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Baseball Today - May 1
Tue, May 1, 2007
By Associated Press

New York Yankees at Texas (8:05 p.m. EDT). The Yankees have lost eight of their last nine games. Oddsmakers list the Rangers as +143 home underdogs. The total is set at 11.

STARS Monday

-Roy Halladay, Blue Jays, pitched a five-hitter with eight strikeouts and Toronto beat Texas 6-1.

-Andruw Jones, Braves, hit a walkoff, three-run homer in a 5-2 win over Philadelphia.

-Pedro Feliz, Giants, hit a three-run homer in San Francisco''s 9-5 victory over Colorado.

-Jeff Suppan, Brewers, threw an eight-hitter to help beat St. Louis 7-1.

-Chris Young, Diamondbacks, had a pair of homers in a 9-1 win over Arizona.

FREE PASS

Albert Pujols got a premature walk in the sixth inning of St. Louis'' 7-1 loss to Milwaukee on Monday night. Pujols fell behind Jeff Suppan 0-2 before fouling off a pitch, taking two balls and fouling off another. He was awarded first base by home plate umpire Dan Iassogna after the next pitch. The official scorer confirmed Pujols walked on the third ball of the at-bat.

FISH OF ALL TRADES

Scott Olsen had a sacrifice bunt, scored a run and recorded his third win in Florida''s 9-6 victory over the Mets on Monday night. Olsen is now 6-for-11 (.545) on the season. The left-hander allowed four runs - two earned - in six-plus innings to get his third win of the year.

BEST FOOT FORWARD

San Francisco beat Colorado 9-5 Monday night for its seventh straight home victory - the club''s longest unbeaten run in its waterfront ballpark since also winning seven in a row from June 19-July 2, 2004. ... John Lackey retired Kansas City''s Ross Gload on an unusual play in the fourth inning of the Angels'' 3-1 win. Gload hit a liner up the middle that would have gone through for a single, but it glanced off the pitcher''s left foot and bounced straight to first baseman Robb Quinlan, who picked up the ball and made the tag.

STREAKS

Albert Pujols extended his hitting streak to nine games in St. Louis'' 7-1 loss to Milwaukee on Monday night. ... Tim Hudson, who got a no-decision in Atlanta''s 5-2 win over Philadelphia, has lasted at least seven innings in each of his first six starts.

SNAPPED

Pittsburgh snapped a two-game slide with a 3-2 win over Chicago, ending the Cubs'' three-game winning streak.

SPEAKING

''It''s definitely the most mentally draining game I''ve ever pitched. But I know Josh and my grandmother would not have wanted me to be anywhere else but out there on the mound.'''' - Braves right-hander Tim Hudson, on pitching the day after getting word that his college teammate Josh Hancock and his grandmother passed away. Hudson allowed two runs and four hits over eight innings in a 5-2 victory over Philadelphia.