вторник, 13 марта 2012 г.

Brewers fall in 14th; A's win in 10th

Greg Harris had been waiting for another chance at CountyStadium for a long time.

He got it Saturday and pitched four innings of one-hit relief asBoston beat Milwaukee 3-1 in 14 innings on Ellis Burks' two-runbases-loaded single. The loss snapped the Brewers' eight-gamewinning streak.

On Easter Sunday, 1987, Harris was a reliever with Texas and wascalled on to protect a 4-1 lead in the ninth inning. But he gave upa three-run homer to Rob Deer and then a game-winning, two-run homerto Dale Sveum as the Brewers won 6-4.

"It was just that one day," said Harris (1-1). "That did stickin my mind when I came to Milwaukee. It was a game I'd like toforget and get revenge for. I was waiting for an opportunity to comein and pitch well."

The Red Sox, who broke a six-game losing streak, loaded the bases against Mark Knudson (4-4) on a walkto Luis Rivera, a single by Wade Boggs and a bunt single by MartyBarrett. Burks then lined a 1-2 pitch to center field to put the RedSox ahead.

Mike Boddicker carried a two-hitter and a 1-0 lead into theeighth inning when Greg Brock led off with his ninth homer.Boddicker pitched 10 innings and allowed three hits.

Nick Esasky gave the Red Sox a 1-0 lead with his 23rd homer inthe second inning.

Athletics 5, Twins 4: Minnesota right fielder Randy Bush droppedWalt Weiss' one-out fly ball in the 10th inning for a two-base errorand Carney Lansford followed with a run-scoring single off relieverJeff Reardon as host Oakland posted a come-from-behind victory.

Storm Davis (14-5) won his fifth straight decision whileallowing eight hits in 10 innings - his longest career outing.

The A's fell behind 4-0 after four innings, but Mark McGwire(No. 22), Rickey Henderson (9) and Dave Parker (17) hit solo homers.

Angels 7, Indians 4: Bert Blyleven (13-2) won his ninth straightdecision and Chili Davis drove in four runs as California toppledvisiting Cleveland. Blyleven, 38, unbeaten since May 20, yielded sixhits in 7 1/3 innings and struck out four, raising his career totalto 3,536 and moving him ahead of Gaylord Perry into fifth place onthe all-time list.

The Angels scored six of their runs on four homers - a three-runshot by Davis (No. 19) in the first inning and solo home runs byWally Joyner (11) in the fifth, Jack Howell (18) in the sixth andLance Parrish (16) in the eighth. California has amajor-league-leading 122 home runs.

Blue Jays 5, Orioles 1: Toronto's Jimmy Key returned from thedisabled list and held host Baltimore to four hits in seven innings.Key (8-13), who suffered from an inflammation of the left rotatorcuff, had lost seven consecutive decisions prior to going on thedisabled list Aug. 8. It was his first victory since June 21.

Tigers 5, Yankees 4: Gary Pettis hit a two-run single off theglove of second baseman Steve Sax with two outs in the eighth inningto give Detroit a victory over visiting New York and hand Bucky Denthis second straight defeat as the Yankees' new manager. Jack Morris(3-10) won for the first time since May 12.

Royals 13, Mariners 5: Jim Eisenreich drove in a career-highfive runs with his first career grand slam and a single and BoJackson hit his 25th home run and added four RBI as Kansas Citycruised at Seattle.

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