Tony Gwynn went out to lunch with former Milwaukee teammates Rickie Weeks and Manny Parra and shared their shocked reaction to the Brewers sudden shake up. Then, he made sure their misery continued. Gwynn's bunt single was the catalyst in a four-run seventh inning, Adrian Gonzalez hit the go-ahead double and the San Diego Padres held on to beat the reshuffled but still struggling Brewers 6-5 on…
Adam LaRoche gave the Braves the lead with a seventh-inning homer, his second of the game, and Atlanta continued its second-half surge by beating the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Wednesday night. LaRoche snapped a 2-2 tie with his seventh-inning homer off Jorge Sosa (1-1). He had a second-inning homer off Craig Stammen and drove in a third run with a bases-loaded walk in Atlanta's three-run…
Journeyman fill-in Justin Lehr worked into the seventh inning to win his second straight outing and Alex Gonzalez matched his career high with four hits in the Cincinnati Reds' 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Laynce Nix had a two-run double in a three-run first inning against stand-in starter Mitchell Boggs (1-1), helping end the NL Central leaders' four-game…
Aaron Laffey pitched effectively into the seventh inning to remain undefeated at home, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 5-0 Tuesday night. The resurgent Indians improved to 13-6 since losing 21 of 28 from June 15 to July 19. Texas came in tied with Boston for the wild card lead in the AL, but fell to 3-5 in August.
Vladimir Guerrero homered twice, including the 400th of his career to put the Angels ahead in the seventh inning, Kendry Morales also hit two homers, and the Los Angeles Angels went on to an 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. Guerrero extended his hitting streak to a season-high 12 games a week after coming off the disabled list for the second time this season.
Troy Tulowitzki has hit for the cycle in the Rockies' game against the Cubs, getting a triple in the seventh inning to become the fifth Colorado player to achieve the feat. Tulowitzki homered in the first, singled in the second and doubled in the fourth Monday as part of a 4-for-4 night. He also tied a career high with five RBIs.
Boston pitcher Ramon Ramirez was ejected in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees after hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch. A day after the Yankees won 2-0 in 15 innings to open a 4 1/2 -game AL East lead, Ramirez replaced Clay Buchholz to start the inning and nearly hit Mark Teixeira with a pitch before walking him with one out in the seventh Saturday.
Never has coming off the bench felt — or tasted — so good for Ryan Langerhans. Seattle's reserve pinch-ran in the seventh inning after sitting for two-plus hours, then stayed in the game. In the 11th, Langerhans hit a 2-2 pitch from closer J.P. Howell into the right-field bleachers for a game-ending, two-run home run and the Mariners twice rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Friday night…
Rookie Trevor Crowe hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, helping the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Thursday. Crowe's slicing line drive into the left-center gap off Nick Blackburn (8-6) scored Travis Hafner from second base as Cleveland won for the ninth time in 13 games.
Johnny Damon hit a solo home run and had three RBIs, Nick Swisher also connected and the New York Yankees completed a two-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with an 8-4 victory Wednesday night. Reliever Alfredo Aceves (7-1) pitched two innings for the victory as the Yankees used a four-run seventh inning to win their third straight overall after losing three in a row in Chicago.
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