SCOREBOARD
Friday, April 27
Boston at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m. EDT). Daisuke Matsuzaka gets another chance against the Yankees after his shaky start on Sunday.
STARS
Wednesday
-Chase Utley, Phillies, went 5-for-5 with three RBIs in a 9-3 win over the Nationals.
-Barry Bonds and Pedro Feliz, Giants. Bonds went 2-for-4, with a homer and Feliz hit the go-ahead homer in San Francisco’s 6-4 win over the Dodgers.
-Jarrod Washburn, Mariners, pitched a three-hitter for his third career shutout, and Seattle beat Oakland 2-0.
-Willy Taveras, and Todd Helton, Rockies. Taveras went 5-for-6 and Helton went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to help Colorado beat the Mets 11-5.
-Chad Durbin, Tigers, struck out a career-high nine in eight innings, and Detroit defeated the White Sox 6-2.
OUT
Oft-injured Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will miss the entire 2007 season after surgery on his right shoulder. The 26-year-old Prior had surgery Tuesday by noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. Prior has been beset by injuries since his first full season in the majors in 2003. Prior is 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA in the majors and finished third in NL Cy Young voting in 2003, when he 18-6 with a 4.24 ERA and struck out 245 in 211 1-3 innings. He was the overall No. 2 pick in the 2001 draft by the Cubs.
MOWING EM DOWN
San Diego’s Jake Peavy fell one strike short of Tom Seaver’s major league record of 10 consecutive strikeouts and had 16 strikeouts through seven innings against Arizona on Wednesday night. Peavy had thrown 117 pitches through seven innings. The strikeout record for a nine-inning game is 20, shared by Roger Clemens (twice) and Kerry Wood. Peavy struck out the side in the second, third and fourth innings. San Diego’s previous record for consecutive strikeouts in a game was six, shared by four pitchers. Seaver set the consecutive strikeouts record for the New York Mets against San Diego on April 22, 1970, when he struck out his final 10 batters – and 19 in all. San Diego lost to Arizona 3-2.
741 AND COUNTING
er Stadium. The Giants beat the Dodgers 6-4 on Wednesday night.
INJURED
Milwaukee ace Ben Sheets left Wednesday’s game against the Cubs after three innings because of a strained right groin. The Brewers lost to the Cubs 9-3. … Pirates second baseman Freddy Sanchez was taken out of Wednesday night’s lineup against Houston because of irritation in his right eye. Sanchez, last year’s NL batting champion with a .344 average, went to an eye doctor earlier in the day. Unidentified debris was removed from his eye. The problem was not believed to be serious.
STREAKS
San Francisco beat the Dodgers 6-4 on Wednesday night, extending its winning streak to seven. The Giants hadn’t won seven straight since June 19-25, 2004. … The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 9-3 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Tim Hudson had a career-high 12 strikeouts and took a six-hit shutout into the ninth in Atlanta’s 4-3 loss to Florida on Wednesday night.
SPEAKING
“We struck out 19 guys? This was not your usual run-of-the-mill ballgame.” – Indians manager Eric Wedge said after Cleveland’s 8-7 victory over Texas in 11 innings. Both teams combined to strike out 32 times.
SEASONS
April 27
1909 – The Chicago White Sox won their third straight 1-0 game over St. Louis in three days.
1918 – The Brooklyn Dodgers got into the win column after a major league record 0-9 start, with a 5-3 victory over the New York Giants in the opening game of a doubleheader.
1929 – Brooklyn relief pitcher Clise Dudley homered on the first major league pitch he saw at Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl.
1930 – Chicago White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy had no chances in a nine-inning game against St. Louis.
1944 – Jim Tobin of the Braves pitched a no-hitter against the Dodgers in Boston, winning 2-0. He also hit a homer.
1947 – Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium drew a crowd of more than 58,000 to honor the ailing star. In the game, Sid Hudson of the Washington Senators beat Spud Chandler 1-0.
1968 – Tom Phoebus of the Orioles no-hit the Boston Red Sox 6-0 at Baltimore.
1973 – Kansas City’s Steve Busby pitched his first of two career no-hitters with a 3-0 victory over the Tigers at Detroit.
1983 – Walter Johnson’s record of 3,508 career strikeouts was eclipsed by Houston’s Nolan Ryan – a record which stood for 56 years. Ryan fanned Montreal pinch-hitter Brad Mills in the eighth inning as the Astros beat the Expos 4-2.
1994 – Scott Erickson, who allowed the most hits in the majors the previous season, pitched Minnesota’s first no-hitter in 27 years as the Twins beat Milwaukee 6-0.
1996 – Barry Bonds became the fourth major leaguer to amass 300 homers and 300 steals when he homered in the third inning of the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 victory over the Florida Marlins. His father, Bobby Bonds, godfather Willie Mays and Andre Dawson are the only other players to reach 300-300.
2000 – Chicago White Sox shortstop Jose Valentin hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in a 13-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Valentin hit the cycle in single, double, triple and home run order.
2002 – Derek Lowe, who struggled to keep his job as a closer last season, pitched a no-hitter against Tampa Bay. Brent Abernathy was the only baserunner Lowe allowed in Boston’s 10-0 victory.
2003 – Kevin Millwood pitched a no-hitter to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 1-0. Millwood struck out 10 and walked three.
2005 – Mark Grudzielanek hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats in St. Louis’ 6-3 victory over Milwaukee.
2005 – Jose Mesa earned his 300th career save in Pittsburgh’s 2-0 victory over Houston. Mesa became the 19th pitcher in major league history with 300.
Today’s birthdays: Joey Gathright, 26; Pedro Feliz, 32; Chris Carpenter, 32; Frank Catalanotto, 33.