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Brewers beat the New York Mets 8-0 Tuesday night for a split of the two-game series. Greinke (4-1) pitched five-hit ball for seven dominant innings. He pitched eight innings in his start last Wednesday but Milwaukee’s bullpen was beaten by the Reds.
PHILADELPHIA — Hunter Pence atoned for a ninth-inning error by hitting his second home run of the game, a solo shot in the 10th that lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 victory. Pence connected against former Philadelphia closer Brett Myers (0-1) with one out to give the Phillies their first threegame winning streak of the season. Pence’s bobble in right field while trying to make a throw home allowed Houston to tie it with two outs in the ninth. The NL East champions ended a dubious drought with Pence’s ninth homer of the season. This was the longest stretch of games (37) into a season without a three-game win streak for the Phillies since 1971, when they needed 51 games. Jake Diekman tossed 1 1-3 scoreless innings to win his major league debut.
ST. LOUIS — Yadier Molina hit an RBI single off second baseman Darwin Barney’s glove with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Cardinals avoid a sweep and an 0-5 homestand. Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter homered for St. Louis. Allen Craig had three hits and two RBIs and Tyler Greene snapped an 0-for-17 skid with three hits. The Cubs tied it at 6 in the top half of the ninth on Alfonso Soriano’s first homer of the season. Soriano hit 26 last year.
Padres 6, Nationals 1
Marlins 6, Pirates 2
WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg left after only four innings Tuesday, matching the second-shortest appearance of his 25-start career, and San Diego’s Will Venable had four hits, while John Baker delivered three hits and three RBIs, leading the Padres to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. Anthony Bass (2-4) — making his 10th start in the majors — tied his longest outing by going eight innings. He allowed five hits and one run — on Bryce Harper’s homer to rightcenter, the 19-year-old outfielder’s second consecutive game with a solo shot.
MIAMI — Josh Johnson allowed two runs over seven innings for his first victory in more than a year, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Tuesday night. Johnson (1-3) had gone winless in 12 starts since his most recent victory on April 19, 2011. He missed the final 41⁄2 months of last season because of right shoulder inflammation.
Brewers 8, Mets 0
NEW YORK — Zack Greinke overcame his road woes and ran his scoreless streak to 15 innings, Travis Ishikawa homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs, and the Milwaukee
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ATLANTA — Brian McCann homered and the Braves scored four runs in the third inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Tuesday night, giving Johnny Cueto his first loss. Cueto (4-1) led the major leagues with his 1.12 ERA before giving up six runs, five earned, on eight hits in four innings. The right-hander had allowed only one earned run over 23 innings in his last three starts.
Yanks take it on the Chen against Orioles Santana struck out nine during 7 2-3 innings of four-hit ball, BALTIMORE — Wei-Yin Albert Pujols drove in two runs Chen pitched seven innings of with infield singles, and the four-hit ball, Adam Jones Los Angeles Angels rebounded homered and the Baltimore from yet another shutout loss Orioles beat CC Sabathia and with a 4-0 victory over the the New York Yankees 5-2 Oakland Athletics on Tuesday Tuesday night. night. J.J. Hardy drove in two runs Mike Trout went 3 for 4 with for Baltimore, which earned a a homer and three runs scored split of the two-game series for the Angels, who finally and improved to 1-4 at home produced enough offense to against New York. Chen (4-0) allowed two runs, back a strong performance by struck out four and walked two Santana (2-6). in a masterful performance. Indians 5, Twins 0 Making his seventh major MINNEAPOLIS — Derek league start, the 26-year-old Lowe pitched his first shutout Taiwan native took a shutout in nearly seven years, throwing into the seventh inning . a six-hitter and leading the Red Sox 5, Mariners 0 Cleveland Indians over Minnesota. BOSTON — Josh Beckett Shin-Soo Choo, the Indians’ redeemed himself less than a week after being booed off the new leadoff man, scored after a leadoff double in the third mound, striking out a seasoninning and then hit the first of high nine as the Boston Red three Cleveland home runs in Sox shut out the Seattle Marithe fifth against Jason Marquis ners 5-0 on Tuesday and extended their winning streak to (2-3). Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana also homered. five. Beckett (3-4) scattered four Tigers 10, White Sox 8 hits over seven innings before CHICAGO — Miguel Cabrebeing pulled as a steady rain ra, Ryan Raburn and Austin started to fall late in the afterJackson homered during an noon. eight-run rally in the sixth Rays 4, Blue Jays 3 inning and the Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago. TORONTO — David Price won for the fifth time in six Royals 7, Rangers 4 starts, Sean Rodriguez homeARLINGTON, Texas — red and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat Mike Moustakas homered, the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Tues- Billy Butler and Brayan Pena each drove in a pair of runs and day night. Price, coming off a loss at the the Kansas City Royals kept Texas’ potent offense in check New York Yankees, continued for a second straight game in a his mastery of the Blue Jays. 7-4 win over the Rangers on Angels 4, Athletics 0 Tuesday night. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ervin
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STANDINGS/STATS S T A N D I N G S Baltimore........................................ Tampa Bay..................................... New York ....................................... Toronto........................................... Boston ............................................
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Cleveland....................................... Detroit............................................. Chicago.......................................... Kansas City ................................... Minnesota ......................................
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Atlanta ............................................ Washington ................................... New York ....................................... Miami.............................................. Philadelphia...................................
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St. Louis ......................................... Cincinnati ....................................... Pittsburgh ...................................... Milwaukee...................................... Chicago.......................................... Houston .........................................
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Los Angeles ................................. San Francisco .............................. Arizona ......................................... Colorado....................................... San Diego.....................................
AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 14 .622 — — 14 .622 — — 16 .556 21⁄2 21⁄2 18 .514 4 4 19 .472 51⁄2 51⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 16 .556 — — 18 .500 2 41⁄2 20 .459 31⁄2 6 20 .429 41⁄2 7 26 .278 10 121⁄2 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 14 .622 — — 18 .514 4 4 21 .432 7 7 22 .421 71⁄2 71⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 14 .622 — — 1 14 .611 ⁄2 — 16 .556 21⁄2 — 17 .528 31⁄2 1 19 .486 5 21⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 15 .583 — — 17 .514 21⁄2 11⁄2 19 .472 4 3 20 .444 5 4 21 .417 6 5 21 .417 6 5 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 11 .686 — — 17 .514 6 11⁄2 21 .417 91⁄2 5 21 .382 101⁄2 6 24 .351 12 71⁄2
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Home 12-9 13-3 11-8 8-9 9-11
Away 11-5 10-11 9-8 11-9 8-8
L10 5-5 5-5 4-6 7-3 3-7
Str W-2 W-1 L-1 W-4 L-2
Home 8-10 9-9 7-12 4-13 6-14
Away 12-6 9-9 10-8 11-7 4-12
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Away 13-6 10-8 6-12 9-14
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Str W-1 L-1 L-1 W-1 W-3
Home 9-6 13-5 11-7 9-7 9-9
Away 14-8 9-9 9-9 10-10 9-10
L10 5-5 5-5 6-4 4-6 5-5 3-7
Str W-1 L-1 L-1 W-1 L-1 L-4
Home 9-8 9-8 10-8 9-9 9-10 10-8
Away 12-7 9-9 7-11 7-11 6-11 5-13
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AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday's Games N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 1 Boston 6, Seattle 1 Kansas City 3, Texas 1 Cleveland 5, Minnesota 4 Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 5 Oakland 5, L.A. Angels 0 Tuesday's Games Cleveland 5, Minnesota 0 Detroit 10, Chicago White Sox 8 Boston 5, Seattle 0 Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 0 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 Kansas City 7, Texas 4 Wednesday's Games Minnesota (Blackburn 1-4) at Detroit (Porcello 3-3), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-2) at Cleveland (Jimenez 3-3), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-4) at Toronto (Drabek 2-4), 7:07 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Milone 5-2) at Texas (Darvish 5-1), 8:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 2-2) at Kansas City (F.Paulino 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Williams 3-1), 10:05 p.m. Thursday's Games Seattle at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 4 Philadelphia 5, Houston 1 Washington 8, San Diego 5 Cincinnati 3, Atlanta 1 N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 1 Pittsburgh 3, Miami 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 1 San Francisco 3, Colorado 2 Tuesday's Games Philadelphia 4, Houston 3, 10 innings San Diego 6, Washington 1 St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 6 Atlanta 6, Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami 6, Pittsburgh 2 Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Wednesday's Games L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 5-0) at San Diego (Richard 1-5), 6:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Bedard 2-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-1), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 0-5) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Buehrle 2-4) at Atlanta (Minor 2-2), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Wolf 2-3) at Houston (Norris 3-1), 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 2-1), 8:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 2-1) at Colorado (Moyer 1-3), 8:40 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 2-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-2), 10:15 p.m. Thursday's Games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
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GJones 1b 4 0 1 1 Petersn lf 1 0 0 0 Barmes ss 4 0 0 0 Stanton rf 3 1 1 0 Presley lf 3 0 0 0 Dobbs 1b 4 1 1 0 McKnr c 3 1 1 1 Bonifac cf 3 1 2 0 Correia p 1 0 0 0 J.Buck c 3 1 1 2 Resop p 1 0 0 0 JJhnsn p 2 0 0 0 McLoth ph 1 0 0 0 DMrph ph 0 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 JHughs p 0 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 32 612 6 Pittsburgh .......................... 100 000 100 — 2 Miami .................................. 100 500 00x — 6 E—Stanton (4). DP—Pittsburgh 2, Miami 1. LOB— Pittsburgh 4, Miami 10. 2B—H.Ramirez 2 (9). 3B—Bonifacio (3). HR—McKenry (2). SB— A.McCutchen (7), Bonifacio (19). S—Jo.Johnson. IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Correia L,1-4 ........... 32⁄3 8 6 6 4 1 Resop ....................... 21⁄3 3 0 0 1 2 Watson ..................... 1 0 0 0 2 2 J.Hughes.................. 1 1 0 0 0 0 Miami Jo.Johnson W,1-3 .. 7 6 2 2 1 6 Mujica ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Choate ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Mike Muchlinski;First, Wally Bell;Second, Brian Knight;Third, Mark Wegner. T—2:49. A—24,242 (37,442).
