NATIONAL LEAGUE D4


S EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


Atlanta 39 28 .582 — 6-4 W-2 New York 38 28 .576 A 9-1 W-7 Phila.


Florida 31 35 .470 7A 3-7 L-3 Wash.


34 30 .531 3A 4-6 W-2 31 36 .463 8 4-6 L-3


CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


Cincinnati 37 30 .552 — 4-6 W-1 St. Louis 36 30 .545 A 3-7 L-1 Chicago 30 36 .455 6A 5-5 W-2 Milwaukee 28 38 .424 8A 6-4 L-1 Houston 26 41 .388 11 5-5 L-1 Pittsburgh 23 43 .348 13A0-10 L-11


TODAY’S INTERLEAGUE GAMES


WHITE SOX AT NATIONALS, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM


Floyd (R) 2-7 5.64 3-10


Strasburg (R) 2-0 2.19 2-0 ORIOLES AT PADRES, 10:05 Matusz (L)


LeBlanc (L) 4-4 3.05 7-4 ANGELS AT CUBS, 2:20 Kazmir (L) 6-5 5.26 6-6 Silva (R)


2-7 4.92 3-10 ROCKIES 5, TWINS 1 8-1 2.89 10-2


TWINS AT PHILLIES, 7:05 Blackburn (R) 6-3 4.96 8-4 Blanton (R) 1-5 7.28 2-6 METS AT YANKEES, 7:05 Takahashi (L) 5-2 3.48 3-2 Vazquez (R) 6-5 5.43 5-6 INDIANS AT PIRATES, 7:05 Carmona (R) 5-5 3.23 5-8 Maholm (L) 4-4 3.63 7-6 DIAMONDBACKS AT TIGERS, 7:05 Willis (L)


2-2 4.39 5-5


Galarraga (R) 2-1 2.67 4-1 GIANTS AT BLUE JAYS, 7:05 Zito (L)


Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run on eight hits to improve to 13-1 on the season in Colo- rado’s victory over Minnesota. Jimenez’s earned run aver- age dropped to 1.15, and the 26-year-old Dominican is off to the best start by a pitcher since Roger Clemens went 14-0 in 1986. Ryan Spilborghs hit a two- run homer and Troy Tulowitzki added an RBI-triple and two runs for the Rockies, who avoided a three-game sweep. Colorado


C.Gonzalez cf 4000 0 2 .295 S.Smith ph-lf Helton 1b


Tulowitzki ss 2211 1 0 .306 J.Herrera 2b


Spilborghs lf-cf 3212 0 1 .282 Olivo c


Mora 3b Hawpe rf


4 0 1 1 0 0 .277 3020 0 0 .275


Iannetta dh 2000 2 0 .179 Barmes 2b-ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Totals


Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO AVG Span cf


Tolbert 2b Mauer ph Plouffe ss


Cuddyer rf


33 5 8 5 3 6 — 3010 1 0 .278


3 0 2 0 0 0 .214 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130


Morneau 1b 4000 0 0 .336 Kubel dh


4010 0 0 .248 4000 0 0 .274


7-2 3.10 9-4


Morrow (R) 4-5 5.14 6-7 DODGERS AT RED SOX, 7:10 Monasterios (R) 3-1 2.98 4-1 Doubront (L) ---


----


RAYS AT MARLINS, 7:10 Garza (R)


--- 7-4 3.50 8-5


Robertson (L) 4-5 4.57 6-6 ROYALS AT BRAVES, 7:35 Bannister (R) 6-4 5.40 7-6 Lowe (R)


Delm.Young lf 3010 0 1 .292 Valencia 3b Punto ss Thome ph


B.Harris pr-2b 0100 0 0 .160 Butera c Totals


2 0 1 1 1 1 .154 30 1 8 1 2 4 —


Colorado 300 000 020 —580 Minnesota 000 000 010 —180


LOB: Colorado 7, Minnesota 4. 2B: Tolbert (1), Thome (9). 3B: Tulowitzki (1). HR: Spilborghs (7), off Al.Burnett.


