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SCOREBOARD
Saturday, July 12
San Francisco at Chicago (1:05 p.m. EDT). Rich Harden makes his debut for the Cubs.
STARS
Friday
- Roy Halladay, Blue Jays, pitched a two-hitter for his 11th career shutout and seventh complete game this season, striking out eight in a 5-0 win over the Yankees.
- Chris Volstad, Marlins, came within one out of a shutout in his first career start, settling for 8 2-3 innings and one earned run in a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers.
- Cliff Lee, Indians, gave up five hits over six innings to improve to 12-2, joining Joe Saunders of the Angels for the league lead in wins, with a 5-0 victory over the Rays.
- Ronnie Belliard, Nationals, homered twice along with a double, driving in five runs and scoring two more in a 10-0 trouncing of the Astros.
- Damion Easley, Mets, went 2-for-3 with the go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning of a 2-1 win over the Rockies.
- Kyle Lohse, Cardinals, improved to 11-2 by allowing six hits and a walk over seven innings in a 6-0 shutout of the Pirates.
- Jake Peavy, Padres, gave up four hits and a walk over seven innings, striking out seven in a 4-0 win over the Braves.
- Luke Hochevar, Royals, limited the Mariners to five hits and a run over seven innings, striking out four in a 3-1 victory.
DOUBLE DUTY
Matt Guerrier and his bullpen mates didn't show any sign of fatigue in retiring the last seven Detroit batters in a 3-2 win - though nobody could blame them if they did. Along with Jesse Crain and closer Joe Nathan, the trio of Twins relievers combined to throw 81 pitches in five frames of an 11-inning victory the previous night.
CLIFF NOTES
Cliff Lee is turning in quite the first half for the Indians. After beating Tampa Bay 5-0, Lee (12-2) is tied with Joe Saunders of the Angels for the league lead in wins. The left-hander also lowered his ERA to 2.31, improved to 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA in seven home stars, and has refused to give up a run in six of his 18 starts.
WINNER, WINNER
Chris Volstad became the sixth pitcher since 1971 to get a victory as a starter and a reliever in his first two big league appearances when he came within one out of a shutout in a 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Volstad was making his first career start, after throwing two innings of scoreless relief at Colorado last Sunday.
MAGNIFICENT METS
Damion Easley's two-out solo homer in the eighth inning carried the Mets to their seventh straight win, 2-1 over the Rockies. It's their longest winning streak since Aug. 17-24, 2006. A lot of it has to do with pitching - New York allowed three hits for the fourth consecutive game, the first time that's happened in franchise history.
THE DOC IS IN
Roy Halladay threw a two-hitter for his seventh complete game of the season, a 5-0 win over the Yankees. It was also his 11th career shutout, and allowed Halladay (11-6) to improve to 8-1 over his past 12 starts. The Yankees put just two runners in scoring position against him.
NOT QUITE A NO-NO
Red Sox youngster Clay Buchholz gave up a game-opening double and never settled down, getting outpitched by Brian Burress in a 7-3 loss to the Orioles. Buchholz gave up four runs, five hits and five walks in five innings in his first start against Baltimore since throwing a no-hitter last Sept. 1.
SAVING THE ROYALS
Joakim Soria, the Royals' lone representative to the All-Star game, pitched a flawless ninth to finish off a 3-1 win over Seattle. It was his 25th save in 27 opportunities, tying a team record for saves by the All-Star break set by Jeff Montgomery in 1993.
SPEAKING
"He never throws a ball over the middle of the plate. If you face him four or five times a game, you might get one pitch over the plate. He goes from corner to corner as good as any pitcher in the game. He's probably the best starter in baseball, I would think. I know I'm a little biased because we face him 10 times a year. He's as consistent as anyone.'' -Derek Jeter, after Roy Halladay confounded the Yankees in a 5-0, two-hit shutout.
SEASONS
July 12
1901 - Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A's.
1945 - Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves went hitless to end his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 games, an NL record that stood until Pete Rose broke it in 1978.
