Coming up large: Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez drives in a run with an infield single against the Mets in the seventh inning on Sunday in New York. The Yankees won 9-3. AP PHOTOIt was Tim Wakefield's knuckleball.The 44-year-old Red Sox right-hander held Chicago to four hits in 6? innings to help Boston beat the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday and send them home from with another lost series.It was Wakefield's first win of the season and the 180th of his Red Sox career — third on the franchise all-time list behind only Roger Clemens and Cy Young."Boy, he was really good," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I guess it shouldn't amaze me because he's been doing that for such a long time."Adrian Gonzalez had four hits as Boston took two out of three from Chicago. The Red Sox have now won eight of their last nine overall to all but erase the damage of their awful April and move one-half game behind the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.Making his third start of the season, this one because of injuries to John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Wakefield (1-1) had faced the minimum number of batters when he struck out Jeff Baker with what would have been the third out of the fifth inning.Baker reached safely when the ball got past catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. That was just the third baserunner in the first six innings against Wakefield."When you're asked to do a job and you do it well — I take a lot of pride in that," said Wakefield, who needs 12 more wins to tie Clemens and Young at 192 in a Boston uniform.Chicago leadoff man Kosuke Fukudome was 0-for-4."We just couldn't solve Wakefield," Cubs manager Mike Quade said. "He's been a wonderful guy for this organization for I don't know how many years. I've lost track. He can pitch out of the bullpen almost every day, start. His knuckleball is good; you've got to give him credit. I wish we had not allowed him to have a good night."Indians 12, Reds 4In Cleveland, Asdrubal Cabrera went 5-for-5 with two homers and five RBIs.Yankees 9, Mets 3In New York, Derek Jeter tied the score with a two-run single that sparked an eight-run rally in the seventh, and Alex Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run with yet another hit after an intentional walk to Mark Teixeira.Rangers 2, Phillies 0In Philadelphia, Matt Harrison took a five-hitter into the ninth inning and helped Texas avoid a three-game sweep.Rays 4, Marlins 0In Miami, James Shields pitched a three-hitter with a career-high 13 strikeouts and the Rays avoided a three-game sweep.Astros 3, Blue Jays 2In Toronto, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and Wandy Rodriguez pitched six solid innings.Orioles 2, Nationals 1In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero's two-run homer in the seventh inning spoiled Jordan Zimmermann's stellar outing.Tigers 2, Pirates 0In Pittsburgh, Rick Porcello allowed one hit over eight innings and Detroit snapped a five-game losing streak.White Sox 8, Dodgers 3In Chicago, Alexei Ramirez homered and drove in a career-high five runs.Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (5-4) went 5? innings, allowing nine hits and six runs — four earned.Cardinals 9, Royals 8 (10)In Kansas City, Colby Rasmus drew a bases-loaded walk — his fifth free pass of the day — that forced in the go-ahead run in the 10th.Angels 4, Braves 1In Anaheim, Torii Hunter ended a home run drought of 28 games with a go-ahead shot off Derek Lowe.Mariners 6, Padres 1In San Diego, Felix Hernandez tied his career high with 13 strikeouts in eight dominant innings to lead Seattle over the Padres.Ichiro Suzuki was 1-for-5 for the Mariners.Giants 5, Athletics 4 (11)In San Francisco, Emmanuel Burriss singled home the winning run in the 11th inning.Pinch hitter Hideki Matsui had a run-scoring sacrifice fly for Oakland in the sixth inning.Diamondbacks 3, Twins 2In Phoenix, Juan Miranda homered and Daniel Hudson had an RBI single to go with eight strong innings on the mound.NATIONAL LEAGUEBrewers 3, Rockies 1In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit a two-run triple off Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez and scored on a throwing error, lifting the Brewers to a three-game sweep.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wakefield's knuckler mystifies Cubs' bats
BOSTON — It wasn't the Green Monster looming over left field or the Pesky Pole in right that turned out to be the toughest adjustment for the Chicago Cubs in their first visit to Fenway Park since the 1918 World Series.Coming up large: Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez drives in a run with an infield single against the Mets in the seventh inning on Sunday in New York. The Yankees won 9-3. AP PHOTOIt was Tim Wakefield's knuckleball.The 44-year-old Red Sox right-hander held Chicago to four hits in 6? innings to help Boston beat the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday and send them home from with another lost series.It was Wakefield's first win of the season and the 180th of his Red Sox career — third on the franchise all-time list behind only Roger Clemens and Cy Young."Boy, he was really good," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I guess it shouldn't amaze me because he's been doing that for such a long time."Adrian Gonzalez had four hits as Boston took two out of three from Chicago. The Red Sox have now won eight of their last nine overall to all but erase the damage of their awful April and move one-half game behind the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.Making his third start of the season, this one because of injuries to John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Wakefield (1-1) had faced the minimum number of batters when he struck out Jeff Baker with what would have been the third out of the fifth inning.Baker reached safely when the ball got past catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. That was just the third baserunner in the first six innings against Wakefield."When you're asked to do a job and you do it well — I take a lot of pride in that," said Wakefield, who needs 12 more wins to tie Clemens and Young at 192 in a Boston uniform.Chicago leadoff man Kosuke Fukudome was 0-for-4."We just couldn't solve Wakefield," Cubs manager Mike Quade said. "He's been a wonderful guy for this organization for I don't know how many years. I've lost track. He can pitch out of the bullpen almost every day, start. His knuckleball is good; you've got to give him credit. I wish we had not allowed him to have a good night."Indians 