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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, April 26, 2001
Twinstop Red Sox in 10
BOSTON — Torii Hunter hit a three-run double in the 10th-inning as the surprising Minnesota Twins rallied for a 6-4 win against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
Wednesday night.
The Twins tied the game in the ninth on back-to-back doubles by Jacque Jones and A.J. Pierzynski against Rod Beck (0-1), then won for
the sixth time in seven games.
Minnesota leads the AL Central at 15-4 after posting the worst record in the league last year. Boston fell to 14-7 and into a first-place tie with Toronto in the AL East.
Bob Wells (2-0) got out of a jam in the bottom of the ninth with a runner at third. Latroy Hawkins pitched the 10th and notched his sixth save after allowing Manny Ramirez's run-scoring groundout.
Matt Lawton started the 10th with a single, took second on Denny Hocking's sacrifice and stayed there on a walk to
Corey Koskie. Pete Schourek replaced Beck and got David Ortiz to pop out but walked Doug Mientkiewicz, loading the bases.
Rolando Arrojo replaced Schourek and Hunter hit a hard grounder between third baseman Shea Hillenbrand and the foul line for the bases-clearing double.
The Red Sox were one out away from a win after Beck retired the first two Twins in the ninth. Then Jones lifted a double to left field that Troy O'Leary just missed catching. Pierzynski's double off the left-field wall tied the game.
Pedro Martinez struck out 10 for the third time this season, allowed two runs, six hits and two walks. For the Twins, Brad Radke struck out two, walked none and gave up three runs and eight hits.
Orioles 6. Tigers 4
DETROIT — Cal Ripken hit his first home run of the year to lead Baltimore.
Ripken, rested Tuesday by manager Mike Hargrove for the second time in three games, hit a three-run homer in a five-run fifth off knuckleballer Steve Sparks (1-2). Ripken, who went 1-for-4, is batting just .161 and entered the game
with six RBIs in 52 at-bats.
Willis Roberts (3-0), making his second career start, gave up one run in seven innings, helping Baltimore win its third straight for the first time this season.
Blue.Jays 8, Rangers 5
TORONO — Brad Fuller hit a three-run homer and added a go-ahead infield single in the eighth inning as the Blue Jays defeated the Rangers.
Fullmer homered in the first off Kenny Rogers (1-2), and put the Blue Jays ahead 6-5 in the eighth.
Paul Quantrill (3-0) got one out for the win, and Billy Koch worked a hitless ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.
Angels 3. Indians 1
CLEVELAND — Ismael Valdes got his first win since July and Benji Gil hit an RBI triple as Anaheim defeated Cleveland.
Valdes (1-2), whose last win came July 23, 2000 with the Chicago Cubs, left after five innings with a blistered finger. He allowed one run and four hits. Four other Angels finished with Troy Percival getting three outs for his third save.
Royals fall to Devil Rays again
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A utility player for most of his two previous seasons in the majors, Russ Johnson is determined to make the most of an opportunity to be the regular second baseman for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Boosting his average to .407 on the club's current home stand. Johnson hit a three-run double and Paul Wilson won for just the second time since 1996 Wednesday night as the Devil Rays held on for a 5-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals.
"This is what I've always wanted to do," said Johnson, who moved into the lineup when Bobby Smith, the opening day starter, was designated for assignment after six games. "I'm getting a shot and I just want to contribute and do whatever I can to help the ballclub win in some shape, form or fashion."
Johnson went 2-for-4, and Wilson (1-2) continued his comeback from shoulder and arm problems by allowing three runs on four hits in five innings before a crowd of 11,119 — the second smallest to watch the Devil Rays at Tropicana Field in the team's four-year history.
The Tampa Bay bullpen pitched four hitless innings with Esteban Yan working the ninth and notching his fourth save in as many opportunities. The Devil Rays won for the third time in four games and clinched their first series victory.
1 the Devil Rays built a 5-0 lead with one run in the first and four in the second off the Royals' Jeff Supman (1-3).
Fred McGriff and John Flaherty had RBI singles before Johnson's baseload double drove in three more. The second baseman, hitting .333 for the season, is 11-for-27 on the Devil Rays' homestand with one homer, two doubles and seven RBIs.
Kansas City, limited to one hit through four innings, loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth on singles by Mike Sweeney, Dee Brown and Raul Ibanec. Two runs scored when Tampa Bay shortstop Felix Martinez threw wide of second base on an intended force play, and Kansas City trimmed its deficit to 5-3 on Ren Sanchez's sacrifice fly.
"In this league, you've got to stay out of the big inning and I wasn't able to do that," said Suppan.
The victory was the second for Wilson since Sept. 20, 1996, when he was with the New York Mets. The right-hander missed parts of 1997 and '98 and all of '99 because of separate surgeries on his pitching shoulder (Nov. 1996) and elbow (April 1999). He was acquired from the Mets last July in a deal that sent Rick White and Bubba Trammell to New York.
Royals notes
All three of Suppan's losses this season have come on the road, where the Royals are 2-9 and have scored three or less runs in seven of the 11 games.
royals rightfielder Jermaine Dye, listed as day-to-day because of a left knee bruise, did not play. Kansas City manager Tony Muser said there was a 50-50 chance Dye would play in the series finale today.
