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'Moose' on the loose lifts Yanks
Associated Press
Jul 24, 2008
NEW YORK - Mike Mussina entered this season almost an afterthought in the New York Yankees' rotation, the old man on a staff of budding stars. What a difference four months make.
Mussina, 39, walked off the Yankee Stadium mound yesterday to rousing "Moose!" calls from the sold-out crowd, having pitched eight economical innings in a 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees' 10th straight home victory.
Last year, "I physically couldn't do what I wanted to do," Mussina said after giving up six hits without allowing a run. "The whole year was miserable."
Alex Rodriguez and Justin Christian had two-run doubles and Richie Sexson had 11 putouts and three assists at first base as the Yankees completed a 6-0 post-break homestand with sweeps of Oakland and Minnesota.
"It starts with starting pitching, defense and timely hitting, and we're getting all those now," Rodriguez said.
The Twins did not get a runner past second base against Mussina (13-6) in losing their fourth straight game.
"It was a disappointing ball game," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "I don't know how to describe it. Our trip here was not very good. We played terrible baseball pretty much all the way through it."
Mussina retired 14 of the first 17 batters and, for the third straight start, didn't walk a batter. He has given up just five runs in his last five starts and has 263 career wins.
It's quite a turnaround from last season, when he was 11-10 with a career-high 5.15 ERA. He was overshadowed by the young prospects, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, during spring training.
But they were a combined 0-7 before going down with injuries.
Minnesota 000 000 001 – 1 9 0 New York 000 023 00x – 5 9 0
Minnesota ABRHBIAvg.New York ABRHBIAvg.
Span rf 4000.326Damon dh 4000.315
ACasilla 2b 4120.323Jeter ss 4120.285
Redmond c 4010.288BAbreu rf 3100.275
Morneau dh 4010.317ARodriguez 3b 4112.318
DYoung lf 4000.294Sexson 1b 3001.216
Lamb 1b 4031.229Cano 2b 4120.265
BHarris 3b 3010.261MlCabrera cf 3020.248
a-Kubel ph 1000.259JMolina c 3100.222
Punto ss 3000.303Christian lf 3022.286
CaGomez cf 3010.248 Totals 31595
Totals 34191
a-struck out for Harris in the 9th. LOB: Minnesota 6, New York 4. 2B: ACasilla (14), Lamb (9), Jeter (21), ARodriguez (20), Christian (2). RBIs: Lamb (27), ARodriguez 2 (61), Sexson (32), Christian 2 (4). SB: Christian (3). CS: BAbreu (7). SF: Sexson. GIDP: Span, Punto. RLSP: Minnesota 3 (Redmond, BHarris, Kubel); New York 2 (Damon, BAbreu). DP: New York 2 (Sexson and Jeter), (Cano, Jeter and Sexson).
New York walks (1): BAbreu.
Minnesota strikeouts (9): Span, ACasilla, Morneau, DYoung 2, BHarris, Kubel, Punto, CaGomez.
New York strikeouts (4): Damon, Jeter, BAbreu, Sexson.
Minnesota IPHRERBBSONPERA
Perkins (L) 685512854.08
Guerrier 110002163.40
Nathan 100000161.08
New York IPHRERBBSONPERA
Mussina (W) 8600071053.26
Hawkins 2/331101125.71
MRivera (S) 1/30000141.21
W: Mussina, 13-6. L: Perkins, 7-3. S: MRivera, 25.
IR-S: MRivera 2-0. WP: Hawkins. Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro; first, Damien Beal; second, Mike Everitt; third, Tim McClelland.
T: 2:31. A: 54,114 (56,936).
RAYS 4, ATHLETICS 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - James Shields allowed three runs pitching into the ninth inning, and Jonny Gomes and Ben Zobrist hit back-to-back homers in the fifth to lead East-leading Tampa Bay past Oakland.
Shields (9-6) gave up six hits and struck out seven in improving to 5-1 in his last six starts. His bid for his fourth complete game of the season ended when Jack Cust doubled with one out in the ninth. Troy Percival replaced Shields and got the final two outs for his 20th save in 22 chances.
