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Published: August 4, 2008
Twins 6, Indians 2: Francisco Liriano threw six scoreless innings in his return to the Minnesota rotation, helping the Twins move into first in the AL Central with a victory against visiting Cleveland yesterday.
Denard Span and Brendan Harris homered for Minnesota.
CLEVE. ab r h bi MINN. ab r h bi
Szmore cf 3 0 1 1 Span rf 4 2 2 1
JCrroll 3b 4 0 0 0 Punto 2b 4 1 1 1
BFrnco rf 4 1 1 1 Rdmnd c 4 0 0 0
Peralta ss 4 0 1 0 Mrneau dh 3 0 0 0
Shppch c 4 0 1 0 Kubel lf 2 1 0 0
Garko dh 4 0 1 0 DYong lf 0 0 0 0
FGtrrz lf 4 1 1 0 Lamb 1b 3 1 1 1
AnGzlz 1b 3 0 1 0 Bscher 3b 3 0 1 1
ACabra 2b 3 0 0 0 BHarrs ss 3 1 1 1
CaGmz cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 29 6 6 5
Cleveland 000 000 110 — 2
Minnesota 001 022 01x — 6
E—BHarris (9). DP—Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1. LOB—Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1. 2B—Sizemore (25). 3B—Punto (3), Lamb (3). HR—BFrancisco (11), Span (2), BHarris (6). S—ACabrera.
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Ginter L,1-3 6 5 5 5 2 3
Mastny 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rincon 1 1 1 1 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Liriano W,1-3 6 3 0 0 3 5
Crain 1 2 1 1 0 2
Guerrier 1 2 1 1 0 1
DReyes 1 0 0 0 0 0
WP—Ginter. T—2:29. A—39,818 (46,632).
Rays 6, Tigers 5 (10): Carl Crawford hit a tying RBI single in the 10th inning and Carlos Pena drew a game-ending, bases-loaded walk to give Tampa Bay a win against visiting Detroit yesterday.
DET. ab r h bi TAMPA ab r h bi
Grndrs cf 6 1 1 1 Iwmra 2b 4 1 1 0
Planco 2b 5 2 3 0 Upton cf 4 2 2 2
CGuilln 3b 5 0 1 0 Crwfrd lf 5 0 1 1
Ordnez rf 5 0 2 2 Lngoria 3b 5 0 1 0
MiCabr 1b 5 1 1 1 CPena 1b 4 0 1 2
Joyce lf 4 0 1 0 CFloyd dh 3 0 1 0
Shffield dh 4 1 2 1 Gomes dh 1 0 0 0
Inge c 2 0 0 0 Nvarro c 4 0 0 0
Sntiago ss 4 0 1 0 Hinske rf 3 1 1 1
Thmes ph 1 0 0 0 Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Rnteria ss 0 0 0 0 WAybr ph 0 1 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Rggans ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 41 5 12 5 Totals 36 6 8 6
Detroit 001 010 011 1 — 5
Tampa Bay 000 000 130 2 — 6
Two outs when winning run scored.
E—Galarraga (2). DP—Detroit 1, Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Detroit 11, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Polanco 2 (26), Upton (25). HR—Granderson (12), MiCabrera (20), Sheffield (9), Upton (7), Hinske (16). SB—Sheffield (7). S—Iwamura.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Galarraga 7 4 1 1 0 4
Farnsworth 1 3 3 3 0 2
Seay 1 0 0 0 0 2
Rodney L,0-3 2/3 1 2 2 3 1
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
JShields 61/3 9 2 2 1 4
Balfour 11/3 1 1 1 1 3
Howell 1/3 0 0 0 0 0
Percival 11/3 2 2 2 2 0
TMiller W,1-0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1
T—3:45. A—33,438 (36,048).
Royals 14, White Sox 3: Mike Aviles went 4 for 4 with a home run and Kansas City defeated visiting Chicago in a game featuring five ejections yesterday.
There was a bench-clearing brawl in the fifth inning when Royals catcher Miguel Olivo was hit by a pitch from D.J. Carrasco and charged the mound.
CHIC. ab r h bi K.C. ab r h bi
OCabra ss 2 0 0 0 Aviles ss 4 1 4 3
Fields 3b 2 0 0 0 Pna Jr. ss 2 0 0 0
Przyns c 4 1 2 1 EGrmn 2b 4 0 0 0
Quentin lf 2 0 0 0 Teahen rf 5 1 1 0
BAndsn cf 2 1 1 0 JGuilln dh 4 3 2 1
Dye rf 2 0 0 0 Butler 1b 5 2 3 2
Wise lf 2 1 1 1 AGrdon 3b 4 3 2 0
Grf Jr. dh 2 0 1 0 Olivo c 2 1 1 3
THall dh 2 0 1 1 JBuck c 2 2 1 1
Knerko 1b 4 0 0 0 Gload lf 5 0 2 2
Swisher cf 3 0 1 0 Maier cf 5 1 3 1
AlRmrz 2b 3 0 0 0
Uribe 3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 42 14 19 13
Chicago 000 000 210 — 3
Kansas City 051 042 02x — 14
E—Richard (1), Greinke (1). DP—Kansas City 1. LOB—Chicago 4, Kansas City 8. 2B—Butler (15), AGordon (26), Olivo (17), JBuck (18), Gload (13). 3B—Wise (2). HR—Pierzynski (9), Aviles (7), JGuillen (16). SB—Olivo (3).
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Richard L,0-2 41/3 11 9 6 1 1
DCarrasco 0 0 1 1 0 0
Logan 21/3 5 2 2 2 3
Wassermann 11/3 3 2 2 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke W,9-7 61/3 6 2 2 0 6
Tejeda 22/3 1 1 1 0 5
WP—Richard. T—2:59. A—15,268 (38,030).
