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Show HERALD DAILY Friday, July 4, 2008 C3 Star of the day The day in baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE 7-- 0 only five hits. NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W L Pet 52 32 .619 37 .580 3 New York 45 41 .523 8 Baltimore 43 41 .512 9 Toronto 41 45 .477 W L 51 82 W-- 4 12-- 6 3 W-4-- 6 l-- Sox drill Yanks Home Road Int Str L10 GB Tampa Bay Boston v 7 l 10-- 7 0 1 - 12 Chicago Pet 22-1- 9 2 GB 49 36 .576 Minnesota 47 38 .553 Detroit 42 42 47.453 L10 Str 8--2 l-- 2 0 30-1- 2 39 37 48 .435 12 W L Pet GB Angeles Oakland 51 34 .600 Texas 44 42 .512 Seattle 33 4 12-- 6 5 13-- 5 6 13-- 5 14-- 8 1 2 3 12 Kansas City Cleveland 10 Home Road Int l W-- 612 .500 ASSOCIATED THE PRESS 7 CENTRAL ' , shutout Boston's Jon Lester pitched a complete-gam- e to lead the Red Sox to a win over the New York Yankees. Lester struck out eight batters and allowed 7 W-- -1- 5-26 5 2 NEW YORK Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox talked about everything that went right. New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi delivered a different message. After Lester pitched a sharp and e Boston stopped a losing streak with a victory Thursday night, Girardi closed the clubhouse for a meeting. "I think everybody is embarrassed," losing pitcher Andy Pettitte said. "We walked through it tonight. It was extremely disappointing. "Absolute, horrible game," he said. It looked a little better from the Boston side. Lester (7-- made his most impressive start since pitching a against Kansas City on May 19. That was his only complete game in the majors until this gem. "Stuff wise, I don't think it was any different," he said. A throwing error by shortstop Derek Jeter gave the Red Sox a quick lead. Coco Crisp came e back from a suspension to score twice, and it was by the fifth inning. That was plenty for Lester to send the Yankees to their fourth loss in five games. Girardi declined to give details on the session. He got into a brief, testy exchange with one reporter over exactly what he told his players. "That's between my team and me," he said. "We did not play a good game. We didn't do anything. We didn't hit, we didn't pitch. We didn't play a good game." Lester struck out eight and walked two, and used three double plays to win his fourth straight decision. Lester became the first Boston pitcher to throw a complete-gam- e shutout against the Yankees since Pedro Martinez in 2000. And, this came in Lester's first appearance at Yankee Stadium. "It was cool. It was definitely a different experience," he said. "You watch the game and it seems big, but when you're out there on the mound, it's a pretty big stadium and a lot of people." Both AL East powers went into the opener of e series this in the rare position of chasing Tampa Bay. There was no scoreboard watching the division-leadinRays were off. The last time Boston and the Yankees played after Memorial Day with neither team in first place? September 1997, the Elias Sports Bureau said. For now, the Yankees are simply interested in winning games, against anyone. "It's not just tonight," Jeter said. "We need to play better. Everyone realizes we're capable of playing better." The lefty's lone problem came when he walked Johnny Damon and Jeter to start the game, but Lester escaped by getting Bobby Abreu on a grounder and strik- five-hitt- five-gam- WEST Los W 46 39 .541 51 .393 W-- 2 5 24-1- 9 5 6--4 10-- 8 8 1 12 7-- 0 10-- 10-- W-- 712 17 Home Road Int Str L10 W-- 9 TODAY'S GAMES Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 0 Kansas City 10, Baltimore? Oakland 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit at Seattle, late to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday in Phoenix. D'Backs rally to win THE ASSOCIATED