1949 - Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians and Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe of the host Brooklyn Dodgers became the first black players to appear in an All-Star game as the AL took advantage of five NL errors to win 11-7 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
1951 - Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees beat Bob Feller of the Indians 1-0 with a no-hit game at Cleveland. Gene Woodling's home run was the difference.
1955 - St. Louis' Stan Musial hit Frank Sullivan's first pitch of the 12th inning for a home run to give the NL All-Star team a 6-5 victory over the AL at Milwaukee's County Stadium. The AL had led 5-0 after six innings.
1979 - In the most ill-fated promotion in baseball history, thousands of fans overran the Comiskey Park field during "Disco Demolition Night'' and caused the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader after losing to Detroit 4-1 in the first.
1990 - Melido Perez pitched the record-tying seventh no-hitter of the season as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-0 in a game shortened to six innings by rain. That was one inning longer than the rain-shortened no-hitter pitched in 1988 by Melido's brother Pascual, who watched from the Yankees' bench.
1994 - Tony Gwynn barely slipped past Ivan Rodriguez on Moises Alou's double in the 10th inning to give the NL an 8-7 victory and end its record six-game losing streak in the All-Star game. Fred McGriff's two-run homer in the ninth off Lee Smith had tied it and earned him MVP honors.
1997 - Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rinco combined for a 10 inning no-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 3-0. Cordova pitched nine innings, walking two and striking out 10, before being removed with the score 0-0. Rincon pitched the 10th and got the win when Mark Smith hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning.
2001 - Mark McGwire hit his 563rd homer to tie Reggie Jackson for sixth on baseball's career list in a 7-5 loss to the Tigers. It was also McGwire's 200th homer since joining the Cardinals at the trade deadline in 1997, making him the third player in history to hit 200 homers in both leagues.
2005 - Miguel Tejada and Mark Teixeira led the American League to a 7-5 win over the National League 7-5 in Detroit for its eighth straight win. Tejada, the game's MVP, homered off John Smoltz to start the scoring and Teixeira added a two-run drive off Dontrelle Willis.
Today's birthdays: Tom Gorzelanny 26; Phil Dumatrait 27.
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Saturday, July 12
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Baseball Today
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SCOREBOARD
Saturday, July 12
San Francisco at Chicago (1:05 p.m. EDT). Rich Harden makes his debut for the Cubs.
STARS
Friday
- Roy Halladay, Blue Jays, pitched a two-hitter for his 11th career shutout and seventh complete game this season, striking out eight in a 5-0 win over the Yankees.
- Chris Volstad, Marlins, came within one out of a shutout in his first career start, settling for 8 2-3 innings and one earned run in a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers.
- Cliff Lee, Indians, gave up five hits over six innings to improve to 12-2, joining Joe Saunders of the Angels for the league lead in wins, with a 5-0 victory over the Rays.
- Ronnie Belliard, Nationals, homered twice along with a double, driving in five runs and scoring two more in a 10-0 trouncing of the Astros.
- Damion Easley, Mets, went 2-for-3 with the go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning of a 2-1 win over the Rockies.
- Kyle Lohse, Cardinals, improved to 11-2 by allowing six hits and a walk over seven innings in a 6-0 shutout of the Pirates.
- Jake Peavy, Padres, gave up four hits and a walk over seven innings, striking out seven in a 4-0 win over the Braves.
- Luke Hochevar, Royals, limited the Mariners to five hits and a run over seven innings, striking out four in a 3-1 victory.
DOUBLE DUTY
Matt Guerrier and his bullpen mates didn't show any sign of fatigue in retiring the last seven Detroit batters in a 3-2 win - though nobody could blame them if they did. Along with Jesse Crain and closer Joe Nathan, the trio of Twins relievers combined to throw 81 pitches in five frames of an 11-inning victory the previous night.
CLIFF NOTES
Cliff Lee is turning in quite the first half for the Indians. After beating Tampa Bay 5-0, Lee (12-2) is tied with Joe Saunders of the Angels for the league lead in wins. The left-hander also lowered his ERA to 2.31, improved to 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA in seven home stars, and has refused to give up a run in six of his 18 starts.
