European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 182007 stars and stripes Page 37 rout padres the associated press just when the new look Chica go cubs began to play some win Ning baseball Alfonso Soriano went Down with an injury the Star outfielder came out in the fifth inning monday night after straining his left hamstring while attempting a diving catch in Chicago 124 rout of the san Diego padres at Wrigley Field the cubs hoped to know More about the injury after an Fri exam tuesday even if the test reveals no tears Soriano thought he would miss at least five Days if s not that bad he said Soriano who limped out of the clubhouse after the game was shaken up on a night when the cubs Shook up their lineup Chicago began the Day last in the no Central at 47 and entered with five losses in six games so manager Lou Piniella shuffled a few players around the biggest change was mov ing Jacque Jones from right Field to left and dropping him to sixth in the batting order Matt Murton started in right batted cleanup and delivered two hits and two Bis Piniella said before the game he was simply changing things up a Little bit nothing More Noth ing less he also said one move that s not under consideration at the moment is moving Soriano out of Cen Ter Field even though he entered with a 234 average and no Hom ers of course the bigger Issue afterwards was his health i dont like to get Hurt Sori Ano said i know that in not going to be Able to play tomorrow so if s sad for me because i like to play every Day Well see How i look tomorrow Jerry the Chicago cubs Alfonso Soriano loses control of a Ball hit for an rib single by the san Diego padres Clay Hensley during the fifth inning of a baseball game on monday in Chicago the cubs won the game 124 Barry Zito looked much better on the Mound for san Francisco earning his first win with the giants the Lethander who signed a million con tract in the of season gave up three hits in six innings of an 80 Victory Over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field i was a lot More relaxed and didst get caught up in every thing Zito said if s been an adjustment with a new team new everything it was Good to get Back to my old self Ray Durham and Bengie Molina hit consecutive homers for the giants who haunt played since Friday night due to rain in Pitts Burgh Barry Bonds was one of five san Francisco players and coaches to Wear Jackie Robin sons no 42 a tribute pushed Back a Day because of the wet weather Bonds was lfor3 with a walk narrowly missing his fourth Home run of the season his four thin Ning drive hit just below the Yel Low line on the Brightfield Fence Zito 12 combined with three relievers on a six hitter he struck out four and walked three improving to 864 when his team scores four or More runs he also lowered his Era from 818 to 529 great Effort by him giants manager Bruce Bochy said if s not an easy Park to pitch in Jeff Francis 11 lasted Only five innings for the Rockies giving up seven runs and nine hits at Chicago Jason Marquis 11 allowed one run in six innings to win for the first time in three starts since signing a million three year contract with the cubs he beat Clay Hensley who was tagged for 10 runs and 11 hits in five plus innings Soriano who signed a Mil lion Lightyear contract and mar quis were key components in the cubs of season makeover Ive had some injuries in my career and i know when you sign a contract the last thing you want to do is get Hurt cubs outfielder Cliff Floyd said hopefully if s not that bad and Well get him Back As soon As possible Chicago responded to the line up changes with season highs for runs and hits Michael bar rett Mark Derosa and Floyd homered for the cubs who were 07 against san Diego last season pirates 3 cardinals 2 at St Louis Albert Pujols popped up with the bases loaded for the final out and Pittsburgh got an Excel Lent pitching performance from Ian Snell Snell 11 threw seven innings of three hit Ball and Xavier Nady had two Bis helping the pirates snap a fou game skid Salomon Torres escaped a base loaded Jam in the ninth for his fifth save retiring Chris Dun can on a shallow Fly to left and Pujols on a foul Popup to third Anthony Reyes 02 gave up three runs in the first for the cardinals who Are 15 at Home since clinching the 2006 world series dodgers 5 diamondbacks 1 Nomar Garcia Parra drove in two runs with a Homer and a double As visiting los Angeles won for the ninth time in 11 games Brad Penny 30 allowed one run in seven innings Brewers 10 reds 6 at Cincin Nati Bill Hall broke out of a lfor22 slump with his first Ca reer grand slam a seven thinning shot that powered Milwaukee it was the