THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
PAGE 9
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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Ryan Dempster throws to the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, in Arlington, Texas.
Rangers' pitching tops Orioles 5-1
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David Murphy had two RBI singles for the Rangers, who opened a 10-game homestand. All nine Texas starters had a hit.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ryan Dempster pitched eight innings, his longest outing in more than two months and his best since being traded to Texas, and the AL West-leading Rangers beat the surprising Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night.
Dempster was pitching on extra rest after missing the weekend series in his native Canada for personal reasons. While he wasn't with the Rangers for the three games in Toronto and missed his scheduled start Saturday, he threw a bullpen session over the weekend.
Dempster (2-1 in Texas, 7-6 overall) retired the last 11 batters he faced. The right-hander acquired from the Chicago Cubs on July 31 allowed one run and four hits.
Joe Nathan struck out the side in the ninth.
Miguel Gonzalez (5-3), who had won his previous three decisions, gave up four runs in five innings.
The Orioles have still won 11 of their last 16 games.
In his 16 starts for the Cubs before the trade, Dempster had a 2.25 ERA and pitched eight innings twice. The last time was June 10 at Minnesota.
After giving up eight runs twice, Dempster had an 8.31 ERA in his first three starts for Texas.
Dempster needed only three pitches to get the first two Baltimore batters out before Nate McLouth doubled and scored on Adam Jones' soft single. That was the only run the Orioles got.
Only two runners reached second base against Dempster after that, and the last Baltimore batter to reach was Nick Markakis with a one-out single in the fifth. Dempster struck out six and walked two while throwing 111 pitches.
The Rangers took the lead for good with three runs in the fourth.
Gonzalez, who had won three consecutive decisions, gave up hits to the first two batters he faced. But the right-hander couldn't get out of a similar jam in the fourth.
Adrian Beltre had a leadoff single before Nelson Cruz walked. Murphy blooped a one-out single to left to tie the game at 1. Geovany Soto followed with an RBI single before Mitch Moreland reached on an infield single. Ian Kinsler hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.
Kinsler walked twice and was 1 for 2, but still had only six hits in 48 at-bats over his last 13 games.
Josh Hamilton led off the fifth with a single and scored on a double by Cruz.
BASEBALL
Mayberry Jr. bats Phillies over Reds
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Cincinnati Reds' Jay Bruce (32) watches his ball go deep to right field in front of Philadelphia Phillies' Erik Kratz for a double in the first inning of a baseball game on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
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PHILADELPHIA — John Mayberry Jr. hit a two-run homer and Ryan Howard and Erik Kratz had solo shots to back Roy Halladay, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-5 on Monday night.
Halladay (7-7) wasn't sharp, allowing five runs and 10 hits in seven innings. But the offense bailed out the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
Domicic Brown hit a go-ahead two-run double off Mike Leake (5-8) in a four-run fifth. Mayberry had three hits and three RBIs, Chase Uitley, Howard and Kratz each drove in two and Juan Pierre had three hits and three runs.
The Phillies have won seven straight over the Reds and 12 of 13, dating to 2010. This was their first meeting this season.
The NL-Central leading Reds lost for just the third time in 11 games.
The five-time defending NL East champions have won three straight, but are eight games under .500.
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the fifth, the Philles answered in the bottom half.
Pierre singled and scored on Utley's RBI double. After Howard was intentionally walked, Mayberry ripped an RBI single to tie it. Brown followed with a shot down the line that scored two to chase Leake and give Philadelphia a 7-5 lead.
Leake allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 4-3 innings.
Utley hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth and Mayberry connected off Jose Redondo to extend the lead to 10-5.
The Reds loaded the bases in the first on three straight singles to start the game. Jay Bruce then ripped a line-drive double off the right-field wall that should've scored two. But Chris Heisey stopped after rounding third and was tagged out at the plate.
Scott Rolen's RBI groundout made it 2-0.
Pierre hit a double, stole third and scored on Howard's two-out single to cut it to 2-1 in the bottom half.
Howard drove one way out to right to tie it at 2 in the third. Kratz went deep to left-center to make it
3-2 in the fourth.
