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Tuesday, June 10
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Baseball Today
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SCOREBOARD
Tuesday, June 10
Baltimore at Boston (7:05 p.m. EDT). Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.07 ERA) leads the Red Sox against Daniel Cabrera (5-2, 3.98) in the opener of the AL East rivals' three-game series.
STARS
Monday
- Jose Guillen, Royals, hit a tiebreaking home run off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to lift Kansas City to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees.
- Nick Swisher, Cubs, homered from both sides of the plate and Chicago completed a dominant four-game sweep, beating Minnesota 7-5 for its seventh straight victory.
- Cliff Lee, Indians, allowed two runs, six hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings to become the AL's first 10-game winner in Cleveland's 8-2 win over Detroit.
- Evan Longoria, Rays, had a pair of solo homers and an RBI double, in Tampa Bay's 13-4 win at Anaheim.
HITTING No. 600
Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run, becoming the sixth player in history to reach that milestone. He homered off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Reds' 9-4 win over Florida. Griffey joined Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa in the exclusive club. Griffey, one of baseball's most prolific sluggers before injuries began to take their toll, started the season with 593 home runs. It took 216 at-bats to reach the milestone.
ROAD WARRIOR
Jose Guillen homered in the ninth inning to lift the Royals to a 3-2 win over the Yankees. He went 9-for-16 in the four-game series in New York with four homers and 10 RBIs, and also scored six runs to help the Royals gain a split.
STRUGGLING STARTER
Detroit's Dontrelle Willis (0-1) gave up eight earned runs-matching a career high-three hits and five walks in 1 1/3 innings of the Tigers 8-2 loss to Cleveland. He was making his second start since going on the disabled list with a hyperextended right knee.
AILING
Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained left knee. Weeks was put on the DL retroactive to June 7 and will stay in Milwaukee to receive treatment. He was injured Friday at Colorado, when Jeff Baker slid into him on a play at second base.
- Mets outfielder Ryan Church was to go on the disabled list Tuesday, still slowed by the effects of a concussion nearly three weeks ago. Church's most recent examination with a neurologist didn't show dizziness or any major symptoms, the Mets said. But he doesn't feel 100 percent, and the team decided to hold him out longer.
SEE YA
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin was ejected after the umpires reversed their call and took a home run away from Mark Reynolds against Pittsburgh in a 5-3 loss. Reynolds hit a long drive to right field in the second inning that appeared ready to hit the top of the 21-foot high wall. A fan wearing a glove leaned several feet over the outfield railing and caught the ball. The umpires initially ruled it a home run, but after Pirates manager John Russell went out to argue, the umpires huddled briefly and reversed their call. That brought an angry Melvin out of Arizona's dugout, and he was ejected by home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg, the crew chief.
STATS
San Francisco beat Washington 3-2 and has won six of eight overall, and its seven-game road winning streak is its longest since 2003.
- The Royals also improved to 5-29 at Yankee Stadium since the start of the 2000 season with a 3-2 win.
- Toronto has lost seven of nine and is 2-6 in June after going 20-10 in May.
BACK TO BACK TO BACK
Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar and Dioner Navarro hit consecutive homers in the second inning off Joe Saunders in the Rays' 13-4 win over the Angels.
SPEAKING
"I don't think I touched any of the bases. I sort of floated around."- Ken Griffey Jr. on rounding the bases after hitting his 600th home run in the Cincinnati Reds' 9-4 win over Florida.
SEASONS
June 10
1921-Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball's career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland's Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.
1944-Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched 2-3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1959-Rocky Colavito of Cleveland hit four consecutive home runs at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, a tough home run park. Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso also homered in the Indians' 11-8 victory.
1966-Cleveland's Sonny Siebert threw the only no-hitter of the year as the Indians beat the Washington Senators 2-0.
1972-Hank Aaron's grand slam pushed the Atlanta Braves to a 15-3 rout over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was Aaron's 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the career home run list. It was also his 14th grand slam, tying Gil Hodges' NL record.
1981-Pete Rose's single in the first inning off Nolan Ryan gave him 3,630 hits, tying Stan Musial's NL record. Philadelphia beat Houston 5-4 before more than 57,000 at Veterans Stadium.
1997-Kevin Brown threw a no-hitter and kept himself from a perfect game by hitting a batter in the eighth inning, leading the Florida Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 9-0.
2000-Darin Erstad hit a double in the Anaheim Angels' 10-3 win over Arizona to give him a major league-leading 100 hits in 61 games. He became the fastest to reach the 100-hit mark since Heinie Manush did it in 60 games for the 1934 Washington Senators.
2005-Baltimore's 4-3 win over Cincinnati marked the first time that three 500-homer players appeared in the same game-the Orioles' Sammy Sosa (580) and Rafael Palmeiro (559), and the Reds' Ken Griffey, who hit a solo shot in the eighth inning for No. 511.
2006-Reggie Sanders became the fifth player in major league history with 300 homers and 300 stolen bases when he hit a two-run shot in Kansas City's 9-5 loss to Tampa Bay. Sanders homered off Chad Harville in the ninth to reach the milestone and join Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Andre Dawson and Bobby Bonds.
Today's birthdays: Matt Chico 25; Jeff Bennett 28.
