Archive for May 4th, 2007
Ortiz homer all Red Sox need
Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball always seems to be dancing in the Dome.
Wakefield threw seven innings and David Ortiz homered to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
Wakefield (3-3) held the AL’s top-hitting team to three hits and never allowed a runner past second base to out-duel Carlos [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2007.
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Blalock homers in Texas win
Hank Blalock hit a two-run homer, Brandon McCarthy pitched six sharp innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 Friday night to end a five-game losing streak.
McCarthy (2-4) allowed one run and two hits with four walks. He began the night with a 9.90 ERA, having allowed 17 runs over six innings [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2007.
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Red Sox 2, Twins 0
Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball always seems to be dancing in the Dome.
Wakefield threw seven innings and David Ortiz homered to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
Wakefield (3-3) held the AL’s top-hitting team to three hits and never allowed a runner past second base to out-duel Carlos [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2007.
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Orioles 3, Indians 2, 10 innings
Nick Markakis singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 comeback victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.
Jay Payton homered and scored the decisive run for the Orioles, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Markakis drove in the final two runs for Baltimore, which [...]
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Orioles 3, Indians 2, 10 innings (AP)
Nick Markakis singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 comeback victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night. Jay Payton homered and scored the decisive run for the Orioles, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Markakis drove in the final two runs for Baltimore, [...]
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Marlins 5, Padres 4 (AP)
Josh Willingham and Joe Borchard hit consecutive home runs to start the eighth inning, and the Florida Marlins beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 Friday night. The back-to-back homers — the first this season by Florida — came off Scott Linebrink (1-1), who entered the game with a 4-3 lead. Willingham hit his fifth homer [...]
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Mariners 15, Yankees 11 (AP)
Trailing by five runs didn’t mean much for Seattle, not against this New York Yankees pitching staff. Yuniesky Betancourt hit a tiebreaking two-run double in an eight-run fifth inning, and the Mariners piled on the offense in a 15-11 victory over the Yankees on Friday night that ended New York’s three-game winning streak.
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Braves 4, Dodgers 0= (AP)
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Athletics top Rays on Swisher homer
Nick Swisher hit a tiebreaking three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth to lead the Oakland Athletics past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-2 on Friday night.
Shannon Stewart walked and Mark Ellis singled off Gary Glover (0-2) with one out in the ninth. Brian Stokes replaced Glover and struck out Eric [...]
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Giants bring up Munter to help taxed bullpen, designate Niekro (AP)
The San Francisco Giants brought in some help for their taxed bullpen Friday, recalling right-hander Scott Munter from Triple-A Fresno and designating first baseman Lance Niekro for assignment. “If you looked how the last couple of games have gone, we needed some help in the bullpen,” manager Bruce Bochy said before the Giants played the [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2007.
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