D4 EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


Atlanta 57 41 .582 — 5-5 L-1 Phila.


53 46 .535 4A 6-4 W-5


New York 50 49 .505 7A 2-8 L-2 xFlorida 49 49 .500 8 7-3 W-1 Washington 42 57 .424 15A 3-7 L-3


S NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


St. Louis 55 44 .556 — 7-3 W-1 Cincinnati 55 46 .545 1 5-5 L-2 Milwaukee 48 53 .475 8 7-3 W-5 Chicago 46 54 .460 9A 6-4 W-1 Houston 40 59 .404 15 4-6 L-1 Pittsburgh 34 64 .34720A 4-6 L-4


TODAY’S NL GAMES


BRAVES AT NATIONALS, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM


Hanson (R) 8-6 4.12 13-7 Strasburg (R) 5-2 2.32 6-3


DIAMONDBACKS AT PHILLIES, 7:05 Lopez (R)


5-9 4.58 8-12


Hamels (L) 7-7 3.40 11-9 CARDINALS AT METS, 7:10 Wainwright (R) 14-5 1.94 14-7 Niese (L)


6-4 3.54 9-8


CUBS AT ASTROS, 8:05 Lilly (L)


Myers (R)


3-8 3.88 6-11 7-6 3.24 11-9


REDS AT BREWERS, 8:10 Volquez (R) 1-1 7.56 1-1 Gallardo (R) 9-4 2.45 10-9 PIRATES AT ROCKIES, 8:40 Duke (L)


De La Rosa (L) 3-2 5.65 4-3 DODGERS AT PADRES, 10:05 Billingsley (R) 8-5 4.22 11-7 Garland (R) 9-6 3.61 13-7 MARLINS AT GIANTS, 10:15 Johnson (R) 10-3 1.61 12-8 Cain (R)


8-8 3.10 9-11


NL SCORES Phillies


Rockies Cubs Astros


5 4


5 2


PHILLIES 5, ROCKIES 4


Brad Lidge escaped another bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning and Philadelphia held off Colorado to complete a four-game sweep. Brian Schneider’s two-run triple sent the Phillies toward their fifth straight win. Colorado


S.Smith lf J.Herrera 2b


Spilborghs rf Stewart 3b Olivo c


Barmes ss Mora ph


Hammel p R.Flores p Fowler ph


T.Buchholz p Hawpe ph Totals


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 1 2 2 0 0 .282 3 1 0 0 2 0 .291


C.Gonzalez cf 5130 0 1 .307 Giambi 1b


2011 3 0 .279 4 0 2 1 1 0 .278 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 4120 0 0 .307 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 2 0 0 0 0 2 .129 0000 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 1000 0 0 .255 35 4 10 4 6 4 —


Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO AVG Rollins ss


4-9 5.22 6-10


Howard 1b Gload rf Werth rf


W.Valdez 2b


Blanton p Ransom ph Durbin p


J.Romero p Colorado


Polanco 2b-3b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .317 Ibanez lf


5001 0 1 .244 3011 1 1 .257


3000 1 3 .300 3110 0 1 .278 1 0 0 0 0 0 .285


Victorino cf 4010 0 1 .248 Dobbs 3b


4220 0 1 .216 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237


Schneider c 3212 1 1 .235 C.Ruiz c


0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 2 0 0 0 0 1 .147 0000 0 0 .179 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0000 0 0 ---


B.Francisco ph 0000 1 0 .248 Lidge p Totals


200 000 002 — 4 10 2 Philadelphia 030 002 00x — 5 8 0


E: Giambi 2 (4). LOB: Colorado 10, Phila- delphia 9. 2B: S.Smith (11), Olivo (9), Dobbs (5). 3B: Schneider (1). HR: S.Smith (14), off Lidge.


