Strasburg, Nats falter
WASHINGTON - Stephen Strasburg set a strikeout record in front of President Obama - but both had left the game by the time the Chicago White Sox won it in the 11th.
WASHINGTON - Stephen Strasburg set a strikeout record in front of President Obama - but both had left the game by the time the Chicago White Sox won it in the 11th.
The baseball holiday - every fifth day - known as Strasmas was again a spectacle Friday night. The 21-year-old rookie sensation struck out 10 to run his tally of Ks to an unprecedented 32 through three starts, yet he experienced his first no-decision in the White Sox' 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Mark Kotsay singled and scored on Alex Rios' infield hit off Drew Storen (2-1) in the 11th inning for the White Sox, who have won four straight and eight of nine. J.J. Putz (2-2) worked the 10th to get the win, and Bobby Jenks pitched the 11th for his 14th save.
The Nationals have lost six of seven, with Strasburg accounting for the only victory during that stretch.
Strasburg allowed four hits over seven innings and at one point retired 15 batters in a row. He lowered his ERA to 1.86 and didn't walk a batter for the second time in three starts, but he was matched - at least on the scoreboard - by Gavin Floyd, who faced the minimum number of batters through six of his eight innings.
Chicago 100 000 000 01 – 2 6 0
Washington 000 000 100 00 – 1 5 1
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Washington AB R H BI Avg.
Pierre lf 4 1 1 0 .251 Morgan cf 5 0 1 0 .247
Vizquel 3b 5 0 1 0 .250 C.Guzman 2b 4 0 0 0 .296
Rios cf 5 0 1 2 .311 Zimmerman 3b 3 1 1 0 .295
Konerko 1b 4 0 1 0 .294 A.Dunn 1b 4 0 1 1 .288
Quentin rf 3 0 0 0 .210 Willingham lf 3 0 0 0 .269
1-Lillibridge pr 0 0 0 0 .667 I.Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 .331
An.Jones rf 1 0 0 0 .207 Bernadina rf 4 0 1 0 .273
Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0 .233 Desmond ss 4 0 1 0 .267
Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 .255 Strasburg p 2 0 0 0 .000
Beckham 2b 4 0 0 0 .204 Clippard p 0 0 0 0 1.00
Floyd p 3 0 1 0 .250 Capps p 0 0 0 0 .000
Thornton p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Morse ph 1 0 0 0 .395
Putz p 0 0 0 0 --- Storen p 0 0 0 0 1.00
b-Kotsay ph 1 1 1 0 .209 c-W.Harris ph 1 0 0 0 .155
Jenks p 0 0 0 0 --- Totals 35 1 5 1
Totals 37 2 6 2
a-struck out for Capps in the 9th. b-singled for Putz in the 11th. c-lined out for Storen in the 11th.1-ran for Quentin in the 10th. E: Zimmerman (8). LOB: Chicago 6, Washington 3. 2B: Vizquel (5), A.Dunn (20). RBIs: Rios 2 (35), A.Dunn (39). S: Pierre, Pierzynski. RLSP: Chicago 3 (Quentin, Beckham, An.Jones); Washington 2 (Willingham, A.Dunn). RA: Vizquel, Rios, Al.Ramirez, C.Guzman. GIDP: I.Rodriguez, Desmond. DP: Chicago 3 (Konerko, Al.Ramirez, Floyd), (Al.Ramirez, Beckham, Konerko), (Pierzynski, Pierzynski, Beckham).
Chicago walks (2): Konerko, Quentin.
Washington walks (2): Zimmerman, Willingham.
Chicago strikeouts (12): Pierre, Rios, Konerko, Quentin 2, Al.Ramirez 2, Beckham 3, Floyd 2.
Washington strikeouts (8): Morgan, A.Dunn 2, Willingham, I.Rodriguez, Strasburg 2, Morse.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Floyd 8 4 1 1 1 5 106 5.20
Thornton 1 1 0 0 1 2 17 3.45
Putz (W 2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.28
Jenks (S 14-15) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.39
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Strasburg 7 4 1 1 0 10 85 1.86
Clippard 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 1.65
Capps 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.16
Storen (L 2-1) 2 2 1 1 2 0 33 1.88
IBB: off Thornton (Zimmerman), off Storen (Konerko). Umpires: Home, Gerry Davis; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Brian Knight.