Colorado


Jimenez (W, 13-1) Corpas


Minnesota


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 8 8 1 124 1.15


1 0 0 0 0 0 2.43 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Liriano (L, 6-4) 7 5 3 3 3 6 2.98 Al.Burnett Mahay


1 2 2 2 0 0 2.78 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.42


8-5 4.81 9-5


RANGERS AT ASTROS, 8:05 Feldman (R) 4-6 5.28 6-7 Rodriguez (L) 3-9 5.60 4-9 ATHLETICS AT CARDINALS, 8:15 Mazzaro (R) 2-1 4.81 2-1 Carpenter (R) 7-1 2.66 10-4 REDS AT MARINERS, 10:10 Cueto (R) Lee (L)


6-1 4.50 9-4 4-3 2.88 5-4


INTERLEAGUE SCORES Mets


at Tigers 8 Nationals 3 Rockies


at Twins at Cubs


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3 Athletics 2


at Red Sox 8 D’backs 5


White Sox 5 at Pirates 4


HBP: by Liriano (Spilborghs, Hawpe), by Al.Burnett (Tulowitzki). WP: Jimenez. T: 2:22. A: 40,741 (39,504).


3 0 1 0 0 0 .351 2000 0 2 .237 1010 0 0 .243


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269


5 1 1 0 0 1 .249 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 4011 0 1 .309


KLMNO WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR


L.A.Dodgers 38 28 .576 — 6-4 L-1 San Diego 38 28 .576 — 5-5 L-1 San Fran. 37 28 .569 A 7-3 W-1 Colorado 34 32 .515 4 5-5 W-1 Arizona 26 41 .388 12A 4-6 L-3


EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


New York 41 25 .621 — 7-3 L-2 Tampa Bay 41 25 .621 — 5-5 L-2 Boston 40 28 .588 2 7-3 W-3 Toronto 36 31 .537 5A 3-7 W-1 Baltimore 18 48 .273 23 3-7 L-1


Around the horn PERSONNEL DEPT.


Braves: 3B Chipper Jones says he won’t be making a decision on retirement until after the season. He had indicated for two days he was close to announcing whether to call it a career. Dodgers: SS Rafael Furcal went on the bereavement list before the series finale against Cincinnati. He left for the Dominican Republic to be with an ailing family member. Pirates: Manager John Russell and GM Neal Huntington had their contracts extended through the 2011 season this past winter, but the team did not announce the deals. Team President Frank Coonelly acknowledged the extensions in a statement issued Thursday, one day after FoxSports.com reported Russell was on the verge on being fired. Rockies: SS Troy Tulowitzki left Thursday’s game in the eighth inning after getting hit by a pitch on his left hand. He remained in the game on the bases, but he was pulled when the defense took the field. Manager Jim Tracy said an initial examination revealed no serious damage.


COMING UP EMPTY-HANDED CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


Minnesota 38 28 .576 — 5-5 L-1 Detroit 36 29 .554 1A 7-3 W-6 Chicago 31 34 .477 6A 8-2 W-3 Kan. City 29 38 .433 9A 5-5 W-1 Cleveland 25 40 .385 12A 4-6 L-4


FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2010 AMERICAN LEAGUE


WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR Texas


38 28 .576 — 8-2 W-5


L.A. Angels 37 32 .536 2A 6-4 W-1 Oakland 33 35 .485 6 3-7 L-2 Seattle 25 41 .379 13 3-7 W-1


REDS 7, DODGERS 1


Bronson Arroyo hit the first of Cincinnati’s three homers off rookie John Ely, pitched seven innings and was part of three double plays as he set up a victory over Los Angeles. Arroyo’s three-run shot in the second inning made Ely, a star at Miami (Ohio), double over in disgust. Joey Votto add- ed a two-run homer, and Bran- don Phillips had a solo shot.


Los Angeles AB R H BI BBSO AVG DeWitt 2b Kemp cf Ethier rf Loney 1b Blake 3b


J.Carroll ss Ju.Miller p


Schlichting p Belliard ph Totals


5020 0 0 .270 4000 1 0 .263 4 0 0 0 0 0 .339 3 0 1 0 1 0 .306 4 0 3 0 0 0 .274


G.Anderson lf 4000 0 0 .165 A.Ellis c


Man.Ramirez ph 1000 0 0 .295 Hu ss Ely p


Re.Johnson ph 1000 0 1 .292 Sherrill p


CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Conor Jackson of the A’s is unable to grab a flyball hit by the Cubs’ Marlon Byrd. QUOTABLE


“Hitting’s more fun. I had the worst stuff I’ve had in a


while.” — Reds RHP Bronson Arroyo, who hit a home run and beat the Dodgers despite walking six in seven innings


STAR OF THE DAY Ubaldo Jiménez, Rockies


He improved to 10-0 in games following Colorado losses.


