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Show DAILY Friday, May 25, 2007 HERALD C3 Star of the day The Day in baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz threw seven shutout innings, striking out five, to earn his 200th career win as Smoltz is the only pitcher in the Braves beat the Mets, MLB history with 200 wins and 1 50 saves. 2-- NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Boston W L Pet 31 15 .674 L10 Str Home Road Int 6--4 16-- 7 GB N.Y.Yankees 21 24 .467 912 Toronto 21 25 .457 10 Baltimore 21 26 .447 10 Tampa Bay 19 27 .413 W L Pet Detroit "29 17 .630 Cleveland 28 17 .622 Chicago Sox 23 20 .535 Minnesota 22 24 .478 7 Kansas City 19 29 .396 11 W L 15-- 8 1 4 2 ' W-- , 12 W-- 1 4 1 7 12 W-- 1 Charles Odum THE 1 6 5 i f. j . 4 Smoltz gets 200th win 4 Home Road Int L10 Str 4 12 412 W-- 2 15-- 8 W-- 17-- 4 1 0 5 14-- 9 0 2:1 0 W-- 2 1 5 4 1 WEST LA. Pet GB Angels Oakland 28 20 .583 23 23 .500 4 Seattle 21 22 .488 412 Texas 18 29 .383 9 12 Home Road Int Str L10 3 17-- 2 W-- 1 1 4 0 1 1 7 1 J. MERICAssociated Press ), 5:05 p.m. Oakland (Haren at Baltimore (Bedard 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver at N Y. Yanks (Clippard 5:05 p.m. Boston (Matsuzaka at Texas (McCarthy ), 6:05 p.m. Toronto (Litsch at Minnesota (BaVer 6:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez at Kansas City (Meche ), 6:10 p.m. at Chicago Sox (Buehrle ), 6:11 p.m. Tampa Bay (Shields THURSDAY'S RESULTS SATURDAY'S GAMES Detroit 12, L.A. Angels 0 Tampa Bay 13, Seattle 12 Toronto 5, Baltimore 4, (10) Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 Angels at Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 1:55 p.m. Tampa Bay at ChiSox, 5:05 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Baltimore, 5:35 p.m. Boston at Texas, 6:05 p.m. EAST L Pet GB N.Y.Mets 29 17 .630 Atlanta 28 19 .596 Philadelphia 23 23 .500 Florida 22 24 .478 7 Washington 19 29 .396 W L L10 Str Home Road Int 4 1 0 12 6 W-- 15-- 7 1 1 2 3 1 15-- 4 W-- 1 0 11 4 W-- 3 3 GB L10 2 0 6 CENTRAL Milwaukee 28 19 Pet Home Road Int Str .5 17-- 7 2 2 2 4 2 Chicago Cubs 20 24 .455 6 12 7 21 26 .447 Houston St Louis 19 25 .432 7 12 Pittsburgh Cincinnati 19 27 .413 8 12 18 30 .375 10 12 1 W-- 7 0--0 5 WEST Pet GB W L 27 20 San Diego 26 20 .565 Arizona 26 23 San Francisco 24 22 .522 Colorado 20 27 .426 L.A. Dodgers Seattle Mariners third baseman Willie Bloomquist takes the late throw as Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Dioner Navarro slides into third base for a triple. L10 574 12 2 .531 2 Home Road Int Str W-- 2 15-- 9 W-- 14-- 1 3 1 W-- 1 12 64 W-- 7 W-- 2 . 4 TODAY'S GAMES Mets (Maine at Florida (Mitre ), 5:05 p.m. at Cincinnati (Harang 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Maholm at Atlanta (T.Hudson 5:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Moyer at St. Louis (Reyes ), 6:10 p.m. Washington (Bowie at Arizona (R.Johnson Houston (W Williams 7:40 p.m. at San Diego (Maddux Milwaukee (Bush 8:05 p.m. Colorado (Hirsh at San Francisco (Cain ), 8:15 p.m. at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 8:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lilly N Y. THURSDAY'S RESULTS SATURDAY'S GAMES St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1 Washington 4, Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 2, N Y. Mets 1 Arizona 9, Houston 1 Philadelphia at Florida, late Chicago Cubs at S.D., late Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1:55 p.m. ChiCubs at Dodgers, 1:55 p.m. N Y. Mets at Florida, 5:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Colorado at San Fran., 7:05 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Milwaukee at S.D., 8:05 p.m. ASSOCIATED THE ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Carl Crawford ac- knowledged the thought crossed his mind that the Devil Rays could blow another big lead. They didn't, but only be the