Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield frustrated the Twins for six innings, allowing just four hits as Boston beat Minnesota. Wakefield (7-4) walked three and struck out four.
BOSTON MINNESOTA
; ab r h bi ab r h bi
; Hndrsn lf 4 2 3 2 JJones; lf 3 0 0 0
; Damon cf 4 0 1 0 Kielty; lf 1 0 0 0
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; Grcprr ss 4 1 1 0 CGzmn; ss 4 0 1 0
; MRmrz dh 3 0 1 0 Koskie; 3b 4 0 0 0
; Hlnbrn 3b 4 0 0 0 DOrtiz; dh 3 1 1 0
; Mrbelli c 3 0 0 1 THnter; cf 4 0 1 0
; Nixon rf 4 1 1 0 Mntkw; 1b 3 0 0 0
; TClark 1b 4 0 1 0 Mohr; rf 3 1 1 1
; Merloni 2b 3 1 1 0 Przyns; c 4 0 2 1
; Rivas; 2b 3 0 0 0
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; Totals 33 5 9 3 Totals 32 2 6 2
; Boston 110 010 011 -- 5
; Minnesota 000 000 101 -- 2
; E--Mientkiewicz (5). DP--Boston 1. LOB--Boston 6, Minnesota 7. 2B--Henderson (6), Damon (28), DOrtiz (24), Mohr (18), Pierzynski (23). HR--Henderson (5). SB--THunter (20). S--Damon. SF--Mirabelli.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Boston
Wakefield W,7-4 6 4 1 1 3 4
; Howry 0 0 0 0 1 0
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; Embree 2 0 0 0 0 5
; Urbina 1 2 1 1 0 3
; Minnesota
Santana L,6-5 5 5 3 2 3 6
; Rincon 2 1 0 0 0 1
; Hawkins 2-3 2 1 1 0 0
; Romero 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
; MJackson 1 1 1 1 0 0
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; T--2:59. A--43,345 (48,678).
SUNDAY
TWINS 6, RED SOX 2
Rick Reed pitched seven strong innings, and Doug Mientkiewicz homered as Minnesota beat Boston.
BOSTON MINNESOTA
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; Damon cf 4 0 0 0 JJones; lf 3 1 1 0
; Nixon rf 4 0 0 0 CGzmn; ss 4 1 1 0
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; Hlnbrn 3b 4 0 2 0 Koskie; 3b 4 0 2 0
; MRmrz lf 3 1 1 0 DOrtiz; dh 3 1 1 1
; Hndrsn lf 0 0 0 0 THnter; cf 4 2 2 1
; Floyd dh 4 1 1 1 Mntkw; 1b 4 1 3 2
; Varitek c 4 0 1 0 Mohr; rf 2 0 0 0
; Dubach 1b 3 0 1 1 Przyns; c 3 0 0 2
; Baerga ph 1 0 1 0 Rivas; 2b 4 0 0 0
; Merloni 2b 4 0 0 0
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; RSnchz ss 4 0 1 0
; Totals 35 2 8 2 Totals 31 6 10 6
; Boston 010 000 100 -- 2
; Minnesota 110 100 03x -- 6
; DP--Boston 1. LOB--Boston 7, Minnesota 6. 2B--Hillenbrand (31), MRamirez (18), Varitek (22), Mientkiewicz (22). HR--Floyd (3), Mientkiewicz (9). CS--CGuzman (13). SF--DOrtiz, Pierzynski.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Boston
Burkett L,10-7 7; 1-3 9 6 6 2 4
; Haney 2-3 1 0 0 1 0
; Minnesota
RReed W,11-6 7 6 2 2 0 7
; Romero 1 1 0 0 1 2
; Guardado 1 1 0 0 0 0
; T--2:33. A--37,196 (48,678).
RANGERS 10, BLUE JAYS 7
Texas shortstop Alex Rodriguez hit two more homers Sunday night, giving him five in two games to tie a major league record, and the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
Rodriguez homered three times Saturday and once Friday against Toronto to give him and AL record-tying six homers in three games. He has a major league-leading 44 homers, one more than Sammy Sosa.
