European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes Friday april 62007 american league scoreboard East division new York Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Baltimore v l pet go 1 0 1000 i i 500 y 1 1 500 v 0 1 000 1 0 3 000 2 Central division Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago 3 0 1000 2 0 1000 i 1 1 500 a 1 1 500 1 0 2 000 26 West division los Angeles 3 0 1000 Seattle 2 1 667 1 Oakland 1 2 333 2 Texas 0 3 000 3 wednesdays games Detroit 10 Toronto 9 Tampa Bay at by Yankees Ppd rain Cleveland 8 Chicago White sox 7 la Angels 5 Texas 3 Boston 7 Kansas City 1 Minnesota 7 Baltimore 2 Oakland 9 Seattle 0 thursdays games Toronto at Detroit Ppd cold weather Cleveland at Chicago White sox Boston at Kansas City Tampa Bay at by Yankees Oakland at la Angels fridays games Boston Wakefield 711 at Texas Tejeda s5 Seattle Ramirez 55 at Cleveland Byrd 109 Baltimore Loewen 66 at by Yankees Mussina 157 Toronto Ohka 45 at 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Guthrie 5 1 11 1 Parrish 1 20002 Walker 1 00000 Ray 1 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota rortizwl0 7 52214 Guerrier 2 10002 a baby Ortiz t234 a27539 athletics 9 mariners 0 Oakland Seattle a Rabi a Rabi Kendall c 6010 Suzuki of 2010 so Start if 4220  1000 Brdley of 5022 Deitre 3b 4000 Piazza do 5110 Vidro do 3000 echavz3b 4110 iban zif 4020 Swisher in 4121 Sexson in 2000 Crosby is 2220 by Sard in 1000 Scutaro is 2000 Gillen of 3000 Buckry  3000 Ellis 2b 5125 Burke c 0000 by tort is 3000 jolpez2b 3000 totals 40 913 8 totals 29030 Oakland 050 121 0009 Seattle 000 000 0000 Scutaro a Oakland 2 lob Oak land 10 Seattle 4 2bbradley Echavez Ellis 2 a Crosby in h re by so Oakland Harden wl0 7 30027 Marshall 1 00000 Street 1 00002 Seattle Batista l01 42a 10 8 8 2 5 White 3a 2 1 1 1 i Sherrill 1 1 0 0 1 l a baby White by Batista Pwhite 2 balk Batista 2 a22816 the countdown has begun for Bonds Chase of Aaron by Janie Mccauley the associated press san Francisco Barry Bonds took a seat in the dugout after his first Home run Trot of 2007 and hardly looked winded his legs feel great Hes completely ready to Chase hammering Hank Bonds moved a step closer to Hank Aarons Home run record wednesday night hitting his 735th Homer in the first inning of the san Francisco giants 53 loss to the san Diego padres who got a tie breaking two run Homer from Adrian Gonzalez in the eighth Bonds sent a 22 pitch from right hander Chris Young into the first Row of seats in left enter for a 10 giants Lead pulling the slugger within 20 of Aarons 755 if s not a countdown yet not close enough yet Bonds said when if s about 750 that s when we can count Down not any time soon Hope ifs not the end of september you can All leave and come Back then moments after the Homer 735 flashed across the new High definition scoreboard in Center Field and Bonds pointed to his daughter Aisha and sue Burns the wife of late giants ownership partner Harmon Burns who was honoured on opening Day with a moment of silence Bonds also became the san Francisco Leader for runs scored at 1481 passing his godfather Willie Mays 1480 Bonds waved and tipped his Cap when he came out to play defense in the top of the second in the third Bonds made a running catch of with his Glove outstretched on Brian Giles shallow Fly along the Loftfield line and Bis momentum carried him to the Entrance in front of the san Francisco dugout the 42yearold slugger immediately dropped into a squat to catch his breath then headed Down the Tunnel to recover from some tightness that s not that encouraging he said of the ath Letic Snag i dont want to do anything dumb if there was another one it would have dropped i got a Good jump my legs Are Fine ifs my age that s bothering me just a Long run for somebody my age i got a Little tight out there that was it nothing major Bonds grounded out to second in the third to chants of Barry Barry Fried out to Center in the fifth and struck out swinging in the seventh Young became the 435th Pitcher to surrender a Homer to Bonds who has hit 86 against the padres for his most against any club fastball away just on the plate but Barry is Barry padres skipper Bud Black said Hes on the plate and if the Ball is elevated a Little bit he still has opposite Power in this Park manager Bruce Bochy appreciated Bonds defensive Hustle he made a great Effort catching that Ball put us in the Lead and thais what youre hoping Bochy said we just  hold on there when Harden gets the Call athletics usually get the w the associated press Rich hard in starts the Oakland athletics Al ways win at least during the regular season Harden allowed three singles and struck out seven in seven innings to Lead Oakland to its first Victory of the season 90 Over the Seattle mariners on wednesday night it also was Bob Gerens first Vic tory As a major league manager Oakland has won 11 consecutive regular season games started by Harden since aug 14 2005 against Minnesota and Hes 60 in those starts Harden who missed most oblast season with Back and Elbow problems lost game 3 of the alas to Detroit Hes 50 with a 086 Era in six starts in Seattle a few hours drive and a ferry ride from his native Victoria British Columbia red sox 7 royals 1 cd Drew and Mike Lowell hit Bac Toback doubles in a three run first and Josh Beckett allowed two hits through five Chilly innings for visiting Boston twins 7 orioles 2 Ramon Ortiz 10 allowed two runs in seven innings As Host Minnesota completed a three game sweep Angels 5 rangers 3 Gary Matthews or robbed Michael Young of a first inning Homer with a leaping catch in Center and the Angels completed a sea so opening sweep for the fourth time in franchise history tigers 10 Blue jays 9 Curtis Granderson hit his first career grand slam and matched his Ca reer High with five Bis As de troit built a 90 Lead indians 8 White sox 7 Grady Sizemore hit a two run two out Homer off Matt Thornton 01 to overcome a 76 deficit in the seventh inning Elaine Oakland Ace Rich Harden allowed three hits Over 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