slimmest of margins. Crawford had three RBI and triggered a seven-ru- n third irining, leading Tampa Bay past the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. Seven of Tampa Bay's nine starters drove in at least one run, and after four innings, the Devil Rays led 124. Three innings later, that lead was down to two. "It was like, here we go again," Crawford said. "I wasn't really trying to think about that because I wanted to stay positive and believe we were going to win the game and not have another relapse." Jae Seo (34) gave up seven runs and 13 hits over innings to earn the win, but a balky bullpen nearly gave it away. Closer Al Reyes came on in the ninth with the Devil Rays ahead He yielded a walk to Raul Ibanez, then Ichiro Suzuki hit his third homer of the year to draw within one. Jose Vidro followed with a single before Reyes struck out Jose Guillen swinging. Ty Wigginton had an RBI double, Dioner Navarro, Josh Wilson and B.J. Upton hit singles and Jorge Cantu added a sacrifice fly in the third off Seattle reliever Sean White as Tampa Bay took a 104 lead. Navarro had a two-rutriple an inning later. The Mariners scored three runs in the sixth and Jose Lopez, who had four hits and four RBI, hit a three-ru- n homer in the seventh to get within 13-1- 2 13-1- run-scori- n Giambi case turned over to Selig NEW YORK Commissioner Bud Selig likely will decide within a week or two exactly what to do, if anything, with Jason Giambi. The New York Yankees designated hitter was questioned Wednesday by management lawyers for recent comments in USA Today that could have been interpreted as an admission of steroids use. Selig probably will issue a statement even if he doesn't discipline Giambi, a baseball official familiar with the process said Thursday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the parties involved agreed not to discuss the matter publicly while Selig is deliberating. Lawyers who represent players and teams have said it would be difficult for Selig to suspend Giambi for steroids use prior to 2005 and have it upheld by an arbitrator. Baseball management and the players' association didn't agree to ban steroids until Sept. 30, 2002. In 2003 and 2004, players could be suspended for a first offense only if it involved criminal convictions for use and possession of prohibited substances, and participation in the sale or distribution-oprohibited substances. Suspensions for a first positive test involving steroids began in 2005. Before the 2005 season started, Giambi held but he a news conference and apologized never said what he was apologizing for. In last Friday's editions of USA Today, Giambi was quoted as saying: "I was wrong for doing that stuff. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it." Giambi told a federal grand jury in 2003 that seasons he used steroids during the and Human Growth Hormone in 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. But that testimony has not been made public, making it unlikely it could be used by management to defend a grievance. The Yankees did not have a representative at Wednesday's meeting, and Selig told the team not to comment. Giambi's $120 million, contract is guaranteed through the seven-yea- r 2008 season, and the Yankees don't appear to have grounds to terminate the deal. 12-1- Lopez was thrown out twice at the plate in the opening three innings, once while bidding for a teadoff inside-- t homer in the fourth. He had an RBI single in the sixth. 