Oakland 020 000 001 – 3 6 0 Tampa Bay 000 030 10x – 4 6 0
Oakland ABRHBIAvg.Tampa Bay ABRHBIAvg.
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KSuzuki c 4010.286Upton cf 2010.272
Cust dh 4110.226Crawford lf 4000.269
EBrown lf 2112.250Longoria 3b 3000.272
CGonzalez cf 3121.269CPena 1b 3100.230
1-RDavis pr 0000.232WAybar dh 4110.236
Crosby ss 4000.253Riggans c 2000.253
Hannahan 3b 3000.226Gomes rf 2112.197
Bankston 1b 3000.250a-Hinske ph 1000.259
Conrad 2b 3000.000Gross rf 0000.228
Totals 30363 Zobrist ss 3122.230
Totals 28464
a-struck out for Gomes in the 7th.1-ran for C.Gonzalez in the 9th. LOB: Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 5. 2B: Cust (9), Upton (21), WAybar (9). HR: Zobrist (5), off GSmith; Gomes (8), off GSmith; CGonzalez (3), off JShields; EBrown (8), off JShields. RBIs: EBrown 2 (49), CGonzalez (17), Gomes 2 (19), Zobrist 2 (8). CS: Upton (13). S: Riggans. SF: EBrown. GIDP: KSuzuki, Crosby. RLSP: Oakland 1 (Hannahan); Tampa Bay 2 (Crawford 2). RA: Iwamura. DP: Tampa Bay 2 (Zobrist, Iwamura and CPena), (Iwamura and CPena).
Oakland walks (1): CGonzalez.
Tampa Bay walks (3): Upton 2, Longoria.
Oakland strikeouts (7): Cust 2, EBrown, CGonzalez, Crosby, Conrad 2.
Tampa Bay strikeouts (5): Iwamura, Upton, Gomes, Hinske, Zobrist.
Oakland IPHRERBBSONPERA
GSmith (L) 6544241013.90
Casilla 1/31000183.03
Embree 2/300010154.26
Blevins 100000120.00
Tampa Bay IPHRERBBSONPERA
JShields (W) 81/3633071043.66
Percival (S) 2/300010123.34
W: JShields, 9-6. L: GSmith, 5-9. S: Percival, 20.
GSmith pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IR-S: Casilla 1-1, Embree 2-0, Percival 1-1. IBB: off GSmith (Longoria) 1. HBP: by JShields (EBrown), by GSmith (CPena). WP: Percival. Umpires: Home, Andy Fletcher; first, Mike Reilly; second, Bob Davidson; third, Alfonso Marquez. T: 2:36. A: 23,437 (36,048).
TIGERS 7, ROYALS 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Armando Galarraga carried a perfect game into the seventh inning and Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs, helping Detroit complete a three-game sweep of Kansas City.
Galarraga (8-4) retired the first 18 batters before David DeJesus led off the seventh with a single to right on a full count. Galarraga pitched seven innings, allowing a run and three hits, striking out seven, and walking one.
Cabrera drove in three runs with a pair of singles, raising his RBI total to 10 for the series and 71 for the season.
Detroit 212 000 200 – 7 13 0 Kansas City 000 000 100 – 1 4 0
Detroit ABRHBIAvg.Kansas City ABRHBIAvg.
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Polanco 2b 5230.312Aviles ss-2b 4000.313
CGuillen 3b 3200.287Grdzielanek 2b 2000.308
Ordonez rf 5032.314EGerman 2b-lf 1000.247
MiCabrera 1b 5023.290JGuillen lf-rf 3011.265
Joyce lf 4110.284AGordon 3b 4010.248
Sheffield dh 5000.221Teahen rf-cf 4000.245
Renteria ss 4021.258Olivo c 3000.251
Inge c 4010.219Gload 1b 3000.259
Totals 397136 Gathright cf 2000.251
a-Butler ph 1000.251
Pena Jr. ss 0000.152
Totals 31141
a-flied out for Gathright in the 8th. LOB: Detroit 9, Kansas City 5. 2B: Joyce (9), Dejesus (15). 3B: Granderson (6). RBIs: Ordonez 2 (57), MiCabrera 3 (71), Renteria (34), JGuillen (66). CS: Ordonez (3). RLSP: Detroit 4 (Granderson, Joyce, Sheffield 2); Kansas City 3 (Aviles, Olivo 2). RA: Ordonez, Inge. DP: Kansas City 1 (Olivo, Grudzielanek and Gload).
