European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 stars and stripes june 2007 Rodriguez guide Yankees past neighbors by Mike Fitzpatrick the associated press new York Alex Rodriguez and Chinming Wang have been unstoppable the past few two big reasons the new York Yankees look almost unbeatable right Rodriguez hit his major league leading 27th Wang came within one out of a com plete game and the Yankees won the second subway series of the season sunday night with an 82 Victory Over the stumbling we know we caught them at a bad Johnny Damon we know were playing very Well right Damon and Jorge Posada also helping the Yankees win for the Lith time in 12 they finished their finest Home stand in nine years with an 81 record and split the six game season series with their Crosstown rivals for the third straight Wang 74 struck out a career High 10 and walked he scattered six sending the no East leaders to their Lith defeat in 13 if we had an we would have fixed it by mets slugger Carlos Delgado its not an but we Haven been playing the bad news weve been play ing some pretty Good teams playing pretty Good the big Apple neighbors Are headed in opposite mets have lost five consecutive while the Yankees 3532 have won five in a Row to move a season est three games Over Wang is on a Roll allowing Only four runs in his past three starts covering 24 23 in runner up for the Al by Young award last the sinker Baller has won four straight outings and six of seven Wang is Yankees manager Joe Torre Hes sort of like a Knuck Leball you know whats coming and theres really nothing you can do about Wang gave up an rib single to Carlos Belt ran in the ninth and left to a standing ovation after David Wright grounded into a double Mike Myers struck out Delgado on three pitches to end Rodriguez hit a Mammoth Homer and knocked in three Early runs As the Bronx bombers jumped out to a 60 Lead against a Yankee Orlando Hernandez the Sec Ond consecutive mets starter to get roughed the right hander allowed six runs and seven one Day after Tom Glavine was new York Yankees Pitcher Chinming Wang tips his Cap to the crowd after pitching innings in an 82 win Over the mets tagged for seven runs and eight hits in four plus innings while blowing three Early i made a couple of mistakes just a rough said who fell to 04 with a Era in four career starts against the Angels wrap up second freeway series baseball Roundup the associated press los Angeles the Dodg ers Are glad to be getting away from the los Angeles Howie Kendrick and Orlando Cabrera had three hits each and drove in a combined three helping the Angels win 104 Sun Day to Clinch the second freeway series of the the Angels dropped the open ing then won the final two of the inter league giving them a 51 record against the dodgers this the Angels have 44 Victo tied with the Boston red sox for the most in were glad there not in our i let me just put it that dodgers manager Grady Little there a Good club and they were certainly More than we could handle this we just didst play Good we dont have enough people in the lineup swinging the bats Good at the same time and that what it after giving up a Lead off Homer to Start the Kelvim Esco bar 83 settled Down and Al Lowed three runs and eight hits in seven the right hander struck out eight and walked theres still 27 outs to you Jagot to keep he said about his Early it Doest mat Ter if we fall behind right we know we can come Randy Wolf 85 gave up four runs and seven hits in five in walked three and struck one in losing for the second time in three facing the Angels for the first time in his Ca the Lethander equated his shortest Outing of the he Hast lasted seven innings since May my fastball was All Over the place and i want locating it at los Angeles Wally los Angeles dodgers right fielder James Loney crashes into the Wall while trying to make a catch on an inside Shepark Home run Wolf when every other pitch pretty much rides off your its pretty hard to be Gary Matthews first career inside Shepark Homer and Reggie Willits rib double kept the an gels ahead 103 in the dodgers right fielder James Loney attempted to backhand Matthews drive to the Wall and crashed into an auxiliary score Board with an audible he was taken off the Field in a cart after a delay of and waved to the team said Loney bruised his right the dodgers Only Lead came on Rafael Furcal Lead off Homer in the first on an 02 pitch from is Nomar Garciaporras rib single in the fifth was their Only other indians braves 2 at Cleve Fausto Carmona 82 pitched seven plus innings to help the indians avoid a three game Casey Blake extended the majors longest hitting Streak of the season to 26 