Kratz has seven homers in 61 at-bats. The 32-year-old local boy has turned into a fan favorite in his first extended action in the big leagues after 11 seasons in the minors. Filling in for All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz, Kratz is hitting .295 with
more extra-bases (13) than singles (5).
Cincinnati scored three runs with two outs in the fifth on Heisey's RBI double, Bruce's RBI single and a botched rundown that allowed Phillips to score after Bruce was picked off first.
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Kansas City Royals Eric Hosner tosses his helmet after striking out swinging off of Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson to end the top of the second inning of a baseball game Monday, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Royals stumble against Rays
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Kansas City Royals opened a seven-game road trip on a high note before Jeremy Hellickson put a quick stop to i Monday night.
Hellickson pitched seven strong innings for his first home win in three months and the Tampa Bay Rays won 5-1, handing the Royals only their fourth loss in 13 games.
"We're playing well, but it's a tough place to play and they're playing very, very well," said Royals manager Ned Yost of the Rays, who have won five straight.
"Their starting pitching's outstanding, and we come in and face Hellickson and (David) Price and (James) Shields. That's a tough go of it, and coming into this park, it takes you a game to kind of get used to the surroundings and see the ball."
That was particularly true of Alex Gordon, who had two of the Royals' six hits. Gordon came into the game hitting 2 for 53 at Tropicana Field.
"We knew (Hellickson) had a good changeup and that's what we were looking for and he mixed it up, kept us off-balance," said Gordon, who drove in Kansas City's only run with a single in the third inning.
Hellickson (8-8) allowed one run and six hits in ending a stretch of seven consecutive winless starts at home, dating to a 2-1 victory over Boston on May 16.
The Rays went ahead 4-1 in the fourth on Jose Labaton's RB1 single and a run-scorning double from Desmond Jennings off Will Smith (4-5).
Smith lasted just 3 2-3 innings, giving up four runs and eight hits. The left-hander had won his previous two starts, allowing two runs over seven innings in games against both Baltimore and Oakland.
"After the first inning, I was just bad," Smith said. "No location, no breaking ball today, which really hurt. I was falling behind too much. You have those days but you hate having 'em."
Hellickson worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the sixth. The right-hander appeared to have adouced a double-play grounder from Billy Butler, but second baseman Ryan Roberts' throw after recording an out at second looked as if it broke through the webbing on first baseman Jeff Keppinger's glove and wound up behind the bag.
Unfazed, Hellickson then got an inning-ending double-play from Salvador Perez.
Hellickson was the losing pitcher in his last start — despite allowing one run over seven innings — last Wednesday against Seattle when Felix Hernandez threw the Mariners' first perfect game.
"I thought I was really good," Hellickson said. "Got ahead of guys, curveball was pretty good. Just threw strikes for the most part."
Tampa Bay reliever J.P. Howell worked a scoreless eighth to extend his team-record scoreless streak to 25-2-3 innings. Kyle Farnsworth got the final three outs in a nonsave situation.
Elliot Johnson put the Rays ahead 1-0 on a run-scoring single in the second. Jennings hit a third-inning triple and scored on Smith's wild pitch as Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead.
Keppinger extended the Rays' advantage to 5-1 with a fifth-inning solo homer.
Kansas City tied it 1-all on Gordon's RBI infield single. The Royals completed a 5-1 homestand Sunday, which included a three-game sweep over the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox this past weekend.
FOOTBALL
Vick injured in game against Patriots
FOXBOROUGH. Mass. — Michael Vick keeps taking his lumps. His Philadelphia Eagles keep winning.
The star quarterback was leveled after throwing a long pass in the first quarter and underwent X-rays for the second straight game — negative again. Then backup Nick Foles led the Eagles to a 27-17 preseason victory over the New England Patriots on Monday night.
Vick had X-rays on his ribs after being knocked down by linebacker Jermaine Cunningham. Eleven days earlier, in a 24-23 win over Pittsburgh, he had X-rays on his left thumb after hitting it on center Jason Kelce's helmet.
Tom Brady sat out the game for the Patriots (No. 2)
Foles threw two touchdown passes for the second straight game for the Eagles (No. 8 in the AP Pro32).
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