Sabathia wins 10th as Yanks rip Rockies

NEW YORK - CC Sabathia tossed eight stingy innings to win for the seventh time in his last eight starts, Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and the New York Yankees, finally beat the Colorado Rockies, 8-3, on Saturday.

A dozen pitchers began the day with nine wins, but Sabathia (10-4) won the race to double digits. The big lefthander allowed one run while striking out nine, improving to 19-7 all-time in interleague play. That win total makes him baseball's active leader.

He threw just 103 pitches, but manager Joe Girardi decided against letting him finish the game. Buddy Carlyle gave up Ty Wigginton's two-run homer in the ninth.

Seth Smith drove in the Rockies' only other run with a pinch-hit single in the eighth.

Mark Teixeira added a two-run homer for New York, Jorge Posada had three hits, and the Yankees pounded out 15 total. Everybody in their starting lineup had a hit off Rockies starter Aaron Cook (0-3) except Robinson Cano, who went 0 for 4 for the second straight game.

The Yankees lost the series opener, 4-2, on Friday night, and together with a series sweep four years ago at Coors Field, had lost four straight to the Rockies.

They didn't waste any time jumping ahead Saturday, and had built a 6-0 lead by the sixth inning.

Most of that offense was unnecessary with Sabathia on the mound, though that's been the norm this season. His run-support average is the highest in the major leagues.

It helped that Rockies manager Jim Tracy appeared to concede defeat.

He took star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki out in the seventh inning, and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez and leading hitter Todd Helton left the game in the eighth.

By then, the Rockies had squandered their best scoring opportunities.

Ryan Spilborghs led off the fifth with a double and reached third base before Sabathia wiggled out of trouble.

Cook wound up allowing six runs, five earned, on 12 hits in 52/3 innings.

Yankees 8, Rockies 3

Colorado 000 000 012 – 3 8 1

New York 203 001 02x – 8 15 0

Colorado AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 C.Gonzalez cf 2   0   0   0   1   1   .282

a-Blackmon ph-lf 2   0   0   0   0   0   .293

E.Young rf-2b 4   0   1   0   0   1   .217

Helton 1b 3   0   1   0   0   2   .308

b-S.Smith ph-rf 1   0   1   1   0   0   .315

Tulowitzki ss 3   0   2   0   0   0   .276

J.Herrera ss 1   0   0   0   0   1   .245

Giambi dh 3   1   0   0   1   2   .279

Wigginton 3b-1b 4   1   1   2   0   1   .265

Spilborghs lf-cf 3   0   1   0   1   1   .236

Nelson 2b-3b 4   0   0   0   0   1   .233

Pagnozzi c 4   1   1   0   0   0   .222

Totals 34   3   8   3   3   10   

New York AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Gardner lf-cf 3   2   1   0   2   0   .282

Granderson cf 5   2   2   1   0   2   .279

Dickerson lf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .294

Teixeira 1b 4   2   2   2   1   0   .247

An.Jones rf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .213

Al.Rodriguez 3b 3   1   2   3   1   0   .300

R.Pena 3b 1   0   0   0   0   0   .133

Cano 2b 4   0   0   0   0   0   .291

Swisher rf-1b 3   1   2   1   0   0   .245

Posada dh 4   0   3   1   0   0   .232

E.Nunez ss 4   0   1   0   0   0   .245

Cervelli c 4   0   2   0   0   0   .197

Totals 35   8   15   8   4   2   

 a-grounded out for C.Gonzalez in the 8th. b-singled for Helton in the 8th. E: E.Young (2). LOB: Colorado 7, New York 8. 2B: Spilborghs (5), Teixeira (12), Al.Rodriguez (18), Swisher (14), Posada (10). HR: Wigginton (10), off Carlyle; Teixeira (22), off R.Betancourt. RBIs: S.Smith (33), Wigginton 2 (30), Granderson (55), Teixeira 2 (57), Al.Rodriguez 3 (50), Swisher (36), Posada (24). SB: Gardner (15). SF: Swisher. RLSP: Colorado 2 (C.Gonzalez, Giambi); New York 5 (Gardner, Granderson 2, E.Nunez 2). RA: Blackmon, E.Young, Nelson, Cano, E.Nunez. GIDP: Tulowitzki, Gardner, Cano 2. DP: Colorado 3 (Nelson, Tulowitzki, Helton), (Cook, Tulowitzki, Helton), (Nelson, Tulowitzki, Helton); New York 1 (Al.Rodriguez, Cano, Teixeira).