only run with two outs in the ninth. Tom Gordon retired Jeff Francoeur for his second save. PRESS PHOENIX Conor Jackson's two-ru- n single n capped Arizona's ninth inning and the Diamondbacks beat Milwauon Thursday. kee Three Brewers pitchers failed to record an out as seven straight Diamondbacks reached base in the NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Home Road Int Gty L10 Str Pet -- J Philadelphia 47 39 .547 Florida 44 41 .518 2 New York 42 43 .494 412 Atlanta 40 46 .465 7 Washington 34 53 .391 5 W-- 5 W-- 1 , 1 8 12 13 5 9--6 7 12 2 7 6 CENTRAL W L Pet Chicago 51 35 .593 St. Louis 49 38 .563 Milwaukee 46 39 .541 Pittsburgh 40 GB L10 - Home Road Int Str 1 ' 9 12 2 412 44.476 10 Houston 40 46 .465 11 Cincinnati 40 47 .460 11 12 6 WEST W L Arizona 43 43 Los Angeles 41 Pet GB .500 - L10 .482 12 San Francisco 38 48 .442 5 4 W-- Colorado .407 8 7 W-- San Diego 35 44 51 33 53 .384 Home Road Int Str W-- 1 6 6-- 9 7 W-- 4 ' 10 7 9 11:15 a.m. at Cincinnati (Arroyo ), Washington (Bergmann 12:05 p.m. at Milwaukee (Sheets Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny ), 2:05 p.m. at San Fran. (Sanchez L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 5:05 p.m. at Phil. (Happ ), N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 5:35 p.m. at Atlanta (T.Hudson Houston (Moehler 6:05 p.m. at Colorado (Reynolds Florida (Olsen 6:15 p.m. at St. Louis (Looper ), ChiCubs (Zambrano 7:40 p.m. at Arizona (Haren San Diego (Baek Dodgers 5, Houston 2 Arizona 6, Milwaukee 5 San Francisco 8, ChiCubs 3 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 5, Washington 3 Colorado 6, Florida 5, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 11, St. Louis 1 L.A. SATURDAY'S GAMES ChiCubs at St. Louis, 1:55 p.m. Pitt, at Milwaukee, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Phil., 5:05 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m. Wash, at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 6:05 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at S. Fran., 7:05 p.m. Rays turning AL ASSOCIATED PRESS Pennant fever is alive in the oddest of places. Ticket lines are longer, television ratings are Tampa Bay rising and the young, budget-minde- d Rays are in first place in the AL East, looking Boston Red Sox and down on the New York Yankees. "First-plac- e Rays halfway to history," read one newspaper headline. Three days later, the surprise owners of baseball's best record awakened to "Lowering The Broom," "How Sweep It Is." "It's a really good feeling," manager Joe Maddon said after Wednesday night's 6 victory over Bostheir second home sweep ton gave the Rays lead in the division. of the Red Sox and a 3 "We've worked to get to this point, to earn that right to have that feeling, so now we have to maintain it." The Rays open a series at Tropicana Field tonight against Kansas City, hoping to build on what has created this stunning turnaround: consistent pitching, improved defense and a knack for producing just enough offense. This team has not only escaped the cellar and climbed into playoff contention. It is proving it can compete with baseball's elite. seventh-innin- g three-ruBy rallying from a fifth straight deSox Red their deficit to hand the feat, the Rays became the first team to sweep two series of three or more games from Boston in the same season since the Yankees in 2001. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Tampa Bay is the first team other than New York or Boston to lead the AL East this late in a season since 2000, when Toronto led on Jury 6 before finishing third. "I'd be surprised if they're not in the hunt the whole way," Boston's Mike Lowell said. "Not to without pitchtake away from their offense, but " Lowell added. can't every night slug ing, you "Their pitching keeps them in games." And when the score is close, the Rays feel they in one-ru- n will find a way to win as they are 7-- (52-3- 0 games. 