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Show C3 HERALD DAILY Friday, July 18, 2008 Star of the day The Bay in baseball New York Mets' slugger Carlos Delgado went with a home run and three RBI as the Mets beat the Reds, NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Pet W L GB L10 - Boston 57 40 .588 Tampa Bay New York 55 50 45 526 6 5 Toronto 47 48 .495 9 4 Baltimore 45 49 .479 1012 39 36-1- 5 , 12 .585 Tigers edge O's Home Road Int Str W-- 12-- 4 10-- 1--1 W-- 20-2-8 ','20-3- 25-1- 3 THE BALTIMORE Pet W L GB L10 Chicago 54 40 574 Minnesota 53 Detroit 48 47 .505 Kansas City 43 53 1148 12 Cleveland 41 53 ,436 13 6 W L Pet GB L10 ,5-- .558 42 12 1 612 5 1 W 1 5-- 5 Mi ,22-2- 3 144 4 W-- ' 28-2- 20-2- 7 13-- 5 W-- 4 - W Angeles Oakland 57 38 .600 Texas 50 46 .521 7 12 Seattle 37 51 . W-- 26-2- 0 6-- 5 10-- 8 10-- W-- 6-- 20 .389 58 Home Road Int 6 44 .537 1 1041 25-2- W-- Associated Press DAVID KOHL TODAY'S GAMES Oakland (Smith at N Y. Yankees (Mussina Detroit (Galarraga at Baltimore (Guthrie at Tampa Bay (Shields Toronto (Burnett 10-at Minnesota (Perkins Texas (Millwood Kansas City (Greinke at ChiSox (Buehrle at L.A. Angels (Lackey Boston (Buchholz at Seattle (F.Hernandez Cleveland (Laffey New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana releases a pitch against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning, on Thursday in Cincinnati. Bottom right: New York Mets pitcher Billy Wagner reacts after closing the baseball game against the Reds. 5:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 6:10 p.m. 8:11 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 8:10 p.m. ), ), ), ), ), ), Mets Continued from C 1 SATURDAY'S GAMES Oakland at Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 1:55 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 1:55 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m. Kansas City at ChiSox, 5:05 p.m. Texas at Minnesota, 5:05 p.m. THURSDAY'S RESULT Detroit 6, Baltimore 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE bad taste of his latest All-Stappearance. The gave up an RBI double in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, helping the American League rally for a win that gives it home-fiel- d advantage once again in the World Series. left-hand- " Pet L Philadelphia 52 44 .542 New York 52 Florida 50 45 .526 Atlanta 45 50 Washington 36 60 .375 GB .474 5 - .537 44 L10 1 Str W-- Home Road Int 27-2-3 25-2- 1 W-- 12 6-- 4 612 6 1 0 5 0 , 16 t--2 20-3- 0 0 CENTRAL L Pet 57 38 .600 St. Louis 54 43 .552 4 Milwaukee 52 43 .547 5 M Cincinnati 46 51 .479 12 3 Pittsburgh 44 51 .468 13 6 Houston 44 51 .463 13 Pet GB L10 GB 6-- Str Home Road Int 1 9 2 W-- 2 W-- 1 7 6 9 2 64 29-2- 2 W-- 2 WEST W L Arizona 47 48 .495 Los 46 49.484 Angeles L10 - Str Home Road Int 5 W-- W-- San Francisco 40 55 .421 7 Colorado 40 57 .406 8 San Diego 37 59 389 1012 9 9 1 Jimenez pitched seven strong innings to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night. Jeff Baker was with two doubles and two runs for the Rockies, who snapped a four-gam- e losing streak. Brian Fuentes struck out the side in the ninth for his 15th save this season and 100th of his 7 6 0 6 9 -- ), 5:10 p.m. at Florida (Nolasco Philadelphia (Moyer N.Y. Mets (Maine at Cincinnati (Arroyo ), 5:10 p.m. at Atlanta (T.Hudson ), 5:35 p.m. Washington (Redding at Houston (Moehler ), 6:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lilly at St. Louis (Looper ), 6:15 p.m. San Diego (Maddux at Colorado (Rusch ), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Snell L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda at Arizona (Davis ), 7:40 p.m. at San Francisco (Cain ), 8:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Sabathia THURSDAY'S RESULTS SATURDAY'S GAMES Mets 10, Cincinnati 8 S.D. 3, St. Louis 4 Pitt 3, Colorado 5 San Diego at St. Louis, 1:55 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 1:55 p.m. Milwaukee at San Fran, 2:05 p.m. ChiCubs at Houston, 5:05 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 6:05 p.m. Dodgers at Arizona, 6:10 p.m. Jimenez (5-- struck out four and retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced. Paul Maholm ) struck out seven in six innings for the Pirates but lost for the first time since May 20. Garrett Atkins' one-odouble in the sixth tied the game at 3, and one pitch later Iannetta hit his 10th homer to make it The Rockies' dormant offense finally came out of hibernation, and Ubaldp Jimenez settled down after a shaky start to defeat the Pion Thursday rates, night at Coors Field. The win snaps the Rockies' four-gam- e losing streak. As has been the case too often this season, Jimenez ) couldn't get out of his own way early in the game. He walked two batters, hit another and threw a wild pitch to fuel the third inBucs' three-ru- n ning. However, Jimenez settled down after that and retired the final 13 batters he faced before exiting after the seventh. The Rockies scored just two runs during e their dry spell, and the drought continued until Jeff Baker lined a double to right field in the fourth to score Willy Taveras. Three batters later Chris Iannetta singled to center, bringing home Baker to cut the lead to 5-- MLB NOTES 5-- (5-9- Yankees reach deal with Sexson . First baseman Richie Sexson NEW YORK and the New York Yankees reached a deal Thursday, a week after the Seattle Mariners cut the slumping slugger. A person familiar with the contract said Sexson would be paid a prorated share of the $390,000 minimum salary. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made. ESPN.com first reported a tentative agreement between Sexson and the Yankees. The Yankees were eager to add a powerful d bat as they start the second half break of the season. They went into the third in the AL East, six games behind Boston. Sexson hit .344 with five home runs in 71 against lefties this year. That was his bright Sexspot during a season in which the son hit .218 overall with 11 homers and 30 RBI. The Yankees picked up a fraction of Sexson's contract, leaving the Mariners to pay the rest of right-hande- All-St- ts his $14 million salary. New York is minus two of its top hitters. Lead-of- f man Johnny Damon is on the disabled list because of an injured left shoulder and Hideki Mat-sis sidelined with a sore knee that could require season-endin- g surgery. The Yankees' lineup is packed with hitters Damon, Matsui, Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano swing from that side and New York has struggled against lefty pitching all year. A native of Brush Prairie, Wash., the Sexson became a frequent target of boobirds in Seattle over the past two years. He hit a career-lo.205 with 21 homers and 100 strikeouts in 2007, and often was benched in favor of Miguel Cairo this season. Seattle, one of baseball's biggest disappointments this year, released Sexson right before the w break. Sexson has hit 30 or more homers six times, and also has six seasons of at least 100 RBI. He started his major league career in 1997 with Cleveland and later played for Milwaukee and Arizona. conSexson signed a $50 million, four-yea- r tract with the Mariners in December 2004. All-St- , four-gam- little bit." With Sheffield leading the way, the Tigers opened the second half in much the same fashion they arrived at the All-St- The offense continued to churn in the sixth, when Baker hit another double to right, and Garrett Atkins laced a d double down the line to tie the game. Iannetta hammered the next pitch over the to fence in give the Rockies the lead. Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm ) had won four straight decisions but gave up five runs in six innings to take the left-fiel- left-cent- (6-6- loss I Cardinals 4, Padres 3: At St Louis, Troy Glaus hit two homers and Rick Ankiel and Joe Mather all off added one each San Diego's Jake Peavy. Peavy ) gave up eight hits and struck out seven in seven innings. Kyle Lohse (12-2- ) won his ninth straight decision, the most for St. Louis since Chris Carpenter won 13 in a row in 2005. Lohse pitched seven innings, allowing two runs, seven hits and two walks while striking out four. (7-6- ROCKIES 5, PIRATES 3 CARDINALS 4. PADRES 3 SAN DIEGO ST. 