AMERICAN LEAGUE Wild-Card Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Wild-Card Standings

Mariners 11, Royals 3

a-walked for Ibanez in the 8th. b-walked for Sexson in the 8th. E—Buck (2), Morse (12). LOB—Kansas City 5, Seattle 7. 2B—Long (19), Morse (9). 3B—Bloomquist (1). HR—ISuzuki (11), off Bayliss; Sexson (29), off Sisco; Morse (3), off RuHernandez. RBIs—Long 2 (41), Berroa (33), ISuzuki 2 (47), Bloomquist 2 (15), Ibanez (67), Sexson 2 (88), Beltre (65), Morse 2 (21), Torrealba (2). SB—Ibanez (7). Runners left in scoring position—Kansas City 2 (Ambres, Buck); Seattle 3 (Beltre, Reed, Morse).

Inherited runners-scored—Bayliss 2-0, Gobble 2-0. WP—FHernandez. T—2:37. A—31,908 (47,447).

Twins 4, White Sox 2

E—Punto (5), Crede (8). LOB—Minnesota 7, Chicago 6. 2B—Blum (1). RBIs—LFord 2 (39), Abernathy 2 (4), Uribe (53), Dye (62). SB—Punto 3 (9), Mauer (10). SF—Dye. GIDP—MRyan, TPerez. Runners left in scoring position—Minnesota 5 (ShStewart, Punto, Morneau 2, LeCroy); Chicago 2 (Uribe, Dye). Runners moved up—TPerez. DP—Minnesota 2 (Morneau), (Punto, Abernathy and Morneau); Chicago 1 (Uribe, Blum and Konerko).

Inherited runners-scored—Crain 2-1, Marte 2-0, Cotts 1-0. HBP—by Lohse (Pierzynski), by Lohse (Uribe). T—2:51. A—39,160 (40,615).

Angels 5, Blue Jays 4 (11)

No outs when winning run scored. a-flied out for J.Molina in the 8th. 1-ran for B.Molina in the 7th. E—Adams (20), Chacin (2), Izturis (7). LOB—Toronto 10, Los Angeles 13. 2B—Hillenbrand (27), Johnson (15), OHudson (20), OCabrera (18), VGuerrero (22), JRivera (12). RBIs—VWells (69), Hillenbrand (68), OHudson 2 (56), Figgins 2 (41), Erstad (50), JRivera (36), AKennedy (33). SB—AKennedy (12). S—Adams, JMolina. SF—VWells. Runners left in scoring position—Toronto 4 (Catalanotto, Hillenbrand 2, Zaun); Los Angeles 6 (Figgins, BMolina 2, JRivera 2, AKennedy). Runners moved up—Koskie, BMolina.

Walker pitched to 2 batters in the 11th, ESantana pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored—Schoeneweis 1-1, Donnelly 2-2. IBB—off Chacin (VGuerrero) 1. HBP—by Donnelly (Catalanotto). WP—Speier. T—3:49. A—38,936 (45,037).

Orioles 6, Athletics 2

a-struck out for Watson in the 9th. 1-ran for Freire in the 7th. 2-ran for Gibbons in the 7th. E—Crosby (5). LOB—Baltimore 5, Oakland 9. 2B—Gomez (9), BRoberts (33), Matos (12), Crosby (20), EChavez (27). HR—Crosby (6), off RLopez. RBIs—Gomez (15), SSosa (44), Freire (1), Gibbons (54), Matos (21), Crosby (30), EChavez (74). SB—BRoberts (21). GIDP—Freire. Runners left in scoring position—Baltimore 4 (Byrnes, Gomez, Mora 2); Oakland 5 (Kotsay, Payton, Hatteberg 3). Runners moved up—Matos, DJohnson, Payton. DP—Oakland 1 (Crosby, Scutaro and DJohnson).

