In a series billed as a World Series preview, the major
league-leading Phillies (51-30) have taken two straight and go for a sweep
Thursday.
Worley (3-1) allowed one run and five hits. The rookie
right-hander has filled in nicely for injured starters Roy Oswalt and Joe
Blanton.
Michael Stutes pitched a perfect eighth and Antonio
Bastardo finished for his third save and first filling in for Ryan Madson.
Boston's John Lackey (5-7) gave up two runs and eight
hits in 7 2-3 innings in one of his best starts this season. He lowered his ERA
from 7.36 to 6.81.
The Red Sox have lost six of seven since going 14-2.
At New York, A.J. Burnett pitched
neatly into the eighth inning and Russell Martin hit a three-run homer as the
New York Yankees maintained its winning momentum.
Robinson Cano tripled to start a four-run fourth inning
and Jorge Posada rounded the bases twice on his solo shot in the sixth, which
was changed to a home run after umpires watched the video replay.
Nick Swisher had an RBI single for the Yankees, who have
won four straight and 14 of 18 overall.
Ryan Braun had three singles and an RBI for the Brewers,
extending his career-best hitting streak to 19 games.
At Anaheim, California, Dan Haren
allowed two hits through 7 1-3 innings as the Los Angeles Angels swept past
Davey Johnson's new team.
The 68-year-old Johnson took over the Nationals this
week, returning as a major league manager for the first time since 2000.
Washington had won 13 of 15 going into the series at Anaheim, with most of the
wins coming before manager Jim Riggleman resigned.
At Detroit, Scott Hairston launched a
bases-loaded triple and Ronny Paulino contributed four hits as part of another
offensive barrage by New York, which beat Detroit.
The Mets set a team record by scoring 52 runs in a
four-game span, STATS LLC said. They have 69 hits during their spree.
Tigers utilityman Don Kelly got the final out, becoming
the first Detroit position player to pitch since 2000.
Miguel Cabrera hit two of Detroit's five homers. The Mets
romped despite not hitting any home runs.
At Denver, A.J. Pierzynski drove
in his second run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning as
Chicago held on to beat Colorado.
Carlos Quentin and Paul Konerko hit singles off Huston
Street (0-2) to start the ninth with Quentin getting to third on Konerko's hit.
Street struck out Alexei Ramirez before Pierzynski, who had an RBI double
earlier, drove a fly ball to right field.
At St. Petersburg, Florida, Ryan Hanigan
hit a three-run homer off James Shields as Cincinnati beat Tampa Bay.
Hanigan connected with two out in the fourth for his
first homer since going deep twice April 3 against Milwaukee.
Shields (8-5) had given up just two runs in his previous
three starts, all of which were complete-game wins.
Edinson Volquez (5-3) gave up three runs and four hits in
6 1-3 innings.
Evan Longoria hit a two-run double and B.J. Upton went
deep for Tampa Bay. Upton has four homers in his last six games.
At Seattle, Freddie Freeman
dominated pitcher Felix Hernandez with three hits and two RBIs as Atlanta
completed an impressive three-game sweep that included victories over Seattle's
best starting pitchers.
The Braves won for the eighth time in 10 games and picked
up their 25th road victory of the season. They handed losses to Hernandez,
rookie star Michael Pineda and Erik Bedard during their rare trip to Seattle.
Dustin Ackley hit a two-run homer for Seattle.
At Baltimore, Chris Carpenter
scattered seven hits for his second complete game of the season and Colby
Rasmus homered as St. Louis downed Baltimore.
Carpenter (3-7) threw a season-high 132 pitches to win
his second straight start following a five-game losing streak.
The right-hander struck out five, walked one and
surrendered just one extra-base hit - an RBI double to Nick Markakis in the
third inning.
Carpenter's other complete game came on May 25, an
eight-inning effort in a 3-1 loss at San Diego.
Rasmus hit a two-run shot off Chris Jakubauskas (2-1) in
the second inning, giving St. Louis a 2-0 lead.
At Phoenix, Carlos Carrasco
pitched seven solid innings to lead Cleveland over Arizona.
Orlando Cabrera, who delivered the deciding home run in
the series opener, had a season-high four hits. He doubled, scored twice and
drove in a run as the Indians won for just the third time in nine games.
Carrasco (8-4) gave up two runs and four hits, struck out
seven and walked none.
Justin Upton and Stephen Drew homered for Arizona.
At Houston, Ian Kinsler homered
twice for the first time in almost two years as Colby Lewis had another solid
start for Texas.
Kinsler hit a leadoff homer and also went deep in his
next at-bat in the third inning to help Texas to an early 3-0 lead.
Carlos Lee had a solo homer for the Astros, who have
dropped five straight and have the worst record in the majors at 28-53.
At Minneapolis, Scott Baker struck
out nine batters while pitching neatly into the eighth inning and Ben Revere
had two hits to help Minnesota blank the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Baker (6-5) allowed six hits and walked one in 7 1-3
innings, dropping his ERA to 3.15 as the Twins bounced back from a 15-0
drubbing on Monday night to take two of three in the series.
Rubby De La Rosa (3-3) also was impressive, giving up
just one run and six hits in seven innings for Los Angeles.
Revere hit a leadoff triple in the first and scored on
Tsuyoshi Nishioka's groundout.
At Toronto, Yunel Escobar doubled
home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning and Brandon Morrow struck out 10
to lead Toronto past Pittsburgh.
Rookie outfielder Eric Thames hit his first career home
run for Toronto, a solo shot in the sixth.
At San Diego, rookie Anthony Rizzo
hit a two-run single and Tim Stauffer won consecutive starts for the first time
this year as San Diego completed its first sweep this season.
The Padres scored four unearned runs with two outs in the
third inning thanks to third baseman Mike Moustakas' error on a sun ball.
At Chicago, pinch-hitter Aramis Ramirez
singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as Chicag snapped
San Francisco's seven-game winning streak.
Sergio Romo (3-1) gave up an infield single to leadoff
batter Tony Campana, who moved to second on Reed Johnson's sacrifice. After a
groundout moved him to third, Ramirez hit a 0-2 pitch into left to win it.
San Francisco's Emmanuel Burris hit a leveling RBI single
off closer Carlos Marmol (2-2) in the top of the ninth after Cubs starter Ryan
Dempster shut out the Giants on two hits for eight innings.
At Oakland, California, Ricky Nolasco
allowed five hits, and Hanley Ramirez and Logan Morrison homered as slumping
Florida showed signs of life in a win against Oakland.
Nolasco (5-4) overcame a shaky start for his first win in
more than a month, which came the last time the Marlins were in the Bay Area
against San Francisco. He struck out three and walked two for his fifth career
complete game.
The homers by Ramirez and Morrison off starter Guillermo
Moscoso (2-4) were the first by Florida in eight days.