Brewers first slam since Ujj Hardy connected on sept 7 2005 also in Cincinnati Rice weeks hit a Solo Homer off Eric Milton 02 to Back Winner Chris Capuano nationals 5 braves 1 Matt Chico 11 overcame a shaky Start to earn his first major league win and Dmitri Young honoured Jackie Robinson a Day late with three hits and two Bis on a cold night at Frk stadium the Victory gave the nationals their first winning Streak this sea son Treyve won three of four after a 18 Start Young wearing Robinsons no 42 hit a two run double off Chuck James astros 4 marlins 3 at hous ton Morgan Ensberg singled Home the winning run with the bases loaded in the Bottom of the ninth right before his big hit Ensberg hit a foul Popup Down the Brightfield line that should have been caught but right fielder Joe Borchard crashed into Dan Uggla knocking the Ball out of the second baseman Glove too much rest nearly throws off tigers Verlander the associated press Detroit Justin Verlander Doest usually get bored during Bis starts monday was an exception after pitching a scoreless first inning Verlander had to wait 35 minutes for the tigers to Bat around while scoring four runs in the Bottom half that took forever said Verlander who spent most of the time in the clubhouse watching the game on to i kept asking if Zack Greinke was pitching really slowly or if it was just me Greinke never made it out of the inning he left after allowing Ivan Rodriguezs grand slam and facing eight batters but the Detroit offensive surge almost Cost ver Lander As Well in the tigers 125 Victory Verlander resorted to playing catch in an indoor batting Cage with backup catch or Mike Rabelo then allowed two runs on mree Kansas City doubles in the second luckily for Verlander and the tigers it was just a Blip on what turned out to be an easy night Detroit scored three More runs the second two on a double by Rod Unguez you dont want to use a big inning As an excuse but that certainly could have been a Factor tigers Man Ager Jim Leyland said he settled Down after that inning and pitched very Well Kansas City was impressed by Verland ers recovery and Overall ability he has electric stuff said John Buck he gets his fastball up to 101 and then he threw me a change up that was like 84 or 85 and then theres the breaking Ball you can see Why the leagues having a Tough time with him Verlander and Greinke were both off to Good starts this season but the expected Battle Between two Young aces never devel oped Greinke entered 60 in his last eight meetings with Detroit but ended up with the shortest Outing two thirds of an in Ning of his 60start big league career a lot of it was Good hitting but most of it was just bad pitching he said i have to work on that but i came into this game with a string of like 10 Good starts so Hope fully i can Bounce right Back both managers were startled by Greinke Outing usually a control Pitcher he walked three batters and fell behind Sev eral others i Tell you what i was shocked to see him in that position i thought he looked Good his stuff was Good he just got be Hind royals manager buddy Bell said they fouled some Good pitches off and i think that affected him they put some pretty Good a bats on him and he  get through that first inning Detroit Jim Leyland was equally sur prised if you had told me before the game that wed score 12 runs with Zack Greinke out there i would have thought you were nuts Leyland said Hes an outstanding Young Pitcher and the next time we see him Well expect him to pitch that Well we were just Lucky enough to catch him on a bad night Leyland int always a fan of extreme patience at the plate but acknowledged that his hitters picked the right time to show it when a Guy is throwing strikes All night i dont want us trying to wait him out he said but the kid was wild and that s the time to make him work As hard As possible orioles 9 Dews rays 7 Melvin Mora and Freddie Bynum bit two run homers As visiting Baltimore overcame a 60 deficit Bynums two run shot pulled the orioles to 73 in the sixth and his rib grounder during a five run seventh put Baltimore ahead 87 Aubrey Huff added a Solo Homer in the ninth Winner Jeremy Guthrie 10 gave up a three run double to to Wigginton on his first pitch red sox 7 Angels 2 Josh Beckett 30 allowed one run Orlando cabreras first inning Homer and six hits Over six innings in the patriots Day game at Fen Way Park which started 2 hours 13 min utes late because of rain Boston scored five runs before Ervin Santana 12 recorded an out and out scored the Angels 253 in a three game sweep Santana 12 gave up seven runs five earned and seven hits in four innings he is 205 at Home but 913 on the Road