CUBS 3, ATHLETICS 2 Kosuke Fukudome singled


to start a tying rally in the eighth inning before driving in the winning run with another single in the ninth to lift Chica- go to the win. Oakland


R.Davis cf


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4021 1 0 .271


6


at Indians 4 Phillies


7 at Yankees 1


at Braves 3 Rays


1


Rangers 6 at Marlins 4


at Royals 5 Astros


TODAY’S NL GAMES


BREWERS AT ROCKIES, 9:10 W-L ERA TEAM


Parra (L)


NL SCORE at Reds


Dodgers 1-4 4.04 2-2 Hammel (R) 4-3 4.53 5-5 2


C.Jackson lf 4010 0 0 .375 Barton 1b 4000 0 2 .283 K.Suzuki c 4000 0 0 .266 Kouzmanoff 3b 4010 0 1 .290 Cust rf 3000 0 2 .289 Ziegler p 0000 0 0 --- Breslow p 0000 0 0 --- Wuertz p


0000 0 0 ---


A.Bailey p 0000 0 0 --- R.Sweeney ph-rf 1010 0 0 .305 M.Ellis 2b


Pennington ss 3110 1 0 .220 Braden p


4121 0 0 .287 1000 0 0 .000


Gross ph-rf 2000 0 1 .267 Blevins p 0000 0 0 --- Totals


Chicago


Theriot 2b 4000 1 2 .279 Je.Baker 3b 3111 0 0 .250 Fukudome ph-rf 2121 0 0 .289 Byrd cf 4020 0 0 .328 D.Lee 1b 2000 2 0 .228 Nady rf


3011 0 1 .265


Fontenot 3b 0000 0 0 .293 A.Soriano lf 4000 0 2 .272 Soto c


S.Castro ss R.Wells p


3120 1 0 .276 3010 0 1 .271 1000 0 0 .200


Colvin ph 1000 0 1 .308 Cashner p


Oakland Chicago


Marmol p 0000 0 0 --- K.Hill ph Totals


0000 0 0 --- 0000 1 0 .236


30 3 9 3 5 7 — 000 010 100 — 2 8 0


100 000 011 — 3 9 2


One out when winning run scored. E: Soto 2 (3). LOB: Oakland 8, Chicago 10. 2B: R.Davis (11), C.Jackson (1), S.Castro (3). HR: M.Ellis (2), off R.Wells; Je.Baker (3), off Braden.


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NL LEADERS Statistics through Wednesday’s games


ERA Jimenez, Col 1.16 Garcia, StL .. 1.59 Johnson, Fla 1.86 Cain, SF ....... 2.05 Hallady,Phl . 2.36 Pelfrey, NY .. 2.39 Wnwrght,StL 2.41 Hudson, Atl . 2.43


WINS Jimenez, Col 12-1 Pelfrey, NY ..... 9-1 Wnwrght,StL .. 9-4 Silva, Chi ........ 8-1 Clippard, Was 8-3


SAVES


Capps, Was .... 20 Wilson, SF ....... 18 Cordero, Cin .... 17 Bell, SD ........... 17


STRIKEOUTS Lincecum, SF 106 Kershaw, LA .... 97 Wnwrght,StL ... 97 Haren, Ari ....... 97 Gallardo, Mil .. 94 Halladay, Phl .. 90 Oswalt, Hou .... 89 Dempster, Chi 89


GAMES PITCHED Feliciano, NY .. 38 Masset, Cin .... 35 Moylan, Atl ..... 34 Cordero, Cin ... 33 Clippard, Was . 33


SHUTOUTS Halladay, Phl .... 3 Cain, SF ............ 2 Jimenez, Col ..... 2 8 tied with ......... 1


AL LEADERS Statistics through Wednesday’s games


ERA Price, TB ...... 2.31 Fister, Sea ... 2.45 Pettitte, NY .. 2.46 Buchhlz,Bos 2.67 Niemnn,TB .. 2.83 Vargas, Sea . 2.88 Lee, Sea ...... 2.88 Liriano, Min . 2.90


WINS Price, TB ...... 10-2 Hughes, NY .... 9-1 Bchholz,Bos .. 9-4 Pettitte, NY ..... 8-1 Lester, Bos .... 8-2


SAVES Feliz, Tex .......... 17 Rauch, Min ..... 17 Soriano, TB ..... 16 Gregg, Tor ....... 16


STRIKEOUTS Lester, Bos ..... 96 Romero, Tor .... 96 Weaver, LA ...... 96 Hernandz,Sea 88 Liriano, Min .... 87 Verlander, Det 85 Shields, TB ..... 82 Lewis, Tex ....... 81


GAMES PITCHED Choate, TB ..... 33 Ohman, Bal .... 33 Bard, Bos ....... 33 Downs, Tor ..... 33 3 tied with ...... 32


