NEW YORK, 27 April 2004 — Pedro Martinez pitched seven sharp innings and Manny Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Javier Vazquez for a 2-0 Boston win over New York which completed a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
With its first series sweep of New York since 1999, Boston improved to 6-1 against the Yankees for the first time since 1913 — when the Red Sox were defending World Series champions. The Angels completed a big sweep themselves by taking three games in Oakland. Tim Salmon broke out of a slump with a three-run homer Sunday, sending Anaheim to a 4-3 victory over the Athletics.
In other AL games, it was: Cleveland 3, Detroit 2; Toronto 15, Baltimore 3; Texas 14, Seattle 6; Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2; and Chicago 6, Tampa Bay 5.
The $183 million Yankees are struggling mightily at the plate, leaving their fans restless. In addition to jeers for New York, chants of “Let’s Go Red Sox!” could be heard from the crowd of 55,338 on a drizzly afternoon.
Angels 4 Athletics 3: At Oakland, California, Salmon snapped an 0-for-13 skid when he connected against Rich Harden (0-2) in the sixth to give the Angels a 4-2 lead.
Indians 3 Tigers 2: At Detroit, Jake Westbrook allowed two runs and two hits in his first start of the season and second career complete game. Westbrook (1-1) retired 27 straight batters over three appearances before Carlos Pena homered in the second inning.
Blue Jays 15 Orioles 3: At Baltimore, Roy Halladay (2-3) cruised to an easy victory, Chris Woodward had a career-high four hits and Toronto won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Rangers 14 Mariners 6: At Arlington, Texas, Laynce Nix, Rod Barajas and rookie Adrian Gonzalez hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning as Texas handed Seattle its fifth straight loss.
Twins 4 Royals 2: At Kansas City, Missouri, Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer in his first game since coming off the disabled list. Carlos Silva (3-0) gave up one run in seven innings, and Joe Nathan got out of a bases-loaded jam for his sixth save.
Devil Rays 6 White Sox 5: At Chicago, Juan Uribe drew a bases-loaded walk from Lance Carter, capping Chicago’s three-run rally in the ninth.
Clement Loses No-Hit Bid in Seventh, Cubs Win Sixth Straight
In Chicago, Chicago Cubs hurler Matt Clement took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against the New York Mets, then one bad pitch ended the dream outing on Sunday.
But the Cubs still beat the Mets 4-1 for the sixth straight win, and that’s all that mattered to Clement. Clement retired his first six batters — the last four on swinging strikeouts — before walking Todd Zeile to start the third. After Ricky Gutierrez reached on a fielder’s choice, Clement retired his next 10 hitters, striking out the side in the fifth.
In other NL games, it was: Montreal 2, Philadelphia 0; Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 0; St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 2; Colorado 4, Houston 1; Los Angeles 9, San Francisco 0; Arizona 12, San Diego 7; and Atlanta 7, Florida 2.
Dodgers 9 Giants 0: At Los Angeles, Kazuhisa Ishii pitched a four-hitter for his first shutout, Milton Bradley homered twice and the Dodgers won for the eighth time in 11 games — including five of six meetings with the rival Giants.
Rockies 4 Astros 1: At Denver, Vinny Castilla set a franchise record with an RBI in his 10th straight game, Joe Kennedy (3-0) pitched into the seventh inning to remain unbeaten and Colorado avoided a three-game sweep by defeating Houston.
Expos 2 Phillies 0: Zach Day and Rocky Biddle combined for Montreal’s second shutout, and Matt Cepicky hit a two-run double in the sixth to send the Expos to their first win at Olympic Stadium this season.
Pirates 6 Reds 0: At Pittsburgh, Oliver Perez shrugged off a nearly three-hour rain delay to shut out Cincinnati on six hits in his first major league complete game, helping the Pirates end a four-game losing streak.
Cardinals 5 Brewers 2: At Milwaukee, Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds hit consecutive homers in the first inning, and Jeff Suppan gave up three hits in 7 2-3 innings for St. Louis.
Diamondbacks 12 Padres 7: At Phoenix, Richie Sexson homered twice and drove in three runs, helping Arizona beat San Diego.
Braves 7 Marlins 2: At Miami, Mark DeRosa homered for the first earned run off Dontrelle Willis this season, and J.D. Drew’s bases-loaded triple off Tommy Phelps broke a tie in the seventh for Atlanta.
