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Show Sunday, August28, 2005 DAILY HERALD THE DAY IN BASEBALL GAMEOFTHE DAY Star of the Florida's Dontrelle Willis (18-8) tied for the majar league lead in wins, giving up just one run on six hits, striking out six and walking ‘one. He also drove in the tiebreaking run when he was hit by 2 pitch with the bases loaded in Florida's 2-1 win over the Cubs. AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE Yanks rally past KC A’s trounce Baltimore Kenny Rogers pitched® six scoreless i sin first start at home since © serving a 13-game sus- © pension for shoving two TV cameramen. The 40-° year-old left-hander had ¥lost three straight starts on the road since being * reinstated, and has made six starts sincehis last vie- THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS BALTIMORE — Bobby Crosby and Eric Chavez ‘hit successive homers in a seven-runthird inning to lift Oakland to a win over the Baltimore Orioles 12-3 on Saturday. Mark Elis homered and drove in three runs,Jay Payton tied a career high with four hits, and Crosby had three hits and scored twice to help Oakland win NEW YORK — The Yankees bounded out of their dugout, celebrating as if they had just won a postseason game. A ninth-inning error the Kansas City Royals turned what should have a distressing New Yorkloss into a memorable comeback. woo Aitken away a potential giving the Yankees the oe NewYork then rallied for Torta e ie stets t Kkeed deren beating the Royals 6-7 Saturday. ERIC RISBERG/Associated Press New York Mets’ second baseman Kazuo Matsui misses a ground ball against San Francisco in the Giants’ 2-1 win in San Francisco on Saturday. Willis notches win No. 18 CHICAGO— Dontrelle Willis beat Greg Maddux totie for the major league lead withhis 18th win, driving in the tiebreaking run when he was hit bya pitch with the bases loaded in the Florida Marlins’ 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Saturday. | Willis (18-8) allowed one run andsix hits in 7 1-3 innings,struck out six, walked oneandhit one batter. He matched Chris Carpenterof St. Louis for the big league lead i victories andtied the Marlins’ season record,set by Carl Pavanolast year. Florida moved within a half-game of Philadelphia, the NL wild-cardleader. AMERICAN LEAGUE Maddux (10-11) pitched WL Boston Pt Str Home Away intr HLA 39-19 34-35 12-6 112 GB 43-24 7S 4S New York 72 56 563 Toronto 65 G4 504 Baltimore 61 67 477 Tampabay 54 76 415 CENTRAL WoL Pct Chicago «79 «47-627 Cleveland 72 58 554 Minnesota 68 61 527 Detroit L10 73 W3 a five-hitter for his second complete gameofthe season. Hehit a batter with the bases loaded forjust the third time in his career. 29-32 11-7 97)«35-26 30-38 8-10 1212 37 L2 3333 2834810 | 2002 73) W2' 3632 18440315 » Giants 2, Mets 1: At San | Francisco, Jason Schmidt (114) allowed one run and GB LIQ Str Home Away intr three hits in seven innings — 46 4 37-27 42-20 126 9 82) L1(3231 4027153 | to win his third straight 1212 64 W+4 3629 3232810 | decision, outpitching Tom 62 65 488 1712 64 W-1 32-33 We O10 Str Home Awayintr 1812 46 L2 30:34 Kensas Cy 42 85 331 3712 46 30-32 9-9 «2 -2538 1747 99 WEST Pt GB losAngeles 73 56 566 — 46 13 37-28 3628 126 Oakland 72:56 56312 «55 «WA 39-26 33:30.108 Teas 60 68 M69 1212 461 3429 26-39 99 Seattle 54 74 422 24-40 108 TODAY’Aca Cleveland (Westbrook 12-13) at Toronto (Towers 10-9), 10:37 a.m. Kansas Ci (\erenke15) at NY.Yankees (Ll3-9),11:05 am Oakland (Haren 10-10) at Baltimore (Maine 1-0), 11:3 Dart oberon 6-10) at Boston(0 Wels 10-6), t208pm Minnesota (J.Santana 13-6) at Texas (C.Young 11-7), 12:05 p.m. LA. Angels (Washbum 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Hendrickson 7-7), 12:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Garcia 11-6) at Seattle (Moyer 10-5), 2:05 p.m. MONDAY'S GAMES SATURDAY'S RESULTS | | | | | | Oakland at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bayat Boston, 5:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. ChiSoxat Texas, 6:05 p.m. N.Y. 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Marquis struckout three —_and walked none. St. Louis scored four runs in four inningsoff Matt White (0-1), who was called up from Triple-A New Orleans to makehis first career start in the majors. David Eckstein drove in oneofthose runs,then added a two-run homer. 24 TV Oa8: 0: 10000 o 71 eet Miwauee een veland Eva ae ase2 :Satso 1 3 2 1Hae 25s De La Rosa 2250 10 28 REDS4, PIRATES 2. 5510 a—soase ab rhb ' ene me es ein areas De DODGERS 8, ASTROS 3 2736 2936612 SATURDAY'S RESULTS hitter Jacob Cruz, who 0: At Washington,Jaso1 Marquis (10-13) pitched | Washington atatAtlanta, p.m. || LA ChiCubs,5:356:05pm. 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The Indians, a major league-best 18-7 since July 31, had runnersonfirst and second with twoouts in the Boston, Dmitri Younghi a grand slam and Brandgn Inge added three hits as the Detroit Tigersrallied from a six-run deficit. The Red Sox had won 14 straight at Fenway Park since July 18. » White Sox 4, Mariners AtSeattle, Jose Contre pitched into the eighth inning and Jermaine Dye a two-run homer,leadii the White Sox past Seattig. BLUE JAYS2, INDIANS.4 CLEVELAND abr hdl Semoe ct 40.0.0 Adamsss: 4.0 11 Gig 3.000 Stat 4011 Kevin Millwood (7-11) ta ss Jnsoni! 0.0.0.0 owed £0.00 pitched a six-hitter for his Hate riz ¢ 10 Koskie gn 3.010 first complete gamesince Biiard 20 Any 4.000 tb wc 3:00 Aug.7, 2003, for Philadel- aeoar Brssid 10 st 2 ne 3b nske wd 3.110 phia at Colorado, HealOHutsn 20.31 2 lowed run-scoringsingles Blake Totals Totals 90262 to Frank Catalanotto and Cleveland 001 000 000 1 Russ Adams. 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Aurilia’s secondhit of the gamescored pinch- » Cardinals 6, ee » Devil Rays 6, Angels 3: At eighth, but Batista struck centerfield off Mesa'(2:7) Aeftsma oer 2A 28-37 w4 335 180 69° retired his first 14 batters and blanked the Diamondbacks on three hits throughsix innings. But in the seventh, Chad Tracy doubled with one out and Cintron lofted a two-out drive barely over the gloveofleaping right fielder Bobby Abreu for his third pinch-hit homer of the season. JuPadilia " mig W1 6 |7 00 8 Ot| | ae Banter 6 186 14s Tez A—421004158) W4 31-35 8-10 Jon Lieber (12-12) emmmnede 7 3 4 4 a8 W313 27:38 5-13 Home Away intr 2. 430 293571 D Reds 4, Pirates 2, 10 inee AtPittsburgh, Jose Mesa hit Edwin Encarnacion witha pitch to force in the go-ahead run, and Cincinnatirallied to beat Pittsburghin 10 innings. Rich Aurilia’s two-out, two-strike doubleto right- Heri oe 2 20 9: W-1 Str _» Diamondbacks 2, Phillies 0: At Phoenix, Alex Cintronhit a two-run, pinch homer and Brandon Webb (11-10) allowed three hits in seveninningsto help Arizona stop a season-high six-game losing streak. Glavine (10-11) and ending the Mets’ five-gamewinning streak. Todd Linden had a run-scoring grounder and Mike Mathenyhit an RBI double in a two-run » Braves 8, Brewers 4: At second. Kaz Matsui had Milwaukee,John Smoltz an RBIgrounderin the allowed three hits in seven fourth for New York, strong inningsforhis first which hadfour hits and re-_ win this month. mained | 1/2 games behind Chipper Joneshit a tythe Phillies. ing two-run single in the After Victor Diaz’s two- fifth and scored the goout doublein the ninth, ahead run on Jeff Fran coeur’ssingle. 