two Atlanta errors helped the indians take a 50 Lead with a four run sixth against Kyle Davies tigers Phillies 4 Manglio Ordonez had three Craig Monroe drove in two runs and Justin Verlander 82 allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings for the visiting Phillies Catcher Carlos Ruiz was ejected by plate Umpire Bill Welke in the eighth and manager Charlie Manuel was tossed moments third base coach Steve Smith also was thrown out for arguing from the twins Brewers 9 at min Justin Morneau hit the first pitch in the Bottom of the ninth inning Over the Baggie in right Field for his third game win Ning Homer of the pirates White sox 7 at Nate Mclouth had a career High four Rife and Jose Bautista homered and drove in two runs for the nationals Blue jays 2 at Ryan Zimmerman Hom ered for the second straight game for which overcame Frank Thomas record 244th Homer As a designated Micah Bowie 42 allowed two runs and four hits in six Matching his longest Start of the to win his fourth straight diamondbacks orioles 4 at Chad Tracy singled in the godhead run in the eighth in and Arizona capitalized on another poor performance by the Baltimore bullpen in a Victory that extended the orioles losing Streak to Devil rays Rockies 4 at Jonny Gomes hit a pair of two run Carlos Pena hit a Solo shot into the third deck at Coors Field and Tampa Bay avoided a three game Scott Kazmir 53 went six in giving up three runs and six for the Devil cardinals athletics 6 at Ryan Ludwick hit a three run Homer in the seventh inning and drove in a career High five leading Louis to their first inter league series win in four tries this Russ Springer 30 struck out two in a perfect sixth to win for the second time in As Many astros mariners 3 at Mike Lamb hit a grand slam and drove in five runs and Houston completed a three game Roy Oswalt 74 picked up his first Victory since May Jarrod Washburn 56 lasted just three innings in his shortest Start of the season for the who have lost five royals marlins 4 at Kansas Brian Bannister 43 won his fourth consecutive Esteban German drove in the godhead run and Kansas City improved to 84 in inter league Jeremy Hermida hit a two run Homer for the Scott Olsen 56 got the rangers reds 4 at Cincin Kevin Millwood 36 got his first Victory in two and Marlon Byrd hit his first Homer in nearly a year and drove in three runs for Adam Dunn homered twice for the reds and Branson Arroyo 28 matched his career High by losing his sixth straight National league padres cubs 3 at Chica Mike Cameron hit two homers and san Diego hit a season High five to get the Adrian Khalil Greene and Rob Bowen also Hom ered for san and Greg Maddux 63 picked up his 339th career Wini orioles dump Perlozzo manager fired after team loses eighth straight by David Ginsburg the associated press Baltimore Sam Perlozzo was fired As manager of the Balti More orioles on monday with the Las place team in the midst of an eight game losing Perlozzo was told of the Deci Sion during a 20minute discus Sion with executive vice presi Dent Mike Flanagan and vice pres ident Jim he said How disappointed he was that he want going to be Here to turn it Flanagan he Felt he made the right decisions but had the wrong reaction at the he understood we had to make a change and go off in a different bullpen coach Dave who has served As a minor league manager in the will be the interim manager when the orioles begin a six game trip in san Diego on Perlozzo was victimized by an underachieving bullpen and a punch less offence that ranks last in the Al in Home Balti More was 2727 and second in the Al East on May 31 before losing 13 of including the final eight games of a 18 Home stand that ended after sundays 64 loss to Arizona on there was talk in the clubhouse of Perlozzo Immi nent several players publicly defended including Kevin who called for a players Only meeting in san Diego on Sam Perlozzo Doest throw the Ball and Doest catch the we know that for right he Doest hit the Millar he Doest we and weve got to find a Way to play bet Baltimore will seek to do so for another former Florida marlins manager Joe Girardi is thought to be one of the leading candidates for the the 56yearold Perlozzo is the second straight orioles manager to be fired in he took Over on an interim basis after the orioles dismissed Lee Mazzilli on after guiding Balti More to a 2332 record that sea Perlozzo signed a three year contract in october he finished including 7092 last season and 2940 this Baltimore is seeking to end a franchise record run of nine straight losing since Davey Johnson took the orioles to the playoffs in Ray Mike Mazzilli and Perlozzo have failed to produce so much As