3 I Tigers 12, Angels 0: At Detroit, Carlos Guillen homered twice and drove in five runs, and Jeremy Bonderman made a strong return from the disabled list to help the Detroit Tigers rout the Los Angeles Angels. Magglio Ordonez had four hits and three RBIs to take over the major league lead with 45, two more than the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez. Gary Sheffield added a solo home run in the third as Detroit won for the fifth time in six games. Eight of the Tigers' 13 hits were for extra bases. Bonderman pitching for the first time since May 8 after missing two starts with a blister on his right middle finger, gave up four hits, walked five and struck out six in eight innings to win for the third time in as many (3-0- ), Ordonez drove in two runs with his second double of the game in the fourth inning to chase Ervin Santana who gave up eight runs and seven hits in 3 h innings. I Blue Jays 0 12 Detroit Rggirts (5). DP 4.0 Angeles 2 LOB Los Angeles 8. Detroit 6 2B Granderson (16). MOrdonez 2 23), Infante (2) 3B Wanco (2). HR Sheffield (9). CGuillen 2 (6) SB OCabrera (61 SF Rabelo. If N R EP. BB SO lot Bootcheck III Moseley I 8 2 0 0 3 3 ab 6 Vidro dh 5 Ellison pi 0 JGillen il 6 5 Brssrd If Sexson lb 4 5 Jhima c YBtcrtss 4 Jolpez2b 5 Blmqist 3b 3 1 2 0 Ibanez ph 0 0 Totals 43121810 10 Seattle Tampa 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jolopez (6), Sf Cantu. 6 by Bootcheck Bondernian WP (CGuillen). by (Murphy), by ESantana (Potanco). ESantana. Bonderman. T 2:28. A 36,048(41,070). ab Upton cf 3 3 4 4 BHarrsss Crwtrd Wggntn DYong If 2b rl Cantu lb CPena lb Gomes dh r hbl 111 10 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Nvarro 1 Total 32131213 c JoWlsn 3b 1 2 3 2 1 2-- 0 I Cardinals 3, Pirates 1: At St. Louis, Braden Looper won for the third time in four starts and Yadier Molina extended his hitting 4 r hbl 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ab 0 0 BRbrts 2b Mora 3b 2 3 0 Mrkkisrl 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ss Hufldh RaHrdzc Gbbonsll Teiada 2 0 Millar 1b 1 Bynum or 0 0 0 CPttsonct 5 11 5 Totals Toronto Baltimore 0 0 0 t 0 020 000 110 1 100 003 000 0 5 4 DP Toronto 3. Baltimore 4. LOB Toronto 5. Baltimore 3 2B Overbay 3(14). AHill (13). Markakis (14), CPatterson (10). HR Rios (10). Stairs (5). Thomas (6). Markakis (6). Glaus. Teiada (3). SB Bynum (2). SF H IP R ER BB SO Toronto 12 13 CS (9). Bay SeoW,3-Corcoran Camp 3 7 Janssen W.2-AccardoS,5 Baltimore 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 WOO0 0 0 0 batters the 8th. 6 2 7 Guthrie Parrish Williamson JWalker 7 2 0 0 !s 2 0 0 3 0 0 110 0 00 in 2 0 0 12 11 to 2 2 3 Upton (3). BB SO 2 3 6 fi 2 2 3 7 2 2 3 3 0 Vi 3 7 Hi 1 3 0 2 2 1 Seo pitched fo 4 batters HBP by Camp (Sexson), (Gomes). T3:06. PB A Navarro 9,149 In (43,772). CLEVELAND 0 0 JuFrcoph Totals 35 0 0 t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 New York Atlanta Wckmn Szmorect 2 5 3 5 Blake rf Halner dh VMrtnz c r 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 10 4 2 Brfield 3 5 0 0 5 2b Grdzln 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2b 10 2 MiSwy dh 2 3 Gordon 3b 0 Shealy 1b 0 Buckc TPenass Totals 110 5 13 36101110 Cleveland Kansas City EGrmnll DJesus cf ab r hbl 5 14 0 Berroa 2b Teahen rl 0 0 0 Costa rf 1 3 Cleveland Sowers W.1-RoHernandez Fultz 0 0 11 4 3 3 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 110 34 3 510 040 000 001 000 020 (3 10 3 0 0 0 Grzlny p Bayliss p Doumit ph Grabow p 0 Rogers 0 McLth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ER 7 Vi 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 Gobble RisKti Fultz HBP BB 2 2 Vi 1 4 0 9 110 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 pitched to battel in the Bth. by Koplove (TPena), by De La Rosa (Sizemore) A 11,681 (40,785). 13:11. SO City 9 0 0 0 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ludwck If Puiols 1b JEcrcn rf Rolen 3b Tguchi cl YMolnac Miles 2b Lnnner n 0 SDiezio ph 0 Sprger p 0 TJhnsn p 0 Wllmyr p 0 Isrngtis p 1 Totals r 0 0 0 0 1 1 hbl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 28 2 5 2 000 001 000 020 000 01x Pittsburgh St. Louis 1 3 DP St. Louis LOB Pittsburgh 8. St Louis 8 2B Dully (6). Eckstein (51. JBautista (3). Pujols (9). YMolina 61. HR SB Rolen (2). Taguctti (2 CS Taguchi (2). S Taguchi. SF YMolina. H R ER BB SO IP Pittsburgh LOB 5 1,5-- Bayliss Grabow W 10 2 2 Vi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 Yi 0 0 0 Rogers St. Louis W.6-- Looper Springer TJohnson Wellemeyer Ismghs S.