European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 stars and stripes june 2007 this Gonzalez is reds extra inning hero by Terry Kinney the associated press Cincinnati Alex Gonzalez took advantage of his second Chance to be a hero in extra in a Day after he failed to break an extra inning Gonzalez hit a run scoring single in the 12th to give the Cincinnati reds a 10 Vic tory Over the Cleveland indians on today i got the Opportunity again and made Gonzalez it is the teams played 23 innings in fewer than 24 the indians won 86 in 11 innings saturday r and in that Gonzalez was robbed of his Chance to break a 66 tie in the indians out fielder Franklin Gutierrez crashed into the right Field Wall to snare Gonzalezs deep Fly Ball that could have won the on reds starter Aaron Harang held the indians in Check for seven and the highly suspect reds bullpen had one of its Best outings As five relievers kept Cleveland scoreless the rest of the Cleveland bid Ding to become the majors first 10game stifled the reds through nine innings on three hits and one he struck out a defensive play by Josh Hamil ton saved the game for the Marcus Mcbeth 01 got his first big league Victory thanks to Hamiltons Effort in the top of the Pinch runner Jason Michaels had gone to third on a passed but Gutierrez flied to Center and Hamilton threw out Michaels trying to you try to be but i was backing up Home plate when he threw that Guy and i was shouting and pumping my Mcbeth right right right Cleveland manager Eric wedge said it was a situation where Michaels had to be sent he Gutierrez didst hit it but you Hope for a bad wedge when you play that you have to Pinch hitter Chad Moeller started the loth inning rally with a on out and Edwin Encarnacion was walked Josh Hamilton flied and Gonzalez singled up the driving in although Gonzalez singled off Matt the run was charged to Aaron Fultz it was his first loss in 37 without a it was our worst offensive perform Mancella Shefford of the wedge when you have the right at least you have a i didst see that one time our offence is better than you can get by with one Guy not having a Good but not the whole Al Edwin Encarnacion 12 congratulates Alex Gonzalez after Gonzalez drove in the games Only run with a hit in the 12th inning on coming off his fifth Ca reer allowed just two hits doubles to Encarnacion and Adam Dunn through eight in both were stranded at Sec it was a Tough Sabathia its disappointing that we that More important than my own personal three sweeps give Al a big Edge in inter league play baseball Roundup the associated press Barry Bonds strode to the plate with one on and one out in the Bot Tom of the the giants Trail ing by two his team haunt scored in 20 and needed a big Bonds got a pitch he could Han dle from Oakland closer Alan pm something slightly and gave it a ride to the opposite the Ball fell Short on the warn ing track in merely another Long out in san fran discos second straight shut the athletics held on for a 20 Victory sunday and completed a three game sweep of their Bay area it was just another example of National league futility during the second inter league weekend of the i was thinking we were either going to walk away with a win and a save right Here or wed be playing extra Embree i was thinking about challenging him but not leaving it Over the i made some Tough pitches to he fouled them i left the one just enough had he pulled it a Little it would have been the Al dominated the week winning 27 of 42 three weekends the Al won 24 of that adds up to a 5133 advantage for the so called Junior Oakland was joined by the new York Yankees and Seattle Mari ners in sweeping their no the Yankees sluggers broke Loose in a 136 Victory Over the i Alex Rodriguez homered twice and drove in five runs and Bobby Abreu went 4for4 with three new York set a season High for runs in winning for the ninth time in 11 its the Yankees longest winning Streak since they won six straight last Eric Risber Cap As closer Alan Embree reacts after the final out sunday against the giants in san there hot right we just played them at a bad Pitts Burghs Xavier Nady the mariners went into san Diego and winning 43 for their third straight one run Seattle rallied for the second straight scoring an unearned run off Trevor Hoffman 23 in the ninth it was the first time the no West leaders were swept All sea we had a Chance to win All three padres starter Chris Young they did More of the Little things that we but its not like were play ing bad by any it was much easier for the ath who got a five hitter from Lenny Dinardo and two Relief that followed Dan karens seven