Detroit walks (4): Granderson, CGuillen 2, Joyce.
Kansas City walks (1): EGerman.
Detroit strikeouts (10): CGuillen 2, Ordonez, MiCabrera 3, Joyce 2, Sheffield 2.
Kansas City strikeouts (8): Aviles, JGuillen, AGordon, Teahen 2, Olivo 2, Gathright.
Detroit IPHRERBBSONPERA
Galarraga (W) 731117873.27
Fossum 110001155.82
TJones 100000174.66
Kansas City IPHRERBBSONPERA
Greinke (L) 675528984.06
HoRamirez 132211242.16
Nunez 110000161.61
Mahay 120011281.74
W: Galarraga, 8-4. L: Greinke, 7-7.
HBP: by TJones (JGuillen). WP: Greinke. Umpires: Home, Mike Estabrook; first, Bruce Dreckman; second, Brian Gorman; third, Gerry Davis.
T: 2:41. A: 16,594 (38,030).
WHITE SOX 10, RANGERS 8
CHICAGO - Carlos Quentin hit two home runs, including a go-ahead three-run shot in a five-run eighth inning, helping Chicago rally to beat Texas.
The game-turning homer came on the first pitch from closer C.J. Wilson, who entered in relief of Eddie Guardado (1-2) with two out.
Quentin had a solo shot in the fifth.
Texas 120 210 200 – 8 11 1 Chicago 300 010 15x – 10 9 4
Texas ABRHBIAvg.Chicago ABRHBIAvg.
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MiYoung ss 5122.294Swisher cf-1b 3100.235
Hamilton cf 4000.305Quentin lf 4324.279
Bradley dh 3210.309Dye rf 4011.314
a-Catlanotto ph 1000.280Thome dh 4113.258
MByrd rf 5110.245Konerko 1b 4110.218
Blalock 3b 4111.278BAnderson cf 0000.230
Sltalamacchia c 4012.223AlRamirez 2b 4111.307
CDavis 1b 4120.278THall c 3000.278
DaMurphy lf 2211.273Uribe 3b 2110.229
Totals 378117 Totals 3110910
a-flied out for Bradley in the 9th. E: Sltalamacchia (7), AlRamirez (8), THall (2), Uribe (3), DCarrasco (1). LOB: Texas 7, Chicago 7. 2B: Kinsler (35), Bradley (23), CDavis (4), Dye (23), Konerko (11), Uribe (11). HR: Quentin 2 (26), off CWilson, Madrigal; Thome (19), off Millwood; MiYoung (8), off Richard. RBIs: Kinsler (60), MiYoung 2 (54), Blalock (10), Sltalamacchia 2 (22), DaMurphy (61), OCabrera (42), Quentin 4 (76), Dye (60), Thome 3 (56), AlRamirez (35). SB: Kinsler (25), MiYoung (7), Blalock (1), DaMurphy (7), OCabrera (16), Uribe (1). CS: CDavis (1). SF: Blalock, OCabrera. GIDP: Quentin. RLSP: Texas 7 (MiYoung 2, Hamilton 2, MByrd, Blalock, CDavis); Chicago 3 (OCabrera, Swisher, Thome). RA: MByrd 2, Blalock. DP: Texas 1 (Blalock, Kinsler and CDavis).
Texas walks (3): Hamilton, DaMurphy 2. Chicago walks (8): OCabrera, Swisher 2, Dye, Thome, THall, Uribe 2.
Texas strikeouts (12): Kinsler, MiYoung 2, Hamilton 3, Blalock, Sltalamacchia 2, CDavis 2, DaMurphy. Chicago strikeouts (11): Swisher 2, Dye 2, Thome 2, Konerko 2, THall 2, Uribe.
