Saturday April 17, 2010
MLB TONIGHT
DiMaggio Batters Athletics
Joe DiMaggio was the star of the show at Yankee Stadium as the New York Yankees (8-5) beat the Oakland A's (5-7) by a score of 9-6. DiMaggio went 4-5 with two long home runs off Eddie Plank. Joe had six RBI tying the season high for the season.
DiMaggio has three home runs so far this season and leads the Yankees with 13 RBI. Mariano Rivera also had his first save opportunity of the season and came through in the 9th.
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San Diego (7-3).........6
Colorado (3-8)...........3
WP: J. Peavy (2-1)
LP: P. Astacio (2-1)
HR: J. Cirillo (2)
Benito Santiago goes 5-5 as the Padres topple the Rockies at Coors Field.
Houston (5-6).............6
St. Louis (4-7)............9
WP: C. Carpenter (1-2)
LP: R. Oswalt (1-2
S: A. Hrabowsky (1)
HR: S. Musiel (3)
Stan Musiel went 3-5 with 5 RBI in his best game of the season.
San Francisco(8-3)...........9
Washington (5-6)..............5
WP: C. Hubbell (3-1)
LP: D. Martinez (1-2)
HR: O. Cepeda (3), L. Parrish (1)
Four errors for the Nationals cancelled out 16 hits in the loss.
Brooklyn (7-4)...................6
Arizona (3-8).....................2
WP: D. Drysdale (2-1)
LP: R. Harden (0-3)
HR: G. Hodges (3)
Drysdale strikes out 12 Diamondbacks and Reggie Smith stays hot driving in two.
Chicago Cubs (3-10)...........8
Cincinnati (7-4)..................2
WP: M. Brown (3-1)
LP: D. Luque (2-1)
HR: S. Sosa (1), G. Hartnett (3)
Three Finger Brown was quite good as the Cubs broke their seven game losing streak.
Minnesota (8-3)...............12
Atlanta (3-5)...................2
WP: C. Pasquel (3-1)
LP: D. Rudolph (0-2)
HR: H. Killebrew (4), R. Carew (1)
Twenty hits for the Twins as they remain in first place. Kent Hrbeck wnt 4-4 and continues his incredible start.
New York Mets (5-3).............4
Pittsburgh (9-3)....................6
WP: J. Candeleria (3-0)
LP: D. Cone (1-1)
HR: H. Johnson (2)
John Candeleria struck out 12 Mets as the Pirates beat the Mets easily.
Chicago White Sox (2-10)..........4
Texas (6-6).............................5
WP: N. Ryan (1-1)
LP: E. Cicotte (0-4)
HR: H. Baines (2), M.Texeiria (3)
Nolan Ryan holds off the White Sox as the Pale Holes now have the worse record in the league.
Detroit (6-5)...............7
Seattle (4-7)..............4
WP: D. Mclain (2-0)
LP: M. Langston (0-3)
S: W. Hernandez (1)
HR: A. Kaline (2), A. Davis (2)
Ty Cobb and Al Kaline combine for 5 hits and the Tigers beat the Mariners. Alex Rodriguez continues his torrid pace going 3-4.
LA Angels (8-4)..............2
Milwaukee (7-6)..............3
WP: T. Higuera (4-0)
LP: A. Messersmith (2-1)
HR: J. Fergosi (2)
Teddy Higuera stays unbeaten and gets the win for the Brewers over Andy Messersmith.
Toronto (5-7)................1
Baltimore (5-4)..............3
WP: J. Palmer (3-0)
LP: P. Hentgen (0-3)
Jim Palmer goes the distance and strikes out 10 Blue Jays in a dominant win.
Cleveland (5-3).............1
Boston (3-5).................10
WP: J. Wood (1-0)
LP: B. Lemon (0-1)
HR: C. Yastremski (1), T. Williams (3), J. Rice (1), W. Boggs (1)
Tris Speaker goes 4-4 and Yaz drives in 4 runs as the Red Sox kill the Indians.