Luis Rivas homered with one out in the 10th inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night in Brad Radke's return from the disabled list.
Radke struck out a season-high eight in six innings. He allowed three runs and four hits, walking two. And he did it mostly with the changeup, which he threw 24 times even though it puts a strain on his injured groin.
Johan Santana (6-2) combined with three other relievers to pitch four scoreless innings.
KANSAS CITY MINNESOTA
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; Knblch dh 4 0 1 0 JJones; lf 4 1 1 0
; Tucker lf 5 0 2 0 CGzmn; ss 4 1 3 1
; Beltran cf 4 0 0 0 Koskie; 3b 3 0 0 1
; Ibanez 1b 3 0 0 0 DOrtiz; dh 4 0 1 0
; Randa 3b 3 1 1 0 THnter; cf 3 0 1 0
; Guiel rf 4 0 0 0 Mntkw; 1b 4 0 1 0
; NPerez ss 4 1 1 0 Kielty; rf 4 0 0 0
; Mayne c 4 1 2 3 Przyns; c 4 1 2 0
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; Febles 2b 4 0 0 0 Rivas; 2b 3 1 1 1
; Totals 35 3 7 3 Totals 33 4 10 3
; Kansas City 000 030 000 0 -- 3
; Minnesota 200 000 010 1 -- 4
; One out when winning run scored.
E--Guiel (4). DP--Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2. LOB--Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4. 2B--Tucker (16). HR--Mayne (2), Rivas (2). SB--CGuzman (8). CS--CGuzman (12), Mientkiewicz (2). S--Rivas. SF--Koskie.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Kansas City
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Byrd 8 8 3 2 0 4
; Mullen 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
; Grimsley 1-3 1 0 0 1 0
; May L,2-8 1-3 1 1 1 0 0
; Minnesota
Radke 6 4 3 3 2 8
; Fiore 1 2 0 0 1 0
; Romero 2 0 0 0 0 1
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; Wells 1-3 1 0 0 0 0
; Santana W,6-2 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
; Fiore pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
HBP--by Radke (Randa).
Umpires--Home, Jim Wolf; First, Mark Hirschbeck; Second, Matt Hollowell; Third, Jim Reynolds.
T--2:56. A--32,567 (48,678).
SUNDAY
TWINS 5, ROYALS 4, 10 innings
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The Minnesota Twins scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a bizarre play, with Corey Koskie being hit by a throw as he ran down the first-base line for a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
The Twins loaded the bases with one out in the 10th and Koskie pulled a grounder down the line. First baseman Chan Perry made a diving stop, tagged the bag with his glove and got up to throw home from foul ground.
But Perry's throw nailed Koskie in the chest, allowing Torii Hunter to score.
Koskie, who was more than halfway down the baseline, stayed on the ground for a couple of minutes and then was driven off the field on a cart. Twins trainer Jim Kahmann said Koskie was responsive and able to walk.
KANSAS CITY MINNESOTA
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; Guiel rf 5 0 2 1 JJones; lf 5 0 2 0
; Alicea 2b 3 0 0 0 CGzmn; ss 5 0 1 0
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; Febles 2b 0 0 0 0 THnter; cf 5 1 2 0
; Beltran cf 5 1 3 1 DOrtiz; dh 4 0 1 0
; Ibanez dh 5 0 0 0 Mohr; rf 4 1 1 0
; Randa 3b 4 1 1 0 Mntkw; 1b 5 0 2 1
; Tucker lf 2 1 2 1 Cddyer; 3b 3 0 0 0
; NPerez ss 4 0 0 0 Koskie; 3b 1 0 0 1
; CPerry 1b 5 0 1 1 Prince; c 2 1 1 0
; Hinch c 4 1 1 0 Przyns; c 1 0 0 0
; Rivas; 2b 3 2 2 2
; Totals 37 4 10 4 Totals 38 5 12 4
; Kansas City 100 200 100 0 -- 4
; Minnesota 002 100 001 1 -- 5
; Two outs when winning run scored.
