Beating the tag: Philadelphia's Domonic Brown slides home safely in front of Florida catcher John Buck in the seventh inning on Monday. The Phillies beat the Marlins 1-0. APCLEVELAND — In 10 years, Austin Kearns has just two career hits against A.J. Burnett.He's made them both count.Kearns hit his first homer in 105 at-bats this season, a stunning three-run shot in the seventh inning off Burnett, sending the Cleveland Indians to a 6-3 win and spoiling All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter's return to the Yankees' lineup Monday night.With two on and the Indians trailing 2-1, Kearns, who has been in a slump all season, hit a 1-0 pitch from Burnett (8-7) the opposite way to right for his first homer since Aug. 22, when he wore Yankee pinstripes. Kearns came up batting only .192 with two RBIs in a part-time role.He was only 1 of 11 against Burnett — a grand slam as a rookie in 2002 for Cincinnati."It's a funny game," Kearns said.Jeter was back in his familiar spot at shortstop and again atop the batting order for the first time since June 13, when he went on the disabled list with a calf injury. New York's captain went 0-for-4 and remained six shy of becoming the first Yankees player to reach 3,000 hits."I felt fine, no problems, no issues," Jeter said. "I was nervous at the beginning, almost like it was opening day again. It was just nerves. Three weeks is definitely a long time to be out. I felt better as the game went on."Twins 7, Rays 0In Minneapolis, Tsuyoshi Nishioka doubled in a pair of runs and Brian Duensing went the distance, throwing a six-hit shutout as the Twins blanked the Rays.Minnesota broke out for three runs in the second inning. Danny Valencia, who went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer in the eighth, and Jason Repko singled off David Price and Matt Tolbert walked to load the bases for Nishioka.Nishioka delivered a two-run double before Ben Revere had an RBI groundout."It was a big hit by Nishioka," said Michael Cuddyer, who added a solo homer for the Twins in the third."He took that fastball away, and it kind of started us off. Obviously, (it) started the scoring off, but it also told us we could hit this guy (Price) today."Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 7In Boston, Travis Snider had three doubles and drove in a pair of runs and Aaron Hill homered as Toronto became the latest team to rough up John Lackey.Mariners 2, Athletics 1In Oakland, Michael Pineda and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and Josh Bard hit his first home run of the season for Seattle.Ichiro Suzuki finished 2-for-4 for the Mariners, while Hideki Matsui went 1-for-4 for the A's with a run scored.White Sox 5, Royals 4In Chicago, A.J. Pierzynski scored the winning run on a balk called on Aaron Crow in the ninth.Rangers 13, Orioles 4In Arlington, Texas, Endy Chavez had his first four-RBI game in more than eight years with a long home run and a double.Angels 5, Tigers 1In Anaheim, Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells homered and Joel Pineiro yielded five hits over seven solid innings.NATIONAL LEAGUEPirates 5, Astros 3In Pittsburgh, rookie Alex Presley had three of the home team's 14 hits and the Pirates moved three games over .500 this late in the season for the first time in 12 years.Nationals 5, Cubs 4 (10)In Washington, Jayson Werth turned boos to cheers by scoring the winning run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning, and the Nationals snagged another one-run victory.Kosuke Fukudome was hitless in four at-bats for the Cubs.Phillies 1, Marlins 0In Miami, Vance Worley pitched seven sharp innings and Philadelphia scored the only run on a close play in the seventh.Cardinals 1, Reds 0In St. Louis, Chris Carpenter outdueled Cincinnati nemesis Johnny Cueto with eight impressive innings, then watched from the dugout as pinch hitter Mark Hamilton drove in the lone run with an infield hit.Padres 5, Giants 3In San Francisco, Will Venable hit his second home run of the season and San Diego pounced on Tim Lincecum.Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 6In Milwaukee, Chris Young drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the ninth inning and Arizona overcame a grand slam by pitcher Shaun Marcum.Braves 4, Rockies 1In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman homered twice to drive in three runs and Tommy Hanson combined with two relievers on a four-hitter.Mets 5, Dodgers 2In Los Angeles, Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran and Daniel Murphy had RBI doubles in the sixth.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Jeter held hitless in return
