TORONTO, 20 June 2005 — Dave Williams and two relievers combined on a six-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates handed the Boston Red Sox their first shutout loss of the season, 2-0, in interleague play on Saturday at Fenway Park.
Boston was the last team in the majors to have scored in every game this season as the Red Sox were blanked at home for the first time since Sept. 17, 2003. Williams allowed five hits over six shutout innings, but it was reliever Rick White (3-3) who got the win with two shutout innings of relief, allowing one hit. Jose Mesa got the last three outs for his 18th save.
Humberto Cota’s RBI double in the eighth inning broke the scoreless tie. Cota had three hits for the Pirates while Ryan Doumit drove in Pittsburgh’s other run in the ninth.
Freddy Sanchez and Jose Castillo both added two hits to the Pirates attack as Pittsburgh snapped a five-game losing streak. Tim Wakefield scattered seven hits over seven shutout innings for the Red Sox before Alan Embree (1-4) allowed the first run and went 1/3 inning to take the loss.
In other interleague games played Saturday, Kirk Saarloos pitched 6 1/3 strong innings as the Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in Oakland.
Saarloos (3-4) allowed one run on nine hits and walked four, and Justin Duchscherer got two outs for his first save. Scott Hatteberg had one hit and drove in one run for Oakland.Cory Lidle (6-5) pitched 7 2?3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out two to take the loss. Jimmy Rollins homered for the Phillies.
In New York, Derek Jeter hit two homers, including his first career grand slam, as the Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 8-1.
Chien-Ming Wang (4-2) allowed one run on eight hits, walking one and striking out five, as the Yankees won their fifth straight game. Glendon Rusch (5-3) pitched five innings, allowing five runs - four earned - on nine hits, walking one and striking out three to take the loss. Jason Dubois homered for the Phillies.
In Anaheim, Calif. Vladimir Guerrero homered in the bottom of the 10th, his second homer of the game, to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the Florida Marlins. Francisco Rodriguez (2-1) pitched two innings and struck out one for the win. Todd Jones (1-2) allowed one run on one hit to take the loss. Luis Castillo had three hits for the Marlins.