Colorado


Brewers 3 Reds


2


Marlins Late at Giants Gm


TODAY’S AL GAMES


ORIOLES AT BLUE JAYS, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM


Millwood (R) 2-9 5.84 8-11 Romero (L) 7-7 3.52 9-11


YANKEES AT INDIANS, 7:05 Sabathia (L) 13-3 3.18 15-6 Tomlin (R) MLB debut TIGERS AT RAYS, 7:10 Verlander (R) 12-5 3.76 14-6 Shields (R) 8-9 4.90 9-11 ATHLETICS AT RANGERS, 8:05 Gonzalez (L) 9-6 3.75 11-9 Lee (L)


9-4 2.56 10-6


TWINS AT ROYALS, 8:10 Pavano (R) Chen (L)


12-6 3.26 13-7 5-4 4.38 4-6


MARINERS AT WHITE SOX, 8:10 Rowlnd-Smith (L) 1-9 6.27 3-15 Floyd (R)


5-8 3.87 8-12


RED SOX AT ANGELS, 10:05 Lackey (R) 9-5 4.36 11-9 Weaver (R) 9-6 3.22 11-10


RAYS 5, TIGERS 0 Detroit


A.Jackson cf Rhymes 2b Damon dh


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 3 0 0 0 0 1 .316 3000 0 0 .000 3000 0 0 .279


Mi.Cabrera 1b 3000 0 1 .347 Boesch rf Raburn lf Kelly 3b Laird c


Worth ss


Santiago ph 1000 0 0 .272 Totals


Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO AVG Zobrist rf


Crawford lf


Bartlett ss Brignac 2b B.Upton cf


Detroit


Longoria 3b 3100 1 1 .293 C.Pena 1b Joyce dh


3 2 1 1 0 0 .311 4000 0 2 .204


4 1 1 4 0 2 .227 2010 1 1 .243 3000 0 1 .278 2 0 0 0 1 2 .227


Shoppach c 3000 0 3 .194 Totals


Tampa Bay 000 004 01x —530


E: Laird (4). LOB: Detroit 0, Tampa Bay 3. HR: Joyce (3), off Scherzer; Crawford (12), off E.Gonzalez.


Detroit


Scherzer (L, 7-8) 5C 2 4 348 4.45 B.Thomas E.Gonzalez Tampa Bay


IP H R ER BB SO ERA B 0 0 001 4.46


2 1 1 1 0 3 3.12 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Garza (W, 11-5) 9 0 0 0 1 6 4.06


Inherited runners-scored: B.Thomas 1-0. WP: Scherzer. Catchers’ interference_Laird. T: 2:36. A: 17,009 (36,973).


AL SCORES


Blue Jays 9 Orioles


Yankees 3 Indians


2 Rays Tigers


5 0


5


White Sox 6 Mariners


1 Twins Late at Royals Gm


Red Sox Late at Angels Gm


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NL LEADERS Statistics through Sunday’s games


BATTING Furcal, LA .... .326 Prado, Atl ..... .319 Polanco, Phl .316 Votto, Cin ..... .315 Byrd, Chi ...... .312


HOME RUNS Votto, Cin ........ 25 Fielder, Mil ..... 24 Pujols, StL ...... 23 Dunn, Was ..... 23 Reynolds, Ari .. 23 Howard, Phl .... 22 Hart, Mil ......... 22


RBI Howard, Phl .... 78 Hart, Mil .......... 70 Pujols, StL ....... 70 Wright, NY ...... 68 Votto, Cin ........ 67


STOLEN BASES Bourn, Hou ..... 30


ON-BASE PCT. Votto, Cin ..... .419 Pujols, StL ... .406 Wlngm, Was .401 Fielder, Mil .. .399 Huff, SF ........ .397


RUNS Prado, Atl ........ 71 Phillips, Cin ..... 70 Weeks, Mil ...... 68 Votto, Cin ........ 67 Uggla, Fla ....... 63 Howard, Phl .... 63


HITS Prado, Atl ...... 134 Howard, Phl .. 117 Phillips, Cin ... 115 Byrd, Chi ....... 114


DOUBLES Werth, Phl ...... 32 Torres, SF ....... 30 Prado, Atl ........ 28 Byrd, Chi ......... 28


AL LEADERS Statistics through Sunday’s games


BATTING Hamiltn,Tex . .357 Cabrera, Det .350 Mrneau, Min .345 Beltre, Bos .. .332 Cano, NY ..... .332


