European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page so stars and stripes june 2007 indians rally in ninth to beat slumping As Shoppach three run shot extends Oakland slide to 5 the associated press the Oakland athletics got a solid Effort from Ace Dan Haren and took a two run Lead into the Bottom of the ninth they still  find a Way to that How things have been going for the slumping Alan Embree gave up a two run double to Travis Hafner and a three run Homer to Pinch hitter Kelly Shoppach All with two outs As the Cleve land indians rallied past Oakland 85 on tuesday night to hand the athletics their season worst fifth straight this could have been a big lift for i let us it definitely Embree Cleveland five run comeback kept Haren from earning his 10th consecutive the who is 92 with a allowed three runs and eight hits in Haren Hast lost in 15 starts since falling to 02 in his second Start of the season april his nine game winning Streak matches Bostons Josh Beckett for the longest in the majors this he did a great Oakland manager Bob Geren it was he he pitched Well against a very Good hitting it was a Tough we had it won and they came Back and took it from Shoppach hit a 10 fastball from Embree into the Loftfield bleachers for his fourth then was pounded by jubilant teammates As he crossed the it was Cleveland sixth Vic tory of the season in its final at Bat at Jacobs it was Shoppach i ran harder than usual be cause i was in a hurry to get beat Shoppach caught Embree 11 when they both played for the red sox three years it was do or said shop hitting with 16 Bis in 29 i knew hed go with his bread and butter and not let a Young Guy beat him on his second or third the indians sixth Victory in nine games pulled them into a firs place tie with Detroit in the Al the As Are nine games behind the firs place los Angeles Angels in the Al West and three Back of second place be Rafael Betancourt 10 got the Victory after yielding Shannon stewarts fifth Homer in the top of the ninth that put Oakland ahead Mark Ellis had four hits and three Bis for the mariners red sox 7 at seat Richie Sexson hit a two run Homer in the sixth and Willie Bloomquist also connected to help the mariners overcome an other shaky Start by Felix Hernan Seattle won for the sixth time in seven games and beat Boston for the seventh consecutive time at Tony Cleveland Kelly Shoppach watches his three run Homer off Oakland Pitcher Alan Embree during the ninth inning of tuesdays game in the indians won Putz got five outs for his 22nd save in 22 chances this he has converted 24 straight opportunities dating to last the longest cur rent Streak in the Putz fanned Mike Jason Varitek and Pinch hitter Manny Ramirez in a perfect royals Angels 4 Billy but John Buck and Alex Gordon homered to snap visiting Kansas cites six game Home run and the royals took advantage of two throwing errors by third baseman chone Gil Meche 56 beat Ervin san Tana 58 to win his second consecutive decision after going 05 with a Era in his previous five the right hander improved to 72 against the Angels and 61 in the Al West leading who had tied a franchise record with nine straight series lost a series for the first time since Al Champion Detroit took two of three from them in the 12 runs allowed equated a season rangers tigers 6 at de Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreak ing triple in the ninth inning and Texas recovered after blowing a three run Lead in the Brad Wilkerson hit a three run Homer and Sammy Sosa had two Bis for the Las place who won for the sixth time in seven games and beat the Al Cen trial leaders for the second consecutive Eric Gagne struck put Manglio the major leagues batting with two on to earn his eighth orioles Yankees 2 at Balti Corey Patterson capped a perfect night at the plate by scor ing the winning run when Ramon Hernandez Drew a base loaded walk from Scott Proctor 15 in the ninth Johnny Damon homered for the who have lost three straight and six of seven on their nine game Road twins Blue jays 1 at Pinch hitter Jeff Cir Illo blooded a single to Center with the bases loaded to win Scott Baker gave the twins an excellent striking out a Ca ree High nine in seven plus in White sox Devil rays 1 at Andy Gonza Lez and Jim Thome homered off James Shields backing Jon Garland 55 and giving Chicago consecutive victories for the first time since May rookies Homer to key three extra inning victories the associated press three unexpected youngsters hit extra inning Home runs to lift their teams to Brendan Tony and Kevin Kouzmanoff All connected to carry the los Angeles Louis and san Diego padres to victories tuesday it was Ryan and Abreus first career Ryan connected in the Lith in Ning off Scott Schoeneweis and the cardinals snapped the new York mets fou game win Ning Streak with a 53 he want much of a Power threat in the connecting for Only six homers in minor league it was probably the biggest swing of my life to this the Rookie in not expecting to hit too Many of Brad Thompson 63 pitched two scoreless innings for the Victory Randy Flores got two outs for his first the third of his Ca Abreu broke a 55 tie with a Homer off Doug Slaton 31 in the dodgers Victory Over Arizo he had a Nice Surprise waiting for him As two Arizona fans wanted to make sure he had the in Abreu traded an autographed Ball and one of team mate Ramon Martinez a Doest have enough bats to give away one of his Jonathan Broxton 32 pitched two scoreless innings for the Victo Takashi Saito pitched the 10th for his 21st save in 22 unlike the other Kouzmanoff had homered he connected with one out in the 10th inning and Trevor Hoffman earned his 500th save with san helping the slumping padres beat san Francisco Kouzmanoff s Homer off Randy messenger 12 was san Diego third Solo shot of the game and helped the padres overcome an other blown eighth inning Lead and win for just the second time in seven he is batting just his Rookie season but has had a Knack for some big hits with 30 Bis on just 44 Hes been a resilient Black hell be the first to Tell you Hes not Happy with where his average Hes used to looking up there and seeing a higher batting average and some better offensive i told him hell find a Way to figure it braves nationals 2 at Atlan Jarrod Saltalamachia Hom ered slumping Andrew Jones went deep for the first time in weeks to Lead the braves past the Jones was mired in a lfor31 slump that had knocked his aver age below with two outs and two runners Jones got hold of a 31 pitch from Mike Bacsik Jones leisurely tossed his Bat aside As he watched the three run shot sail into the Loftfield seats for his 12th Homer this Phillies reds 4 Carlos Ruiz drove in a career est four runs and stole and Host Philadelphia moved to four games Over Matching its sea son Ryan Shane Victorino and Chase Utley homered for the who finished with 16 hits and gave Kyle Kendrick plenty of support in his third Start since re placing injured Freddy Garcia in the Kendrick 20 allowed four runs and six hits in six fellow Rookie Homer Bailey 21 lasted just allow ing six runs and six Brewers astros 5 Johnny Estradas grand slam highlighted a nine run sixth inning and Mil Waukee rallied to beat visiting Craig Biggio inched closer to the hit Mark with a leaving him three shy of becom ing the 27th player to reach that the no Centra leading brew ers have won 11 of 13 since de traits Justin Verlander threw a no hitter on june the with one game left of a nine game Road have lost six of their last cubs Rockies 5 Cliff Floyd hit a two run Homer and surging Chicago won its fifth floyds fourth Homer sparked a three run first inning that put the Host cubs on top to they added four runs in the High lighted by Moyie Hills two run Chicago starter Ted Lilly 64 gave Back much of the Early Lead but Hung in for six allow ing four runs and six with five walks and five Rockies starter Rodrigo Lopez 41 left in the fifth and lost for the first time in nine the right hander gave up eight runs on nine hits in pirates Martins 2 Paul a Holm gave up three hits and two runs in innings and visiting Pittsburgh snapped a five game losing Maholm who celebrated his 25th birthday on re tired 15 straight batters after giving up a Solo Home run to Dan Uggla in the third Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his sixth Dontrelle Willis 77 allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings for the marlins in his fifth consecutive