TORONTO TEXAS
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; ShStwrt lf 5 1 2 1 MYong; 2b 4 2 2 0
; Hinske 3b 3 1 1 1 Lamb; lf 3 1 0 1
; Wdwrd ss 4 2 1 1 Hart; 1b 0 0 0 0
; JPhlps dh 4 1 1 1 ARdrgz; ss 5 2 2 3
; Wells cf 5 1 2 3 Mench; lf 0 0 0 0
; OHudsn 2b 3 0 1 0 RPlmo; 1b 4 2 2 1
; Berg 1b 5 0 0 0 Sadler; ss 0 0 0 0
; DWise rf 2 1 0 0 IRdrgz; c 4 1 2 1
; Hckaby c 4 0 1 0 Hslman; c 1 0 0 0
; CEvrtt; rf 3 1 3 3
; Perry; 3b 4 0 0 0
; Hafner; dh 3 0 0 1
; RRvera; cf 4 1 1 0
; Totals 35 7 9 7 Totals 35 10 12 10
; Toronto 120 000 004 -- 7
; Texas 331 010 20x -- 10
; DP--Toronto 1, Texas 1. LOB--Toronto 9, Texas 7. 2B--Woodward (8), JPhelps (8), MYoung (18), CEverett (8). 3B--ShStewart (5), IRodriguez (2). HR--Wells (16), ARodriguez 2 (44), RPalmeiro (34). SB--CEverett (2). CS--MYoung (6), CEverett (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
; Toronto
Loaiza L,5-7 4 8 8 8 2 4
; Cassidy 2 1 0 0 0 1
; Thurman 1 2 2 2 1 2
; MiSmith 1 1 0 0 1 1
; Texas
Myette W,2-4 5 4 3 3 7 5
; JAlvarez 2-3 1 0 0 1 1
; JPowell 1; 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
; Kolb 1 0 0 0 0 0
; Garcia 1-3 4 4 4 0 0
; FCordero 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
; T--3:17. A--20,214 (49,115).
ANGELS 4, INDIANS 1
Kevin Appier and three relievers combined on a two-hitter as host Anaheim defeated Cleveland.
CLEVELAND ANAHEIM
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; Crisp cf 3 1 0 0 Eckstin; ss 4 0 1 0
; Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 Erstad; cf 4 0 1 0
; Burks dh 3 0 1 0 Spiezio; 1b 3 1 0 0
; Thome 1b 3 0 1 1 GAndsn; lf 4 1 1 0
; KGarca rf 4 0 0 0 Glaus; 3b 2 1 1 1
; Lawton lf 4 0 0 0 Wooten; dh 4 1 2 1
; Frymn 3b 2 0 0 0 BGil; 2b 2 0 0 1
; JMcDld 2b 3 0 0 0 JMolna; c 3 0 0 0
; EDiaz c 1 0 0 0 Ochoa; rf 3 0 2 1
; Selby ph 1 0 0 0
; EPerez c 0 0 0 0
; Totals 28 1 2 1 Totals 29 4 8 4
; Cleveland 100 000 000 -- 1
; Anaheim 010 200 01x -- 4
; DP--Cleveland 2. LOB--Cleveland 5, Anaheim 5. 2B--Thome (15), Glaus (19), Wooten (3), Ochoa (4). SF--Thome, BGil.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Cleveland
Sabathia L,8-10 8 8 4 4 3 4
; Anaheim
Appier W,11-9 6 1 1 1 3 4
; Donnelly 1 0 0 0 0 1
; Weber 1 0 0 0 0 0
; Percival S,30 1 1 0 0 0 0
; T--2:26. A--41,059 (45,030).
ATHLETICS 7, WHITE SOX 4
Terrence Long homered twice and drove in four runs to break out of a lengthy slump as host Oakland completed a three-game sweep over Chicago.
Barry Zito (17-5) matched his career high for victories, allowing three runs on four hits in 5 2-3 innings.