T: 2:55. A: 40,325 (41,546).
Angels 7, Cubs 6
CHICAGO - Scott Kazmir outpitched Carlos Silva to win his fourth straight start, Torii Hunter hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning, and Los Angeles held off a late Chicago rally.
Playing at Wrigley Field for the first time in their 50-year history, the Angels won for the 15th time in their last 20 road games. Despite a run of injuries, Los Angeles is 23-11 since May 14.
Los Angeles 000 201 310 – 7 7 0
Chicago 000 110 004 – 6 7 3
Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg. Chicago AB R H BI Avg.
H.Kendrick 2b 4 1 1 2 .269 Colvin rf 4 2 2 3 .315
Frandsen 3b 5 0 0 0 .339 Je.Baker 3b 3 0 1 0 .253
B.Abreu rf 4 1 1 0 .262 d-Fkudome ph 1 0 0 0 .287
Tor.Hunter cf 3 3 2 1 .290 Byrd cf 5 0 0 0 .321
H.Matsui lf 3 0 1 1 .262 D.Lee 1b 4 2 2 2 .232
Jepsen p 0 0 0 0 --- Soto c 4 0 1 1 .275
b-Quinln ph-1b 0 0 0 0 .129 A.Soriano lf 4 0 0 0 .267
Napoli 1b 4 0 0 0 .251 S.Castro ss 3 0 1 0 .272
F.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 --- Theriot 2b 2 1 0 0 .277
Rodney p 0 0 0 0 --- Silva p 3 0 0 0 .080
J.Mathis c 4 1 1 1 .316 Howry p 0 0 0 0 ---
Br.Wood ss 3 1 1 0 .160 Grabow p 0 0 0 0 ---
Kazmir p 1 0 0 0 .000 Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 .176
a-J.Rivera ph-lf 2 0 0 1 .242 c-Tracy ph 0 1 0 0 .270
Totals 33 7 7 6 Totals 33 6 7 6
a-grounded out for Kazmir in the 7th. b-reached on error for Jepsen in the 8th. c-walked for Gorzelanny in the 9th. d-grounded out for Je.Baker in the 9th. E: D.Lee (4), Je.Baker 2 (2). LOB: Los Angeles 4, Chicago 8. 2B: B.Abreu (18), S.Castro (4). HR: Tor.Hunter (11), off Silva; H.Kendrick (6), off Howry; D.Lee (9), off Kazmir; Colvin (8), off F.Rodriguez; D.Lee (10), off Rodney. RBIs: H.Kendrick 2 (43), Tor.Hunter (47), H.Matsui (40), J.Mathis (4), J.Rivera (30), Colvin 3 (20), D.Lee 2 (29), Soto (17). SB: Tor.Hunter (6), Quinlan (2). S: Quinlan, Br.Wood, Kazmir. SF: Soto. RLSP: Los Angeles 3 (H.Kendrick, Br.Wood 2); Chicago 3 (Theriot, Silva, A.Soriano). RA: Napoli, J.Rivera. GIDP: Frandsen. DP: Chicago 1 (S.Castro, D.Lee).
Los Angeles walks (2): H.Kendrick, Tor.Hunter.
Chicago walks (6): Colvin, D.Lee, S.Castro, Theriot 2, Tracy.
Los Angeles strikeouts (7): Frandsen, B.Abreu, Napoli 2, J.Mathis, Kazmir, J.Rivera.
Chicago strikeouts (4): Je.Baker, A.Soriano, S.Castro, Silva.
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kazmir (W 7-5) 6 5 2 2 3 3 105 5.08
Jepsen 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 4.94
F.Rodriguez 1 1 3 3 2 1 28 3.18
Rodney (S 6-7) 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 3.29
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Silva (L 8-2) 6 6 3 3 0 4 70 3.01
Howry 1 1 3 0 0 0 17 6.75
Grabow 1 0 1 0 1 2 19 8.59
Gorzelanny 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 3.48
F.Rodriguez pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. IBB: off Kazmir (Theriot). HBP: by Kazmir (Je.Baker). WP: Howry. PB: J.Mathis. Umpires: Home, Ed Hickox; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Gary Cederstrom.
T: 2:48. A: 39,729 (41,210).
