вторник, 13 марта 2012 г.

10-run inning fuels Yanks

Mel Hall singled home two runs during a 10-run fourth inning andlater added a two-run homer Saturday as the New York Yankees ended afour-game losing streak by routing the visiting Cleveland Indians14-0.

The Yankees combined seven singles, two walks, two errors and ahit batsman for their big inning against Indians pitchers Dave Otto(1-1) and Ted Power. The first 11 batters in the inning reached baseand nine of them scored in the Yankees' biggest burst since a 12-runinning against the Kansas City Royals on April 11, 1987.

Backed by the big lead, Greg Cadaret (1-0) pitched the Yankees'first complete game since Scott Sanderson accomplished the feat lastJuly 11. That ended a major-league-record streak of 93 games betweencomplete games.

Cadaret scattered nine hits, struck out six and walked two. Itwas his second career shutout.

Athletics 5, Rangers 3: Jose Canseco's major-league-leadingsixth home run, a mammoth two-run shot, capped a three-run rally inthe eighth inning that lifted Oakland past host Texas.

Canseco's 436-foot blast to left field came against losingpitcher Terry Mathews (0-1). Rangers starter Jose Guzman gave way toMathews after allowing an RBI single to Mike Kingery with one out,and Canseco followed by connecting on a 2-2 pitch to give the A's a4-3 lead.

Winning pitcher Mike Moore (2-0) scattered eight hits in 7 1/3innings. He struck out seven, walked two and extended his winningstreak to seven games over two seasons. Dennis Eckersley got thelast three outs for his fifth save.

Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1: Todd Stottlemyre pitched three-hit ballfor seven innings to outduel Frank Viola as visiting Toronto edgedBoston for its 10th victory in 12 games.

Stottlemyre (1-1) won with relief help from Duane Ward and TomHenke, who got the last three outs for his second save. Viola (0-2)allowed just six hits, but the Blue Jays had three of them in thesecond inning to take a 2-0 lead.

After Dave Winfield's one-out single in the third and a fieldingerror by Phil Plantier in right, Viola retired the next 16 batters inorder before Winfield beat out an infield hit with two outs in theeighth.

Orioles 6, Tigers 1: Mike Mussina allowed one run in eightinnings and Leo Gomez singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth tohelp host Baltimore trounce Detroit. It was the first time in fivegames at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in which the losing team scoreda run.

Mussina (1-0) gave up seven hits, walked three and struck outfour. In his 14 major-league starts, he has allowed two runs orfewer 10 times and has an ERA of 2.66. His career record, however,is just 5-5.

With the score tied at 1 in the sixth, Randy Milligan drew aone-out walk from losing pitcher Frank Tanana (0-2) and took secondon a single by Mike Devereaux. After Tim Hulett lined out, Gomezlined a single to center to score Milligan.

Mariners 5, Brewers 3: Harold Reynolds squeezed home thego-ahead run in the seventh inning and Mike Schooler escaped abases-loaded jam in the eighth as visiting Seattle tripped Milwaukee.

The Mariners trailed 3-2 when Tino Martinez started the seventhagainst losing pitcher Dan Plesac (1-1) with a single. One-outsingles by pinch hitters Dave Valle and Henry Cotto produced one run,and Reynolds bunted home another. The Mariners then added a run inthe ninth on Rich Amaral's RBI double.

Winning pitcher Russ Swan (1-2) allowed three runs and five hitsin seven innings. The Mariners used three pitchers in the eighthbefore Schooler retired Franklin Stubbs on a weak fly with the basesloaded to end the inning. He then worked the ninth for his secondsave.

Angels 5, Royals 3: Hubie Brooks two-run single in the 10thinning helped California overcome more than three hours in raindelays to hand host Kansas City its 11th loss in 12 games.

About 100 fans from the original crowd of 20,129 were left whenthe game ended.

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