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Baseball Today
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Boston at Tampa Bay (7:08 p.m. EDT). Jon Lester (9-7, 3.90 ERA) faces Tampa Bay’s Matt Garza (7-8, 3.69) in the opener of a two-game series at Tropicana Field. The Red Sox have won four consecutive games.
STARS Sunday
• Melky Cabrera, Yankees, hit for the cycle in New York’s 8-5 win over the Chicago White Sox, finishing with four hits and four RBI.
• Matt Kemp, Dodgers, homered and matched a career high with five RBI in Los Angeles’ 9-1 victory against Atlanta.
• Kendry Morales, Angels, hit two three-run homers and had a career-high six RBI in Los Angeles’ 13-4 victory at the Minnesota Twins.
• Victor Martinez, Red Sox, had five hits and four RBI to help Boston beat the Baltimore Orioles 18-10 at Camden Yards.
• Mitch Maier, Royals, drove in three runs and threw out a runner at the plate in Kansas City’s 4-1 win over Tampa Bay.
• Carl Pavano, Indians, tossed eight crisp innings to lead Cleveland to an 11-1 victory against the Detroit Tigers.
• Alex Rios, Blue Jays, hit a three-run double to help Toronto to a 7-2 win at the Oakland Athletics.
BASE 10
Melky Cabrera became the first Yankees player in 14 years to hit for the cycle, leading New York to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the second to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead, doubled in the fourth, had an RBI single in the fifth, and completed it with a triple in the ninth. Cabrera’s cycle was the 15th by a Yankees player and first since Tony Fernandez did it against Oakland on Sept. 3, 1995.
SIDELINED
The Texas Rangers placed second baseman Ian Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. Kinsler missed five straight starts and said before the game that the injury hadn’t improved, but hadn’t gotten worse either. Then, 10 minutes before the game’s first pitch against Seattle, the team announced that Kinsler was headed to the DL retroactive to July 29.
SPEAKING
“I’m honored to be on this side now. It’s not the same when you’re playing and you fall way back in the standings. Just coming over here to a team that is competing every year…” Boston’s Victor Martinez, who had five hits in the Red Sox’s 18-10 victory against Baltimore. The Red Sox acquired Martinez from Cleveland on Friday.
SEASONS Aug. 4
1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.
1929 — The Cleveland Indians, down to their last out and trailing 6-5, scored nine runs in the ninth inning for a 14-6 victory over the New York Yankees.
1955 — Chicago’s Ernie Banks hit three home runs at Wrigley against three Pirates pitchers to lead the Cubs to an 11-10 win.
1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.
1982 — Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day. Seaver walked one and struck out seven, giving him 3,499 in his 19-year career.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
1989 — Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays, who lost consecutive no-hit bids with two outs in the ninth inning last September, came within one out of a perfect game before settling for a two-hit 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees. Roberto Kelly’s double spoiled Stieb’s bid.
1997 — Brad Radke of Minnesota posted his 12th straight victory, pitching seven strong innings in the Twins’ 9-3 win over Toronto. Radke became the third pitcher since 1950 to win 12 consecutive starts.
2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.
2007 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City. Rodriguez’s homer came eight days after the slugger celebrated his 32nd birthday, eclipsing Jimmie Foxx (32 years, 338 days). A-Rod became the 22nd player to reach the mark.
Today’s birthdays: Scott Linebrink 33; Bob Howry 36.