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Show HERALD DAILY Thursday, May 8, 2008 B3 Star of the day The Day in Basebal AMERICAN LEAGUE Joey Votto went three home runs in the Reds' NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet GB Tampa Bay 17 16 .515 New York 17 18 .486 4 Toronto 17 18 .486 412 16 18 .471 5 W L Pet GB Minnesota 16 15 .516 Cleveland 16 17 .485 Chicago 15 16 .484 1 Kansas City 15 18 .455 2 Detroit 15 20 .429 3 W L Pet GB ' Baltimore Tribe beat Yanks Home Road Int Str L10 22 14 .611 14-- 12 12 3 10-- 7 8 9 5 5 9 9 10-- W-- THf. ASSOCIATED PRESS 0-- 10-- NEW YORK Cliff Lee threw seven sharp 2 CENTRAL Home Road Int Str L10 0 0 1 1 W-- 3 7 6 8 6 W-- 1 0-- W-W-- Angeles Oakland fettle 22 14 T4-2- Texas 14 Home Road Int Str L10 22 14 .611 4 1 .611 W-- .412-3-- 7-1-! 20 12-- 12-- 9 10-- er innings Wednesday night to beat Cnien-Min- g Wang in a matchup of unbeaten starters, leading the Cleveland Indians to a victory over the New York Yankees. Lee ) became the first Indians pitcher to win his first six starts since Greg Swindell in 1988 and towered his ERA major league-bes- t to a microscopic 0.84. The has allowed just four earned runs in 44 K innings after a rough 2007 that included a stint in the minors. He hasn't walked a batter in 28 straight innings. Wang ) allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings for the Yankees, who dropped e to 5 on their homestand. Victor Martinez had a sacrifice fly in the first inning, Casey Blake singled in a run in the fourth and David Delluc-c- i added an RBI single in the fifth. (6-0- r 0-- - ' 00 8 7 .412 10-- 8 V"yO .; W-- 4 left-hand- TODAY'S GAMES Cleveland (Byrd at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina ), 11:05 a.m. Minnesota (Slowey at ChiSox (Danks 12:05 p.m. Boston (Beckett at Detroit (Verlander 5:05 p.m. at Toronto (Usch ), 5:07 p.m. Tampa Bay (Jackson Baltimore (D.Cabrera at Kansas City (Hochevar ), 6:10 p.m. Texas (Gabbard at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8:10 p.m. Associated Press Photos Left: Cincinnati Reds' Jerry Hairston Jr. points to the crowd after hitting a two-ru- n home run that capped the fourth of the inning off Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lieber in the second inning on Wednesday. Right: Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lieber walks off the field after giving up four home runs to the Cincinnati Reds in the second inning. (6-1- FRIDAY'S GAMES WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Oakland 6, Baltimore 5, (10) Detroit 10, Boston 9 Cleveland 3, Yankees 0 Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 9, Angels 4 Minnesota at ChiSox, late Texas at Seattle, late Yankees at Detroit, 5:05 p.m. Toronto at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. Angels at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. ChiSox at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L Pet Florida 19 14 .576 Philadelphia Atlanta' 19 15 .559 $ 531 New York 17 15 .531 12 12 1 12 Washington 14 20 .412 512 W L Pet GB 22 13 .629 19 15 .559 2 12 GB - 1 L10 Str Home Road Int W3 5 10-- 1 7 0 0 10-- 2 0 0 CENTRAL St Louis Home Road Int Str L10 Chicago Houston 