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Show Friday, August f, 2008 The bay AMERICAN LEAGUE DAILY i HERALD C3 Star of the day Baseball Anaheim Angels' Vladimir Gurrero hit a long three-ruhomer that buried the Yankees in the Bronx on Thursday, as the Angels doubled up New York, 12-n NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W Pet L Tampa Bay Boston 63 44 .5& 61 GB 48 .560 New York 59 49 .546 Toronto 54 54 .500 Baltimore 51 3 W-- 6 3 412 912 64 56 .477 12 7 6 U 6-- 4 4-- Twins drill Sox Home Road Int 4016 2328 12-- 6 Str L10 6-- 4 10-- 8 4 29-2- 1 W Pet L 60.47 .561 Minnesota 60 48 .556 Detroit GB L10 Str 5 1 12 W-- 55 53 .509 512 l-- Kansas City 50 59 .459 11 Cleveland 47 60 .439 13 W GB 12-- 6 1 13-- 5 29-2-2 W-- .night. . The game was stopped for several minutes when fans threw hats and baseballs onto the turf and had the White Sox runniasd-fn- g for the shelter of the 13-- 4-- 10-- 6 144 l 4 1 29 26 W-- 2 WEST Los Angeles Texas Oakland Seattle Pet L 68 '40 - .630 8--2 Home Road Int Str L10 W-- 10-- 9 56 53 .514 12 12 10-- .53 54 .495 1412 41 67 .380 TODAY'S GAMES Oakland (Duchscherer Angels (E.Santana 11-- 10-- 8 9 3 27 W-- 1 9 5 at Boston (Wakefield ), 5:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. Yankees (Ponson ), Detroit (Miner at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Marcum at Texas (Hunter ), 6:05 p.m. Cleveland (Sowers at Minnesota (Blackburn 6:10 p.m. ChiSox (Vazquez at Kansas City (Hochevar ), 6:10 p.m. Baltimore (Olson at Seattle (Washburn 8:10 p.m. 10-- at SATURDAY'S GAMES L.A. Angels at Yankees, 1:55 p.m. ChiSox at Kansas City, 1:55 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Cleveland 9, Detroit 4 Angels 12, N.Y. Yankees 6 Seattle 8, Texas 5 Minnesota 10, Chi Sox 6 Oakland at Boston, 5:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Baltimore at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE W Pet L GB 59 49 .546 New Yotk 58 50 .537 Florida 58 51 .532 Atlanta 50 58 .463 Washington 38 70 .352 Home Road Int Str L10 6-- 4 W-- 5 6-- 4 W-- 2 1 5 1 W L 65 44 .596 Pet ASSOCIATED THE the Cubs and Brewers were tied atop the NL PRESS LOS ANGELES Brandon Webb allowed just one run over eight innings as the held off the Dodgers, Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. With the win, theD-backlead in the National League West increased to two over the Dodgers. Arizona has now won eight of its last 10 games. 2-- 9 Phillies 8 Nats 4: At 0 W-- 21 9 0 9 CENTRAL Chicago Dodgers roll snake eyes 6 12 1 GB Home Road Int Str L10 W-- St. Louis 61 50 .550 5 6 1 Milwaukee 60 49 .550 5 4--6 5 Cincinnati 51 58 .468 14 Houston 50 57 .467 14 Pittsburgh 50 58 .463 14 W L Pet Arizona 55 52 .514 Los Angeles 54 53 .505 1 Colorado 49 61 .445 712 4 San Francisco 44 63 .411 11 6 San Diego 42 67 J85 14 5 4 3 8 6 W-- 1 4-- 6 741 26-2- 6 1 12 Washington, Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth homered, and Philadelphia stretched its winning streak to five games with a victory over Washing- ton. The first place Phillies completed a three-gam- e sweep of the injury Nationals and took a e lead over idle New York in the NL East. Washington has lost nine straight, tying this season's longest streak and the. worst skid since the Nationals moved from Montreal in 2005. Rollins was with -- iddled one-gam- WEST TODAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh (Karstens Colorado (Jimenez Milwaukee (Suppan Cincinnati (Bailey N.Y. Mets (Martinez Philadelphia (Hamels San Fran.