4 Kemp cl Ethier rl Martin c Kent 2b 110 110 0 5 2 2 ss Berroa Loney lb Dewitt 3b 10 111 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 If ss 3b Pence rt 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 110 110 10 10 10 5 6 T Backe, 2:51. A Cottsp ab 3 4 4 Vctrlnocf Utley 2b Howard 1b 4 Burrell II Werth It Jenkins rf Fell: 3b Run c Hamels p TGrdon p r hbl 0 GBInco cl 0 0 0 0 YEsbarss 1 1 CJones3b 1 1 1 Tlxelratb 1 2 0 Infanta If 0 0 0 McCan c 0 0 0 Frncur rf 1 3 2 Prado 2b 0 0 0 Jrrans p 0 0 0 Ohman p 0 0 0 Norton ph MGnzIz p Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals ab r bbl 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 San Francisco Lnccm W.10-- Taschner 100 101 100 000 000 001 DP Atlanta Atlanta 6. 2B 1. pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, batter in the 7th. Marmol pitched to HBP by Lieber (JCastillo), Ascanio 2:43. T Philadelphia 4. (20), GBIanco (61, (25). YEscobat (11), Clones (14), McCann flolllns (4), HR 3B Utley (24), Howard Rollins (19), (22), Fell! (10), SB ER BB SO H R IP Phlltdoiptila Hamels W.9-TOordon S,2 Atlanta BW Vt Jurrenj 7 Ohman MGonzalez 1 T 2:21 A 28.805 (49.743). SO Balk Cueto. 23,259 (42.319). DRoss. Flores, 2:24. A DIAMONDBACKS 6 BREWERS 5 MILWAUKEE ARIZONA Weeks SDrew ss CRbtsn p Rosales p 3 0 Tracy 1 r hbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 2 ab 2b Hardy ss Hart rl Fielder 1b 2b OHudsn It Kapler MCmrn Kendall 0 ph Upton rt 3b Brnyan CJkson 1b Rynlds 3b Young ct Hmckc CBurke It cf c oh Webb 0 0 0 Gagne p Mota p Shouse p Torres p Totals 0 38 512 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 p JCruz p Ojeda ss 0 35 Totals 611 6 002 OOO 000 000 006 5 021 Branyan 6 (6). ER 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 2 4 110 Shouse Torres (1). Kendall H R IP 6 Gagne Mota 40,511 (41,907, A L.4-- BB SO 3 4 12 0 0 0 11 100 0 Arizona 6 Webb ROCKIES 6. MARLINS 5 0 2 CRobertson ab r hbl 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 p LGnzlzph Knsing p Pinto p 0 1 ab Splbrgh cf Barmes 2b r 0 2 c rf Pdsdnkcf Tlwtzki ss Rdman Cookph Bchholz Fentes 0 Innetta 0 Amzga2b 40 510 Totals 5 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 p p ph 0 Herges p Ontnlla ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 p p Corpas 0 0 4 lb JBaker Trralba Hawpe 0 0 0 0 5 hbl 2 0 2 2 0 5 4 Hlllday It Atkins 3b 8 8 36 6 5 020 000 020 01 020 001 010 02 Florida Colorado 8 winning run scored. Florida 1, E Gregg (2), Barmes (4), DP Colorado 3. LOB Florida 6. Colorado 9, Cantu (15), 2B CRoss (9), Barmes (14). HR when HRamlrez (6). SB Tulowrtzkl (3). S (7), CS SI JBaker. Podsednik, N IP JBaker (21). Spilborghs AMiller, R ER BB SO Gregg W 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 120 Vi to 3 0 5 Y L.6-- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Fuentea Herges W.3-- 0 2 0 0 0 2 by Herges (Cantu) WP Kertslng. T 3:30, A 48,084 (50,449). 1 AMiller, 0 0 Mota pitched to 3 batters in the 9th, Shouse pitched to batter in the 9th, Torres pitched to 3 batters In the 9th. Webb. WP HBP by Webb (MCameron). T 2:50. A 23,642 (48,771). METS 11, CARDINALS ab 4 5 3b 2 r 2 0 4 2 2 2 II 0 Easley 2b 4 0 AReyes3 261 0 Aguila MAnsn 5 4 If RCstro c Peltrey p Schnwsp JoSmthp 3 0 0 36 Totals hbl 3 Miles ss 2 CDuncn JReyesss EnChvzcf Church rt Dlgado 1b 0 0 11 r 0 0 If 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals t 1 Peltrey W.6-- 6 2 MBoggs Villone T 2:37 A 11 0 0 10 Isringhausen MBoggs 10 0 2 43,099 (43,975). 