Inherited runners-scored—Byrdak 1-0, Williams 1-0, Calero 2-1, Yabu 1-1. HBP—by Calero (Matos), by Zito (JvLopez). WP—Yabu. T—2:52. A—20,285 (43,662).

Yankees 5, Devil Rays 2

E—ASGonzalez (11). LOB—New York 6, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—ARodriguez (20), BWilliams (16), Huff (19), ASGonzalez (11). HR—Sheffield (25), off Harper; Gomes (16), off JSWright; ARodriguez (36), off Fossum. RBIs—Sheffield 2 (91), ARodriguez 2 (97), Gomes (31), THall (37). SB—Gomes 2 (4). CS—Lugo (6). GIDP—JaGiambi, Gathright. Runners left in scoring position—New York 3 (ARodriguez, Matsui, Escalona); Tampa Bay 4 (THall 3, Gathright). Runners moved up—TLee, THall. DP—New York 1 (Escalona and JaGiambi); Tampa Bay 2 (TLee), (Cantu and TLee).

Inherited runners-scored—Sturtze 2-0. IBB—off Fossum (BWilliams) 1. HBP—by JSWright (Lugo), by MRivera (Gomes), by JSWright (Gomes 2). WP—JSWright. Balk—Fossum. T—2:42. A—19,320 (41,315).

Tigers 7, Red Sox 6

Two outs when winning run scored. 1-ran for Young in the 9th.

E—Infante (8). LOB—Boston 6, Detroit 10. 2B—DOrtiz (33), MRamirez (22), Mueller (24), Shelton (14), Infante (23). 3B—Shelton (2), DYoung (3). HR—DOrtiz (29), off Colon; Cora (3), off Douglass. RBIs—DOrtiz 2 (101), Mueller (48), Cora 3 (14), DYoung (57), MOrdonez 2 (33), Infante 2 (38), JMcDonald (13), VWilson (10). S—VWilson. SF—Mueller, MOrdonez. GIDP—Petagine. Runners left in scoring position—Boston 3 (Damon, Kapler 2); Detroit 4 (Polanco, MOrdonez, Inge 2). Runners moved up—Varitek, DYoung, Infante. DP—Detroit 1 (Shelton, VWilson and Shelton).

Douglass pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners-scored—Schilling 1-0, Colon 2-0. T—3:08. A—30,426 (40,120).

American League Leaders

RUNS—Damon, Boston, 90; Jeter, New York, 89; DOrtiz, Boston, 88; ARodriguez, New York, 88; Teixeira, Texas, 84; Figgins, Los Angeles, 83; MYoung, Texas, 83.

RBI—MRamirez, Boston, 108; DOrtiz, Boston, 101; ARodriguez, New York, 97; Teixeira, Texas, 94; Sheffield, New York, 91; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 88; Matsui, New York, 87.

HITS—MYoung, Texas, 159; Damon, Boston, 155; ISuzuki, Seattle, 148; Tejada, Baltimore, 148; Jeter, New York, 144; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 142; BRoberts, Baltimore, 141; ARodriguez, New York, 141.

DOUBLES—Tejada, Baltimore, 39; DOrtiz, Boston, 33; BRoberts, Baltimore, 32; Matsui, New York, 31; Cantu, Tampa Bay, 30; Mench, Texas, 30; ASoriano, Texas, 30.

TRIPLES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 12; Sizemore, Cleveland, 10; ISuzuki, Seattle, 10; Figgins, Los Angeles, 7; Inge, Detroit, 7; DeJesus, Kansas City, 6; Johnson, Toronto, 6; Damon, Boston, 6.

HOME RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 36; MRamirez, Boston, 32; Teixeira, Texas, 31; Konerko, Chicago, 30; ASoriano, Texas, 29; DOrtiz, Boston, 29; Sexson, Seattle, 28.

STOLEN BASES—Podsednik, Chicago, 54; Figgins, Los Angeles, 40; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 34; Lugo, Tampa Bay, 30; ISuzuki, Seattle, 26; THunter, Minnesota, 23; Womack, New York, 23.