(Lincecum Arizona (Johnson GB - 3 Home Road Int Str L10 W-- 2 2 9 0 W-- 1 2 2 2 5 a walk and three at ChiCubs (Marquis at Florida (Volstad ), at Atlanta (James ), 12:20 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 5:35 p.m. at Washington (Od.Perez ), 5:35 p.m. at Houston (Backe 6:05 p.m. at St. Louis (Lohse 6:15 p.m. at San Diego (Banks 8:05 p.m. at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8:40 p.m. ), RBI. Kyle Kendrick (9-earned his first win since July 1, giving up two runs and seven hits in 6 innings. Werth's solo homer and Rollins' RBI groundout helped the Phillies go up in the second. Rollins 0 hit a two-ru- n homer in the fourth to give Philadelphia lead. a Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell added RBI singles straight. Rich Harden SATURDAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at ChiCubs, 11:05 a.m. Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 7, N.Y. Mets 6 Washington 8, Philly 6 San Diego 6. Colorado 4 ChiCubs 12, Arizona 2 at Atlanta, 1:55 p.m. Mets at Houston, 5:05 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 5:10 p.m. Cinci. at Washington, 5:10 p.m. Phila. at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. San Fran, at San Diego, 8:05 p.m. Arizona at Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Milw. N.Y. MLB NOTES 5-- 2 n a three-ru- n sixth that gave the Phillies an 2 lead. Washington helped the Phillies by making three errors, two of which led to runs off starter John Lannan 8-- ). (1-- picked up his first NL win, giving up a run and six hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts. Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome honv ered for the .Cubs, who swept four games from the Brewers for the first time since 2003. Edmonds, who missed the previous three games with a sore left knee, led off the third with a homer to give the Cubs the lead. With two outs in the fourth, Dave Bush ) walked Aramis Ramirez. Fukudome doubled and Mark DeRosa was hit with an pitch. Edmonds followed with his seventh grand slam. It was his 27th multihomer (5-9- 0-- 2 game. I Braves 9, Cardinals 4: At Atlanta, Rookie Clint Sammons homered and drove in three runs for hbi ASrano It Theriotss 4 Weeks 2b 0 0 Cunsell 3b 0 0 Hardy ss Fielder lb 5 OLee 1b 5 ArRmz3b 3 Cedeno 3b 0 Fkdme rt 4 0 2 0 0 0 Howry p Eyre p Mrstiall p Edmnd cf Soto c Harden Ward 0 2 0 0 0 Braunll Kapler rl 2 5 p 2b Tigers place Todd Jones on DL Detroit reliever Todd Jones CLEVELAND disabled list on Thurswas placed on the day as the Tigers eagerly waited for Kyle to join them. Jones, who recently lost his closer's job, has inflammation in his right shoulder. He has been bothered by pain for six weeks but refused to blame it on his recent struggles. Before going on the DL, Jones, was with an 11.23 ERA and three blown saves in seven tries in his last 13 outings. Jones had an MRI exam before The the Tigers lost 4 to the Indians in the finale of a e series. He's waiting for the test results. "What I do know is that I've been hurting for a few weeks and I don't want to try and pitch and hurt my team," said Jones, who has 319 career saves. "If I can get this cleared up, whatever it is, then hopefully I can get back and pitch the way I can and still help this team. I'm on the DL. I don't like that, but I will stay with the team, do what I can behind the scenes to help out." 2 He pitched 1 Va innings in Detroit win in 13 innings on Wednesday, hours after the Tigers acquired Farnsworth from the New York Yankees. In the sixth inning, Jones gave up a leadoff homer to Indians catcher Kelly Farns-wort- h 1 9-- four-gam- 14-1- Shoppach, who angered him by flipping his bat toward the Jigers' dugout as he ran from the batter's box. Litke Continued from C2 Cooper one more weapon to call upon late in the game," Wade said. Left unmentioned is that with the Astros already more than a dozen games out in the NL Central, they'll need a lot more than one weapon. Dodger fans, meanwhile, can start gloating even as Manny Ramirez! makes reservations to fly cross-countr- y "i ,i Gagne HBP Just five days ago, 0 4 ab r hbl 0 0 Kotsay cf Ktchm 1b Infante 3b 5 5 5 4 4 Miles 2b KJhnsn2b 4 LaRuec Pineiro p AKndy2b BRyan ss Jmenezp Frncur 4 4 2 ab Ldwick rf Stvnha II YMolna GBInco YEsbar 5 II ss rf Smmns c Hmptn p JBnnett 3 0 p RSrano p Norton ph MGnzIz p ph 33 4 8 4 Totals Totals St. Louis Atlanta 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 915 9 0 0 200 110 000 020 202 21 D'BACKS St. Louis 1, Atlanta 2. LOB St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6. 