European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 36 stars and stripes monday april 23 2007 two Down one to go for red sox the associated press Boston the Boston red sox Man aged to keep Alex Rodriguez from hitting another Home run the new York Yankees cant say the same about David Ortiz Ortiz had a two run Homer and four Bis and Josh Beckett settled Down to help Boston beat new York 75 saturday for its second consecutive Victory Over the Yankees it was Ortiz fourth Homer in seven games and his 12th in the past two years against new York any time he conies up youre playing with fire Yankees starter Jeff Karstens said Rodriguez went 2for4 with a double and an rib single to extend his hitting Streak to 21 games dating to last sea son but a Day after he hit two Home runs to match the fastest to a dozen 15 games in baseball history his Home run Streak was snapped at four games Rodriguez was on deck the potential tying run when Jonathan Papelbon got Bobby Abreu on a line drive to Center Field to end it Papelbon got three outs for his fifth save in As Many tries to not have it get to Alex it was Start ing to get to decision time said Boston manager Terry Francona whose team has won four straight and seven of eight the fewer decisions you have to make the bet Ter Beckett 40 allowed two runs in each of the first two innings but retired 15 out of 17 batters before allowing three straight baserunners with two outs in the seventh As new York Cut Bostons Lead to 75 hide i Okajima struck out Jason Giambi to end the threat Beckett who allowed a combined three earned runs while winning each of his first three starts gave up five runs four earned to the Yankees he allowed nine hits walked two and struck out seven to pick up his career High fourth consecutive Victory it was a heavyweight fight the first Cou ple of innings Yankees manager Joe Torre said once Beckett got the Lead he settled in the red sox also scored two in each of the first two innings against Karstens and then kept on scoring he allowed seven runs and nine hits striking out one with two walks one of them to Kevin Youki Lis with two outs in the fourth before Ortiz  Bostons Kevin Youkilis left and David Ortiz Exchange congratulations after Ortiz hit a two run Homer in the fourth inning on saturday Boston beat the new York Yankees 75 hit a two run Homer that turned a one run game into a 74 Lead him and Manny both of them have done so much damage to us Over the years Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said wed love to always face them with nobody on base Why their first two hitters Are so important on Friday night the red sox rallied from a 62 deficit with five runs in the eighth inning to beat the Yankees in the opener of the three game series sundays finale featured japanese Star Daisuke mat suzaka against new York Rookie Chase Wright if s the Yankees is the red sox Torre said we dont sit up at night to see who there pitching White sox 7 tigers 5 at Detroit Jermaine Dye doubled in the godhead run in the 10th inning and Chicago won its fourth straight the Victory came less than 24 hours after the White sox pushed across a run in the seventh against Detroit reliever Jason Grilli and held on for a 54 win this time it was reliever Fernando Rodney who gave up two hits and two runs in the 10th the tigers have lost three straight David Aardsma 20 got the last out of the ninth and Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect 10th for his sixth save Chicago starter Jose Contreras retired 16 straight batters after Carlos Guillent first inning grand slam but Manglio Ordonez ended the run in the sixth when he sent a two out pitch deep into left enter Field for his second Home run of the season Nate Robertson gave up three earned runs and five hits in innings for the tigers he struck out three and walked two twins 7 royals 5 at Kansas City Mike Redmond had three hits and three Bis for Minnesota Nick Punto tripled in Alexi Casilla in the seventh inning for a 65 Lead and Punto scored on Joe makers sacrifice Fly Redmond hit run scoring singles in the second fourth and sixth innings for the twins who had a season High 16 hits Pat Neshek who needed just 14 pitches to strike out the Side in the sixth won it and Joe Nathan fanned the Side in the ninth to pick up his sixth save orioles 5 Blue jays 2 at Baltimore Adam Loewen combined with three relievers on a seven hitter and the orioles won their seventh in eight games Miguel Tejada drove in two runs and Chris Gomez had two hits and scored twice for the orioles who clinched their third straight series win Baltimore 107 is three games Over 500 for the first time since last april 22 Loewen 20 allowed two runs five hits and a career High seven walks in innings Chris Ray pitched the ninth for his sixth save Devil rays 6 indians 5 at St Peters Burg Fla Jae Seo won for the first time since july and Ben Zobrist drove in two runs for the Devil rays Seo 11 gave up five runs and eight hits Over six innings to snap a personal 13game wingless Streak including four losses dating to a Victory july 19 Over the new York Yankees it was his second Victory in 20 starts Overall with