Sunday, April 27, 2008
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tigers 6, Angels 4
DETROIT — Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each drove in a pair of runs, and Detroit beat Los Angeles for the Tigers’ fourth win in five games. Tigers rookie Armando Galarraga didn’t get a decision after pitching 52‚Ñ3 hitless innings to start the game. He wound up allowing three runs — one earned — and three hits and two walks in six-plus innings. Todd Jones, the fourth Detroit pitcher, got his fourth save with a scoreless ninth.
Orioles 5, White Sox 1 White Sox 6, Orioles 5
CHICAGO — Brian Anderson hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth to give Chicago a split of the day-night doubleheader. Randor Bierd (0-1) walked Paul Konerko with one out in the ninth, A.J. Pierzynski singled and Joe Crede drew a walk to load the bases. Anderson, a reserve who’s had 19 at-bats this season, grounded a single to left on a 2-2 pitch for his second RBI this year. Bobby Jenks (2-0) worked out of a one-out bases-loaded jam in the top of the ninth, getting Kevin Millar to hit into a fielder’s choice with Luis Hernandez forced at the plate and retiring Aubrey Huff on a comebacker. In the opener, Brian Burres allowed three singles in eight shutout innings and Guillermo Quiroz hit his first major league homer for Baltimore.
Royals 2, Blue Jays 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Luke Hochevar picked up his first big league victory in his third career start and Jose Guillen homered for Kansas City. The Blue Jays have lost six straight and 10 of 13, and fell five games below .500 for the first time since last May 25. Hochevar (1-1), the first selection in the 2006 draft, held Toronto to six hits and one run in six innings in his seventh major league appearance. He struck out three and walked two.
Rays 2, Red Sox 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Akinori Iwamura homered in the eighth inning and Tampa Bay has won five straight for the first time in more than five years. Iwamura’s two-out, two-run homer, his first since Sept. 3, came on a 1-1 pitch from Clay Buchholz, who took a one-hit shutout into the inning.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cardinals 4, Astros 3
ST. LOUIS — Skip Schumaker singled to left to score pinch-runner Cesar Izturis in the bottom of the ninth inning, snapping the Astros’ six-game winning streak. Schumaker singled off Wesley Wright, who relieved Dave Borkowski (0-1) after he walked leadoff batter Brian Barton to start the ninth. After Barton was forced by Adam Wainwright, Brendan Ryan singled to chase Borkowski.
Mets 4, Braves 3
NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran hit a two-run double in the Mets’ four-run third inning, and Atlanta dropped to 0-8 in one-run games. John Maine (2-2) pitched five effective innings and David Wright snapped out of a slump with two hits for the Mets, who had lost five of six.
Cubs 7, Nationals 0
WASHINGTON — Carlos Zambrano pitched five-hit ball over seven innings, Derrek Lee drove in three runs and the Cubs beat the Nationals. Zambrano (4-1) walked four and struck out five to improve to 86-56 for his career and help the Chicago snap a two-game skid. Michael Wuertz and Jon Lieber eached pitched an inning to complete Chicago’s first shutout of the season — a six-hitter.
Padres 8, Diamondbacks 7
SAN DIEGO — Tadahito Iguchi hit a home run off Yusmeiro Petit (0-1) with one out in the 13th inning to lift the Padres to win over Arizona, snapping a five-game skid. Glendon Rusch (1-2) allowed two hits in four innings with four strikeouts and two walks.
Brewers 4, Marlins 3
MILWAUKEE — Prince Fielder hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning and also had an RBI single to power Milwaukee past Florida. Fielder’s fourth home run of the season, to center off reliever Renyel Pinto (1-1), broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the eighth.
Associated Press