Beating the tag: Philadelphia's Domonic Brown slides home safely in front of Florida catcher John Buck in the seventh inning on Monday. The Phillies beat the Marlins 1-0. APCLEVELAND — In 10 years, Austin Kearns has just two career hits against A.J. Burnett.He's made them both count.Kearns hit his first homer in 105 at-bats this season, a stunning three-run shot in the seventh inning off Burnett, sending the Cleveland Indians to a 6-3 win and spoiling All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter's return to the Yankees' lineup Monday night.With two on and the Indians trailing 2-1, Kearns, who has been in a slump all season, hit a 1-0 pitch from Burnett (8-7) the opposite way to right for his first homer since Aug. 22, when he wore Yankee pinstripes. Kearns came up batting only .192 with two RBIs in a part-time role.He was only 1 of 11 against Burnett — a grand slam as a rookie in 2002 for Cincinnati."It's a funny game," Kearns said.Jeter was back in his familiar spot at shortstop and again atop the batting order for the first time since June 13, when he went on the disabled list with a calf injury. New York's captain went 0-for-4 and remained six shy of becoming the first Yankees player to reach 3,000 hits."I felt fine, no problems, no issues," Jeter said. "I was nervous at the beginning, almost like it was opening day again. It was just nerves. Three weeks is definitely a long time to be out. I felt better as the game went on."Twins 7, Rays 0In Minneapolis, Tsuyoshi Nishioka doubled in a pair of runs and Brian Duensing went the distance, throwing a six-hit shutout as the Twins blanked the Rays.Minnesota broke out for three runs in the second inning. Danny Valencia, who went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer in the eighth, and Jason Repko singled off David Price and Matt Tolbert walked to load the bases for Nishioka.Nishioka delivered a two-run double before Ben Revere had an RBI groundout."It was a big hit by Nishioka," said Michael Cuddyer, who added a solo homer for the Twins in the third."He took that fastball away, and it kind of started us off. Obviously, (it) started the scoring off, but it also told us we could hit this guy (Price) today."Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 7In Boston, Travis Snider had three doubles and drove in a pair of runs and Aaron Hill homered as Toronto became the latest team to rough up John Lackey.Mariners 2, Athletics 1In Oakland, Michael Pineda and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and Josh Bard hit his first home run of the season for Seattle.Ichiro Suzuki finished 2-for-4 for the Mariners, while Hideki Matsui went 1-for-4 for the A's with a run scored.White Sox 5, Royals 4In Chicago, A.J. Pierzynski scored the winning run on a balk called on Aaron Crow in the ninth.Rangers 13, Orioles 4In Arlington, Texas, Endy Chavez had his first four-RBI game in more than eight years with a long home run and a double.Angels 5, Tigers 1In Anaheim, Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells homered and Joel Pineiro yielded five hits over seven solid innings.NATIONAL LEAGUEPirates 5, Astros 3In Pittsburgh, rookie Alex Presley had three of the home team's 14 hits and the Pirates moved three games over .500 this late in the season for the first time in 12 years.Nationals 5, Cubs 4 (10)In Washington, Jayson Werth turned boos to cheers by scoring the winning run on a wild pitch in the 10th inning, and the Nationals snagged another one-run victory.Kosuke Fukudome was hitless in four at-bats for the Cubs.Phillies 1, Marlins 0In Miami, Vance Worley pitched seven sharp innings and Philadelphia scored the only run on a close play in the seventh.Cardinals 1, Reds 0In St. Louis, Chris Carpenter outdueled Cincinnati nemesis Johnny Cueto with eight impressive innings, then watched from the dugout as pinch hitter Mark Hamilton drove in the lone run with an infield hit.Padres 5, Giants 3In San Francisco, Will Venable hit his second home run of the season and San Diego pounced on Tim Lincecum.Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 6In Milwaukee, Chris Young drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the ninth inning and Arizona overcame a grand slam by pitcher Shaun Marcum.Braves 4, Rockies 1In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman homered twice to drive in three runs and Tommy Hanson combined with two relievers on a four-hitter.Mets 5, Dodgers 2In Los Angeles, Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran and Daniel Murphy had RBI doubles in the sixth.
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