Ortiz's walkoff blast tops Phillies

The Boston slugger has seven career walkoff homers.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON -- David Ortiz hit his seventh career walkoff homer after Jonathan Papelbon pitched 21/3 innings of clutch relief and the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 in 10 innings Saturday.
With one out and Alex Cora on first with a single, Ortiz hit a 2-2 pitch from Tom Gordon (2-3) into the center-field bleachers and his teammates poured out of the dugout. Papelbon waved a towel over his head at home plate as the excited players awaited Ortiz's arrival.
Boston won its season-high eighth straight game as Ortiz produced a win this month for the second time on the last at-bat of the game. He also did it in the opener of a doubleheader against Texas on June 11.
Brett Myers started and went five innings for Philadelphia, one day after being arrested and charged with hitting his wife in the face on a street near Fenway Park just after midnight. He was freed after his wife posted $200 bail and faces a court date of Aug. 4.
Papelbon (2-1) got the Red Sox out of two big jams and matched his longest outing of the year.
He entered the tie game with two outs and runners at first and second in the eighth and struck out David Dellucci on an 89 mph splitter. In the ninth, he fanned Pat Burrell with the bases loaded and two outs on three pitches -- the last a 97 mph fastball that Burrell swung through.
Then he pitched a perfect 10th with two strikeouts.
The Phillies tied the game 3-3 with a run in the seventh. Aaron Rowand led off with a single, breaking a streak of nine batters retired by Curt Schilling. A single by Dellucci and a walk to David Bell loaded the bases with no outs.
Manny Delcarmen replaced Schilling, who struck out 10, and set down Shane Victorino on a soft liner to Gonzalez. But Jimmy Rollins singled in the tying run. Javier Lopez relieved Delcarmen and ended the threat by getting Chase Utley to ground into a double play.
Schilling started the game by allowing hits to the first three batters before giving up only three more through the sixth inning. Rollins led of the game with a single, Utley singled him to third and Abreu doubled both home.
Boston cut the lead to 2-1 in the first on a sacrifice fly by Ramirez after singles by Mark Loretta and Ortiz. Ramirez had driven in five runs in Friday night's 10-2 win with two homers and a double.
The Red Sox tied it on a leadoff homer in the second by Mike Lowell, who matched his output for all last season with his eighth homer. Gonzalez then singled and was forced out at second on Kevin Youkilis' grounder. But Youkilis stole second and scored on Loretta's single for a 3-2 lead.
Schilling's 10 strikeouts matched the team's season high recorded last Tuesday by rookie Jon Lester in a 9-3 win over Washington. Schilling also fanned six in a row, a streak stopped when Burrell fouled out to left fielder Manny Ramirez for the second out of the sixth.
PHILABOSTON
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Rollins ss5131Yukilis 1b5100
Utley 2b5110Loretta 2b3131
BAbreu rf4022Cora 2b2110
Burrell dh5000DOrtiz dh4122
Howard 1b5020MRmrz lf1001
Rwand cf4110Nixon rf2010
Dllucci lf5020Varitek c4000
DaBell 3b3000Lowell 3b4111
Fasano c2000Crisp cf4000
Vctrno ph1000AGnzlz ss4010
Coste c1010
Totals403123Totals33595
Philadelphia2000001000--3
Boston1200000002--5
One out when winning run scored.
DP--Philadelphia 3, Boston 1. LOB--Philadelphia 10, Boston 6. 2B--Rollins (20), BAbreu (18), Howard 2 (10). HR--DOrtiz (22), Lowell (8). SB--Youkilis (4). CS--Dellucci (2). SF--MRamirez.
IPHRERBBSO
Philadelphia
BMyers573345
Geary1 1-300000
Cormier2-300001
Rhodes100010
RFranklin100000
Gordon L,2-3 1-322200
Boston
Schilling6833110
Delcarmen1-310000
Lopez100000
Hansen1-310011
Papelbon W,2-12 1-320014
Schilling pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Umpires--Home, Bob Davidson; First, Dale Scott; Second, Ron Kulpa; Third, Dan Iassogna. T--3:39. A--35,564.
White Sox 6, Astros 5
CHICAGO -- Joe Crede tied the game with a seventh-inning grand slam and Alex Cintron singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 10th.