Indians 4, Pirates 3
PITTSBURGH - Carlos Santana reached base four times and hit an RBI double to help Cleveland extend Pittsburgh's second-longest losing streak in 55 years to 12 games.
Fausto Carmona won his second consecutive start, and Santana capped a four-run seventh inning that put Cleveland up by 4-0.
The Indians snapped a four-game losing streak.
Cleveland 000 000 400 – 4 9 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 300 – 3 6 0
Cleveland AB R H BI Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg.
Crowe cf 5 1 1 1 .246 Tabata lf 4 0 1 0 .258
Choo rf 5 0 1 1 .286 N.Walker 2b 4 1 2 0 .299
C.Santana c 2 0 2 1 .333 A.McCutchen cf 3 1 0 0 .313
Kearns lf 4 0 0 0 .285 G.Jones 1b 4 1 2 0 .278
Peralta 3b 3 1 1 0 .259 Church rf 4 0 1 3 .180
Duncan 1b 4 0 0 0 .279 Alvarez 3b 4 0 0 0 .000
A.Marte 1b 0 0 0 0 .242 Doumit c 3 0 0 0 .259
A.Hernandez ss 4 1 2 0 .300 Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 .232
Donald 2b 4 1 2 1 .253 Maholm p 2 0 0 0 .000
Carmona p 3 0 0 0 .000 Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 ---
R.Perez p 0 0 0 0 --- Donnelly p 0 0 0 0 ---
Herrmann p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Young ph 1 0 0 0 .226
C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 --- Dotel p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Hafner ph 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 32 3 6 3
K.Wood p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 34 4 9 4
a-struck out for Donnelly in the 8th. b-was hit by a pitch for C.Perez in the 9th. LOB: Cleveland 7, Pittsburgh 3. 2B: C.Santana (4), Peralta (19), Donald (7), Tabata (3), Church (8). RBIs: Crowe (17), Choo (33), C.Santana (5), Donald (8), Church 3 (13). SB: Crowe (8). CS: N.Walker (2). RLSP: Cleveland 4 (Duncan, Crowe, Choo 2); Pittsburgh 2 (Cedeno, A.McCutchen). RA: Peralta, Alvarez. GIDP: Kearns. DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Cedeno, N.Walker, G.Jones).
Cleveland walks (2): C.Santana 2.
Pittsburgh walks (1): A.McCutchen.
Cleveland strikeouts (6): Duncan 2, A.Hernandez, Donald, Carmona 2.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (9): Tabata 2, N.Walker, A.McCutchen, Alvarez, Doumit 2, Maholm, Delw.Young.
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Carmona (W 6-5) 6 5 3 3 1 7 85 3.31
R.Perez (H 1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.91
Herrmann (H 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
C.Perez (H 7) 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 2.73
K.Wood (S 5-7) 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 7.43
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Maholm (L 4-5) 62/3 7 4 4 2 5 104 3.77
Hanrahan 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 4 4.71
Donnelly 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 5.66
Dotel 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 5.61
Carmona pitched to 4 batters in the 7th. IR-S: R.Perez 1-0, Herrmann 1-0, Hanrahan 2-1. HBP: by Dotel (Hafner), by Maholm (Peralta). Umpires: Home, Gary Darling; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Bill Hohn.
T: 2:39. A: 28,478 (38,362).
Marlins 7, Rays 4
MIAMI - Mike Stanton hit a grand slam for his first major-league home run, and Florida beat the Rays.
Ronny Paulino had three hits and Chris Coghlan doubled twice for the Marlins.