18 16 .529 3 1.2 Milwaukee 16 17 .485 5 Pittsburgh 14 19 .424 7 Cincinnati 14 21.400 8 0-- 14-- 7 1 7 M W-- 5 : W-- W-- 9 0 6 12 0 2 0 WEST Arizona Los W L Pet 'Jl. 22 11 .667 Angeles 19 15 GB - Home Road Int Str L10 13 6 W-- 1 0 .559 3 12 1 8,9 3 2 Sanfranciscq 14 20 .412 812 Colorado 13 21 .382 9.12 San Diego 12 22 .353 10 12 0 0 0 W-- 7 ; 0 , 9 TODAY'S GAMES at Pittsburgh (Maholm ), San Francisco (Cain 10:35 a.m. 11 a.m. at Atlanta (Reyes San Diego (Ledezma , at Colorado (De La Rosa ), 1:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 1:40 p.m. at Arizona (Webb Philadelphia (Myers 5:10 p.m. at Florida (Hendrickson Milwaukee (Villanueva at 6:05 p.m. Houston (Backe Washington (Lannan WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 0 N.Y. Mets 12, L.A. Dodgers 1 Atlanta 5, San Diego 2 Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 1 Florida 6, Milwaukee 2 Houston 4, Washington 3 Colorado 4, St. Louis 3 Philadelphia at Arizona, late er ), history-matchin- 7 6 CINCINNATI Jon Lieber became only the second pitcher in Chicago Cubs history to give up four homers in an inning, and Joey Votto connected three times in all as the Cincinnati Reds powered their way to a 0 victory on Wednesday. Votto started a second inning off Lieber who was making his first start of the season. Adam Dunn and Paul Bako also had solo shots, and Jerry Hairston Jr.'s twoun homer completed g the rally. Brandon Phillips and Votto had back4o-bac- k solo homers off Sean Marshall in the fifth. An inning later, Votto completed the biggest game of his two-yea-r career with a two-ru- n drive of f Sean Gallagher, giving him seven overall for the season. Given a chance to hit a fourth homer, Votto grounded out in the eighth against Michael Wuertz. The seven homers were Cincinnati's most since.it hit an nine at Philadelphia on Sept. 4, 1999. Votto became the 23rd Reds player to hit three in a game, the first since Aaron Boone on May 8,2003. four-hom- W-- 4 ASSOCIATELTPRESS THE FRIDAY'S GAMES Arizona at ChiCubs, 12:20 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. Florida at Washington, 5:35 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:05 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia at San Fran., 8:15 p.m. Houston at Dodgers, 8:40 p.m. Mets 12, Dodgers 1: At Los Angeles, John Maine became the first New York starter this season to pitch more than seven innings, taking a shutout into the ninth. Maine (4-- hit a two-rusingle and was two n MLB NOTES PIRATES 3, GIANTS 1 SAN FRAN Thompson: Agency hopes to keep Wrigley name Former Governor Jim Thompson CHICAGO could buy Wrigley Field that the agency says wants the name and character of the historic ballpark to stay as is. Thompson says he hasn't heard of any deals by Illinois Sports Facilities Authority to link Wrigley's name to a corporate sponsorship. Thompson is chairman of the agency that has been in negotiations to buy the park from the Tribune Company. He said Wednesday after a meeting of the ISFA board that the agency still wants a deal that wouldn't involve taxpayer money and thus could gain approval from city and state officials. Twins' Gomez hits for cycle PITTSBURGH ab I hbl FLewis If 4 