Ortiz’s 3-run double in 9th lifts BoSox
July 31, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—David Ortiz(notes) lined a three-run double to the left-center gap withone out in the ninth inning Saturday to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victoryover the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
It was the 18th game-ending hit of his career.
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Hideki Okajima(notes) (4-3) pitched a perfect ninth inning.
Phil Coke(notes) (6-2) took the loss after coming in with one on in the ninth. Theonly batter he retired was Marco Scutaro(notes), who hit a long fly ball thatleft-fielder Don Kelly(notes) jumped to grab in the top of the webbing of his glove.
The Red Sox trailed 2-0 on Miguel Cabrera’s(notes) 26th homer in the first inningand fell behind 4-0 in the fourth. Ortiz earlier struck out with the basesloaded in the seventh and with runners on second and third in the sixth.
Mauer has cortisone shot, out 2 games
July 31, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—Joe Mauer(notes) is expected to miss two games after receiving acortisone shot in his right shoulder following the Minnesota Twins’ 4-0 victoryover the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.
The reigning American League MVP, Mauer has been dealing with tendinitissince he took a foul tip off the shoulder earlier in July. Minnesota manager RonGardenhire said an MRI on the shoulder came back clean.
Gardenhire says he will miss Sunday and likely Monday. He says Mauer likelywould have sat Sunday anyway.
The soreness hasn’t seemed to hurt his swing.
Mauer hit .344 in July with 19 runs, 12 doubles, three home runs and 19 RBIin 23 games.
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Braves rally in 7th, down Reds 5-2
July 31, 2010
CINCINNATI (AP)—Ryan Hanigan(notes) hit a tiebreaking double during a wackyseventh-inning rally on Saturday, and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a 5-2victory over the Atlanta Braves, who lost leadoff hitter Martin Prado(notes) to injurybut made a trade to upgrade their outfield and bullpen.
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Center field was the problem in this one.
Hanigan doubled to the wall in center off Jair Jurrjens(notes) (3-4), who has yetto win on the road. Two runs scored while Melky Cabrera(notes) chased the ball to thewall. When the outfielder turned and threw quickly, the ball slipped from hishand and rolled across the outfield, allowing the catcher to chug home.
Bronson Arroyo(notes) (11-6) gave up five hits in seven innings against astruggling offense now missing its most productive hitter.
Francisco Cordero(notes), who took the loss in Atlanta’s 6-4 win on Friday night,got booed when he was introduced to start the ninth. He gave up a pair ofsingles, then got Jason Heyward(notes) on a called third strike for his 28th save in 34tries.
Heyward had doubled home a pair of runs in the 10th inning off Cordero forAtlanta’s win the previous night.
The Braves will be without Prado for at least a week. Tests on Saturdayfound he broke the second knuckle on his right pinkie when he slid headfirstinto home plate on Friday night. Prado leads the league in hits, ranks thirdwith a .315 average, and leads the majors with 44 multihit games.
As the game began, the Braves made a five-player deal with Kansas City toimprove their outfield and an already formidable bullpen, getting Rick Ankiel(notes)and hard-throwing Kyle Farnsworth(notes).
Cincinnati entered the day a half-game behind St. Louis in the NL Central.The Reds made no moves before the non-waiver trade deadline Saturday—a coupleof potential deals for relievers fell through.
Then, they pulled out a strange win.
Jurrjens took a 2-1 lead into the seventh, in line for his first road win ofthe season. The right-hander is 0-4 in seven road starts.
Scott Rolen(notes) homered in the fourth and doubled to start the go-ahead rally inthe seventh. Jay Bruce(notes) singled to tie it, and Hanigan doubled off a padded fencepost in center. He kept going when the ball slipped out of Cabrera’s hand androlled across the outfield for a two-base error.
Hanigan completed the breathtaking play by sliding into home, then poppingup quickly and smacking his hands together. He panted in the dugout whilelaughing teammates congratulated him.