Tampa Bay 200 100 100 – 4 7 0
Florida 520 000 00x – 7 11 2
Tampa Bay AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
B.Upton cf 5 0 1 1 .230 Coghlan lf 5 2 2 0 .278
Crawford lf 5 1 1 0 .293 G.Sanchez 1b 4 1 1 0 .281
Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0 .309 Sanches p 0 0 0 0 ---
C.Pena 1b 3 1 1 0 .199 c-Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 .192
Zobrist rf 4 0 1 2 .308 Nunez p 0 0 0 0 ---
S.Rodriguez 2b 4 1 1 0 .268 H.Ramirez ss 3 1 1 1 .282
Shoppach c 2 0 1 0 .222 Cantu 3b-1b 3 0 0 0 .273
b-Jaso ph-c 0 0 0 0 .285 Uggla 2b 3 1 2 1 .267
Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 .222 C.Ross cf 3 1 0 1 .285
Garza p 1 0 0 0 .000 Stanton rf 4 1 2 4 .257
Sonnanstine p 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Paulino c 4 0 3 0 .313
a-Blalock ph 1 1 1 0 .278 N.Robertson p 3 0 0 0 .100
Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 --- Strickland p 0 0 0 0 ---
Cormier p 0 0 0 0 --- Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 ---
d-W.Aybar ph 1 0 0 0 .241 Helms 3b 1 0 0 0 .272
Totals 34 4 7 3 Totals 34 7 11 7
a-doubled for Sonnanstine in the 7th. b-walked for Shoppach in the 8th. c-grounded out for Sanches in the 8th. d-grounded out for Cormier in the 9th. E: H.Ramirez 2 (9). LOB: Tampa Bay 7, Florida 7. 2B: Zobrist (14), Blalock (3), Coghlan 2 (14), R.Paulino (11). HR: Stanton (1), off Garza. RBIs: B.Upton (25), Zobrist 2 (37), H.Ramirez (37), Uggla (38), C.Ross (38), Stanton 4 (8). SB: B.Upton (21). CS: B.Upton (6). RLSP: Tampa Bay 3 (S.Rodriguez, Sonnanstine, Bartlett); Florida 5 (N.Robertson, Stanton, C.Ross, Coghlan, Lamb). RA: Coghlan. GIDP: Zobrist, N.Robertson. DP: Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, Bartlett, S.Rodriguez); Florida 1 (H.Ramirez, G.Sanchez).
Tampa Bay walks (3): Longoria, C.Pena, Jaso.
Florida walks (3): H.Ramirez, Uggla, C.Ross.
Tampa Bay strikeouts (8): Longoria, C.Pena, S.Rodriguez 2, Shoppach, Bartlett, Garza, Sonnanstine.
Florida strikeouts (9): H.Ramirez, Cantu 3, Uggla, C.Ross 2, Stanton, R.Paulino.
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Garza (L 7-5) 11/3 7 7 7 3 2 71 4.16
Sonnanstine 42/3 3 0 0 0 4 55 3.89
Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 3.32
Cormier 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 3.77
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
N.Robertson (W 5-5) 6 5 3 2 1 6 88 4.44
Strickland 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 12 13.50
Tankersley (H 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.60
Sanches (H 5) 1 0 0 0 1 1 20 3.00
Nunez (S 14-17) 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.60
IR-S: Sonnanstine 2-0, Tankersley 1-0. HBP: by Sonnanstine (Cantu), by N.Robertson (Shoppach). Balk: Cormier. Umpires: Home, Wally Bell; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Tom Hallion. T: 2:56. A: 17,310 (38,560).
Braves 6, Royals 4
ATLANTA - Chipper Jones and pitcher Derek Lowe each drove in two runs and Lowe won his third straight start at home in Atlanta's win over Kansas City.
The Braves, winners of three straight and five of six overall, improved to 22-7 at Turner Field. Atlanta has won 12 of its last 13 at home.
Lowe (9-5) allowed six hits, three runs and two walks in 61/3 innings.
