Last Updated on May 29, 2007 8:22 am by admin
SCOREBOARD
Wednesday, May 30
San Francisco at N.Y. Mets (7:10 p.m. EDT). Looking for his 296th career win, Tom Glavine faces off against Barry Zito.
STARS
Monday
-Kyle Lohse, Reds, threw a complete-game six-hitter and Cincinnati topped Pittsburgh 4-0.
-Byung-Hyun Kim, Marlins, pitched six scoreless innings in Florida’s 5-3 win over Chicago.
-Curt Schilling, Red Sox, gave up one run and struck out 10 in Boston’s 5-3 defeat of Cleveland.
-Elijah Dukes, Devil Rays, hit a game-winning, two-run single to push Tampa Bay past Detroit 6-5.
-Adrian Beltre, Mariners, tied a franchise record with four extra-base hits, including two homers, and Seattle pounded the Los Angeles Angels 12-5.
ROCKET RELAUNCH
Roger Clemens appears ready to rejoin the New York Yankees’ starting rotation. Clemens pitched six shutout innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a 2-0 victory over Toledo on Monday. He struck out six and gave up two hits and two walks and is on track to pitch for the Yankees this weekend at Boston or next week at Chicago.
HOT SOX
At 35-15, Boston leads the AL East by 11 1/2 games over second-place Baltimore. The Red Sox have never had a bigger lead through 50 games. A 5-3 win over AL Central-leading Cleveland on Monday stretched their lead over the rival New York Yankees to 13 1/2-games. The Yankees were defeated 7-2 by Toronto.
HR THE HARD WAY
Kevin Youkilis hit a stand-up inside-the-park homer to help Boston defeat Cleveland 5-3 on Monday. Youkilis hit a high fly ball to the deepest part of Fenway Park that hit the side of the Red Sox bullpen before center fielder Grady Sizemore could get to it. The ball kicked toward left field, where right fielder Trot Nixon ran it down. Nixon – who happened to hit the last inside-the-park homer for the Red Sox, on July 15, 2005, against the Yankees – made a throw to the cutoff man but Youkilis was already coasting across the plate.
STREAKS
Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 21 games in Seattle’s 12-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. … Kevin Youkilis extended his hitting streak to 20 games in Boston’s 5-3 win over Cleveland. … The Rockies beat St. Louis 6-2 Monday to win their sixth straight game for the first time since May 2002.
SNAPPED
Robinson Cano’s hitting streak was stopped at 11 games in the Yankee’s 7-2 loss to Toronto on Monday. … Justin Morneau had his 10-game hitting streak snapped in Minnesota’s 10-4 win over the White Sox. … Cincinnati snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over Pittsburgh. Reds starter Kyle Lohse stopped a personal six-game skid with the victory.
SPEAKING
“In the end, all the guys in here believe that we can make the playoffs. When we start walking around with our heads down, that’s when we need to start worrying. We know we have an uphill climb, there’s no question about it, but there’s no quit. We’re going to battle. Hopefully, in the end, there’s going to be a nice prize.” – Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon, on his team falling 13 1/2 games back of AL East-leading Boston after a 7-2 loss to Toronto on Monday. New York is also 7 1/2 games back of Detroit, the AL wild-card leader.
SEASONS
May 30
1922 – Between the morning and afternoon games of a Memorial Day twin bill, Max Flack of the Chicago Cubs was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Cliff Heathcote. They played one game for each team.
1927 – In the fourth inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, shortstop Jim Cooney of the Chicago Cubs caught Paul Waner’s liner, stepped on second to double Lloyd Waner and then tagged Clyde Barnhart coming from first for an unassisted triple play.
1935 – Babe Ruth made his last major league appearance. He played one inning for the Boston Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies. Jim Bivin retired Babe Ruth on an infield grounder in the Babe’s final major league at-bat.
1940 – Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants threw 87 pitches in a 7-0 one-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers. He faced the minimun 27 batters. Johnny Hudson, who singled, was caught stealing.
1956 – Mickey Mantle hit a home run that came within a foot-and-a-half of leaving Yankee Stadium. It hit the face of the upper deck in righ field, 370 feet from home plate and 117 feet in the air. Mantle became the first player to hit 20 home runs by the end of May as the Yankees beat the Washington Senators 4-3.
1961 – Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Bill Skowron each hit two homers to lead the New York Yankees to a 12-3 rout of the Boston Red Sox. Yogi Berra also added a homer.
1962 – Pedro Ramos of the Cleveland Indians tossed a three-hitter and hit two home runs, including a grand slam, for a 7-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
1977 – Cleveland’s Dennis Eckersley pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against the California Angels.
1982 – Baltimore’s Cal Ripken Jr. began his record consecutive games streak by starting at third base against the Toronto Blue Jays.
1987 – Eric Davis hit a grand slam in the third inning, breaking two National League records and leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Davis became the first NL player to hit three grand slams in a month and his major league-leading 19 homers broke the NL record for most homers in April and May.
1992 – Scott Sanderson became the ninth pitcher to beat all 26 major league teams as New York defeated Milwaukee 8-1. Sanderson joined Nolan Ryan, Tommy John, Don Sutton, Mike Torrez, Rick Wise, Gaylord Perry, Doyle Alexander and Rich Gossage as those who have defeated every club.
2001 – Barry Bonds hit two home runs, moving past Willie McCovey and Ted Williams into 11th place on the career list with 522. Bonds with 17 home runs in May, surpassed the mark set by Mark McGwire in 1998 and Mickey Mantle in 1956.
2003 – Ken Griffey Jr. hit a game-tying home run in the ninth and a go-ahead homer in the top of the 11th to lead Cincinnati over Florida 4-3.
2006 – Vernon Wells hit three home runs and Troy Glaus added two more in Toronto’s 8-5 victory over Boston.
Today’s birthdays: Jae Kuk Ryu, 24; Reggie Willits, 26; Manny Ramirez, 35; Scott Eyre, 35.