WINNER, WINNER
Chris Volstad became the sixth pitcher since 1971 to get a victory as a starter and a reliever in his first two big league appearances when he came within one out of a shutout in a 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Volstad was making his first career start, after throwing two innings of scoreless relief at Colorado last Sunday.
MAGNIFICENT METS
Damion Easley's two-out solo homer in the eighth inning carried the Mets to their seventh straight win, 2-1 over the Rockies. It's their longest winning streak since Aug. 17-24, 2006. A lot of it has to do with pitching - New York allowed three hits for the fourth consecutive game, the first time that's happened in franchise history.
THE DOC IS IN
Roy Halladay threw a two-hitter for his seventh complete game of the season, a 5-0 win over the Yankees. It was also his 11th career shutout, and allowed Halladay (11-6) to improve to 8-1 over his past 12 starts. The Yankees put just two runners in scoring position against him.
NOT QUITE A NO-NO
Red Sox youngster Clay Buchholz gave up a game-opening double and never settled down, getting outpitched by Brian Burress in a 7-3 loss to the Orioles. Buchholz gave up four runs, five hits and five walks in five innings in his first start against Baltimore since throwing a no-hitter last Sept. 1.
SAVING THE ROYALS
Joakim Soria, the Royals' lone representative to the All-Star game, pitched a flawless ninth to finish off a 3-1 win over Seattle. It was his 25th save in 27 opportunities, tying a team record for saves by the All-Star break set by Jeff Montgomery in 1993.
SPEAKING
"He never throws a ball over the middle of the plate. If you face him four or five times a game, you might get one pitch over the plate. He goes from corner to corner as good as any pitcher in the game. He's probably the best starter in baseball, I would think. I know I'm a little biased because we face him 10 times a year. He's as consistent as anyone.'' -Derek Jeter, after Roy Halladay confounded the Yankees in a 5-0, two-hit shutout.
SEASONS
July 12
1901 - Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A's.
1945 - Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves went hitless to end his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 games, an NL record that stood until Pete Rose broke it in 1978.
1949 - Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians and Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe of the host Brooklyn Dodgers became the first black players to appear in an All-Star game as the AL took advantage of five NL errors to win 11-7 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
1951 - Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees beat Bob Feller of the Indians 1-0 with a no-hit game at Cleveland. Gene Woodling's home run was the difference.
1955 - St. Louis' Stan Musial hit Frank Sullivan's first pitch of the 12th inning for a home run to give the NL All-Star team a 6-5 victory over the AL at Milwaukee's County Stadium. The AL had led 5-0 after six innings.
1979 - In the most ill-fated promotion in baseball history, thousands of fans overran the Comiskey Park field during "Disco Demolition Night'' and caused the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader after losing to Detroit 4-1 in the first.
1990 - Melido Perez pitched the record-tying seventh no-hitter of the season as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-0 in a game shortened to six innings by rain. That was one inning longer than the rain-shortened no-hitter pitched in 1988 by Melido's brother Pascual, who watched from the Yankees' bench.
1994 - Tony Gwynn barely slipped past Ivan Rodriguez on Moises Alou's double in the 10th inning to give the NL an 8-7 victory and end its record six-game losing streak in the All-Star game. Fred McGriff's two-run homer in the ninth off Lee Smith had tied it and earned him MVP honors.
1997 - Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rinco combined for a 10 inning no-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 3-0. Cordova pitched nine innings, walking two and striking out 10, before being removed with the score 0-0. Rincon pitched the 10th and got the win when Mark Smith hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning.
2001 - Mark McGwire hit his 563rd homer to tie Reggie Jackson for sixth on baseball's career list in a 7-5 loss to the Tigers. It was also McGwire's 200th homer since joining the Cardinals at the trade deadline in 1997, making him the third player in history to hit 200 homers in both leagues.
2005 - Miguel Tejada and Mark Teixeira led the American League to a 7-5 win over the National League 7-5 in Detroit for its eighth straight win. Tejada, the game's MVP, homered off John Smoltz to start the scoring and Teixeira added a two-run drive off Dontrelle Willis.
Today's birthdays: Tom Gorzelanny 26; Phil Dumatrait 27.
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