Sunday, September 26, 2004
AL: Angels cut Athletics' lead to two games
The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 5-3 Saturday to move back within two games of the AL West-leading Athletics.
Troy Percival worked the ninth to earn his 30th save. He has 30 or more saves in seven consecutive seasons.
Red Sox 12, Yankees 5
BOSTON - The Red Sox blew out the Yankees and made sure New York can't clinch the AL East in Fenway Park.
Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth. Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli each doubled in two runs in the inning.
New York's magic number is four, so victories on Saturday and Sunday would have won the division; instead, Boston cut its deficit to 4 1/2 games and clinched the season series (10-8) against the Yankees for the first time since 2000.
Indians 5, Twins 3
CLEVELAND - Coco Crisp drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking two-run double that capped a three-run eighth inning .
Bob Wickman pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances, dropping Minnesota to 1-4 since the Twins clinched their third straight AL Central title.
Orioles 3, Tigers 0
BALTIMORE - Matt Riley allowed two hits over six shutout innings, leading Baltimore.
Miguel Tejada had a run-scoring groundout and Rafael Palmeiro hit an RBI single for the Orioles.
White Sox 5, Royals 1
CHICAGO - Mark Buehrle pitched a four-hitter and Jose Valentin hit his 28th homer to lead the Chicago, which has won six of its last eight games.
Rangers 5, Mariners 4
ARLINGTON, Texas - Michael Young's tying triple sparked a two-run rally in the seventh inning, and the Texas Rangers again pulled within two games of the AL West lead.
Ichiro Suzuki's two-run single gave him 250 hits, seven shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record with eight games remaining.
Devil Rays 6, Blue Jays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Geoff Blume made up for a big error by hitting a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead Tampa Bay over Toronto.
With a 9:15 p.m. curfew imposed because of Hurricane Jeanne, both teams came out swinging in a game that took just 2 hours, 20 minutes and ended at 8:36.
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