Colorado IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

 Cook (L 0-3) 52/3   12   6   5   1   1   94   5.48

Brothers 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   11   5.14

Mortensen 1   2   0   0   1   0   20   3.29

R.Betancourt 1   1   2   2   1   0   19   4.45

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

 Sabathia (W 10-4) 8   7   1   1   1   9   103   3.25

Carlyle 1   1   2   2   2   1   21   4.70

IR-S: Brothers 1-0. Umpires: Home, Ed Rapuano; first, Brian O'Nora; second, Alfonso Marquez; third, Ed Hickox. T: 3:00. A: 46,900 (50,291).

Mets 14, Rangers 5

ARLINGTON, Texas - Lucas Duda matched a Mets record with three doubles while going 4 for 5 with four RBIs, Carlos Beltran snapped out of a slump with three hits, and New York had season highs for runs and hits in a romp over Texas.

Jonathon Niese (7-6) struck out seven in 52/3 innings and limited Texas to two runs, coming on consecutive homers by Adrian Beltre and Michael Young in the fourth.

New York 303 008 000 – 14 17 0

Texas 000 200 120 – 5 11 1

New York AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Jos.Reyes ss 6   2   2   0   0   0   .334

Harris dh 6   2   2   1   0   2   .241

Beltran rf 5   3   3   3   0   1   .279

Dan.Murphy 3b 4   2   1   2   0   0   .289

Pagan cf 4   1   0   0   1   0   .237

Duda 1b 5   2   4   4   0   0   .228

Thole c 4   1   2   2   1   0   .249

Pridie lf 5   0   1   0   0   1   .235

R.Tejada 2b 4   1   2   1   0   0   .282

Totals 43   14   17   13   2   4   

Texas AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Kinsler 2b 3   0   1   0   2   0   .238

Gentry cf 4   0   1   1   0   0   .270

J.Hamilton dh 4   0   0   0   0   4   .293

A.Beltre 3b 4   1   1   1   0   1   .264

Mi.Young 1b 4   2   3   1   0   0   .321

N.Cruz rf 4   1   2   2   0   1   .241

Torrealba c 4   0   1   0   0   0   .267

Dav.Murphy lf 4   1   1   0   0   1   .236

A.Blanco ss 4   0   1   0   0   1   .159

Totals 35   5   11   5   2   8   

E: A.Beltre (8). LOB: New York 6, Texas 6. 2B: Duda 3 (5), Thole (8), Mi.Young (22), N.Cruz (13), Torrealba (12). 3B: Beltran (2). HR: A.Beltre (14), off Niese; Mi.Young (6), off Niese; N.Cruz (18), off D.Carrasco. RBIs: Harris (9), Beltran 3 (47), Dan.Murphy 2 (25), Duda 4 (9), Thole 2 (20), R.Tejada (13), Gentry (6), A.Beltre (56), Mi.Young (50), N.Cruz 2 (42). SB: Jos.Reyes (27), Harris (3). S: Gentry. SF: Dan.Murphy, R.Tejada. RLSP: New York 3 (Thole, R.Tejada, Pridie); Texas 5 (A.Beltre, Dav.Murphy 2, J.Hamilton, Torrealba). RA: Pridie, Gentry, Torrealba, A.Blanco. GIDP: Kinsler, Gentry. DP: New York 2 (Jos.Reyes, Duda), (Dan.Murphy, R.Tejada, Duda).

New York IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Niese (W 7-6) 52/3   6   2   2   2   7   95   3.67

Parnell 11/3   2   1   1   0   1   29   3.44

D.Carrasco 2   3   2   2   0   0   21   6.16

Texas IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Ogando (L 7-3) 3   8   6   3   0   1   76   2.87

Bush 2   5   4   4   1   1   38   5.45

Kirkman 4   4   4   4   1   2   61   6.95

Bush pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. IR-S: Parnell 1-0, Kirkman 2-2. WP: Kirkman.

Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro; first, Andy Fletcher; second, Tim Welke; third, Jim Reynolds.

T: 3:05. A: 37,292 (49,170).

White Sox 3, Nationals 0

CHICAGO - Jake Peavy threw four dominant innings in his first career relief appearance, and Chicago shut out Washington.

Washington had won 12 of its previous 13.