10 0 0 four-seame- r. -- -- Yankees scored 111 2 0 2 Miliar (3). DP Mrkkis 2b rf Huff dh 2 3 RHrndz c 2 Scott It 0 0 Mora 3b Millar lb 0 AJones cf 2 38101310 Kanaas City Baltimore E 4 BRbrts 1 (9-6- Royals 10, Orioles 7: At Baltimore, Mark Grudzielanek went and played a key role in a seven-ru- n sixth inning for Kansas City. The Royals overcame deficit and a four-rutwo homers by Aubrey Huff to earn a split of the e series. Kansas City took an early lead, then yielded seven straight runs before sending 11 players to the plate in their most prolific inning of the season. Jose Guillen led off the sixth with a walk and capped the scoring in it with a two-ru- n single. The last time the Royals scored more than six runs in an inning was June 14. 2007 an eight-rusecond against St. Louis. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth for his 23rd save for the Royals, who had lost nine of their last 10 at Camden Yards. Huff hit a solo shot in the fourth and a two-ru- n drive in the fifth, both off Kyle Davies. n four-gam- 3-- 0 n Athletics 3, White Sox 2: At Chicago. Justin pitched seven solid innings and Jack Cust and Donnie Murphy homered as Oakland snapped Chicago's seven-gam- e winning streak. Javier Vazquez ) took the loss despite pitching his first complete game in nearly a year, allowing four hits and striking out 10. lead Chicago took a in the first on a leadoff homer by DeWayne Wise e and an RBI double by Dye. Oakland, which had lost four of five, broke through in the fourth when Cust tied it with a two-ru- n homer, and Murwith a phy made it solo drive in the fifth. Duch-scher- (7-7- 2-- 0 3-- 2 Duchscherer Payton Totals 0 ph 10 012 007 000 000 520 000 Baltimore 0 0 7 36 7 9 10 7 2. Kansas City 4. Baltimore 3. 2B Grudzielanek (19), Butler (12), Huff (25), 3B AJones (4), Fahey (1). HR Butler Auoroon Pena Jr. (1), Huff 2(17) si LOB IP H Dames 4 8 PereltaW.1-- 2 2 Kansaa R ER BB City Olson Loewen Bradford Cormier FCabrera 0 Vt 2 pitched to 2 batters In the 5th. Loewen pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. T 2:53. A 16.782 148.290). Oavies NEW YORK hbl r 0 5 2b 5 JDrew rf Moss rt It Ellsbry 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Pedroia 0 MRmrzdh 0 ss Totals 0 7 11 6 2 32 hbl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 If BAbreu rf ARdrgz 3b Giambi dh 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 Cano 2b 2 0 Btemit 1b MICbra cf Lowell 3b Vukihs 1b Crisp cf Varitek c Luqo r Damon Jeter ss 0 0 0 0 2 0 29 0 Totals 5 New York 0 7 0 220 110 010 000 000 000 Boston Jeter 7 DP Boston 3. New York 2 Boston 5. New York 4 2B Ellsbury (9) JDrew (15). Youkilis (23). MICabrera Ellsbury (5). Crisp (13), CS (10) SB S Lowell, Lugo. Lugo. SF R H ER BB SO IP E LOB Boston 9 Lester W New York Pettitte L.9-Giese 5 0 4i 2Vi Hawkins Robertson 2 46 A 54,677 (56,936), A'S 3, WHITE SOX 2 CHICAGO OAKLAND RSwny KSuzuk Cust If rt r hbl 0 0 0 Wise cf 0 0 OCabra ss 0 0 Przynsc 2 Quentin If 0 0 Dye rt 0 Thome dh 0 Crede 3b 0 c cl ct Bnkstndh RDavIs CGnziz 4 Hnnhan 3b 3 DBartnlb 2 DoMphss 3 31 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 ab r hbl 3 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 Ozuna pr 0 0 0 Swisher 1b 4 0 0 AIRmrz2b 4 0 0 3 0 0 Uribe ss 33 2 7 Totals 2 HR LOB Oakland 3. Oakland Pierzynski 2 120). Dye (19), Cust (14). DoMurphy (3), Wise SB CGonzalez (3). IP 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 000 210 000 200 000 000 Oakland Chicago DP 6 2B 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 Chicago (2). H R ER BB SO 5 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Oakland 5tt L.0-- SO 0 RED SOX 7, YANKEES BOSTON Totals (2), the (9-5- ), leader with a 1.96 ERA, allowed five hits while striking out four and walking two. major-leagu- e Ellis 2b 0 0 2 2 ss Fahey r hbl 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 runs, 18 the sellout crowd had little to cheer Rodriguez, whose friendship with Madonna has made for tabloid headlines, heard scattered boos after striking out. Pettitte never ) looked comfortable and lasted just 4 2A innings e as