0 0 0 FSnchz 2b Winn rt 4 2 0 JBtista 3b McLuth cf Rwandcf 4 BMolna c 4 Bay It Aurilia 1b 3 Nadyrf AdLrch 1b JCstillo 3b 4 RPalno c Burnss2b 2 f Bixler ss Velez 2b Dmtrit p Bocockss 3 Zito p Yates p Rivas ph Ortmerph ab Yabu p Holm ph 0 TWIkerp Totals 0 32 Carlos Gomez became the first MinCHICAGO nesota Twins player to hit for the cycle in nearly 22 years when he accomplished the feat against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. One night after Gavin Floyd nearly noWt the Twins, Gomez homered off Mark Buehrle on the game's third pitch. He added an RBI triple in the fifth, doubled in a run in the sixth and completed the cycle with an infield single in the ninth. The ball deflected off reliever Ehren Wasserman, forcing a rushed through by shortstop Alexei Ramirez that sailed wide. That made Gomez the eighth Minnesota player to hit for the cycle and the first since Kirby Puckett on Aug. 1, 198(5 against Oakland. Gomez was the first player to hit for the cycle against the White Sox since Oakland's Mike Blowers on May 18, 1998. Martinez returns to Indians lineup Victor Martinez was back in the NEW YORK Cleveland Indians' lineup Wednesday night one a day after he was scratched with stiff neck. r catcher served as the designated The with a sacrifice fly in hitter and went Cleveland's victory over the New York Yankees. His hitting streak ended. "He's better todity and still not able to catch," Indians manager Eric Wedge said beAll-Sta- fore the game. DMarte Cappsp i p r 0 0 hbl 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ooo Totals 7 San Francisco Pittsburgh Burke Badenhop pitched 5 innings for his first major league victory and Milwaukee lost its fifth game in a row. The Brewers' longest losing streak this season sent their record below .500 for the first time. 29 3 8 000 000 001 000 200 01 X ' 2 1 3 Pinch-hitte- bases-loade- d 2-- San Francisco 4, San Francisco 5, 2B JCastillo (11). Ortmeier (5. 3B McLouth (2). Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 6, H R ER BB SO 5 2 5 2 2 2 5 San Francisco Zito L.0-Yabu TWaiker 0 12 1210110 Pittsburgh 3 t 0 0 0 Yates DMarte 0 1 13 CappsS,7 WP HBP by Zito (McLouth). T 2.34. 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Colome. 2:54. 2 3 5 3 0 0 10 2 0 9 0 1 2 Miles 2b t the 9th. 6 8, Florida 4 2B Hermidi (7, Jacohs iSI HH Weeks (SI. Cantu 4. UggiaiBi S8 MCameronni. HHanwez Amezaqa ID S Bmlmrm) (12) CS If N R ER 88 SO Milwaukee ButhL.0-- 6 5 Mtf'Junj Florida 2 2 BmviW,l WmkIiMi Pinto HB- P- by -2 41 I 25 I H H 2 6ih 5 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 (RaMlnl MM 8 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 17 1 p Wuertz p ASrano ph ArHmz 3b Derosa 3b Howry ; 3 1 4 Fkdmerf Sotoc 1 t HBInco c Cedeno 2b 4 4 Pie cf 0 Lieber p Fntenot 2b 1 32 Totals r hbl 0 0 12 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 10 0 0 3 3 4 111 0 1 0 12 1 915 9 000 000 000 050 022 OOi 0 9 Cincinnati 1. LOB Chicago 12. Cincinnati 10. HR Hairston jr. (1), BPhlllips (6), Votto 3 (7). Dunn (6), Bako (4). SB Votto (1). S Volquez. H R IP ER BB SO W.5-- 2 7 2 2 2 hbl 1 2 Puiols lb 0 Ldwick If Glaus 3b Ankiet cf Larue c 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Wnwrg p CDuncn ph 0 MrC'llnp Flores p Isinghsp Izturis ss Totara 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 ooo HID 5 2 4.20 1 2 0 7 4 0 0 0 1 110 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 '0 10 0 2 2 1 5th. METS 12;iErjDGERS 10S NEW YORK r hbl 3 2b 4 3b 5 1 0 0 Pierre 1 2 2 Erhier rf 2 Kemp cf 0 Kent 2b 3 DeYng 2b JReyes ss LCstillo DWrght Beltran ct Church rf Pagan If 1 3 If lb Csnoya c Maine p DSnchz p 1 0 Totals 39121311 MthJr. 