Saturday, June 22, 2002
Interleague roundup
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Luis Castillo extended his hitting streak to 35 games, tying Ty Cobb and two others for the 10th-longest in major league history, as the Florida Marlins beat Detroit 4-1 Friday night.
Leading off the third inning, Castillo drilled a 2-0 pitch back at knuckleballer Steve Sparks (3-7). It ricocheted off Sparks' glove and rolled toward second base. There was no throw.
Florida's switch-hitting second baseman also singled and scored in the fifth, giving him 17 multihit games during his span.
Castillo's streak is the longest by a Latin player, surpassing Benito Santiago's 34-game streak in 1987.
Two other players had one-season streaks of 35 games — Cobb (1917) and Fred Clarke (1895). George Sisler also had a 35-game hitting streak, but it spanned two seasons (1924-25).
Only nine players have had a longer streak, including just two since 1950 — Pete Rose (44) in 1978 and Paul Molitor (39) in 1987. Joe DiMaggio set the record of 56 games in 1941.
Michael Tejera (2-1) allowed two hits and a run in seven innings, helping the Marlins win their fourth in a row. Vladimir Nunez picked up his 17th save in 21 chances.
Expos 3, Indians 1
MONTREAL — Brad Wilkerson scored the go-ahead run from second on Wil Cordero's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning as the Montreal Expos won their eighth in a row, beating the Cleveland Indians.
Montreal is on its longest winning streak since tying a franchise record with a 10-game winning streak in 1997. The Expos are 7-0 on their current homestand and have won eight straight home games.
Javier Vazquez (5-3) allowed five hits and one run in eight innings. Scott Stewart pitched the ninth for his eighth save in as many opportunities.
C.C. Sabathia (5-6) took the loss. Cleveland lost for the fifth time in six games, falling to 2-5 on its season-high 12-game road trip.
Braves 3, White Sox 2
ATLANTA — Rafael Furcal drove in the winning run with a bunt single in the eighth inning and the streaking Atlanta Braves pulled off another unlikely victory, beating the Chicago White Sox.
Todd Ritchie (4-9) was charged with all three Atlanta runs, despite giving up just two hits in 7 1-3 innings.
Kevin Gryboski (1-1) earned the win with much less effort, retiring two hitters in the eighth. John Smoltz pitched a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save.
Atlanta, seeking its 11th straight division title, has won 19 of 24 to take control in the NL East.
Mets 4, Royals 3
NEW YORK — Tony Tarasco hustled home from second base when Kansas City misplayed Mo Vaughn's two-out infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Royals.
The Royals lost their eighth straight game. The defeat dropped the franchise's all-time mark below .500 for the first time since 1977 at 2,638-2,639.
Pinch-hitting for Mark Guthrie (2-0), Tarasco drew a leadoff walk from Brad Voyles (0-1). Tarasco advanced to second on Roger Cedeno's sacrifice bunt, and after an intentional walk and a flyout, Scott Mullen relieved.
Vaughn hit a check-swing grounder that third baseman Joe Randa fielded cleanly. But Randa appeared tentative on the throw and one-hopped it, pulling first baseman Mike Sweeney off the bag. Tarasco never slowed, beating Sweeney's throw home for the winning run.
Phillies 3, Twins 0
PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Duckworth and two relievers combined on a four-hitter to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the Minnesota Twins.
Tomas Perez, playing for the injured Scott Rolen, had an RBI single and pinch-hitter Jason Michaels added a sacrifice fly.
The AL-Central leading Twins have lost three straight, falling to 6-7 against NL teams.
Duckworth (4-4) struck out nine and walked one in seven innings.
Dan Plesac fanned one in a perfect eighth, and Jose Mesa struck out the side in the ninth for his 19th save in 23 chances.
Kyle Lohse (6-5) allowed five hits and three runs in six innings.
Angels 11, Brewers 4
MILWAUKEE — Garret Anderson drove in four runs with two doubles and Brad Fullmer and Troy Glaus homered as the Anaheim Angels beat the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Angels scored five runs in the fourth inning, making things easy for Ramon Ortiz (8-5), who won for the fourth time in five starts.
Fullmer homered on the first pitch from Ruben Quevedo (3-6) in the second inning.
Mariners 8, Astros 0
HOUSTON — Jamie Moyer allowed three hits and struck out 11 in seven innings, and Ruben Sierra hit a grand slam to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Houston Astros.
The Mariners won their fourth straight game in the first meeting between the interleague teams. The Astros lost for the fourth time in five games and were shut out for the second time this season.
