07/05/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nick Swisher, Brian Anderson and Alexi Ramirez each homered to back a terrific effort on the mound from Gavin Floyd, as the Chicago White Sox downed the Oakland Athletics, 6-1, in the third meeting of a four-game series.
Floyd (10-4) scattered three hits and three walks in 7 1/3 shutout innings for the White Sox, whose pitching staff allowed a season-high 17 hits in a 7-1 loss on Friday. The surprising righty fanned six but couldn't finish off his masterpiece due to a high pitch count.
Orlando Cabrera was 2-for-3 with two RBI, as Chicago improved to 8-2 in its last 10 games.
Greg Smith (5-7) walked six and was credited with four runs on five hits in five-plus innings of work for Oakland, which has split its last six games. Wes Bankston and Ryan Sweeney accounted for the Athletics' four hits with two apiece, with Sweeney spoiling the shutout bid with a solo homer in the ninth.
With two away in the second, the lefty Smith hung an offspeed pitch over the middle of the plate, and Swisher, a first round pick of the A's in 2002, belted the offering into the left field seats for a solo home run and a 1-0 Chicago lead.
Floyd allowed just four baserunners through five innings and also got some help from his outfield, in particular Jermaine Dye, who made a running, shoe- string catch in foul territory and wound up tumbling into the seats to record an out in the fourth frame.
Anderson made it a three-run game in the fifth by following Cabrera's leadoff single with a no-doubter to left, his fifth homer of the season.
Cabrera tallied two RBI of his own an inning later, doubling off the glove of third baseman Jack Hannahan. Swisher came in from second and Ramirez raced all the way from first to score without a throw.
Floyd baffled the A's throughout and was removed after his 109th pitch in the eighth inning. Matt Thornton closed out the frame, and Ramirez clubbed a solo round-tripper in the bottom half to finish off a 3-for-3 night at the plate.
Scott Linebrink allowed a ninth-inning leadoff homer to right-center from Sweeney for the A's one and only run.
Game Notes
Coming into the game, Oakland had won seven of its eight previous meetings with Chicago, but the A's fell to 4-7 over their last 11 games at U.S. Cellular Field...Sweeney also walked twice...Before the game, the A's placed shortstop Bobby Crosby on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 3, with a strained left hamstring, and recalled infielder Gregorio Petit from Triple-A Sacramento...Chicago will try for the series split on Sunday with John Danks (5-4) squaring off against Oakland ace Rich Harden (5-0).
<< Fielder's late hit pushes Brewers past Bucs
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Prince Fielder's RBI single in the bottom
of the ninth lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh in the
second of three games with the Pirates.
Tyler Yates took the mound for Pittsburgh
<< Nats' Dukes leaves with knee injury
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals left fielder Elijah
Dukes left Saturday's contest against the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh
inning after twisting the patella bone in his right knee.
Dukes took an awkward l
<< Rangers C Saltalamacchia leaves contest
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Texas Rangers catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia
left Saturday's game against the Baltimore Orioles with a right groin strain.
The 23-year-old Saltalamacchia, who was replaced by Max Ramirez in the sixth
innin
<< White Sox' Jenks cleared to pitch after negative MRI, CT scan
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks underwent
an MRI and CT scan on his back Saturday, with the subsequent results coming
back negative.
Jenks has not pitched since June 29 against the crosstown rival C
Sonnastine and Rays blank Royals >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ben Zobrist tripled and homered, and
Andy Sonnanstine threw seven shutout innings, as the Tampa Bay Rays topped
Kansas City, 3-0, in the second of four games with the Royals.
Sonnanstine (10-3) s
Reds rally late to swat Nats >>
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jerry Hairston Jr. singled to start
the ninth, stole second, and scored the winning run on a Brandon Phillips
single, as the Cincinnati Reds edged the Washington Nationals, 3-2, in the
third i
Meena Lee, Ji share lead in Arkansas >>
Rogers, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Meena Lee fired a seven-under 65 Saturday to
move into a share of the lead with the second round of the NW Arkansas
Championship suspended due to darkness.
Lee completed 36 holes at 12-under-par 132.
Mets rally late to topple Phillies >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Damion Easley went 3-for-5 and knocked
in a run, while Brian Schneider's two-run, pinch-hit double in the eighth
inning proved to be the difference as the New York Mets rolled past
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El Duque expected to throw Tuesday
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday.
Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine.
El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year.
MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds.
Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle.
New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele.
Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.''
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