American League Game Capsules
(Thursday, September 2nd)
Final Score: New York 5, Oakland 0
Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - CC Sabathia became baseball's first 19-game
winner with a one-hitter over eight innings as the Yankees completed a four-
game sweep of Oakland with a 5-0 win. Sabathia (19-5) now has a streak of 21
unbeaten starts at home, during which time he's gone 16-0. The streak dates
back to July 18, 2009 and is the longest in franchise history since Ron
Guidry posted 16 straight winning decisions at home in 1985-86. The 19 wins
matches a career high for Sabathia, who has done it three times and for
consecutive years. The stout lefty yielded only a Mark Ellis single in the
second inning, issued three walks and struck out five to win his sixth
straight start dating back to an August 1 loss to Tampa Bay. New York ran
its win streak to six games -- the longest streak since a seven-game
run from July 3-9 -- while increasing its lead over the idle Rays atop the
American League East standings to 1 1/2 games. Curtis Granderson hit two home
runs and drove in three after entering the game in the second inning for
Nick Swisher, who developed stiffness in his left knee. Jorge Posada opened
the scoring with a solo blast in the second. It was the Yankees' first
four-game sweep of Oakland since September 5-8, 1985.
Final Score: Boston 6, Baltimore 4
Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - David Ortiz drove in a pair of runs and
Adrian Beltre homered as Boston used an early burst of offense to
down Baltimore, 6-4, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Camden
Yards. Mike Lowell finished with two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, who
took the final two games in the series after losing three in a row. Daisuke
Matsuzaka (9-4) went 5 2/3 innings for the win, allowing four runs on six hits
with six strikeouts. Matt Wieters went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and
drove in two for the Orioles, who had won four in a row before dropping
the final games in the set. Brad Bergesen (6-10) lasted 5 1/3 innings in
the setback, charged with eight hits and five runs (two earned) while walking
five and fanning four.
Final Score: Detroit 10, Minnesota 9 (13 innings)
Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Gerald Laird's 13th-inning home run was the
difference, as the Detroit Tigers pulled out a 10-9 victory over the Minnesota
Twins in the finale of a three-game series. Laird's blast was one of five
Tigers home runs, as Don Kelly, Jhonny Peralta and Ryan Raburn also went deep.
Casper Wells hit his first career homer to tie the contest in the ninth
inning for Detroit, which had dropped the first two games of this set. Wells
was batting in the lineup spot of first baseman Miguel Cabrera, who left the
game in the sixth inning with left biceps tendinitis. Jose Valverde (2-3)
gave up an unearned run in the 11th inning, but pitched the final three
frames to get the win. Nick Blackburn (8-9), who was scheduled to start Friday
for the Twins, gave up Laird's homer and took the loss.
Final Score: Cleveland 6, Seattle 3
Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Shin-Soo Choo tied a career-high by driving in
five runs, as he stroked a three-run double in the sixth inning and added a
two-run homer in the ninth, boosting the Indians to a 6-3 win over Seattle to
open a four-game series. Josh Tomlin (3-3) allowed seven hits and three runs
over six innings for the Indians, who posted their sixth straight win at
Safeco Field. The Indians also snapped a four-game overall skid. Russell
Branyan belted a two-run homer for the Mariners, who lost for the ninth
time in 12 contests. Doug Fister (4-11) yielded seven hits and four runs
over 5 1/3 innings in defeat.
09/03 01:14:27 ET
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