Saturday, May 18, 2002
AL roundup
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Jeff Cirillo's two-run single broke a sixth-inning tie as the Seattle Mariners won the opener of a weekend series between baseball's top two teams, beating the Boston Red Sox 6-3 Friday night.
Seattle (29-12) would pass Boston (27-11) with a win Saturday.
The Mariners overcame a 3-0 deficit on Ichiro Suzuki's two-run double in the fourth and a three-run sixth capped by Cirillo's hit.
Seattle's sixth run scored on Ben Davis' sacrifice fly in the seventh off reliever Rolando Arrojo (2-1), and made a winner of reliever Ryan Franklin (4-1). Kazuhiro Sasaki pitched the ninth for his 10th save in 12 opportunities.
Royals 6, Indians 2
CLEVELAND — Paul Byrd became the AL's second seven-game winner, and Tony Pena got his first win as a manager as Kansas City beat the Indians.
Pena, hired Wednesday, got the win at the ballpark where he had greatest moment as a player — a game-winning homer in the 13th inning of Game 1 of the 1995 division series against Boston.
Byrd (7-2) allowed five hits in eight innings and beat the Indians for the second time in six days to join Chicago's Mark Buehrle with seven wins.
Joe Randa and Chuck Knoblauch homered off Chuck Finley (2-5), and Mike Sweeney connected off David Riske as the Royals beat the Indians for the fourth straight time. Kansas City swept Cleveland at home last weekend.
Blue Jays 7, Athletics 1
TORONTO — Roy Halladay won his second straight start against Oakland, and Shannon Stewart hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays.
Halladay (4-1) allowed one run on seven hits in 7 2-3 innings. He gave up two runs in 7 1-3 innings in an 11-4 victory over Oakland on May 12.
Mark Mulder (2-3) allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings in his second start since coming off the disabled list with a strained left forearm.
The Blue Jays won for just the third time in their last 12 games at SkyDome. 6-14. Oakland has lost seven of its last 10 road games.
Tigers 6, Rangers 3
DETROIT — Robert Fick homered twice, and Dmitri Young and Wendell Magee also connected as the Tigers snapped a seven-game losing streak.
Young hit a two-run homer in the first off Dave Burba (3-1), Magee a solo shot in the second and Fick in the third. Fick added a two-run shot off John Rocker in the eighth.
Jeff Weaver (3-5) allowed three runs and 10 hits in eight innings. Juan Acevedo pitched the ninth for his fourth save in five chances.
Texas activated Juan Gonzalez, who went 1-for-4. He had been on the disabled list since April 10 because of torn muscle fibers in his right hand.
Orioles 5, Devil Rays 3
BALTIMORE — Jeff Conine hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, and Geronimo Gil drove in three runs as Baltimore snapped a four-game losing streak in a game that had two rain delays totaling nearly 2 1/2 hours.
Conine had two RBIs for the Orioles, who rebounded from a 1-4 road trip that included two losses to Tampa Bay.
Toby Hall hit a three-run homer for the Devil Rays, who have lost 18 of 21.
Willis Roberts (2-1) worked 1 2-3 innings for the win, and Jorge Julio got four outs to earn his eighth save.
Angels 8, White Sox 4
CHICAGO — Scott Spiezio homered and drove in three runs to lead Anaheim to its eighth straight victory.
The Angels, on their second eight-game winning streak since April 24, won for the 17th time in 19 games.
Scott Schoeneweis (3-4) won despite allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings. Al Levine pitched two innings for his fourth save in six chances.
Jon Garland (4-3) forced in the tying and go-ahead runs with consecutive bases-loaded walks in a three-run fifth. Spiezio had an RBI single in the inning, and a two-run homer in the eighth against Bob Howry. Troy Glaus added a solo homer in the eighth off Keith Foulke.
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