Chacon, Matsui lead Yanks past O's; Blue Jays romp

Garret Anderson's four hits led the Angels past the Athletics, 5-4.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- Shawn Chacon pitched out of trouble for much of the day, and Hideki Matsui came through with a key two-run double in New York's win over Baltimore.
On Friday night, Matsui took a called third strike on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded, ending New York's 6-5 loss. With the score 2-1 in this one, his bases-loaded double chased Daniel Cabrera (1-2) with none out in the sixth inning, just before the rain resumed.
It was only 48 degrees at gametime -- it felt colder -- and the rain let up for a few hours, allowing the teams to get the game in.
Chacon (2-1) lowered his ERA from 8.03 to 5.59, allowing one run and four hits in seven innings. Derek Jeter drove in two runs.
BALTIMORENEW YORK
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Mora 3b1000Shffield dh3110
Tejada ss3021ARod 3b4220
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JvLopz dh4020Crosby rf1100
Millar 1b4000Matsui lf4112
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Totals31161Totals28676
Baltimore000010000--1
New York00110400x--6
DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--Baltimore 9, New York 7. 2B--Matsui (4). SB--BRoberts (6). S--Mora, Stinnett. SF--Tejada, BWilliams.
IPHRERBBSO
Baltimore
DCabrera L,1-2556655
Halama2-310010
ERodriguez2 1-310011
New York
Chacon W,2-1741133
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Villone100001
DCabrera pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. HBP--by Chacon (Mora). Umpires--Home, Jerry Crawford; First, Chuck Meriwether; Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Phil Cuzzi. T--3:03. A--50,872.
Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 1
TORONTO -- Roy Halladay shut down Boston for five innings in his return to Toronto's rotation, and Bengie Molina hit a two-run homer.
Halladay (2-1) missed his scheduled start last Saturday because of stiffness in his right arm. The 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and six hits, striking out two and walking one.
The Blue Jays needed their ace to show he's healthy after placing starter A.J. Burnett on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow injury earlier in the day.
Vernon Wells hit a two-run triple and finished with three hits for the Blue Jays. Troy Glaus had a two-run double. Boston starter Lenny DiNardo (0-1) allowed seven runs and 10 hits in three innings.
BOSTONTORONTO
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DOrtiz dh4000VWells cf4132
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Nixon rf3021Hlnbrn dh3020
WPena rf1000Ovrbay 1b4000
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Mohr cf4000JMcDld ss3110
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Bard c2020
Totals32161Totals328138
Boston000100000--1
Toronto41030000x--8
DP--Boston 4. LOB--Boston 6, Toronto 3. 2B--Nixon (3), Bard (1), Glaus (5), AHill (6). 3B--VWells (1). HR--BMolina (3). SB--Johnson (2), JMcDonald 2 (2). CS--Hillenbrand (1). SF--Rios.
IPHRERBBSO
Boston
DiNardo L,0-13107711
Van Buren321111
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Tavarez110000
Toronto
Halladay W,2-1561112
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Walker S,1300013
DiNardo pitched to 2 batters in the 4th. Umpires--Home, Jerry Meals; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Mike Reilly; Third, Jeff Kellogg. T--2:23. A--34,387.
Angels 5, Athletics 4
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Garret Anderson went 4-for-4 with another homer and Jeff Weaver earned his first win with his new Los Angeles team.
Weaver (1-2), a 14-game winner for the Dodgers last year, outpitched Dan Haren and got quick outs until Nick Swisher's first career grand slam in the fifth pulled the A's to 5-4.
Weaver struck out five and walked one in six innings. Brendan Donnelly and Scot Shields each worked a scoreless inning, and Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
Adam Kennedy added an RBI double and Vladimir Guerrero singled in a run after fouling a pitch off his left knee in the first against Haren (0-2), who is winless in four outings and off to another slow start.
Haren gave up five runs and eight hits in 71/3 innings, but stayed in the game after the Angels' three-run fifth in which he plunked Chone Figgins and threw a wild pitch that led to a run.
After walking Figgins to start the game and giving up Guerrero's single two batters later, Haren received a visit from pitching coach Curt Young -- and something changed. Tim Salmon grounded into an inning-ending double play to start a stretch of eight straight outs by the right-hander, in his second full season as a starter.
But Anderson sent a 1-2 pitch over the wall in right for a solo shot with one out in the fourth, his second homer in two games. He also had three singles.
Dan Johnson broke out of his 1-for-37 slump to start the season with three hits for the A's, who lost for the eighth time in 11 games.
He singled on the first pitch from Weaver in the third and added an infield single in the fifth that loaded the bases with one out. Moments later, Swisher sent a 1-0 pitch over the right-field wall for his seventh home run and pumped his fist while rounding first.
LOS ANGELESOAKLAND
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Figgins 3b3100MEllis 2b4000
OCbera ss3000Swisher lf4114
VGrero rf4111Kotsay cf4010
GAndsn lf4141EChavz 3b4010
Salmon dh4011Brdley rf4000
Erstad cf4000Payton dh4110
Ktchm 1b4000Scutaro ss4000
JMolna c4110Kendall c2100
AKndy 2b4111Thmas ph0000
DJnson 1b4130
Totals34584Totals34474
Los Angeles100130000--5
Oakland000040000--4
E--EChavez (1). DP--Oakland 1. LOB--Los Angeles 5, Oakland 5. 2B--AKennedy (5). HR--GAnderson (4), Swisher (7). SB--Figgins (3). S--OCabrera.
IPHRERBBSO
Los Angeles
Weaver W,1-2664415
Donnelly110000
Shields100002
FrRodriguez S,6100012
Oakland
Haren L,0-27 1-385514
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HBP--by Haren (Figgins). WP--Haren. Umpires--Home, Jim Joyce; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Bob Davidson; Third, Lance Barksdale. T--2:34. A--22,670.
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