Monday American League Capsules.

TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 1

TORONTO Sean Gallagher made more in one inning than Roy Halladay did all game.

Halladay tosse incomparable runs and was supported by a four-run – where Gallaghers unreliable woes destined him – as the Toronto Blue Jays a 6-1 satisfaction over the Oakland Athletics in the corkscrew of a -game chain.

Halladay (13-8) allowed four hits and one run – a solo homer by Bobby Crosby in the – while salient out eight and walking one.

The first Cy Young Award-sure thing got all the help he would need as Gallagher (4-5) hit a batsman with the trick in uninterrupted batting and allowed Rod Barajas to count off a wild field in the third.

Matt Stairs extended the Blue Jays lead to 4-0 with an RBI particular in the and Brad Wilkerson capped the meeting by a expense fly.

Halladay perfected to 100-7 in his calling when receiving four or more runs of ratification and tied Houston Astros ace Roy Oswalt for the most wins since 2002 with 106.

He shut down the Athletics for the second time this period, as he tossed impressive frames and one run en direction to a 2-1 victory on May 28.

Gallagher, who gave up five runs, four hits and four in the inferior effort on Monday, was lifted for Dan Meyer in the fourth. Meyer, who was acquired in the 2004 trade that sent Tim Hudson to the Atlanta Braves, recorded four shutout go while out of the ordinary out three.

TEXAS 9, NY YANKEES 5

ARLINGTON, Texas Marlon Byrd a walk-off ostentatious slam in the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees.

David Murphy a two-run homer in the quarter and Michael Young more a three-run explosion in the fifth for the Rangers, who have won five of last seven contests.

Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano both for New York, which miscarried to pick up its straight win.

Yankees bullpen Joba Chamberlain left the competition in the fifth inning with right take on severity. The 22-year-old righthander suffered through his vilest day out since moving to the rotation, surrendering five runs and eight hits with two walks over 4 2/3 .

LA ANGELS 6, BALTIMORE 5

ANAHEIM, California Torii Hunter helped the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim delete the recollection of a four-run lead, scoring the prepossessing run on Chone Figgins walk to lift his club to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-run home run in the third inning for the Angels, who became the principal team in the to spread the 70-win mark this time of year.

Hunter led off the with a twofold off Orioles closer George Sherill (3-6) and later to third on Garret Andersons groundout.

After an purposeful pass to Howie Kendrick, it Sherill might get out of the jam when he got Juan Rivera to fly out. But Sherill then relinquished back-to-back walks to Jeff Mathis and Figgins, outer casing the persuasive run.

CLEVELAND 5, TAMPA BAY 2

ST. PETERSBURG, FloridaCliff Lee tossed seven strong innings as the Cleveland Indians continued their realization against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-2 victory.

David Dellucci and Asdrubal Cabrera both homered for the Indians, who have won all five games against the Rays this time.

The appetizer for the American League in last s All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, Lee (15-2) allowed two runs and eight hits while walking two and handsome out two in this one. Rafael Perez hurled the closing two frames to earn his second save.

Akinori Iwamura had hits and two RBI for Tampa Bay (66-45), which saw its lead fall to 2 1/2 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox (64-48) for primary site in the AL East Division. The Red Sox are in Kansas City on Monday nocturnal.

KANSAS CITY 4, BOSTON 3

KANSAS CITY, Missouri Mark Teahen collected two hits and throng in a run as the Kansas City Royals edged the Boston Red Sox, 4-3, in the introduction of a three-game set.

Trailing, 2-0, the Royals got a solo home run from Alex Gordon in the second inning and a necessary -run caucus in the .

Teahen laced an RBI on its own and Billy Butler a martyr fly against Red Sox meze Clay Buchholz (2-7) for the go-ahead run. With the bases wealthy, John Buck was hit by a lowness to force in a run and cap the decisive assembly.

Kansas City first course Gil Meche (10-9) tossed six shot and struck out nine while Joakim Soria escaped a loaded, two-out jam after yielding one run in the for his 32nd save of the term.

SEATTLE 11, MINNESOTA 6

SEATTLE Raul Ibanez a outstanding slam and new a two-run only – both delivered in a 10-run inning – as the Seattle Mariners overcame a five-run dearth to high an 11-6 triumph over the Minnesota Twins.

Ibanez set a club highest achievement with six RBI in an inning, the best of five set by Ken Griffey Jr. set on April 29, 1999.

The 10-run edge was one shy of a Mariners personal best, which was also set on the same April day against the Detroit Tigers.

The loss dropped the Twins (62-50) back into a virtual tie with the Chicago White Sox (61-49) for original standing in the American League Central Division.

Posted on August 6th, 2008 by admin
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