putz000020
JMateo2-300001
Guardado S,101 1-300022
Putz pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Umpires--Home, Larry Vanover; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Matt Hollowell. T--2:58. A--40,050.
Athletics 4, Blue Jays 0
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tim Hudson pitched an eight-hitter to give Oakland a much-needed win from a starting pitcher and the Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
Scott Hatteberg hit a three-run homer in the third inning against Pat Hentgen (2-5) and Bobby Crosby added a solo shot in the fourth. That proved to be more than enough for Hudson (6-2), who improved to 69-2 in his career when getting at least four runs of support.
Hudson's win snapped a seven-game run of no-decisions for Oakland's starters, which tied the major league record. The starters had pitched well in the stretch, posting a 1.84 ERA, but spotty relief and a lack of hitting hurt Oakland.
Hudson made sure none of that mattered, pitching his seventh career shutout to earn just the second win from one of Oakland's stellar starters in the last 13 games.
He walked one, struck out five and didn't allow a runner to reach third base until the ninth inning.
Hudson was helped out by his defense. Crosby made an over-the-shoulder, snow-cone grab in shallow center to rob Chris Gomez of a hit with a runner on second in the second.
Then in the fourth, center fielder Mark Kotsay made a long run and crashed into the wall to take an extra-base hit away from Vernon Wells.
With two on and one out in the eighth, Crosby started a 6-6-3 double play to end the inning.
TORONTOOAKLAND
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VWells cf4010Dye rf3000
Zaun c4020Httberg 1b3113
HClark 1b4010Karros dh4000
Gomez ss4010Crosby ss3111
Pond dh4000Mlhuse c3000
Rios rf3020Germn 2b3000
Totals34080Totals28444
Toronto000000000--0
Oakland00310000x--4
E--Crosby (7). DP--Oakland 1. LOB--Toronto 8, Oakland 5. HR--Hatteberg (6), Crosby (8). SB--Kotsay (4).
IPHRERBBSO
Toronto
Hentgen L,2-5744434
de los Santos000010
File100001
Oakland
THudson W,6-2980015
de los Santos pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP--by Hentgen (Dye). Umpires--Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Dan Iassogna. T--2:15. A--20,772.
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