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 W.7-- 0 2:33. 0 0 0 0 36.660 0 5 0 0 WASHINGTON 2b CGzmnss Zmrmn3b Church II Lngrhn It Kearns rf D'BACKS 9, ASTROS HOUSTON hbl 0 2 2 0 2 5 5 4 4 0 0 0 4 12 110 0 0 ab Freel cf AIGnzlzss Grl Jr rl BPhllps2b 4 4 4 3 0 0 Conine 1b Dunn If 3 2 EEcrcn 3b 0 0 Rossc 0 0 Belisle p r 0 oooo 36 411 4 Totals 31 hbl 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 4 3 100 201 000 000 010 020 Biggio ab r hbl 2 1 0 CBYng cf 0 0 0 Hrston II COO 0 0 CJcksn 1b 3 2 2 0 2 0 OHudsn 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 Ciispo 2b 0 0 0 0 2 0 Byrnes II 3 2 0 Rynlds 3b 2 1 2 0 Ouentin rf 0 0 1 0 0 Drew ss 0 2 3 hbl WRdgz 4 4 3 4 2b Lamb 3b Brkmn 1b CaLee it Mclemore Pence cf OPImrorf Asmus c AEvrtt ss pO 4 4 0 p Mehler p Lane ph Brkski 1 ARIZONA ab CINCINNATI b r 0 DYong 1b 4 0 Fick lb 0 0 0 0 Schndr c 4 0 0 Logan cf 3 0 10 Salmon p Bacsik p 3 0 0 0 Hopper ph 1 0 0 0 0 Ctlngus p 0 0 Traber p Batista ph 0 0 0 0 Majewski p 0 0 utroro p batter in the 8th. pitched to by TJohnson (Dutty). by TJohnson (Doumit), by Spnnger (Nady). T 2:49. A 44.296 (43,975). (49.5831. NATIONALS 4, REDS 3 FLopez TJohnson HBP 1110 S.7 p Ensbrg3b 0 33 Totals 1 Houston Arizona CSnydr 0 0 Owings 0 0 0 0 0 0 S 1 Totals c 1 p 0 0 0 33 B12 1 t 010 000 000 401 031 00k E R 6 ab Eckstinss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DP H 0 hbl 3 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 p ph Totals 2 1 ST. LOUIS Atlanta Washington Cincinnati IP Yi Koplove JoPeralta (3-1- JWIson ss New York 9. Atlanta Diaz (4). 6. (10). Diaz (4). HR SB Lo Duca (1). Johnson (5) S Gotay. SF Francoeur. H IP R ER BB SO New York 2 2 2 TGIavine 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 Schoeneweis Heilman 0 0 0 0 0 CITY hbl 10 12 JhPlta ss Rouse ss Garko lb Mchels If Kansas h hbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 p Totals Diamondbacks 9, Astros At Phoenix, rookie Micah Owings struck out a season-higeight in his first complete game, and Arizona sent Houston to its fifth straight loss. Chris Snyder homered and Eric Byrnes and Orlando Hudson tripled for the light hitting Diamondbacks, who had six extra-bas- e hits and matched a season high for runs. They pulled within two games of Los Angeles in the tightly packed NL West. Owings ) retired 18 of the last 20 batters. He allowed a run and nine hits with a walk. 1: Bay If Nady rl Paimo c 3 Harris If Thrmn 1b Smoltz p Wdwrdph RSrano p h ab 000 000 001 110 000 001 Johnson (4) 2B Rentena E Wickman KANSAS ab DeLaRosaL,4-44- 6 2 the 6th. JaDavis by 2. 11 2 0 3 2 TGIvm p Newhn ph Schnws p Heilmn p Jhnson2b Prado 3b Rntena ss Frncur rf AJones ct 0 0 McCnn c 0 Diaz II t RSoriano (14). JhPeralta (6). Garko (5), Barlield Blake (2). HR Michaels (2). (6). 3B SF Grudzielanek. ER 7 lb ShGrenrt Gomez pr Gotay 2b CDigdo Totals R 13 2 3 4 4 4 4 Wright 3b L Duca c Smoltz Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1. LOB Cleveland 6. Kansas City 9 2B Blake N 5 Y 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 r Bacsik ) scattered four hits over his first seven innings before giving up Alex Gonzalez's two-ru- n homer with two outs in the eighth. The lefthander earned his sixth career win and first since Aug. 4, 2004, when he was with Texas. Matt Belisle (44) has allowed a career-hig10 hits in each of his last three starts. He gave up four runs and a walk with two strikeouts. The Reds have lost 17 of their last 22 games. 