0 0 EAybar ss brrero rt JRivra rf 0 0 10 Proctor p MaSwy ph Park p AJonesph Totals 30 1110 4 1 12 041 Us Angeles 1 New York 1. LOB New York 6, Los Angeles 4. 2B LCastillo (3), DWnght (12). MAnderson (1), Casanova (2), Loney (7), Hu Church (6). SB (1), AJones (5). HR Pagan Maine. (4). S H IP R ER BB SO New York 1 2 4 4 Maine W.4-8Vi dh GAndsn 200 010 000 OOO 04 9 4 0 0 1b 4 Bwood3b 4 Oumlan Glaus HOI 110I Ftan HmgntLIS Colorado iMiicra ' 2 Aims 2 HMhwiWH Futi'MSJ "l 2 59 V, A 5 2 2i 4 1; 2 8 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 ,0 449i 5 0 0 r hot 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 EGrmn2b SRodrigz2b4 0 Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 10 4 3 4 0 by 2:45. Los 36 914 9 4 9 IP N R ER 3)4 10 3 8 8 10 0 2 2 Kansas City Greinke 7 W.4-- Peralta Yabuta 10 0 2 2 3 T 3 10 2 0 3 Hi 10 3 4 Giles rf Iguchi 2b AdGzIz lb 4 KzmntUb 4 4 McAnlt 2 If Hirston ph Edmnd ct Crabbeph Greene ss Bard c 2 4 2 3 0 0 Wolt p Thichetp Mrdithp Totali 31 r hW 0 0 0 KJrtnsn2b 1 1 0 YEsbar ss 0 0 CJones3b 2 0 Tixeira lb 0 0 Frncur rf 0 0 McCan c 1 0 Diaz If 0 0 Kotsay cf 0 0 THudsn 0 0 Norton ph 0 0 Boyerp 0 0 Ohman p 0 0 Acosta p 0 Totals 13 2:42. 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ooo 0 0 0 511 4 2 0 0 t Ellsbrycf 5 Lowrie2b 3 Pedroia 2b 1 Ortiz dh MRmrztf Cnsp cf Ldwell 3b Yukins lb JDrew rf CJones (4) DP San Diego 4, Atlanta San Diego 5. Atlanta 6 2B Kouzmanotf (51. CJones (71. MtCann (10). SB KJohnson Iguchi 4 SF Ihattlw Mernklti Atlanta IP N R ER BB 6 8 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 .1 lH,HlvmW5-- 7 B.w tinman AulaS,3 W'JI pilrMHI to 3 Bal- k- IMt1ofl A ,'5 H 2 6 0 0 0 I)HH 194 in 0 0 0 2 3 0 J 0 0 I tl Tlh c Varitek ss ToUtl Luqo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 6 9 6 0 5 6 1 outs when winning run scored. Mora (41. DP Oakland 2, LOB Baltimore 10. Oakland 8. 2B Mora (7), Scott (10), Hannahan (4). 3B RSweeney E (1), Ellis (3). SB Ellis IP H R BB 5Vi 5 4 0 KSuzuki (2) HR Ellis. (4). S ER SO Baltimore Guthrie JWalker Y 0 Bradford Shernll Cormier 'h 0 0 6 4 2 0 3 0 0 4 L.0-- 1 Oakland Blanton Devine ABrown Braden 5 1 Yi A 3:08. T 2V W.1-- 15.235 (35.067). A BLUE JAYS 6, RAYS 2 TORONTO TAMPA BAY h bi 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ab 4 2b Crwtrd If 4 3 Upton cf CPena 1b 4 Lngoria 3b 3 Hinskedh 3 Nvarro ab r h bi 4 0 10 0 0 If Rolen 3b Stairs dh VWells cf Ovrbay 1b 0 AHill 26 0 Braiasc 0 Scutaro ss 3 c rt SStwart Rios OOO OOO 2 0 OP 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 32 611 6 8 0 2 2, outs when winning run E Boston Lugo 110) OP LOB Boston 8. Detroit 11 Two hbl b r 6 6 0 0 2 5 3 5 12 1 1 3 t 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10 R ER BB 4 10 4 5 3 5 