his winning streak came ended. T ab hbl Baltimore Schoeneweis JoSmlth WP r 2 0 Mahay Soria S.23 York St Louis 2 Dejesuscf 5 Grdzln 2b 5 AGrdon 3b 4 0 0 11 BALTIMORE CITY JGuilln If Butler dh Ollvo c Teahen rt Gload 1b Pna Jr. ss 0 2 0 7 ROYALS 10, ORIOLES KANSAS ab 0 0 r, g hbl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pujols lb 0 0 Villone p 0 Looper ph 3 Isrnghs p 0 0 Ankiel cf 2 Glaus 3b 0 0 BRyan ss Ldwlck rl 2 0 0 YMolna c 1 LaRuec 0 0 MBogs p 0 0 BBartn II AKndy 2b 1010 Totals 0 308 002 000 000 001 000 New York St. Louis New four-gam- ST. LOUIS NEW YORK DWrght Tatis 3b 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 6 6 2 2 5 0 Corpas Buchholz HBP W, 2 5 0 New York 3. LOB MBoggs (1). DP New York 6, St. Louis 7. 2B EnChavez (7). YMolina AKennedy (6). (10), Church (10). 3B Delgado (151 CS JReyes (10), HR SF YMolina (2). S Delgado Pellrey R H ER BB SO IP Colorado Redman Rosales 5 E 6 Kerning Pinto JuMiller Nelson 9 JCruz COLORADO FLORIDA Waechter Burrell PB T Milwaukee Parra Stetter Matos AMiller LOB BB Cueto W.7-Burton FCordero S.16 (13). SB Yabu Romo Florida Philadelphia Atlanta ER R outs when winning run scored. E Branyan (1). DP Milwaukee 1, Arizona 1. LOB Milwaukee 9. Arizona 10. 2B Hardy 2 (19). Hart (23). Tracy (3). OHudson (21), HR Hardy (9). MCameron Lieber One out 0 0 5 Y Milwaukee Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 H 6 No Wchter Rollins S9 SO BB ER R L JuMillr p Nelson p Jacobs ph Gregg p Hoover c AMiller p 1 H 3 5 Chicago Gallagher Wuertz Ascanio Marmol Colts Andino2b ATLANTA ReJohnson. IP 7 5 Cincinnati Cunsell (15), Winn (14). CS (2). S IP Parra p Stetter p Soto (3), Ascanio (1). Rowand (3). Chicago 6, San Francisco 5. 2B ReJohnson (13). OLee (21), DeRosa (15), JCastillo (23). 3B FLewis (8) HR Aurilia Wlngh If Helms 3b CRoss cf 35,696 (40,976), 3 8 LOB FLewis 30 5 Totals Washington E (7) SB Durham 0 0 0 000 201 000 001 002 20x Lannan Colome 0 0 100 002 000 040 000 31 1 0 0 Cueto. S 34 810 7 Totals 0 2 E DmYoung (6). DP Washington 1. Cincinnati 2. LOB Washington 5. Cincinnati CGuzman (25), Dukes (7). DmYoung 6. 2B WHarris (1). Dukes (6. CS (5). HR 0 0 0 0 0 3 p Yabu p Aurilia 1b hbl CPttson cf 0 Tschnr Chicago San Francisco 7 PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 Washington Cincinnati 2 2 2 Vizquel ss Lnccm p 34 Totals V PHILA ph p Mnning p Ayala p Shell p r 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Votto 1b 0 0 Bruce It 0 0 DRossc 0 0 Cueto p 3b FLopez Colome 3 0 Burton p FCderop 0 BPhllps 2b 0 Etcarn 3b Flores c WHarrs 2b Lannan p hbl 0 0 0 0 3b JCstillo 0 0 0 0 Lieber p Ward ph HRmrz ss Hrmida rf Cantu 1b ByrOak WP Blliard ab Hairstn ct Kppngrss i un jr n 2 DmYng 1b Kearns rf 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 lb Romop Burnss ph Matos p 4 1 Ascanio p Mrmol p 6 ft Geary Brocall Fntenot Murtonph 8 SaitoS.14 Houston Backe 0 0 2 0 Manning Ayala Shell r Bowker 4 2 Annates W.8-- hbl Brndna cf CGzmn ss Dukes If 0 0 0 BMolna c Rwand cf 2 0 ph 0 Los Berroa (4). Maza (3), Backe (1). DP Los Angeles 8. Houston Angeles 2. LOB 6. 2B Loney (19), CaLee (25), Towles (5). HR Ethier (2), Ethier (9), Loney (7). CS H R EH BB SO IP Los CINCINNATI 3 Winnrf Gllgr p Wuertz p E Billingsley FLewis If Drham 2b If DeRosa 2b Theriotss h bl 0 0 2 0 - ReJnsn Sotoc 4 4 301 001 000 000 020 OOO Lot Angelas Houston SAN FRAN ab 4 0 12 0 Towles c 0 0 0 Backe p 0 0 0 0 0 Geary p 0 0 0 Erstad ph 0 0 0 0 0 Brocall p 0 0 0 0 0 Byrdak p 34 2 8 2 5 Totals 0 0 Repko Maza ss 0 3 0 Blngsly p 0 0 MaSwy ph 0 0 0 Saitop Totals 35 5 8 If DeYng Bourn cf 2b Brkmn 1b CaLee It Loretta 0 Tejada 2 2 Blum 2 3 4 4 ab r CHICAGO Fkdme rt DLee 1b ArRmz 3b Edmnd cf 5, ASTROS 2 hbl r 0 late-nig- 3 REDS 5, NATIONALS GIANTS 8, CUBS 3 HOUSTON ab Fred Goodall At San Phillies 4, Braves 1: At Atlanta, Cole Hamels came within one out