Quentin bombs Chicago past Angels
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 10 months AGO
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
Carlos Quentin hit two late home runs and Gavin Floyd pitched seven solid innings to lead the host Chicago White Sox over the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 on Monday.
Dayan Viciedo and Alexei Ramirez homered for the White Sox. Viciedo hit his first major league homer, connecting off Angels starter Scott Kazmir in the seventh inning.
Tigers 12, Orioles 9: Brandon Inge drove in four runs, Carlos Guillen knocked in three and host Detroit outscored Baltimore early, then held on to beat the Orioles.
The Tigers led 8-7 after the third and managed to keep the lead the rest of the way.
Rays 6, Red Sox 5: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Jason Bartlett's sacrifice fly in the seventh inning snapped a tie and Tampa Bay rallied from a four-run deficit against Daisuke Matsuzaka to beat Boston.
Indians 9, Rangers 3: At Arlington, Texas, Matt LaPorta hit a two-run homer, then later took an accidental elbow to the head and left the game as Cleveland beat Texas.
Yankees 3, Athletics 1: Mark Teixeira hit a solo homer, Curtis Granderson had an RBI triple and visiting New York beat Oakland for its third straight victory.
Francisco Cervelli added an RBI single as New York gave Javier Vazquez all the offense he needed to end a three-start winless stretch.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies 3, Braves 1: Roy Halladay pitched his major league-best seventh complete game and Greg Dobbs hit a two-run homer as host Philadelphia beat Atlanta.
Halladay allowed five hits and struck out seven to record his second straight complete game. The All-Star right-hander outdueled Derek Lowe and needed just 93 pitches to finish.
Giants 6, Brewers 1: San Francisco's Aubrey Huff hit a two-run single after another costly error by host Milwaukee shortstop Alcides Escobar.
Cubs 9, Diamondbacks 4: At Phoenix, Starlin Castro and Geovany Soto drove in two runs each and Tom Gorzelanny worked around six walks in five innings for Chicago.
Reds 8, Mets 6: Joey Votto swatted a pair of home runs and visiting Cincinnati took advantage of a rare overturned call by the umpires to earn a wild victory over New York.
Marlins 6, Dodgers 5: Wes Helms hit a bases-loaded two-run single and Florida beat Los Angeles.
• Rangers to be auctioned off? The Texas Rangers plan to hold an auction next month for the team's sale in hopes of getting the bankruptcy plan approved, according to a court motion filed Monday.
The team, which had a pending sale to a group led by Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and Hall of Fame pitcher and team president Nolan Ryan, set an Aug. 16 auction for bidders who meet certain Major League Baseball requirements.
Selling the team to the Greenberg-Ryan group and paying creditors $75 million was part of the Rangers' bankruptcy plan when it filed for Chapter 11 protection in May, but creditors have opposed that plan.
• Buchholz out: All-Star pitcher Clay Buchholz of the banged-up Boston Red Sox is going on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left hamstring.
Buchholz, 10-4 with a 2.45 ERA in 15 starts this season, is expected to be at next week's All-Star game, but will not participate.
Buchholz was hurt while running the bases June 26 in San Francisco.
• Zambrano's future uncertain: Carlos Zambrano is expected to resume working sometime this week, though the Chicago Cubs aren't sure when he'll return to the team.
The hot-tempered right-hander was placed on the restricted list after a June 25 tirade in the dugout led to a verbal confrontation with teammate Derrek Lee. Last week, Zambrano was scheduled to undergo a treatment program agreed upon by doctors from the Players' Association and Major League Baseball.
Cubs manager Lou Piniella said the three-time All Star would likely start pitching this week, though he wasn't sure where. Piniella said the team would put together a program to get him ready.