INNINGS PITCHED Romero, Tor . 96.1 Hrnndz,Sea . 94.2 Verlandr,Det 94.0 Sabathia, NY 92.1


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Oakland Braden Ziegler Breslow Wuertz A.Bailey


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6 5 1 1 1 4 3.78 C 1 0 0 0 1 2.76 B 0 0 0 0 1 3.10 B 2 1 1 1 0 6.35 C 0 0 0 0 1 1.69


Blevins (L, 2-1) B 1 1 1 3 0 4.44 Chicago R.Wells Cashner


Marmol (W, 2-1) C 0 0 0 1 0 1.76


Inherited runners-scored: Breslow 1-0, A.Bailey 3-1, Marmol 1-0. IBB: off Blevins (K.Hill). WP: R.Wells, Cashner. T: 2:50. A: 36,942 (41,210).


RANGERS 6, MARLINS 4


Ian Kinsler had three RBI, Vladimir Guerrero hit his 15th homer and Texas completed a three-game sweep of Florida. Alexi Ogando pitched 21


⁄3


scoreless innings of relief and collected his first major league hit for the Rangers, who have won eight of nine. Ogando also got the win in his major league debut on Tuesday. Texas


Andrus ss


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5210 0 0 .286


M.Young 3b 5011 0 2 .318 Kinsler 2b Guerrero rf


Hamilton lf-cf 4010 0 1 .322 Smoak 1b Treanor c Borbon cf Ray p


Gentry ph-rf 1000 0 0 .219 Nippert p Ogando p


Dav.Murphy lf 2110 0 1 .263 Totals Florida


Coghlan lf


4 0 2 3 0 1 .275 4 1 1 1 0 0 .335


F.Francisco p 0000 0 0 --- N.Feliz p


0000 0 0 --- 4 0 1 0 0 1 .205


4020 0 2 .231 2100 1 0 .282 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1110 0 0 1.00


37 6 11 5 1 8 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4011 1 0 .275


G.Sanchez 1b 5010 0 1 .282 H.Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Cantu 3b Uggla 2b C.Ross cf Stanton rf R.Paulino c Nolasco p


Bonifacio ph T.Wood p Sosa p


Helms ph Totals


Texas Florida


3000 1 1 .276 3220 1 1 .262 4 1 3 1 0 1 .289 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226 4 1 1 2 0 1 .302 2 0 1 0 0 1 .120 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 34 4 9 4 4 10 —


000 130 200 — 6 11 0 030 000 010 — 4 9 1


E: Nolasco (3). LOB: Texas 6, Florida 7. 2B: Kinsler 2 (10), Dav.Murphy (13), C.Ross (15), R.Paulino (10). HR: Guerrero (15), off Nolasco.


Texas Nippert F.Francisco


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3 7 3 3 1 4 5.01


Ogando (W, 2-0) 2B 0 0 034 0.00 Ray


Nolasco (L, 5-6) 6 7 4 2 1 4 4.90 T.Wood Sosa


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 4 2 2 0 1 6.27


2 0 0 0 0 3 4.15


WP: Nolasco. T: 2:57. A: 11,683 (38,560).


1C 0 0 001 3.03 1 2 1 1 0 0 4.80


N.Feliz (S, 18) 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.97 Florida


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 7 2 2 1 6 4.92 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00


34 2 8 2 2 6 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG


RED SOX 8, D-BACKS 5 David Ortiz hit a two-run ho-


mer, Marco Scutaro had three RBI and Boston beat Arizona. John Lackey pitched six in-


nings as the Red Sox became the only team with three eight- game winners. The right-han- der labored through 112 pitch- es and earned the win when Adrian Beltre hit an RBI single in the sixth that gave Boston a 5-4 lead. The Diamondbacks lost their 13th straight on the road. Arizona


K.Johnson 2b S.Drew ss J.Upton rf Montero c C.Young cf


Ad.LaRoche 1b


R.Roberts ph-lf Ryal dh Totals Boston


Scutaro ss Pedroia 2b D.Ortiz dh Youkilis 1b V.Martinez c J.Drew rf Beltre 3b Nava lf


D.McDonald cf Totals


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 0 1 1 0 0 .271 5 2 3 0 0 0 .282 3 2 0 0 2 0 .244 5 0 2 2 0 2 .414 5 0 3 2 0 1 .284 4 0 0 0 1 1 .253


