European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 9 2007 stars and stripes Page 37 Grade a Arod grand slam Caps 6rbi Day is of the associated press Rodriguez hit a grand slam off Chris Ray with two outs in the ninth inning giving the new York Yankees a memorable 107 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles on saturday Rodriguez homered twice Dou bled and drove in six runs two Days earlier he popped out with Hie bases loaded to end the eighth in a 76 loss to Tampa Bay a performance reminiscent of his october Flop Kei Igawa left trailing 73 after five mediocre innings in his debut Jason Giambi hit a three run Homer in the eighth off Danny Baez to get the Yankees within 76 Ray 01 got the first two outs of the ninth before Robinson Cano singled Derek Jeter walked and Bobby Abreu was hit by a pitch Rodriguez connected on a 12 pitch and knew it was gone As soon As he hit it the Ball landed in the Black Section of the bleach ers in Center for his 14th career slam after Rodriguez reached the dugout Jeter shoved him Back on the Field for a curtain Call Mariano Rivera 10 got the Victory with a one hit ninth Melvin Mora tied a career High with five Bis for Baltimore tigers 6 royals 5 at Kansas City Gary Sheffield Ivan Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson homered to help Detroit beat the royals Gil Meche Sheffield who had just one single in his first three games with the tigers Hom ered to left with two outs in the first Rodriguez homered into the tigers bullpen leading off the fourth and Granderson connected leading off the fifth Meche who limited bos ton to one run in a season opening Victory was touched for six runs and eight hits in seven innings while striking out four and walk ing two the royals signed Meche to a five year million contract in december making him the highest paid Pitcher in franchise history White sox 3 twins 0 Javier Vazquez allowed one hit in 6 scoreless innings and four relievers completed a three hitter in frosty Chicago Vazquez 10 gave up a Lead off single to Michael Cuddyer in the second inning it was Minnesota Only hit until Luis Castillo beat out an infield single with two outs in the eighth Cuddyer doubled in the ninth Vazquez hit Cuddyer with a pitch to open the seventh and after walking Justin Morneau got Torii Hunter to hit into a double play manager Ozzie Guillen then went to the bullpen bringing in Andrew Sisco who struck out Pinch hitter Jeff Cir Flo Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth for his first save twins starter Carlos Silva 01 allowed five hits and one run in five innings Alex Rodriguez Center is greeted by grand slam gave the new York Yankees a Frank Franklin ninth inning Over Baltimore rangers 8 red sox 4 at Arlington Texas Sammy Sosa hit his first Home run since 2005 for the rangers Sosa hit the first pitch from reliever pc Romero in the sixth into the left enter Field seats for a two run Homer the 589th of his career it was sosas first in Arlington the 43rd stadium in which he has homered that tied Ken Griffey or and Fred Mcgriff for the most stadiums with a Homer Angels 2 athletics 1 at Ana Heim Calif John Lackey 20 was helped by some shoddy Oak land base running As the Angels beat the athletics for their fifth Victory in six games Vladimir Guerrero drove in his major league leading 10th run for the Angels who have their Best record since 1991 when they opened he went 2for3 and is hitting524 the Angels leading 21 the As blew a big Opportunity in the Chavez led off with a double and after Nick was hit a pitch Mark fated to make Contact while trying to bunt a 20 pitch and Chavez was caught second Travis fuck hit a two out single to put at first and third but struck out Marco Sci the inning Blue 8 Devi rays St Fla Frank Tho Mas hit career Homer no 488 a Majestic 453foot grand slam off Devil Ravs starter Casey Fossum 01 Vemon Wells Troy Glaus and Jonnson drove in runs foil the Blue jays snowstorm plays havoc with games in Cleveland the associated press me Sec Ond Day in a Row Snow and cold weather forced a double header Between the Seattle mariners and Cleveland Indi ans to be postponed the teams were snowed out of a Daylight doubleheader on saturday when they were attempting to make up Fri Days game which was postponed after the teams had played four innings and endured nearly 3 hours in delays on sunday the teams had hoped to get in two games but they too had to be postponed because of Snow the mariners and indians hoped to Salvage half of their fou game series by playing two games on monday the second game will Start approximately 20 minutes after completion of the first the other two games will be rescheduled for later in the sea son this is Seattle Only scheduled visit to Cleveland this season the teams will play a three game series in Seattle on sept 2527 the Cleveland area has been blanketed by a Spring Snow storm which has dumped More than a foot of Snow in some places since Friday Smoltz betters Glavine again As braves beat mets the associated press Atlanta