12, Reds 4In Cleveland, Asdrubal Cabrera went 5-for-5 with two homers and five RBIs.Yankees 9, Mets 3In New York, Derek Jeter tied the score with a two-run single that sparked an eight-run rally in the seventh, and Alex Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run with yet another hit after an intentional walk to Mark Teixeira.Rangers 2, Phillies 0In Philadelphia, Matt Harrison took a five-hitter into the ninth inning and helped Texas avoid a three-game sweep.Rays 4, Marlins 0In Miami, James Shields pitched a three-hitter with a career-high 13 strikeouts and the Rays avoided a three-game sweep.Astros 3, Blue Jays 2In Toronto, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and Wandy Rodriguez pitched six solid innings.Orioles 2, Nationals 1In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero's two-run homer in the seventh inning spoiled Jordan Zimmermann's stellar outing.Tigers 2, Pirates 0In Pittsburgh, Rick Porcello allowed one hit over eight innings and Detroit snapped a five-game losing streak.White Sox 8, Dodgers 3In Chicago, Alexei Ramirez homered and drove in a career-high five runs.Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (5-4) went 5? innings, allowing nine hits and six runs — four earned.Cardinals 9, Royals 8 (10)In Kansas City, Colby Rasmus drew a bases-loaded walk — his fifth free pass of the day — that forced in the go-ahead run in the 10th.Angels 4, Braves 1In Anaheim, Torii Hunter ended a home run drought of 28 games with a go-ahead shot off Derek Lowe.Mariners 6, Padres 1In San Diego, Felix Hernandez tied his career high with 13 strikeouts in eight dominant innings to lead Seattle over the Padres.Ichiro Suzuki was 1-for-5 for the Mariners.Giants 5, Athletics 4 (11)In San Francisco, Emmanuel Burriss singled home the winning run in the 11th inning.Pinch hitter Hideki Matsui had a run-scoring sacrifice fly for Oakland in the sixth inning.Diamondbacks 3, Twins 2In Phoenix, Juan Miranda homered and Daniel Hudson had an RBI single to go with eight strong innings on the mound.NATIONAL LEAGUEBrewers 3, Rockies 1In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit a two-run triple off Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez and scored on a throwing error, lifting the Brewers to a three-game sweep.
Coming up large: Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez drives in a run with an infield single against the Mets in the seventh inning on Sunday in New York. The Yankees won 9-3. AP PHOTOIt was Tim Wakefield's knuckleball.The 44-year-old Red Sox right-hander held Chicago to four hits in 6? innings to help Boston beat the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday and send them home from with another lost series.It was Wakefield's first win of the season and the 180th of his Red Sox career — third on the franchise all-time list behind only Roger Clemens and Cy Young."Boy, he was really good," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "I guess it shouldn't amaze me because he's been doing that for such a long time."Adrian Gonzalez had four hits as Boston took two out of three from Chicago. The Red Sox have now won eight of their last nine overall to all but erase the damage of their awful April and move one-half game behind the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.Making his third start of the season, this one because of injuries to John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Wakefield (1-1) had faced the minimum number of batters when he struck out Jeff Baker with what would have been the third out of the fifth inning.Baker reached safely when the ball got past catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. That was just the third baserunner in the first six innings against Wakefield."When you're asked to do a job and you do it well — I take a lot of pride in that," said Wakefield, who needs 12 more wins to tie Clemens and Young at 192 in a Boston uniform.Chicago leadoff man Kosuke Fukudome was 0-for-4."We just couldn't solve Wakefield," Cubs manager Mike Quade said. "He's been a wonderful guy for this organization for I don't know how many years. I've lost track. He can pitch out of the bullpen almost every day, start. His knuckleball is good; you've got to give him credit. I wish we had not allowed him to have a good night."Indians 12, Reds 4In Cleveland, Asdrubal Cabrera went 5-for-5 with two homers and five RBIs.Yankees 9, Mets 3In New York, Derek Jeter tied the score with a two-run single that sparked an eight-run rally in the seventh, and Alex Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run with yet another hit after an intentional walk to Mark Teixeira.Rangers 2, Phillies 0In Philadelphia, Matt Harrison took a five-hitter into the ninth inning and helped Texas avoid a three-game sweep.Rays 4, Marlins 0In Miami, James Shields pitched a three-hitter with a career-high 13 strikeouts and the Rays avoided a three-game sweep.Astros 3, Blue Jays 2In Toronto, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and Wandy Rodriguez pitched six solid innings.Orioles 2, Nationals 1In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero's two-run homer in the seventh inning spoiled Jordan Zimmermann's stellar outing.Tigers 2, Pirates 0In Pittsburgh, Rick Porcello allowed one hit over eight innings and Detroit snapped a five-game losing streak.White Sox 8, Dodgers 3In Chicago, Alexei Ramirez homered and drove in a career-high five runs.Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (5-4) went 5? innings, allowing nine hits and six runs — four earned.Cardinals 9, Royals 8 (10)In Kansas City, Colby Rasmus drew a bases-loaded walk — his fifth free pass of the day — that forced in the go-ahead run in the 10th.Angels 4, Braves 1In Anaheim, Torii Hunter ended a home run drought of 28 games with a go-ahead shot off Derek Lowe.Mariners 6, Padres 1In San Diego, Felix Hernandez tied his career high with 13 strikeouts in eight dominant innings to lead Seattle over the Padres.Ichiro Suzuki was 1-for-5 for the Mariners.Giants 5, Athletics 4 (11)In San Francisco, Emmanuel Burriss singled home the winning run in the 11th inning.Pinch hitter Hideki Matsui had a run-scoring sacrifice fly for Oakland in the sixth inning.Diamondbacks 3, Twins 2In Phoenix, Juan Miranda homered and Daniel Hudson had an RBI single to go with eight strong innings on the mound.NATIONAL LEAGUEBrewers 3, Rockies 1In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit a two-run triple off Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez and scored on a throwing error, lifting the Brewers to a three-game sweep.
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