Speedy Reyes sparks Mets' win
When Jose Reyes gave his third-base coach the runaround, the Cleveland Indians never had a chance. Reyes ran through a stop signal from Chip Hale, racing around him to score from second base on an infield single to help Johan Santana and the visiting New York Mets to a 7-6 win over the error-prone Indians last night.
When Jose Reyes gave his third-base coach the runaround, the Cleveland Indians never had a chance.
Reyes ran through a stop signal from Chip Hale, racing around him to score from second base on an infield single to help Johan Santana and the visiting New York Mets to a 7-6 win over the error-prone Indians last night.
"They say speed kills and tonight it did," Reyes said of his nifty scamper that helped New York earn its fifth consecutive win.
Reyes was not about to deny Santana (5-3) enough run support.
The lefthander (5-3) won for the first time in four starts. He gave up four runs and seven hits over seven innings and struck out only one, but earned his first win since beating the New York Yankees in another interleague game on May 23.
New York overcame a 4-1 deficit with a five-run fifth off Justin Masterson (2-6), capped by Ike Davis' two-run homer.
The Mets kept bunting and the Indians handled the ball like a hot potato before Davis delivered.
Jeff Francoeur singled and Alex Cora got a bunt single when nobody covered first as catcher Carlos Santana fielded the ball. Reyes then bunted for a single. Masterson fielded the ball and threw wildly to first, scoring Francoeur and sending runners to second and third.
One out later, David Wright beat out a single to shortstop Jason Donald. Cora scored on the throw to first and Reyes surprised everybody - particularly Hale - by racing home, too. Reyes ran around Hale and slid in just ahead of the low throw from first baseman Russell Branyan that temporarily popped away, too.
"I knew I could score before I got to third," Reyes said. "He tried to stop me. I went on my own. I knew I had better make it."
In other interleague games:
* At Detroit, Ryan Raburn hit his first homer of the season and drove in four runs, to lead the Tigers over the Washington Nationals, 7-4. Raburn started because centerfielder Austin Jackson is day to day with back spasms.
* At Miami, Matt Treanor's pinch-hit, two-run triple in the ninth inning lifted the Texas Rangers to a 3-2 win over the Florida Marlins.
* At Boston, David Ortiz homered and Dustin Pedroia scored three runs to lead the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over Arizona, which has lost 11 straight on the road.
* At Pittsburgh, Gordon Beckham drove in three runs to help lead the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 win over the Pirates, who have lost nine consecutive games.
* At St. Louis, Jeff Suppan was a success in his comeback start with the Cardinals and Albert Pujols homered a day after getting bopped in the head by a throw in a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Suppan, signed this week after being cut by Milwaukee, gave up one runs in four innings in his first start for St. Louis since Game 4 of the 2006 World Series.
* At Minneapolis, Carl Pavano (7-6) allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings and Jason Kubel hit a two-run homer to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 9-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
* At Kansas City, Yuniesky Betancourt hit a three-run double in a seven-run fifth inning and Mike Aviles finished with four RBI as the Royals defeated the Houston Astros, 15-7.
* At Chicago, Rajai Davis and Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits apiece, and the Oakland Athletics took advantage of four errors in a 9-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs in a game that started 1-hour, 41 minutes late because of rain.
* At San Diego, Aaron Cunningham hit a grand slam in the second inning to help lead the Padres to an 8-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
* At Los Angeles, Prince Field hit a two-run homer and Corey Hart smacked a three-run double to lead the Milwuakee Brewers over the Angels, 7-1.
In a National League game:
* At Cincinnati, Manny Ramirez hit a two-run homer and finished with four RBI to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 12-0 win over the Reds.
Noteworthy
* Arizona traded outfielder Conor Jackson to Oakland for minor league closer Sam Demel, a 24-year-old righthander, who was third-round draft pick out of Texas Christian in 2007.
* Los Angeles Dodgers righthander Chad Billingsley (6-4) was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right groin.