John Smoltz out pitched former teammate Tom Glavine to help the Atlanta braves beat new York 53 on sat urday handing the mets their first loss of the season it was the second time Smoltz had faced Glavine after 15 years As teammates and Golf buddies the Atlanta right hander also won on july 152005 Smoltz 10 went six innings and allowed two runs seven hits walked four and struck out four Bob Wickman got Shawn Green to line out to first with runners on second and third to pick up his second save Glavine 11 pitched sva innings and was Hurt by his de sense Only two of the five runs he allowed were earned he allowed four hits walked three and struck out two in falling to 310 against the braves since signing with the mets in 2003 it was the 194th Victory for Smoltz who also has 154 saves Glavine has 291 career victories Andrew Jones led off the sixth with a double and went to third on a Sharp single to right by Jeff Francoeur one out later Glavine walked Craig Wilson to Load the bases Matt Diaz hit a sacrifice Fly to right which Green dropped reliever Pedro Feliciano came on and Pinch hitter Chris Wood Ward followed with another sacrifice Fly an other run scored when Kelly Johnson Drew a walk loading the bases and Edgar Renteria beat out an infield single scoring Wil son for a 52 Lead dodgers 4 giants 1 Jeff Kent hit a godhead two run double in the fifth and Derek Lowe bounced Back from a bad Outing on opening Day As los Angeles extended its winning Streak in san Francisco to seven games Wilson Valdez had three hits and Nomar Garcia Parra added a sacrifice Fly for the dodgers who Haven lost in the giants water front Ballpark since aug 18 san Francisco fell to 14 with one game remaining on its sea so opening Home stand Lowe 11 looked much better than he did monday at Milwaukee where he lasted Only four innings and was tagged for six runs and eight hits with four strikeouts and five walks this time Lowe worked ahead in the count and was efficient through seven innings he Al Lowed four hits and one run Jonathan Broxton pitched a score less eighth and Takashi Saito pitched the ninth for his third save giants starter Russ Ortiz 01 lost his 12th straight decision the right hander trying to make a comeback this year with his former club owns the longest Active skid in the majors he Hast won since aug 292005 reds 7 pirates 5 Adam dunns windblown Fly Ball deflected off Xavier Nadys Glove and cleared the Wall for a two run Homer a goofy play that set the tone for Host Cincinnatus Victory dunns third Homer off Tony armas 01 helped the reds improve to 41 on a bitterly cold afternoon Edwin Encarnacion had three hits including a bases Load de single that put Cincinnati ahead to stay blowing into his cupped right hand Between pitches Aaron a rang 20 persevered for innings to get the Victory David Weathers pitched the ninth for his second save cubs 6 Brewers 3 at Milwaukee Carlos Zambrano allowed three runs in seven innings and hit an rib single Zambrano 11 struck out four of the first six batters he faced and cruised through three perfect innings to Start the game before allowing a Solo Home run to Rickie weeks leading off the fourth the had at first and this with two outs later in the Zambrano struck  Ryan Dempster pitched the ninth his second save Brewers starter Ben sheets 11 no a two hit com in the season opener gave up1 runs kits in six inning8 Sheet gave up two runs in the second allowing an rib triple Tiv Mark Derosa and a two out pm single by Zambrano astros 5 cardinals 1 Roy of Walt pit lied a five hitter and car los Lee Berkman Hom ered in Frost Houston first Victo out four and one Tua m his 99th Ca reer Victory it was the 12th com Olete his career and first since 52006 leg who was signed to a contract in the to boost an offence that last m me National league in 2006 hit his first Home run sixth inning right hander Anthony avowed five hits and rans five m his 2007 debut 7 nationals i at wastes1011 by Youni Winner Webb struck out eight in seven innings allowing one run and seven hits Eric Byrnes Hom ered for the diamondbacks John Patterson 02 yielded three runs and four hits in five innings and Austin Kearns Hom ered for Washington marlins 8 Phillies 5 at Miami Florida Dontrelle Willis 20 pitched six innings and Josh Willingham drove in four runs Willinghan had hits in his first three a bats and batted in the seventh needing a single to become the first player to hit for the Cycle in the marlins 15year history he fouled off five two strike pitches from Ryan Madson then struck out swinging Willis 20 allowed three runs All on Jimmy Rollins in Side Shepark Homer and struck out nine padres 3 Rockies 2 at san Diego Adrian Gonzalez hit an rib double with one out in the ninth As san Diego snapped the Rockies three game winning Streak Jose Cruz or started the Ning rally with a Lead off single to left off Manny Corpas he was sacrificed by Marcus Giles whose older brother Brian was then intentionally walked to bring up Gonzalez Gonzalez hit the first pitch to deep left enter to score Cruz