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Phillies 4, Astros 3, 10 innings Houston
Philadelphia ab r h bi ab r h bi 5 0 0 0 Rollins ss 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Pierre lf 2 0 0 0 Wggntn Schafer ph-cf 2 1 1 0 ph-1b 1 0 0 0 MDwns rf-1b 4 1 1 1 Victorn cf 5 0 0 0 Ca.Lee 1b 4 0 2 1 Pence rf 5 2 3 2 Bogsvc pr-rf 0 1 0 0 Polanc 3b 4 0 2 0 CJhnsn 3b 4 0 0 0 Mayrry 1b-lf 4 1 1 0 JDMrtn lf 4 0 2 0 Galvis 2b 3 0 0 0 JCastro c 4 0 1 0 Schndr c 4 1 2 2 MGnzlz ss 4 0 1 0 Qualls p 0 0 0 0 Lyles p 2 0 0 0 Diekmn p 0 0 0 0 Abad p 0 0 0 0 Cl.Lee p 3 0 0 0 FRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 Ruiz c 1 0 0 0 T.Buck ph 1 0 1 0 Lyon p 0 0 0 0 Lowrie ph 1 0 0 0 Myers p 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 3 9 2 Totals 37 410 4 Houston ........................ 000 000 102 0 — 3 Philadelphia ................. 020 001 000 1 — 4 One out when winning run scored. E—Altuve (5), Pence (2). DP—Philadelphia 2. LOB—Houston 5, Philadelphia 8. 2B—Schafer (5), J.Castro (3), Rollins (6). HR—M.Downs (3), Pence 2 (9), Schneider (1). SB—Bogusevic (5). CS—Maxwell (2). S—Pierre. IP H R ER BB SO Houston Lyles ......................... 6 6 3 1 1 4 Abad ......................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Fe.Rodriguez........... 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Lyon .......................... 2 2 0 0 0 1 Myers L,0-1.............. 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 Philadelphia Cl.Lee ....................... 8 5 1 1 1 10 Qualls BS,4-4 .......... 2⁄3 4 2 2 0 0 Diekman W,1-0 ....... 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 WP—Cl.Lee. PB—J.Castro. Umpires—Home, Bob Davidson;First, Hunter Wendelstedt;Second, Dan Bellino;Third, Jerry Layne. T—3:05. A—43,781 (43,651). Altuve 2b Maxwll cf
Padres 6, Nationals 1 San Diego
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Cardinals 7, Cubs 6 Chicago
St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 1 1 0 Furcal ss 4 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 Schmkr cf 4 1 1 0 Roinsn SCastro ss 4 0 1 1 ph-cf 1 0 0 0 LaHair 1b 4 1 1 1 Hollidy lf 4 3 3 1 ASorin lf 4 2 2 1 Craig rf 4 0 3 2 IStewrt 3b 4 0 1 1 Freese 3b 5 0 0 1 WCastll c 3 0 0 0 YMolin c 4 0 1 1 Barney 2b 4 1 2 0 MCrpnt 1b 4 1 1 1 Mahlm p 2 0 0 0 Greene 2b 3 1 3 0 RJhnsn ph 1 0 1 1 Motte p 0 0 0 0 K.Wood p 0 0 0 0 Lohse p 2 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 Rzpczy p 0 0 0 0 Cardns ph 1 0 0 0 Beltran ph 0 0 0 0 Descals Dolis p 0 0 0 0 pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 610 5 Totals 35 712 7 Chicago.............................. 300 001 101 — 6 St. Louis ............................. 210 010 111 — 7 Two outs when winning run scored. DP—Chicago 2, St. Louis 2. LOB—Chicago 3, St. Louis 9. 2B—A.Soriano (7), Barney (8), Craig (5), Greene (3). 3B—Greene (1). HR—LaHair (10), A.Soriano (1), Holliday (7), M.Carpenter (3). S— Lohse. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Maholm .................... 6 7 4 4 3 5 K.Wood BS,2-2 ....... 1 1 1 1 2 0 Russell ..................... 1 2 1 1 1 1 Dolis L,2-3................ 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 St. Louis Lohse........................ 62⁄3 9 5 5 0 5 Rzepczynski ............ 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Motte W,2-1 BS,2-8 1 1 1 1 1 0 Umpires—Home, Ed Rapuano;First, Angel Hernandez;Second, Mark Carlson;Third, Ed Hickox. T—2:49. A—45,538 (43,975).
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Marlins 6, Pirates 2 Pittsburgh Tabata rf Walker 2b AMcCt cf PAlvrz 3b
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Braves 6, Reds 2 Cincinnati
Atlanta ab r h bi ab r h bi Cozart ss 4 0 0 0 Bourn cf 5 2 3 0 Stubbs cf 5 0 1 1 Prado lf 4 1 3 1 Votto 1b 4 0 1 0 C.Jones 3b 4 1 1 1 BPhllps 2b 4 0 1 0 Uggla 2b 3 0 1 1 Bruce rf 4 0 1 0 McCnn c 3 1 2 1 Heisey lf 4 0 3 0 Heywrd rf 4 0 1 1 Frazier 3b 4 1 1 0 Hinske 1b 3 0 0 0 Hanign c 4 1 2 1 JWilson ss 4 0 1 0 Cueto p 1 0 0 0 THudsn p 3 1 0 0 Cairo ph 1 0 1 0 Medlen p 0 0 0 0 Simon p 0 0 0 0 JFrncs ph 1 0 0 0 Costanz ph 1 0 0 0 Kimrel p 0 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Ludwck ph 1 0 0 0 Arrdnd p 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 211 2 Totals 34 612 5 Cincinnati ........................... 000 000 200 — 2 Atlanta ................................ 014 100 00x — 6 E—Cueto (2), Heisey (3). LOB—Cincinnati 12, Atlanta 7. 2B—Bruce (11), Hanigan (3), Heyward (5). HR—McCann (6). SF—Uggla. IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati Cueto L,4-1.............. 4 8 6 5 2 2 Simon ....................... 2 4 0 0 0 1 Hoover...................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Arredondo ................ 1 0 0 0 0 2 Atlanta T.Hudson W,2-1...... 7 9 2 2 2 3 Medlen ..................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 Kimbrel ..................... 1 0 0 0 2 0 Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher;First, Rob Drake;Second, Joe West;Third, Sam Holbrook. T—2:51. A—21,530 (49,586).
Brewers 8, Mets 0 Milwaukee
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ab r h bi ATorrs cf 4 0 0 0 Niwnhs lf 3 0 0 0 DCrrsc p 0 0 0 0 RRmrz p 0 0 0 0 Hairstn ph 1 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 2 0 2 0 Vldspn Dillard p 0 0 0 0 ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Conrad ph-2b 0 0 0 0 Duda rf 3 0 1 0 Hart rf-1b 5 0 0 0 DnMrp 2b 2 0 1 0 Turner Lucroy c 4 2 2 1 ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Ishikaw 1b-rf 4 2 3 5 I.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 CIzturs ss 4 0 1 1 Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 Greink p 3 0 0 0 Nickes c 3 0 0 0 Morgan ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Gee p 1 0 0 0 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 Baxter ph-lf 2 0 2 0 Totals 38 811 8 Totals 30 0 6 0 Milwaukee.......................... 020 014 100 — 8 New York ........................... 000 000 000 — 0 DP—Milwaukee 3. LOB—Milwaukee 6, New York 3. 2B—Lucroy (6), D.Wright (10), Baxter (6). HR— R.Weeks (4), Ishikawa 2 (4). CS—D.Wright (5). IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Greinke W,4-1 ......... 7 5 0 0 0 7 Dillard ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Axford ....................... 1 1 0 0 0 2 New York Gee L,2-3 ................. 51⁄3 8 7 7 1 4 Acosta ...................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 D.Carrasco .............. 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 R.Ramirez................ 22⁄3 2 0 0 1 5 HBP—by D.Carrasco (Braun). Umpires—Home, Gary Darling;First, Paul Emmel;Second, Scott Barry;Third, Jerry Meals. T—2:42. A—22,268 (41,922). Aoki cf RWeks 2b Axford p Braun lf Maysnt 3b ArRmr 3b
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E Orioles 5, Yankees 2 New York Jeter ss Swisher rf Cano 2b AlRdrg 3b Teixeir 1b Grndrs cf AnJons dh
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Baltimore
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Astros pitcher Brett Myers walks off after the Phillies’ Hunter Pence hit a solo home run to win the game in the 10th inning on Tuesday in Philadelphia. DP—New York 1, Baltimore 3. LOB—New York 4, Baltimore 8. 2B—Cano (13), Hardy (9), Wieters (7), Tolleson (2). HR—Granderson (13), Ad.Jones (11). SB—Al.Rodriguez (4), Ad.Jones (6). S—Andino. IP H R ER BB SO New York Sabathia L,5-1 ......... 6 8 4 4 4 6 F.Garcia ................... 2 1 1 0 0 3 Baltimore W.Chen W,4-0 ........ 7 4 2 2 2 4 Strop H,5.................. 1 0 0 0 2 0 Ji.Johnson S,12-12 1 1 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Sabathia (Andino). PB—C.Stewart 2. Umpires—Home, Lance Barksdale;First, Fieldin Culbreth;Second, Adrian Johnson;Third, Gary Cederstrom. T—2:43. A—24,055 (45,971).
