the Associated Press | Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:00 am
SCOREBOARD
Friday, Sept. 5
San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers (8:05 p.m. EDT). CC Sabathia looks to improve to 10-0 with Milwaukee as they host San Diego. He pitched a one-hitter in his last start and already has six complete games.
STARS
Wednesday
- Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox, homered in the seventh to begin Boston's comeback in a 5-4 win over Baltimore. He went 3-for-4 and is batting .618 over the last eight games to raise his AL-leading average to .333.
- Randy Wolf, Astros, pitched a six-hitter for his first shutout in four years in Houston's 4-0 victory over Chicago.
- Alex Rodriguez, Yankees, went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs, including a two-run homer verified by replay to lift New York to a 8-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
- Cristian Guzman, Nationals, set a franchise single-season record with his eighth consecutive multi-hit game in Washington's 9-7 win over Philadelphia.
- Placido Polanco, Tigers, had three hits and drove in three runs to help Detroit beat Los Angeles 9-6.
- Ryan Church, Mets, hit a grand slam for his first homer since June 1, lifting the Mets to a 9-2 win over the Brewers.
REPLAY
Alex Rodriguez's ninth-inning homer was upheld in baseball's first use of instant replay, and the New York Yankees beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 on Wednesday night. A-Rod hit a towering two-run shot off Troy Percival that third base umpire Brian Runge immediately ruled a homer when it bounced off the catwalk behind the foul pole in left field. Rays catcher Dioner Navarro protested, bringing manager Joe Maddon out of the dugout. After convening, the umpires left the field to review the tape, a process that took 2 minutes, 15 seconds.
SIDELINED
Carlos Zambrano visited the Chicago Cubs' team orthopedist Wednesday to check out his right arm but didn't have an MRI exam. Zambrano left his start Tuesday night against the Houston Astros after five innings and 86 pitches, telling pitching coach Larry Rothschild he didn't feel well and couldn't continue, manager Lou Piniella said Wednesday. Zambrano was scratched from his scheduled outing last Sunday and moved back two days to rest his tired arm.
BIG HURT
Frank Thomas' season ended Wednesday when the Oakland Athletics transferred the designated hitter from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day. He's been on the DL twice this year due to an injured right thigh, most recently going back on Saturday. He also sat out from May 28-July 31 because of tendinitis in his quadriceps.
NO NO-NO
Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win on Sunday. Sabathia tried to make a barehanded pickup of LaRoche's softly hit grounder, but dropped it. Webb immediately ruled it a hit, explaining he watched LaRoche out of the batter's box and the runner was two-thirds of the way down the line as Sabathia was picking the ball up.
SELLOUT
The Red Sox sold out 96-year old Fenway Park for the 455th consecutive regular-season game on Wednesday afternoon, tying the Cleveland Indians' major league record. "I have not seen anything but sellouts since I've been here," Boston manager Terry Francona said before the game against Baltimore. "Think about it. That's unbelievable. That's the norm. I hope we don't ever get in a situation where we take it for granted. I know our organization doesn't."
STATS
Jose Reyes stole his 47th base this season, tying the Mets' franchise mark of 281 set by Mookie Wilson. … Bobby Jenks recorded his first save of more than three outs since Sept. 13, 2005, in the White Sox's 4-2 win over the Indians. … Derek Jeter went 1-for-5 and needs five hits to tie Babe Ruth (2,518) for second place on the Yankees career list.
SPEAKING
"All the hard work he's put in, all the home runs he's hit in the minor leagues, to get one here, the team was just elated for him. It makes it all worthwhile." - Giants manager Bruce Bochy on Scott McClain, who hit his first major league homer after spending 19 years in the minors. He hit 287 homers in 1,664 minor league games.
SEASONS
Sept. 5
1908 - Brooklyn's Nap Rucker pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against Boston. Rucker struck out 14 and walked none.
1918 - Babe Ruth pitched a six-hitter as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in the opening game of the World Series. The Series was started early due to World War I.
1954 - Roswell's Joe Bauman of the Longhorn League hit three home runs to give him 72 for the season. Bauman never made it to the majors.
1955 - Brooklyn pitcher Don Newcombe connected for his seventh homer of the season for a National League record for home runs by a pitcher. The Dodgers, behind Newcombe's power and 20th win, beat the Phillies 11-4.
1971 - J.R. Richard tied Karl Spooner's major league record by striking out 15 San Francisco Giants in his first major league game as the Houston Astros beat the Giants.
1982 - Roy Smalley hit a pair of three-run homers, one from each side of the plate, as the Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 18-7.
1998 - Mark McGwire became the third player in baseball history to reach 60 home runs, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-0. He joined Babe Ruth and Roger Maris with 60 homers in a single season.
2001 - Roger Clemens became the second player in major league history to win 19 of his first 20 decisions, leading the New York Yankees over Toronto 4-3.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the fifth player in major league history to record successive 50-homer seasons, hitting two in Texas' 11-2 rout of Baltimore. Rodriguez, who hit 52 homers last season, joined Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr.
2003 - Mike Maroth became the first major league pitcher in 23 years to lose 20 games in a season when Detroit lost to Toronto 8-6. Maroth (6-20) allowed eight runs and nine hits in three-plus innings. Oakland's Brian Kingman went 8-20 in 1980.
2006 - For the first time in more than three decades, there were seven shutouts in the major leagues on one day. It was the most shutouts on one day since there were a record eight on June 4, 1972, when 16 games were played. Thirteen games were played.
2007 - Alex Rodriguez homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning to lead the New York Yankees over Seattle 10-2.