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R Schoeneweis I V, DSanchezW.4-W.5-- 2 4 BWaaneiS,23 Cincinnati S,1 5 0 3 Cuelo Afleldt Buchholz 0 5 ER Weathers L.4-- 3:43. A 0 0 0 110 6 0 4 10 0 (42 319) Vi ' 6 0 6 0 0 (43,975). T 5 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 4 V, "i Bray 0 Todd Jones, the fifth BB SO 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 Detroit pitcher, worked the ninth for his 18th save. After Aubrey Huff bases hit a one-ouloaded sacrifice fly, Jones retired Millar on a 0 0 grounder to third. Baltimore starter Garrett Olson ) gave up five runs, seven hits and four walks in six innings. Inge gave the Tigers a lead in the sixth with his seventh homer followsingle by ing a two-ou- t Edgar Renteria. It was his first home run on the road since May 17, 2007, 2-- 0 23,681 3 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 ... Jones had two hits and has reached base safely in 17 straight games. ... Sheffield's homer gave him 1,596 RBIs, lifting him past Mike Schmidt into 31st place on the career list. A year ago this week, Sheffield injured his shoulder. Throughout his various absences and slumps in the year since then, the Tigers haven't found a replacement for him. And speaking of re- placing: Inge was in the starting lineup Thursday night only because third baseman Carlos Guillen was absent (see Tigers Corner, this page). His homer was his first homer on the road in 13 months. Inge then made a nifty play to start a third-to-firdouble play to end the sixth as the Orioles threatened to get the tying run. Marcus Thames hit the Tigers' third homer, a solo drive in the seventh. g st I NOTES: Winning pitcher Kenny Rogers allowed four runs. That partially offsets the four times this season he hasn't won despite allowing two runs or fewer. The 11 hits he yielded matched the most Rogers has allowed in a win in this decade. ... Shortstop Edgar Renteria got his first extra-bas- e hit in 26 games, then left in the eighth inning because of trouble with a hamstring, injury at kept him out for the final four games before the break. TIGERS 6, ORIOLES 5 BALTIMORE DETROIT i Grndrs Pianco2b Thmes It Joyce If Ordnez rf MiCabrlb Shflield dti cl 4 5 3 5 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 BRbrts 2b 0 AJones cf 2 Mrkkis rt 0 Hull dh 0 2 0 0 t 0 ab f h bi h bl I 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 4 4 Millar lb Mora 3b RHrndz c 4 12 12 12 3 0 5 0 0 0 2 11 4 0 2 0 IRodrz c Payton II 3 0 10 Rnteria ss Fahey ss 0 0 0 Scott ph 10 Sntiagoss 2 0 10 0 3b Bynum pr Inge 36 514 34 6 9 6 Totals Totals 10 i 021 021 Detroit Baltimore 6 5 002 100 100 001 Santiago (2) DP Detroit 4. Baltimore 2 LOB Detroit 7, Baltimore 9. 2B Granderson (14), Thames (8). Renteria (61, BRoberts (34), Hull (29), Mora (16), Scott (17). HR Thames 118), Sheffield (6), nun. Inge (7, Mora (121 5 AJones. E (6-5- 5-- 4 Lincoln FCordero 5 0 0 3 0 0 first-plac- t, New York Jimenez. IP (2) 18), Tatis Keppinger (18). Delgado EEncarnacion Pittsburgh season. Melvin Mora homered and Baltimore had 14 hits, with but went runners in scoring position and stranded nine. "Yeah, we had our chances. Swinging the bats good all night long and we had some situations with less than two outs, we didn't get runners across," said Kevin Millar, who had two hits but made the final out with runners at the corners. "We battled, but we just couldn't get that tying run." Kenny Rogers ) allowed four runs and I I hits in six gritty innings for the Tigers, who moved within 6 games e of Chicago in the AL Central. Detroit has won 24 of 35 since June 6. "This is when it all counts," Sheffield said. "You want to make it all right in the second half, get off to a good start and go from there." 39 812 8 101410 Totals New York (71. 3B LOB Doumlt (3). DP Colorado 5, Colorado 7. 2B AdLaRoche (19), JBaker 2 (19), Atkins (18), Barmes Iannetta (10). (17). 