The Reds drew their second straight capacity crowd. They expect to sell outthe weekend series on Sunday, the first time they’ve had three consecutivesellouts since 2004, when Ken Griffey Jr.(notes) was trying for his 500th homer.
Notes: The Braves sent reliever Jesse Chavez(notes), OF Gregor Blanco(notes) and minorleague pitcher Tim Collins to the Royals. … In a separate deal, Atlanta got OFWilkin Ramirez(notes) from Detroit for a player to be named or cash. Wilken wasassigned to Triple-A. … The Reds honored Braves manager Bobby Cox at homeplate before the game. Cox, who is retiring after his 29th season as a manager,got a standing ovation from the crowd of 41,611.
OF Gonzalez’s walkoff HR caps cycle
July 31, 2010
DENVER (AP)—Carlos Gonzalez(notes) went to the plate in the bottom of the ninthreplaying in his head the words of his teammates: this was his night and he hadit in him to do something special.
Punctuating those encouraging words, Gonzalez hit a game-ending home run tocomplete the cycle, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs6-5 Saturday night after blowing a three-run lead in the eighth inning.
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“I heard everyone saying I was going to do it,” Gonzalez said. “You justbelieve in yourself. I guess it was meant to be. It was my night, it was theRockies’ night.”
Gonzalez became the sixth Rockies player to hit for the cycle and the firstsince Troy Tulowitzki(notes) did it last Aug. 10, also against the Chicago Cubs.
“I put a really good swing on the ball,” Gonzalez said. “The pitch helpedme. It was 90-something, inside, and I put it right on the barrel.”
Derrek Lee(notes) hit a tying three-run homer in the eighth off Rafael Betancourt(notes).
“It’s been a struggle offensively for us, no question about it,” Lee said.“We just haven’t clicked on all cylinders. Tonight was tough. We battled back,but Carlos Gonzalez just had a great night.”
Melvin Mora(notes), who went 2 for 2 during Colorado’s record-setting 13-hit,12-run eighth inning Friday night, went 4 for 4 Saturday to stretch the streakto six hits in six at-bats.
Huston Street(notes) (2-2) retired the Cubs in order in the ninth and Gonzalezcrushed the first offering from Sean Marshall(notes) (6-3), driving the ball into thethird deck beyond the center field fence, 462 feet away. He thrust his arms intothe air as he rounded third and touched home plate as his teammates swarmedaround him.
“That was unbelievable,” Gonzalez said. “It was a great feeling. All thecrowd screaming, it’s a moment you just want to pass out because you don’t knowwhat to do. Just try to get with my teammates and celebrate.”
Marshall said he went right after Gonzalez, who singled, tripled and doubledin his first three at bats.
“He’s a good hitter,” Marshall said. “He’s locked in right now. He’sputting good swings on bad pitches and good swings on good pitches. He’sprobably the guy in the lineup that we didn’t want to beat us. I went in andchallenged him and he beat me.”
The Cubs were dealt their fourth straight loss on a day when they sentpitcher Ted Lilly(notes) and Ryan Theriot(notes) to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange forinfielder Blake Dewitt(notes), two minor leaguers and cash.
The game also marked the return of Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano(notes), who wasactivated from the restricted list Friday. Zambrano, who was placed on the listJune 29 in the aftermath of a dugout altercation with Lee, came on in relief ofstarter Tom Gorzelanny(notes) with one runner on and one out in the seventh inning.
Zambrano apologized to his teammates after Friday’s activation and he made agrateful return to play, kneeling quietly beside the mound for a moment beforepitching and pointing a finger skyward as he walked to the dugout after workingout of the seventh-inning jam by fanning pinch-hitter Seth Smith(notes) and gettingBrad Hawpe(notes) to pop out.
Zambrano said he wasn’t uneasy taking the mound again after the monthlonglayoff.
“Not at all,” he said. “Just another game for me. That’s what I thinkevery time I go to the mound. I just wanted to get the hitters out and do myjob.”