2B Pujols (26). Pineiro (2). GBIanco (8). Kotsay 2 (11). Intante (10). Hampton (1). HR Intante (3), Sammons (1). SB Izlurls (11). R N ER BB SO IP Pineiro Jimenez Atlanta Hampton JBennettW.2-RSoriano 6 2 10 5 6 3 5 2 7 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MGonzalez HBP by RSoriano and start chipping away at the Diamondbacks' slim National League West lead. This might be one of those rare deals, in fact, where everybody makes out. L.A. picks up one of the most potent bats in baseball; and if only half the rumors percolating in Boston are true, the Red Sox will be better for subtracting one of the game's biggest headaches. White Sox fans, relax. Yes, Ken Griffey Jr. will further 0 0 0 2 3 (Ludwick). 0 Tlwtzki ss SSmith IStwart Baker 4 OHudsn 4 2b 4 5 Wlngh LGnzIz CJkson It 1b Rynlds 3b CSnydr c c ARmrort Webbp Lyonp 2 0 Berroass 0 0 Ozuna 2b 0 0 Ethier II DLowe p 1 MaSwy 34 2 8 2 E SDrew (81. DP Arizona Kemp (8) S IP (18). CS 0 2 0 0 1 0 2. Los Los Angeles R 0 0 0 7 1 rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 ' 1 BB 5. 8 6 SO DLowe L.8-- T 2:18. 6 V, 7 0 A 2 0 Vi Kuo Wade 6 0 0 42,440 (56,000). 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 It p 33121212 000 101 310 2 01 12 CS (2) S IP Willingham H Colorado La Ros L.5-KWells Vizcaino 3's '3 Florida ASanchezW,1.05"3 Grilli JuMiller Nelson 2 5 4 7 4 7 4 4 0 3 0 0 4 0 t 3 2 4 6 0 2 o 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 HBP by JuMiller (Sullivan), by T 312 A 13.634(38.5601. 2 0 4 i 110 2 11 0 0 7 0 0 2 Zmrmn n O Blliard 2b 0 Orr ss Lannan p 0 Mnning p n Mnrk n 0 0 0 0 Nieves ph Jenkins rf 1 111 110 10 11 4 0 4 3 4 110 0 0 0 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colomep FLopezph 36 811 6 Totals 35 4 9 3 1110 Totals ab 5 3 5 4 Cairo 3b 3 3 4 5 0 4 Zimmerman (3). Washington Washington 9. 2B Flores (4). Belliard (8). LOB 8. Philadelphia Rollins (25). Casto (6). Rollins (8). Werth (15). FLopez 120). HR SB Victorino (8), Victorino (26) CS Bruntlett (2). S Kendrick, Lannan. H R IP ER BB SO , E DP Philadelphia h 7 Condrey ID 0 I Seanez 'A 2 0 2 W.9-- 6 Washington Lannan 9 5 0 Manning Mock Colome Vj 2 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2:53. A Hmllondh MByrd ct 0 DaMphrf 0 Laird c 0 COavis lb 31,658 (41.888). Escalating salaries were supposed to make trades harder to pull off, and more than a few of the GMs who did are going to wish they were harder still. The Yankees might regret swapping Pudge Rodriguez for Kyle Farnsworth, especially if the bullpen hole he plugged widens into a tear. But all those World Series titles and a new stadium coming on line next season buys some goodwill with the paying customers and, 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 220 200 020 000 000 023 8 5 Cairo (2), DaMurphy (2), RVazquez (12) Seattle 1. LOB Seattle 12, Texas 8 ISuzuki (13), Ibanez (30), Cairo (5), Reed (6) CS (7); 2 R H ER SO BB Seattle Dickey MLowe PutZ 7 W.3-- 2 3 0 6 3 !i 4 4Vi L.2-- 5 6 2 2 3 0 0 6 4 2 2 by Dickey (MByrd) WP A 17,839 (48,911). 