Kansas City 001 100 110 – 4 8 0
Atlanta 020 301 00x – 6 9 0
Kansas City AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
Podsednik lf 4 1 0 0 .282 Prado 2b 5 0 2 0 .338
Kendall c 4 0 1 1 .266 Heyward rf 3 0 0 0 .263
DeJesus cf 3 1 1 0 .324 C.Jones 3b 2 0 1 2 .237
B.Butler 1b 3 1 1 1 .338 McCann c 4 0 0 0 .258
J.Guillen rf 4 0 1 1 .266 Glaus 1b 4 0 0 0 .282
Callaspo 3b 4 1 2 0 .272 Hinske lf 3 2 1 0 .315
Aviles 2b 4 0 1 0 .315 G.Blanco cf 0 0 0 0 .467
Y.Betancourt ss 4 0 0 0 .272 Y.Escobar ss 3 2 1 0 .251
Bannister p 1 0 0 0 .333 Me.Cabrera cf-lf 4 2 3 1 .259
a-Getz ph 1 0 0 0 .193 D.Lowe p 2 0 1 2 .136
Texeira p 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 ---
D.Hughes p 0 0 0 0 --- Moylan p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Betemit ph 1 0 1 1 .467 c-Infante ph 1 0 0 0 .312
V.Marte p 0 0 0 0 --- Wagner p 0 0 0 0 ---
d-B.Pena ph 0 0 0 0 .158 Totals 31 6 9 5
Totals 33 4 8 4
a-grounded out for Bannister in the 5th. b-singled for D.Hughes in the 7th. c-struck out for Moylan in the 8th. d-walked for V.Marte in the 9th. LOB: Kansas City 6, Atlanta 7. 2B: DeJesus (19), Prado (20), Me.Cabrera (8). HR: B.Butler (7), off D.Lowe. RBIs: Kendall (20), B.Butler (37), J.Guillen (42), Betemit (3), C.Jones 2 (25), Me.Cabrera (18), D.Lowe 2 (3). SB: Podsednik (20). S: D.Lowe. SF: C.Jones. RLSP: Kansas City 1 (Kendall); Atlanta 4 (McCann 3, Prado). RA: B.Butler, Y.Betancourt, C.Jones. GIDP: Callaspo, Aviles. DP: Atlanta 2 (Y.Escobar, Prado, Glaus), (Y.Escobar, Glaus).
Kansas City walks (3): Podsednik, B.Butler, B.Pena.
Atlanta walks (4): Heyward, C.Jones, Hinske, Y.Escobar.
Kansas City strikeouts (6): Podsednik, Kendall 2, J.Guillen, Aviles, Y.Betancourt.
Atlanta strikeouts (6): Heyward 2, McCann, Glaus, D.Lowe, Infante.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bannister (L 6-5) 4 7 5 5 3 2 83 5.70
Texeira 12/3 2 1 1 1 1 41 4.18
D.Hughes 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.33
V.Marte 2 0 0 0 0 2 24 3.24
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Lowe (W 9-5) 61/3 6 3 3 2 3 86 4.77
O'Flaherty (H 6) 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 6 2.39
Moylan (H 11) 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.29
Wagner (S 13-15) 1 0 0 0 1 2 24 1.32
O'Flaherty pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: D.Hughes 2-0, O'Flaherty 2-0, Moylan 1-1. HBP: by D.Lowe (DeJesus). WP: Bannister 2. Umpires: Home, Mark Wegner; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Jerry Meals. T: 2:42. A: 29,808 (49,743).
Cardinals 6, Athletics 4
ST. LOUIS - Matt Holliday homered and drove in three runs in his first successful night in the No. 2 slot, helping St. Louis beat Oakland.
Skip Schumaker drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh as St. Louis manager Tony La Russa improved to 6-1 against his old team.
Chris Carpenter (8-1) gave up four runs in the second, matching his season worst, but none in his other six innings.
The A's' Rajai Davis matched his career high with four hits, driving in a run.
Oakland 040 000 000 – 4 10 0
St. Louis 200 020 20x – 6 9 1
Oakland AB R H BI Avg. St. Louis AB R H BI Avg.
R.Davis cf 5 1 4 1 .283 Schumaker 2b 4 3 3 1 .249
Barton 1b 4 0 0 0 .278 Holliday lf 4 1 3 3 .291
C.Jackson lf 4 1 2 2 .417 Pujols 1b 2 0 1 1 .310
K.Suzuki c 3 0 1 1 .267 Ludwick rf 4 0 1 1 .284
R.Sweeney rf 3 0 0 0 .301 Rasmus cf 3 0 0 0 .287
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 0 0 .285 Freese 3b 4 0 0 0 .312
M.Ellis 2b 4 1 1 0 .286 Y.Molina c 4 0 0 0 .249
Pennington ss 4 1 2 0 .225 C.Carpenter p 3 0 0 0 .097
Mazzaro p 2 0 0 0 .000 McClellan p 0 0 0 0 .500
a-Patterson ph 1 0 0 0 .206 b-Stavinoha ph 0 0 0 0 .314
Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 --- Franklin p 0 0 0 0 .000
Bowers p 0 0 0 0 --- B.Ryan ss 3 2 1 0 .219
c-Cust ph 1 0 0 0 .286 Totals 31 6 9 6
Totals 35 4 10 4
a-fouled out for Mazzaro in the 6th. b-walked for McClellan in the 8th. c-grounded out for Bowers in the 9th. E: Y.Molina (3). LOB: Oakland 6, St. Louis 6. 2B: R.Davis (12), C.Jackson (2), Pennington (12), Schumaker (11), B.Ryan (9). HR: Holliday (7), off Mazzaro. RBIs: R.Davis (20), C.Jackson 2 (2), K.Suzuki (30), Schumaker (15), Holliday 3 (28), Pujols (50), Ludwick (41). CS: R.Davis (5), Pujols (2). RLSP: Oakland 3 (Kouzmanoff 2, R.Sweeney); St. Louis 2 (Ludwick, Rasmus). RA: Barton, Holliday. GIDP: C.Jackson, Freese. DP: Oakland 1 (M.Ellis, Pennington, Barton); St. Louis 1 (Pujols, B.Ryan, Pujols).