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Dodgers Philadephia Pala 711)at zone args 7. Sar Francisco 2, NY. Mets ‘Arizona 2, Peseta 0 1 Aanta Cincinnati8,Browers 4, Pisburgh 1 (10) | ward on flyout for his 250th save. Francoeur each hadthree hits and the Braves tied their season high with 17. — 3 8 (ig) Wert (17, Jor 13} 38—Peer (2 “Kent (23) oH A ER BB 50 Ommtli 4 9 7 7 3 2 Bande 40010 0 2 Buns far ientany nid 0 Wiodigez 11 0 0 0 0 aa 10001 0 EetsonMitshs 6 3 3.2 6 Desens «2% «1:0 0 0 2 Seno 11000 0 | Oswalt pitched to 3 batters in the Sth Balkjackson T=-2.32 A—51 738 (56.000) go wise, location-wise and position-wise,” he said. “It just pinch-hitter Chris Wood- fil sz cs 5 iNet eennneidt THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS tory July 16. Secsuskcatou® “The bottom line is it’s never over until the last out,” said Derek Jeter, whose two-run single pulled New Yorkwithin a run.“If you've done something 2) before, you always think you can doit again.” New York, which remained tied with Oakland for the AL wild card } lead, moved a season-high 16 games over .500. The Yankees,61-37 following an 11-19 start, have come ques from behindin 32 of their wins. ANKEES “I think when wesaw that winone : dow of opportunity on the double play, wefelt we had a chance,” said Alex Ri odriguez, , whose single ended the game. Buddy Bell, who managed the Royals to a threegame sweep over the Yankees whenhe took over the club in May, was disgusted by the display. “That was just poor — execution-wise,attitudewasn't very good. We'vegot to finish the game.” The Royals wereahead 7-3 when Affeldt came in to start the ninth. He walked Jason Giambi, then struck out Bernie Williams. Jorge Posadahit a bouncer back to the mound,and Affeldt turned to throw to second, But the throw was low and wide, and short~ stop Angel Berroa dropped the ball. Affeldt, who seemed toslip on the resin bag as he threw the ball, sat disconsolatein frontofhis locker after thegame and madeno excuse. “The bottom lineis I blew it,” he said. “It was a routine double play. I can’t look anybody ii n the eye right now.It was an embarrassment.” Matt Lawton, acquired from the Chicago Cubs earlier Saturday, then loaded the bases with a single and Tino Martinez,pinchhitting for Robinson Cano, singled to cut the deficit to 7-4. Jeter followed with a two-run single past a diving Berroa. ‘ 1 LOB—Chicago 7 Seattle S Beye24), Sexson 28) WA (20, Soeast ‘$B—Dye 2 (10) Dobbs ROR BB SO Chicago ConrerasW9-7 7 5 3 3 2 Cots % 00 0 1 Jenks % 2000 9 Mares423 0 0 0 1 0 Prowls3 6 7 3 3 2 3 omion 1's 2 100 0 ‘Sheen » 00 0 Patz 100 0 acne pachaterie WBP—by Contreras (Bete Tn2s3 AoaTS00 aT 47) f 2 2p € 0 6 6 20 vy Faso; 4014 Totals 42121511 Totals 37 311 3 Oakland 107 202 000 — 12 Baltimore 000 100 200 — 3 2) Fasano ‘ak Senda ine 0 ‘OuBose patched to 5 batters in the 3d wer. Kennedy (Matos), W—Fiy T—241 A—33.195 (48,290) i ' \ |