European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday june stars and stripes Page 37 Schilling shakes off blows bid for first Nono the associated press maybe the next time Curt Schilling is one out away from pitching a hell Trust his Schilling came within one out of his first career no hitter thurs losing his bid when Shannon Stewart lined a clean single to right Field after the red sox Pitcher Shook off Catcher Jason Schilling finished with a on hitter As Boston beat the Oak land athletics we get two and i was and i had a and i Shook Tek Schilling and i get a big what if for the rest of my it was not the first time a bos ton Pitcher Shook off Varitek in the ninth inning Only to see a no hitter get broken Pedro Martinez did it on against Tampa giving up a single to John Flaherty on a fast Ball instead of the curve that Varitek called Schilling said he called off Varitek Between five and 10 saying it was one time too Hindsight is always Varitek it want the first he Shook off All we had like a it Doest re ally he made a Quality if he didst make a Quality pitch then you can Schilling 62 looked on his Way to making history when he re tired Mark Kotsay and Jason Ken Dall on grounders to shortstop for the first two outs of the having called fastballs to the first two Varitek called for a first pitch Slider to Schilling wanted to throw a fast i was sure he was and Tek was sure he was Schilling and i was the 40yearold would have been the fourth oldest Pitcher pitch a Nolan Ryan did it As a 43and 44year by Young was 41 when he pitched a no hitter for the red sox in 1908 and Randy Johnson was 40 8 months when he pitched a perfect game in David Ortiz hit his Lith Home run in the first inning against Joe Blanton 54 to give Schilling All the support he would need and help visiting Boston Stop a sea so High fou game losing Yankees White sox 3 Joe Torre got his managerial Alex Rodriguez hit his 15th career grand slam and visit ing new York put together its Long est winning Streak in a Bobby Abreu hit a two run double in the eighth in Ning and Arod added his slam in a six run ninth As new York won its third straight after losing the opener of the fou game it was the first time the Yan Kees have taken three in a Row since sweeping the rangers from May Torre became the 10th manager in major league history to get victories and is nine shy of tying Leo Durocher for ninth Jose Contreras 46 allowed three runs and four hits in 7vs innings As Chicago lost for the 10th time in 12 Scott Proctor who pitched out of a no out Jam in the got the win and Mariano Rivera got five outs for his seventh save in nine tigers rangers 4 Gary Sheffield homered to ignite a six run and Curtis grander son had two triples and three Bis for visiting Brandon Inge drove in three and Sean Casey and mag Glio Ordonez each had three hits As the tigers feasted on rangers pitching for the second straight the rangers have lost 12 of their last 15 games and have the worst record in baseball at Texas starter Kameron Loe 16 gave up nine runs in in Mike Maroth 42 was the Ben Marcio Jose Boston red sox Pitcher Curt Schilling throws to the Oakland athletics in the fifth inning thursday in Schilling came within one out of a but had to Settle for a on hitter and a 10 Efi Ciary of Detroit offensive out he allowed three runs and eight hits Over five indians royals 3 Fausto Carmona won his seventh consecutive and Cleveland improved to 217 at Home this Franklin Jason Michaels and Casey Blake Hom ered for the who built an 81 Carmona 71 has a Era in nine starts since april when he lost to the White sox in his first Start of the Odalis Perez 36 gave up three runs and seven hits in sva in Devil rays Blue jays 3 Del Mon Young hit a two run single in the ninth and visiting Tampa Bay won de spite striking out 13 times against Toronto with the score Carl Craw Ford hit a on out single off Jere my Accardo 11 and stole Sec Carlos Pena was intentionally walked with one to Wiggin ton walked on a 32 pitch and Young followed with a single to Gary Glover 32 pitched the and Al Reyes finished for his 15th Elj finishes the associated press ninth inning leads we rent Safe in the National As some of baseballs Best closers found new Yorks Billy arizonans Jose Valverde and Houston Dan Wheeler blew saves and Jonathan Brox ton of the dodgers coughed up a four run Lead in the ninth on a Day of wild who had converted 31 straight save lost a 32 Lead Over the Philadel phia Phillies when slumping Pat Burrell homered to tie the Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins combined for the godhead run in the 10th and Philadelphia completed a three game sweep with a 63 Wagner said Burrell has a on path and i threw it in its Jose who had a Chance to tie Milwaukee Francisco Cordero for the major league Lead with his 24th gave up a Lead off Homer to Pedro Feliz in the allowing san Francisco to tie the score at Omar Vazquel singled in Ray Durham in the and san Francisco prevailed 54 to avoid a three game sweep at its Nice to get out of Here with a manager Bruce Bochy weve had some Tough Luck made some mis takes we did tonight we overcame weve got some work to we did a lot of Good things tonight Dan Wheeler who had converted Ray san Francisco Pedro Feliz is congratulated after hitting a Home run off arizonans Jose Valverde to tie the game in the ninth inning san Francisco won 10 straight save came in to protect a 64 Houston Lead in Kaz Matsui doubled leading off and scored on a single by Matt his fourth hit of the Todd Helton sin Garrett Atkins loaded the bases with a walk and Brad Hawpe tied the score with a sacrifice Rookie shortstop Troy Tulowitzki then singled to left to drive in the winning run for the Rockies in a 76 this is certainly a Tough Houston manager Phil Garner you feel like youve got it in the the kind were accustomed to and we just didst do the wildest finish of the night came in san where the padres trailed 51 in the Bottom of the but against Brox ton they got five hits and four runs be fore making their first out of the Geoff Blum started the winning rally with a Lead off Terr Mel Sledge reached on a Fielding error by first baseman Nomar Garcia Par who fielded his grounder but had the Ball pop out of his Marcus Giles singled to left to Load the and Paul Mcanulty beat out a chopper to bring in a Adrian Gonzalez hit a two run ground Rule double to Josh Bard was intentionally walked to reload the bases and Mike camerons single to Center brought in Mcanulty to tie the after Kevin Kouzmanoff struck out for the first Russ Branyan walked to Force in the winning and the padres won their fifth straight and their 10th in 12 games to remain atop the no manager Grady Little said he had no in Tention of relieving closer Takashi Saito was unavailable because of a strained Broxton faced nine allowing five hits and walking i want going to use Saito Little there Are 100 games it Doest make said Mcanulty to be Able to come Back against those that a great boost of Confidence for the that let us know we can do pirates nationals 2 Jason Bay Hom ered off Chad Cordero in the ninth and visiting Pittsburgh won for the third time in nine Bays Homer to right Center was the first run off Cordero 11 since the closer re turned from the bereavement list on May a Span of 13 Matt Capps 32 got six straight outs to Complete a Dmitri Young hit a two run Homer for cubs braves 1 Rich Hill matched his career High with 11 strikeouts and visiting Chicago won in manager Lou Piniella re turn from a fou game Hill 54 gave up three hits in eight innings and the cubs won for the fourth time in five Ryan Dempster pitched a perfect ninth for his 12th save in 13 Chuck James 55 gave up two six hits and three walks for the who have lost three straight and five of reds cardinals 1 Kyle Lohse came within two outs of his second shutout in three starts and visiting Cincinnati got Home runs from Ken Griffey Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Encarnacion had four hits and three Bis for the who ended a fou game losing All of the homers came off Adam Wain Wright who allowed four runs and eight hits in six Lohse 37 gave up seven hits and one run with a walk and two