3 0 Awdsma 0 Aupez OUiima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 H 1.2-- 2 7 5 Gmanaga Swy 4 Downs 0 0 hbl 1 o 0 FGIrrz rf Dllucci If 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 VMrlnzdh Peralta ss Arabia 2b Blake lb Shppch c AMaite 3D Hatner ph 36 Totals 4 2 1 0 29 0 0 0 OP-- 3 SS Of? York 0 0 7 r hbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 OOO OOO 7 Cleveland 6 New SDimtan i2l CS Si7rrwai2i BtranciKO (2l S Biaka: VMartinai SF N R ER M SO 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 Cltvatand 6 0 S.4 tew f'wnfth Aimmcio (41 0701 0 LOB York ?fl BAhieu 5I York Waiig I ti l uool 0 2 0 100 110 000 000 Cleveland New York Crurta (I ab o Damon It 4 4 0 Jeter ss 0 BAweu rt 4 SDncan lb 4 HMatsudh 4 0 MiCbract 4 4 0 Cano2b tnsbrg 3b 3 0 JMolna c 3 0 0 0 3 Totals 34 0 Riwez IWHanrouil Wfroa 0 3 3 3 I by 0 SO 8 2 0 0 r 2 4 2 - Hui rifkiiz 0 NEW YORK ab Szmorecf BFrncorf Miner Bum 0 9 2 INDIANS 3, YANKEES 0 CLEVELAND line HB- P- 2 0 Dohmann pitched to 2 batters In the 8th, T 2:47. A 19,276 (49.539). I TJwmW.1-- 0 3 Marcum Jf rrotl IRodnguez IP Pwihon 2 3 0 H 2 1 Toronto scored Renter. 6 6 Hammel 1. Detroit 28 Ortiz 151. 4), Lugo (7), Polanco (7), Lowell (2). Youkiks (101- HR EUsoury 2 (131, JDrew (11 S (4). Garza Dohmann TMiller JDrew 1). Bay 2. LOB Tampa Bay 2B Upton (7). Rolen (51, HR Rolen (2). SB Upton (6). H IP R ER BB SO Tampa Toronto 7. Overpay 002 )5 Tampa Bay 000 221 310 004 130 002 Boston Oetroll - 2 2 0 1 Two OOO 10 Grndrs cf Planco 2b 2 0 0 0 2 3 000 002 030 100 021 010 Baltimore Oakland 000 0 Rnteria ss 1 0 0 IRodrz c 0 0 12 9 Total! 42101810 lavaraz. SO 3 hbl 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MSwnydh Tampa Bay Toronto Boston 2 4 9 7431 3 0 1 BucnnoU 0 0 0 0 3 0 CGuilln 3b Ordnez rt 2 0 0 MiCabr lb 0 0 Shfliekf It 3 3 Joyce dh 2 3 Rabum or 1 2 (61 SB CS Ordonez SF Lowm. 010 001 OOO 020 OOO 301 1 Payton cf 4 RHrndz c 4 AJones cf 1 LHrndzss 4 Totals 40 r 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2. LOB San Diego WiHU.2 2 3 If Quiroz c Millar 1b 5 3 0 Cust If 0 0 R Davis cf 1 0 EBrwn rt 0 0 Crosby ss Ellis 2b 2 0 0 0 Hnnhan 3b 0 2 I RSwnycf 0 0 FThms ph 2 0 DoMph II 5 13 5 Totals 12 11 SO 11,084 (38,030). A Lowell (61. San Diego Atlanta Scott 1 5 5 0 0 4 2 Totals BB 1 hbl 3 2 5 DETROIT lb r hbl 0 4 0 4 0 Mora 3b Mrkkis rf Huff dh ab 0 KSuzukc 2 DSarln 1b 3 Gross rf Bartlettss 3 Totals 30 TIGERS 10, RED SOX 9 ATLANTA ao 4 5 0 1 A BRAVES 5, PADRES 2 0 ft ODay 1 SAN DIEGO 3 2 Angeles Weaver L.2-Bootcheck 0 Proctor. Penny (Church) WP 40.696 (56,000). OAKLAND hbl ab Torres 2b BRbrts2b 11 111 Los Angeles 1. L08 Los Angeles 5. Kansas City 7. 2B Grudzielanek (6, Butter GAnderson (1). (7). JGuillen 2 (10). 3B HR GAnderson (5. Napoli (81, Deiesus (3), AGordon (4). CS Guerrero (1). SF JBuck. 