European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 37 Ellis hits for As hold off botox rally the associated press the bos ton red sox thought they were exhausted when they got into their Bay area hotel at Dawn monday after losing two of three to the they had no idea their longest Day of the year was just beginning and that it would end with a improbably dramatic loss to the Oakland Mark Ellis became the sixth Oakland player to hit for the and Eric Chavez ended it with a two out Homer for the who recovered from Bostons ninth inning rally for a tumultuous 54 Chavez left no doubt on his eighth Homer of the this one off Kyle Snyder ending a game with a Homer for just the second time in his but there was plenty of doubt before that in Bostons fourth loss in five starting when the red sox erased Dan karens outstanding Start with a two run rally in the they did a Good Job Ellis we know they got in late last but there got a lot of Pride Over its a great win for we persevered and kept there were plenty Marcio Jose Oakland athletics third baseman Eric is mobbed by teammates after his Gam winning Solo Home run off Boston red sox Pitcher Kyle Snyder in the Lith inning on of chances to give Haren dazzled the red sox with nine strikeouts during 72h innings of four hit but Pinch hitter Jason Varitek and wily to Pena hit run scoring sin Gles against Alan Embree in the ninth to tie it for Ellis then hit for the Cycle for the first time in his completing it with a broke Bat Bloop single in the 10th Ellis hit a two run triple in the second and a Solo Homer in the adding a double in the David Ortiz hit his first Homer in 19 games and added doubles in the ninth and 10th innings for the red who staggered into Oakland after a Cross country flight and no rest thanks to a scheduling quirk that annoyed and drained we lost a heartbreaking Boston manager Terry Francona it wont be heart breaking we did a lot of things just to get an entrain Ning game on the we wiggled out of a few we did a we just didst do Santiago Casilla 10 earned his first major league Victory for the who won three straight for the first time since mid april and Chavez decided it was time to go pausing briefly to Admire his after Embree blew the the As loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth but Boston sur Vived when Romero struck out Chavez and then induced a 523 double play on Bobby Cros Bys grounder to Kevin sparking enthusiastic High fives in front of the pro Boston whose double started the ninth inning hit a two out double off the top of the Centerfield Wall in the but Mark Kotsay bar handed and the relay throw to Jason Kendall easily Cut Down Dustin who attempted to score from Ellis then completed the 17th Cycle in As history dating to 1901 with his on out and he reached third on Shannon Stew arts Ellis was the first player to hit for the Cycle against the red sox since Andre Thornton did it on april White sox Yankees 4 at with the rocket grounded for at least a few More the Yankees turned to Matt Desalvo to keep the Good vibes generated Over the weekend Jon Garland and struggling Chi Cago quickly put an end to Garland 43 pitched into the ninth allowing seven hits and striking out starting because Roger Clemens pushed Back his 2007 debut after experiencing some Groin left with one out in the second after the White sox scored three times to take a 31 Devil rays royals 2 James Shields 50 took a two hitter into the eighth inning after pitching a Complete game in his last Start and Carlos Pena Hom ered for the second straight Day to Lead the Host Devil relievers Casey Shawn Camp and Gary Glover protected a one run Lead through the eighth and closer Al Reyes came on in the ninth for his 14th Angels twins 3 Gary mat thews had four including his third career grand and Orlando Cabrera matched his Ca reer High with four hits to help Host los Angeles rout Vladimir Guerrero added three hits and Casey Mike Napoli and Garret Anderson also homered for the who Are off to the Best Start in franchise history at mariners orioles 4 at seat Ichiro Suzuki drove in the godhead run with a double in the eighth As the mariners put together a two out George Sherrill 20 got the retiring two batters in the Putz pitched the ninth for his 14th Lowe plummets from nearly perfect to nearly losing the associated press Pittsburgh dodgers manager Grady Little knows what a Derek Lowe no hitter looks so when Lowe dominated the Pittsburgh pirates for six exceptional Little began thinking he might be watching baseball history repeat so in command that he Al Lowed Only one Ball out of the in Field until the seventh lost his bid for his second career no hitter monday night when Freddy Sanchez singled up the Middle with no one then came the real Surprise the dodgers almost lost the before holding on for a 65 Vic tory that want secured until temporary closer Jonathan Broxton got Jack Wilson to ground out with runners on first and i thought that was the Best stuff id seen him have since he threw one a no hitter for me in Boston in Little said of it lasted a pretty Long while he had a pretty Good Hes got the when you saw some of the plays made be Hind you kind of started get Ting that in the ninth with Lowe out of the a five run Lead nearly gone thanks to homers by Xavier Nady and Jose Bautista and closer Takashi Saito Ham string not the dodgers had a much different by they wanted merely to keep from losing a game that appeared Long since won and avoid an unhappy Al night plane ride to san the pirates sensed it was a Dif Ferent Lowe on the Mound in the sinker want drop Ping As and there were far More pitches above the Knees to hit and they scored three times to Cut it to the Dodg ers Russell Martin homered in the but Bautista answered in the Bottom of the inning to Chase Lowe and make it not Long after Lowe 65 looked to be pitching once of the Best games of his he was lifted following one of his least successful starts of the sea at least according to his Bonscore it was a Shock All of a sudden to go from one extreme to the next so but we Lowe that what marlins braves 4 at Atlan the Florida marlins scored four runs off Tim Hudson during a strange fifth inning and went on to beat the Wes Obermueller 23 Hung around Long enough for the giving up eight hits and three runs in five giants Phillies 1 Barry Zito allowed Only an unearned run Over six innings and Ryan Klesko hit a three run Homer to Lead visit ing san Zito 65 pitched out of trouble throughout the afternoon to win his third straight Barry Bonds was ofor4 with two strikeouts and a walk to re main at 746 career 10 shy of breaking Hank Aarons cubs Brewers 2 at Milkau Alfonso Soriano had five including a three run who also had four sin has homered in each of his last three four  newspaper and stripes Obi on 2007