European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes monday april 16 2007 Liambis Homer lifts yanks Over As in 13 the associated press Oakland Calif the frustration built inside Jason Giambi with each out he made one swing put that ofor5 night in the past Giambi homered with one but in the 13th inning and eight new York pitchers held Oakland score less for the final 12 innings of the Yankees 43 Victory Over the athletics on saturday night if s just been a Battie Giambi said if i hit the Ball hard or hit the Ball soft i cant seem to find the Hole it was Nice to hit the Ball hard and get rewarded for it Giambi was mired in a 5for35 slump before delivering the big blow against Lenny Dinardo 01 to beat his former team Cap Ping new Yorks comeback from an Early three run deficit Hes a pro manager Joe Torre said he struggles and All that stuff but he never really changes his personality that s the Mark of a Guy who has a great Deal of Confidence in himself new York fell behind 30 in the first when the As scored three unearned runs following an error by shortstop Derek Jeter but new York rallied Back and tied the game on Jorge posadas Pinch hit rib double with two outs in the seventh inning to Knock out starter Joe Blanton Brian Bruney new Yorks eighth Pitcher of the game threw two scoreless innings for the Victory a night after losing the game in the Lith inning seven re Lievers combined for score less innings for the Yankees Bruney said he watched the the new York Yankees Jason Giambi follows through after hitting a Home run off Oakland Lenny Dinardo during the 13th inning of saturdays game in Oakland Calif Giambi was in a sfor35 slump before the hit highlight of Oakland Rookie Travis Buck slamming Bis helmet in Celebration after scoring the winning run in the nth inning Fri Day night and took extra pleasure in ending this gamely striking Buck out to see a Guy slam his helmet in front of you after the game was Over last night makes it a Little extra special to finish it off against him Bruney said i thought that was a Little disrespectful last night our Guys win with class Buck said he meant no disrespect Over Here we like to have fun he said if that was show ing him up that was no the intent at All i was really excited for us to pull out a win against Stremen do steam tigers 10 Blue jays 7 at Tor onto Pinch hitter Marcus thames hit a godhead two run double off by Ryan in the ninth inning to help Detroit rally to a Victory Toronto led 76 when Ryan is sued consecutive walks to Gary Sheffield Manglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen with one out in the ninth thames hitting for Sean Casey then dropped a broke Bat double into left Field to give the tigers the Lead indians 4 White sox 0 at Cleveland Paul Byrd pitched six Sharp innings in his first official Start of the season for the indians Byrd 10 had come within one strike of an abbreviated no hitter on april 6 that was Cleveland scheduled Home opener which was snowed out with two outs in the top of the fifth inning and the indians leading the Seattle Mari ners 40 red sox 8 Angels 0 at bos ton Curt Schilling pitched eight innings to extend his scoreless Streak to 14 and David Ortiz hit a three run Homer in a Victory Over los Angeles Schilling 21 allowed four hits struck out four and walked one to pick up his second consecutive Victory he gave up five runs in four innings on opening Day and a first inning Homer in his next Start but has not allowed a run since then to drop his Era from 1125 to 284 mariners 8 rangers 3 at Seattle Miguel Batista pitched into the seventh inning Adrian Beltre hit his first Homer of the season and the mariners overcame Texas slugger Sammy sosas 590th career Homer Sosa hit his second Homer since two run shot in the sixth inning but Batista 11 other Wise handled the rangers potent lineup Batista allowed three runs and five hits in innings twins 12 Devil rays 5 at Minneapolis Michael Cuddyer had three hits and two Bis and Sidney Ponson won for the first time in almost a year Torii Hunter also drove in three runs and Justin Morneau two for the twins who had scored 16 runs in their last seven games orioles 6 royals 4 at Balti More Chris Gomez hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and the orioles rallied to hand Kansas City its fourth straight loss it was the second career grand slam for Gomez a Utility player who started the night with Only eight a bats this season the