Indians 5, Twins 0 Cleveland
Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Choo rf 4 2 2 1 Mstrnn cf 4 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 5 0 0 0 Mauer c 3 0 0 0 ACarer ss 5 1 2 2 Wlngh lf 3 0 0 0 CSantn dh 4 2 2 1 Doumit dh 4 0 1 0 Brantly cf 4 0 2 0 Dozier ss 4 0 3 0 JoLopz 3b 4 0 1 0 Parmel 1b 3 0 0 0 Damon lf 3 0 0 0 Komats rf 3 0 1 0 Cnghm lf 0 0 0 0 ACasill 2b 3 0 1 0 Ktchm 1b 3 0 1 1 JCarrll 3b 2 0 0 0 Marson c 4 0 0 0 Totals 36 510 5 Totals 29 0 6 0 Cleveland ........................... 011 030 000 — 5 Minnesota .......................... 000 000 000 — 0 DP—Cleveland 4, Minnesota 1. LOB—Cleveland 7, Minnesota 6. 2B—Choo (8), C.Santana (6), Dozier (2), A.Casilla (5). 3B—Brantley (2). HR—Choo (2), A.Cabrera (4), C.Santana (5). SB—Brantley (3). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland D.Lowe W,6-1 ......... 9 6 0 0 4 0 Minnesota Marquis L,2-3 .......... 5 9 5 5 2 2 Swarzak ................... 2 0 0 0 1 0 Duensing.................. 1 1 0 0 0 0 Al.Burnett ................. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, James Hoye;First, Jim Joyce;Second, Jim Reynolds;Third, Mike Estabrook. T—2:27. A—35,732 (39,500).
Tigers 10, White Sox 8 Detroit
Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi AJcksn cf 4 1 2 3 De Aza cf 5 1 2 0 Dirks dh 5 1 1 0 Bckhm 2b 4 1 0 0 MiCarr 3b 5 1 2 2 A.Dunn dh 5 1 1 0 Fielder 1b 4 1 3 0 Konerk 1b 4 3 3 1 Avila c 3 1 1 0 Przyns c 5 2 5 3 Boesch rf 3 2 1 0 Rios rf 3 0 0 0 Raburn 2b-lf 5 1 2 4 AlRmrz ss 5 0 1 2 JhPerlt ss 4 1 1 1 Viciedo lf 5 0 2 1 Kelly lf 2 0 0 0 Morel 3b 4 0 0 0 DYong ph-lf 1 1 0 0 RSantg 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 36101310 Totals 40 814 7 Detroit .............................. 000 008 200 — 10 Chicago............................ 202 020 002 — 8 E—Kelly (2), Avila (3). DP—Chicago 2. LOB—Detroit 7, Chicago 9. 2B—Fielder 2 (6), Pierzynski (4), Al.Ramirez (4). 3B—A.Jackson (2). HR—A.Jackson (5), Mi.Cabrera (8), Raburn (1), Konerko (7). SB—De Aza (7). S—Avila. IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Scherzer................... 4 8 6 5 3 3 Balester W,2-0......... 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Coke H,7 .................. 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Benoit ....................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Valverde................... 2⁄3 2 2 2 1 1 Dotel S,1-2............... 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Chicago Peavy ....................... 51⁄3 9 6 6 2 4 Ohman L,0-2 BS,1-1 ...................... 1 2 4 4 1 0 N.Jones .................... 12⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 H.Santiago ............... 1 0 0 0 1 1 Scherzer pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. HBP—by Ohman (D.Young), by Peavy (Boesch), by H.Santiago (Fielder). WP—Balester. Umpires—Home, Greg Gibson;First, Vic Carapazza;Second, Gerry Davis;Third, Phil Cuzzi. T—3:42. A—21,473 (40,615).
Red Sox 5, Mariners 0 Seattle
Boston ab r h bi ab r h bi Ackley 2b 4 0 1 0 Sweeny cf 5 0 0 1 Jaso c 4 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 ISuzuki rf 4 0 2 0 Ortiz dh 3 2 2 1 JMontr dh 3 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b 3 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 0 0 0 Mdlrks 3b 4 0 1 1 Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0 Sltlmch c 4 1 2 0 Carp lf 2 0 0 0 C.Ross rf 3 1 0 0 MSndrs cf 3 0 1 0 Nava lf 3 1 1 0 Kawsk ss 3 0 0 0 Aviles ss 4 0 2 2 Totals 31 0 4 0 Totals 33 5 9 5 Seattle ................................ 000 000 000 — 0 Boston ................................ 001 210 01x — 5 LOB—Seattle 6, Boston 8. 2B—Saltalamacchia (8), Aviles 2 (11). HR—Ortiz (8). SB—I.Suzuki 2 (5), Middlebrooks (2). IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Beavan L,1-4 ........... 4 5 3 3 2 4 Furbush .................... 2 2 1 1 0 1 Delabar..................... 1 0 0 0 1 2 Wilhelmsen .............. 1 2 1 1 0 1 Boston Beckett W,3-4.......... 7 4 0 0 2 9 R.Hill ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Aceves ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Beavan (Nava). WP—Furbush. Umpires—Home, Jeff Kellogg;First, Eric Cooper;Second, Marty Foster;Third, Tim Timmons. T—2:53. A—37,292 (37,067).
Angels 4, Athletics 0 Oakland
Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi JWeeks 2b 4 0 1 0 Trout cf-rf 4 3 3 1 Pnngtn ss 3 0 1 0 Callasp 3b 4 1 2 1 Reddck rf 2 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 3 2 S.Smith lf 3 0 0 0 KMorls dh 4 0 1 0 JGoms ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Trumo rf 4 0 1 0 Kaaihu dh 4 0 1 0 Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 4 0 0 0 HKndrc 2b 3 0 0 0 Barton 1b 4 0 1 0 V.Wells lf 4 0 2 0 KSuzuk c 4 0 0 0 Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 Cowgill cf 3 0 1 0 BoWlsn c 3 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 5 0 Totals 34 412 4 Oakland.............................. 000 000 000 — 0 Los Angeles....................... 002 010 10x — 4 E—K.Suzuki (2). DP—Oakland 1. LOB—Oakland 8, Los Angeles 7. 2B—Pennington (7), Ka’aihue (8), Callaspo (2). HR—Trout (3). SB—J.Weeks (10), Cowgill (2), Trout (3). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Colon L,3-4 .............. 62⁄3 12 4 4 0 3 Blevins...................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Carignan................... 1 0 0 0 1 0 Los Angeles E.Santana W,2-6..... 72⁄3 4 0 0 3 9 S.Downs H,6 ........... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Frieri ......................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Alfonso Marquez;First, Cory Blaser;Second, Chad Fairchild;Third, Tom Hallion. T—2:26. A—31,762 (45,957).
Rays 4, Blue Jays 3 Tampa Bay
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Zobrist rf BUpton cf Joyce lf C.Pena 1b Scott dh SRdrgz 3b Rhyms 2b JMolin c EJhnsn ss
Price W,6-2.............. 7 6 3 3 0 6 Jo.Peralta H,8 ......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rodney S,11-11...... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Toronto H.Alvarez L,3-3 ....... 62⁄3 10 4 2 0 1 Oliver ........................ 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Frasor ....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Janssen .................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Price (Lawrie). WP—H.Alvarez. Umpires—Home, Bill Miller;First, Dan Iassogna;Second, Dale Scott;Third, CB Bucknor. T—2:36. A—15,612 (49,260).
Royals 7, Rangers 4 Kansas City
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ab r h bi Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 0 MYong 3b 4 0 0 0 Hamltn lf 2 1 1 1 Beltre dh 4 0 1 0 DvMrp rf 4 1 1 1 Napoli c 4 0 1 0 Morlnd 1b 3 0 1 1 BSnydr ph 1 1 1 1 AlGnzlz ss 3 0 1 0 Andrus ph 1 0 0 0 Gentry cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 37 710 7 Totals 33 4 8 4 Kansas City ....................... 411 001 000 — 7 Texas.................................. 000 210 001 — 4 E—Lewis 2 (2). DP—Kansas City 1. LOB—Kansas City 6, Texas 4. 2B—Dyson (2), Hosmer (4), Butler (10), Francoeur (8), Dav.Murphy (7), Alb.Gonzalez (2). HR—Moustakas (5), B.Snyder (3). SB—Kinsler 2 (5). SF—Hamilton. IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City Mazzaro W,1-0........ 5 7 3 3 1 2 Collins....................... 2 0 0 0 0 5 Crow ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mijares...................... 2⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 G.Holland ................. 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Lewis L,3-3 .............. 52⁄3 8 7 2 2 4 Ogando..................... 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Uehara ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Nathan ...................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Lewis (Moustakas). Umpires—Home, Paul Schrieber;First, Tim Welke;Second, Laz Diaz;Third, Mike Everitt. T—2:41. A—37,210 (48,194). Dyson cf Hosmer 1b Butler dh AGordn lf Francr rf Mostks 3b B.Pena c Getz 2b AEscor ss
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HOME RUNS—Beltran, St. Louis, 13;Kemp, Los Angeles, 12;Braun, Milwaukee, 10;Bruce, Cincinnati, 10;LaHair, Chicago, 10;Pence, Philadelphia, 9;Ethier, Los Angeles, 8. RBI—Ethier, Los Angeles, 33;Beltran, St. Louis, 32;Freeman, Atlanta, 28;CGonzalez, Colorado, 28;Kemp, Los Angeles, 28;Freese, St. Louis, 27;Bruce, Cincinnati, 26.