CHICAGO OAKLAND
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; Grffnno 2b 4 1 1 0 Drham; dh 4 1 0 0
; Rwand cf 5 1 2 1 Httberg; 1b 5 0 4 0
; Lee lf 5 0 1 1 Tejada; ss 4 0 0 1
; Ordnez rf 3 0 1 0 EChavz; 3b 4 0 0 0
; Knerko 1b 2 0 1 1 Dye; rf 4 1 2 1
; Thmas dh 3 0 0 0 Justice; lf 4 0 0 0
; Crede 3b 3 0 0 0 Byrnes; lf 0 0 0 0
; Vlentin 3b 1 0 0 0 MEllis; 2b 3 2 2 1
; Clayton ss 4 2 2 1 Long; cf 4 2 3 4
; Paul c 3 0 0 0 RaHrdz; c 4 1 1 0
; Liefer ph 1 0 0 0
; Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 36 7 12 7
; Chicago 001 002 001 -- 4
; Oakland 004 210 00x -- 7
; E--Graffanino (10), MEllis (8). LOB--Chicago 8, Oakland 8. 2B--Lee (21), Ordonez (38), Dye (21). HR--Clayton (7), Long 2 (11). SF--Konerko, Tejada.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Chicago
DWright L,8-11 5 10 7 5 1 4
; MGinter 2 1 0 0 0 1
; Wunsch 2-3 1 0 0 1 0
; Osuna 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
; Oakland
Zito W,17-5 5; 2-3 4 3 3 3 5
; Bradford 2 2 0 0 1 3
; Rincon 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
; Koch 1 2 1 0 0 1
; T--2:47. A--31,489 (43,662).
MARINERS 5, YANKEES 2
AL West-leading Seattle acquired right-hander Ismael Valdes in a trade with the Texas Rangers. The deal was announced during the seventh inning of the Mariners' win over Roger Clemens and New York at Safeco Field.
Valdes, who turns 29 on Wednesday, was 6-9 with a 3.93 ERA in 23 starts for the Rangers.
NEW YORK SEATTLE
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; ASrano 2b 4 0 0 0 ISuzuki; cf 2 1 0 0
; Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 McLmr; lf 4 0 0 0
; JaGbi 1b 4 1 2 1 Gipson; lf 0 0 0 0
; BWllms cf 4 0 2 0 Olerud; 1b 3 0 0 1
; Vntura 3b 4 0 0 0 EMrtnz; dh 4 2 3 3
; Posada dh 3 0 0 0 BBoone; 2b 4 0 2 1
; Mndesi rf 4 1 0 0 Rlaford; rf 4 0 0 0
; White lf 4 0 1 0 Cmeron; cf 0 0 0 0
; Widger c 2 0 1 0 CGillen; ss 4 0 1 0
; Vn Wal ph 0 0 0 1 DWilsn; c 3 1 1 0
; Clmens p 0 0 0 0 Cirillo; 3b 4 1 3 0
; Mndoza p 0 0 0 0
; Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 32 5 10 5
; New York 000 100 100 -- 2
; Seattle 014 000 00x -- 5
; E--CGuillen (13). LOB--New York 6, Seattle 8. 2B--JaGiambi (28), EMartinez 2 (18), DWilson (14), Cirillo (17). HR--JaGiambi (30), EMartinez (10). S--DWilson. SF--Vander Wal, Olerud.
IP H R ER BB SO
; New York
Clemens L,10-4 7 9 5 5 3 9
; Mendoza 1 1 0 0 0 0
; Seattle
Pineiro W,13-4 6; 1-3 5 2 2 1 5
; Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 1
; Rhodes 2-3 1 0 0 0 0
; Sasaki S,31 1 0 0 0 0 2
; T--2:55. A--46,086 (47,116).
TIGERS 7, ORIOLES 4
Robert Fick snapped out of a slump with three hits and two RBIs, and visiting Detroit shook off three homers by Baltimore.