Texas IPHRERBBSONPERA
Millwood 12/323323385.40
Rupe 21/300022424.31
Madrigal 211115347.20
JWright 121110214.50
Guardado (H) (L) 2/334410253.65
CWilson (BS) 1/311111115.06
Chicago IPHRERBBSONPERA
Richard 475417859.00
DCarrasco 221112301.74
Logan 122201194.25
Dotel (W) 10000283.00
Jenks (S) 100010151.83
W: Dotel, 4-4. L: Guardado, 1-2. S: Jenks, 19. H: Guardado, 21. BS: CWilson, 3. IR-S: Rupe 2-0, CWilson 2-2. HBP: by Logan (Bradley), by Millwood (Quentin). WP: Guardado. Umpires: Home, Rob Drake; first, Brian Knight; second, Hunter Wendelstedt; third, Mike Winters. T: 3:05. A: 35,353 (40,615).
ANGELS 14, INDIANS 11
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Jeff Mathis had four hits with a career high of six RBIs, including his first grand slam in the majors, and Casey Kotchman had a career best of five hits for Los Angeles in the slugfest with Cleveland.
The Angels' 19 hits included four by Howie Kendrick, who equaled a franchise record with three doubles. He also drove in three runs and scored three.
Cleveland 200 220 131 – 11 14 0 Los Angeles 020 352 20x – 14 19 2
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Sizemore cf 5211.272Figgins 3b 6000.269
Dellucci dh 5111.225Kotchman 1b 5151.289
BFrancisco rf 5110.284EAybar ss 5121.286
Peralta ss 5331.267Guerrero dh 5110.283
Choo lf 4122.252JRivera rf 4210.248
Garko 1b 5234.243Willits rf 0000.185
AMarte 3b 3011.186Kendrick 2b 5343.341
a-Blake ph-3b 1000.287GAnderson lf 4210.266
Fasano c 3011.300Matthews Jr. cf 3212.233
b-JCarroll ph 1110.274Mathis c 5246.228
ACabrera 2b 4000.186 Totals 42141913
Totals 41111411
a-flied out for Marte in the 8th. b-singled for Fasano in the 9th. E: JRivera (3), Lackey (3). LOB: Cleveland 10, Los Angeles 8. 2B: Dellucci (14), BFrancisco (21), Choo (11), Kotchman (24), EAybar (11), Kendrick 3 (23), GAnderson (15), Mathis (5). HR: Sizemore (25), off O'Day; Mathis (8), off Mastny; Garko (8), off Lackey. RBIs: Sizemore (56), Dellucci (33), Peralta (52), Choo 2 (23), Garko 4 (49), AMarte (4), Fasano (1), Kotchman (48), EAybar (25), Kendrick 3 (32), Matthews Jr. 2 (36), Mathis 6 (34). S: Fasano. GIDP: EAybar. RLSP: Cleveland 6 (Dellucci, BFrancisco, AMarte, Blake, Fasano, ACabrera); Los Angeles 4 (Figgins 2, Guerrero, JRivera). RA: EAybar, JRivera, GAnderson 2. DP: Cleveland 1 (AMarte, ACabrera and Garko).
Cleveland walks (3): Sizemore, Choo, AMarte. Los Angeles walks (4): JRivera, GAnderson, Matthews 2.
Cleveland strikeouts (9): Sizemore 2, Dellucci, Peralta, Garko, AMarte, Fasano, ACabrera 2. Los Angeles strikeouts (7): EAybar, Guerrero 2, JRivera, Kendrick, Matthews 2.
Cleveland IPHRERBBSONPERA
Laffey (L) 4128822774.23
Mastny 11/3344223414.90
JLewis 12/342202354.71
Rincon 100001156.15
Los Angeles IPHRERBBSONPERA
Lackey (W) 586625993.02
JSpeier 100001125.09
O'Day 11/334401313.89
Arredondo 11/331112271.33
FRodriguez (S) 1/30000012.18
W: Lackey, 8-2. L: Laffey, 5-7. S: FRodriguez, 42.