Rob Mackowiak led off the bottom of the 10th with a double off Dan Wheeler (1-5), pinch-hitter A.J. Pierzynski was walked intentionally, Juan Uribe sacrificed and Scott Podsednik got another intentional walk to load the bases.
Cintron then lined a 1-0 pitch to right to give the White Sox their 10th win in 11 interleague games this season and second straight over the Astros, the team they swept in the World Series last year.
HOUSTONCHICAGO
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Tveras cf5111Pdsdnk lf4110
Lamb 1b6241Cintron 2b5011
Burke 2b5011Thome dh1111
Brkmn rf2000Ozuna dh0000
Ensbrg 3b3111Knerko 1b4110
Munson dh4000Dye rf4110
Asmus c4000Crede 3b4114
OPlmro lf3121Mckwk cf4110
Lane lf1000Widger c3000
AEvrtt ss5010Przyns ph0000
Uribe ss3000
Totals385105Totals32676
Houston0113000000--5
Chicago1000004001--6
One out when winning run scored.
DP--Houston 1, Chicago 1. LOB--Houston 12, Chicago 4. 2B--Lamb 3 (11), Mackowiak (7). HR--Crede (14). SB--Taveras (10), Podsednik (23). S--Ausmus, Uribe. SF--Thome.
IPHRERBBSO
Houston
Buchholz6 1-344418
Qualls1 2-311101
TreMiller000010
Wheeler L,1-51 1-321121
Chicago
Garland585552
McCarthy110021
Riske1 2-310001
Thornton W,3-12 1-300013
TreMiller pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Umpires--Home, Randy Marsh; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Sam Holbrook. T--3:19. A--38,377.
Blue Jays 7, Mets 4
TORONTO -- Vernon Wells homered twice and the Toronto Blue Jays ended the Mets' franchise record nine-game road winning streak.
Wells hit a three-run homer in the second off Orlando Hernandez (4-7) and a solo shot off Heath Bell in the seventh for his fifth multihomer game of the season.
Toronto's center fielder went 2-for-4, raising his average to .321. He has 20 home runs and 62 RBI in 71 games -- the fifth consecutive season he's hit 20 or more.
Fans chanted "MVP! MVP!" after his second homer, which gave Toronto a 7-3 lead.
Toronto ace Roy Halladay (9-2) has won eight of his last nine decisions. The 2003 AL Cy Young award winner allowed four runs and 10 hits, while striking out four and walking none in 71/3 innings.
NEW YORKTORONTO
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Reyes ss5240Rios rf5010
L Duca c2000Ctlnotto lf3112
RCstro c2001Jhnson lf2000
Beltran dh4010VWells cf4224
CDlgdo 1b4131Glaus 3b3000
Wright 3b3111Ovrbay 1b2100
Vlentin 2b4001Zaun c3110
Nady rf4020Hinske dh4111
Chavez cf3000AHill ss3120
Wdwrd ph1000Adams 2b3000
Mlldge lf4000
Totals364114Totals32787
New York000210010--4
Toronto06000010x--7
E--Reyes (7). DP--Toronto 2. LOB--New York 6, Toronto 7. 2B--CDelgado (13), Rios (20), Hinske (4). 3B--Reyes (10), Wright (3). HR--VWells 2 (20). SB--Reyes (33). S--Adams.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
OHernandez L,4-71 2-346612
Oliver4 1-310010
HBell121110
BWagner110002
Toronto
Halladay W,9-27 1-3104404
Schoeneweis010000
Speier2-300011
BRyan S,21100002
Schoeneweis pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP--by OHernandez (AHill), by OHernandez (Overbay). Umpires--Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Wally Bell; Second, Mark Carlson; Third, John Hirschbeck. T--2:40. A--31,327.
Giants 8, Athletics 7
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ray Durham hit a game-winning three-run homer onto the arcade atop the right-field wall, and the San Francisco Giants overcame a five-run deficit.
Barry Bonds hit his 719th homer and an RBI double while reaching base five times, but Durham's unlikely homer capped the Giants' rally against A's closer Huston Street (1-3), who blew his fifth save.
For the second straight day, the Bay Bridge Series was decided by a ninth-inning rally. Oakland scored two runs Friday night in a 4-3 victory, but the Giants replied with their 16th come-from-behind win this season.