Gorzelanny came in having gone 4-0 with a 3.42 ERA in July but got ano-decision in his final start of the month, giving up five runs and nine hitsbefore leaving in the seventh after allowing a sacrifice fly to Gonzalez.
Colorado starter Jason Hammel(notes) also didn’t figure in the decision afterleaving in favor of Betancourt with one out and two on in the eighth and holdinga 5-2 lead. Betancourt fanned Starlin Castro(notes) but Lee jumped on Betancourt’sfirst pitch, driving it over the center field wall for his 12th homer andpulling the Cubs into a tie 5-all.
Trailing 4-0, the Cubs pulled to within two in the fifth. Marlon Byrd(notes) ledoff with a single and Alfonso Soriano(notes) followed with an RBI double, taking thirdon the throw home. Soriano then scored on Geovany Soto’s(notes) sacrifice fly thatright fielder Ryan Spilborgh’s caught with his back against the wall.
Mora led off the second with a single and Spilborghs walked to set the stagefor Olivo, who drove Gorzelanny’s first offering over the center field fence forhis 13th homer.
The Rockies went ahead 4-0 when Gonzalez tripled off the top of the centerfield fence in the third and Mora singled him home with his fourth consecutivebase hit. Mora made it five in a row with another single in the sixth.
NOTES: Rockies shortstop Tulowitzki’s next game will be the 500th of hiscareer. … Cubs manager Lou Piniella left the team Saturday to attend funeralservices in Tampa for his uncle. Bench coach Alan Trammell was managing the teamin Piniella’s absence.
Rockies’ Gonzalez walkoff HR caps cycle
July 31, 2010
DENVER (AP)—Carlos Gonzalez(notes) hit a game-ending home run to complete the cycle,and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 Saturday nightafter blowing a three-run lead in the eighth inning.
Gonzalez became the sixth Rockies player to hit for the cycle and the firstsince Troy Tulowitzki(notes) did it last Aug. 10, also against the Chicago Cubs.
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Derrek Lee(notes) hit a tying three-run homer in the eighth off Rafael Betancourt(notes).
Melvin Mora(notes), who went 2 for 2 during Colorado’s record-setting 13-hit,12-run eighth inning Friday night, went 4 for 4 Saturday to stretch the streakto six hits in six at-bats.
Huston Street(notes) (2-2) retired the Cubs in order in the ninth and Gonzalezcrushed the first offering from Sean Marshall(notes) (6-3), driving the ball into thethird deck beyond the center field fence, 462 feet away. He thrust his arms intothe air as he rounded third and touched home plate as his teammates swarmedaround him.
The Cubs were dealt their fourth straight loss on a day when they sentpitcher Ted Lilly(notes) and Ryan Theriot(notes) to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange forinfielder Blake Dewitt(notes), two minor leaguers and cash.
The game also marked the return of Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano(notes), who wasactivated from the restricted list Friday. Zambrano, who was placed on the listJune 29 in the aftermath of a dugout altercation with Lee, came on in relief ofstarter Tom Gorzelanny(notes) with one runner on and one out in the seventh inning.
Zambrano apologized to his teammates after Friday’s activation and he made agrateful return to play, kneeling quietly beside the mound for a moment beforepitching and pointing a finger skyward as he walked to the dugout after workingout of the seventh-inning jam by fanning pinch-hitter Seth Smith(notes) and gettingBrad Hawpe(notes) to pop out.
Gorzelanny came in having gone 4-0 with a 3.42 ERA in July but got ano-decision in his final start of the month, giving up five runs and nine hitsbefore leaving in the seventh after allowing a sacrifice fly to Gonzalez.
Colorado starter Jason Hammel(notes) also didn’t figure in the decision afterleaving in favor of Betancourt with one out and two on in the eighth and holdinga 5-2 lead. Betancourt fanned Starlin Castro(notes) but Lee jumped on Betancourt’sfirst pitch, driving it over the center field wall for his 12th homer andpulling the Cubs into a tie 5-all.