HOME RUNS Bautista, Tor ... 27 Cabrera, Det .. 24 Hamilton, Tex . 23 Konerko, Chi .. 21 Pena, TB ......... 21 Wells, Tor ........ 20 Teixeira, NY .... 20 Guerrero, Tex . 20


RBI Cabrera, Det ... 88 Rodriguez, NY . 81 Guerrero, Tex .. 76 Hamilton, Tex .. 74 Young, Min ...... 74 Teixeira, NY ..... 70 Cano, NY ........ 68


STOLEN BASES Pierre, Chi ...... 35


ON-BASE PCT. Mrneau, Min .437 Cabrera, Det .423 Youkilis, Bos .407


RUNS Teixeira, NY .... 75 Youkilis, Bos ... 72 Crawford, TB ... 71 Cabrera, Det ... 70 Jeter, NY ......... 69 Cano, NY ........ 68


HITS


Hamilton, Tex 137 Suzuki, Sea .. 125 Cano, NY ...... 125 Cabrera, Det 124 Young, Tex .... 123


ERA


Lee, Tex ....... 2.56 Hrnandz,Sea 2.75 Pettitte, NY .. 2.88


WINS


Sabathia, NY 13-3 Price, TB ...... 13-5


NO - HITTERS All-Time vs. Tigers


July 26, 2010: Matt Garza, Tampa Bay, 5-0


June 2, 1990: Randy Johnson, Seattle, 2-0 July 15, 1973: Nolan Ryan, California, 6-0 April 27, 1973: Steve Busby, Kansas City, 3-0


Sept. 10, 1967: Joel Horlen, Chicago, 6-0 April 30, 1967: Steve Barber (8 2-3 in- nings) and Stu Miller (1-3), Baltimore, 1-2-x


July 1, 1951: Bob Feller, Cleveland, 2-1 June 30, 1948: Bob Lemon, Cleveland, 2-0 April 30, 1922: Charley Robertson, Chica- go, 2-0-y


June 3, 1918: Hub Leonard, Boston, 5-0 Aug. 30, 1912: Earl Hamilton, St. Louis, 5-1


Sept. 6, 1905: Frank Smith, Chicago, 15-0 Sept. 20, 1902: Jim Callahan, Chicago, 3-0 x-Orioles lost when Detroit scored twice in the top of the ninth inning on a wild pitch and an error. y-perfect game


27 5 3 5 4 12 — 000 000 000 —001


2 0 0 0 1 1 .310 3000 0 1 .204 3000 0 0 .206 3 0 0 0 0 2 .182 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250


26 0 0 0 1 6 — 3100 1 0 .271


BLUE JAYS 9, ORIOLES 5


Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO AVG


B.Roberts 2b 5020 0 0 .185 M.Tejada 3b 5000 0 0 .269 Markakis rf


Scott dh 4212 1 0 .295 Ad.Jones cf Pie lf


3110 1 0 .294 5010 0 3 .271


Wieters c 2223 2 0 .251 Fox 1b


4000 0 3 .269 4020 0 2 .229


C.Izturis ss Totals


Toronto


4010 0 1 .248 36 5 10 5 4 9 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG


F.Lewis lf 4111 1 0 .279 Y.Escobar ss 5110 0 2 .359 J.Bautista rf 4223 0 0 .245 V.Wells cf


Lind dh 4232 0 0 .222 A.Hill 2b


4110 0 1 .271 4123 0 0 .202


Overbay 1b 4000 0 2 .248 Encarnacion 3b 4020 0 0 .249 McCoy pr-3b 0100 0 0 .200 J.Molina c 3010 0 0 .276 Totals


Baltimore 000 002 210 — 5 10 1 Toronto


E: C.Izturis (5). LOB: Baltimore 9, Toronto 5. 2B: B.Roberts (2), Ad.Jones (13), Fox (8), Y.Escobar (2), J.Bautista (22), V.Wells (29), Lind (15). HR: Wieters (7), off Morrow; Scott (17), off Janssen; Wie- ters (8), off Janssen; A.Hill (14), off Ber- gesen; J.Bautista (28), off Bergesen; Lind (14), off Bergesen. RBI: Scott 2 (40), Wie- ters 3 (32), F.Lewis (29), J.Bautista 3 (70), Lind 2 (46), A.Hill 3 (37).