Peavy (4-1) gave up a hit and struck out seven, combining with starter John Danks, Brian Bruney, and closer Sergio Santos on a two-hitter that snapped Washington's five-game winning streak. White Sox pitchers also combined for 13 strikeouts.

Washington 000 000 000 – 0 2 0

Chicago 100 000 02x – 3 10 1

Washington AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Werth rf 3   0   0   0   1   2   .232

Desmond ss 4   0   1   0   0   2   .227

Zimmerman dh 4   0   0   0   0   3   .244

Morse 1b 3   0   0   0   0   1   .304

Espinosa 2b 2   0   0   0   0   1   .241

Hairston Jr. 3b 3   0   0   0   0   1   .257

I.Rodriguez c 3   0   0   0   0   2   .212

Bixler lf 2   0   0   0   0   0   .222

a-L.Nix ph-lf 1   0   0   0   0   0   .282

Bernadina cf 3   0   1   0   0   1   .287

Totals 28   0   2   0   1   13   

Chicago AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Lillibridge lf 5   1   1   0   0   2   .271

Morel 3b 4   0   3   0   0   0   .253

Quentin rf 3   0   0   1   0   0   .253

Konerko dh 4   0   1   0   0   1   .325

1-Vizquel pr-dh 0   1   0   0   0   0   .277

Al.Ramirez ss 4   0   0   0   0   1   .285

A.Dunn 1b 3   0   0   0   1   3   .176

2-Teahen pr-1b 0   1   0   0   0   0   .203

Rios cf 4   0   3   0   0   0   .227

R.Castro c 3   0   2   2   1   1   .233

Beckham 2b 3   0   0   0   1   1   .228

Totals 33   3   10   3   3   9   

a-flied out for Bixler in the 8th.1-ran for Konerko in the 8th. 2-ran for A.Dunn in the 8th. E: Peavy (1). LOB: Washington 3, Chicago 10. RBIs: Quentin (49), R.Castro 2 (9). SB: Espinosa (9), Rios (5). CS: Bernadina (1), Rios (5). SF: Quentin. RLSP: Washington 2 (I.Rodriguez, Zimmerman); Chicago 5 (Lillibridge 4, Beckham).

Washington IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Gorzlanny (L 2-6) 7   7   1   1   1   8   112   4.18

H.Rodriguez 1/3   3   2   2   2   1   25   2.42

Mattheus 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Danks 12/3   0   0   0   0   2   26   4.21

Bruney 21/3   1   0   0   1   2   35   3.86

Peavy (W 4-1) 4   1   0   0   0   7   55   4.23

S.Santos (S 15) 1   0   0   0   0   2   13   3.16

IR-S: Mattheus 3-0, Bruney 1-0. HBP: by Danks (Espinosa). WP: H.Rodriguez. PB: I.Rodriguez. Balk: Gorzelanny. Umpires: Home, Mike Estabrook; first, Marty Foster; second, Bill Welke; third, Jeff Nelson. T: 2:54. A: 23,008 (40,615).

Tigers 6, D'backs 0

DETROIT - Justin Verlander struck out a career-high 14 in his latest masterful performance, and Detroit blanked Arizona.

Verlander (10-3) allowed four hits over eight innings, and Alex Avila's three-run homer in the fourth broke the game open.

Verlander walked only one batter. In the eighth inning, he reached 100 miles per hour on the stadium scoreboard - on his 116th pitch.

Arizona rookie Josh Collmenter (4-4) allowed six runs and 10 hits in six-plus innings.