M O N D AY ’ S L A T E B O X E S Athletics 5, Angels 0 Oakland
Los Angeles ab r h bi Trout cf 4 0 0 0 MIzturs 2b 4 0 3 0 Hester c 0 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 1 0 KMorls dh 3 0 0 0 Trumo rf 4 0 2 0 Callasp 3b 4 0 1 0 V.Wells lf 4 0 1 0 Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 BoWlsn c 2 0 0 0 Bourjos ph 1 0 0 0 HKndrc 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 8 5 Totals 34 0 8 0 Oakland.............................. 100 120 010 — 5 Los Angeles....................... 000 000 000 — 0 DP—Oakland 1, Los Angeles 1. LOB—Oakland 9, Los Angeles 8. 2B—S.Smith 2 (4), Donaldson (1). HR—Reddick (9). SB—K.Suzuki (1), Cowgill (1), M.Izturis (7), Aybar (2). SF—Donaldson. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland T.Ross W,2-3 .......... 6 5 0 0 1 2 Balfour ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Norberto................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 R.Cook ..................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles Haren L,1-4.............. 6 6 4 4 4 5 Takahashi ................ 1 0 0 0 1 1 Isringhausen ............ 1 2 1 1 0 0 Walden ..................... 1 0 0 0 1 0 HBP—by Haren (J.Weeks). WP—R.Cook, Haren. Umpires—Home, Tom Hallion;First, Alfonso Marquez;Second, Cory Blaser;Third, Chad Fairchild. T—2:56. A—32,851 (45,957). JWeeks 2b Pnngtn ss Reddck rf JGoms dh S.Smith lf Dnldsn 3b Barton 1b KSuzuk c Cowgill cf
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Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 1 Arizona
Los Angeles ab r h bi DGordn ss 4 1 1 0 M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 1 Abreu lf 4 0 1 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 Ethier rf 4 1 2 1 A.Ellis c 4 1 1 0 Loney 1b 3 0 2 0 AKndy 3b 2 0 0 1 Lindlm p 0 0 0 0 VnSlyk lf 0 0 0 0 GwynJ cf 3 0 0 0 Kershw p 1 0 0 0 Sellers ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 30 3 7 3 Arizona ............................... 000 000 010 — 1 Los Angeles....................... 100 002 00x — 3 E—I.Kennedy (1). LOB—Arizona 6, Los Angeles 6. HR—A.Hill (5), Ethier (8). SB—J.Upton (6), R.Roberts (3). S—I.Kennedy. SF—A.Kennedy. IP H R ER BB SO Arizona I.Kennedy L,3-3 ...... 6 6 3 2 2 5 Breslow .................... 2 1 0 0 0 3 Los Angeles Kershaw W,3-1........ 7 4 0 0 3 6 Lindblom H,8 ........... 1 1 1 1 0 1 Jansen S,4-5 ........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson;First, Tim McClelland;Second, Brian Runge;Third, Ted Barrett. T—2:39. A—24,312 (56,000). Blmqst ss A.Hill 2b J.Upton rf Kubel lf Gldsch 1b MMntr c RRorts 3b Pollock cf IKnndy p Ransm ph Breslw p
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Giants 3, Rockies 2 Colorado
San Francisco ab r h bi ab r h bi Scutaro 2b-ss 4 0 0 0 GBlanc rf 4 2 3 1 Colvin cf 3 0 0 0 Arias 3b 3 1 1 0 Fowler ph-cf 1 0 0 0 MeCarr lf 4 0 0 0 CGnzlz lf 3 0 1 0 Posey c 4 0 2 1 Tlwtzk ss 2 0 1 0 Pagan cf 4 0 1 0 Nelson pr-3b 1 0 0 0 Pill 1b 4 0 2 1 Helton 1b 3 0 0 0 Culersn 2b 4 0 0 0 Cuddyr rf 4 0 0 0 Burriss 2b 0 0 0 0 WRosr c 4 1 1 1 BCrwfr ss 3 0 1 0 JHerrr 3b-2b 4 1 2 0 Vglsng p 2 0 0 0 Fridrch p 3 0 0 0 Schrhlt ph 1 0 0 0 Brothrs p 0 0 0 0 JaLopz p 0 0 0 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Giambi ph 0 0 0 0 SCasill p 0 0 0 0 White pr 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 1 Totals 33 310 3 Colorado ............................ 000 100 001 — 2 San Francisco.................... 000 001 02x — 3 E—W.Rosario (1), Arias (2). DP—Colorado 1. LOB—Colorado 11, San Francisco 7. 2B—C.Gonzalez (6), Pagan (6). HR—W.Rosario (5), G.Blanco (1). CS—Scutaro (2). IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Friedrich ................... 7 6 1 1 1 10 Brothers L,1-2 ......... 0 1 1 1 0 0 Belisle....................... 1 3 1 1 0 0 San Francisco Vogelsong................ 7 3 1 1 5 3 Ja.Lopez .................. 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Romo W,2-0 ............ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 S.Casilla S,8-9 ........ 1 1 1 0 2 1 Brothers pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Umpires—Home, Kerwin Danley;First, Paul Nauert;Second, Angel Campos;Third, Dana DeMuth. T—3:09. A—41,254 (41,915).
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Niese has Phils crying ‘uncle’ The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Jonathon Niese had a two-run single to back his fine performance on the mound Tuesday night and David Wright hit a three-run homer to break open the New York Mets’ 11-1 romp over the reeling Philadelphia Phillies. Niese (5-3) pitched a seasonhigh eight innings and gave up three hits, one a homer to Carlos Ruiz. His hit in the second inning put New York up for good. The Mets put on a clinic of clutch hitting and slick fielding in handing the Phillies their sixth straight loss. The only thing they did wrong was run into two outs on the basepaths. Daniel Murphy finished a homer short of the cycle, doubled twice, drove in four runs and made a leaping catch and diving stop at second base. Pirates 8, Astros 7
PITTSBURGH — Drew Sutton hit a one-out solo homer in the bottom of the ninth and the Pittsburgh Pirates improved to eight games over .500 for the first time in 20 years with an 8-7 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Acquired via waivers last week, Sutton homered for the first time since Oct. 3, 2010, lifting the Pirates to their sixth walkoff win of the season, the first via a home run. The Pirates rallied from deficits of 4-0 and 6-2 to take a 7-6 lead on a Garrett Jones two-run homer in the seventh. But with Houston down to its last strike in the ninth, pinchhitter Jason Castro drove in Jed Lowrie with a double. Nationals 9, Giants 3
WASHINGTON — All-Star shortstop Ian Desmond hit his 14th home run, and the Wash-
ington Nationals became the latest team to beat up on Tim Lincecum, pounding the struggling right-hander hard early and often Tuesday night in a 9-3 victory. The opener of the threegame series between first-place teams was barely a contest. Jordan Zimmermann (5-6) pitched a rain-shortened six innings and again enjoyed the generous run support that had evaded him for so long, ensuring the Nationals would wake up on the Fourth of July with a 31⁄2-game cushion over the New York Mets atop the NL East. Braves 10, Cubs 3
ATLANTA — Newly chosen All-Star Chipper Jones delivered his first five-hit game in a decade, driving in four runs Tuesday night and leading the Atlanta Braves over the Chicago Cubs 10-3. Jones was added to the NL All-Star roster before the game. The 40-year-old third baseman replaced injured Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp. Brewers 13, Marlins 12, 10 innings
MILWAUKEE — Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Heath Bell in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 13-12 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. Livan Hernandez (2-1) pitched the 10th and picked up the win. Rockies 3, Cardinals 2
ST. LOUIS — Jeff Francis worked five solid innings before the Colorado bullpen took over and Tyler Colvin hit a three-run homer as the Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday night.
AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP
Rays continue to be death for Yanks at home The Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sean Rodriguez hit a go-ahead two-run homer, helping the Tampa Bay Rays continue their home dominance over the New York Yankees in a 7-4 victory over the AL East leaders on Tuesday night. Rodriguez, mired in a 17 for 100 slump dating back to May 21, finished with 3 for 4. After blowing a three-run lead, New York went ahead 4-3 on Eric Chavez’s RBI single during the fourth. Tampa Bay responded in the bottom half and grabbed a 5-4 lead on Rodriguez’s first homer since May 27 off Ivan Nova (9-3). James Shields (8-5) gave up four runs and 10 hits over seven innings for the Rays, who have won nine straight at Tropicana Field over the Yankees. Blue Jays 6, Royals 3
TORONTO — Adam Lind hit a three-run homer, Brett Cecil won for the first time in three starts and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday night. Lind’s sixth homer was the big blow in Toronto’s six-run fourth inning. The win put the Blue Jays over .500 at 41-40 at the midpoint of the season. The Royals lost for the fourth time in five games since matching their season high with a four-game winning streak. Cecil (2-1) allowed three runs and five hits in six-plus innings to win for the first time since June 17 against Philadelphia, his first start after being promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas. The left-hander walked one and struck out three.
White Sox 19, Rangers 2
CHICAGO — Kevin Youkilis, Adam Dunn and Alex Rios homered in the first inning off Roy Oswalt and All-Star Chris Sale won his 10th game Tuesday night and the Chicago White Sox routed the Texas Rangers 19-2. Playing in his first home game with the White Sox since his trade from Boston on June 24, Youkilis had three hits and drove in four runs in a meeting of division leaders that saw Chicago score its most runs this season. A.J. Pierzynski, not chosen for the AL All-Star team managed by Texas’ skipper Ron Washington, hit a three-run homer off reliever Yoshinori Tateyama— his 15th of the season — to cap a nine-run fifth inning and make it 16-0. Seven of the runs in the inning were unearned, thanks to an error on Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler. Indians 9, Angels 5
CLEVELAND — Rookie Zach McAllister lasted six innings, overcoming a throwing error and two home runs in the fifth, and Shelley Duncan homered to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 9-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. McAllister (3-1) allowed three earned runs and eight hits, and he and the Indians recovered after blowing a fourrun lead. Duncan homered in the fourth off an ineffective Dan Haren (6-8). Jose Lopez had three hits and Michael Brantley two RBIs for Cleveland.