Baltimore


Bergesen (L, 3-9)


Albers Toronto


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5 10 8 8 1 1 6.95


3 3 1 1 0 4 4.35 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Morrow (W, 7-6) 6 5 2 2 4 6 4.62 Janssen


1C 5 3 3 0 2 4.15 Purcey (S, 1) 1B 0 0 0 0 1 1.74


Bergesen pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Inherited runners-scored: Albers 1-0, Pur- cey 2-0. HBP: by Albers (J.Molina), by Janssen (Markakis). T: 2:39. A: 17,422 (49,539).


Baltimore Orioles Upcoming Schedule July 27 at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. July 28 at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. July 29 at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. July 30 at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. July 31 at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Aug. 1 at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Aug. 3 L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 4 L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 5 L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 6 Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 7 Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 8 Chicago White Sox, 1:35 p.m. Aug. 9 Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 10 at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 11 at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.


YANKEES 3, INDIANS 2


Curtis Granderson hit a two- run homer in the eighth inning to rally New York. Granderson connected with one out off Jake Westbrook. Jorge Posada reached on a one-out single before Grand- erson gave the Yankees the lead.


36 9 13 9 1 5 — 010 340 01x — 9 13 0


Shin-Soo Choo put Cleve- land ahead 2-1 in the sixth with an RBI double. Travis Hafner hit a solo homer in the second for the Indians. New York


Jeter ss


Swisher rf Teixeira 1b


A.Rodriguez 3b Cano 2b


Posada dh


Granderson cf Cervelli c Gardner lf Totals


Cleveland Brantley cf A.Cabrera ss Choo rf


C.Santana c Hafner dh


Jh.Peralta 3b LaPorta 1b Crowe lf


Donald 2b Totals


New York Cleveland


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275 3 1 1 1 1 1 .301 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 3 0 0 0 1 0 .329 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269 3 1 2 2 0 1 .249 3 0 0 0 0 1 .265 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 29 3 4 3 4 6 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 3 1 0 0 1 0 .157 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 4 0 1 1 0 1 .291 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 4 1 1 1 0 1 .262 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254 2 0 0 0 1 0 .260 3 0 1 0 0 1 .271 31 2 6 2 3 6 —


000 100 020 — 3 4 0 010 001 000 — 2 6 0


LOB: New York 3, Cleveland 5. 2B: Choo (17), Jh.Peralta (23), LaPorta (9), Donald (16). HR: Swisher (18), off Westbrook; Granderson (10), off Westbrook; Hafner (9), off Vazquez.


New York


Vazquez (W, 9-7)


D.Robertson Logan


Westbrook (L, 6-7)


C.Perez


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 5 2 2 3 5 4.54


C 0 0 0 0 0 4.67 B 0 0 0 0 1 3.57


M.Rivera (S, 21) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.96 Cleveland


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 8 4 3 3 2 5 4.65


1 0 0 0 2 1 2.29


Vazquez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited runners-scored: D.Robertson 1-0. IBB: off C.Perez (Cano). WP: Vazquez, C.Perez. T: 2:43. A: 27,224 (45,569).


BREWERS 3, REDS 2 Pinch-hitter Jim Edmonds


homered with two outs in the eighth after just missing a go- ahead shot on the previous pitch and Milwaukee rallied to beat Cincinnati. Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer in the third inning as the Brewers won their fifth straight to match a season- best streak. Edmonds has been unable to play the field since his right Achilles’ tendon tightened Sat- urday night, but he didn’t need to run hard after homering.


Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO AVG O.Cabrera ss B.Phillips 2b Votto 1b Rolen 3b Gomes lf Bruce rf


Stubbs cf L.Nix ph


Hanigan c Janish pr Arroyo p Heisey ph Totals


A.Escobar ss Braun lf


Fielder 1b


McGehee 3b Kottaras c C.Gomez cf Inglett rf Ra.Wolf p


Villanueva p Edmonds ph Axford p Totals


Cincinnati


4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 3 0 0 0 1 1 .282 3 0 0 0 1 2 .312 3 1 0 0 0 0 .284 4 1 3 0 0 1 .278 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 3 0 0 0 0 2 .235 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267 4 0 1 2 0 0 .311 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 3 0 0 0 0 1 .178 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282 33 2 6 2 2 9 —


Milwaukee AB R H BI BBSO AVG Weeks 2b


4 1 1 2 0 1 .274 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 2 0 0 0 1 0 .279 2 0 0 0 0 0 .261 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 3 0 0 0 0 1 .207 3 0 0 0 0 2 .234 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 2 1 1 0 0 1 .261 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 1 1 0 0 .289 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 26 3 3 3 1 5 —


020 000 000 —260 Milwaukee 002 000 01x —330


LOB: Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 1. 2B: L.Nix (9). HR: Weeks (21), off Arroyo; Edmonds (8), off Arroyo.


Cincinnati


Villanueva (W, 1-0)


Arroyo (L, 10-6) 8 3 3 3 1 5 4.21 Milwaukee Ra.Wolf


IP H R ER BB SO ERA IP H R ER BB SO ERA


7 5 2 2 1 5 5.07 1 0 0 0 1 2 4.13


Axford (S, 15) 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.73


HBP: by Arroyo (Fielder), by Ra.Wolf (Ro- len). T: 2:10. A: 31,945 (41,900).


For Rays’ Garza, no hits and one spot in history


this year is the first in franchise history


by Fred Goodall


st. petersburg, fla.— Matt Garza pitched the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history and the fifth in the major leagues this season in a 5-0 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Monday night.


Garza faced the minimum 27


batters. He gave up only a sec- ond-inning walk and provided for a team that has been on the wrong end of pitching gems lately. The Rays have been held hit- less three times since last July, including a pair of perfect games that were thrown against them. “It was one of those days


where everything lined up,” Gar- za said. “The defense made great plays. I really can’t say enough about them.” The last time there were at


least five no-hitters in a season was 1991, when Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan threw one of seven in the big leagues that year, ac-


Fifth no-hitter cording to STATS LLC.


Garza, the 2008 AL champi- onship series MVP, rebounded from one of his worst outings of the season. He retired pinch- hitter Ramon Santiago for the fi- nal out on an easy fly ball to right fielder Ben Zobrist, who made a terrific running catch in the third to rob Danny Worth. “That ninth inning,” Garza said, “I kept telling myself, ‘Just finish it, just finish it, just battle, battle. If it’s meant to happen, it’s going to happen.’ ” Garza’s teammates mobbed him near the mound after a performance that left the New York Mets and San Diego Padres as the only big league teams without a no-hit- ter. The Rays began play in 1998 — the Padres in 1969 and the Mets in ‘62. The closest Detroit’s injury-


depleted lineup came to a hit was Worth’s two-out liner in the third, but Zobrist made a leap- ing catch above his head as he retreated toward the wall. Miguel Cabrera hit a hard lin-


er to left leading off the eighth. Carl Crawford barely had to move to make the play. The Tigers were no-hit for the


first time since Randy Johnson shut them down at Seattle on June 2, 1990.


MIKE CARLSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS


“It was one of those days where everything lined up,” Tampa Bay pitcher Matt Garza said.


Garza (11-5) struck out six in


Tampa Bay’s 2,039th game — and on a night when the Rays struggled to generate much of- fense themselves. Matt Joyce’s grand slam with


two outs in the sixth was the first hit off Detroit starter Max Scherzer (7-8). The next batter, Jason Bartlett, singled for the only other hit of the night until Crawford homered in the eighth. The 26-year-old Garza, who tossed a one-hitter at Florida on June 26, 2008, retired Don Kelly on a routine grounder to second base in the ninth and struck out Gerald Laird before getting San- tiago to end it on his 120th pitch before a crowd of 17,009. — Associated Press


T.Buchholz J.Romero


Hammel (L, 7-6) 5C 7 5 438 4.34 R.Flores


IP H R ER BB SO ERA B 1 0 001 2.74


2 0 0 0 1 2 6.00


Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA Blanton (W, 4-6) 6 6 2 2 3 2 5.85 Durbin


1 1 0 0 0 1 3.07 1 0 0 0 1 1 2.78


Lidge (S, 10) 1 3 2 2 2 0 4.58


Inherited runners-scored: R.Flores 2-1. IBB: off Lidge (Giambi). WP: Hammel, Lidge. T: 2:54. A: 44,838 (43,651).