Trailing 4-0, the Cubs pulled to within two in the fifth. Marlon Byrd(notes) ledoff with a single and Alfonso Soriano(notes) followed with an RBI double, taking thirdon the throw home. Soriano then scored on Geovany Soto’s(notes) sacrifice fly thatright fielder Ryan Spilborgh’s caught with his back against the wall.
Mora led off the second with a single and Spilborghs walked to set the stagefor Olivo, who drove Gorzelanny’s first offering over the center field fence forhis 13th homer.
The Rockies went ahead 4-0 when Gonzalez tripled off the top of the centerfield fence in the third and Mora singled him home with his fourth consecutivebasehit. Mora made it five in a row with another single in the sixth.
NOTES: Rockies shortstop Tulowitzki’s next game will be the 500th of hiscareer. … Cubs manager Lou Piniella left the team Saturday to attend funeralservices in Tampa for his uncle. Bench coach Alan Trammell was managing the teamin Piniella’s absence.
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Royals extend manager Yost through 2012
July 31, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—Royals manager Ned Yost has received a two-year contractextension that would keep him in charge of Kansas City through the 2012 season.
Royals general manager Dayton Moore announced the extension Saturday.
Yost joined the Royals’ front office on Jan. 13 as special adviser tobaseball operations before replacing manager Trey Hillman, who was fired May 13.The Royals were 31-37 entering Saturday night’s game since Yost took over.
Yost managed the Milwaukee Brewers to a 457-502 record from 2003-08, and wasa member of the Atlanta Braves coaching staff from 1991-2002.
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Cano’s HR helps Yankees extend East lead
July 31, 2010
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Robinson Cano’s(notes) 21st home run of the season snappeda ninth-inning tie and enabled the New York Yankees to beat the Tampa Bay Rays5-4 and hang on to first place in the AL East on Saturday night.
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While Alex Rodriguez(notes) failed for the ninth consecutive game to hit his 600thcareer homer, Mark Teixeira(notes) and Nick Swisher(notes) went deep for the defending worldchampions, who rallied from an early deficit against Matt Garza(notes) before beatingAll-Star closer Rafael Soriano(notes) (2-1) on Cano’s drive into the right field seats.
Garza allowed four runs and five hits over seven innings in his first outingsince pitching the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay history. He gave up a sacrificefly to Curtis Granderson(notes) in the second and game-tying home runs to Teixeira andSwisher in the sixth and seventh innings.
Teixeira’s two-run shot erased a 3-1 Yankees deficit. Swisher’s solo homermade it 4-all after Tampa Bay had regained the lead on Matt Joyce’s(notes) two-out,sixth-inning homer off Javier Vazquez(notes). Evan Longoria(notes), Carl Crawford(notes) and JasonBartlett(notes) also drove in runs for the Rays.
David Robertson(notes) (2-3) pitched a perfect inning for the win. Mariano Rivera(notes)worked the ninth for his 22nd save in 24 opportunities, ending Tampa Bay’sseven-game winning streak and increasing New York’s division lead oversecond-place Tampa Bay to two games in the AL East.
Rodriguez, 9 for 37 with eight RBIs since hitting career homer No. 599 onJuly 22, went 0 for 3 with a walk and one strikeout.
The victory capped a busy day for the Yankees, who put together three dealsbefore Saturday’s trade deadline, acquiring slugger Lance Berkman(notes) from theHouston Astros and outfielder Austin Kearns(notes) and reliever Kerry Wood(notes) from theCleveland Indians.
Berkman made his debut for his new team, batting second and going 0 for 4with a strikeout as the designated hitter. Kearns was available off the bench,and Yankees manager Joe Girardi said there’s a chance Wood could join the teamin time for Sunday’s season finale against the Rays.
Tampa Bay didn’t make nearly as much noise before the 4 p.m. deadline,acquiring reliever Chad Qualls(notes) from the Arizona Diamondbacks but coming up shortin other efforts to bolster the roster for the final two months of the regularseason—and possibly beyond.