DETROIT BALTIMORE
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; Lmbrd cf 2 2 2 0 Mora; lf 3 1 1 2
; Bcchca cf 2 0 2 1 Mathws; cf 5 0 0 0
; DJcksn 2b 5 1 2 0 Rchard; dh 4 1 1 1
; Hggnsn lf 3 1 1 1 TBtsta; 3b 4 0 0 0
; Simon dh 2 0 0 0 Conine; 1b 4 0 1 0
; Magee dh 3 0 0 0 Gbbons; rf 3 1 2 1
; Fick rf 5 0 3 2 Bordick; ss 2 0 0 0
; CPena 1b 4 2 3 0 LLopez; ss 1 0 0 0
; Halter ss 5 0 1 1 Frdyce; c 3 0 1 0
; Pquette 3b 4 0 1 0 Snglton; ph 1 0 0 0
; Truby 3b 1 0 0 0 Hrst; Jr 2b 4 1 2 0
; Wlbeck c 5 1 3 1
; Totals 41 7 18 6 Totals 34 4 8 4
; Detroit 201 011 200 -- 7
; Baltimore 010 030 000 -- 4
; E--Hairston Jr. (8), Brock (1). DP--Baltimore 1. LOB--Detroit 13, Baltimore 7. 2B--Bocachica (1), Fick 2 (31), CPena (13), Halter (19), Paquette (11), Gibbons (21), Hairston Jr. (16). HR--Mora (17), Richard (4), Gibbons (21). SB--DJackson 2 (12). S--DJackson. SF--Higginson.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Detroit
BPowell 4; 1-3 6 4 4 3 3
; Bernero W,3-7 2; 2-3 1 0 0 0 2
; Henriquez 1 1 0 0 0 0
; JuAcevedo S,24 1 0 0 0 0 0
; Baltimore
Erickson 4 9 3 3 2 1
; Brock L,1-1 1; 2-3 3 2 1 1 1
; BRyan 1; 1-3 2 2 2 1 1
; Bauer 1 2 0 0 0 1
; Groom 1 2 0 0 0 1
; T--3:07. A--30,905 (48,190).
DEVIL RAYS 8, ROYALS 6
Tanyon Sturtze snapped his nine-game winless streak, and Aubrey Huff homered and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay beat Kansas City.
Sturtze (2-13) allowed four runs and five hits over seven innings for his first win since beating Toronto on June 26. The right-hander struck out seven and walked five.
KANSAS CITY TAMPA; BAY
ab r h bi ab r h bi
; Guiel rf 5 1 1 0 Abrnth; 2b 4 1 2 1
; Beltran dh 5 1 1 0 Crwfrd; lf 5 0 0 0
; MiSwy 1b 4 2 2 3 Huff; 1b 5 1 3 3
; Ibanez lf 4 1 2 0 Sndbrg; 3b 5 1 1 0
; Pellow 3b 4 1 2 1 Cox; dh 3 2 1 0
; Tucker cf 3 0 0 0 Hall; c 4 2 3 1
; Alicea 2b 2 0 0 1 Grieve; rf 2 0 1 0
; Randa ph 1 0 0 0 Conti; cf 3 1 1 0
; NPerez ss 0 0 0 0 Esclna; ss 1 0 0 0
; Hinch c 3 0 0 1 Winn; ph 1 0 0 1
; Ordaz ss 4 0 1 0 AShets; ss 0 0 0 0
; Gomez; ss 0 0 0 0
; Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 33 8 12 6
; Kansas City 004 000 002 -- 6
; Tampa Bay 120 002 30x -- 8
; DP--Kansas City 1. LOB--Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 9. 2B--MiSweeney (29), Sandberg (14), Hall 2 (13). HR--MiSweeney (18), Huff (16). SB--MiSweeney (6). CS--Ordaz (1). S--Escalona.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Kansas City
Suppan L,8-13 5; 1-3 8 5 5 4 5
; Bukvich 2-3 3 3 3 2 0
; Grimsley 1 1 0 0 1 1
; Stein 1 0 0 0 0 3
; Tampa Bay
Sturtze W,2-13 7 5 4 4 5 7
; WAlvarez 2 4 2 2 0 4
; T--2:58. A--10,607 (43,772).