0000 0 0 --- 33 5 8 5 4 11 —


WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR


San Diego 58 39 .598 — 8-2 W-3 xSan Fran. 56 43 .566 3 8-2 W-4 Los Angeles 53 46 .535 6 4-6 W-2 Colorado 51 48 .515 8 2-8 L-6 Arizona 37 62 .374 22 3-7 L-4


x-Late game Around the horn PERSONNEL DEPT.


Angels: Promoted RHP Michael Kohn from Class AAA Salt Lake and optioned RHPs Trevor Bell and Matt Palmer to Salt Lake. Mets: Placed C Rod Barajas (strain in left side) on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, and promoted IF Mike Hessman from Class AAA Buffalo. Minors: OF Prentice Redman of the Dodgers’ Class AAA Albuquerque affiliate has been


suspended for 100 games following his second positive test for a banned amphetamine. Several others received 50-game suspensions. Three Brewers’ minor leaguers were suspended: 3B Allixon Cequea, OF Erickson Salaya and P Leonard Lorenzo. Jose Valdez, a pitcher in the Tigers’ chain, and Leudis Benzant, a pitcher in the Athletics’ chain, also were suspended. Orioles: IF Ty Wigginton had his suspension cut to two games by MLB. Twins: Placed 2B Orlando Hudson (strain in right side) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 24, and recalled C Jose Morales from Class AAA Rochester.


GLOVE AND BALL JUST WON’T MIX


WHITE SOX 6, MARINERS 1


John Danks pitched eight solid innings to win his fourth consecutive start for Chicago. Juan Pierre and Alexei Rami-


rez each had three hits for the White Sox, who kicked off a seven-game homestand with their season-high eighth con- secutive victory at U.S. Cellular Field.


Danks is 7-2 with a 2.83 ERA in his last nine outings. The left-hander is 3-0 with a 1.14 ERA in three starts against Se- attle this season. Sergio San- tos finished the six-hitter as Chicago is 6-1 against the Mar- iners this season. Seattle


I.Suzuki rf Figgins 2b


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 2 0 0 0 .310 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230


F.Gutierrez cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Jo.Lopez 3b 4010 0 0 .236 Kotchman 1b 4000 0 0 .221 Bradley dh


2 0 0 0 1 1 .205


M.Saunders lf 3110 0 0 .242 Ro.Johnson c 3010 0 1 .195 Ja.Wilson ss Totals


Chicago Pierre lf


CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/ASSOCIATED PRESS Seattle first baseman Casey Kotchman, left, is unable to hold onto a blooper. QUOTABLE


“Everyone expects to win every single night, and that’s a


different feeling.” — Braves C Brian McCann on Atlanta’s improved team chemistry


STAR OF THE DAY Matt Garza, Rays


Walked just one and struck out six in no-hitting the Tigers


Vizquel 3b Rios cf


Konerko 1b Quentin rf


3 0 1 1 0 0 .256 31 1 6 1 1 3 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5132 0 0 .255 3011 2 0 .277 4 0 1 0 0 2 .311 4111 0 1 .298 3020 1 0 .240


An.Jones pr-rf 0100 0 0 .203 Kotsay dh


4 0 1 0 0 0 .221


Lillibridge pr-dh 0100 0 0 .407 Pierzynski c 3111 0 0 .236 Al.Ramirez ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 .282 Beckham 2b 4000 0 0 .236 Totals


Seattle


TODAY’S GAME TO WATCH


Braves at Nationals 7 p.m., MASN


In a duel of young aces, Atlanta pits 23-year-old Tommy Hanson against Washington’s 22-year-old Stephen Strasburg


RANGERS 6, ANGELS 4 Late Sunday


Josh Hamilton drove in three


runs, Tommy Hunter pitched into the seventh inning to re- main unbeaten and Texas beat Los Angeles. The AL West-leading Rang- ers won three of four in the se- ries to build a seven-game lead over the second-place Angels. Hunter became the first


Rangers pitcher to win his first eight decisions in a season, joining the Cubs’ Carlos Silva to do it this season.


Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO AVG E.Aybar ss M.Izturis 2b B.Abreu rf


Tor.Hunter cf H.Matsui dh Callaspo 3b


H.Kendrick 1b J.Rivera lf J.Mathis c Willits ph


Bo.Wilson c Totals Texas


Andrus ss


M.Young 3b Kinsler 2b


Guerrero dh Hamilton cf N.Cruz rf


Dav.Murphy lf B.Molina c C.Davis 1b Totals


4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 3 0 0 0 1 0 .242 3 1 0 0 1 0 .252 4 2 2 1 0 0 .292 4 1 2 2 0 0 .252 4 0 0 1 0 0 .272 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 2 0 0 0 0 1 .234 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 33 4 6 4 2 1 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 0 2 0 1 0 .273 5 1 2 1 0 1 .302 5 2 2 0 0 1 .303 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309 4 1 3 3 0 1 .357 4 0 2 1 0 0 .330 2 1 0 0 2 0 .257 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 2 1 1 1 2 1 .200 34 6 13 6 5 6 —


Los Angeles 010 000 201 — 4 6 0 Texas


201 111 00x — 6 13 0


LOB: Los Angeles 4, Texas 9. 2B: Andrus (12), C.Davis (8). 3B: Hamilton (3). HR: Tor.Hunter (16), off Tom.Hunter; H.Mat- sui (13), off Tom.Hunter.


Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA T.Bell (L, 1-2) 3B 8 4 4 2 2 6.75 F.Rodriguez S.Shields Fuentes Texas


Tom.Hunter (W, 8-0)


O’Day F.Francisco


1C 2 1 1 0 0 3.71 2 2 1 1 3 2 5.61 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.68 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6B 3 3 3 1 1 2.31


C 1 0 0 0 0 1.36 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.83


N.Feliz (S, 28) 1 2 1 1 0 0 3.74


Inherited runners-scored: F.Rodriguez 1-0. WP: F.Rodriguez, S.Shields. Balk: Fuentes. T: 2:49. A: 38,320 (49,170).


001 000 000 — 1 6 0 Chicago 002 002 02x — 6 13 0


LOB: Seattle 4, Chicago 8. 2B: M.Saunders (8), Pierzynski (18), Al.Ramirez (17). HR: Konerko (22), off F.Hernandez.


Seattle


F.Hernandez (L, 7-7)


B.Sweeney Chicago


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 9 4 4 3 3 2.86


1 4 2 2 0 0 4.86 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Danks (W, 11-7) 8 6 1 1 1 2 3.23 S.Santos


T: 2:24. A: 38,815 (40,615). 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.74


KLMNO EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


New York 63 35 .643 — 7-3 W-2 Tampa Bay 60 38 .612 3 6-4 W-3 xBoston 55 44 .556 8A 4-6 L-2 Toronto 51 49 .510 13 6-4 W-1 Baltimore 31 68 .31332A 2-8 L-3


CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


Chicago 54 44 .551 — 4-6 W-1 xMinnesota 53 46 .535 1A 7-3 W-2 Detroit xK.C.


Cleveland 41 58 .414 13A 6-4 L-3


51 47 .520 3 3-7 L-1 42 56 .429 12 3-7 L-1


TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010 AMERICAN LEAGUE


WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR Texas


58 41 .586 — 7-3 W-1


xL.A. Angels 52 49 .515 7 5-5 L-1 Oakland 50 48 .510 7A 8-2 W-2 Seattle 39 61 .390 19A 4-6 L-1


x-Late game


34 6 13 6 3 3 —


CARDINALS 4, CUBS 3 (11)


Late Sunday Felipe Lopez hit a tiebreak-


ing solo homer in the 11th in- ning to help St. Louis beat Chi- cago. St. Louis


F.Lopez 3b Ludwick rf Franklin p Winn ph


AB R H BI BB SO AVG 5111 1 1 .268 5 0 2 0 0 2 .276 0000 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276