Arizona 000 000 000 – 0 5 0

Detroit 010 400 10x – 6 11 1

Arizona AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

R.Roberts 3b 4   0   0   0   0   2   .249

K.Johnson 2b 4   0   0   0   0   2   .207

J.Upton rf 4   0   1   0   0   2   .304

S.Drew ss 4   0   0   0   0   2   .274

C.Young cf 4   0   2   0   0   2   .255

Montero c 4   0   0   0   0   1   .274

W.Pena dh 4   0   0   0   0   1   .211

Miranda 1b 2   0   0   0   1   1   .230

G.Parra lf 3   0   2   0   0   1   .276

Totals 33   0   5   0   1   14   

Detroit AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

A.Jackson cf 4   1   2   0   0   1   .252

Boesch lf 3   0   1   0   1   0   .299

Kelly lf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .262

Ordonez rf 3   0   0   0   1   0   .183

C.Wells rf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .264

Mi.Cabrera 1b 3   1   2   0   1   0   .327

V.Martinez dh 4   2   2   1   0   0   .335

Jh.Peralta ss 4   1   1   1   0   0   .301

Avila c 4   1   3   4   0   1   .303

Inge 3b 4   0   0   0   0   1   .207

Santiago 2b 4   0   0   0   0   1   .209

Totals 33   6   11   6   3   4   

E: Inge (6). LOB: Arizona 7, Detroit 6. 2B: G.Parra 2 (9), Jh.Peralta (14), Avila (15). HR: Avila (10), off Collmenter. RBIs: V.Martinez (43), Jh.Peralta (43), Avila 4 (45). RLSP: Arizona 5 (K.Johnson 2, J.Upton 2, W.Pena); Detroit 5 (Inge, Ordonez, Jh.Peralta 3). RA: Montero, Ordonez, V.Martinez. GIDP: Ordonez. DP: Arizona 1 (R.Roberts, K.Johnson, Miranda).

Arizona IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Collmenter (L 4-4) 6   10   6   6   2   4   90   2.71

Vasquez 2   1   0   0   1   0   20   4.15

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Verlandr (W 10-3) 8   4   0   0   1   14   119   2.38

Valverde 1   1   0   0   0   0   13   2.53

Collmenter pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Vasquez 2-1. IBB: off Vasquez (Mi.Cabrera).

Umpires: Home, Mike Muchlinski; first, Chris Guccione; second, Mark Carlson; third, Mike Everitt.

T: 2:35. A: 43,163 (41,255).

Royals 3, Cubs 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Chris Getz drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning and Kansas City beat Chicago to snap a season-high six-game losing streak.

Greg Holland (2-1) pitched a perfect eighth to pick up the victory.

Chicago 000 002 000 – 2 9 0

Kansas City 000 020 01x – 3 9 0

Chicago AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Re.Johnson cf 4   0   2   0   0   0   .356

S.Castro ss 3   0   1   0   1   0   .327

Je.Baker dh 3   0   1   0   0   1   .319

a-Fukudome ph-dh 1   0   0   0   0   0   .287

Ar.Ramirez 3b 4   1   2   1   0   0   .286

Soto c 4   1   1   1   0   0   .212

A.Soriano lf 4   0   1   0   0   1   .271

C.Pena 1b 4   0   0   0   0   2   .221

Montanez rf 2   0   0   0   0   0   .238

e-DeWitt ph 1   0   0   0   0   1   .266

LeMahieu 2b 3   0   1   0   0   0   .273

Totals 33   2   9   2   1   5   

Kansas City AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Dyson cf 3   1   1   0   1   0   .185

d-Me.Cabrera ph-cf 1   0   0   0   0   1   .275

Hosmer 1b 3   0   1   1   1   0   .262

Butler dh 4   0   1   1   0   0   .304

A.Gordon lf 3   0   1   0   1   0   .290

Maier rf 3   0   1   0   0   0   .317

b-Francoeur ph-rf 0   1   0   0   1   0   .257

Moustakas 3b 3   0   1   0   1   0   .255

Treanor c 3   0   0   0   0   2   .210

c-Betemit ph 1   0   0   0   0   1   .286

B.Pena c 0   0   0   0   0   0   .243

Getz 2b 4   0   1   1   0   0   .261

A.Escobar ss 3   1   2   0   0   0   .251

Totals 31   3   9   3   5   4   

b-walked for Maier in the 8th. c-struck out for Treanor in the 8th. d-struck out for Dyson in the 8th. e-struck out for Montanez in the 9th. LOB: Chicago 6, Kansas City 10. 3B: A.Escobar (2). HR: Ar.Ramirez (6), off Duffy; Soto (6), off Duffy. RBIs: Ar.Ramirez (34), Soto (16), Hosmer (24), Butler (33), Getz (17). SB: Re.Johnson (1), Francoeur (11). RLSP: Chicago 3 (Soto, Ar.Ramirez, S.Castro); Kansas City 7 (Treanor 2, Butler, Moustakas 2, Me.Cabrera 2). RA: Maier. GIDP: C.Pena, LeMahieu, Butler, Treanor. DP: Chicago 2 (LeMahieu, C.Pena), (S.Castro, C.Pena); Kansas City 2 (Getz, A.Escobar, Hosmer), (Getz, A.Escobar, Hosmer).