Oakland walks (1): R.Sweeney.
St. Louis walks (5): Pujols 2, Rasmus, Stavinoha, B.Ryan.
Oakland strikeouts (6): C.Jackson, K.Suzuki, Pennington 2, Mazzaro 2.
St. Louis strikeouts (8): Ludwick, Rasmus, Freese 2, Y.Molina, C.Carpenter 2, B.Ryan.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Mazzaro 5 6 4 4 3 5 92 5.22
Ziegler (L 2-4) 11/3 3 2 2 1 0 17 3.18
Bowers 12/3 0 0 0 1 3 23 3.24
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
C.Carpenter (W 8-1) 7 10 4 4 1 5 103 2.83
McClellan (H 8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 2.25
Franklin (S 13-14) 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 1.80
IR-S: Bowers 2-0. IBB: off Ziegler (Pujols). HBP: by C.Carpenter (K.Suzuki). Umpires: Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Joe West; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Rob Drake. T: 2:28. A: 40,083 (43,975).
Rangers 9, Astros 3
HOUSTON - Rookie Justin Smoak homered and drove in a career-high four runs, leading Texas over Houston.
The Rangers scored eight times with two out while picking up their sixth consecutive road win on one trip for the first time since 1991. Josh Hamilton extended his hitting streak to 14 games.
Texas 006 021 000 – 9 12 0
Houston 000 003 000 – 3 9 1
Texas AB R H BI Avg. Houston AB R H BI Avg.
Andrus ss 4 1 0 1 .282 Bourn cf 5 0 0 0 .253
M.Young 3b 4 0 1 0 .317 Keppinger 2b 4 0 2 0 .289
Kinsler 2b 2 1 1 0 .278 Berkman 1b 3 0 1 0 .242
Guerrero rf 3 1 0 1 .331 Ca.Lee lf 4 1 1 0 .224
Dav.Murphy rf 1 0 0 0 .261 Pence rf 4 1 2 1 .272
Hamilton lf 5 2 3 2 .327 Blum 3b 4 1 1 1 .228
Smoak 1b 5 2 2 4 .211 Quintero c 4 0 0 0 .254
Treanor c 5 0 2 1 .237 Manzella ss 4 0 1 0 .212
Borbon cf 4 1 2 0 .286 W.Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0 .261
Feldman p 4 1 1 0 .167 W.Wright p 0 0 0 0 .000
O'Day p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0 .194
c-J.Arias ph 1 0 0 0 .286 Daigle p 0 0 0 0 ---
Oliver p 0 0 0 0 --- b-Michaels ph 1 0 1 1 .232
Totals 38 9 12 9 G.Chacin p 0 0 0 0 1.00
Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 ---
d-P.Feliz ph 1 0 0 0 .223
Totals 36 3 9 3
a-struck out for W.Wright in the 5th. b-singled for Daigle in the 6th. c-fouled out for O'Day in the 9th. d-grounded out for Fulchino in the 9th. E: Manzella (8). LOB: Texas 9, Houston 7. 2B: M.Young (22), Smoak (8), Feldman (1), Pence 2 (11). 3B: Hamilton (2), Borbon (4). HR: Smoak (7), off W.Wright. RBIs: Andrus (20), Guerrero (56), Hamilton 2 (50), Smoak 4 (28), Treanor (20), Pence (31), Blum (13), Michaels (11). CS: Kinsler (4). RLSP: Texas 3 (Guerrero, Feldman, J.Arias); Houston 4 (Pence, Ca.Lee, Manzella, Bourn). RA: Andrus, M.Young, Smoak, Blum. DP: Houston 1 (Quintero, Quintero, Keppinger).