Mark Sweeney led off the ninth with a single, and Bonds drew his third walk of the day. Durham was 0-for-4, but his high fly reached the elevated stands in right -- and the sellout crowd celebrated the veteran second baseman's first career walk-off homer.
Tim Worrell (3-2) pitched the ninth for San Francisco.
Dan Johnson and Mark Kotsay drove in two runs apiece for the A's, who lost for just the third time in 15 games. Oakland led 7-2 in the sixth inning after a pair of three-run rallies.
Bonds hadn't homered since June 16 in Seattle, going 18 at-bats between shots. He was hitless in his previous three games, part of a 1-for-9 slump to start the Giants' homestand.
And Bonds originally wasn't in the Giants' starting lineup after stealing his first base in nearly two years during Friday night's game -- but after manager Felipe Alou said Bonds "demanded" to play, the slugger hit a two-run shot to right-center off Dan Haren.
OAKLANDSAN FRAN
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Kotsay cf5122Winn rf4020
Swisher lf4110Vizquel ss5120
EChavz 3b4100MaSwy 1b4210
Crosby ss4121Bonds lf2223
Kielty rf3001Drham 2b5113
DJnson 1b3112SFinley cf3110
Calero p0000Feliz 3b4110
Clark lf1000TGreen c4012
Kendall c4120Wright p2000
Scutaro 2b4111JSnchz p0000
Haren p3000JVzcno ph1000
Gaudin p0000Crreia p0000
Srbeck p0000Kline p0000
Payton lf1000Ellison ph1010
Street p0000Worrell p0000
Totals36797Totals358128
Oakland103003000--7
San Francisco200002103--8
No outs when winning run scored.
E--Vizquel (2), Feliz (7). DP--Oakland 1, San Francisco 1. LOB--Oakland 8, San Francisco 9. 2B--Kotsay (12), DJohnson (11), Scutaro (6), Bonds (9), Feliz (18), Ellison (3). HR--Bonds (11), Durham (7). SB--Crosby (4). CS--Kotsay (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Oakland
Haren564451
Gaudin111100
Sauerbeck1-310001
Calero1 1-320003
Street L,1-3 1-323311
San Francisco
Wright5 1-387644
JSanchez2-310010
Correia1 1-300000
Kline2-300000
Worrell W,3-2100010
Haren pitched to 3 batters in the 6th, Gaudin pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Street pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. WP--Haren. Umpires--Home, Paul Emmel; First, Bruce Froemming; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Brian Runge. T--3:16. A--42,866.
Twins 3, Cubs 0
MINNEAPOLIS -- Boof Bonser threw 61/3 scoreless innings to overshadow Mark Prior's second start of the season.
Bonser (2-1) bounced back from two lackluster starts to outshine Prior, scattering six hits and striking out one with no walks. He left to a standing ovation in the seventh, and rookie Jason Kubel had two hits and an RBI for the surging Twins, who won for the 13th time in 15 games.
Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 13 attempts.
CHICAGOMINNESOTA
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Pierre cf4010LCstillo 2b4010
Bynum lf3010Punto 3b4000
Murton ph1000Mauer c4010
ARmrz 3b4000Cddyer rf4000
Nevin 1b4030Mrneau 1b4110
JJones rf3000THnter cf2110
Mabry dh3000Kubel lf3121
Cedeno ss3010LFord lf0000
Wmack 2b1010Tiffe dh3011
NPerez 2b1000Bartlett ss3011
TWalkr 2b1000
HBlnco c3000
Totals31070Totals31383
Chicago000000000--0
Minnesota00002100x--3
DP--Chicago 1, Minnesota 1. LOB--Chicago 4, Minnesota 5. 2B--Pierre (12), Bartlett (4). SB--Bynum (6). CS--Bynum (2), LCastillo (5).
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Prior L,0-25 2-383314
Eyre1 1-300002
Ohman100002
Minnesota
Bonser W,2-16 1-360001
DReyes2-300002
JRincon100000
Nathan S,12110002
WP--DReyes. Umpires--Home, Brian Gorman; First, Adam Dowdy; Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Gerry Davis. T--2:28. A--42,304.
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