M.Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .211 G.Parra lf


3 1 2 0 0 0 .261 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 3 0 1 0 0 2 .290 38 5 12 5 3 10 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 0 2 3 0 1 .289 4 1 1 0 1 1 .270 3 1 2 2 2 0 .266 4 0 0 1 0 0 .313 4 1 1 0 0 1 .294 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 2 2 1 1 2 0 .337 4 2 3 1 0 0 .444 2 1 0 0 0 0 .277 31 8 10 8 5 4 —


Arizona 101 110 001 — 5 12 2 Boston


102 012 02x — 8 10 1


E: M.Reynolds (6), J.Upton (2), Lackey (1). LOB: Arizona 10, Boston 7. 2B: Mon- tero 2 (5), C.Young 2 (16), Scutaro (18), V.Martinez (20), Nava 2 (4). HR: D.Ortiz (14), off Haren.


Arizona


Haren (L, 7-5) 5C 7 6 4 3 4 4.71 Vasquez Heilman Boston


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1B 0 0 0 1 0 4.13


1 3 2 2 1 0 3.34 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Lackey (W, 8-3) 6 8 4 3 2 5 4.53 Richardson Delcarmen Okajima Papelbon


0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 1 2 2.27 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 1 2 1 1 0 2 2.96


Richardson pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored: Vasquez 2-0, Del- carmen 1-0. IBB: off Haren (D.Ortiz). HBP: by Haren (D.McDonald), by Lackey (Ryal). T: 3:24. A: 37,544 (37,402).


ROYALS 5, ASTROS 2


Scott Podsednik hit a three- run homer, lifting Kansas City in a game that included a bi- zarre reversed call by the um- pires. The play happened with one out in the fifth inning, when Kansas City’s Yuniesky Betan- court hit a soft liner to short- stop with a runner on second. 2B umpire Mike Everitt initially ruled Geoff Blum caught the ball on a fly, then stepped on second to double up David De- Jesus for the final out. After meeting near the mound, the umpires ruled the ball hit the ground before Blum fielded it, and they called both teams back out to the field. Houston


Bourn cf


Keppinger 2b Berkman 1b Ca.Lee dh Pence rf


Sullivan lf P.Feliz 3b Blum ss Cash c Totals


AB R H BI BB SO AVG 3 0 0 0 1 1 .258 4 1 0 0 0 1 .286 4 1 2 0 0 2 .241 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 4 0 2 2 0 1 .269 4 0 1 0 0 2 .197 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 2 0 1 0 1 0 .229 32 2 6 2 2 8 —


Kansas City AB R H BI BBSO AVG Podsednik lf Kendall c DeJesus cf B.Butler 1b J.Guillen rf Callaspo 3b Aviles 2b


Betemit dh Houston


4 1 1 3 0 0 .287 2 0 1 0 2 0 .266 4 0 0 0 0 2 .324 4 1 2 0 0 0 .339 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 4 1 2 1 0 0 .317 4 1 1 0 0 0 .429


Y.Betancourt ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 .276 Totals


33 5 9 5 2 3 — 200 000 000 —261


Kansas City 000 000 41x —590


E: P.Feliz (9). LOB: Houston 5, Kansas City 6. 2B: Pence (9), B.Butler 2 (22). HR: Pod- sednik (3), off Myers.


Houston W.Lopez


V.Marte (W, 2-0) Bl.Wood


Myers (L, 4-5) 6C 7 4 4 2 3 3.34 Byrdak


IP H R ER BB SO ERA B 0 0 0 0 0 6.46


Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO ERA Lerew


1 2 1 1 0 0 4.32 6 3 2 2 2 7 3.00


1 1 0 0 0 0 3.68 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.12


Soria (S, 16) 1 2 0 0 0 1 2.81


Inherited runners-scored: Byrdak 1-0. T: 2:32. A: 16,255 (37,840).


WHITE SOX 5, PIRATES 4


Mark Buehrle pitched Chica- go past Pittsburgh. Buehrle wasn’t scheduled to start, but he was moved up a night be- cause of Jake Peavy’s sore shoulder. Peavy is expected to start Saturday at Washington. Chicago


Pierre lf


Vizquel 3b Rios cf


Konerko 1b Quentin rf


Pierzynski c


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 2 2 1 0 1 .251 4 1 2 1 0 0 .253 4 0 0 0 0 2 .313 3 0 1 1 0 0 .294 4 1 2 1 0 0 .213 4 0 2 0 0 0 .236


Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Beckham 2b Buehrle p S.Santos p Thornton p Kotsay ph Jenks p Totals


3 1 1 1 0 0 .208 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0000 0 0 --- 0000 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 .203 0000 0 0 --- 34 5 11 5 0 5 —