of his second shutout of the Braves this season, capping the Phillies' second series sweep in Atlanta this year. Hamels gave up his DODGERS 6-- 0 run. d 7-- n LOS ANGELES ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. the first-eve- Francisco, Tim Lincecum increased his strikeout total to 122 with eight in six innings and singled in a run and scored for San Francisco. Fred Lewis hit an.RBI triple in San Francisco's four-rusecond and Jose Castillo added an RBI double in the inning. Lincecum (10-1- ) allowed seven hits and three runs. East upside down five-gam- bases-clearin- g I Dodgers 5, Astros 2: At Houston, Chad Billingsley pitched eight strong innings and Andre Ethier homered for the second straight game to lead Los Angeles. Billingsley ) gave up six hits, struck out five and did not allow an earned run to win his fourth straight start. Giants 8, Cubs 3: who (6-3- left-cent- Mets 11, Cardinals 1: At St. Louis, Jose Reyes' triple keyed New York's third inning that included pitcher Mike Pelfrey's r RBI. Carlos Delgado had a two-ru- n homer and three RBIs as the Mets pounded rookie Mitchell Boggs. The Mets had 39 hits and 25 runs the last three games of the series after losing the opener Boggs (3-- surrendered II runs, 10 hits, six walks and two wild pitches in six innings. No relievers even warmed up while Boggs faced 10 batters in the third as the Mets went (8-7- 0 TODAY'S GAMES THURSDAY'S RESULTS (2-2- ). six-ru- n 1 W-- 5 Gregg blew his fifth save in 20 chances, walked Yorvit Torrealba leading off and then overthrew first base on Scott Prjdsednik's attempted sacrifice bunt, putting runners at second and third. Troy Tulowitzki walked to load the bases. After a fielder's choice, Spilborghs sent a fastball into the gap. Matt Herges (3-- got the win despite allowing pinch-hittin- 5 3 5: At Denver, Ryan Spilborghs' two-ru- n single off Kevin Gregg with one out in the 11th inning rallied Colorado. 5, Nationals 3: At Cincinnati, Brandon Phillips had three hits and three RBI and Cincinnati capitalized on a Washington error for its rally. g Corey Patterson, for starting pitcher Johnny Cueto, reached second after a bunt when Washington first baseman Dmitri Young couldn't handle the throw from relief pitcher Jesus Colome Patterson moved to third on Jerry Hairston's single. ninth. The rally began against Guillermo Mota, who gave up a leadoff single to Rob-b- y Hammock, a walk to Chris Burke and an infield single to Augie Ojeda. Brian Shouse relieved Chad to face pinch-hitte- r Tracy, who hit the first pitch into the gap in right-centto clear the bases and cut the deficit to 9-- I Rockies 6, Marlins I Reds 5-- 6 3 W-- 5 ahead six-ru- 6-- 5 L in the ninth inning after scoring six runs Arizona Diamondback players celebrate SATURDAY'S GAMES Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 1:55 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. Oakland at ChiSox, 5:05 p.m. Kansas City at T.B., 5:10 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. THURSDAY'S RESULTS W Press ROSS D. FRANKLINAssociated 11:05 a.m. at N.Y. Yankees (Rasner ), Boston (Beckett Detroit (Rogers at Seattle (Bedard ), 2:10 p.m. 2:35 p.m. at Baltimore (Guthrie ), Texas (Padilla ) 5:10 p.m. at T.B. (Jackson ), Kansas City (Bannister 5:05 p.m. at ChiSox (Buehrle ), Oakland (Blanton Cleveland (Byrd at Minnesota (Hernandez ), 5:10 p.m. 7:05 p.m. at L A. Angels (Jer.Weaver Toronto (Burnett ing out Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi. "He used his his cutter, his got a lot of first pitch strikes, got some double plays," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "He really 5 malooked like a jor league New York went quietly after that. A day after the DchschW,9-Embree Street S.16 7 's 3 Chicago JVazquez HBP T by 2:21 9 4 JVazquez (KSuzuki) A 26,730 (40.615). 10 |