Last Updated on June 1, 2007 9:01 am by admin
SCOREBOARD
Saturday, June 2
San Francisco at Philadelphia (7:05 p.m. EDT). Cole Hamels struck out nine in a win against the Giants on May 6.
STARS
Thursday
– Mike Cameron, Padres, hit a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning after tying it with a run-scoring double in the ninth, and San Diego beat Pittsburgh 4-2.
– Roy Halladay, Blue Jays, picked up his 100th career victory with seven shutout innings, leading Toronto to a 2-0 win over Chicago
– Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals, drove in four runs during an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
– Travis Hafner, Indians, homered and drove in four runs, powering Cleveland to an 11-5 victory at home against Detroit.
ON THE HOP
eau. Seattle beat the Athletics 2-0 on April 25 in Oakland in 1 hour, 47 minutes.
FOR THE RECORD
Prince Fielder set a franchise record with his 13th homer this month in a 4-3 win over Florida on Thursday. Fielder is tied for the major league lead with 19.
STREAKS
Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to a career-high 24 games and the Seattle Mariners held on to beat the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Thursday night. … The Baltimore Orioles beat the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels 6-2 for their sixth win in a row.
SNAPPED
Houston stopped a 10-game losing streak with a 10-2 win over Cincinnati on Thursday.
TRADE
The San Francisco Giants agreed to trade struggling closer Armando Benitez to the Florida Marlins for reliever Randy Messenger on Thursday night. Benitez was 0-3 with nine saves in 11 chances and a 4.67 ERA. His final game for the Giants was Tuesday night, when he balked twice in the 12th inning of a 5-4 loss to the New York Mets.
STRUGGLING
Detroit lost for the sixth time in seven games, 11-5 at Cleveland on Thursday. … The White Sox dropped their fifth straight with a 2-0 loss at Toronto.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Chicago’s Mark Buehrle gave up just two hits- both homers – in a 2-0 loss to Toronto on Thursday. … Shawn Chacon struck out 10 over seven shutout innings, but Pittsburgh blew a two-run, ninth inning lead in a 4-2, 11-inning loss to San Diego.
SPEAKING
“You don’t want to be left out of the 10-run party.” – Houston slugger Lance Berkman after hitting a three-run homer in a 10-2 win over Cincinnati on Thursday.
SEASONS
June 2
1928 – Les Bell of the Boston Braves hit three home runs and a triple at Braves Field, but the Cincinnati Reds came away with a 20-12 triumph.
1928 – The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1. All the runs came from three pinch-hit home runs.
1941 – Lou Gehrig died in New York at age 37.
1949 – The Philadelphia Phillies hit five homers in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. Andy Seminick hit two and Del Ennis, Willie Jones, and Schoolboy Rowe hit one apiece. Seminick had homered earlier in the game.
1959 – The Baltimore Orioles-Chicago White Sox game at Comiskey Park was delayed for nearly half an hour as a swarm of gnats overcame the field. Groundskeepers tried using bug sprays and torches, but the gnats wouldn’t budge. A post-game fireworks display was brought in from center field and a smoke bomb was attached to the framework. The gnats left and the Orioles defeated the White Sox, 3-2.
1990 – Randy Johnson pitched the first no-hitter in the Seattle Mariners’ history as he beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. The 6-foot-10 left-hander, walked six and struck out eight while pitching the first no-hitter at the Kingdome, which opened for baseball in 1977.
1996 – Houston starter Darryl Kile tied the modern major league record by hitting four batters in St. Louis, becoming the first to do it in the NL since Moe Drabowsky in 1957.
2000 – Tampa Bay’s Fred McGriff hit his 400th career home run, but the Devil Rays lost to the Mets 5-3.
2000 – Rick Aguilera of the Chicago Cubs became the 13th pitcher with 300 saves in a 2-0 win over Detroit. Aguilera reached the mark in 614 career appearances, third quickest.
2005 – Kansas City completed a sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-2 victory. The Royals, who have the worst record and second-lowest payroll in the major leagues, finished their first three-game sweep of the Yankees at home in 15 years.
Today’s birthdays: Chin-hui Tsao, 26; Neifi Perez, 34; Raul Ibanez, 35; Mike Stanton, 40.