European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes wednesday april 25 2007 c rods two homers cant save Yankees the associated press if the Yankees Are going to Start winning Alex Rodriguez might have to Homer three or four times a game for the second time in four games Arod homered twice in a Yankees loss Rodriguez tied Al Bert Pujols major league record of 14 april homers but the Tampa Bay Devil rays beat new York 108 monday night and sent the Yankees to their fourth straight defeat this obviously is a Tough time for us but ifs a Long season weve got to keep working our selves out of it Rodriguez said after the Yankees fourth consecutive loss on a five game Road trip that ends tuesday night we need a win in the worst Way again i think hard work and grinding through it and support ing your teammates Are the most important things Rocco Baldelli hit a three run Homer off Kei Igawa 11 in the second by Upton lined a Solo shot off the Loftfield foul pole in the fourth for a 53 Lead then added a three run double against Luis Vizcaino in the seventh to Fin ish with a career High four Bis at St Petersburg Rodriguez was 4for5 with three Bis and four runs raising his average to 400 the second inning Solo shot off Casey Possum 21 was the 477th of rods career and extended his hitting Streak to 23 games dating to last season the two run shot off Al Reyes in the ninth gave him a major league High 34 Bis White sox 7 royals 4 in his first Start since last weeks no hit ter against Texas Mark Buehrle 20 allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings at Kansas City Paul Konerko who had not homered since opening Day hit a pair of two run homers and drove in five runs for the White sox Bobby Jenks worked the ninth for his seventh save retiring David Dejesus on a Gam ending double play grounder with two on Blue jays 7 red sox 3 Frank Thomas hit 490th Homer a godhead two run drive off Tim Wakefield 22 in the sixth at Fenway Park Aaron Hill had four hits including a two run Homer in the ninth As Toronto ended a five game los ing Streak and stopped Bostons five game winning Streak Hill has four homers in 19 games after getting six in 155 last year Tomo Ohka 12 allowed three earned and six hits in five plus innings for his first win in eight starts since aug 24 against Colorado Jason Frasor filling in for injured closer by Ryan got his second save tigers 9 Angels 5 Curtis Granderson led off the game with a Homer and Ivan Rodriguez hit a pair of two out rib singles for vis iting Detroit Jason grf Fli 21 pitched 2ys mess innings in Relief of Mike Maroth who was pulled by Man Ager Jim Leyland with an 83 Lead after innings because he had thrown 105 pitches Jered Weaver 02 threw 70 pitches in innings and retired Only five of 14 batters allowing seven runs five earned and seven hits Gary Matthews or led off the ninth against Joel Zumaya with his first Home run for the Angels athletics 6 orioles 5 Nick Swisher homered twice including a drive that sparked a five run fourth against Erik be Dard 32 As visiting Oakland ended Baltimore fou game win Ning Streak Swisher hit a two run Homer in the fourth and added a Solo shot against Danys Baez in the ninth Dan Haren 22 allowed one run and five hits in seven innings to lower his Era to an Albest 141 Huston Street allowed an rib single to Brian Roberts in the ninth then retired Miguel Tejada on a base loaded groundnut for his fifth save mariners 5 rangers 4 Ichiro Suzuki had three hits including a three run triple As visiting seat to stopped a six game skid Brandon Morrow 10 pitched sys innings of one hit shutout re Lief for his first major league Victory and j j Putz got four outs for his first save of the season indians 7 twins 3 Ryan Garko drove in the godhead run for the second straight game looping a soft single in the 12th atthe metronome Travis Hafner who matched his career High with four hits started the 12th with a walk against Jesse Grain Jason Michaels followed Gar Kos hit with an rib double and Chinsoo Choo added a two run single off Joe Nathan if youve got passion for the game then play to win a season pass to the military Golf course of your Choice in Europe enter our tee off with Volvo military sales and stars and stripes Golf contest april 1230 two Lucky winners will each receive a season pass to the Mili tary Golf course of their Choice a value of More than to win find the stars and stripes tee off Golf Ball hidden within the pages of your Hometown newspaper submit your entry by logging onto  and clicking on the tee off contest link one entry per id card files a Sqq now even equipped with the Best financing find your Volvo cars military sales agent at  Volvo cars military sales its a great Deal