3b 3 3 Dully cf FSnchz 2b 4 LaRche lb 4 DP IP 111 5 4 JBRyesss Chavez II Beltrancl ab 26-2- 2003. Grzlny Marcum Totals hbi I Nationals 4, Reds 3: At Dmitri Cincinnati, red-hwith Young went two RBIs, Mike Bacsik got his first win in almost three years and Washington won for the fourth time in five games. Cristian Guzman homered and the Nationals won three of the four games in the series for the franchise's first winning trip to Cincinnati since the Montreal Expos took two of three on Sept. JBtsta ATLANTA ab 2-- CARDS 3, PIRATES BRAVES 2, METS 1 NEW YORK 15 games, helping the St. Louis Cardinals to complete a three-gam- e sweep. Both of the Cardinals' sweeps this season have come against the Pirates, the other on the road in ; April. Before the series, the defending World Series champions had lost five in a row and were nine games below .500. Jose Bautista's homer ended a long ball drought for the Pirates, who have lost five in a row and seven of nine. Looper (6-- allowed only two other hits in six innings. He had thrown 21 3 consecutive scoreless innings against the Pirates before Bautista's homer, and is 50 with a 1.41 ERA in five day starts. PITTSBURGH BALTIMORE Marte3b (61, Wigginton 17-1- INDIANS 10, ROYALS 3 Seattle HoRamirez White t JaDavm Reyes S.13 HBP BLUE JAYS 5, O'S Glavine also pitched well, giving up only five hits and two runs in six innings for the Mets, who were denied their sixth straight series win. The Braves won two of three in the series to cut the Mets' lead in the NL East to 1 '2 games. Bob Wickman pitched out of trouble in the ninth. After a leadoff single by Carlos Delgado, Shawn Green hit a grounder to second base that Kelly Johnson bobbled. Ruben Gotay bunted the runners to second and third, and Delgado scored on a ground out by pinch hitter Julio Franco. Wickman got Reyes to pop to short with the tying runner on third to end the game for his seventh save in nine chances. Smoltz became the 106th pitcher to reach 200 wins and the first with at least 200 wins and 150 saves. He saved an Atlanta-recor- d 154 games as the Braves' closer from 2001 through 2004. Dennis Eckersley entered the Hall of Fame in 2004 with 197 wins and 390 saves. The only pitchers with more wins in Atlanta history are Phil Niekro (266) and Qavine (242). Smoltz is 3 with 24 saves in his career against the Mets. This year, he is in three matchups with Glavine. The Braves won all three. T JoVYilson (31 DP Seattle 2, Seattle 9, Tampa Bay Tampa Bay 2. LOB Vidro (5), Broussard (1, Johima (10), 6. 2B Wigginton (8). DYoung (7). 3B JoLope! (1). Crawford (5), Navarro (1). HR (Suzuki (3), BHarris Tampa 0 5 0 and left after walking Alex Gordon to load the bases with two out. Aaron Fultz walked Ryan Shealy, forcing in a run that got Kansas City within 10-- HBP by Guthrie (VWells). T 2:49. A 15.182 (48,290). 211 003 302 307 200 01 x Bay OTIaherty 0 Detroit Bndrm W.3-Ledezma 7-- 2 Parrish pitched TAMPA BAY ISuzukict E 8 on the road. Ryan Garko had three hits for Cleveland, including a two-ru- n single in the first. Starter Jeremy Sowers ( 14) earned his first victory since beating Toronto on Sept. 5, 2006. Sowers went seven innings, giving up one run and six hits with one strikeout and one walk before Roberto Hernandez relieved him to start the eighth. Hernandez gave up Shane Costa's RBI single MARINERS 12 E 7 S two games under (11-1- Ray DBaezL.0-- DEVIL RAYS 13 DETROIT 3 still .500 JPhllps c JMcDIdss 4 Totals 36 Thomas hit his 493rd career home run, tying Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 21st on the career list. 10 Angela ESntana L,3-- n AHill 2b 4-- 2 ab r hbl lb r tiM Figglns3b 2 0 t 0 Gmdsn ct 5 2 2 4 1 0 Planco 2b OCDerass 3 0 Kndrck2b 1 0 0 0 Shltield dh 4 3 2 4 3 4 3 0 0 MOrdz rf VGrerort 1 0 0 Infante rf Morles rf 10 0 0 CGillen ss 3 2 2 5 Mathwscf 3 0 0 NPerez ss Quinlan II 0 0 0 0 Ktchm lb 0 Casey lb 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 Rabelo c Aybar 2b 3 10 0 Hlnbrn ah 0 0 Thmes If 1 0 Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 JMolna c if 0 0 Murphy Totals 36121312 4 0 Total 000 000 000 402 222 00 n Stairs rl