0 1 ATHLETICS 6 ORIOLES 5 12 100 000 201 141 300 00X Los Angeles Kansas City 0 0 22-1- Iwmra E Colorado 2. St Lous (3) DP Uumtanil St Loins 10. Comwlo 8 2B HI. Hawuai 7) 38 HuMay (21 lanwtta ill HR Francs SF tmtwick Luuwick 5 S If H R ER BB SO St LouM 4 2 0 3 7 0 w.Miwixjrit 2 2 0 McCieluw ? E ab 0 Dejesuscf 0 Grdzln 2b 0 0 AGfdon 3b Butler dh 2 0 0 Teahen rf 0 JGuilln If 3 2 Cllaspo If 0 Gload 1b 0 0 JBuck c 0 0 Pna Jr. ss If IRodnguez OOO hbi ab 3 Hunter cf Willits cf Napoli c 0 2 0 's CITY KANSAS DP 4 Vi (1-0- Sarfate 1 061 000 000 OOO 001 York foul pole. Ellis d ended his funk with a two-ou- t single in the singled with two outs in the sixth. Dallas Braden ) pitched 2 Vs innings and the A's sent Baltimore fifth tn its spasnn-wnrs- t straight defeat. Oakland moved to a season-bes- t eight games over .500 at pitched ) OP New left-fiel- (4-1- hbl 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 run-scori- BALTIMORE LOS ANGELES 10 10 2 1 GBnntt c 2 2 Dewitt 3b 2 Hu ss 0 0 Penny p 2 2 Rays starter Matt Garza (1-- had to deal with baserunners in four of his first six innings, but didn't give up a run until the seventh, and the Blue Jays broke it open with a five-ru- n eighth against three Tampa Bay relievers that featured Rolen's homer and singles by Aaron Hill, Rod Barajas and Marco Scutaro. (0-1- ), I Royals 9, Angels 4: At Kansas City, Mo., David DeJesus and Alex Gordon both homered and Kansas City, the lowest-scorin- g team in the AL, banged out 14 hits. Zack Greinke ) went seven innings for the victory as the Royals snapped the Angels' e winning streak and won at home for just the fourth time in 13 games. Jered Weaver (2-had his worst start of 1 r 0 to 2.59. ERA 0 ROYALS 9, ANGELS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Loney lb 0 0 0 Martin c If EnChyz MAnsn 0 ab back-to-bac- the ninth for Detroit. ANGELES ab (1-0- Blue Jays 6, Rays 2: At Toronto, Shaun Mar-cucame one out away from a shutout and - Scott Rolen hit a two-r- un homer. Marcum (4-- struck out nine, allowing two runs in 8 innings. He k won starts for the first time this season and lowered his Athletics 6, Orioles At Oakland, Calif., Mark Ellis broke out of his offensive funk in a big way, hitting the first home run game-endin- g of his career with two outs in the 10th inning. Ellis connected on a pitch from loser Lance Cormier a solo shot that hit the four-gam- 1 Marshall pitched to 3 batters in the T 2:58. A 28,418 (42,319). Todd Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DP HBP ab r hbl o Tveras cf 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0ntnlla2b 4 1 3 0 Hlliday It 0 Helton 1b 4 0 0 0 3 2 Atkins 3b 0 3 0 1 0 0 Hawpe rf 1 Spibrgh rf 4 0 2 0 Innetta c 0 Barmes ss 2 0 0 0 Francis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pdsdnkph 0 o o o 0 Anas p 0 0 0 0 JBaker ph 0 0 0 0 0 RSpier p 0 0 0 Hrreia ph 0 Fentes p 31 4 8 4 Totals r i 0 At Detroit, PlacidoPo-lanc- o hit a broken-bat- , tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon. Boston had everything set up for its sixth straight win, rallying from a four-rudeficit, with its star closer on the mound. But Papelbon ) blew his first save in 11 chances by allowing two unearned runs. Matt Joyce hit a leadoff single off Papelbon in the ninth and shortstop Julio Lugo's fielding error created a jam. After Curtis Grand-ersonRBI groundout, Polanco blooped one over a leaping Lugo for his season-hig- h fifth hit. 0 0 0 10 Chicago Cincinnati T LOB LOB 10 4 0 0 1b DLee Lot Angeles Penny L.5-Proctor Park WP I 000 002 OOO 003 003 00 pO C0L0RA00 ab ab r hbl 0 2 Amzga ct 4 0 1 0 Hrmida