Tampa Bay Zobrist gave the Devil rays a 65 Lead with an rib groundnut in the sixth he also hit a run scoring single in Tampa Bays three run second rangers 7 athletics 0 at Arlington Texas Matt Kata hit a three run Homer and Kameron Loe combined with four re Lievers on a shutout As Texas snapped a three game losing skid in his first major league Start since last june Loe 10 allowed three singles struck out five and walked one in 5vs innings to help end the As fou game win Ning Streak cd Wilson Joaquin Benoit Atnori Otsuka and Eric Gagne combined to Complete the shutout Angels 7 mariners 6 at Anaheim Calif Bartolo Colon allowed one run in seven innings in his first big league Outing almost nine months Colon 10 threw 77 pitches gave up seven hits and walked none in his first Start for the Angels since july 272006 the2005 Al by Young win Ner was sidelined for the final two months last season because of a partial tear in his rotator cuff and chose to rehabilitate the in jury rather than undergo surgery Vladimir Guerrero hit a two run Homer for the Angels who led 70 after six innings but needed closer Francisco Rodriguez to throw a perfect ninth for his sixth save Seattle has lost five straight Bonds 739th All the help Zito needs is backs the associated press san Francisco Barry Bonds hit his 739th career Home run and Barry Zito put together his second straight scoreless out ing to earn his first Victory at Home with the san Francisco giants a 10 defeat of the Arizona diamondbacks on saturday Zito 22 followed his six score less innings in Colorado on Mon Day with 7ys More against the diamondbacks the first time he has had consecutive scoreless starts since winning the Al by Young award with Oakland in 2002 Bonds provided the offence with a Home run leading off the second inning against Edgar Gonzalez leaving the giants slugger 17 away from breaking Hank Aarons career record of 755 san Francisco has won four straight and seven of nine follow ing a 16 Start under new manager Bruce Bochy Zito ran into Little trouble against Arizona allowing four hits and three walks the Diamond backs threat ened in the sixth inning when they put two on with one out be fore Zito retired Orlando Hudson on a deep Fly to left Field and struck out Carlos Quentin mets 7 braves 2 at new York Oliver Perez 21 struck put nine and walked none in an impressive Bounce Back performance and Carlos Beltran had four hits for the mets the mets got Home runs from backups Ramon Castro and Dami on Easley Jose Reyes also Hom ered off Chuck James 22 As new Yorks offence broke out after being shut Down by Tim Hudson in the series opener Fri Day night cubs 6 cardinals 0 at Chica go right hander Jason Marquis 21 shut out his former team on seven hits Over seven innings and Michael Barrett hit a three run Homer Marquis 21 won 42 games in three seasons with the cardinals but he went 04 with a 725 Era in five september starts last year and was left off the roster for the final two rounds of the Post season he finished with a 1416 record and 602 Era before sign ing a three year s21 million free agent Deal with the cubs Phillies 4 reds 1 at Cincin Nati Cole Hamels 20 had a Ca ree High 15 strikeouts in his first Complete game and the Phillies turned the first triple play in the major leagues this season Hamels allowed five hits and walked two his previous career Best for strikeouts was 12 which he reached twice last season the Phillies backed Hamels with their first triple play since May 15 1999 against the new York mets with Josh Hamilton on second and Edwin Encarna Cion on first in the fifth inning David Ross hit a grounder to Phil lies third baseman Abraham Nunez who stepped on third to Force Hamilton and threw to Sec Ond baseman Chase Utley to Force Encarnacion for the second out a ties relay to first baseman Wes Helms caught Ross by a step marlins 9 nationals 3 at Miami Hanley Ramirez and Jason Wood homered to help Flor Ida snap a six game losing Streak Anibal Sanchez 20 pitched five innings for the marlins giving up three runs and five hits he walked three and struck out four he left the game before throwing a pitch in the top of the sixth with cramping in his right hamstring Brewers 6 astros 4 at Mil Waukee j j Hardy hit two Hom ers and drove in three runs to help the Brewers end Houston five game winning Streak Chris Capuano 30 pitched a season High six innings allowing four runs and four hits he struck out six and walked six Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his sixth save padres 7 Rockies 3 at Den ver Clay Hensley pitched through a Blister for his first Victory this season and Marcus Giles had four hits including two Dou Bles for san Diego Hensley bothered by a Blister on the tip of his right Middle Fin Ger his past three starts gave up two runs on 10 hits in six innings Hensley 13 entered with a 1221 Era but lowered it to 945 dodgers 7 pirates 3 at los Angeles Russell Martin hit a grand slam in the Bottom of the 10th sending a 12 pitch from Shawn Chacon into the dodgers bullpen against a woman out Field and fireman infield the dodgers tied it 33 in the ninth on a walk a wild pitch a throwing error and a passed Ball