Red Sox 5, A's 2: Jed Lowrie's two-run triple highlighted a three-run fourth inning that helped Daisuke Matsuzaka to his 12th win and Boston completed a three-game sweep of visiting Oakland yesterday.
OAK. ab r h bi BOST. ab r h bi
RSwny rf 4 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 Yukilis 1b 4 0 2 1
Cust lf 2 0 1 0 Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0
FThms dh 4 0 0 0 Lowell 3b 4 1 1 0
CGnzlz cf 4 0 1 0 Bay lf 4 2 2 0
Hnnhan 3b 4 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 3 1 1 2
Crosby ss 1 1 0 0 Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Petit ss 0 0 0 0 Crisp cf 2 0 0 2
EBrwn ph 1 0 0 0 Ellsbry rf 3 0 1 0
DBartn 1b 4 1 1 2
Bowen c 2 0 0 0
KSuzuk c 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 29 5 8 5
Oakland 000 020 000 — 2
Boston 100 301 00x — 5
E—Ellis (3). LOB—Oakland 6, Boston 6. 2B—Pedroia (33), Youkilis (27), Lowell (25). 3B—CGonzalez (1), Lowrie (1). HR—DBarton (4). SB—Ortiz (1). SF—Crisp 2.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Braden L,2-2 31/3 6 4 4 0 1
Casilla 12/3 0 0 0 2 1
Devine 0 1 1 0 1 0
Embree 1 0 0 0 0 1
Street 1 1 0 0 1 1
Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Mtszka W,12-2 6 4 2 2 2 8
Okajima 1 1 0 0 1 1
Delcarmen 1 0 0 0 1 0
Papelbon S,31 1 0 0 0 0 1
T—3:03. A—37,317 (36,984).
Mariners 8, Orioles 4: Raul Ibanez's two-run single off reliever Jamie Walker capped a three-run seventh inning for Seattle, and the Mariners snapped a seven-game home losing streak with a win against visiting Baltimore yesterday.
BAL. ab r h bi SEA. ab r h bi
BRbrts 2b 5 1 2 1 ISuzuki rf 4 1 1 1
Payton cf 4 0 0 0 Reed cf 3 1 1 2
Mrkkis rf 4 1 1 0 Ibanez lf 3 0 2 3
Huff dh 4 1 1 0 Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0
Mora 3b 4 0 1 0 JoLpez 2b 4 1 1 1
Millar 1b 4 1 2 1 Vidro dh 4 1 1 0
Scott lf 4 0 2 1 LaHair 1b 2 0 1 0
Quiroz c 3 0 1 1 Cairo 1b 1 1 1 0
Cintron ss 4 0 1 0 JClmnt c 4 1 2 1
YBncrt ss 3 2 1 0
Totals 36 4 11 4 Totals 32 8 11 8
Baltimore 021 001 000 — 4
Seattle 201 001 31x — 8
E—Cintron (5). DP—Baltimore 2, Seattle 2. LOB—Baltimore 6, Seattle 4. 2B—Quiroz (3), Ibanez (32), YBetancourt (24). 3B—Reed (1). HR—BRoberts (8), JoLopez (9). SB—ISuzuki (35), Vidro (2). SF—Reed, Ibanez.
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
DCabrera L,7-7 6 7 7 6 2 6
JWalker 1/3 1 0 0 0 1
Bradford 2/3 0 0 0 0 0
JJohnson 1 3 1 1 0 0
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO
Silva 62/3 9 4 4 1 2
Putz W,3-4 11/3 1 0 0 0 0
Morrow 1 1 0 0 0 1
DCabrera pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP—Morrow. T—2:39. A—33,334 (47,447).
Rangers 8, Blue Jays 4: Gerald Laird homered twice and drove in four runs as Texas beat visiting Toronto last night.
Texas starter Luis Mendoza (3-4) recovered from a three-run first inning to allow four runs and six hits in seven innings. Mendoza struck out two and walked one in his 12th major-league start, retiring his final nine batters.
TOR. ab r h bi TEXAS ab r h bi
Inglett 2b 4 0 1 0 Kinsler 2b 4 1 0 0
Scutaro 3b 3 1 0 0 Laird c 4 2 2 4
Rios cf 4 1 1 0 MiYong ss 4 1 1 0
Ovrbay 1b 4 1 1 1 Hmlton dh 1 1 0 0
ALind lf 3 1 1 1 MByrd cf 4 1 1 1
Stairs dh 3 0 2 1 DaMph rf 3 0 0 0
Mench ph 1 0 1 0 BBogs lf 3 0 0 0
Wlkrsn rf 4 0 0 1 CDavis 1b 4 1 2 2
Zaun c 4 0 0 0 Metcalf 3b 1 1 0 0
McDnld ss 3 0 0 0 RVzqez 3b 1 0 1 1
Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 29 8 7 8
Toronto 300 100 000 — 4
Texas 000 230 03x — 8
DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Toronto 4, Texas 5. 2B—Overbay (23), Mench (8), MByrd (13), RVazquez (17). HR—Laird 2 (6), CDavis (11). SB—Inglett (7). SF—ALind, RVazquez.
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Purcey L,1-2 5 3 5 5 2 4
Parrish 11/3 0 0 0 1 2
Camp 2/3 2 1 1 0 0
Carlson 2/3 2 2 2 2 0
Frasor 1/3 0 0 0 0 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza W,3-4 7 6 4 4 1 2
FFrancisco 1 0 0 0 0 1
Guardado 1 1 0 0 0 1
Camp pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP—by Purcey (Metcalf), by Purcey (Hamilton). WP—Carlson. Balk—Carlson. T—2:51. A—17,488 (48,911).
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