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Show HERA1D DAILY DC ' Sunday. August 24, 2008 . ' Star of the day Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez went with two home runs and six RBI in a 2 victory over the Nationals. . 9-- American league NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST L M Gl ajai? ,w . Rond bit L10 Str w t 4H 512 64 1 6Q33510V2 64 VH 62 5191212 74 55 574 Boston 67 Taranto 7--3 W-- Nf.T; 7 11-- 7 38-2- 7 3 IM 37-2-8 ' 12-- 1 43-1- 8 3228 61 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 39 CHICAGO-Car- 11- -f r" CENTRAL W L M Gl 110 Str MmtsotiX'M .SCSTI'WL-'' Chicagd 73 55 570 1 4521 WEST w liiiAwfas' 1 78, .SO Teas 63 66 488 &kbnd: 58 38 36-2-9 36 Pet GB L10 Str 'AC6.?ri SKVW L 15 7M5319 12 . W-- 1 m M0 t. 4.V-- . 135 7 40 101. 1 30-3- 5 . M T, 7 24. Seittle ".V 47 81 .367 3012 27-3-8 2 iHr f-- 2242 , r - , J . v 4 bases-loade- :vr;v7) 9-- 9 los d . ; . TOM MIHALENAuociatad Press at Toronto (Burnett 16-9- ), 1MJ7 a.m. at Baltknore (D.Cibrara ), 1155 uri.. . 12)5 p.m. Tampa (Sonnanatino 13-- 6) at ChiSox (Buahrto at Kaneaa City (Duckworth ), 12:10 pjn. Detroit (Rooara IMnnaaota (Sknwy 10-at Angais (LSwtana 13-5-), 135 p.m. Oaktond (Meyer 0-it Seattle (F.HemmPez ), 2:10 p.m. Cteratwd (Rayaa 2--1) to Tnxaa (PadRa ). 6:05 pm , Boaton (bMwiaka Yankaos (Ratnor 15-- 2) : Pat Burrell homered and matched his career high with five RBI, and Cole Hamels pitched effectively with some overdue run support to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Lbs Angeles Dodgers ; ,8-Saturday. Burrell put the Phillies ahead with his 30th 7 shot homer, a three-ru- n line down the in the first inning. He got a gift RBI double in the fifth when Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp lost a routine fly in the sun, then capped his big day with an RBI single in . 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WaaNngtpa (Bargmann 2-1:05 p.m. Ctodnnitl (Cueto ia it Coloiado (Jknenoz San Diego (Banka 3-- at San Francisco (Correia ), 2:05 pm Florida (Noiaico 12-at Artzona (Davis ), 2:10 p m. at Phtladetphli (Blanton LA. Dodgers (Kuroda 655p.nt.' N.Y. SATURDAY'S RESULTS ' CNCubo 9, Washington 2 Attanta6,St lnuii4 Ptktaddphii g, Dodgar 2 San Fran 4, San Dtogo 3 MHwautaa 6, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 8. M.Y. Meta 3 Cnradn 7, Cincinnati 6 An.. ., Florida ' MONDAY'S GAMES ChiCuba at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Dodger at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Houston at N.Y. Meta, 5:10 pm Arizona at San Diego, 8:05 p.m. Colorado at San Fran, 8:15 p.m. I Brewers r hkl Jeter relishes place in 1 4 0 CMUM 4 0 ilk 1 0 3 00 yrak2b IfiMUrf dub BALTIMORE Derek later is honored to be partof an exclusive dub with Lou Gehrig and Raba Ruth. For now, however, the New York Yan- -. kee shortstop is more interested in keeping his team in the playoff hunt. 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Rodriguez earned his:, major league-leadin- g 49th save, combining with Darren Oliver (5-and Scot Shields for 4 V , scoreless innings of two- -' hit relief. 7 . . . team, and get in the playoffs, and try to make some more noise, ' OMreS 4 9 10 Sdarerd YHkaM S 0 3 0 taarkpk dJanaalk 5 1 1 1 Ldaackrf . . in a bottle like last years, it. IMS 11, Red Sox . es At Toronto, Vernon. " Wells hit two home runs, Marco Scutaro added a solo shot and the Blue ' Jays roughed up Jon Lew ter hi a rout of Boatoni. Wells went with three RBI and scored four times to back Jesse Litschs strong outing. He hit a two-rushot off Les--, ter in the first inning and a solo drive in the fifth g 12th for his homer. Utsch ) pitched six sharp innings to win for the first time since June 26. He allowed three hits, walked three and struck out four. Lester (12-5- ) had won ' nine of his past ID ded--. sions and lasted at least seven innings in