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STANDINGS/STATS S T A N D I N G S New York ....................................... Baltimore........................................ Tampa Bay..................................... Boston ............................................ Toronto...........................................
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Washington ................................... New York ....................................... Atlanta ............................................ Miami.............................................. Philadelphia...................................
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Cincinnati...................................... Pittsburgh..................................... St. Louis ....................................... Milwaukee .................................... Houston ........................................ Chicago ........................................
W 44 44 42 38 32 30
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AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 32 .600 — — 37 .532 51⁄2 — 38 .531 51⁄2 — 1 38 .525 6 ⁄2 40 .506 71⁄2 2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 37 .538 — — 39 .513 2 11⁄2 41 .488 4 31⁄2 43 .456 61⁄2 6 45 .430 81⁄2 8 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 31 .617 — — 36 .556 5 — 42 .481 11 4 47 .427 151⁄2 81⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 32 .590 — — 37 .543 31⁄2 — 38 .525 5 11⁄2 42 .475 9 51⁄2 46 .439 12 81⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 35 .557 — — 1 36 .550 ⁄2 — 39 .519 3 2 42 .475 61⁄2 51⁄2 49 .395 13 12 50 .375 141⁄2 131⁄2 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 36 .556 — — 37 .543 1 — 40 .494 5 4 49 .388 131⁄2 121⁄2 50 .383 14 13
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AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday's Games L.A. Angels 3, Cleveland 0 Minnesota 6, Detroit 4 Kansas City 11, Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Oakland 6, Boston 1 Seattle 6, Baltimore 3 Tuesday's Games Cleveland 9, L.A. Angels 5 Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Toronto 6, Kansas City 3 Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Chicago White Sox 19, Texas 2 Boston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Baltimore at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday's Games N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-3) at Tampa Bay (Price 11-4), 3:10 p.m. Boston (F.Morales 1-1) at Oakland (Griffin 0-0), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-8) at Cleveland (D.Lowe 7-6), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 0-0) at Seattle (Noesi 2-10), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Duensing 1-4) at Detroit (Verlander 8-5), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Mendoza 3-4) at Toronto (Villanueva 2-0), 7:07 p.m. Texas (Feldman 2-6) at Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's Games Minnesota at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Texas at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday's Games Pittsburgh 11, Houston 2
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 6, Miami 5 St. Louis 9, Colorado 3 San Diego 6, Arizona 2 Cincinnati 8, L.A. Dodgers 2 Tuesday's Games Milwaukee 13, Miami 12, 10 innings Washington 9, San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 8, Houston 7 Atlanta 10, Chicago Cubs 3 N.Y. Mets 11, Philadelphia 1 Colorado 3, St. Louis 2 San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday's Games San Francisco (Bumgarner 10-4) at Washington (E.Jackson 4-4), 11:05 a.m. Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 0-5) at N.Y. Mets (C.Young 2-1), 1:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Correia 4-6), 1:35 p.m. Miami (Jo.Johnson 5-5) at Milwaukee (Wolf 2-6), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Maholm 5-6) at Atlanta (Delgado 4-8), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Guthrie 3-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright 6-8), 7:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 3-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 5-5), 9:10 p.m. San Diego (Marquis 1-4) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 6-7), 9:40 p.m. Thursday's Games Miami at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. San Francisco at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
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Hanrahan W,4-0 BS,3-23 .................... 1 1 1 1 1 0 A.J.Burnett pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Harrell pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. WP—Fe.Rodriguez. Umpires—Home, Gerry Davis;First, Phil Cuzzi;Second, Manny Gonzalez;Third, Greg Gibson.
Mets 11, Phillies 1 Philadelphia
New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Rollins ss 4 0 0 0 Tejada ss 5 2 3 1 Polanc 3b 3 0 0 0 DnMrp 2b 5 1 4 4 Utley 2b 4 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 5 1 1 4 Ruiz c 4 1 1 1 I.Davis 1b 5 0 0 0 Pence rf 3 0 1 0 Duda rf 3 1 1 0 Victorn cf 4 0 0 0 Hairstn lf 4 0 1 0 Wggntn 1b 2 0 1 0 AnTrrs cf 4 1 1 0 Mayrry lf 3 0 0 0 Thole c 4 2 3 0 Worley p 1 0 0 0 Niese p 1 2 1 2 Luna ph 1 0 0 0 JuTrnr ph 1 1 0 0 Valdes p 0 0 0 0 Rauch p 0 0 0 0 Sanchs p 0 0 0 0 Pierre ph 1 0 0 0 Diekmn p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 3 1 Totals 37111511 Philadelphia .................... 010 000 000 — 1 New York ......................... 130 203 02x — 11 E—Polanco (3). LOB—Philadelphia 5, New York 5. 2B—Dan.Murphy 2 (23). 3B—Dan.Murphy (2). HR—Ruiz (12), D.Wright (10). S—Niese. IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Worley L,4-5 ............ 4 10 6 6 1 3 Valdes ...................... 12⁄3 2 2 2 1 2 Sanches ................... 11⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Diekman ................... 1 2 2 1 0 2 New York Niese W,7-3............. 8 3 1 1 2 3 Rauch ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Rauch (Pence). WP—Niese. Umpires—Home, Marty Foster;First, Tim Timmons;Second, Jeff Kellogg;Third, Eric Cooper. Brewers 13, Marlins 12, 10 innings Miami Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes ss 6 2 3 2 CGomz cf 5 2 2 1 DSolan 3b-lf 5 1 2 1 Aoki rf 5 1 1 2 Dobbs rf 4 0 1 1 Braun lf 6 2 2 3 Choate p 0 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 6 1 2 4 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Hart 1b 5 2 3 1 HRmrz 3b 0 0 0 0 RWeks 2b 5 2 3 1 Morrsn lf-1b 5 2 2 2 Ransm ss 4 1 2 0 Ruggin cf-rf 4 2 2 1 Mldnd c 4 0 1 1 Infante 2b 5 1 1 2 Estrad p 2 1 1 0 GSnchz 1b 5 1 1 0 Ishikaw ph 0 1 0 0 MDunn p 0 0 0 0 Veras p 0 0 0 0 H.Bell p 0 0 0 0 MParr p 0 0 0 0 J.Buck c 4 2 1 2 Green ph 1 0 0 0 ASnchz p 2 0 0 0 Loe p 0 0 0 0 Gaudin p 0 0 0 0 FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Kearns ph 0 0 0 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Webb p 0 0 0 0 Kottars ph 1 0 0 0 LeBlnc p 0 0 0 0 LHrndz p 0 0 0 0 Cousins ph-cf 2 1 1 1 Totals 42121412 Totals 44131713 Miami .......................... 200 000 360 1 — 12 Milwaukee .................. 003 006 200 2 — 13 Two outs when winning run scored. E—Reyes 2 (9), D.Solano (1), R.Weeks (10). DP— Miami 1, Milwaukee 1. LOB—Miami 5, Milwaukee 7. 2B—Reyes (18), D.Solano (4), Morrison (14), Ruggiano (10), Ar.Ramirez (24), Hart (22), R.Weeks (14), Estrada (2). HR—Reyes (3), Morrison (9), Ruggiano (4), J.Buck (8), Cousins (1), Braun (23), Ar.Ramirez (10), Hart (16). SB—Dobbs (4), C.Gomez 2 (11). S—M.Maldonado. SF—Dobbs, Aoki. IP H R ER BB SO Miami A.Sanchez................ 5 11 6 5 1 5 Gaudin ...................... 1 1 3 0 1 0 Webb ........................ 1⁄3 3 2 2 0 1 LeBlanc .................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Choate ...................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Cishek ...................... 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 M.Dunn..................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 H.Bell L,2-4 BS,5-22 .................... 2⁄3 1 2 2 1 1 Milwaukee Estrada..................... 6 4 2 2 0 6 Veras ........................ 1⁄3 3 3 3 1 0 M.Parra H,4 ............. 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Loe ............................ 1⁄3 4 4 4 0 0 Fr.Rodriguez BS,4-5 ...................... 2⁄3 2 2 1 1 0 Axford ....................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 L.Hernandez W,2-1 1 1 1 1 0 2 A.Sanchez pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Umpires—Home, Ron Kulpa;First, Dan Bellino;Second, D.J. Reyburn;Third, Derryl Cousins. Pirates 8, Astros 7 Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h bi Schafer cf 5 0 2 2 Presley lf 2 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 3 1 1 1 GHrndz lf 3 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 3 1 2 2 Sutton rf 5 2 3 1 Ca.Lee 1b 5 1 2 0 AMcCt cf 4 2 3 2 SMoore 3b 4 0 1 1 GJones 1b 4 2 2 2 Lyon p 0 0 0 0 Walker 2b 4 1 1 0 JCastro ph 1 0 1 1 McGeh 3b 4 1 2 1 Wrght p 0 0 0 0 Barajs c 4 0 1 0 JDMrtn lf 5 0 0 0 Barmes ss 2 0 0 0 Bogsvc rf 4 1 1 0 PAlvrz ph 1 0 1 2 CSnydr c 2 2 1 0 JMcDnl pr 0 0 0 0 Harrell p 3 1 2 0 J.Cruz p 0 0 0 0 FRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 MDwns 3b 1 0 0 0 Fryer ph 1 0 0 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 AJBrnt p 2 0 0 0 Resop p 0 0 0 0 JHrrsn ph-ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 36 713 7 Totals 38 813 8 Houston.............................. 021 102 001 — 7 Pittsburgh .......................... 000 203 201 — 8 One out when winning run scored. DP—Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Houston 8, Pittsburgh 5. 2B—Altuve (19), Ca.Lee 2 (15), S.Moore (2), J.Castro (11), C.Snyder (5). HR—Sutton (1), A.McCutchen (16), G.Jones (12). SB—Schafer (19), Bogusevic (8). S—Altuve. SF—Altuve, Lowrie. IP H R ER BB SO Houston Harrell....................... 5 9 5 5 0 9 Fe.Rodriguez H,7 ... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Lyon BS,1-1............. 2 2 2 2 0 2 W.Wright L,0-2 ........ 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Pittsburgh A.J.Burnett............... 5 12 6 6 2 5 Resop ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 J.Cruz ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Grilli H,19 ................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 Houston
Braves 10, Cubs 3 Chicago DeJess cf Campn ph SCastro ss Rizzo 1b
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ASorin lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 LaHair rf 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 Clevngr c 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 Barney 2b 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 Valuen 3b 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 Volstad p 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mather ph 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Dolis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Asencio p 0 0 0 0 JeBakr ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 310 2 Totals 31101010 Chicago............................ 003 000 000 — 3 Atlanta .............................. 100 054 00x — 10 E—Uggla (9). DP—Chicago 2, Atlanta 1. LOB— Chicago 8, Atlanta 7. 2B—Rizzo (3), C.Jones 2 (10). 3B—Bourn (5). HR—Heyward (13). SB—A.Soriano (2), C.Jones (1). SF—Prado. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Volstad L,0-7 ........... 41⁄3 7 6 6 2 3 Corpas...................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Dolis.......................... 1⁄3 0 3 3 3 0 Asencio .................... 22⁄3 2 1 1 3 2 Atlanta Jurrjens W,2-2......... 5 9 3 0 0 2 Medlen H,4 .............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 Venters..................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro;First, Jim Reynolds;Second, James Hoye;Third, Jim Joyce.