Pittsburgh AB R H BI BBSO AVG Tabata lf


N.Walker 2b


3 1 1 0 1 0 .259 4 2 2 1 0 0 .289


A.McCutchen cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .317 G.Jones 1b Milledge rf Alvarez 3b Doumit c Crosby ss


Delw.Young ph Ohlendorf p


An.LaRoche ph Meek p


Church ph Totals


Chicago


3 0 1 1 0 1 .274 3 0 2 1 1 0 .266 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 3 0 0 0 0 1 .218 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 2 0 0 0 0 2 .077


Hanrahan p 0000 0 0 --- Carrasco p


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 .235 0000 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 1 .178 33 4 9 4 2 9 —


012 000 200 — 5 11 0 Pittsburgh 000 001 030 — 4 9 0


LOB: Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 5. 2B: Quentin 2 (14), Pierzynski (15), Beckham (9), G.Jones (16), An.LaRoche (7). 3B: Pierre (1). HR: N.Walker (2), off Buehrle.


Chicago


Buehrle (W, 5-6) 7B 6 2 216 4.71 S.Santos Thornton


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 0 2 2 2 1 0 2.49


Jenks (S, 13) 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.56 Pittsburgh


C 1 0 001 3.58 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Ohlendorf (L, 0-5)


Hanrahan Carrasco Meek


6B 9 5 504 5.22 C 1 0 001 4.76


1 1 0 0 0 0 3.47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.70


S.Santos pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners-scored: S.Santos 1-1, Thornton 3-2, Hanrahan 1-1. HBP: by Oh- lendorf (Vizquel). WP: Hanrahan. T: 2:38. A: 23,170 (38,362).


METS 6, INDIANS 4


R.A. Dickey won his fifth straight start, and New York stretched its winning streak to seven games by beating Cleve- land. The surging Mets have won 18 of 23 to go from last place to a half-game behind NL East- leading Atlanta. They have six consecutive road wins. Dickey tied a club record for a Mets starter by winning his first five decisions. Bobby Oje- da (1986), Armando Reynoso (1997) and Kenny Rogers (1999) also did it. New York


Jos.Reyes ss 5231 0 0 .270 Pagan cf


D.Wright 3b 5011 0 1 .289 I.Davis 1b


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4120 1 0 .291 5122 0 2 .266


Francoeur rf 4001 0 1 .270 Carter dh 5020 0 0 .267 H.Blanco c


4011 0 2 .283


J.Feliciano lf 3110 1 0 .214 R.Tejada 2b 3120 0 1 .242 Totals


Cleveland Donald ss


Crowe ph 1000 0 1 .248 Choo rf


5230 0 1 .288


C.Santana c 5120 0 1 .273 Hafner dh 5112 0 1 .254 Kearns cf


Branyan 1b


4020 0 1 .291 4000 0 2 .248


Peralta 3b 4011 0 1 .258 Duncan lf


Valbuena 2b 3000 1 0 .170 Totals


New York 300 200 010 — 6 14 2 Cleveland 011 010 100 — 4 10 1


E: Pagan (2), R.Tejada (1), Branyan (4). LOB: New York 9, Cleveland 9. 2B: Jos.Reyes (12), C.Santana 2 (3). 3B: Jos.Reyes (5).


New York


F.Rodriguez (S, 15)


Cleveland


Westbrook (L, 4-4) C.Perez K.Wood


Dickey (W, 5-0) 6 7 3 2 2 7 2.82 P.Feliciano Dessens


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 2 1 1 0 0 2.05


1 0 0 0 0 0 0.93 1 1 0 0 0 3 2.29


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 11 5 5 2 5 4.76


1 2 1 1 0 1 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 1 8.03


IBB: off Westbrook (Pagan). WP: K.Wood. PB: H.Blanco 2. T: 2:49. A: 14,339 (45,569).


3010 1 0 .308 38 4 10 3 2 10 —


38 6 14 6 2 7 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4000 0 2 .242


Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO AVG O.Cabrera ss 4000 0 2 .255 B.Phillips 2b 3211 1 1 .311 Votto 1b Rolen 3b Gomes lf Rhodes p


F.Cordero p Bruce rf


Stubbs cf C.Miller c Arroyo p L.Nix lf Totals


2100 2 0 .212 0 0 0 0 3 0 .288


0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 2 0 1 1 0 0 .111 0000 0 0 ---


0000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1000 0 1 .256 31 1 7 1 7 2 —


4 1 2 2 0 0 .307 3 1 0 0 1 0 .303 4020 0 0 .306 0000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 4121 0 0 .272 4000 0 2 .239 3120 1 1 .176 3 1 1 3 0 1 .226 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 32 7 10 7 3 7 —


Los Angeles 010 000 000 — 1 7 0 Cincinnati


TODAY’S GAME TO WATCH


White Sox at Nationals 7 p.m., MASN


Mark Buehrle pitched Thursday after being projected to start in D.C., but anyone vs. Stephen Strasburg is worth seeing.


