European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 35 yanks helpless against Oakland Gaud in Damons single in sixth is All new York gets As hit 3 homers the associated press new York Chad Gaudin combined with Rich Harden on a and the Oakland athletics hit three Home runs off Kei Igawa in a 70 Victory Over the new York Yankees on Light hitting Jason Kendall was 3for3 with a Homer and a walk to Lead an Oakland of sense that ranks 13th out of 14 Al teams in runs Shannon Stewart and Dan Johnson also homered for the who won for Only the second time in nine tries and Are 513 in their past 18 Johnny Damons single in the sixth was the Only hit for the Yan Kees who have dropped eight of 10 after a stretch during which they won 11 of new York lost for the second time in its past 11 Home Damon hit a grounder up the Middle off Gaudin with one out in the Gaudin 73 walked Bobby Abreu with two but came Back from a 30 count to strike out Alex Rodriguez and keep the score Igawa 22 was pulled in the and the As broke it open on Nick Swisher two run double off Scott Proctor and Eric Chavez rib double against lefty Mike twins tigers 5 at Michael Cuddyer and Lew Ford homered and drove in three runs apiece for Cuddyer hit a three run Homer and scored Ford hit a two run drive and a run scoring Gail Baltimore Ramon Hernandez 55 is congratulated by teammates Kevin Millar and Brandon Fahey after hitting a three run Homer off Angels Pitcher Hector Carrasco during the seventh inning on saturday Minnesota has won the first two games of the series Between the Al Central Detroit has lost four of Curtis Marcus and Ivan Rodriguez Hom ered for the Kevin Slowey 30 out pitched fellow Rookie Andrew Miller 32 to get the Slowey gave up four runs and nine hits in six in struck out two and walked Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 16th save in 18 rangers red sox 4 at bos Sammy sosas 602nd career Homer broke a fifth inning spoiling Josh becketts last Start before the Allstar rosters Are an one Day after striking out with the bases loaded in the rangers 21 Sosa lined a Solo shot off the front Row of the monster seats to break a 44 that deprived Beckett 112 of a Chance to match Sabathia As a 12game who gave up five runs and 10 hits in five blew a 40 Lead by allowing four runs in the including a two run double by Brad Ron Mahay 10 earned the Vic tory with two innings of scoreless indians Devil rays 6 at Sabathia became the majors first 12game Winner and Grady Sizemore drove in three runs to Lead Sabathia 122 matched last seasons Victory and is 71 with a Era in his past 10 the with baseballs Best Home record at won for the fifth time in six games to take a Iva game Lead Over Detroit in the Al the Devil rays have lost six straight and 13 of Howell 12 allowed five runs and eight hits Over innings for Tampa orioles Angels 3 at Balti Brian Burres took a three hitter into the eighth inning and Ramon Hernandez hit a three run Homer As Baltimore improved to 64 under interim Man Ager Dave Kevin Millar drove in two runs and scored and Melvin Mora had his second straight three hit game for the Burres 42 gave up three five hits and four walks in the longest Outing of his big league Paul Shuey got the last four outs for his first save since Angels starter Bartolo Colon 64 allowed three eight hits and two walks in six the right hander struck out including Jay Gibbons and Corey Patterson White sox royals 1 at Kansas Takahito Iguchi poked a two run single into right Field with two out in the 10th in Ning and Chicago snapped Kan Sas cites five game win Octavio Dotel 01 started the 10th and gave up a Pinch single to Pierzynski and hit Scott pod who reached for the fourth time in the with two Paul Konerko was walked in loading the Winner Matt Bukvich 10 threw one pitch in the Bobby Jenks pitched the 10th for his 21st mariners Blue jays 3 at be Miguel Batista pitched into the seventh inning and Ben Brous Sard matched a career High with four hits As Seattle won its seventh it is Seattle Long est winning Streak since a nine game run in the mariners snapped Roy Hal la Days win the former by Young Winner had not lost since May 10 against going 50 in his past six Halladay 93 gave up 10 hits and three runs and struck out Batista 86 left with one out in the walking five and throwing almost half of his 116 pitches for be trans Longballa double carries mets past phils the associated press Philadelphia Carlos Beltran homered twice for the Sec Ond straight leading the new York mets to an 83 Victory Over the free falling Philadelphia Phillies on Paul Loduca and David Wright also and Jorge Sosa 73 pitched five innings be fore straining his left hamstring running to first in the sixth in Pedro Feliciano got the final six outs for his first who finished gave the mets a 53 Lead with a two run drive off starter Happ 01 in the his Solo shot off Ryan Madson in the seventh made it it was the fifth time Beltran homered from both sides of the Phillies Center fielder Aaron Rowand nearly made a spectacular catch on be trans second climbing the Fence and reaching Over Only to have the Ball hit off his Beltran hit two Solo Hom ers Friday off Cole helping new York sweep a Daylight the last time he hit two homers on consecutive Days was july at Ryan Howard hit his 19th Homer for injury riddled Philadel which fell six games behind the no East leading Brewers cubs 4 at Chica Milwaukee bounced Back from a Tough scoring nine runs in the first three innings to make it easy for Ben sheets who had a season High 11 strikeouts in winning his sixth straight Ryan Braun hit a two run Homer and went 4for5 with four Milwaukee had 15 hits in ending Chicago seven game win Ning on the Brewers plated five in the opening Only to lose 65 when the cubs got three in the Prince fielder had two doubles in the first two innings and three Bis saturday As Milwaukee jumped out Early against Sean Marshall sheets allowed four runs and six hits with one Milkau Kees Ace is 60 in his last seven starts and 91 Over his past braves marlins 5 at Tim Hudson pitched seven innings and Edgar Renteria hit a tie breaking double in the Renterias double off reliever Armando Benitez 24 drove in will in breaking a 11 tie and sending the braves to their fifth straight Atlanta had not won five straight since May Hudson 85 gave up one run and seven striking out six to win consecutive starts for the first time since May 10 and reds cardinals 1 at Cincin Kyle Lohse 410 rebounded from the worst Outing of his Ca reer with one of his Best of the sea pitching into the eighth in Ning and hitting a sacrifice the reds reached the Halfway Point of the season at the worst record in the its their worst midpoint Mark since they also were 3150 in Adam Wainwright 67 took the loss for Rockies astros 0 at hous Jeff Francis allowed three hits in seven innings and Colo Rado beat its former Ace Jason Jennings 13 to end an eight game losing Garrett Atkins drove in two Matt Holliday had an rib double and the Rockies won for just the fourth time in 13 Francis 85 struck out four and limited the astros to Mark Lorettas double and Craig big gios two Biggio has career three shy of Al Kaline for 25th on the career pirates nationals 2 at Pitts Tom Gorzelanny 84 improved his chances of being Pitts Burghs Allstar limiting Washington to two runs Over and Adam v Laroche drove in three Laroche had a two run double and Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez each had two run singles in a six run second inning against Jason Bergmann giving Pittsburgh a 61 giants diamondbacks 1 at san Barry Bonds barely missed his 751st Home run and settled for an rib double to help san Francisco end a three game it was the 376th double for Bonds with the tying him with his Hall of Famer Willie for most in san fran Cisco Noah Lowry 86 matched his season High with eight strikeouts to win his fifth straight decision against the Doug Davis 59 took the