Last Updated on June 5, 2007 7:39 am by admin
SCOREBOARD
Wednesday, June 6
Detroit at Texas (8:35 p.m. EDT). In search of his sixth win of the season, Justin Verlander faces off against Kevin Millwood.
STARS
Monday
-Barry Zito, Giants, gave up one unearned run in six innings to win his third straight start in San Francisco’s 8-1 victory over Philadelphia.
-Jon Garland, White Sox, gave up two runs – one earned – in 8 1-3 innings to help the Chicago White Sox top the New York Yankees 6-4.
-Alfonso Soriano, Cubs, had five hits, including a three-run homer, to help the Chicago Cubs defeat Milwaukee 7-2.
-Gary Matthews Jr., Angels, had four hits, including his third career grand slam, and five RBIs in the Los Angels Angels’ 16-3 drubbing of Minnesota.
-Eric Chavez, Athletics, hit a two-out homer in the 11th inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 win over Boston.
GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR YANKS
The New York Yankees were defeated 6-4 by the Chicago White Sox on Monday but got some good news on the medical front. Roger Clemens’ MRI exam in Tampa, Fla., revealed some disrupted scar tissue – nothing that should prevent him from starting Saturday against Pittsburgh. Andy Pettitte felt better after leaving Sunday’s start against the Red Sox with a stiff lower back. He expects to pitch Friday against the Pirates.
CYCLE
Oakland’s Mark Ellis became the first player to hit for the cycle against the Boston Red Sox since 1978 in the Athletics’ 5-4, 11-inning victory on Monday. It was the 17th cycle in A’s history dating back to 1901 and first since Eric Byrnes did it on June 29, 2003, against San Francisco.
SORIANO HEATING UP
Alfonso Soriano had his first five-hit game since Sept. 17, 2002, as a member of the New York Yankees, in the Chicago Cubs’ 7-2 win over Milwaukee on Monday. Soriano has homered in each of his last three games and the win was the second in a row for the Cubs since manager Lou Piniella was ejected on Saturday and subsequently suspended four games for a tirade following a close call at third base.
ANGELS BEDEVILING OPPONENTS
at home. They’ve won 15 of their last 19 overall.
SPEAKING
“My wife was very nervous. At the hotel, she was shaking.” – Atlanta rookie Yunel Escobar, on the excitement of being called up to the major leagues last week. Escobar went 4-for-4 and hit his first career homer in the Braves’ 6-4 loss to Florida on Monday.
SEASONS
June 6
1918 – Casey Stengel, after being traded by Brooklyn in the offseason, made his return to Ebbets Field a memorable one. In his first at-bat, Stengel called time, stepped out of the batter’s box and doffed his cap. A bird flew out and the fans broke into laughter.
1934 – Myril Hoag hit a major league record six singles in the New York Yankees’ 15-3 rout of the Boston Red Sox.
1939 – The New York Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning of a 17-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. With two out, Harry Danning, Al Demaree, Burgess Whitehead, Manny Salvo and Joe Moore connected as the Giants scored eight runs in the inning.
1965 – Tom Tresh of the New York Yankees connected for three consecutive home runs in a 12-0 rout of the Chicago White Sox. Tresh hit his first homer right-handed off Juan Pizzaro in the first inning, then went to the other side of the plate and hit two against Bruce Howard in the third and fifth innings.
1986 – San Diego Padres manager Steve Boros was ejected before the first pitch of the game with the Atlanta Braves when he tried to give umpire Charlie Williams a videotape of a disputed play in the previous night’s 4-2 loss to Atlanta.
1992 – Eddie Murray drove in two runs at Pittsburgh to pass Mickey Mantle (1,509) as the career RBI leader among switch-hitters.
1995 – J.D. Drew of Florida State hit a record-setting three homers in his final three at-bats in a 16-11 loss to Southern California in the College World Series. Drew finished 3-for-5 with five RBIs and 12 total bases, also a series record.
1996 – For the second time in major league history and first in the AL, a cycle and a triple play took place in the same game. Boston’s John Valentin hit for the cycle, while Chicago turned a triple play in the Red Sox’s 7-4 victory. In 1931, Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein hit for the cycle in the same game that the Phillies turned a triple play against the Chicago Cubs.
1998 – Jason Lane’s grand slam capped a five-run ninth inning as Southern California won its first NCAA title in 20 years, beating Pac-10 rival Arizona State 21-14 in the College World Series.
2003 – The New York Mets ended Seattle’s 13-game road winning streak with a 3-2 win in the first meeting between the teams. It was the longest streak in the majors since Detroit’s 17 straight road wins in 1984.
2006 – Baltimore’s Corey Patterson had his run of successive games with a stolen base stopped at nine in a 6-4 loss to Toronto. It was the longest run in the majors since Rickey Henderson had an identical stretch in 1986.
Today’s birthdays: Matt Belisle 27; Jeremy Affeldt 28; Mark Ellis 30; Tony Graffanino 35.