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Show RRC Sunday, September4, 2005 ¢ DAILY H E RALD D3 THE DAYIN BASEB Star of the day St. Louis' Chris Carpenter became the first 20-game winner in the major leagues, striking out eight and only giving up two runs as the Cardinals win 4-2. NATIONAL LEAGUE BoSoxdrop 0 Fish win, McKeon 1,000th ‘Tribe throwsit away ) GAMEOF THE DAY AMERICAN LEAGUE MIAMI — Jack McKeon added twist to his postgame ritual Saturday night, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — Ina tight race for the AL wild card, the Cleveland Indians havelittle room for sipping champagne to go error the rest of the way, FHEASSOC ATED HESS ASSOCIATED BOSTON of Matt Clement andthe power tvireei David Ortiz overcame that nearly cost the Boston Red awin. There was plenty to celebrate. Miguel ie hit a three-run double with twooutsin the seventh inning to cap a comeback by the Florida Marlins, who beat the New York Mets 5-4 to give McKeonhis the and four overall. Boston peeae piand has sevenin ——— hnntions You give extra outs, BOSTON 7 extra opportunities, it is riot good,” 6 Boston TerryFrancona said. always perfect, we come bac and ore eee us for a The Red Sox offense revived after a one-game coe They scored at least seven runs in 14 conwee Tanne Genes, at Peco, Galore king to Bakimore 73 “What they've been lately is incredible,” said Clement, who went eight innings. It’s “nothing I've ever witnessed before. Ortiz’s 37th homer,a solo shot, gave Boston a 7-4 1,000th majorleague win. the top of the inning. “The bottom half got until the guys started con- but we fought back and put ourselves in position,” Wedge said. “Wejust WILFREDO LEE/Associated Press beatthe PittsburghPirates for the seventh consecutive time over twoseasons, Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeontips his hat to the crowdafter the Marlins beat the New York Mets, 5-4, helping himself and the Chi- for McKeon’s1,000th win Saturday. cago Cubs with two hits in a95 victory Saturday. Pitching 7 2-3 innings: handerretired11 ofhis though Bobby Abreuhit a Zambrano(12-5) wonhis fourth decision in a row overall, thoughhefailed for the first timein 13 fewer runs. He gave up five runs andfivehits, Yankees in the AL East. Dekinores wane reek ended at three games. u over 15 starts, pitching his majorleague-leading seventh complete game. Oakland 0 Totals 13 2938 32:37 810 4 71a 37 : 1 ae i Se be braseen 00 211 000 — ie " 6 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 fis i secondona passedball, ‘Ntonseca ‘Wione W1-2 ‘Tones $34 Pa—Acasto T—257, A~37,336 (36,331), ‘ andstopped five-game losing streak. Jorge Cantu singled off Josh Towersleading off the ninth. Scott Schoene- weis relieved and got Au- cycle, Aaron Rowand and JermaineDyehit back-to-back solo shots r ters mn the 70, rams (BCark) WP—VSantos 822.022(43.900) brey Huff to groundout, and MiguelBatista (5-6) camein andretired Jonny Gomesona flyout Lee fell behind in the count 02, then homered to right to overcome a 2-1 deficit, Seth McClung(6-8) al- as Chicago wonits third straight. Detroit has lost eight of 10. Mark Buehrle (15-7) scattered ninehits, struck lowed just two runs and out eight and did not walk a batterin seveninnings. two hits ineight innings, struckoutsix and walked three. » Rangers 5, Royals 3: At Kansas City, Juan Dominguez took a no-hit bid into YANKEES 7, ATHLETICS 0 the seventhinning Satur- | CLEVELAND MINWESOTA abr hoi Samorect “3.0 0 0 ShStwrt Grp 3.0.01 Tyrer nha ss 4000 Mauerc 4 0 Wainer on 3.1011 Mores 14 me 3:01 OlFodc 3120 Bad 2 300.0MmeuID 3111 | 2787 Touls 31050 JHimdz tb 3.0.00 JCasto> 4131 res) 3.0.00 Pu 3030 Baket 31 1 OBarettss 20.00 Mew York 901 000 Gao — 7 28232 Towls 30.3122 | a 000 000 000 — 0 CARDINALS 4, ASTROS 2 Totals ab rhb HOUSTON ab rnb Los Angeles 000 100 000 — 1 Colorado 100 050 05x — 11 co2 Jori 2) Pos feats Caado 2 L080Age 18 36.411 4 Totals ‘incinnats Atianta Phitadeiphia 010 000 003 000 — 4 Washington 200 000 020.001 — § ‘One out when winning run scored, Howard 5} LO8—Phvadelohia 10. 4 a eae a6 am sporti at \ ZSE5R Str Home Away intr prt 42 3233 2941 5-13 33% TODA\Y’S GAMES 6-1) at Ld 2739 2841 57 2 moonavansansB iy teei: by 61 75 9 Jose Guillen walked with one out, advancedto ST.LOUIS Boscco-susscoususd a Pittsburgh 55 80 407 3012 28 WEST : WoL Pt GB LIO San Diego a Los Angeles 61 74 452-7 46 victoryoverPhiladelphia. 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PADRES 6, BREWERS 1 added a two-runsingle positionin the first four ” SATURDAY'S RESULTS rado over Los Angeles night. Clemens came out after five innings becauseofa strainedleft hamstring. leaving him dates. out of trouble early as Milwaukee went0-for-8 with runnersin scoring NY. Caneatt a injury to beat the Hous- Atlanta (78-58), which has wonthree straight and Williams (7-11) pitched 2-1) atLA. come home with the win- in the ninth inning that led Tampa Bay over Toronto fifth inning to lead Colo- run homerin a five-run marquee matchup of NL CyYoung Award candi- innings. Butthe right- Detroit Seattle At Toronto,Travis Lee hit mark, glancing off Punto and allowing Castro to withouta decisionin a » Padres6, Brewers 1: At Milwaukee, Woody Williams pitched six solid innings to win forthe secondtimein 10 starts, and the San Diego Padresbeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 Saturday night. =e) 2441 108 picked it up, but his throw ton Astros 4-2 Saturday run doublein the sixth. York managerJoe Torre. only the secondtimein his major league career, and Brad Hawpe hit a three- three-run homerhighlighted five-run thirdinning, and Marcus Giles a two- baseman Jose Hernandez. Nick Punto followed with another bunt down the third-base line.Howry first 20-game winner this tage of Roger Clemens’ four offive. Rafael Furcal Small’s five-hitter fol- lowed a 12-0 lossin the series opener and yet another team meeting called before the game by New won consecutivestarts for Cardinals took advan- first time this season. Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones each drove in arunin thethird for a six-run seventh inning. At Houston, Chris Car- D Braves 9, Reds 3: At Atlanta, Jeff Francoeur's 3 Saturday night to move 20 gamesover .500 for the EAST Ww 110 Str Home Away Boston 79) iv ae 126 New York 76 312 73 WA 4426 32-35 11-7 Toronto” 67 |38 840 Balimore 64 71 474 1512 46 LA 3335 31-36 8:10 TampaBay 56. 1849 315 CENTRAL WoL Pot GB 110 St Home Away Intr Chicago 03 51 UBER eee 126 Cleveland 75 60 556 812 64 11 3332 42-28 153 Minnesota 7% I: 3434 810 Detoit 3-70 AMA 1912 28 3 3233_ 31-37 99 Kansas City 43 wi i 8 06s 17-48 99 WEST w L10 Str Home Away Intr LosAngeles 76 Sesser:(M29© 36:29 126 6 Lt 4027 3632 108 M/33080. 2939 99 throwsailed pastfirst season,andthe St. Louis and the ‘Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 9- AMERICAN LEAGUE back against the wall. < maintained a 3 1/2-game lead over the New York RBIs, and Alex Rodriguez addeda two-runsingle in a buntsingletothird off Howry (6-3) and advanced was1-6 witha 6.44 ERA in his previousninestarts. penter becamebaseball's striking out nine and walking four. Hideki Matsui drove in New York's first two runs withoutahit to reach 100 bottom ofthe inning with to second when Boone's Rockies 11, Dodgers 1: At Denver, Byung-Hyun Kim onSaturday, Twins won it in the bottom half. Juan Castroled off the drive tocenterfield that Wilson caught with his » Cardinals 4, Astros 2: into a tie for the AL wildcardlead with a 70victory over the Oakland Athletics fly tied the score at 2-2 in the top of the ninth following a leadoff double by Casey Blakeoff Joe Nathan (7-3), but the final 12 batters to snaphis three-gameskid. Williams Starts to allow three or “It takes lot of guts and a lot of courage” to face Tejada in that situation, Clement said. Boston won for the sixth time in seven games and run homerto help the New York Yankees move back couldn'tfinishit.” Coco Crisp’ssacrifice burgh, Carlos Zambrano ly. first career shutout, and Jason Giambi hit a three- Cleveland managerEric D Cubs 9, Pirates 5: At Pitts- But Timlin got his sixth save when he retired MiguelTepeoma iy 00 sigh er ruccers mt fies thi DN.Y. Yankees 7, Athletics 0: At Oakland, Aaron Small replaced injured Mike Mussina andpitched his away from us little bit, remember, the way the guys came back.” lead in the seventh, Clement (13-3) was replaced by Aaron Guiel's doublein the eighth. Dominguez, a 25year-old right-hander,is 3-1 since joining the Texas rotation on Aug. 13. ingerrorsin the ninth Saturdaynight, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-2 win overthe Indians after Cleveland hadrallied in gratulating me,” McKeon said. “Certainlyit’s something you're going to Mike Timlin to start the ninth. B.J. Surhoffsingled, Eric Byrnies struck out and Luis Matos hit a grounder to shortstop Edgar Renteria, who booted it as he tried to start a game-ending double play. Brian Roberts then coubiod in a run and Melvin Morehita sacrifice twohits and four walks in 7 1-3innings. Heleft after Howry made throw- “It didn’t really hit me BALTIMORE Emil Brown singled to center leading off the sev- let alone two. Aaron Boone and Bob- withhis customary cigar. 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