Padres edge Mariners on Gonzalez RBI

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Sun, 2011-07-03 22:25

With one out in the fifth, Maybin walked when a pitch was called high by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi. A video review of the at-bat by official scorer Dan Peterson confirmed the count should have been 3-2 when Maybin walked.
No argument was made by anyone on the field and the stadium scoreboard showed a three-ball count before Fister (3-9) delivered the pitch.
Maybin scored when Gonzalez’s one-hopper skipped off shortstop Brendan Ryan’s glove and into left field.
Cory Luebke (2-2) allowed two hits in six innings for San Diego, and Chad Qualls, Mike Adams and Heath Bell each got three outs to complete the two-hitter.
Giants 15 Tigers 3: In Detroit, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Crawford homered in San Francisco’s five-run first inning, and Miguel Tejada had a grand slam in a five-run third after a long rain delay.
The game was delayed by a thunderstorm for 2 hours, 36 minutes during the third inning, and it ended after midnight.
Barry Zito (2-1) pitched six scoreless innings for the NL West-leading Giants, who have won nine of their last 11 games.
Max Scherzer (9-4) allowed nine runs, six earned, and six hits in two-plus innings.
Phillies 5 Blue Jays 3: In Toronto, Philadelphia ace Roy Halladay pitched an eight-hitter against his former team to win his sixth straight decision.
Halladay (11-3), who took the mound in the bottom of the first to a standing ovation from the crowd of 44,078, spent the first 12 years of his career with the Blue Jays before being traded to Philadelphia in December 2009.
Chase Utley hit a go-ahead homer for NL East-leading Phillies.
Toronto’s Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 26th home run, but the Blue Jays still lost for the 10th time in 13 home games.
Yankees 5 Mets 2: In New York, Bartolo Colon pitched six shutout innings in his return from the disabled list and Eduardo Nunez had another big game at the plate, helping the Yankees earn their season-best seventh consecutive victory.
Jose Reyes left after two innings with tightness in his left hamstring, taking the starch out of the Mets.
The Yankees touched up rookie Dillon Gee (8-2) with four straight sharp hits in a four-run sixth before a Citi Field-record crowd of 42,042.
Nunez hit a solo homer off Tim Byrdak in the ninth to make it 5-0. Filling in for injured Derek Jeter at shortstop, Nunez also had a pair of doubles after going 4 for 4 in Friday night’s 5-1 victory.
White Sox 1 Cubs 0: In Chicago, Phil Humber pitched shutout ball for seven innings and Juan Pierre singled in the only run, lifting the White Sox to the victory.
Humber (8-4) allowed five singles while improving to 5-1 in his last six starts. Matt Thornton pitched a perfect eighth and ninth for his third save in seven chances.
Matt Garza (4-7) yielded only four singles in his first complete game with the Cubs and seventh of his career.
Brewers 8 Twins 7: In Minneapolis, pinch-hitter George Kottaras capped a four-run ninth inning with a go-ahead RBI single that sent Milwaukee to the unlikely victory.
The Twins collected 13 hits in the first four innings while building a 7-0 lead. They had one hit the rest of the way.
Minnesota reliever Matt Capps (2-4) surrendered five hits while recording just two outs in the ninth.
Angels 7 Dodgers 1: In Anaheim, California, Jered Weaver got a measure of payback against Clayton Kershaw six days after a tough-luck loss in their previous matchup and Vernon Wells homered for the Angels.
Diamondbacks 4 Athletics 2: In Oakland, California, Chris Young had three hits and four RBIs for Arizona, including a two-run homer.
Joe Saunders (5-7) pitched seven-plus innings for the Diamondbacks, yielding two runs and eight hits while improving to 12-4 with a 3.44 ERA in 18 career starts against Oakland. That’s his most wins against any single team.
Rockies 9 Royals 6: In Denver, Mark Ellis had three doubles in his second game with the Rockies, who also got a home run from Troy Tulowitzki .
Ellis, Todd Helton and Tulowitzki each drove in two runs for Colorado, which finished with a season-high nine extra-base hits. Helton hit his 543rd double in the eighth, tying him with Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn for 24th on the career list.
Alex Gordon had four hits and two RBIs for Kansas City, which has dropped five straight. Wilson Betemit had a pinch-hit three-run homer in the fourth.
Royals pitcher Kyle Davies (1-7) lasted just three innings in his first start since May 16.
Rays 5 Cardinals 1: In St. Petersburg, Florida, Casey Kotchman hit a three-run double and scored on Justin Ruggiano’s homer during a five-run sixth inning, leading Tampa Bay to the victory.
Kotchman’s big two-out hit off Kyle McClellan (6-5) put the Rays ahead 3-1.
Marlins 9 Rangers 5: In Arlington, Texas, Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam and solo shot for a career high-tying five RBIs, helping the Marlins overcome Josh Hamilton’s two homers.
Logan Morrison also homered for the Marlins, 5-6 since Jack McKeon took over as interim manager on June 20. Steve Cishek pitched 2 2-3 innings for his first big league victory.
Florida knocked out Derek Holland (6-4) with a five-run first.
Red Sox 10Astros 4: In Houston, Darnell McDonald hit a three-run homer, pinch-hitter Yamaico Navarro went deep for the first time and Boston picked up its third consecutive victory.
Dustin Pedroia , Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Youkilis each had three hits and drove in a run for the Red Sox. Andrew Miller (2-0) yielded two runs in six innings.
Navarro hit a solo shot in the seventh for his first major league homer. McDonald’s drive in the eighth landed on the train tracks atop the wall in left field and stretched the lead to 9-3.
Braves 5 Orioles 4: In Atlanta, David Ross hit his second career grand slam and Atlanta extended its winning streak to five.
Tim Hudson (7-6) pitched six innings and center fielder Jordan Schafer made a couple of nice defensive plays for the Braves, who have won 10 of 12 overall. Craig Kimbrel worked around Matt Wieters’ one-out single in the ninth to earn his 24th save.
Indians 3 Reds 1: In Cincinnati, Michael Brantley hit a three-run homer and Frank Herrmann took over after Indians starter Fausto Carmona took a tumble, pitching three scoreless innings Saturday for his first big league win.
The Indians are 5-0 against their intrastate rival, one win away from the first sweep in the interleague series’ history.
Carmona fell hard while running out a grounder in the third inning, leaving the game with a strained right thigh. Herrmann (1-0) retired nine of the 10 batters he faced.
Pirates 5 Nationals 3, Game 1
Nationals 4 Pirates 3, Game 2: In Washington, Ivan Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday night to earn a doubleheader split.
Rodriguez’s single to right scored Rick Ankiel to cap a two-run rally. Pinch-runner Brian Bixler had tied the game on a double steal, taking third and then coming home when catcher Eric Fryer’s throw went into left field for an error.
In the first game, Garrett Jones and Andrew McCutchen hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning, and James McDonald had a strong outing in the Pirates’ 5-3 victory. That win put Pittsburgh two games over .500 for the eighth time this season, but they are now 0-8 trying to get to three above the break-even mark.
Ryan Mattheus (1-0) pitched the eighth inning to get the win in Game 2, and Drew Storen handled the ninth for his 20th save.
Pittsburgh’s Brad Lincoln, recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis to pitch the second game, allowed two runs over six innings in his season debut.
The opener was tied at 2 when Jones and McCutchen took Sean Burnett (3-5) deep in the eighth.
McDonald allowed two runs and seven hits over 6 1-3 innings before giving way to Jose Veras (2-2), who pitched 1 2-3 innings.
 

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