Moyer (7-3) retired 17 of the first 18 batters, allowing only a single by Brad Ausmus in the second inning, to win for the fourth time in five decisions. Moyer didn't walk a batter.
Sierra went 3-for-4 with a double in the first, his sixth career slam in the second and an RBI single in the seventh. Carlos Hernandez (5-3) took the loss.
Rangers 2, Pirates 0
PITTSBURGH — Kenny Rogers limited Pittsburgh to four singles in seven innings and Ivan Rodriguez hit his first homer of the season, leading the Texas Rangers past the Pirates.
Rodriguez, sidelined by a herniated disc for seven weeks before returning June 7, drove in both Texas runs with a solo homer in the fourth and an RBI double in the eighth.
Rodriguez hadn't homered in 101 at-bats since an Aug. 29 shot against Minnesota.
Rogers (8-4) didn't last past the fifth inning in his three most recent starts, only to outpitch Kip Wells (8-4) in a matchup of each team's top starter.
Jay Powell, John Rocker and Hideki Irabu each got an out in the eighth before Francisco Cordero finished up the Rangers' fourth shutout this season. Cordero is 3-for-3 in save situations the last three days since being given a trial as Texas' closer.
Giants 4, Orioles 3
SAN FRANCISCO — David Bell hit a tiebreaking home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and San Francisco won its third straight game.
Bell hit his 10th home run of the season on a 2-0 pitch from reliever Rick Bower (3-3).
Marty Cordova hit two solo home runs for the Orioles, who lost in their first game at Pacific Bell Park.
Felix Rodriguez (2-3) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. Robb Nen recorded the final three outs for his 18th save in 21 opportunities.
Barry Bonds went 1-for-1 with three walks, including his 29th intentional walk. He's on a pace to break Willie McCovey's major league record of 45 free passes in 1969.
Diamondbacks 4, Blue Jays 3
PHOENIX — Rod Barajas drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded grounder in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading Arizona over Toronto.
Quinton McCracken had three hits, including an opposite-field single off Toronto closer Kelvim Escobar (3-4) to lead off the ninth.
After two walks and a groundout, McCracken scored on Barajas' grounder to third when Eric Hinske's throw hit him in the back as he neared home plate.
Byung-Hyun Kim (3-0) picked up the win with a perfect ninth inning, baffling Darrin Fletcher and Felipe Lopez with called third strikes after handling a hard shot to the mound by Raul Mondesi for the first out.
Padres 9, Yankees 1
SAN DIEGO — Rookie Oliver Perez, at 20 the youngest player in the major leagues, won again in just his second big league start as San Diego beat David Wells and New York in a rematch of the 1998 World Series.
Coming off their highest scoring three-game series since 1951, the Yankees managed just one run against Perez.
Wells (7-5), who won the opener of the Yankees' sweep in '98, allowed the first three runs. Ramiro Mendoza allowed four in the seventh, including a three-run double by Wiki Gonzalez.
Perez (2-0), who beat Seattle on Sunday in his major league debut, gave up one run and six hits, struck out three and walked five.
Dodgers 3, Red Sox 2
LOS ANGELES — Hideo Nomo pitched seven strong innings, and Adrian Beltre hit a solo homer off John Burkett (7-3) as Los Angeles beat Boston in the first game between the teams in 86 years.
Boston's Shea Hillenbrand hit a pair of solo homers, doubled and singled. It was his fourth four-hit game of the season and the second two-homer game of his career.
The teams last played a game that meant anything in 1916, when Boston and Babe Ruth beat Brooklyn four games to one to win the World Series.
Nomo (7-5) shut out his former team until the sixth, when Hillenbrand homered. Hillenbrand added his 13th of the year with two outs in the eighth inning off reliever Giovanni Carrara.
Eric Gagne struck out all four batters he faced for his major league-leading 26th save in 27 chances.
Rockies 8, Devil Rays 7, 10 innings
DENVER — Larry Walker hit an RBI double during a four-run rally in the ninth inning, then singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th to give the Colorado Rockies a victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Bobby Estalella and Benny Agbayani singled to lead off the 10th. Pitcher Mike Hampton pinch-ran for Estalella, advanced to third on Brent Butler's flyball and scored on Walker's single.
Justin Speier (2-0) pitched a perfect 10th for the win. Esteban Yan (3-3) took the loss.
Rain forced a delay of 1 hour, 18 minutes in the top of the second inning. A second storm delayed action for 64 minutes after seven innings.
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