European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes Page 47 Wilkerson launches 3 homers to beat Angels the associated press Brad Wilkerson Power surge helped the Texas rangers keep up their winning Wilkerson had three homers and six both career to help the rang ers beat the los Angeles Angels 83 on tuesday Wilkerson had a three run shot in the connected with the bases empty in the and added a two run Homer in the seventh for his 13th of the season to be come the first Al player with a three Homer game this its one of those Wilkerson said after the rangers won for the ninth time in 13 you dont plan on doing i was hitting pretty much evil having a lot of you dont expect to do i got pitches i could i just got them in the air to right Wilkerson also had a three run Homer on monday night against a three run shot against Detroit last and has 15 Bis in his past seven Hes been saving us with Bis and clutch rangers manager Ron Washington Hes a professional Alfonso Soriano of the Chicago cubs and Carlos Lee of the Houston astros have had three Homer games in the no this rangers starter Kevin Millwood 57 gave up two runs and five hits in eight in striking out four with no walks in his longest Outing of the he was in command from the second through the retiring 13 in a Row before Vladimir Guerreros Lead off double in the were finally pitching the Way were Ca Pable Millwood the first two months we right everyone is starting to catch their Angels starter Ervin Santana 59 had a career High 11 strikeouts in 5vs but left trailing 42 after throwing 111 Santana allowed five runs and seven walking red sox Dey rays 1 Daisuke mat suzaka pitched eight shutout innings As Host Boston handed Tampa Bay its ninth straight Matsuzaka 105 struck out nine while allowing four hits and one struggling Julio Lugo went his first hits since june and drove in two Carlos Pena of the Devil rays hit his 19th Homer in the ninth off Jonathan Scott Kazmir 55 allowed four three and six hits while striking out six in six he walked three All in a throwing 10 consecutive balls Matt the Texas rangers Brad Wilkerson swings through a three ran Home run off los Angeles Angels Pitcher Ervin Santana in the fourth inning tuesday in at left is los Angeles Angels Catcher Jose Wilkerson hit three Home runs in the to Load the bases and help Boston to a three run indians tigers 4 Casey Blake homered in the Lith inning to give visiting Cleveland its sixth straight Blake hit his 12th Homer off Jose Capel Lan 01 with two outs in the Lith to give Cleveland the Capellan was making his debut with the tigers two Days after being acquired from Milwaukee in a Tom Mastny 62 got the win and Joe Borowski pitched a perfect Lith for his 25th athletics Blue jays 1 Joe Blanton threw a four hitter for his league leading third Complete game and Host Oakland won for the third time in four Mark Kotsay drove in two runs and Jack Cust added an eighth inning Home run for the Jesse Litsch 13 gave up seven hits in seven Strong but two errors led to two unearned Blanton who is nearly uni table at won his third straight decision As he struck out four and walked Yankees twins 0 Chinming Wang won his fifth straight decision and Robin son Cano bit a two run Homer for Host new Alex Rodriguez played third base for the Yankees one night after leaving the game with a strained left he went ofor4 with a strikeout and was pulled after the sixth with the Yankees up Cano connected in the fourth off Carlos Silva who won his previous two Wang 84 pitched four hit Ball for seven innings to win for the seventh time in eight royals mariners 3 Billy Butler Hom doubled and drove in six runs As Kan Sas City handed John Mclaren his second loss in two games As Seattle who will probably return to the minor leagues when regular do Mike Sweeney comes off the disabled had a three run Homer in the six run first inning and doubled with the bases loaded in the four run 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