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
Sunday
– Fausto Carmona, Indians, gave up one run and six hits in 8 1-3 innings and Cleveland beat Baltimore 6-1.
– Matt Holliday, Rockies, hit a two-run home run in the 11th inning to help Colorado avoid a three-game series sweep with a 9-7 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
– Brady Clark, Dodgers, hit a go-ahead double in the 17th inning and Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 5-4.
– Brandon Inge, Tigers, hit a leadoff homer in the ninth to give Detroit a 4-3 victory over Minnesota.
– John Maine, Mets, struck out a career-high eight and allowed three hits in seven innings and New York beat Washington 1-0.
– Jamie Moyer, Phillies, took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of Philadelphia’s 6-1 win over Florida.
MOURNED
Josh Hancock, a relief pitcher who helped the team win the World Series last season, died early Sunday when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the back of a tow truck, bringing back memories of Darryl Kile’s death in June 2002. The Cardinals postponed their home game Sunday night against the Chicago Cubs.
MARATHON
Brady Clark hit a go-ahead double in the 17th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sunday in the longest game in Petco Park’s four-year history. It also was the longest game in the major leagues this season. Pittsburgh beat Houston 4-3 in 16 innings Wednesday, a game that lasted 4 hours, 48 minutes. The Dodgers-Padres game took 4:55.
RARITY
Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki had an unassisted triple play in the seventh inning of the Rockies’ 9-7 win over Atlanta on Sunday. After Kelly Johnson and Edgar Renteria reached on singles, Tulowitzki caught Chipper Jones’ line drive behind second base. Tulowitzki stepped on the bag to double up Johnson and tagged Renteria for the third out. It was the 13th unassisted triple play in major league history and the first since 2003.
FOILED
Jamie Moyer took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers for a four-hitter in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-1 win over Florida on Sunday. … Cha Seung Baek took a no-hit bid into the sixth, and Willie Bloomquist’s two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie in Seattle’s 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals.
NICE COMPANY
With a two-run shot in the eight inning of a 7-4 win over New York, Boston’s Manny Ramirez became only the fifth player to hit 50 career homers against the Yankees, joining Jimmie Foxx (70), Ted Williams (62), Hank Greenberg (53) and Carl Yastrzemski (52).
STREAKING
The Yankees’ Derek Jeter homered in a 7-4 loss to Boston, extending his hitting streak to 17 games. … Arizona topped San Francisco 5-4 to earn their fifth straight victory following a five-game skid.
SNAPPED
Boston’s Mike Lowell went 0-for-2 in a 7-4 win over New York, ending his 14-game hitting streak. The Yankees’ Bobby Abreu hit an eighth-inning single to end an 0-for-19 slide, the longest of his major league career. … Philadelphia’s Aaron Rowand went 0-for-3 in a 6-1 win over Florida, halting his career-high hitting streak at 16. … Seattle DH Jose Vidro saw his 12-game hitting streak end in a 5-1 win over the Royals.
SPEAKING
“I was blowing and yelling for it to go. Vance Wilson told me he was in the bullpen trying to push the fence closer to home.” – Detroit’s Brandon Inge, on his walkoff homer in the Tigers’ 4-3 win over Minnesota.
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 the second of his 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 $10,000 fine and 30-day suspension of Reds manager Pete Rose when Pallone accidentally poked Rose in the cheek and Rose shoved Pallone twice.
1999 – About 3,000 fans wearing T-shirts that said, “$hare the wealth” protested baseball economics at the Yankees-Royals game. The protesters turned their backs when the Yankees batted, then walked out of Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium during the fourth inning. The Yankees began the season with baseball’s top payroll at $85.05 million, and the Royals 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.