NEW YORK — Carlos Guillen drove in three runs with a pair of two-out hits as the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees 7-5 Wednesday night for their sixth-straight victory.
of 11 games and lead the majors leagues with a 17-4 record.
Guillen, who entered the game hitting .175 with seven RBIs as Rodriguez's replacement at shortstop, gave Seattle a 6-5 lead in the sixth with an RBI single. He also had a two-run single in a four-run second and tripped in the eighth and finished 3-for-4.
The Mariners have won the first two games of the three-game series, the first meeting between the teams since last year's AL championship series. The threetime defending World Series champion Yankees are 11-10.
Ichiro Suzuki was 2-for-5 with two RBIs to raise his average to .355. Suzuki, the leading hitter in the Japanese Pacific League the last seven years, followed Guillen's go-ahead hit in the sixth with an RBI single to center off Andy Pettitt (3-2).
New York tied it at 5 in the fifth on Bernie Williams' sacrifice fly and Jorge Posada's two-run double down the left-field line. Scott Brosius and Chuck Knoblauch opened the inning with walks off starter John Halama, and Derek
Jeff Nelson got the final out in the eighth in his first appearance against New York since returning to Seattle as a free agent. He helped the Yankees win four titles in five years as their right-handed setup man.
Kazuhiro Sasaki pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 11th save.
Jeter singled off Norm Charlton (1-0) and loaded the bases for Williams.
Brosius, whose throwing error helped set up Seattle's big inning, hit a leadoff homer in third, and New York pulled within three on Michael Coleman's sacrifice fly in the fourth.
After Pettitte struck out the side in the first inning, the Mariners took advantage of two errors and a two-wait walk and scored four unearned runs in the second.
Guillen singled in two runs with a drive to left that got under right-fielder Paul O'Neil's glove, allowing another run to score. Suzuki followed with an RBI single, and John Olerud added a sacrifice fly in the third to make it 5-0.
Pettitte, who came within one out of a shutout against Boston in his last start, allowed seven runs — three earned — and seven hits in six innings.
Standings
Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W 14 L 7 Pct GB
Boston 14 14 P 667
Toronto 14 14 667
New York 14 10 524
Baltimore 10 11 476
Tampa Bay 10 11 333
Central Division
W 1 W L Pct GB
Minnesota 15 4 —
Cleveland 11 8 5.794
*"Chicago" 6 12 3.333 8 1/2
Kansas City 6 14 3.000 9 1/2
Detroit 6 14 2.63 10
West Division
W L Pct GB
Seattle 17 4 .810
Texas 10 12 .455 7 1/2
Anahaim 9 12 .429 8 1/2
*Oakland 17 4 .350 9 1/2
*late game not included
Yesterday's scores
Tampa Bay 5, Kansas City 3
Toronto 8, Texas 5
Minnesota 6, Boston 4, 10 inn.
Anaheim 3, Cleveland 1
Baltimore 6, Detroit 4
Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 5
Oakland at Chicago, late
Today's Games
Kansas City (Suzuki 1-1) at Tampa
Bay (Rekar 0-2), 11:5 a.m.
Baltimore (Johnson 1-1) at Detroit
(Holt 1-2), 12:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Milton 3-0) at Boston
(Nomore 2-1), 6:05 p.m.
Anaheim (Rapp 0-3) at Cleveland
(Finley 1-2), 6:05 p.m.
Seattle (Moyer 3-0) at N.Y.
Yankees (Mussina 1-2), 6:05 p.m.
Oakland (Heredia 0-4) at Chicago
White Sox (Parque 0-2), 7:05 p.m.
NATIONALLEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
*Philadelphia 13 6.884
Atlanta 10 12 4.55 4 1/2
Montreal 9 12 4.45 4
New York 8 12 4.00 5 1/2
*Florida 8 12 4.00 5 1/2
West Division
Central Division
| | W | L | Pct | GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Chicago | 12 | 7 | .632 | — |
| Houston | 11 | 9 | .550 | 1½ |
| *Cincinnati | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2½ |
| Milwaukee | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2½ |
| St. Louis | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2½ |
| *Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | .444 | 3½ |
W 11 L 8 Pct GB
*Colorado 11 8 579 -
San Francisco10 8 579 -
*Arizona 10 10 500 1/2 -
*Los Angeles 10 10 500 1/2 -
*San Diego 7 10 350 1/4-
*late game not included
Yesterday's scores
Atlanta 11, Houston 3
Milwaukee 7, N.Y. Mets 2
St. Louis 5, Montreal 2
Chicago Cubs at Colorado, late
Florida at Arizona, late
Philadelphia at San Diego, late
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, late
Cincinnati at San Francisco, late
Today's games
Montreal (Arms Jr, 0-4) at St.
Louis (Ankiel 1-2), 12:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Applier 2-1) at
Milwaukee (Ridgon 2-0), 1.05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lieber 1-1) at
Colorado (Bohanon 0-2), 2.05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harnisch 1-2) at San
Francisco (Otritz 3-1), 2.35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Person 2-1) at San
Diego (Jarvis 0-2), 4.05 p.m.
Atlanta (Duddux 2-1) at Arizona
(Ellis 2-0), 3.85 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ritchie 2-0) at Los
Pittsburgh (Ritchie 0-2) at Los Angeles (Brown 2-1). 9:10 p.m.