Today's birthdays: Chris B. Young 25; Ryan Spilborghs 29; Randy Choate 33; Rod Barajas 33.SCOREBOARD
Friday, Sept. 5
San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers (8:05 p.m. EDT). CC Sabathia looks to improve to 10-0 with Milwaukee as they host San Diego. He pitched a one-hitter in his last start and already has six complete games.
STARS
Wednesday
- Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox, homered in the seventh to begin Boston's comeback in a 5-4 win over Baltimore. He went 3-for-4 and is batting .618 over the last eight games to raise his AL-leading average to .333.
- Randy Wolf, Astros, pitched a six-hitter for his first shutout in four years in Houston's 4-0 victory over Chicago.
- Alex Rodriguez, Yankees, went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs, including a two-run homer verified by replay to lift New York to a 8-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
- Cristian Guzman, Nationals, set a franchise single-season record with his eighth consecutive multi-hit game in Washington's 9-7 win over Philadelphia.
- Placido Polanco, Tigers, had three hits and drove in three runs to help Detroit beat Los Angeles 9-6.
- Ryan Church, Mets, hit a grand slam for his first homer since June 1, lifting the Mets to a 9-2 win over the Brewers.
REPLAY
Alex Rodriguez's ninth-inning homer was upheld in baseball's first use of instant replay, and the New York Yankees beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 on Wednesday night. A-Rod hit a towering two-run shot off Troy Percival that third base umpire Brian Runge immediately ruled a homer when it bounced off the catwalk behind the foul pole in left field. Rays catcher Dioner Navarro protested, bringing manager Joe Maddon out of the dugout. After convening, the umpires left the field to review the tape, a process that took 2 minutes, 15 seconds.
SIDELINED
Carlos Zambrano visited the Chicago Cubs' team orthopedist Wednesday to check out his right arm but didn't have an MRI exam. Zambrano left his start Tuesday night against the Houston Astros after five innings and 86 pitches, telling pitching coach Larry Rothschild he didn't feel well and couldn't continue, manager Lou Piniella said Wednesday. Zambrano was scratched from his scheduled outing last Sunday and moved back two days to rest his tired arm.
BIG HURT
Frank Thomas' season ended Wednesday when the Oakland Athletics transferred the designated hitter from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day. He's been on the DL twice this year due to an injured right thigh, most recently going back on Saturday. He also sat out from May 28-July 31 because of tendinitis in his quadriceps.
NO NO-NO
Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win on Sunday. Sabathia tried to make a barehanded pickup of LaRoche's softly hit grounder, but dropped it. Webb immediately ruled it a hit, explaining he watched LaRoche out of the batter's box and the runner was two-thirds of the way down the line as Sabathia was picking the ball up.
SELLOUT
The Red Sox sold out 96-year old Fenway Park for the 455th consecutive regular-season game on Wednesday afternoon, tying the Cleveland Indians' major league record. "I have not seen anything but sellouts since I've been here," Boston manager Terry Francona said before the game against Baltimore. "Think about it. That's unbelievable. That's the norm. I hope we don't ever get in a situation where we take it for granted. I know our organization doesn't."
STATS
Jose Reyes stole his 47th base this season, tying the Mets' franchise mark of 281 set by Mookie Wilson. … Bobby Jenks recorded his first save of more than three outs since Sept. 13, 2005, in the White Sox's 4-2 win over the Indians. … Derek Jeter went 1-for-5 and needs five hits to tie Babe Ruth (2,518) for second place on the Yankees career list.
SPEAKING
"All the hard work he's put in, all the home runs he's hit in the minor leagues, to get one here, the team was just elated for him. It makes it all worthwhile." - Giants manager Bruce Bochy on Scott McClain, who hit his first major league homer after spending 19 years in the minors. He hit 287 homers in 1,664 minor league games.
SEASONS
Sept. 5
1908 - Brooklyn's Nap Rucker pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against Boston. Rucker struck out 14 and walked none.
1918 - Babe Ruth pitched a six-hitter as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in the opening game of the World Series. The Series was started early due to World War I.
1954 - Roswell's Joe Bauman of the Longhorn League hit three home runs to give him 72 for the season. Bauman never made it to the majors.
1955 - Brooklyn pitcher Don Newcombe connected for his seventh homer of the season for a National League record for home runs by a pitcher. The Dodgers, behind Newcombe's power and 20th win, beat the Phillies 11-4.
1971 - J.R. Richard tied Karl Spooner's major league record by striking out 15 San Francisco Giants in his first major league game as the Houston Astros beat the Giants.
1982 - Roy Smalley hit a pair of three-run homers, one from each side of the plate, as the Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 18-7.
1998 - Mark McGwire became the third player in baseball history to reach 60 home runs, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-0. He joined Babe Ruth and Roger Maris with 60 homers in a single season.
2001 - Roger Clemens became the second player in major league history to win 19 of his first 20 decisions, leading the New York Yankees over Toronto 4-3.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the fifth player in major league history to record successive 50-homer seasons, hitting two in Texas' 11-2 rout of Baltimore. Rodriguez, who hit 52 homers last season, joined Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr.
2003 - Mike Maroth became the first major league pitcher in 23 years to lose 20 games in a season when Detroit lost to Toronto 8-6. Maroth (6-20) allowed eight runs and nine hits in three-plus innings. Oakland's Brian Kingman went 8-20 in 1980.
2006 - For the first time in more than three decades, there were seven shutouts in the major leagues on one day. It was the most shutouts on one day since there were a record eight on June 4, 1972, when 16 games were played. Thirteen games were played.
2007 - Alex Rodriguez homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning to lead the New York Yankees over Seattle 10-2.
Today's birthdays: Chris B. Young 25; Ryan Spilborghs 29; Randy Choate 33; Rod Barajas 33.