Nationals 9, Giants 3 San Francisco ab GBlanc rf-cf 5 Theriot 2b 5 MeCarr lf 3 Christn lf 1 Posey 1b 3 Hensly p 0 Penny p 0 Arias ph-3b 0 Sandovl 3b 2 Burriss 3b 2 JaLopz p 0 Pagan cf 2 Kontos p 0
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ab r h bi Lmrdzz lf 4 2 1 0 Harper cf-rf 5 1 2 1 Zmrmn 3b 4 2 1 0 Ankiel cf 0 0 0 0 Morse rf 5 0 1 2 McGnzl p 0 0 0 0 HRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 LaRoch 1b 3 1 1 2 Dsmnd ss 4 2 2 2 Espinos 2b 4 1 3 1 Flores c 4 0 0 0 Zmrmn p 3 0 1 1 Matths p 0 0 0 0 DeRosa Belt ph-1b 1 0 0 1 ph-3b 1 0 1 0 HSnchz c 4 1 0 0 BCrwfr ss 4 1 3 0 Linccm p 1 0 0 0 Schrhlt rf 3 0 1 0 Totals 36 310 3 Totals 37 913 9 San Francisco.................... 000 020 010 — 3 Washington ....................... 023 300 01x — 9 E—G.Blanco (2), Posey (8), Zimmerman (6). DP— Washington 1. LOB—San Francisco 8, Washington 7. 2B—Me.Cabrera (17), Sandoval (12), Harper 2 (14), LaRoche (19), Espinosa (19), Zimmermann (2), DeRosa (2). HR—Desmond (14). SB—G.Blanco (15), Lombardozzi (2), Espinosa 2 (13). SF— Belt, LaRoche. IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Lincecum L,3-9 ....... 31⁄3 9 8 7 2 2 Kontos ...................... 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Hensley .................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Penny ....................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Ja.Lopez .................. 1 2 1 1 0 0 Washington Zimmermann W,5-6 6 7 2 1 0 7 Mattheus................... 2 2 1 1 1 2 Mic.Gonzalez .......... 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 H.Rodriguez ............ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Zimmermann pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Umpires—Home, Scott Barry;First, Jerry Meals;Second, Gary Darling;Third, Paul Emmel. T—3:07 (Rain delay: 1:25). A—36,985 (41,487).
Rockies 3, Cardinals 2 Colorado
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The Mets’ Josh Thole scores on a fourth-inning single by Ruben Tejada on Tuesday against the Phillies.
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E Rays 7, Yankees 4 New York
Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h bi Jeter ss 3 1 2 0 DJnngs lf 3 2 1 0 Grndrs cf 4 1 1 1 C.Pena 1b 4 0 0 0 AlRdrg 3b 4 0 0 0 BUpton cf 4 2 2 0 Cano 2b 4 0 2 1 Kppngr 3b 4 0 1 2 Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 Zobrist rf 3 0 1 1 Ibanez dh 4 1 2 0 Scott dh 4 0 0 0 ErChvz 1b 4 0 1 1 JMolin c 4 1 1 0 RMartn c 4 0 0 0 SRdrgz 2b 4 1 3 2 Wise lf 3 1 2 1 EJhnsn ss 4 1 1 0 Totals 34 410 4 Totals 34 710 5 New York ........................... 201 100 000 — 4 Tampa Bay......................... 003 200 20x — 7 E—Er.Chavez (3), R.Martin 2 (4). DP—New York 1, Tampa Bay 1. LOB—New York 4, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Jeter (15), Granderson (10), Ibanez 2 (12), De.Jennings (7), S.Rodriguez (10). HR—Wise (3), S.Rodriguez (6). SB—De.Jennings 2 (15), B.Upton (15), S.Rodriguez (4), E.Johnson (14). S—Jeter. IP H R ER BB SO New York Nova L,9-3 ............... 6 7 6 3 2 5 Rapada..................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Qualls ....................... 12⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 Tampa Bay Shields W,8-5.......... 7 10 4 4 0 5 Badenhop H,4 ......... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Jo.Peralta H,18 ....... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Rodney S,24-25...... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Nova pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. HBP—by Nova (De.Jennings). Umpires—Home, Sam Holbrook;First, Mike Estabrook;Second, Rob Drake;Third, Joe West.
Blue Jays 6, Royals 3 Kansas City
Toronto ab r h bi ab r h bi AGordn lf 3 0 0 1 Lawrie 3b 4 1 2 0 AEscor ss 4 0 0 0 Rasms cf 3 1 1 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 Bautist rf 4 0 1 0 Butler dh 3 0 0 0 Encrnc 1b 3 1 2 1 YBtncr 2b 4 0 1 0 KJhnsn 2b 4 0 1 0 Mostks 3b 4 0 1 0 YEscor ss 4 1 1 0 Francr rf 3 1 1 0 RDavis lf 4 1 2 2 S.Perez c 3 1 1 0 Lind dh 4 1 2 3 Bourgs cf 2 1 1 2 Mathis c 4 0 1 0 Dyson cf 1 0 1 0 Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 34 613 6 Kansas City ....................... 003 000 000 — 3 Toronto............................... 000 600 00x — 6 DP—Kansas City 2, Toronto 1. LOB—Kansas City 3, Toronto 6. 2B—Moustakas (19), Dyson (4). 3B—Bourgeois (1). HR—Lind (6). SB—Dyson (14). CS—R.Davis (6). SF—A.Gordon. IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City Mazzaro L,3-3 ......... 51⁄3 13 6 6 0 3 G.Holland ................. 12⁄3 0 0 0 2 2 Mijares...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Toronto Cecil W,2-1 .............. 6 5 3 3 1 3 Frasor H,10.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oliver H,8 ................. 1 1 0 0 0 2 Janssen S,10-11 ..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Cecil pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. WP—Mazzaro. Umpires—Home, Angel Hernandez;First, Chris Conroy;Second, Ed Hickox;Third, Mark Carlson.