Manager Joe Maddon said before the game that he wasn’t concerned that theYankees made some high-profile moves, while the Rays will go forward withessentially the same roster.
“From our perspective, we’re good right now. We’re playing well,” Maddonsaid. “We did try to do some different things we thought could help us withoutinterfering with what was going on. It did not want to happen, so your just turnthe page and move on.”
Garza, who walked one and struck out nine, limited the Yankees to a pair ofdoubles by Cano until Derek Jeter(notes) led off the sixth with a doubled over Joyce’shead in right field. After Berkman fouled out, Teixeira brought a largecontingent of New York fans among the sold-out crowd of 36,973 to their feetwith his 21st homer to make it 3-all.
The right-hander settled to strike out Rodriguez and Cano to end the inning,but the Yankees weren’t finished. After Joyce homered off Vazquez to put TampaBay up 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Swisher teed off on a 3-2 pitch fromGarza leading off the seventh as New York pulled even again.
Swisher also homered in Friday night’s 3-2 loss the Rays. His 12 homersagainst the Rays since the start of the 2009 season are the most by any playeroff Tampa Bay pitching.
Vazquez allowed four runs and eight hits over 6 1-3 innings.
NOTES: Teixeira was 1-for-15 lifetime against Garza before his home run. …RHP Chan Ho Park(notes), designated for assignment by the Yankees on Saturday, got aRodriguez home uniform signed by the slugger before leaving the clubhouse. Parkis hopeful of pitching again in the majors before the season ends. … Quallsfills a need for the Rays with right-handed reliever Grant Balfour(notes) going on the15-day disabled list with a ribcage strain. Balfour’s injury was the result ofwhat manager Joe Maddon described as horseplay between the reliever and pitchingcoach Jim Hickey. … The Yankees optioned 1B Juan Miranda(notes) and OF Colin Curtis(notes)to Triple-A Scranton/Wikes-Barre. RHP Alfredo Aceves(notes) (strained lower back) frommoved from the 15- to 60-day disabled list.
Braden, A’s end ChiSox’s home win streak
July 31, 2010
CHICAGO (AP)—Dallas Braden(notes) pitched his third complete game of the season,Kevin Kouzmanoff(notes) homered among his three hits and the Oakland Athletics endedthe Chicago White Sox’s 12-game home winning streak, 6-2 Saturday night.
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Braden (6-7), who beat the White Sox on July 25 in Oakland to end hisfive-game skid and win for the first time since pitching a perfect game May 9,held the White Sox to two runs on seven hits. He won consecutive starts for thefirst time since winning three straight from Aril 11-22. The left-hander struckout five and walked one in his third start since coming off the disabled listJuly 20.
Andruw Jones(notes) homered for the White Sox, who had their five-game winningstreak snapped.
Tigers RHP Galarraga to make next start
July 31, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—Detroit Tigers right-hander Armando Galarraga(notes) says he will makehis next start.
Galarraga left Friday night’s game after being hit by a line drive from thebat of Kevin Youkilis(notes) on his right ankle. He was limping around the clubhousebefore Saturday’s game against the Red Sox and said it’s sore, but not sopainful that it keeps him from walking.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland says there was no broken bone.
Galarraga is perhaps best known for his near-perfect game in June that wasspoiled by a bad call on what should have been the final out.
Galarraga is 3-3 with a 4.28 ERA this season.
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Braves get Ankiel, Farnsworth from KC
July 31, 2010
CINCINNATI (AP)—The NL East-leading Atlanta Braves have acquired outfielderRick Ankiel(notes), reliever Kyle Farnsworth(notes) and cash from the Kansas City Royals in afive-player deal.
Atlanta sent pitchers Tim Collins and Jesse Chavez(notes) and outfielder GregorBlanco(notes) to Kansas City on Saturday.
The 31-year-old Ankiel hit .261 with four home runs and 15 RBIs in 27 gamesfor Kansas City.
The 34-year-old Farnsworth is 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA.
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