rl 4 0 0 HRmrz ss 2 2 2 0 Jacobs lb 2 0 0 Helms lb 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Cantu 3b 3 4 1 0 Uggia ?b 4 0 0 0 0 LGnzIz If 2 0 0 0 Rabelo c 0 0 0 0 Bdnhop p 0 0 0 Wchter p 0 0 BCrroll ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pinto p 29 6 7 1 2 Total! Gallagher Ward lb DSanchez 30,432 (40,976). A SI. Louis Colorado Milwaukee Florida 6 0 W.4-- BBartnrf Schmkr rf ooo 3 32 3 ROCKIES 4 CARDINALS 3 FLORIDA 1 out when One LOB 0 ab r hM p ab 0 0 CPttson cf 5 1 0 Hrst r. ss 5 5 0 Grf Jr. rt 0 0 0 BPhllps 2b 4 10 Freel 2ti 0 10 Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 Ounn If 3 0 0 0 EEcarn 3b 4 4 0 0 0 Bako c 0 0 Vtentin c 0 0 0 0 Votquez p 2 0 10 Httbergph 0 0 0 0 Wthersp 0 0 0 Arfeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Totals 38 Weathers hbl 2b 4 CGzmnss 4 Zmrmn 3D 4 NJhnsn lb 3 Mildgecf 3 Kearnsrf 4 LoDucac 3 Nieves c WPena It 4 FLopez ST. LOUIS MILWAUKEE Mrstiall hbl r 0 0 0 Afleldt HOUSTON WASHINGTON Yabu. MARLINS 6 2 - 5 Volquez 3 BREWERS ab ReJnsn If Theriot ss WuerB Cincinnati ASTROS 4 NATIONALS 3 T 10 CINCINNATI CHICAGO Gallagher Howry Houston IP 0 REDS 9, CUBS Lieber Marshall Brewers 2: At Miami, Florida rookie Hanrahan Colome 6. (5), FSanchez HR Nady (5). rally for Colorado. t 5: (2-1- Chicago I Marlins OdPerez O'Connor (4). OP 2. L08 Bocock I Rockies 4, Cardinals 3: At Denver, Chris Iannetta tripled home two runs off Jason Isringhausen to cap eighth-innin- g a four-ru- n n (0-7- ), nine-gam- n (2-2- I Pirates 3, Giants 1: At Pittsburgh, Xavier Nady homer to spoil hit a two-ruBarry Zito's mostly effective return to the Giants , rotation and Pittsburgh's Phil Dumatrait pitched 5 fa scoreless innings for his first career win. Zito roughed up in each of his first six starts, was far better after spending 10 days working out his problems in the bullpea The worked five innings, allowing three hits, two runs, two walks and five strikeouts was easily his best of the season. 3-- I Tigers 10, Red Sox 9: I Astros 4, Nationals 3: At Houston, Carlos Lee drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning with a single to lift Houston to its fifth straight win. I Braves 5, Padres 2: At r Atlanta, Greg Norton broke a seventh-innin- g tie with a single and Atlanta won its fifth straight. With the game tied Padres starter Randy Wolf was lifted after load) ing the bases in the seventh on Brian McCann's double, Matt Diaz's single and Mark Kotsay's walk. Washington E DumatraitW.1-15t- DH outs from his third shutout and complete game in the majors when Mart Kemp hit an RBI single, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. A day before his 27th birthday, Maine allowed four hits in 8 'a innings and won his third straight start. 9-- 13-- W-- 5 6-- 0-- Big bats lead Reds to win the year, charged with a season-hig- h eight runs in a season-lo3 '3 innings. The right-handgave up 10 hits and had one walk and one strikeout. DeJesus hit a three-ru- n shot off him in the secona ana ooraon added a two-ru- n drive in the fourth. w 3-- 0 4-- WEST Los 9-- 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Boston with four RBI and victory over the Cubs. Cincinnati's 1 i Jl4 110 2 7 1 4 0 0 |