White Sox 19, Rangers 2 Texas
Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi 3 0 1 0 De Aza cf 6 3 2 0 Youkils AlGnzlz 2b 1 0 0 0 3b-1b 6 3 3 4 Andrus ss 4 0 1 2 A.Dunn dh 2 3 2 2 Flowrs Hamltn lf 2 0 1 0 ph-dh 1 1 0 0 LMartn lf 1 0 0 0 Konerk 1b 4 1 2 2 Beltre 3b 3 0 1 0 EEscor 3b 2 1 1 0 BSnydr pr-3b 1 0 1 0 Rios rf 4 3 3 3 MiYong dh 4 0 0 0 JrDnks rf 0 0 0 1 N.Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 Przyns c 5 1 3 3 DvMrp rf 1 0 1 0 Viciedo lf 4 2 2 0 Napoli 1b 4 1 1 0 AlRmrz ss 5 1 3 2 Torreal c 4 0 0 0 Bckhm 2b 3 0 0 0 OHudsn Gentry cf 3 1 1 0 ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 44192117 Texas ............................... 000 000 020 — 2 Chicago............................ 430 090 30x — 19 E—Kinsler (12). DP—Texas 1, Chicago 2. LOB— Texas 6, Chicago 6. 2B—Andrus (20), Gentry (7), A.Dunn (11), E.Escobar (2), Pierzynski (9), Viciedo (6), Al.Ramirez (11). 3B—De Aza (4). HR—Youkilis (5), A.Dunn (25), Rios (11), Pierzynski (15). SF— Jor.Danks. IP H R ER BB SO Texas Oswalt L,2-1 ............ 42⁄3 13 11 9 1 4 Tateyama ................. 1⁄3 5 5 5 1 0 Grimm....................... 3 3 3 3 2 3 Chicago Sale W,10-2............. 71⁄3 5 1 1 1 4 Omogrosso .............. 12⁄3 4 1 1 0 1 Umpires—Home, CB Bucknor;First, Bill Miller;Second, Vic Carapazza;Third, Dan Iassogna. Kinsler 2b
Indians 9, Angels 5 Cleveland r h bi ab r h bi Trout cf 1 2 3 Choo rf 5 2 2 0 TrHntr rf 0 0 0 ACarer ss 5 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 1 1 1 Kipnis 2b 4 2 2 1 KMorls dh 0 2 0 JoLopz dh 4 1 3 1 Trumo lf 0 0 0 Brantly cf 4 1 1 2 Callasp 3b 1 2 0 CSantn c 3 0 0 0 HKndrc 2b 1 1 0 Ktchm 1b 4 2 2 0 Aybar ss 0 2 0 Duncan lf 2 1 1 2 Hester c 1 0 0 Cnghm lf 1 0 1 1 Hannhn 3b 4 0 2 1 Totals 37 510 4 Totals 36 914 8 Los Angeles....................... 000 050 000 — 5 Cleveland ........................... 120 130 11x — 9 E—Pujols (4), Hannahan (7). DP—Los Angeles 1, Cleveland 1. LOB—Los Angeles 5, Cleveland 6. 2B—K.Morales (11), Aybar (16), Choo (25), Jo.Lopez (11), Kotchman (10), Hannahan 2 (8). 3B—Choo (2). HR—Trout (10), Pujols (13), Duncan (7). SB—Brantley (10). SF—Duncan. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Haren L,6-8.............. 41⁄3 9 7 6 1 1 Takahashi ................ 12⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 Hawkins.................... 1 2 1 1 0 0 Walden ..................... 1 3 1 1 0 2 Cleveland McAllister W,3-1...... 6 8 5 3 0 5 J.Smith H,12............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pestano H,20........... 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rogers...................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Bob Davidson;First, Jim Wolf;Second, Mike Muchlinski;Third, Jerry Layne. Los Angeles
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ab r h bi ab r h bi Nava lf 4 1 1 0 Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 1 JWeeks 2b 4 0 0 0 Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 Reddck rf 3 1 1 2 Sltlmch c 3 0 0 0 Cespds dh 4 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b 4 0 1 0 S.Smith lf 4 1 1 0 C.Ross rf 1 0 0 0 DNorrs c 3 2 1 0 Lillirdg pr-rf 1 0 0 0 Moss 1b 3 1 2 3 Kalish cf 4 0 1 0 Inge 3b 2 1 1 1 Aviles ss 3 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 1 0 0 0 Punto 3b 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 27 6 6 6 Boston ................................ 100 000 000 — 1 Oakland.............................. 140 001 00x — 6 DP—Oakland 2. LOB—Boston 6, Oakland 3. 2B—Nava (16), S.Smith (13). HR—Reddick (19), Moss (9). SB—D.Norris (1). CS—Pennington (3). SF—Reddick, Inge. IP H R ER BB SO Boston Matsuzaka L,0-3...... 1 4 5 5 2 0 Mortensen................ 5 2 1 1 2 2 Melancon ................. 2 0 0 0 0 2 Oakland J.Parker W,5-3 ........ 62⁄3 6 1 1 3 3 Doolittle .................... 21⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 Matsuzaka pitched to 5 batters in the 2nd. Umpires—Home, Alfonso Marquez;First, Brian O’Nora;Second, Jordan Baker;Third, Chad Fairchild. T—2:39. A—17,434 (35,067).
Mariners 6, Orioles 3 Baltimore
Seattle ab r h bi ab r h bi Andino 2b 4 0 0 0 ISuzuki rf 3 1 0 0 Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 C.Wells cf 4 0 2 3 Betemt 3b 4 0 0 0 Jaso dh 4 0 1 0 AdJons cf 4 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 0 0 0 Thome dh 3 1 1 0 Olivo c 4 1 2 1 Wieters c 2 1 0 0 Ackley 1b 3 2 1 1 C.Davis rf 3 1 2 3 Figgins lf 4 1 1 0 MrRynl 1b 2 0 0 0 Kawsk 2b 3 1 1 0 Pearce lf 2 0 0 0 Ryan ss 3 0 1 1 Totals 28 3 3 3 Totals 32 6 9 6 Baltimore ............................ 000 300 000 — 3 Seattle ................................ 001 000 32x — 6 E—Andino (11). DP—Baltimore 1, Seattle 1. LOB— Baltimore 3, Seattle 5. 2B—C.Davis (12), C.Wells (7), Jaso (11). HR—C.Davis (14), Olivo (7), Ackley (5). SB—Ackley (8). CS—Pearce (1), Olivo (4). S— Kawasaki. IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Hammel L,8-4.......... 62⁄3 7 4 4 2 8 Patton ....................... 11⁄3 2 2 2 0 1 Seattle Iwakuma................... 5 3 3 3 3 4 Delabar W,2-1 ......... 2 0 0 0 0 3 Kelley H,2 ................ 1 0 0 0 0 2 Wilhelmsen S,7-8 ... 1 0 0 0 1 1 HBP—by Delabar (Mar.Reynolds). Umpires—Home, Brian Knight;First, Mike Winters;Second, Mark Wegner;Third, Wally Bell. T—2:34. A—14,805 (47,860).
Cardinals 9, Rockies 3 Colorado
St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi EYong cf 3 0 1 0 Furcal ss 4 1 0 1 MtRynl p 0 0 0 0 Jay cf 3 2 1 0 Giambi ph 1 0 0 0 Hollidy lf 3 1 2 2 Scutaro ss-2b 5 0 2 0 Beltran rf 2 1 0 2 CGnzlz lf 4 0 2 0 Craig 1b 4 2 2 3 Cuddyr 1b 4 1 2 0 YMolin c 5 1 1 0 Colvin rf 4 1 1 2 Freese 3b 4 1 3 0 Pachec 3b 3 0 0 0 Descals 2b 4 0 0 0 Nelson 2b 3 0 0 0 Lohse p 3 0 1 0 Ottavin p 0 0 0 0 Boggs p 0 0 0 0 Fowler cf 1 0 0 0 Cleto p 0 0 0 0 WRosr c 4 1 2 1 Outmn p 1 0 0 0 Chatwd p 1 0 0 0 JHerrr ss 2 0 1 0 Totals 36 311 3 Totals 32 910 8 Colorado ............................ 000 200 001 — 3 St. Louis ............................. 101 031 21x — 9 E—Scutaro (8). DP—Colorado 1, St. Louis 1. LOB—Colorado 9, St. Louis 9. 2B—Jay (4). HR— Colvin (9), W.Rosario (14), Holliday (13), Craig 2 (13). SB—Jay (7). CS—Beltran (4). S—E.Young. SF—Holliday, Beltran. IP H R ER BB SO
Colorado Outman..................... 3 2 2 2 5 3 Chatwood L,1-1 ....... 21⁄3 5 4 4 2 1 Ottavino.................... 11⁄3 2 2 0 1 1 Mat.Reynolds........... 11⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 St. Louis Lohse W,8-2 ............ 71⁄3 9 2 2 2 5 Boggs ....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Cleto ......................... 1 2 1 1 0 2 WP—Outman 2, Ottavino 2. Umpires—Home, Paul Schrieber;First, Tim Welke;Second, Alan Porter;Third, Mike Everitt. T—3:12. A—39,456 (43,975).
Padres 6, Diamondbacks 2 San Diego
Arizona ab r h bi Blmqst ss 3 1 1 0 A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 0 J.Upton rf 4 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 3 0 2 1 MMntr c 4 0 0 0 CYoung cf 4 1 1 1 RRorts 3b 4 0 1 0 GParra lf 4 0 2 0 Cahill p 2 0 0 0 Zagrsk p 0 0 0 0 Drew ph 1 0 0 0 Breslw p 0 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 Shaw p 0 0 0 0 Kubel ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 34 2 8 2 San Diego .......................... 100 003 101 — 6 Arizona ............................... 000 001 100 — 2 E—Cahill (3). DP—Arizona 1. LOB—San Diego 10, Arizona 7. 2B—Amarista (6), Maybin (7), A.Hill (18), Goldschmidt (22). HR—Amarista (4), Grandal (3), Maybin (4), C.Young (8). SB—Ev.Cabrera (13), Goldschmidt (7). CS—Maybin (4). SF—Goldschmidt. IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Richard W,6-8 ......... 82⁄3 8 2 2 1 3 Thatcher S,1-1......... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona Cahill L,6-7 .............. 6 7 4 2 3 3 Zagurski ................... 1 1 1 1 1 0 Breslow .................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ziegler ...................... 1⁄3 1 1 1 2 0 Shaw ......................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Ziegler (Quentin), by Cahill (Venable). Umpires—Home, Adrian Johnson;First, Gary Cederstrom;Second, Lance Barksdale;Third, Tim McClelland. T—2:46. A—19,633 (48,633). Venale rf Amarst 2b Headly 3b Quentin lf Denorfi lf Grandl c Alonso 1b Maybin cf EvCarr ss Richrd p Thtchr p
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Obama allies focus 100% on 47% remark
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President’s camp keeps up attacks, as Romney tries to shift attention. By NEDRA PICKLER and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press
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Comrades accompany fallen officer
The funeral procession for slain police officer Bradley Fox travels along the Pennsylvania Turnpike Wednesday near Whitemarsh. Fox, a seven-year veteran of Montgomery County’s Plymouth Township Police Department and a Marine veteran of two tours in Iraq, was killed on Sept. 13 as he responded to the report of a fleeing hit-and-run suspect.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s campaign allies continued to push out an unauthorized video of rival Mitt Romney dismissing the half of Americans who don’t pay income taxes, while the Republican nominee tried to turn the campaign disruption into a debate over the role of government in family finances. “My course for the American economy will encourage private investment and personal freedom,” Romney wrote in an op-ed essay in Wednesday’s USA Today. “Instead of creating
a web of dependency, I will pursue policies that grow our economy and lift Americans out of poverty.” It remains to be seen whether Romney’s remarks at a private fundraiser, captured on hidden camera, would shake loose a dead heat that’s persisted in the presidential campaign for months. An Associated Press-GfK poll out Wednesday shows an improvement in Obama’s job approval rating and confidence in the country’s direction, but the race is a dead heat among those most likely to vote. Romney’s USA Today essay avoided mention of the claim he makes on the video that nearly half of Americans believe they are victims and entitled to a range of government support and that as a candidate, he doesn’t feel a
need to worry about them. His running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, told KRNV-TV in Reno, Nev., that Romney “was obviously inarticulate in making this point” that government dependency and economic stagnation have risen under Obama. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor Wednesday to question whether Romney himself could be one of the Americans who pay no federal income tax. Reid has charged before that Romney hasn’t paid taxes some years, but the senator hasn’t backed up the claim with evidence, and Romney has insisted that’s not true. “We’ll never know, since he refuses to release tax returns from the years before he was running for president,” Reid said.
