European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 stars and stripes saturday april 28 2007 new Arm same old Story yanks skid at 6 the associated press new York Phil Hughes showed Promise a Burnett showed How its done Burnett dominated struggling new York and outclassed their prize Prospect on the Mound sending the Las place Yankees to their sixth straight loss by pitching Toron to to a 60 Victory thurs Day night Hes got the capability of doing that every time he goes out there All we have to do is keep him healthy Toronto Center fielder Vernon Wells said making his much anticipated major league debut Hughes received a rough Welcome from the hard hitting Blue jays and a valuable lesson in Power pitching from Burnett i dont think you can really Ever know what its going to be like Hughes said i made a few Good pitches but when youre falling behind so much like i was its hard to put Guys away i really wanted to stay away from the walks so when i fell behind i probably made too Good of pitches and Guys like Wells Arent going to miss those he was touched for four runs and seven hits in 4vs innings Wells went 3for3 with two walks giving him seven hits in his last eight a bats and 11 in 14 Frank Thomas drove in two runs and Lead off Batter Alex Rios scored three times and knocked in a run Burnett flashing a fastball in the mid to high90s struck out five and walked four in seven innings indians 9 rangers 4 at Cleveland Sammy Sosa hit two homers to reach 594 for his career but Paul Byrd pitched new Yorks Jason Giambi is out trying to stretch a single in the fourth inning of thursday nights game against Toronto Blue jays shortstop John Mcdonald applies the tag six plus innings to help the indians get their fifth straight Victory sosas 439foot drive leading off the sixth inning against Byrd 21 made Jacobs Field the 44th major league Ballpark in which he has Hom ered that broke a tie with Ken Griffey or and Fred Mcgriff for the most in a big league career if s Nice to have mat record but if we had won i would have enjoyed it More Sosa said red sox 5 orioles 2 at Baltimore wily to Pena hit a grand slam in the eighth inning for the red sox and Josh Beckett became the majors first five game Winner Boston trailed 21 before Pena hit a shot to Center off Chris Ray 22 that travelled an estimated 430 feet Pena came into the game batting 120 including lfor20 against right handers Beckett 50 allowed two runs and eight hits in eight innings and became the Lith red sox Pitcher to win his first five starts in a season Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth for his seventh save Angels 11 Devil rays 3 Bartolo Colon struck out 11 in seven innings and Vladimir Guerrero homered during a five run first for the Angels Colon 20 allowed four hits including a two run Homer by Carlos Pena in the fourth the 2005 Al by Young award win Ner struck out the Side in the seventh and reached 94 Mph with his 103rd and final pitch his strikeout total was his highest since june 42005 when he had 11 in six innings of a 136 Victory at Boston Jae Seo 12 gave up six runs and seven hits in 1 13 innings for visiting Tampa Bay twins 1 royals 0 Mike Redmond hit a run scoring single in the Lith inning and Minnesota snapped a fou game losing Streak Justin Morneau and Jason Tyner had Bac Toback singles off Todd Wellemeyer 01 with one out in the Lith to put run ners on first and second Redmond who finished 2for5 then hit a line drive to right Center Field to bring Home Morneau Juan Rincon 10 pitched a scoreless Lith for Minnesota which also ended a fou game Home losing Streak twins Star Torii Hunter received three stitches to close a Cut on the inside of his Mouth after he was hit by a pitch from Zack Greinke in the second inning Hunter said he would play Friday when Minnesota visits Detroit mariners 4 athletics 2 at Oakland Calif Jose Lopez hit a godhead two run Homer in the sixth inning and the mariners beat the As for the fourth time in five meet Ings this season Richie Sexson hit an rib double in the seventh that snapped an ofor20 Streak giving Seattle an unearned insurance run the mariners went 217 against Oakland last season Lopez the mariners no 9 hitter connected against Kiko Calero 02 to put Seattle ahead 32 the mariners won their third straight following a six game skid Miguel Batista 22 allowed two runs and five hits in 5 13 innings and Ujj Putz got the final five outs for his second save Bonds Doest come through but giants win anyway the associated press it was the situation Barry Bonds thrives on runners at the Corners none out in the eighth in Ning of a tied game against the archrival dodgers it didst turn out the Way he would have scripted it although Bonds wont complain after the slugger grounded into a double play that failed to score the run Ner from third Ray Durham Dou bled Home the godhead run and the san Francisco giants Defeated los Angeles 54 on thursday night for their season High eighth straight Victory that big manager Bruce Bochy said when you get off to a rough Start the important thing is to handle it were on a Good Roll right now with contributions from everybody the dodgers dropped their fourth in a Row if you dwell on this series and it messes you up for the next series its a snowball effect Dodg ers Center fielder Juan Pierre said Good teams and individual players know How to nip it in the Bud Kevin Correia 11 got the Vic tory allowing one hit in ivs innings with one strikeout Arman do Benitez pitched the ninth for his seventh save Joe Beimel 11 took the loss giving up two runs and three hits in innings Beimel got out of a Jam after putting runners on first and third in the eighth when Bonds hit a double play grounder to third baseman Wilson Betemit that failed to score Omar Vazquel from third Durham followed with a double to Center and Beng in Molinas rib single off Jonathan Broxton made it 53 Bonds went lfor3 with an intentional walk for the giants who have won eight straight for the first time since taking 10 in a Row in May 2004 Durham went 2for4 with two Bis and a run scored Molina went 2for4 with two Bis Andre Ethier Cut the giants Lead to 54 with a two out Homer on a 32 pitch from Brad Hennes sey in the eighth the dodgers scored three runs Over the first two innings on Nomar Garciaporras rib single Thiers rib double and Rafael Furcal rib single All to left Field off Russ Ortiz Dave Roberts put the giants on the Board in the third with an rib single off Brad Penny san Francisco tied the game 33 in the sixth on rib singles by Durham and Molina Durhams single went off the Glove of leap ing second baseman Jeff Kent diamondbacks 7 padres 4 Tony Clark had his second two Homer game of the season Livan Hernandez 21 pitched seven innings and Arizona won in front of the smallest Home crowd 16792 in franchise history Clark broke a 33 tie with shot into the Pool area in right Center leading off the fourth and drove in two More with a towering Homer to right in the sixth pirates 5 astros 3 Jason Bays two run single in the sixth off Wandy Rodriguez gave Host Pittsburgh its second three game sweep of Houston this season cardinals 7 reds 5 skip Schu maker had a career est three hits and two Bis to help St Louis win consecutive Home games for the first time this year nationals 4 Phillies 2 Shawn Hill 22 gave up two runs and four hits Over eight plus innings and Dmitri Young homered off Cole Hamels 21 As visiting Washington snapped Philadel shias five game winning Streak unique gifts Memorabilia historic archives have shop online at  m your newspaper v f i kiss