E--NPerez (12), Affeldt (2). DP--Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1. LOB--Kansas City 12, Minnesota 9. 2B--Guiel (8), Tucker (17), Mohr (17). 3B--Tucker (4). HR--Beltran (19), Rivas (3). SB--Beltran (27), Tucker (17), Koskie (10). CS--Guiel (4). S--Alicea, Rivas.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Kansas City
Asencio 6 7 3 3 1 3
; Bukvich 1-3 0 0 0 1 0
; Affeldt 1; 2-3 1 0 0 0 0
; RHernandez 1 2 1 0 1 1
; Mullen L,3-3 0 2 1 1 1 0
; Grimsley 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
; Minnesota
Lohse 6 7 4 4 3 4
; Hawkins 2 1 0 0 0 0
; Wells 1-3 1 0 0 1 0
; Fiore 2-3 1 0 0 2 0
; Romero W,7-1 1 0 0 0 1 0
; Mullen pitched to 3 batters in the 10th, Lohse pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, Fiore pitched to 2 batters in the 10th.
HBP--by Lohse (Guiel).
T--3:27. A--35,641 (48,678).
RED SOX 11, RANGERS 3
Pedro Martinez struck out 10 in seven shutout innings for his 15th win, and Nomar Garciaparra homered twice as Boston beat Texas.
Martinez (15-2), who has pitched 23 scoreless innings over his last three starts, joined teammate Derek Lowe and Oakland's Barry Zito as the AL's only 15-game winners. He allowed just three singles.
Garciaparra went 4-for-4 to lead the Red Sox, who had 19 hits. Shea Hillenbrand and Cliff Floyd, in just his fourth game for Boston, had three hits each. Every Boston starter had at least one hit.
Garciaparra's second homer, a two-run shot, capped a five-run fourth and chased Aaron Myette (0-4) with the score 8-0.
BOSTON TEXAS
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; Damon cf 5 2 1 2 Ctlnotto; dh 4 0 0 1
; Nixon rf 4 2 2 2 Mench; rf 5 0 1 1
; Grcprr ss 4 3 4 3 ARdrgz; ss 3 0 0 0
; Floyd lf 5 1 3 0 Sadler; ss 1 0 0 0
; Varitek c 5 0 1 2 RPlmo; 1b 3 0 1 0
; Mrbelli c 0 0 0 0 Lamb; 1b 1 1 1 0
; Hlnbrn 3b 5 1 3 1 CEvrtt; lf 3 0 1 0
; Dubach dh 5 0 1 0 Perry; 3b 4 0 1 1
; TClark 1b 5 1 2 0 Hslman; c 4 1 0 0
; Haney p 0 0 0 0 MYong; 2b 3 1 2 0
; RSnchz 2b 4 1 1 0 RRvera; cf 3 0 1 0
; Merloni 2b 1 0 1 0
; Totals 43 11 19 10 Totals 34 3 8 3
; Boston 102 500 120 -- 11
; Texas 000 000 012 -- 3
; DP--Boston 1, Texas 2. LOB--Boston 8, Texas 8. 2B--Damon (24), Nixon (26), Garciaparra (38), Floyd 2 (5), Varitek (21), TClark (12), Merloni (6), Lamb (10). HR--Nixon (18), Garciaparra 2 (19), Hillenbrand (16).
IP H R ER BB SO
; Boston
PMrtnz W,15-2 7 3 0 0 1 10
; Embree 1 2 1 1 1 2
; Haney 1 3 2 2 1 0
; Texas
Myette L,0-4 3; 2-3 9 8 8 2 4
; RBell 3; 1-3 5 1 1 0 4
; DReyes 2 5 2 2 0 1
; HBP--by Haney (Catalanotto), by Myette (Garciaparra).
T--2:59. A--29,359 (49,115).
INDIANS 10, MARINERS 8
Pinch-hitter Bill Selby hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning against Seattle closer Kazuhiro Sasaki as the Cleveland Indians blew a six-run lead before beating the Mariners.
The Indians led 8-2 before the Mariners tied the game with six runs in the sixth inning. But Cleveland won it with two runs in the ninth to snap Seattle's six-game winning streak.
