Last Updated on May 22, 2007 7:37 am by admin
SCOREBOARD
Wednesday, May 23
Milwaukee at Los Angeles (10:10 p.m. EDT). Chris Capuano and Brad Penny square off.
STARS
Monday
-Alex Rodriguez, Yankees, hit his major league-leading 18th homer in New York’s 6-2 victory over Boston.
-Javier Valentin, Reds, hit a pinch-hit two-run homer in an 8-7 comeback win over Washington.
-Darin Erstad, White Sox, had three RBIs in Chicago’s 8-5 defeat of Oakland.
-Gerald Laird, Rangers, hit a grand slam and had five RBIs in a 14-4 rout of Minnesota.
-Carlos Quentin, Diamondbacks, homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs as Arizona rallied to beat Colorado 6-5.
FINALLY
layed 4 2-3 innings in a snowstorm that dumped more than 2 feet on the ballpark and caused the entire four-game series to be postponed.
STREAKS
Randy Winn extended his career-best hitting streak to 20 games in San Francisco’s 4-0 win over Houston on Monday night. … Alex Rodriguez homered for the third straight game in the Yankees’ 6-2 win over Boston. Derek Jeter extended his hitting streak to 16 games in the win. … Kevin Youkilis extended his hitting streak to a career-best 14 games for Boston in the loss. … Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 14 games in Seattle’s 5-2 loss to Cleveland.
SNAPPED
Brandon Phillips went 0-for-4 in Cincinnati’s 8-7 win over Washington on Monday night, ending his hitting streak at 22 games. … Jorge Posada went 0-for-3 in the Yankees’ 6-2 victory over Boston, ending his career-high hitting streak at 15 games.
SLUMPING
Seattle began a 6,273-mile, four-city trip with its fifth loss in six games, 5-2 to Cleveland on Monday night.
SPEAKING
t of a 20-23 start.
SEASONS
May 23
1901 – The Cleveland Indians scored nine runs with two outs in the ninth inning to beat the Washington Senators 14-13.
1924 – Washington’s Walter Johnson struck out 14 in a 4-0 one-hitter over the Chicago White Sox for his 103rd shutout.
1925 – Cincinnati pitcher Pete Donohue had five hits – four singles and a homer – in beating the Philadelphia Phillies 11-2.
1935 – The first major league night game, scheduled for Cincinnati, was postponed because of rain.
1962 – New York’s Joe Pepitone hit two homers in the nine-run eighth inning of the Yankees’ 13-7 triumph over Kansas City.
1970 – The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants battled for 15 innings, with the Padres winning 17-16. Nate Colbert led San Diego with five hits and four RBIs.
1984 – The Detroit Tigers won their 16th consecutive road game, 4-2 at California, tying an AL record.
1991 – Tommy Greene, making the 15th start of his major league career, pitched a no-hitter and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Montreal 2-0.
2002 – Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shawn Green became the 14th man in major league history to homer four times in a game and set a big league record with 19 total bases. He went 6-for-6, scoring six times with seven RBIs in a 16-3 win at Milwaukee.
2003 – Jeremi Gonzalez earned his first major league victory in nearly five years as Tampa Bay beat Anaheim 3-1. Gonzalez won for the first time since June 28, 1998, while with the Chicago Cubs. He had elbow surgery in 1998 and ’99 before the Cubs released him in 2001.
Today’s birthdays: Kirk Saarloos, 28; Mike Gonzalez, 29; Chris Sampson, 29; Ramon Ortiz, 34.