Thmas dh ; TIGERS 12. ANGELS 0 Lot Angela Detroit Indians 10, Royals 3: At Kansas City, Mo., Jason Michaels capped a five-ru- n first inning with a three-ruhomer, and the Cleveland Indians avoided a sweep by beating the Kansas City Royals. Casey Blake added a three-rutriple and also doubled for the Indians, who have the majors' best home record at 174 but Ovroay lb VWells cf Glaus 3b At Baltimore, Alex Rios homered off struggling Danys Baez in the 10th inning, and Frank Thomas hit a milestone shot to help the Blue Jays rally past the Orioles. Toronto trailed in the seventh before SEATTLE LOS ANGELES left-fiel- hbl 5, Orioles 4, 2.58. right-hand- are (7-2- 4-- The Blue Jays pulled even in the eighth before Rios connected against Baez (04), whose ineffectiveness this month cost him his role as the setup man. The came in with a 6.10 ERA, and when Rios' drive landd ed deep in the seats, the fans at Camden Yards showered Baez with a chorus of jeers. Rios entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth and scored the tying run. Lind II Rios rf 10 innings: coach Carlos Garcia blamed himself for the loss. "We got beat by one run," Garcia said. "That was the difference. That's what (made me mad). Those guys battled their hearts out all day long. One decision turned it around." Wigginton homered in the eighth for the Devil (243). TORONTO (3-6- ), Mariners third base The solo shot left him two homers short of matching Edgar Martinez for most by a designated hitter starts. he-pa- f 2001-200- e Rays, who stopped a losing skid. "It's a 'W,' " Wigginton said. "That's all that matters." in Suzuki went his 1,000th major league game. He extended his hitting streak to with an infield single in the first. His 1,414 hits is the second most since 1900 by a player in his first 1,000 games. Hall of Famer Al Simmons (192444) had 1,443 hits during his initial 1,000 games. Suzuki, through an interpreter, said he wasn't aware of the milestone until after the game. "I didn't know about it when I was playing, so it's hard for me to reflect on it," Suzuki said. "It was a game that was very easy for us to win, so it was not fun at all." five-gam- PRESS (1-- MLB NOTES 1988-200- D'Rays get past M's L.A. NATIONAL LEAGUE John ATLANTA Smoltz became baseball's first pitcher with 200 wins and 150 saves, achieving the feat with a victory over one of his best friends. Smoltz beat Tom Qavine with seven shutout innings and Matt Diaz homered to lead the Atwin lanta Braves to a over the New York Mets on Thursday night. Making his third start of the season against Qavine, his Atlanta teammate from Smoltz ) became the NL's first seven-gam- e winner. Smoltz The gave up seven hits without a walk and struck out five. In back wins over Boston and the Mets, Smoltz has thrown 14 scoreless innings while allowing 10 hits and one walk. Smoltz, 1 in May, lowered his ERA from 2.85 to 2-- 1 1 TODAY'S GAMES Cleveland (Byrd at Detroit (Robertson W streak to PRESS 3 CENTRAL GB ASSOCIATED Washington 3, Cincinnati 2. LOB 7, Cincinnati 3. 2B DYoung (12). Washington CGuzman (1). AIGonzalez (8), Dunn (12). HR H R ER BB SO IP Washington Bacsik Traber CCorderoS.6 Cincinnati Belisle 1 7tt 7 3 3 Y 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 Salmon Coutlangus Majewski HBP T Yi 0 by Majewski (Batista) 2:29. A 19,51 (42,271). 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lamb (5). DP Houston 2. Arizona 1. Houston 7, Arizona 3, 2B CaLee 2). OPalmeiro (1). Ausmus (9), CJackson OHudson (3), (61, Reynolds (3), Drew (8). 38 Byrnes (4). (3). CS Biggio (2), Ausmus (1), Byrnes (4). H R ER BB SO IP LOB (1 Houston WRodriguez Moehler Borkowski Mclemore 1.2-- 5 9 2 8 5 1 1 t 0 0 0 0 9 1 Arizona Owings W,3-- 9 HBP 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 by WRodriguez (Ouentin), by WRodriguez (CJackson), by Owings (AEverett). WP Owings, PB CSnyder. 12:20. 18,130 (48,765). 2 IS |