With a runner on first and one out, pinch-hitter Lee Stevens singled off Sasaki (2-5) to move Travis Fryman to third base. Selby followed with a single to give the Indians a 9-8 lead. Matt Lawton added an RBI groundout.
Jake Westbrook (1-1) allowed one run in 2 2-3 innings to get the win and Mark Wohlers pitched the ninth for his third save.
CLEVELAND SEATTLE
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; Lawton rf 6 0 0 1 ISuzuki; rf 6 2 3 0
; JMcDld ss 5 2 2 0 McLmr; 3b 5 2 1 1
; Burks dh 3 2 3 0 Olerud; 1b 4 0 2 0
; Thome 1b 5 1 1 1 BBoone; 2b 4 1 1 2
; Brdley cf 3 3 2 1 EMrtnz; dh 5 1 3 2
; Gterrez 2b 4 0 3 3 Ugueto; dh 0 0 0 0
; Frymn 3b 4 1 2 2 Sierra; lf 5 0 1 0
; Mgrder lf 4 0 0 1 Cirillo; 3b 0 0 0 0
; Stevens ph 1 1 1 0 CGillen; ss 3 1 0 0
; EPerez c 0 0 0 0 BDavis; c 4 0 2 2
; EDiaz c 4 0 0 0 Cmeron; cf 5 1 2 1
; Selby lf 1 0 1 1
; Totals 40 10 15 10 Totals 41 8 15 8
; Cleveland 010 034 002 -- 10
; Seattle 000 026 000 -- 8
; DP--Cleveland 1, Seattle 2. LOB--Cleveland 10, Seattle 12. 2B--Gutierrez (11), EMartinez 2 (13). 3B--BDavis (1). HR--BBoone (18), Cameron (19). CS--Burks (3).
IP H R ER BB SO
; Cleveland
Drese 5 9 4 4 5 5
; Elder 1-3 3 3 3 0 0
; Westbrook W,1-1 2; 2-3 3 1 1 1 2
; Wohlers S,3 1 0 0 0 0 1
; Seattle
Halama 4; 1-3 8 4 4 4 1
; Hasegawa 1 3 4 4 2 0
; RFranklin 1 1 0 0 0 1
; Rhodes 1; 2-3 1 0 0 0 2
; Sasaki L,2-5 1 2 2 2 1 0
; Drese pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
PB--EDiaz.
T--3:52. A--46,120 (47,116).
ATHLETICS 4, TIGERS 0
Cory Lidle teamed with three Oakland relievers on a one-hitter, and Miguel Tejada hit a three-run homer.
Lidle (4-9) retired Detroit's first 15 batters before Wendell Magee's line-drive single to lead off the sixth. He faced just 22 hitters in seven innings, striking out six and getting double-play grounders to kill the Tigers' only scoring chances.
Tejada extended his hitting streak to 24 games -- the second-longest in the majors this season behind Luis Castillo's 35-gamer for Florida -- with his third-inning blast against Mike Maroth (3-4).
DETROIT OAKLAND
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; DJcksn 2b 3 0 0 0 MEllis; 2b 3 0 0 0
; Halter ss 2 0 0 0 Httberg; 1b 3 1 0 0
; Hggnsn lf 3 0 0 0 Mabry; 1b 0 0 0 0
; Simon dh 3 0 0 0 Tejada; ss 3 1 1 3
; Fick rf 3 0 0 0 Saenz; 3b 4 1 1 0
; CPena 1b 3 0 0 0 EChavz; dh 2 0 0 0
; Magee cf 3 0 1 0 Dye; rf 4 0 2 1
; Truby 3b 3 0 0 0 Byrnes; lf 4 0 1 0
; Inge c 3 0 0 0 Long; cf 4 0 0 0
; RaHrdz; c 3 1 1 0
; Totals 26 0 1 0 Totals 30 4 6 4
; Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
; Oakland 003 000 01x -- 4
; E--Halter 2 (14). DP--Detroit 1, Oakland 2. LOB--Detroit 1, Oakland 7. 2B--Saenz (10). HR--Tejada (25).