3B Barmes (3). HR Pittsburgh break. After hitting 17 home runs in their first 12 games in July, Detroit picked up the pace against the Orioles. "They live a lot with the home run ball and we didn't keep the ball in the ballpark," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said. "So that was a negative for us." Baltimore absorbed its ninth straight loss in a game decided by one run including six durstretch that has ing a dropped the Orioles four games under .500 (45-4for the first time this (7-6- METS 10, REDS 8 New York Muniz (1). BPhillips I4 LOB Tabs (6l. Bruce 9I. 8. Cincinnati 9 2B Valentin 20. EEncarnacion Jr. 17), Griflpy DBautista pitched to 2 barters In the 8th Jimenez. HBP by Jimenez (FSanchez). WP PB Iannetta. T 2:34. A 30,584 (50,449). Villon 3-- 2 E Fuentes LoftseW.12'2 Ryan Franklin pitched the ninth for his 13th save, allowing a run on consecutive doubles. in Glaus tied it the second with his first homer and the Cardinals lead in the took a fourth on shots by Ankiel, his 21st, and Glaus, his 17th. Mather, a rookie for Lohse, pinch-hittinhomered in the seventh. After falling behind in the first inning, the Cardinals came back in the second when third baseman Troy Glaus hit his 16th home run of the year to tie the game. An inning later, Rick Ankiel and Glaus hit 0 E San Olego St. louts "They got a lot of hits pretty much most innings, but I got out of those jams," Rogers said. "Some days you have to give them credit. Their approach was good, they went out and got a few pitches and I did make some mistakes." Thames connected off Dennis Sarfate in the seventh to make it 64. Sheffield put the Tigers in the second with up his 486th career homer the first since June 26 following a walk to Miguel Cabrera. Baltimore used four straight hits to pull even in the bottom half, includdouble ing a by Mora and an RBI single by Hernandez. Each team scored a run in the third, and Mora's 12th homer put Baltimore ahead for the first time, in the fourth. Rogers avoided further damage by striking out Adam Jones with the bases loaded and two outs. Detroit RF Magglio Ordonez, activated from the DL before the game after being sidelined since June 29 with a pulled oblique 4-- 3 (6-6- TODAY'S GAMES That ended Rogers' night, but the stuck around long enough to earn his 217th victory, tied with former Detroit star Mickey Lolich for 19th place on the career list among All-Sta- n career. 8 double play. 5-- 3 run-scori- 5-- W r break during the when someone he described only as a former "great player" offered a few tips on how Sheffield could improve his swing. After a horrendous first half in which he batted .217 with five homers and 18 RBIs, Sheffield wasn't about to reject any suggestion. So he acted upon the suggestion after conferring with Leyland and hitting at Boston. Baltimore got runners at the corners with no outs in the bottom half, but Ramon Hernandez got caught in a rundown after breaking to the plate on a grounder by Brandon Fahey, and Brian Roberts hit into a thing, say something.' I'm not one of those guys who's not approachable. I try to take advice from everybody else." The results were immediate: The slugger hit a two-ruhomer in his first at bat and in the eighth he hit a liner that cleared the wall but was snagged by left fielder Jay Payton, who made a perfectly timed leap. "I don't want Sheff to change. ... We just talked about it, suggested it," Leyland said. "It wasn't a total adjustment for him. He lowered his hands a muscle, went Rockies 5, Pirates 3: At Denver, Chris Iannetta homered and drove in ft three runs and Ubaldo W-- more Orioles on Thursday night. Tigers manager Jim Leyland was shopping for clothes in New York coach Lloyd McClendon. "A lot of people feel like I've been doing it my way for 20 years," Sheffield said. "... But like I say, 'If you see some- EAST W A run and was robbed of another, and the Detroit Tigers also got homers from Brandon Inge and Marcus Thames in a victory over the Balti- 1 Str - Sheffield hit one home 13-- 9 1 PRESS few words of advice went a long way for Gary Sheffield say, around 750 feet. Home Road Int Str WEST Chicago ASSOCIATED 11-- 7 2 CENTRAL Los on Thursday night in Cincinnati. 10-- IP H A 6 2 7 5 ER BB SO 5 4 5 Detroit Rogers W.7-Ooisi Seay Rodney Zumaya T Jones SIB Olson L.6-- 111 110 Sarfate 0 FCabrera Dolsl T2 pitched to batter in the 7th. (46,290), |