PITCHING (11 Decisions)—Crain, Minnesota, 9-2, .818, 2.89; Clement, Boston, 11-3, .786, 4.53; ClLee, Cleveland, 12-4, .750, 4.03; Halladay, Toronto, 12-4, .750, 2.41; Garland, Chicago, 16-6, .727, 3.47; Donnelly, Los Angeles, 8-3, .727, 3.93; Buehrle, Chicago, 13-5, .722, 2.99.

STRIKEOUTS—JoSantana, Minnesota, 172; Lackey, Los Angeles, 154; RaJohnson, New York, 152; Bonderman, Detroit, 128; DCabrera, Baltimore, 125; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 124; Mussina, New York, 124.

SAVES—MRivera, New York, 32; Wickman, Cleveland, 32; Hermanson, Chicago, 30; Nathan, Minnesota, 29; Guardado, Seattle, 28; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 27; FCordero, Texas, 26; BRyan, Baltimore, 26.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wild-Card Standings

Astros 12, Cubs 4

a-walked for Wuertz in the 7th. b-grounded out for Lee in the 8th. c-grounded out for Ramirez in the 8th. E—Macias (4), Biggio (11), Lamb (6). LOB—Chicago 6, Houston 11. 3B—CPatterson (3). HR—Ensberg (33), off Williamson; Quintero (1), off Wellemeyer; AEverett (9), off Wellemeyer; Burke (2), off Rusch; Murton (1), off WRodriguez; TWalker (8), off WRodriguez. RBIs—Murton (4), TWalker (28), Barrett (50), Berkman (50), Ensberg 3 (91), Lane (55), AEverett 2 (42), Burke 3 (18), Quintero 2 (8). SF—Lane. GIDP—TWalker, ARamirez 2, Berkman. Runners left in scoring position—Chicago 3 (Murton 2, Burnitz); Houston 5 (Lane 2, Burke, Quintero 2). Runners moved up—Macias. DP—Chicago 1 (TWalker, Garciaparra and DeLee); Houston 3 (Ensberg, Biggio and Berkman), (WRodriguez, Biggio, AEverett and Berkman), (Bruntlett, AEverett and Berkman).

Wellemeyer pitched to 6 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners-scored—Wellemeyer 3-0, Wuertz 3-3. T—2:49. A—26,992 (40,950).

Giants 7, Reds 3

a-walked for Coffey in the 6th. b-struck out for Fassero in the 7th. c-grounded out for Shackelford in the 8th. E—EEncarnacion (6). LOB—San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 11. 2B—Winn (4), Vizquel (23), Matheny (26), Casey (29), EEncarnacion (8). 3B—Winn (2). HR—Kearns (9), off Correia; Linden (3), off Harang; Winn (3), off Harang; Dunn (34), off Correia; Griffey Jr. (27), off Correia. RBIs—Winn (4), Vizquel (36), Tucker (33), Durham (40), Linden 2 (9), Matheny (46), Griffey Jr. (81), Dunn (83), Kearns (36). SB—FLopez (12). SF—Tucker, Durham. GIDP—Freel, EEncarnacion. Runners left in scoring position—San Francisco 6 (Snow 2, Durham 3, Correia); Cincinnati 6 (Casey 2, Kearns 3, JaCruz). Runners moved up—Durham. DP—San Francisco 2 (Vizquel, Durham and Snow), (Feliz, Durham and Snow).

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Inherited runners-scored—TyWalker 1-0, Coffey 2-1. PB—Matheny. T—3:23. A—17,777 (42,271).