IP H R ER BB SO
; Detroit
Maroth L,3-4 7 4 3 3 4 6
; JFarnsworth 2-3 2 1 1 1 0
; JWalker 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
; Oakland
Lidle W,4-9 7 1 0 0 2 6
; Rincon 2-3 0 0 0 0 2
; Bradford 1-3 0 0 0 0 1
; Koch 1 0 0 0 0 1
; T--2:32. A--24,546 (43,662).
YANKEES 7, ANGELS 5, 12 innings
Alfonso Soriano hustled to beat second baseman Adam Kennedy's flip for a go-ahead single with two outs in the 12th inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Anaheim Angels.
Scot Shields (3-2), the sixth Anaheim pitcher, walked the bases loaded before Soriano hit a slow grounder to the right side.
Kennedy shoveled the ball with his glove on a hop to first, and umpire John Hirschbeck ruled Soriano safe, allowing Rondell White to score.
First baseman Scott Spiezio fell backward to the ground after the call was made, and Jorge Posada raced home, beating the throw from Shields, who took the ball from Spiezio's glove.
Mike Stanton (5-1), pitched 2 2-3 scoreless innings for the victory.
NEW YORK ANAHEIM
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; Jeter ss 7 1 1 1 Eckstin; ss 6 2 2 0
; EWilsn 2b 6 1 2 1 Erstad; dh 5 0 1 0
; Mndoza p 0 0 0 0 Salmon; rf 2 1 0 1
; JaGbi dh 4 0 1 1 Wooten; 1b 4 0 1 1
; Vn Wal ph 1 0 1 0 GAndsn; ph 1 0 0 0
; ASrano dh 2 0 2 1 Spiezio; 1b 1 0 0 0
; BWllms cf 6 0 1 1 Glaus; 3b 5 1 1 3
; Vntura 3b 5 0 1 0 Ochoa; lf 5 0 1 0
; Mndesi rf 5 1 2 1 Fllmer; ph 1 0 0 0
; NJhson 1b 5 0 0 0 BGil; 2b 1 0 0 0
; White lf 4 2 0 0 AKndy; 2b 4 0 2 0
; Widger c 4 1 2 0 BMolna; c 4 0 2 0
; Posada c 1 1 0 0 OPlmro; cf 5 1 1 0
; Totals 50 7 13 6 Totals 44 5 11 5
; New York 140 000 000 002 -- 7
; Anaheim 320 000 000 000 -- 5
; E--Mondesi (4), Glaus (14). LOB--New York 15, Anaheim 11. 2B--EWilson (1), JaGiambi (26), Widger (2), Ochoa (1). HR--Mondesi (20), Glaus (18). SB--Jeter (26), ASoriano (31), Erstad (17), Ochoa (1), AKennedy (11). S--Erstad, BMolina. SF--Salmon.
IP H R ER BB SO
; New York
DWells 2 6 5 5 2 0
; Thurman 4 2 0 0 0 2
; Weaver 2 1 0 0 1 0
; Karsay 1-3 1 0 0 1 0
; Stanton W,5-1 2; 2-3 1 0 0 1 1
; Mendoza S,4 1 0 0 0 0 2
; Anaheim
ROrtiz 4; 1-3 9 5 3 2 3
; Donnelly 1; 2-3 0 0 0 0 1
; Weber 2 1 0 0 0 0
; Percival 1 1 0 0 1 0
; Levine 1 0 0 0 0 1
; Shields L,3-2 2 2 2 2 4 1
; HBP--by Levine (White). Balk--ROrtiz.
T--4:47. A--43,455 (45,030).
DEVIL RAYS 10, WHITE SOX 3
Aubrey Huff and Jared Sandberg hit consecutive homers and Joe Kennedy threw seven strong innings as Tampa Bay beat Chicago.
Huff and Sandberg homered in the span of four pitches off Mark Buehrle (14-8) to put the Devil Rays up 3-2 in the sixth. It's the first time Tampa Bay has hit consecutive homers this season.
