Sunday, July 16, 2006
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees 6, White Sox 4
NEW YORK -- Mariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve New York's victory. Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer, and Derek Jeter connected for the first time in two months, giving New York an early lead against Freddy Garcia (10-6). Jaret Wright (6-5) got into the sixth inning and sent the Yankees to their first series sweep of the White Sox since May 2002. New York has won seven of eight since a 19-1 drubbing in Cleveland on July 4. The Yankees are a season-high 17 games above .500. The World Series champion White Sox have dropped five of six to the Red Sox and Yankees.
Orioles 4, Rangers 0
BALTIMORE -- Miguel Tejada and Nick Markakis homered, Melvin Mora had three hits, and Rodrigo Lopez led a strong pitching performance that carried Baltimore past suddenly punchless Texas. Lopez (6-10) gave up five hits and a walk in 52/3 innings to earn his first win in four starts since June 23.
Royals 9, Tigers 6
DETROIT -- Joey Gathright drove in four runs, Scott Elarton pitched six effective innings and Kansas City beat Detroit for the first time this season. Emil Brown also drove in two runs for Kansas City, which had lost 11 straight games against Detroit this year.
Blue Jays 4, Mariners 3, 11 innings
TORONTO -- Frank Catalanotto singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to lift Toronto. Toronto, which also beat Seattle in 14 innings on Saturday, improved to 5-0 in extra innings this season despite a rare blown save by closer B.J. Ryan.
Athletics 8, Red Sox 1
BOSTON -- Joe Blanton held Boston to five hits in seven innings and Mark Kotsay went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to lead Oakland over Boston. The A's took three of four from Boston and left the Red Sox with a half-game lead over the New York Yankees in the AL East. Blanton (9-8) allowed just Alex Gonzalez's solo homer in the fifth.
Angels 7, Devil Rays 5
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Howie Kendrick had three hits, including an RBI single for the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles won for the 11th time in 12 games. Kendrick, making his first start since being called up two days earlier from Triple-A Salt Lake, doubled twice and went 3-for-4. Scot Shields (5-6) shut out Tampa Bay for 12/3 innings to get the win.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds 6, Rockies 4
CINCINNATI -- Rich Aurilia's pinch-hit, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning rallied Cincinnati to a four-game sweep of fading Colorado. Aurilia's two-run single off Jose Mesa (0-3) sparked the Reds' second straight late comeback against Colorado's rickety bullpen, the Rockies' main problem during their recent slide. They have lost a season-high seven straight.
Marlins 9, Astros 3
MIAMI -- Hanley Ramirez and Wes Helms each homered and drove in three runs to help Florida. Jeremy Hermida and Mike Jacobs also homered for the Marlins, who salvaged a split of the four-game series. Scott Olsen (7-4) allowed three runs and six hits in 51/3 innings to get his first win since June 16.
Cardinals 11, Dodgers 3
ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and St. Louis beat up on All-Star starter Brad Penny and Los Angeles. Anthony Reyes (2-3) worked five solid innings and fellow rookie Chris Duncan had his second straight three-hit game for the Cardinals, who swept a four-game series from the Dodgers for the first time since winning a pair of doubleheaders on July 7-8, 1987. St. Louis has won seven in a row.
Braves 10, Padres 5
SAN DIEGO -- Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer to give him an extra-base hit in 14 straight games, tying a 79-year-old big league record, and Atlanta roughed up Jake Peavy and completed a three-game sweep of NL West-leading San Diego. The Braves won their season-high fifth straight game, and for the ninth time in 11. Brian McCann also homered for the Braves, giving them 11 in the series.
Phillies 6, Giants 2
SAN FRANCISCO -- Brett Myers allowed Barry Bonds' 721st homer while pitching seven solid innings in his first start back from a leave of absence, and Philadelphia rallied for four runs in the eighth inning. Myers (6-3) allowed five hits and struck out seven, looking sharp after sitting out nearly three weeks while facing assault charges for allegedly hitting his wife. David Bell hit a tying homer in the seventh and added a run-scoring triple in the eighth for the Phillies, who took two of three from the Giants to win consecutive series for the first time since May. Bonds hit his 13th homer of the season on a 3-2 pitch from Myers, who became the major league-record 427th pitcher to allow a homer to the San Francisco slugger. Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to a career-best 18 games with a leadoff triple in the eighth off Steve Kline (2-2).
Brewers 10, Diamondbacks 5
PHOENIX -- Geoff Jenkins, Prince Fielder and Corey Hart homered to power Milwaukee, which snapped its five-game losing skid and Arizona's five-game winning streak.
Mets 13, Cubs 7
CHICAGO -- Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran hit grand slams, and David Wright added a two-run shot in an 11-run sixth inning. New York sent 16 batters to the plate in the sixth and benefited from two errors on second baseman Todd Walker that led to eight of the 11 runs being unearned. The half-inning, on a muggy 95-degree night at Wrigley Field, took 41 minutes to play and saw the Cubs make 70 pitches.
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