Last Updated on June 2, 2007 9:05 am by admin
SCOREBOARD
Sunday, June 3
N.Y. Yankees at Boston (8:05 p.m. EDT). Andy Pettitte and Josh Beckett square off in the finale of a three-game series.
STARS
Friday
-Kyle Davies, Braves, gave up one run in seven innings and went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Atlanta’s 8-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
-Matt Morris, Giants, gave up one hit in six scoreless innings and had three hits and scored twice in San Francisco’s 13-0 pounding of Philadelphia.
-Javier Vazquez, White Sox, pitched eight shutout innings in Chicago’s 3-0 win over Toronto.
-Ronnie Belliard, Nationals, had a pinch-hit single in the 10th inning to push Washington past San Diego 4-3.
-John Lackey, Angels, allowed two runs in 7 1-3 innings to earn his major league-leading ninth win of the season and the Los Angeles Angels edged Baltimore 3-2.
SPARKLING AT SHEA
Reigning NL Cy Young winner Brandon Webb allowed four hits over eight innings in Arizona’s 5-1 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night. He struck out eight and walked one to improve to 5-3 on the season and lower his ERA to 0.31 in four career starts at Shea Stadium.
CONSECUTIVE FIRSTS
Juan Encarnacion and Gary Bennett hit their first homers of the season on consecutive pitches in St. Louis’ seven-run ninth inning to lift the Cardinals to an 8-1 victory over Houston on Friday night.
SECOND TIME’S THE CHARM
Bobby Livingston allowed seven hits in 6 2-3 innings for his first major league win and Cincinnati beat Colorado 4-2 on Friday night. Livingston was called up from Triple-A Louisville on Monday and was making his second career start. He gave up one unearned run and a walk. He also had a two-out, RBI single in the fourth.
STREAKS
Ichiro Suzuki extended his career-best hitting streak to 25 games, a Seattle record, in a 9-8 loss to Texas on Friday night. … Kevin Youkilis extended his hitting streak to 23 games in Boston’s 9-5 loss to the New York Yankees. … Arizona topped the New York Mets 5-1 to earn their eighth straight win, their longest winning streak since 2003. … Russell Martin homered for the third straight game in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-4 win over Pittsburgh.
SNAPPED
Kansas City snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Friday night. … The Chicago White Sox snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over Toronto. … Baltimore had a six-game winning streak snapped in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
SPEAKING
“I don’t think I’ve ever gone into any game thinking, ‘Well, we’re due for a clunker.’ It just kind of happens that way some times.” – Boston manager Terry Francona, on his team’s 9-5 loss to the rival New York Yankees on Friday night.
SEASONS
June 3
1918 – Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox pitched his second no-hitter, blanking the Detroit Tigers 5-0.
1932 – Lou Gehrig became the first American League player to hit four home runs in a game, helping the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia A’s 20-13. The event was overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw as manager of the New York Giants.
1954 – Henry Thompson of the New York Giants hit three home runs and drove in eight runs in a 13-8 win against the St. Louis Cardinals. Willie Mays drove in the other five runs with two homers.
1971 – Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter, beating the Cincinnati Reds 1-0.
1978 – Dave Johnson became the first major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in a season. His grand slam in the ninth inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1989 – Los Angeles and Houston played 22 innings at the Astrodome in the longest night game in National League history – 7 hours and 14 minutes. The Astros won the game on Rafael Ramirez’s RBI single off Jeff Hamilton, normally the Dodgers’ third baseman. When the game ended, Fernando Valenzuela was playing first and Eddie Murray was at third.
1989 – Nolan Ryan pitched his 11th career one-hitter and struck out 11 as Texas beat Seattle 6-1. It was Ryan’s 16th low-hit game (no-hitter or one-hitter), breaking Bob Feller’s record of 15.
1995 – Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitched nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos 1-0 win.
2003 – Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Chicago’s 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after umpires found cork in his shattered bat.
2006 – Damion Easley hit three homers and had seven RBIs in Arizona’s 13-9 victory over Atlanta.
Today’s birthdays: Travis Hafner 30; Jose Molina 32.