Obama, appearing Tuesday on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman,” rejected the notion that many Americans feel they are victims. “One thing I’ve learned as president is that you represent the entire country,” he said. A super political action committee supporting Obama was more pointed in the first television advertisement using Romney’s words, released Wednesday morning and scheduled to run in battlegrounds Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. The ad includes video of Romney saying, “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility.” An announcer interjects, “And Mitt Romney will never convince us he’s on our side.”
Bitter teachers’ strike ended Tuesday
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Congress honors dissident
awmakers united by their respect of L Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have presented her with Congress’ highest civilian honor in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. Suu Kyi described it as one of the most moving days of her life. She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008 while under house arrest for her peaceful struggle against military rule. Her long-awaited visit to America finally provided an opportunity for her to receive the honor Wednesday in person in Congress’ most majestic setting, beneath the dome of the Capitol and ringed by marble statues of former U.S. presidents.
Internal findings cite multiple problems, but do not criticize attorney general. By PETE YOST Associated Press
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Rebels take border crossing
Syrian rebels seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey on Wednesday, ripping down the Syrian flag as the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad expand their control of the country’s north. Assad, meanwhile, told Iran’s visiting foreign minister that the fight against his government “targets resistance as a whole, not only Syria,” an apparent reference to countries and groups opposed to Israel’s existence. The “axis of resistance” includes Syria and Iran, along with the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group in Lebanon and the Palestinian militant Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Iranian visitor, Ali Akbar Salehi, arrived in Syria after a visit to Cairo as part of an Egyptian-sponsored Syria peace initiative grouping Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt — all supporters of the rebels — with Iran. PARIS
Magazine riles Muslims
A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, inflaming global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam and prompting France to step up security at embassies. The move by provocative weekly Charlie Hebdo followed days of violent protests from Asia to Africa against the U.S.-produced film “Innocence of Muslims,” and turned France into a potential target, too. Up to now, American government sites have drawn the most ire. Violence linked to the amateurish movie, which portrays the prophet as a fraud, a womanizer and a child molester, has killed at least 30 people in seven countries, including the American ambassador to Libya. WASHINGTON
Curiosity snaps Mars eclipse
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover took hundreds of photos of what on Earth is a rare event: a partial eclipse of the sun. Two moons zip around the red planet, so eclipses are more common. Scientists say there’s even somewhat of an eclipse season. Curiosity turned its cameras skyward to watch chunks of the sun seemingly bitten away by Mars’ moons in three different eclipses, starting last week and continuing Wednesday. Texas A&M University scientist Mark Lemmon said these pictures will help scientists track the fate of the larger Martian moon, Phobos. In 10 to 15 million years, Phobos will get so close to Mars it will break up and crash into the planet. On Friday, Curiosity will start making its first chemical tests of a rock.
Justice at fault in gun probe, report says
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Leslie Sabbs-Kizer, right, walks her children Nkai Melton, 8, Akaira Melton, 7, and Khaymya Smith, 3, to Bond Elementary school in Chicago, Wednesday after Chicago teachers voted to suspend their first strike in 25 years.
Chicago students return to class
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CHICAGO — Chicago children returned to school Wednesday, less than a day after teachers ended a seven-day strike that disrupted the daily routines of thousands of families and made the city a flashpoint in the debate over union rights and efforts to overhaul the nation’s public education system. For Erica Weiss, the resumption of classes spared her from having to take her 6-yearold daughter to work. “I am elated. I couldn’t be happier,” said Weiss, who had to leave her office in the middle of the day to pick up her daughter from one of the schools that stayed open and then bring her back to her finance job downtown. Union delegates voted over-
whelmingly Tuesday evening to suspend the walkout after reviewing a proposed contract settlement with the nation’s third-largest school district. They said the offer wasn’t perfect, but that it included enough concessions on proposed new teacher evaluations, recall rights for laid-off teachers and classroom conditions. The contract will now be submitted to a vote by the union’s full membership of more than 26,000 teachers and support staffers. The strike stranded roughly 350,000 students and left many parents scrambling to arrange alternative care for their children even though the district kept more than 140 schools open for several hours a day for meals and activities.
Some parents expressed hope Wednesday that the tentative agreement would benefit students in a district grappling with high dropout rates and poor performance. “They’ll win from the strike,” said Leslie Sabbs-Kizer, referring to her children as she walked them to a South Side elementary school. Wilonda Cannon, a single mother raising her four children in North Lawndale, a poor West Side neighborhood beset by gang shootings, said she was relieved that her two youngest were returning to class after spending the last seven weekdays with their grandfather. She said she hoped the agreement was the beginning of something new for Chicago’s public school system,
which has long struggled with high drop-out rates and low test scores. It will take months if not years before parents and teachers will see whether the changes and contract provisions pay off for students. “I don’t know all the ins and outs (of the contract negotiations) ... but it does seem as though it’s a step in the right direction,” Cannon said. As the strike dragged into a second week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel sought a court order to send teachers back to the classroom, a request that was moot after schools reopened. “This is an exciting day for the city of Chicago,” Emanuel said Wednesday. “I’m excited that the kids are back doing the most important thing,” learning in the classroom.
Pot could get state’s coffers high, but at what cost? The Associated Press
DENVER — A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: “Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?” It’s a bit more complicated than that in the three states — Colorado, Oregon and Washington — that could become the first to legalize marijuana this fall. The debate over how much tax money recreational marijuana laws could produce is playing an outsize role in the campaigns for and against legalization — and both sides concede they’re not really sure what would happen. At one extreme, pro-pot campaigners say it could prove a windfall for cashstrapped states with new taxes on pot and reduced criminal justice costs. At the other, state government skeptics warn legalization would lead to costly legal battles and expensive new bureaucracies to regulate marijuana. In all three states asking voters to decide whether residents can smoke pot, the proponents promise big rewards, though estimates of tax revenue vary widely: • Colorado’s campaign touts money
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If voters say yes, Colorado, Oregon and Washington could become the first to legalize marijuana this fall.
for school construction. State analysts project somewhere between $5 million and $22 million a year. An economist whose study was funded by a pro-pot group projects a $60 million boost by 2017. • Washington’s campaign promises to devote more than half of marijuana taxes to substance-abuse prevention, research, education and health care. Washington state analysts have produced the most generous estimate of how much tax revenue legal pot could produce, at nearly $2
billion over five years. • Oregon’s measure, known as the Cannabis Tax Act, would devote 90 percent of recreational marijuana proceeds to the state’s general fund. They have projected prison savings between $1.4 million and $2.4 million a year if marijuana use was legal without a doctor’s recommendation. “We all know there’s a market for marijuana, but right now the profits are all going to drug cartels or underground,” said Brian Vicente, a lawyer working for Colorado’s Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. But there are numerous questions about the projections, and since no state has legalized marijuana for anything but medical purposes, the actual result is anyone’s guess. Among the problems: No one knows for certain how many people are buying black-market weed. No one knows how demand would change if marijuana were legal. No one knows how much prices would drop, or even what black-market pot smokers are paying now, though economists generally use a national estimate of $225 an ounce based on self-reported prices compiled online.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico. Two senior officials left the department, one by resignation and one by retirement, upon the report’s release. In the 471-page report, Inspector General Michael Horowitz referred more than a dozen people for possible department disciplinary action for their roles in Operation Fast and Furious and a separate, earlier probe known as Wide Receiver, Melson undertaken during the George W. Bush administration. The report did not criticize Attorney General Eric Holder, but said lower-level officials should have briefed him about the investigation much earlier. The report found no evidence that Holder was informed about the Fast and Furious operation before Jan. 31, 2011, or that the attorney general was told about the much-disputed gun-walking tactic employed by the department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Gun-walking was an experimental tactic, barred under long-standing department policy. ATF agents in Arizona allowed suspected “straw purchasers,” in these cases believed to be working for Mexican drug gangs, to leave Phoenix-area gun stores with weapons in order to track them and bring charges against gun-smuggling kingpins who long had eluded prosecution. Because of thin ATF staffing and weak penalties, the traditional strategy of arresting suspected straw buyers as soon as possible had failed to stop the flow of tens of thousands of guns to Mexico — more than 68,000 in the past five years. The operation was a response to criticisms of the agency’s anti-smuggling efforts. The inspector general found fault with the work of the senior ATF leadership, the ATF staff and U.S. attorney’s office in Phoenix and senior officials of Justice’s criminal division in Washington. He also said that poor internal information-gathering and drafting at Justice and ATF caused the department to initially misinform Congress about Fast and Furious. One of those criticized in the report, former ATF acting director Kenneth Melson, who headed that agency during the Fast and Furious investigation, retired upon release of the report.