Laffey pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. IR-S: Mastny 3-3, JLewis 2-2, Arredondo 2-1, FRodriguez 1-0. IBB: off Laffey (GAnderson) 1. HBP: by O'Day (BFrancisco), by O'Day (Dellucci), by Lackey (ACabrera). WP: Laffey. Umpires: Home, Phil Cuzzi; first, Jerry Layne; second, Ed Montague; third, Jim Wolf. T: 3:13. A: 42,187 (45,257).
RED SOX 6, MARINERS 3
SEATTLE - Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green (2-3) in the 12th inning, helping Boston complete a three-game sweep and its first sweep in Seattle in 15 years.
Lowell unloaded the bases with his second hit of the game. Sean Casey, starting at designated hitter because Manny Ramirez was out with a sore knee, added a single to make it 6-3.
Boston 002 001 000 003 – 6 11 0 Seattle 000 102 000 000 – 3 11 2
Boston ABRHBIAvg.Seattle ABRHBIAvg.
Ellsbury lf 6110.259ISuzuki rf 6010.300
Pedroia 2b 5120.321JoLopez 2b 6120.297
JDrew rf 3100.291Ibanez lf 5111.277
Youkilis 1b 6221.311Vidro dh 5132.229
Lowell 3b 5022.287Beltre 3b 4000.259
Casey dh 5011.356Reed cf 3010.250
Lowrie ss 5010.292a-YBtncrt ph-ss 2010.264
Varitek c 6010.217Johjima c 5000.203
Crisp cf 4111.251LaHair 1b 3010.167
Totals 456115 b-Cairo ph-1b 1000.223
Bl'mquist ss-cf 5010.271
Totals 453113
a-lined out for Reed in the 9th. b-walked for LaHair in the 9th. E: ISuzuki (2), Bloomquist (3). LOB: Boston 11, Seattle 10. HR: Vidro (6), off Buchholz; Ibanez (14), off Buchholz. RBIs: Youkilis (68), Lowell 2 (61), Casey (11), Crisp (23), Ibanez (61), Vidro 2 (43). SB: Pedroia (10). CS: Pedroia (1). GIDP: Johjima. RLSP: Boston 6 (Ellsbury 2, Lowell, Casey, Varitek, Crisp); Seattle 5 (JoLopez, Vidro 2, Johjima, LaHair). RA: Pedroia, Lowrie, ISuzuki, Beltre. DP: Boston 1 (Lowell, Pedroia and Youkilis); Seattle 3 (JoLopez and LaHair), (Johjima and Bloomquist), (ISuzuki and Cairo).
Boston walks (8): Pedroia, JDrew 3, Lowell, Casey, Lowrie, Crisp.
Seattle walks (4): Ibanez, Vidro, Beltre, Cairo.
Boston strikeouts (11): Ellsbury, JDrew 2, Youkilis, Lowell, Casey 2, Lowrie, Varitek 2, Crisp.
Seattle strikeouts (13): JoLopez 2, Ibanez 3, Vidro, Beltre 2, Reed 2, Johjima, LaHair, Bloomquist.
Boston IPHRERBBSONPERA
Buchholz 51/373327985.81
Masterson 22/300003273.49
Okajima 2/300010132.72
Delcarmen 11/300002184.50
Papelbon (W) 120001152.23
Hansen (S) 120010225.08
Seattle IPHRERBBSONPERA
FHernandez 6632561082.95
Putz 210003234.50
Morrow 200012261.60
SGreen (L) 11/333220282.93
Jimenez 2/31000080.73
W: Papelbon, 4-3. L: SGreen, 2-3. S: Hansen, 2.
IR-S: Masterson 2-0, Delcarmen 1-0, Jimenez 2-1. IBB: off SGreen (JDrew) 1. Umpires: Home, Ron Kulpa; first, Dan Iassogna; second, Bill Hohn; third, Dale Scott.
T: 4:01. A: 43,231 (47,447).
Jays-Orioles game suspended BALTIMORE - The game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles was suspended because of rain with Toronto leading, 2-1, with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Play will resume this afternoon, and will be followed by the finale of the four-game series.
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