Archive for May 19th, 2007
Family ties (Yahoo! Sports)
ANAHEIM, Ca. – Erick Aybar is getting his shot to play in the bigs. But his brother may have thrown that opportunity away.
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Rockies 6, Royals 4
Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins hit home runs off Gil Meche - the first earned runs the right-hander allowed on the road this season - as the Colorado Rockies beat Kansas City 6-4 on Saturday night.
Todd Helton also homered and scored three runs for the Rockies, who received an impressive start from Taylor Buchholz (2-2). [...]
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Rockies 6, Royals 4 (AP)
Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins hit home runs off Gil Meche — the first earned runs the right-hander allowed on the road this season — as the Colorado Rockies beat Kansas City 6-4 on Saturday night. Todd Helton also homered and scored three runs for the Rockies, who received an impressive start from Taylor Buchholz [...]
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Marlins 7, Devil Rays 2
Dontrelle Willis took advantage of another strong offensive performance by the Florida Marlins.
Willis allowed two runs in seven innings, Jeremy Hermida and Aaron Boone homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth and the Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-2 on Saturday night.
“I felt good,” Willis said. “I’ve been feeling real strong the last [...]
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Red Sox 13, Braves 3, 1st game; Braves 14, Red Sox 0, 2nd game
John Smoltz earned his 199th victory and the Atlanta Braves set a team record with 12 extra-base hits as they handed the Boston Red Sox their worst shutout loss in 17 years, 14-0 Saturday night to split a day-night doubleheader.
The Red Sox took the opener 13-3 as Daisuke Matsuzaka (6-2) won his fifth straight decision [...]
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Marlins 7, Devil Rays 2 (AP)
Dontrelle Willis allowed two runs in seven innings, Jeremy Hermida and Aaron Boone homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth and the Florida Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-2 on Saturday night. Willis (6-3) stopped a personal two-game losing streak. He gave up five hits, three walks and struck out seven.
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Orioles 3, Nationals 2, 11 innings
Jay Payton’s two-run double in the 11th inning gave the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.
The Orioles trailed most of the game before tying it in the eighth on pinch-hitter Aubrey Huff’s sacrifice fly to center.
Ramon Hernandez started the winning rally in the 11th with a leadoff walk off [...]
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Orioles 3, Nationals 2, 11 innings (AP)
Jay Payton’s two-run double in the 11th inning gave the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. The Orioles trailed most of the game before tying it in the eighth on pinch-hitter Aubrey Huff’s sacrifice fly to center. Ramon Hernandez started the winning rally in the 11th with a leadoff [...]
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Blue Jays 13, Phillies 2
Given a chance to start again, Shaun Marcum is making a strong case to stay in the rotation for good.
Marcum pitched six strong innings, Matt Stairs hit a grand slam and Lyle Overbay drove in four runs in Toronto’s 13-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.
Overbay hit a three-run shot and tripled and [...]
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Twins 5, Brewers 2 (AP)
Scott Baker pitched into the ninth inning in his first major league appearance this season and the newly buzzed Minnesota Twins won their 12th straight interleague game, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Saturday night. Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer as the Twins beat their regional rival for the fifth time in a row.
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