scoreless innings saturday and marked the 13th straight game an Oakland starter has Al Lowed two earned runs or fewer longest stretch for the team since april i think we feed off each Dinardo you go out and see a great Outing like the pre Vious games before me and its something you can build you watch Good pitching and it helps you to see what they do to get Guys Bonds went ofor3 with a walk and has not homered in 32 a bats since connecting for 746 on May 27 against the giants didst score in the final 21 innings against the athlete and were blanked in Bac Toback games for the first time since june against we got the right Guy up there in the ninth and he just missed giants manager Bruce Bochy Well get production throughout the we cant just wait for diamondbacks red sox 1 Randy Johnson allowed one run in six innings and three relievers did the rest As Arizona beat Daisuke Matsuzaka in the desert to Salvage the final game of a three game facing a lineup without a left handed Johnson 42 gave up four walked three and struck out throwing a season High 113 Matsuzaka 75 walked two Lead off and both he gave up four hits in six in walking four and striking out tigers mets 7 Brandon Inge had a career est five Bis As the Host tigers battered mets starter Tom Glavine 54 for 11 hits and nine earned Andrew Miller 20 allowed a three run Homer to David Wright in the first inning before settling Down giving up four five hits and three walks in White sox astros 3 at Chi Mark Buehrle 33 pitched eight Strong innings for his 100th career Victory and Paul Konerko drove in two runs As Chicago snapped a five game losing Wandy Rodriguez 36 Al Lowed seven hits and five runs in five innings to lose for the third time in four Bobby Jenks inherited a base loaded Jam in the ninth and allowed two runs to score before striking out Luke Scott looking for his 17th save in 18 Devil rays marlins 4 Rookie Andy Sonnanstine struck out including seven straight to come within one of an Al As Tampa Bay won in Brendan Harris had a Ca ree High five Bis and Raul Casanova homered for the second straight Day for the Devil Rockies orioles 1 Ryan spi Lborges homered twice and drove in a career High six and Jason Hirsh 36 won for the first time in nine starts As Colo Rado handed Baltimore its seventh loss in nine Erik Bedard 44 went five in allowing three runs two earned on nine walking three and striking out Colorado Willy Taveras extended his hitting Streak to 15 the longest current Streak cardinals Angels 6 Albert Pujols had twp Home runs and five Bis for his 19th career multiple Homer game and second in eight As the Host cardinals roughed up reliever Chris Bootcheck Todd Wesemeyer 20 gave up five runs four earned on seven hits in twins nationals 3 Torii Hunter and Jason Bartlett each had three hits to help the twins avoid being swept at Home for the first time by a National league team since inter league play began in Boot Bonser 52 scattered nine hits Over five and the twins bullpen worked four scoreless Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 15 royals Phillies 5 Mark Grudzielanek homered and drove in five runs As Kansas City scored its most runs in a game since 2005 to take a Home series from which was visiting for the first time since the 1980 fall Zack Greinke 32 got the Victory with two innings of five strikeout Blue jays dodgers 5 at los Roy Halladay settled Down after a Rocky Troy Glaus had two homers and Toronto handed the dodgers their fifth loss in six Halladay 62 allowed five hits and three runs in seven and helped himself at the plate with two hits and his first career Jason Schmidt gave up nine hits and six earned runs in four plus innings in his second Start since being sidelined weeks because of bursitis in his right Brewers rangers 6 Geoff Jenkins hit a three run Homer in the 12th inning and Mil Waukee stopped a three game los ing Streak by winning at Prince fielder connected for his a leading 23rd Home run As the Brewers finished with a sea so High 22 Johnny Estrada and Tony Graffagnino each had four Texas sent the game into extra innings on Marlon Byrds tying single with two outs in the National league braves cubs 4 Willie har Ris scored the godhead run in the eighth inning at Atlanta on a wild pitch by Chicago closer Ryan cubs starter Ted Lilly was ejected in the first inning after hit Ting Edgar Renteria with a causing the benches and bullpen to moments Renteria smacked second baseman Mike Fontenot in the face with his right hand while stealing the teams stayed Calm after Renteria left in the fourth be cause of a Bruise on his left the result of the braves said rays were Nega