eight consecutive starts, but he was knocked out alter 2 innings this time the shortest start of his career. The lefty matched a career high by allow- - J ing seven earned runs. 7. He gave up eight hits, waUied two and struck hoping to catch lighting m 4.44 10 KM 11.1 11000.1 10 10a 0o o i o 121 444284 1 I 1.1 i Ml MM 0u TMa . Dap 1 n 1 m m 4 0 4 0 ,,.1H I itir Mp. MSI! Ma 00 111 11 'I 1 . Joa h BeckRed Sax ett want face the New York Yankees on Tbesday after skipping a bullpen session Saturday because of contimKd nupibness and tingling in his pitching arm. Manager Tarry Fraacona said Beckett has in- - ' flammation ip his elbow and likely won't start again until next Friday, when the Red Sax return home to open a three-gam- e series against the Chicago White Sox. Jt er a SW l U4-- 1 M. right-hand- 000I 0 0 001 Moam (IX 0k (7) ' III Mknww an. iouna (III. Moakra (4( fckk Beckett won't start for Red Sox vs. Yankees 01 111. 1 11 1 1. AHUM lOS-A- nM (11) Mock 1 til 1 a a 10 ; 0: -- IP I T r 4 Ul-I- I Blue Jays N (22HM BREWERS 6. PIRATES 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 Denver, Matt Holliday hit double that a three-ru- n highlighted a seventhinning rally, sending the Rockies over the Reds. The Rockies trailed when Holliday hit reliever Nick Masseta first pitch off the right field walL Brad Hawpe followed with an RBI single. ..The Rockies are still kotak(17)FtaotallM)kakBlk.RaNr Mknrn OdPril . At 8 Rockies 7, Reds 6: 1 Ckugo I. UM WHtanglon CdKigo 10 M (morn (IB. Mono (111 1 (22), ASonmo (11). NO i(17Vt 000 1 Oil Ml MO . 1 IN no Ml . gostilL.. SOtmn 1 Mi M , Airtime your name is with someone like Gehrig and Ruth, it's pretty special, Jeter said. To ' be quite honest with you, I don't even think about it much because were trying to win games here. Thatls something you reflect on maybe when your career) over. New York entered Saturday trailing Boston by : six games in the AL wild-car- d race. Jeter is doing his best to keep the Yankees' hopes alive he was batting .486 over his last eight games to raise his average 15 points to 296. . Jeter is the 88th player in baseball history to have 200 hits. According to the Elias Sports. Bureau, only Hank Aaron and Robiu Yount were younger than Jeter (34 years, 57 days) when they reached the 200 plateau. : When you think about Derek Jeter, he's been consistent through Ids whole career, Yankees manager Joe Girard! said. He stayed healthy, plays everyday, works very hard at what he does. There aren't a lot of people who have 2,500 hits. Shows you what kind of player he is. Been a very good player for a long time and he's got a ways to TORONTO . f IN ai 0 Hndrakl 0 0 Amnipk 1 0 Pkkl 1 4 0 : 6, 1 Sill10 110 0 1000 tOHnnolf 0100 Lnorknok 10 19 khNlp..O 010 IMMO 0 0 0 0 kM ji '10 10 tktak Mi M ail I Mini Ml 101 I 411 I (h I iHomondk HI. Fduidomi 1 14V ' 0 0 Mock D'BACKS 7, MARLINS 1 4 1111 1 11 0 1111 0 10 0 1111 4 010 MAI Pirates 3: At .. Milwaukee, Ryan Braun s homered, doubled and, drove in three runs, leading Jeff Suppan and Milwaukee past Pittsburgh for its third straight win.. MLB NOTES ra ikM lonMolfe 4 0 0 I ASrenol WHmS 10 10 Tlwiolra 1 On 0 00 DIM Ik Zmnlk 4 0 10 Wvd 1b ' MMgtct I 0 0 0 Arfbnilb MM Ik 4 0 10 Mwicf FUINC 4 0 10 DlkoM 26 4 110 Soke UNfflirf ' 4 111 FUmtrf OdPwi 10 0 0 Omoott . t Yankees' 2,500 ana ' ' CMKMO NASHUMTON 2) . - injurre CUBS 9. NATIONALS 2 At homers and Ryan Demp-- . ster matched a career . high with his 15th win for the Cubs, Mark DeRosa homered in his third straight game and Alfonso Soriano added an RBI double for the NL Central leaders, who improved to 48-1- 9 at Wrigley Field. Dempster (15-5- ) allowed one run in 71 innings. ' TODAY'S GAMES Houston (Wolf 511) at . :: 3-- 1 . and Arizona padded 'its NL West lead, get-tin- g home runs from . Chris Young and Miguel ; Montero in a victory over .Florida. Chicago, Aramis Ramir: ez hit a pair of three-ru- n 27-3- 8 . Phoenix, Yusmeiro Petit pitched six solid innings n 9-- . ;; New York, Lance Berk- -' man hit a three-ru- 6 3 . e . . : half-gam- e first-plac- four-gam- . I Astros I, Mats 3: At 37-2- W-- 1 . . : e their seasoivbest winning streak. Rnch-hitt- er I D'Backa 7, Marlins 1 At 1 8 3 4024 412 64 ; 9 550 ;;6 V :w 78 28 Houston 65 64 .504 14 54 2341 64 Flttsfauri :YS7 2"2Z';7U4,'34-31.