Texas walks (7): Andrus, M.Young, Kinsler 3, Guerrero, Borbon.
Houston walks (1): Berkman.
Texas strikeouts (7): Guerrero, Dav.Murphy, Hamilton, Smoak, Treanor, Feldman 2.
Houston strikeouts (8): Bourn, Berkman, Pence, Quintero 2, Manzella 2, Sullivan.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Feldman (W 5-6) 7 9 3 3 1 6 113 5.16
O'Day 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 1.91
Oliver 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1.44
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
W.Rodriguez (L 3-10) 3 4 6 6 4 2 68 6.09
W.Wright 2 2 2 2 1 2 26 5.59
Daigle 1 2 1 1 1 1 21 7.20
G.Chacin 2 2 0 0 1 1 29 2.51
Fulchino 1 2 0 0 0 1 24 7.62
Umpires: Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Jim Wolf.
T: 2:52. A: 33,951 (40,976).
Rockies 2, Brewers 0
DENVER - Jason Hammel pitched 71/3 sharp innings and brought in a run with a squeeze bunt, lifting injury-riddled Colorado over Milwaukee.
The righthander ran his streak of scoreless innings to a career-best 251/3, proving to be a nice complement to Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez.
Hammel (5-3) also contributed offensively in the absence of Troy Tulowitzki, who will be out for about six weeks with a broken left wrist. Hammel finished 1 for 2 with a double.
Milwaukee 000 000 000 – 0 10 0
Colorado 110 000 00x – 2 6 0
Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg. Colorado AB R H BI Avg.
Weeks 2b 5 0 1 0 .251 S.Smith lf 4 0 0 0 .263
Hart rf 4 0 1 0 .263 Helton 1b 4 0 0 0 .244
Braun lf 3 0 2 0 .304 Spilborghs cf 4 1 1 0 .281
Fielder 1b 3 0 1 0 .260 Hawpe rf 3 0 2 1 .282
McGehee 3b 4 0 1 0 .269 Olivo c 3 0 0 0 .304
Lucroy c 4 0 1 0 .308 Stewart 3b 3 1 1 0 .261
Gomez cf 3 0 0 0 .237 Barmes ss 3 0 0 0 .224
A.Escobar ss 4 0 1 0 .248 J.Herrera 2b 3 0 1 0 .130
M.Parra p 2 0 1 0 .182 Hammel p 2 0 1 1 .133
a-Inglett ph 1 0 0 0 .347 Beimel p 0 0 0 0 .000
Riske p 0 0 0 0 --- R.Betancourt p 0 0 0 0 ---
Braddock p 0 0 0 0 --- Corpas p 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Counsell ph 1 0 1 0 .284 Totals 29 2 6 2
Totals 34 0 10 0
a-struck out for M.Parra in the 7th. b-singled for Braddock in the 9th. LOB: Milwaukee 10, Colorado 4. 2B: Fielder (9), Hawpe 2 (14), Hammel (1). RBIs: Hawpe (23), Hammel (1). SB: A.Escobar (5). CS: Braun (1). S: Gomez, Hammel. RLSP: Milwaukee 7 (Lucroy 4, M.Parra 2, Gomez); Colorado 4 (Olivo, S.Smith, Helton, Stewart). RA: Braun. GIDP: Fielder. DP: Colorado 1 (J.Herrera, Barmes, Helton).
Milwaukee walks (2): Braun, Fielder.
Milwaukee strikeouts (6): Weeks 2, Hart 2, Lucroy, Inglett.
Colorado strikeouts (7): S.Smith, Helton 2, Spilborghs 2, Stewart, Hammel.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
M.Parra (L 1-5) 6 6 2 2 0 5 91 3.91
Riske 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.00
Braddock 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 4.82
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hammel (W 5-3) 71/3 8 0 0 2 4 112 4.03
Beimel 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0.81
R.Betancourt (H 8) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.48
Corpas (S 9-11) 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 2.37
Beimel pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IR-S: Beimel 1-0, R.Betancourt 2-0. WP: Hammel. Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Jeff Nelson.
T: 2:43. A: 32,340 (50,449).