Giants Cycle Hitters

San Francisco players who have hit for the cycle:

Dave Orr, June 12, 1885, vs. St. Louis Browns

Dave Orr, Aug. 10, 1887, at Baltimore Orioles

Mike Tiernan, Aug. 15, 1888, at Philadelphia Phillies

Mike Tiernan, Aug. 28, 1890, at Cincinnati Reds

Sam Mertes, Oct. 4, 1904, vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Chief Meyers, June 10, 1912, vs. Chicago Cubs

George Burns, Sept. 17, 1920, vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Dave Bancroft, June 1, 1921, vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Ross Youngs, April 29, 1922, at Boston Braves

Bill Terry, May 29, 1928, at Brooklyn Dodgers

Mel Ott, May 16, 1929, at Boston Braves

Freddie Lindstrom, May 8, 1930, at Pittsburgh Pirates

Sam Leslie, May 24, 1936, vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Harry Danning, June 15, 1940, vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Don Mueller, July 11, 1954, vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Jim Ray Hart, July 8, 1970, at Atlanta Braves

Dave Kingman, April 16, 1972, at Houston Astros

Jeffrey Leonard, June 27, 1985, at Cincinnati Reds

Candy Maldonado, May 4, 1987, at St. Louis Cardinals

Chris Speier, July 9, 1988, vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Robby Thompson, April 22, 1991, vs. San Diego Padres

Jeff Kent, May 3, 1999, at Pittsburgh Pirates

Randy Winn, Aug. 15, 2005, at Cincinnati Reds

Nationals 6, Phillies 3

a-flied out for Hernandez in the 9th. b-safe on error for Geary in the 9th. E—CGuzman (14). LOB—Washington 5, Philadelphia 6. 2B—Wilkerson 2 (33). HR—Schneider (9), off Geary; PrWilson 2 (21), off BMyers 2; NJohnson (12), off BMyers. RBIs—NJohnson (55), PrWilson 4 (65), Schneider (34), Burrell 2 (87), Lieberthal (33). GIDP—PrWilson, Rollins, Burrell. Runners left in scoring position—Washington 2 (Vidro, NJohnson); Philadelphia 2 (DaBell, ToPerez). DP—Washington 2 (Castilla, Vidro and NJohnson), (CGuzman, Vidro and NJohnson); Philadelphia 1 (Rollins, Utley and Howard).

HBP—by LHernandez (ToPerez). T—2:32. A—40,627 (43,826).

Rockies 11, Brewers 2

a-grounded out for Lehr in the 9th. LOB—Milwaukee 7, Colorado 6. 2B—Overbay (23), Jenkins (31), Branyan (10), Sullivan (6). HR—Atkins (8), off Lehr; Helton (13), off BSheets. RBIs—Branyan (29), DMiller (32), Bigbie (2), Helton 2 (48), Atkins 4 (56), Mohr (28), Quintanilla (2), Ardoin 2 (14). SB—Quintanilla (1). S—Quintanilla, Cook. SF—DMiller. GIDP—Overbay. Runners left in scoring position—Milwaukee 4 (Weeks 2, CHart 2); Colorado 2 (Atkins, Ardoin). Runners moved up—CHart, DMiller, Atkins. DP—Colorado 1 (Quintanilla, LuGonzalez and Helton).

BSheets pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored—Lehr 2-2. IBB—off Cook (Jenkins) 1. T—2:25. A—18,596 (50,449).

National League Leaders

RUNS—Pujols, St. Louis, 100; DeLee, Chicago, 89; Bay, Pittsburgh, 85; Dunn, Cincinnati, 84; MiCabrera, Florida, 83; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 82; MGiles, Atlanta, 77.

RBI—Pujols, St. Louis, 93; CaLee, Milwaukee, 91; AJones, Atlanta, 91; DeLee, Chicago, 89; Ensberg, Houston, 88; Burrell, Philadelphia, 87; ARamirez, Chicago, 86.

HITS—MiCabrera, Florida, 153; DeLee, Chicago, 152; Pujols, St. Louis, 148; BClark, Milwaukee, 147; Reyes, New York, 138; Casey, Cincinnati, 137; Bay, Pittsburgh, 134.