- : Cndnnati 2540 6 57 73 4382212 75 55 577 At St. Louis, to help the Giants matdi : Greg Norton delivered a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth uv ning, and Atlanta beat St. e Louis to snap a ; losing streak. Albert ftijols homered and drove in three runs .for the Cardinals, who , dropped 3 15 games be-- .' :: hind Milwaukee in the wildcard race. :. : 4L (8-1- 8 Braves 8, Cardinals 4: . CENTRAL - . ALeust , : 5-- 3 ld .. : . Padres 3: At San Francisco, Rich Auril-i- a tripled in the goahead run with two oids in the , bottom of the eighth, and allowed Barry Zito four hits in eight innings 8 Giants 92-7- 2 " HwYMc lead-- . The NL wild-car- d ers moved to 20 games over .500 for the first time since finishing the 1992 season 0 in the. PHILADELPHIA At Kaiuas CRy, Zach M iner ' pitched threohit ball for seven innings, Miguel Cabrera hit his third homer in two games to reach 7 100 RBI and the Detroit handed the Royals their .seventh straight loss. V Magglio Ordonez, Edgar Renteria and Matt Joyce each had a sacrifice fly for Detroit. The Royals have their third losing streak of at least seven games this season They have been outscored 78-2-9 in los-' ing 10f-l- l and f ailing a season worst below .500. 8 Tigtra A Royab 0: . NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST . . Oakbnd d Angek, 83)5 pm Mmeaota to Seatde, &1Q pm Detroit 4, Kaneaa City Q Angela? Minneaota 5 Cto. at Tanas, late ONtond at Seattlt, late fwo-RB- ;. MONDAY'S GAMES Ctoraknd at Debolt, 5 pm Ch&Kd Baltimore, 53)5 pm Taxaa at K.C. ,6:10 p.m. . SATURDAY'S RESULTS . Toronto 11, Boaton 0 TbmpaBay5,CNSox3 N.Y. Yantoea 5, BaNknori 3 2-- . J bat as tie hits a single off of Lot Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Beimel in the sixth inning on Saturday in Philadelphia.. Philadelphia Phillies Shane Yictorino breaks his . (10-10- - TODAY'S GAMES ' since signing a four-yea$395 million contract before the 2005 season. ' Brian Bruney followed Pavano with two innings of onefdt balL Jose Veras worked the eighth and. Mariano Rivera got three outs for his 30th save in 31 tries. . Jason Giambi hit his 25th homer and drove in ' three runs, and Hideki .. Matsui had a solo shot for his 500th career RBI. Both homers came off : Jeremy Guthrie ), who gave up five runs and seven hits in 6 3 in-nings. . Penas tworuniingle eighth capped a four-ru- n inning, and the surging Tampa Bay Rays increased their AL East lead Saturday by rallying for a S3 victory over the. Chicago White Sox. '. Pena's single off Matt Thornton broke a ll tie and sent Tampa Bay to its 11th ..: win in 14 games. The sur- prising Rays, who keep , winning despite injuries to Evan Longoria, Carl Oawford and Troy Rer- civaL moved 5 H games ahead of second-plac- e Bostoa Tampa Bay pulled this one out even though Chicagos Jermaine Dye hit two solo homers and. Javier Vazquez (10-1retired his first 17 batters. The White Sax, who began bethe day a hind Minnesota in the AL Central, took lead into the eighth 8 before unraveling. .. Grant Balfour (4-pitched a scoreless sev- - , -enth for the win. Chad Bradford retired the side in the eighth and Dan Wheeler tossed a perfect ninth for his eighth save. ' k$LA e 10--8 37 1041 34-3- 3 ,25-3-9 r' M Homo Road bit 1 8 7 VlC? 7; ;i Vr- - U-- 4 12-- 6 28-3- 4 . 33-2- 8 .74 4261912 : bnuiGty 31 46-2- 3 84 C9 9$1Qia .64VM.S 60 67 472 1312 3 W5 Cbwhnd Road Int Horn 2 3 start with the Yankees . 30-3- iJPyre kta 9JBW) M IN.UI) a n |