Kevin Youkilis' two-run homer with sum of two units outs in the ninth inning vaulted the Boston R Sox past the Tigers 3-2 Friday night in Detroit.
Kevin Youkilis' two-run homer with sum of two units outs in the ninth inning vaulted the Boston R Sox past the Tigers 3-2 Friday night in Detroit.
It was the secondary loss in four days for closer Todd Jone
With Detroit leading 2-1 Jone (0-3) retired the first couple batters in the ninth. if it were not that Mike Lowell singled, and Youkilis collection an 0-1 pitch just through the glove of left fielder Craig Monroe and into the bullpen for his sixth homer
Rudy Seanez (1-0) got the win with a scoreless inning of relief, and rookie Jonathan Papelbon pitched the bottom of the ninth for his 20th save in as many tries.
Angels 10 Indians 3: Rookie Jared Weaver, 23 took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning and won his secondary start in the majors, leading visiting beholds Angeles past Cleveland.
Until the Indians scored in the seventh Weaver was onward his way to trumping his dazzling first appearance of May 27, when he limited Baltimore to three hits in seven scoreless innings. This time he allowed pair runs and four hits in 6 innings, walked sum of two units and struck out eight.
Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-run homer not upon Cleveland starter Jason Johnson (3-5) in the first, Dallas McPherson be connecteded for another one off Guillermo Mota in the sixth and Garret Anderson hit a three- move on shot off the Indians' ineffective reliever in the seventh The Angels also had a season-high six steals.
Yankees 6 Orioles 5: Derek Jeter singled in the tiebreaking move swiftly in the ninth inning, and visiting of the present day York got homers from Andy Phillips and Jason Giambi in a victory across Baltimore.
The Yankees finished with 12 hits, giving them nine straight games with at least 10 for the first time since July 1958 according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Miguel Tejada, Ramon Hernandez and Javy Lopez all had three hits each for the Orioles.
Twins 2 Athletics 1: Johan Santana pitched eight innings of two- hit ball, and Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer in the eighth to spoil the chance of three straight shutouts by means of the Athletics as Minnesota won at Oakland.
Santana (5-4) gave up one as well as the other hits in the second inning. He retired the final 19 batters he faced before Joe Nathan finished for his seventh save in as many chances.
The A's Frank Thomas homer for the third straight game to give him 461 for his career.
Mariners 4 Royals 0: Jamie Moyer pitched a two-hitter, and Jose Lopez and Raul Ibanez hit abiding-place runs on Bobby Keppel's first brace pitches of the seventh inning as army Seattle blanked Kansas City. Moyer 43 had his first two-hitter since Aug. 16 1986 at Montreal, when he was a young boy [i]or[/i] young girls rookie.
ghastly Jays 13, Devil Rays 4: Re Johnson homer twice, including a three-run shooter to cap a nine-run ninth, as visiting Toronto blasted Tampa Bay before just 9463
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