DOUBLES—DeLee, Chicago, 37; Bay, Pittsburgh, 35; MGiles, Atlanta, 34; MiCabrera, Florida, 33; Wilkerson, Washington, 33; Randa, San Diego, 33; Wright, New York, 32; Biggio, Houston, 32.

TRIPLES—Reyes, New York, 11; Pierre, Florida, 10; Furcal, Atlanta, 10; Rollins, Philadelphia, 7; JWilson, Pittsburgh, 6; Wilkerson, Washington, 6; DRoberts, San Diego, 6; BGiles, San Diego, 6.

HOME RUNS—AJones, Atlanta, 37; DeLee, Chicago, 35; Dunn, Cincinnati, 34; Pujols, St. Louis, 33; Ensberg, Houston, 32; ARamirez, Chicago, 29; CaLee, Milwaukee, 27; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 27.

STOLEN BASES—Reyes, New York, 41; Pierre, Florida, 41; Furcal, Atlanta, 33; Freel, Cincinnati, 29; Taveras, Houston, 27; Rollins, Philadelphia, 26; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 25.

PITCHING (11 Decisions)—Eaton, San Diego, 9-2, .818, 3.76; Carpenter, St. Louis, 17-4, .810, 2.25; LHernandez, Washington, 14-5, .737, 3.45; Clemens, Houston, 11-4, .733, 1.32; Morris, St. Louis, 12-5, .706, 3.83; PMartinez, New York, 12-5, .706, 2.96; Mulder, St. Louis, 13-6, .684, 4.10.

STRIKEOUTS—Peavy, San Diego, 174; PMartinez, New York, 172; Carpenter, St. Louis, 169; BMyers, Philadelphia, 152; Clemens, Houston, 148; DDavis, Milwaukee, 146; Burnett, Florida, 144.

SAVES—CCordero, Washington, 38; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 31; Hoffman, San Diego, 30; Lidge, Houston, 29; BWagner, Philadelphia, 27; Mesa, Pittsburgh, 27; TJones, Florida, 25.

This date in baseball

1920 — Shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head with pitch in the fifth inning by New York’s Carl Mays. Chapman fractured his skull and died the next day. It is the only field fatality in major league history.

1947 — Ralph Kiner hit three successive home runs to become the first Pirates player to accomplish the feat as Pittsburgh beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-7 at Forbes Field.

1948 — Babe Ruth died of cancer in New York at 53.

1950 — Hank Thompson hit two inside-the-park home runs in the Giants’ 16-7 rout of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds.

1964 — Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals had eight straight hits in a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the first game 3-0 and the Cardinals took the second, 4-0.

1967 — Jim Maloney of Cincinnati retired 19 consecutive Pirates but had to leave the game after he injured his ankle by stepping in a hole at Forbes Field. Billy McCool allowed two hits over the final 2 2-3 innings to give the Reds a 4-0 victory over Pittsburgh.

1996 — The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets 15-10 in Monterrey, Mexico, in the first major league regular-season game played outside the United States or Canada.

Baseball Calendar

Aug. 17-18 — Owners meeting, Pasadena, Calif.

Oct. 4 — Playoffs begin.

Oct. 11 — League championship series begin.

Oct. 22 — World Series begins, city of American League champion.

October/November TBA — Free agent filing period, first 15 days after World Series ends.

Nov. 7-11 — General managers meetings, Indian Wells, Calif.

Dec. 5-8 — Winter meetings, Dallas.

Dec. 7 — Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.

Dec. 19 — Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept or reject the offers.

Dec. 20 — Last day for teams to offer 2006 contracts to unsigned players. 2006

Jan 5-15 — Salary arbitration filing.

Jan. 8 — Last day until May 1 for free agents who rejected arbitration offers to re-sign with their former teams.

Jan. 18 — Exchange of salary arbitration figures.

Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings.