SCOREBOARD
Monday, April 30
Washington at San Diego (10:05 p.m. EDT). Jake Peavy makes his first start since striking out 16 on Wednesday.
STARS
Saturday
-Justin Morneau, Twins, had three hits, including a home run, and scored three times and Minnesota beat Detroit 11-3.
-Kei Igawa, Yankees, pitched six scoreless innings of relief and New York beat Boston 3-1.
-Matt Belisle, Reds, threw a complete game five-hitter for his third win of the year and Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 8-1.
-Craig Biggio, Astros, had a triple and three RBIs and Houston beat Milwaukee 10-1.
-Miguel Cabrera, Marlins, went 5-for-5 with four singles and a solo homer and Florida beat Philadelphia 11-5.
CHASING AARON
Barry Bonds hit 742nd home run Saturday night, moving within 13 of Hank Aaron’s career record. It was Bonds’ eighth home run of the season – in 56 at-bats, but San Francisco lost 5-4 at Arizona.
STRANGE PLAY
Umpires added a run to Baltimore’s total three innings after it appeared to be waved off in the third and the Orioles beat Cleveland 7-4 Saturday night. The bizarre sequence started with Baltimore leading 2-1 in the top of the third. Ramon Hernandez hit a line drive to center field that Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore caught and Nick Markakis, who was on third, tagged up and headed for home and appeared to cross the plate before Miguel Tejada was doubled off first. Yet, plate umpire Marvin Hudson waved off the run. The umpiring crew conferred separately with Baltimore manager Sam Perlozzo and Cleveland’s Eric Wedge twice after the top of the third. After the Indians scored a run in the fifth to tie it at 2, it was announced in the bottom of the sixth that the Orioles’ run in the third had counted, giving Baltimore a 3-2 lead. The Indians then announced they were playing the game under protest.
STREAKS
s unbeaten against St. Louis in his last eight starts, going 5-0 with a 1.54 ERA (58 2-3 innings) over that stretch. With the 8-1 win, the Cubs have now won three in a row for the first time since Sept. 16-18 of last season. Albert Pujols extended his hitting streak to eight games with a home run for the Cardinals.
SNAPPED
The Yankees snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Red Sox on Saturday, avoiding their first eight-game skid since August 1995. … The Astros snapped a seven-game skid with a 10-1 win over the Brewers. It also marked the first time the Brewers scored fewer than two runs in a game this season. … Baltimore snapped a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over Cleveland, ending the Indians’ six-game winning streak.
SIDELINED
White Sox slugger Jim Thome was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a rib cage injury after Chicago’s 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Thome, who did not play on Saturday, left Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels after fouling off a pitch in the first inning. He re-aggravated a right rib cage injury that caused him to miss the two previous games. The White Sox recalled outfielder Ryan Sweeney from Triple-A Charlotte. Sweeney hit .256 with two homers for Charlotte.
STRUGGLING
Seattle starter Jeff Weaver recorded just one out in an 8-3 loss to Kansas City on Saturday, while giving up seven hits and six runs. Winless, and with an ERA already in double-figures, Weaver may have cemented his removal from Seattle’s rotation. Signed for $8.325 million in the offseason, Weaver surrendered five consecutive hits to start the game.
SPEAKING
“They said no throwing tomorrow at least.” – Yankees starting pitcher Jeff Karstens after breaking his leg in New York’s 3-1 win over Boston on Saturday. On his first pitch of the game against Boston, Karstens was hit on the side of his knee by Julio Lugo’s liner. He won’t need surgery and is expected to return this season, team physician Dr. Stuart Hershon said.
SEASONS
April 30
1903 – The New York Highlanders won their home opener at Hilltop Park, 6-2 over Washington.
1919 – Philadelphia’s Joe Oeschger and Brooklyn’s Burleigh Grimes pitched complete games in a 9-9, 20-inning tie. Both teams scored three runs in the 19th inning. Oeschger gave up 22 hits and walked five, while Grimes allowed 15 hits and walked five.
1922 – Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitched a 2-0 perfect game against the Detroit Tigers. Johnny Mostil, playing left field for the only time, made two outstanding catches.
1940 – James “Tex” Carleton of the Brooklyn Dodgers threw a 3-0 no-hitter at Cincinnati.
1946 – Bob Feller struck out 11 New York Yankees en route to his second of three career no-hitters, a 1-0 victory at Yankee Stadium.
1961 – Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit four home runs in a 14-4 victory over the Braves in Milwaukee.
1967 – Steve Barber and Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles combined on a no-hitter in a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader. Barber pitched 8 2-3 innings and Miller one-third of an inning.
1969 – Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds struck out 13 en route to a 10-0 no-hitter over the Houston Astros, the third of his career.
1988 – New York and Cincinnati hooked up in a wild game at Riverfront Stadium that the Mets pulled out 6-5 on a delayed call by first base umpire Dave Pallone. The call resulted in a $10,000 fine and 30-day suspension of Reds manager Pete Rose when Pallone accidentally poked Rose in the cheek and Rose shoved Pallone twice.
yals were 25th at $23.8 million.
2002 – Al Leiter cruised through seven three-hit innings in the New York Mets’ 10-1 rout of Arizona to become the first pitcher to beat all 30 teams in the majors.
2002 – Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez became the second-youngest player to reach 250 homers a 10-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Only Jimmie Foxx was younger.