0 5 Ouinlan If 0 GAndsn dh 5 0 2 3 5 3 0 5 4 Kndrck 2b JRivra If Mlb Jr cl Mathisc Totals Damon 2 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 BAbreu rf Afldrgz Giambi 3b 1b Sexson lb 0 Cano 2b 0 Nady If 0 0 IRodizc 3 0 Blemit ph 3 MlCbra cl ISO 0 42121812 Los Angeles New York 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Totals 38 612 006 004 020 000 110 103 6 12 6 Garland Los (1) OP Angeles 2. New York 2 LOB Los Angeles 6. New York 7. 2B GAnderson 1171, Mathis (7), ARodriguez 123). 3B EAybar (4), MICabiera II) HR Guerrero (18), Hunter E (31 (81 SO Los Angeles Garland W.10-- Oliver 0'Day Arredondo New York Petlitte L.12-Button 6 7 2 0 2 3 10 5VS 11 7 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 3 3 3:16. T A 53,405 3 3 4 0 3 3 pitched to 2 batters in pitched to 4 batters in the 9th WP Bntton. 2:48. 2 2 4 0 5 Guerrero 0 0 0 dh 11 Jeter ss Garland 2 Harrison Buddedh hbi ab 4 3 2 (18). JRivera (6). BAbreu (14), Nady I2 SB Figgins (21), Teixeira (1), Kendrick CS GAnderson I3 H R IP ER BB Catalanotto (17), Hamilton (24I, (9. RVazquez (16) 3B ISuzuki MR Beltre 119), RVazquez (6). LaHair (1). S JBurke. SF ISuzuki CDavis the 0 0 7th, O'Day (56,936). TWINS 10, CHISOX 6 CHICAGO hbl Dye rf Thome dh 2 Mrneau 1b 2 DYong If 0 0 Kubel dh 0 0 BHarrs 3b 0 0 Everett ss 0 0 CaGmz cf AIRmrz2b Swisher 1b Fields 3b Unbe 3b Wised Totals INDIANS 9. TIGERS 4 MINNESOTA ab i ss 5 4 0 Przynsc Quentin If 4 OCabra 3 4 4 2 2 1 2 ab i hbl 3 3 0 0 Span rf 2 Punto2b 0 Mauer c 0 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 34 6 8 6 Totals 3 0 020 020 020 000 030 43k 6 10 f Pierzynski (7), Uribe (4). LOB Chicago 4. Minnesota 10. 2B Ouentin (20), Punto (9), DYoung (20). BHarris 2 (19), HR Dye (25), Thome (20), Morneau (18), Kubel (14). SB OCabrera (17), Swisher (3), Wise (6). S Thornton Ootel IP H R ER BB SO 6 8 4 4 2 4 0 0 1 12 12 0 H Wassermann 0 2 0 2 Logan 6 SBaker Craln W.4-Guerrier 4 5 12 Nathan 0 100 0 2 0 3 8 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 in besides, they've got enough money to bury the occasional mistake. The Brewers don't. They picked up CC Sabathia on loan for the remainder of the season a at a good price, about $5 But he'll be back on the market next season looking for Johan Santana money and Milwaukee can't afford even Carlos Santana. There are two days on the baseball calendar when hope mil-lio- CLEVELAND hbi ab Grndrs cf Sntiago 2b 2 4 3 3 Thmes dh Rntenass Raburn If Srdnha Totals c 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 r h b 0 0 ab 0 Szmore dh cf 0 FGtrrz CGuilln 3b MiCabr 1b '4 3 Joyce rf Ordnez rf 3 BFrncolf Peraita ss Choort AMarte 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 Garko 1b Fasano c ACabra 4 2b 0 33 6 2 Totals Detroit Cleveland 31 9 8 8 100 001 200 100 032 03 4 9 Sardinha (1. Rapada ID, Garko (4), Fasano (2. ACabrera (41 DP Cleveland 1. LOB Detroit 5. Cleveland 7. 2B Renteria (11), SFrancisco (22), Peraita (30), Fasano Sizemore (27). SB (2). HR Sizemore (27). SF CGuillen. FGutierrez. H IP Detroit Verlander Rapada ALopez Cleveland Carmona RPerez 5 Vi h 'h W.5-- Kobayashi 0 Danks pitched batter the 7th. Dotal pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Wassermann in to batter the 8th pitched HBP Thornton. by Dotel (DYoung). WP Guerrier. T 3:23. A 31,493(46.632). to 0ETR0IT E Span. Chicago Danks Minnesota 7 0 2 Manning pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP by Colome (Utleyl, by Kendrick (Belliard), by Kendrick (Zimmerman), by Lannan (Victorino). WP Kendrick, Lannan. T 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 LaHaiMb JBurke c 5 0 Reedct RVzqez3b 37 811 6 Totals Totals DP 2B 5 4 4 4 Hunlercl h bl 2 Kinsler 2b 0 Cllnotto II 2 MiYongss r 2 2 0 3b EAybarss Tixeira lb Grrerorf Wlllllsrf TEXAS ISuzukirt Blmoistss Ibanezlt Beltre dh JoLpez2b hbi ab MARINERS 8, RANGERS 5 Chicago Minnesota 030 203 000 011 000 002 Philadelphia Washington four-gam- Figgins SEATTLE T 10 0 0 Flores c 0 0 Casto 1b p Durbin p 5 Werth rf Brntlett 3b 5 4 Ruiz