Detroit Wins 6-5 Over Orioles in AL Clash
Detroit edged Baltimore 6 to 5 in an American League scoring battle. In the National League, the Mets triumphed 10-8 over Cincinnati while St. Louis beat San Diego 4-3 and Colorado defeated Pittsburgh 5-3.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 2008
Page
8
Detroit edged Baltimore 6 to 5 in an American League scoring battle. In the National League, the Mets triumphed 10-8 over Cincinnati while St. Louis beat San Diego 4-3 and Colorado defeated Pittsburgh 5-3.
The slate lists afternoon and evening games across MLB today including Oakland at New York Yankees and Detroit at Baltimore at 6:05 p.m. plus Toronto at Tampa Bay and Texas at Minnesota in late slots. Saturday matchups add Philadelphia at Florida and Mets at Cincinnati among others with multiple doubleheaders noted.
A summary of top performers across the American League and National League, listing leaders in batting average hits home runs and key pitching stats. Names include Kinsler Pedroia Mauer Damon Youkilis Rodriguez Hamilton Quentin Crawford Suzuki and more with records from Boston Texas Minnesota Seattle and Chicago.
Kansas City Royals aim for a steadier second half as slumps and lofty rookie expectations weighed on a 43-53 club. Trevor Hillman notes rallying together and improved clubhouse, with Zack Greinke anchoring rotation and Mike Aviles emerging as a bright surprise at shortstop.
Mets tied the NL East lead after a ninth inning two run homer by David Wright propelled a 10-8 victory over the Reds. In Denver, Colorado beat Pittsburgh 5-3 as Chris Iannetta drove in three and Ubaldo Jimenez logged seven strong innings. Brian Fuentes notched his 15th save of the season and 100th of his career.
Gary Sheffield and Brandon Inge hit two run homers and Marcus Thames added a solo shot as Detroit defeated Baltimore 6-5. Kenny Rogers allowed four runs over six innings to pick up the win.
Hideo Nomo, who pitched two no hitters and helped spark Japanese players into MLB, announced his retirement at 39 after a late season Royals comeback ended by injury. Once 123 wins leader among Japanese pitchers, he joined the Royals briefly in 2009-10 before an 18.69 ERA in three relief appearances.
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