Tuesday, June 10
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Baseball Today
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SCOREBOARD
Tuesday, June 10
Baltimore at Boston (7:05 p.m. EDT). Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.07 ERA) leads the Red Sox against Daniel Cabrera (5-2, 3.98) in the opener of the AL East rivals' three-game series.
STARS
Monday
- Jose Guillen, Royals, hit a tiebreaking home run off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to lift Kansas City to a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees.
- Nick Swisher, Cubs, homered from both sides of the plate and Chicago completed a dominant four-game sweep, beating Minnesota 7-5 for its seventh straight victory.
- Cliff Lee, Indians, allowed two runs, six hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings to become the AL's first 10-game winner in Cleveland's 8-2 win over Detroit.
- Evan Longoria, Rays, had a pair of solo homers and an RBI double, in Tampa Bay's 13-4 win at Anaheim.
HITTING No. 600
Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run, becoming the sixth player in history to reach that milestone. He homered off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Reds' 9-4 win over Florida. Griffey joined Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa in the exclusive club. Griffey, one of baseball's most prolific sluggers before injuries began to take their toll, started the season with 593 home runs. It took 216 at-bats to reach the milestone.
ROAD WARRIOR
Jose Guillen homered in the ninth inning to lift the Royals to a 3-2 win over the Yankees. He went 9-for-16 in the four-game series in New York with four homers and 10 RBIs, and also scored six runs to help the Royals gain a split.
STRUGGLING STARTER
Detroit's Dontrelle Willis (0-1) gave up eight earned runs-matching a career high-three hits and five walks in 1 1/3 innings of the Tigers 8-2 loss to Cleveland. He was making his second start since going on the disabled list with a hyperextended right knee.
AILING
Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a sprained left knee. Weeks was put on the DL retroactive to June 7 and will stay in Milwaukee to receive treatment. He was injured Friday at Colorado, when Jeff Baker slid into him on a play at second base.
- Mets outfielder Ryan Church was to go on the disabled list Tuesday, still slowed by the effects of a concussion nearly three weeks ago. Church's most recent examination with a neurologist didn't show dizziness or any major symptoms, the Mets said. But he doesn't feel 100 percent, and the team decided to hold him out longer.
SEE YA
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin was ejected after the umpires reversed their call and took a home run away from Mark Reynolds against Pittsburgh in a 5-3 loss. Reynolds hit a long drive to right field in the second inning that appeared ready to hit the top of the 21-foot high wall. A fan wearing a glove leaned several feet over the outfield railing and caught the ball. The umpires initially ruled it a home run, but after Pirates manager John Russell went out to argue, the umpires huddled briefly and reversed their call. That brought an angry Melvin out of Arizona's dugout, and he was ejected by home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg, the crew chief.
STATS
San Francisco beat Washington 3-2 and has won six of eight overall, and its seven-game road winning streak is its longest since 2003.
- The Royals also improved to 5-29 at Yankee Stadium since the start of the 2000 season with a 3-2 win.
- Toronto has lost seven of nine and is 2-6 in June after going 20-10 in May.
BACK TO BACK TO BACK
Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar and Dioner Navarro hit consecutive homers in the second inning off Joe Saunders in the Rays' 13-4 win over the Angels.
SPEAKING
"I don't think I touched any of the bases. I sort of floated around."- Ken Griffey Jr. on rounding the bases after hitting his 600th home run in the Cincinnati Reds' 9-4 win over Florida.
SEASONS
June 10
1921-Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball's career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland's Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.
1944-Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched 2-3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1959-Rocky Colavito of Cleveland hit four consecutive home runs at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, a tough home run park. Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso also homered in the Indians' 11-8 victory.
1966-Cleveland's Sonny Siebert threw the only no-hitter of the year as the Indians beat the Washington Senators 2-0.
1972-Hank Aaron's grand slam pushed the Atlanta Braves to a 15-3 rout over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was Aaron's 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the career home run list. It was also his 14th grand slam, tying Gil Hodges' NL record.
1981-Pete Rose's single in the first inning off Nolan Ryan gave him 3,630 hits, tying Stan Musial's NL record. Philadelphia beat Houston 5-4 before more than 57,000 at Veterans Stadium.
1997-Kevin Brown threw a no-hitter and kept himself from a perfect game by hitting a batter in the eighth inning, leading the Florida Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 9-0.
2000-Darin Erstad hit a double in the Anaheim Angels' 10-3 win over Arizona to give him a major league-leading 100 hits in 61 games. He became the fastest to reach the 100-hit mark since Heinie Manush did it in 60 games for the 1934 Washington Senators.
2005-Baltimore's 4-3 win over Cincinnati marked the first time that three 500-homer players appeared in the same game-the Orioles' Sammy Sosa (580) and Rafael Palmeiro (559), and the Reds' Ken Griffey, who hit a solo shot in the eighth inning for No. 511.
2006-Reggie Sanders became the fifth player in major league history with 300 homers and 300 stolen bases when he hit a two-run shot in Kansas City's 9-5 loss to Tampa Bay. Sanders homered off Chad Harville in the ninth to reach the milestone and join Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Andre Dawson and Bobby Bonds.
Today's birthdays: Matt Chico 25; Jeff Bennett 28.
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