Kennedy (7-8) gave up two runs and seven hits. He matched his victory total from his rookie campaign last season.
CHICAGO TAMPA; BAY
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; Grffnno 2b 4 1 1 0 Winn; cf 5 1 1 0
; Rwand cf 3 0 1 0 Esclna; 2b 4 1 2 0
; Lee lf 5 0 1 2 Huff; 1b 4 2 2 2
; Ordnez rf 4 1 1 0 Sndbrg; 3b 5 3 3 2
; Knerko 1b 4 0 1 0 Cox; dh 5 1 3 1
; Thmas dh 3 0 0 0 Hall; c 5 0 0 0
; Crede 3b 4 0 1 1 AShets; ss 3 1 3 2
; Clayton ss 4 0 2 0 Conti; rf 4 1 2 2
; Paul c 4 1 1 0 Crwfrd; lf 4 0 1 1
; Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 39 10 17 10
; Chicago 001 001 001 -- 3
; Tampa Bay 000 102 61x -- 10
; E--Rowand (3), Paul (1), JKennedy (6). DP--Chicago 1. LOB--Chicago 11, Tampa Bay 8. 2B--Graffanino (12), Ordonez (31), Escalona (5), Huff (12), Conti (11). HR--Huff (11), Sandberg (13). S--Rowand, Escalona. SF--ASheets.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Chicago
Buehrle L,14-8 6; 1-3 11 5 5 0 4
; Biddle 1-3 4 4 4 0 0
; Wunsch 1-3 1 0 0 0 0
; MGinter 1 1 1 1 1 1
; Tampa Bay
JKennedy W,7-8 7 7 2 1 2 3
; Harper 1 0 0 0 1 1
; SKent 1 2 1 1 1 1
; HBP--by JKennedy (Thomas). WP--MGinter.
T--2:41. A--11,809 (43,772).
BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 4
Eric Hinske hit a go-ahead single off B.J. Ryan (2-1) in the seventh inning and Toronto beat Baltimore.
Hinske drove in two runs as Toronto stopped the Orioles' four-game winning streak.
Felix Heredia (1-2) pitched an inning for the win. Kelvim Escobar, who blew a two-run lead on Friday, worked the ninth for his 21st save.
BALTIMORE TORONTO
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; Mora ss 4 0 0 0 ShStwrt; lf 3 1 2 2
; Snglton cf 5 0 2 0 Hinske; 3b 3 1 2 2
; Mathws rf 4 1 1 0 JoCruz; rf 4 0 0 0
; TBtsta 3b 5 1 2 0 Wells; cf 3 0 2 1
; Rchard dh 4 1 2 0 Wdwrd; ss 3 0 0 0
; Crdova lf 4 1 1 1 Berg; 1b 4 0 1 0
; Clark 1b 4 0 2 0 JPhlps; dh 3 1 1 0
; Frdyce c 4 0 2 2 TWilsn; c 3 0 1 0
; Hrst Jr 2b 4 0 0 1 DWise; pr 0 1 0 0
; Hckaby; c 0 0 0 0
; OHudsn; 2b 3 1 1 0
; Totals 38 4 12 4 Totals 29 5 10 5
; Baltimore 004 000 000 -- 4
; Toronto 220 000 10x -- 5
; DP--Baltimore 2. LOB--Baltimore 9, Toronto 4. 2B--TBatista (29), Fordyce (7), Hinske (26), Wells (25), OHudson (1). SB--Singleton (16), DWise (1). CS--Richard (2), Berg (1). S--Woodward. SF--Wells.
IP H R ER BB SO
; Baltimore
Stephens 6 6 4 4 2 4
; BRyan L,2-1 1 3 1 1 0 1
; Bauer 1 1 0 0 0 1
; Toronto
PWalker 6 10 4 4 1 5
; Heredia W,1-2 1 1 0 0 0 1
; Politte 1 0 0 0 0 1
; KEscobar S,21 1 1 0 0 1 2
; T--2:48. A--17,637 (50,516).
