Yanks complete sweep of Twins

POSTED: July 10, 2009

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Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 2.55

T.Pena 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 4.11

JIM MONE / Associated Press

New York's Mark Teixeira ended the longest homer drought of his career with a solo shot in the fifth.

Phillies Gold Glove winners

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Roy Halladay

W: Sipp, 1-0. L: Richard, 3-3. S: Wood, 11. H: Betancourt, 8. H: 0, 4. H: Smith, 5.

Richard pitched to 4 batters in the 2nd.Sipp pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IR-S: Veras 1-1, Sipp 2-0, R.Betancourt 1-0, K.Wood 1-0, Poreda 2-0. IBB: off Poreda (V.Martinez). HBP: by Veras (Dye), by Carrasco (B.Francisco). Umpires: Home, Tim Tschida; first, Bob Davidson; second, Jeff Nelson; third, Mark Carlson.

T: 3:43. A: 27,257 (40,615).

Royals 8, Red Sox 6

BOSTON - Kansas City rallied from an early four-run deficit and knocked Boston out of sole possession of first place in the American League East with a victory.

Luke Hochevar (5-3) won for the fifth time in seven starts, despite allowing nine hits and five runs in six innings.

Mark Teahen and Willie Bloomquist each had three hits, while Alberto Callaspo had a pair of RBI doubles for Kansas City.

Kansas City 000 304 010 – 8 13 1

Boston 301 010 010 – 6 10 1

Kansas City AB R H BI Avg. Boston AB R H BI Avg.

DeJesus cf 4 1 1 2 .255 J.Drew rf 5 0 0 0 .255

Bloomquist ss 5 0 3 1 .285 Pedroia 2b 5 2 3 1 .300

Pena Jr. ss 0 0 0 0 .089 Youkilis 3b 5 2 2 1 .291

Butler 1b 5 0 1 0 .291 D.Ortiz dh 3 1 1 2 .224

J.Guillen lf 5 1 1 0 .245 Bay lf 3 1 1 1 .264

Teahen 3b 5 2 3 0 .289 Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 0 .299

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