McClellan p 0000 0 0 .500 D.Reyes p Pujols 1b Holliday lf Jay cf-rf


0000 0 0 .000 4 1 1 1 1 0 .300 5010 0 0 .305 5120 0 1 .387


Schumaker 2b 4141 1 0 .262 Y.Molina c


C.Carpenter p 2010 0 1 .119 Miles ph Motte p


4 0 1 0 1 1 .236 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321


Rasmus cf B.Ryan ss Totals


Chicago


Colvin rf-lf S.Castro ss D.Lee 1b


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 .266 5021 0 0 .196 42 4 15 4 4 7 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5010 0 3 .262 4011 0 0 .307 5 1 1 0 0 0 .251


Ar.Ramirez 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Byrd cf


A.Soriano lf 4020 0 0 .269 Schlitter p Nady ph Soto c


Je.Baker pr Theriot 2b


Dempster p 1000 0 0 .135 Fontenot ph Marshall p Marmol p


1 0 0 0 0 1 .287 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


Fukudome rf 2010 0 1 .253 Totals


St. Louis 020 001 000 01 — 4 15 1 Chicago 000 120 000 00 — 3 12 0


E: Schumaker (13). LOB: St. Louis 10, Chi- cago 9. 2B: Schumaker (13), D.Lee (18). 3B: Jay (1), Theriot (2). HR: Pujols (23), off Dempster; F.Lopez (6), off Schlitter.


St. Louis


Franklin (W, 5-1)


McClellan


D.Reyes (S, 1) Chicago


Dempster Marshall Marmol


C.Carpenter 7 9 3 3 1 4 3.09 Motte


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.38


2 2 0 001 3.12 C 1 0 001 2.03


B 0 0 001 3.25 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 9 3 3 4 4 3.71 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.74 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.66


Schlitter (L, 0-1) 2 4 1 1 0 1 10.8


Inherited runners-scored: D.Reyes 1-0. IBB: off Dempster (Y.Molina). HBP: by Frank- lin (S.Castro). WP: Franklin. T: 3:41. A: 41,406 (41,210).


42 3 12 3 1 7 —


5 0 2 1 0 1 .312 0000 0 0 ---


1010 0 0 .224 4 1 0 0 1 0 .286 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 5 1 2 1 0 1 .281


Blue Jays rout Bergesen, post 9-5 win over Orioles


Wieters homers twice in loss as Baltimore falls to 0-10 vs. Toronto


by Jeff Zrebiec


toronto — When Aaron Hill’s fourth-inning drive slammed into the camera well over the cen- ter-field wall, Baltimore Orioles starter Brad Bergesen pounded his fist into his glove before step- ping back on the Rogers Centre mound and getting a new ball. He’d have to repeat that act again in the fifth inning after Jose Bautista deposited a pitch just below the second deck in left- center field for a three-run ho- mer, and two batters later when Adam Lind’s line drive just got over the wall in right for a solo shot. It’s getting really old both for the Orioles, who are rightfully tired of watching their young starters melt down on a daily ba- sis and for Bergesen, who simply can’t get major league hitters out with the way that he’s pitched this season. In a woeful perform- ance that could lead to his third demotion in little more than three months, Bergesen was


torched for eight runs in five-plus innings and Baltimore was beat- en again by the Toronto Blue Jays, this time, 9-5, in front of an an- nounced 17,422.


Entering the night, the Orioles


were 0-9 this season against the Blue Jays and 0-7 on Mondays, a toxic mix that foretold a long and difficult night. For much of the game, it was every bit as bad as you would imagine as Toronto built an 8-0 by the bottom of the fifth inning before Baltimore (31- 68) made a game of it, mainly be- cause of Matt Wieters. Bergesen’s horrific outing and another loss – the Orioles are 2-9 since the all-star break – marred the best offensive game of Wie- ters’ young career. In his second game since being activated from the disabled list, Wieters hit two home runs, drove in three runs and walked twice. Luke Scott, who was named American League Player of the Week earlier in the day, also continued his tor- rid stretch with a two-run homer. The Orioles, playing without


first baseman Ty Wigginton, who started serving a two-game sus- pension, pounded out 10 hits, in- cluding two by Brian Roberts, but it still wasn’t enough to erase the damage left by Bergesen. — Baltimore Sun


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