c Kndrck p 3 rnrttpu n n (8-1- All-St- HBP 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3b Lngrhnll Kearnsrf n (3-6- WASHINGTON bi ab r h bl 2 3 WHarrs If 5 0 0 ? O Mllrine rf 5 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 innings when in 2 n b r 2 (5-3- I Mariners 8, Rangers 5: At Arlington, Texas, Knuck-leballR.A. Dickey limitAngels'12, Yankees 6: At New York, Torii Hunter, ed his former team to two Vladimir Guerrero and runs and six hits pitching into the eighth inning, and Juan Rivera hit three-ruAdrian Beltre homered for homers for Los Angeles, Seattle. which continued its East Coast romp. Dickey ) had lost his Coming off a three-gam- e previous three decisions, but was in control against sweep at Boston in which they scored 22 runs, a lineup that entered the the Angels hit three three-ru- n game with a team batting homers in a game for average of .282, tops in the the first time in 30 years. majors. He struck out two in 7J:i innings. Los Angeles improved baseball's best record to ANGELS 12, YANKEES 6 6840 with its 11th victory LOS ANGELES NEW VORK 13 in games since the r r Harrison 8, NATS 4 PHILLIES PHILA I Indians 9, Tigers 4: At Cleveland, Fausto Carmo-n- a won for the first time since May 12, and Grady Sizemore had four RBls to lead Cleveland. Carmona made his ) second start after spending two months on the disabled list with a hip injury. He was rocked for nine g Tensi ASanchez went right-hand- homer off Matt Guerrier in the eighth, but the Twins tacked on thrse runs in the bottom of the inning. IP vs r nings. The hadn't won since shutting out Toronto nearly three months ago. Reliever Rafael Perez got an inning-endindouble play in the seventh and struck out the side in the eighth. Sizemore hit a three-ruhomer, his 27th, in the fifth off Justin Verlander and Sal Fasano drove in two runs as the e Indians split the series. two-ru- n Texas KWells. ASancbez. R ER BB SO 14-ti- catcher arrived in New York just hours after being acquired from Detroit on Wednesday. He All-Sta- charged with two runs and five hits in 6 3 in- 4-- 3 Seattle DP Colorado LOB Colorado 9. Florida 8 2B Hermida 121), Uggla HRamirez (25). Cantu (191. (27). HR at-b- he rejoined the rotation last week. A winner last season, Carmona was warned the announced crowd of 31,493 that the Twins were risking a forfeit if the behavior continued. The fans settled down after about five minutes, and the Twins had a four-ru- n inning to erase a deficit. Joe Mauer tied the game with an RBI single and Kubel followed with his homer off Octavio Do-tfor a 74 lead. Jermaine Dye hit a 2 Totals 000 160 Durbin Arizona LyonS,23 Los Angeles 0 0 If Jon Garland ( 10-- coasted to his 10th win andGar-re- t Anderson haiLfcrffr hits for the second consecutive night. Ivan Rodriguez received a boisterous ovafor tion in his first New York. The runs break. 0 0 0 Colorado Florida baseballs, onto the field. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen quickly pulled his players off the field, and the Metrodome public address announcer 2 2 Nelson Kendrick Reynolds ER 2 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ph (18), Pierre. H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 wader. Totals Angeles 1. LOB Arizona 5. 2B SDrew (25). CJackson hbi 0 000 000 200 000 001 OSO Arizona Los Angeles r 0 Kuop hbl p p 1b ab II ft r 2 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ulley 2b Howard 1b 5 3 Burrell If 1b 3b AJones ct Tracy 3 3b 2 c If ss Urinnnrf by Bush c ss ss rt lb Uggla 2b Helms 3b CRoss cf Bakei c ASnchz p JuMillr p p Rollins the 9th 3 0 Pierre 0 0 Ardoin 0 0 Kemp 0 Martin 0 0 Loney Blake Amzga Hrmida Cantu II rt lb Trralba Ontnlla La Ros KWells ab HRmrz 0 II Hawpe Atkins Vzcaino Sllivan 3 10 141.9001 weaken an already weak defensive outfield if he winds up in center too often this season. But he will still be hitting several seasons from now, long after Jim Thome's days as a designated-hitte- r are over. Then, GM Kenny Williams will still be able to claim he got a bargain. The Cubs look smart for acquiring Rich Harden and the Angels for adding Ma$ Texeira. ph 0 0 in Gnllip Barmes 4 dugout. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire punted his hat over his head after third base umpire Marty Foster tossed him in the seventh for arguing a called strike on Denard Span, and fans responded by tossing dozens of hats, and several Nippert 2, DODGERS WehbW.15-0 0 6 2 7 0 LOS ANGELES St Louis 6 0 bbl Totals OP 45.346 A SDrew ss Young cl 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 FLORIDA cf Seanez ATLANTA Izturis 3b Mather cl Pujols lb 9 0 3 0 12 batter pitched to by Bush iDeRosai, (ASoriano) T 2 59. BRAVES 9, CARDINALS 5 2 0 i Gagne McClung 110 0 3 0 7"i BushL.5-Riske four-gam- ST. LOUIS 6 0 3 7 Eyre Marshall Milwaukee waukee. 4 Counsell (3) DP Chicago 1. Milwaukee 2. LOB Chicago 1. Milwaukee 6. ArRamirez (28). Fukudome (21 Soto (26). Fontenot (161. Braun (27). Kapler 2 (13), BHall (181 HR ASonano(18l. Fukudome (81. Edmonds 2 (13). Fielder (22) ER H R IP BB SO Howry Milwaukee, Jim Edmonds hit two homers, including a grand slam, and Chicago finished off a e sweep of Mil- 11 E Harden Cubs 11, Brewers 4: At 36 410 4 2B Chicago I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 001 400 042 000 000 103 Chicago Milwaukee 0 0 Totals 91 bbi r 0 0 Drhamph i Hliiday MCmm cl 2 0 Gagnep 0 0 McCIng p 0 0 BHallph 2 2 ab 2 0 0 3 0 Kendall c Bush p Ramirez and Jorge Cantu hit home runs for Florida. Sanchez allowed two runs and six hits in 5 innings to win in his first start since May 2007. A shoulder injury that required surgery last June sidelined him for most of last season. Tveras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Riske p ph Fntenot ab t Marlins 12, Rockies 2: At Miami, Anibal Sanchez won his first start in 15 months, and Hanley MARLINS 12, ROCKIES 2 MILWAUKEE ab (3-5- COLORADO 4 CUBS 11, BREWERS CHICAGO Atlanta, which snapped a e losing streak. Sammons, who was called up from the minors on Monday," picked up his first career RBI in the fourth, singling in a run that tied the game at 3. Atlanta's Omar Infante chipped in with three hits and two RBI, including a homer leading off the second. Reliever Jeff Bennett (2-picked upjhe win with two scoreless innings. St.' Louis starter Joel Pineiro ) gave up 10 hits and six runs in six innings. five-gam- Central. After the sweep, the Brewers have lost five straight and are five games behind Chicago, which has won five 3-- THURSDAY'S RESULTS Press J. TERRILLAssociated Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon Webb throws to the plate during the first inning against the LosKhgeles Dodgers on Thursday in Los Angeles. s' EAST Philadelphia MARK N.Y. THURSDAY'S RESULTS Ja- son Kubel's three-ru- n homer highlighted an unruly seventh inning in Minnesota's victory over Chicago on Thursday Home Road Int 6 PRESS MINNEAPOLIS 7 CENTRAL Chicago ASSOCIATED THE 2 6 ft R ER BB SO 5 3 6 6 9 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 HBP by Rapada (Sizemore), by Carmona (Santiago), by Vedander (Fasano). WP Carmona. PB Fasano. Home. Wally Bell: First. Laz Umpires Diaz; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Chuck Meriwether, T 3:14. A 34,186 (43,545). springs eternal. The first is opening day. The second was Thursday. By this point in the season, fans in the half of MLB's towns have already turned their attention to fantasy football forecasts. To those of you who made the cut, good luck. I Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke ap.org 2 3 3 |