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Zambrano 7   8   2   2   3   2   111   4.38

Grabow 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.88

Samrdzija (L 5-4) 1/3   1   1   1   2   1   30   4.25

J.Russell 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   7   5.45

Kansas City IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Duffy 7   9   2   2   1   2   91   4.61

G.Holland (W 2-1) 1   0   0   0   0   0   12   1.08

Soria (S 12) 1   0   0   0   0   3   18   4.36

IR-S: J.Russell 3-0. HBP: by Samardzija (A.Escobar), by Duffy (Montanez). PB:Soto.

Umpires: Home, Eric Cooper; first, Mark Ripperger; second, Tim Timmons; third, Jeff Kellogg.

T: 2:44. A: 38,744 (37,903).

Reds 10, Orioles 5

BALTIMORE - Joey Votto homered twice and drove in five runs, and Cincinnati beat Baltimore in a long-ball duel that featured nine home runs.

Jonny Gomes, Scott Rolen, and Drew Stubbs also connected for the Reds. The five home runs were a season high.

Adam Jones, Nick Markakis, Matt Wieters, and J.J. Hardy homered for Baltimore.

Cincinnati 013 020 220 – 10 13 0

Baltimore 102 100 100 – 5 9 1

Cincinnati AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Heisey lf 5   1   1   0   0   3   .268

B.Phillips 2b 5   2   3   1   0   1   .288

Votto 1b 4   3   3   5   1   0   .320

Rolen 3b 5   1   2   2   0   0   .266

Bruce rf 5   0   0   0   0   3   .274

J.Gomes dh 3   1   1   1   2   1   .225

Stubbs cf 5   1   2   1   0   1   .255

Renteria ss 2   1   1   0   2   0   .227

Janish ss 1   0   0   0   0   0   .232

Hanigan c 4   0   0   0   0   0   .250

Totals 39   10   13   10   5   9   

Baltimore AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Hardy ss 4   2   2   1   0   0   .311

Markakis rf 4   1   2   2   0   1   .271

Ad.Jones cf 3   1   1   1   1   2   .291

Guerrero dh 4   0   1   0   0   0   .283

Scott lf 4   0   1   0   0   2   .236

D.Lee 1b 4   0   0   0   0   2   .242

Wieters c 4   1   1   1   0   1   .262

Mar.Reynolds 3b 2   0   0   0   2   2   .226

Andino 2b 4   0   1   0   0   2   .247

Totals 33   5   9   5   3   12   

E: Ad.Jones (5). LOB: Cincinnati 7, Baltimore 4. 2B: Heisey (5), B.Phillips (17), Scott (11). HR: J.Gomes (10), off Matusz; Votto 2 (11), off Matusz 2; Rolen (4), off Bergesen; Stubbs (11), off Bergesen; Ad.Jones (13), off Arroyo; Markakis (6), off Arroyo; Wieters (7), off Arroyo; Hardy (10), off Arroyo. RBIs: B.Phillips (40), Votto 5 (49), Rolen 2 (32), J.Gomes (29), Stubbs (32), Hardy (29), Markakis 2 (28), Ad.Jones (45), Wieters (33). SB: Mar.Reynolds (5). CS: Stubbs (3). RLSP: Cincinnati 2 (Votto, Janish); Baltimore 4 (D.Lee 2, Hardy, Scott). RA: Hanigan. GIDP: Hardy, Guerrero, Andino. DP: Cincinnati 3 (Arroyo, Renteria, Votto), (Renteria, B.Phillips, Votto), (Rolen, B.Phillips, Votto).

Cincinnati IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Arroyo (W 7-6) 61/3   9   5   5   3   6   107   5.01

Bray (H 8) 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   13   1.71

Ondrusek 1   0   0   0   0   1   14   1.64

Chapman 1   0   0   0   0   3   12   6.43

Baltimore IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Matusz (L 1-3) 42/3   9   6   6   1   5   87   6.85

Bergesen 3   3   4   4   3   3   54   5.88

M.Gonzalez 11/3   1   0   0   1   1   26   5.81

IR-S: M.Gonzalez 1-0. WP: M.Gonzalez.

Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; first, Alan Porter; second, Fieldin Culbreth; third, Gary Cederstrom.

T: 2:59. A: 38,976 (45,438).