BRAVES 3, RAYS 1 Jason Heyward


032 020 00x — 7 10 0


LOB: Los Angeles 10, Cincinnati 4. 2B: Bruce (12), C.Miller (1). HR: Arroyo (1), off Ely; Votto (14), off Ely; B.Phillips (9), off Ely.


Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Ely (L, 3-4) Ju.Miller Sherrill


Schlichting Cincinnati


F.Cordero


4C 8 7 7 3 3 4.15 1B 2 0 0 0 3 2.84 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.88 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Arroyo (W, 6-3) 7 5 1 1 6 1 4.53 Rhodes


1 2 0 0 1 0 0.31 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.66


Inherited runners-scored: Ju.Miller 2-1. T: 2:26. A: 25,585 (42,319).


PHILLIES 7, YANKEES 1


homered


and Troy Glaus drove in two runs to back seven strong in- nings by Tim Hudson in Atlan- ta’s victory over Tampa Bay. The Braves took two of three games in the interleague matchup of division leaders. They’ve won four of five overall and 11 of 12 at home to im- prove to 21-7 at Turner Field. Tampa Bay’s two-game slide dropped the Rays to 9-13 since May 23.


Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO AVG Brignac ss


Bartlett ph-ss Crawford lf Longoria 3b C.Pena 1b Zobrist rf B.Upton cf


S.Rodriguez 2b D.Navarro c J.Shields p W.Aybar ph Balfour p Benoit p Totals


Atlanta


Prado 2b Conrad 3b Heyward rf McCann c Glaus 1b Hinske lf


G.Blanco cf Y.Escobar ss


3 0 0 0 0 0 .294 1 0 0 0 0 1 .227 2 1 0 0 2 0 .295 3 0 0 0 1 1 .312 3 0 1 1 1 1 .197 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 2 0 1 0 1 1 .218 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0000 0 0 --- 29 1 4 1 5 7 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 1 1 0 0 1 .337 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 4 1 1 1 0 3 .266 2 0 1 0 1 0 .263 3 0 1 2 0 0 .286 3 0 0 0 0 0 .315 0 0 0 0 0 0 .467 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250


Me.Cabrera cf-lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 T.Hudson p Hicks ph Venters p Wagner p Totals


Tampa Bay 000 100 000 —140 Atlanta


Tampa Bay 000 102 00x —351


E: Conrad (1). LOB: Tampa Bay 6, Atlanta 3. 2B: Glaus (10). HR: Heyward (11), off J.Shields.


J.Shields (L, 5-6) 6 5 3 3 1 3 4.55 Balfour Benoit Atlanta


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.84


T.Hudson (W, 7-2) Venters


1 0 0 0 0 2 0.54 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 4 1 1 4 5 2.34


1 0 0 0 1 1 1.50 Wagner (S, 12) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.37


IBB: off J.Shields (McCann). T: 2:24. A: 30,427 (49,743).


2 1 1 0 0 0 .273 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0000 0 0 --- 0000 0 0 --- 27 3 5 3 2 5 —


Kyle Kendrick kept New York guessing, Shane Victorino homered and Placido Polanco made a sprawling catch to lift Philadelphia. The Phillies beat Andy Pettitte and took two of three at Yankee Stadium. This was Kendrick’s night, from the moment he struck out leadoff man Derek Jeter. A day after 47-year-old lefty Jamie Moyer’s soft tosses bamboo- zled the Yankees, they had no luck timing the change-ups from Kendrick.


Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO AVG Victorino cf Utley 2b


Polanco 3b Howard 1b Werth rf Ibanez lf


W.Valdez ss Totals


New York Jeter ss


A.Rodriguez dh Cano 2b


Swisher rf Gardner lf Cervelli c R.Pena 3b Totals


3 3 2 2 2 0 .255 3 1 0 0 2 1 .257 4 0 1 1 0 0 .310 4 0 1 2 0 2 .282 4 0 1 0 1 1 .281 5 0 1 1 0 2 .245


B.Francisco dh 5 0 1 0 0 2 .231 C.Ruiz c


3 2 2 0 1 0 .275 3 1 1 1 0 0 .245 34 7 10 7 6 8 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282


Granderson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Teixeira 1b


3 1 0 0 1 0 .224 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 4 0 2 1 0 0 .372 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292 3 0 0 0 0 0 .313 3 0 1 0 0 0 .285 3 0 0 0 0 1 .186 31 1 4 1 2 4 —


Philadelphia 000 120 004 — 7 10 0 New York


000 001 000 — 1 4 1


E: R.Pena (2). LOB: Philadelphia 9, New York 5. 2B: Ibanez (12), C.Ruiz 2 (8). HR: Victorino (11), off Pettitte.


Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA K.Kendrick (W, 4-2)


Contreras J.Romero New York


7 4 1 1 2 3 4.48 1B 0 0 0 0 1 1.23


C 0 0 0 0 0 3.18 IP H R ER BB SO ERA


Pettitte (L, 8-2) 7 6 3 2 3 7 2.47 D.Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.48 Chamberlain 0 2 3 3 1 0 5.72 D.Marte Park


C 0 1 1 2 0 3.65 B 2 0 0 0 0 5.30


Chamberlain pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.


Inherited runners-scored: D.Marte 2-2, Park 2-1. IBB: off Pettitte (Victorino). T: 3:15. A: 47,204 (50,287).


Nationals Journal 6voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal Pitch count won’t alter


Strasburg’s approach As long as the Washington


Nationals restrict the number of pitches Stephen Strasburg throws, his efficiency will determine how long he can affect the game. The person least concerned with the rules that apply to him may be Strasburg himself. “I’m not going to change the way I


pitch,” Strasburg said Thursday. “If they feel like it’s time to take me out of the game, they’re going to take me out. I’m going to go out there and give it everything I have as long as I can.” For his third start, Friday against


the Chicago White Sox his pitch count will be roughly 100, the same as in his last start. “It’s not a hard-and-fast number,”


Manager Jim Riggleman said. “If it’s a situation where he could finish an inning for us and he’s up around that number and exceeded it, I think we’d be okay with that.” The Nationals will also limit


Strasburg’s innings in each start. He has yet to pitch into the eighth inning this season in the minors or majors, and if somehow Strasburg throws seven innings using a modicum of pitches, the Nationals will be hesitant to let him go further. “That’s a barrier we may cross at some point,” Riggleman said. “We’re being very cautious. [Strasburg could] go out there for the ninth. But


there’s reasons to not do it, so we’re not doing it.” The Nationals expect another large crowd Friday, but as of Thursday afternoon tickets were available, a team spokesman said. The crowd will surely dwarf a typical Nationals Park game, and his drawing power provides an extra buzz. “I think it’s a beautiful thing,”


center fielder Nyjer Morgan said. “It gives us a chance to really come out and shine. When this kid pitches, they’re coming to see him. But there are still going to be 40, 50,000 people, plus you got the whole nation watching. It’s going to bring extra pizazz to your game. You feel the energy. You feed off the energy.”


Dunn deconstructed Adam Dunn continued his hot


hitting with a home run in each of the last two games of the Washington Nationals’ series against the Detroit Tigers. The blasts, however, continued another trend: Both were solo shots. Of Dunn’s team-leading 16 home runs, 12 have come with no one on base. But his homers have come at crucial times — 11 of them have either tied the score or put the Nationals ahead. The way pitchers approach Dunn has cost him multi-run homers, he said, and he cited his blast off Justin Verlander on Wednesday night as an example.


“He’s not going to probably to give me a pitch like that with runners on base,” Dunn said Wednesday. “That’s what people don’t realize. I can’t pick and choose when I hit a home run. If I could, I would have zero solos every year. Pitchers, they want quick outs and sometimes they mess up. You don’t get usually the same pitches with runners on. And then it gets even harder when you get runners in scoring position. I don’t pick and choose.”


If you believe that some players are clutch and some aren’t, then you probably think Dunn is not. One stat that doesn’t bode well for Dunn in that regard: His RBI single in the eighth inning of Thursday’s 8-3 loss snapped a skid in which he was 0 for 26 with three walks with runners in scoring position and two outs. But even as the Nationals have stumbled to 11 wins in their past 32 games, Dunn for some time has been the force the Nationals need in the middle of their lineup. “Adam’s been pretty good for a while now,” Riggleman said. “He’s doing his part.” Since May 1, Dunn is hitting .321


with a .392 on-base percentage, a .654 slugging percentage and 12 home runs in 43 games. For the year, his batting average is .288, 37 points above his career average, and his OPS is .957, which would be the best of his career.


—Adam Kilgore


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