Home run on a 31 pitch from re Liever Joel Peralta erased Baltimore 42 deficit Suppan returns to St Louis shuts Down cardinals the associated press St Louis Jeff Suppan got the emotions out of the Way Friday when he received his world series ring from the cardinals on saturday night he got Down to Busi Ness and beat his former team Suppan one of three starters St Louis did not sign after winning their first title in 24 years pitched solid innings in a 32 Milwaukee Brewers Victory he beat Kip Wells who essentially re placed him in the cardinals rotation surprisingly i Felt actually of sup pan said the first Day coming in was a Little Odd for me but going out there i was just getting ready for a game i think on the Field i was just focused on hitting my spots Rice weeks hit a tie breaking two run Homer in the fifth inning for Milwaukee which snapped the cardinals fou game winning Streak the game was originally scheduled to Start in the afternoon but the cardinals decided Friday to push it Back six hours to avoid a second straight rainout it was 41 degrees when it started and a crowd of 42805 was announced keeping alive the teams solid slate of sellouts at year old Busch stadium although there were More than 13000 no shows Suppan was allowed to leave for a fou year million Deal in Milwaukee after winning the no championship series map last fail and totalling 44 victories Over three seasons Wells joined the cardinals signing a oneyear million Deal coming off an injury plagued 2006 Suppan allowed two runs on five hits a Day after his first visit to Busch stadium since the world series Parade and two nights after he and his wife dined at third baseman Scott Rolens Home he struck out five walked none and scored the games first run after drawing a walk with one out in the third Suppan has won his last four decisions at Busch stadium spanning seven starts he did what he always does he goes out there and throws a lot of strikes tries to pitch off the Corners and tries to change things up said the cardinals David Eck Stein who was ofor3 against Suppan anybody who knows soup he did that for us All last year the cardinals Are 04 at Home since beat ing the tigers in game 5 of the world series including a season opening three game sweep to the mets in which they were outscored 202 Wells allowed three runs in seven innings for St Louis which got an rib from Rolen and Aaron Miles nationals 6 wets 2 at new York or Lando Hernandez gave up three Home runs before he was ejected for a Bea Ball and Washington got an impressive pitching performance from Shawn Hill Dmitri Young Ryan Church and Chris Snelling homered for the nationals who improved to 39 and gave Rookie manager Jeff Milwaukee Pitcher Jeff Suppan works Dur ing the third inning of a saturdays game against St Louis Milwaukee won 32 Manny Acta a Victory against former Boss Willie Randolph cubs 7 reds 0 at Chicago Rich Hill limited Cincinnati to three singles Over seven innings on a cold and Windy Day at Wrigley Field As the cubs snapped a fou game losing Streak it was the second straight Strong Start by the 27yearold lefty in his first Outing this season Hill 20 allowed Only one hit and one run in seven innings against the brew ers Phillies 8 astros 5 at Philadelphia Chase Utley homered and drove in the godhead run with an rib double in the sixth and Jimmy Rollins hit his a leading sixth Homer for the Phillies Cole Hamels 10 picked up the Victory in his worst Outing of the season allowing five runs and eight hits in six innings in his first two starts he gave up two earned runs in 13 innings Only to watch the Bull pen blow both leads diamondbacks 5 Rockies 4 at Phoe Nix Orlando Hudson singled three times then brought Home the godhead run with an eighth inning sacrifice Fly for Arizona with the Rockies leading 43 in the eighth diamondbacks Rookie Miguel Montero tied the score with his first big league Homer a Solo shot off Latroy Hawkins padres 7 dodgers 2 at los Angeles Jake Peavy allowed a run and three hits Over seven innings Brian Giles and Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff homered for san Diego Peavy 20 struck out three walked two and gave up his Only run on Jeff Kents Sac Rifice Fly in the sixth the right hander has yielded two runs in 20 innings Over his first three starts he is also 50 in his last six out Ings against the dodgers including a 103 Victory last july at Chavez Ravine in which he homered and drove in four runs