Five-run 12th inning sparks Athletics to win, sweep of O's
Nick Swisher and Mark Ellis homered off Jorge Julio in a five-run 12th inning, and the Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 10-5 victory Monday.Oakland scored all its run on homers. Jay Payton hit a two-run shot in the first inning and Dan Johnson connected with two on in the sixth. The A's have 18 home runs in their last six games.The victory enabled Oakland to extend its lead in the AL West to one full game over the Los Angeles Angels, who were idle Monday. The teams begin a three-game series Tuesday night in Anaheim.Kiko Calero (3-1), the sixth Oakland pitcher, worked two scoreless innings to seal the A's sixth straight win. It was Oakland's first four-game sweep in Baltimore since the A's moved from Kansas City in 1968.Indians 10, Tigers 8: At Cleveland; Jhonny Peralta, Coco Crisp and Ben Broussard drove in two runs apiece as Cleveland kept up its late-season surge by outslugging Detroit.Broussard hit an RBI triple in the first off Jeremy Bonderman (14-11) and Casey Blake had three hits for Cleveland. Dmitri Young had a grand slam and five RBIs, and Carlos Pena homered for Detroit.Rangers 7, White Sox 5: At Arlington, Texas, Rookie Juan Dominguez allowed seven hits in eight innings, and Mark Teixeira had three hits and two RBIs to lead Texas over Chicago.Dominguez (2-3) gave up two runs, struck out three and walked two in his 11th major league start. Mark DeRosa and Kevin Mench homered for the Rangers.Twins 3, Royals 1, 10 innings: At Kansas City, Nick Punto hit a two-run double in the 10th inning, leading Minnesota over Kansas City.Shawn Camp (1-4) walked Jason Bartlett and Michael Ryan with one out in the 10th and Punto, in a 2-for-17 slide, doubled to gap in left-center.Red Sox 10, Devil Rays 6: At Boston, David Ortiz homered twice and Johnny Damon hit his first leadoff homer since Boston's World Series clincher to lead Boston to a win over Tampa Bay.Matt Clement (12-3) won for the second time in eight starts since his All-Star game appearance, and John Olerud had three of Boston's 13 hits.NATIONAL LEAGUECardinals 6, Marlins 1: At Miami, Chris Carpenter pitched 72/3 innings to become the first 19-game winner in the major leagues, and David Eckstein went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to help St. Louis Cardinals beat Florida.Carpenter (19-4) beat the Marlins for the second time in August and improved to 11-0 in his past 14 starts. He allowed seven hits but only one run, stranding four runners in scoring position.Dodgers 9, Cubs 6: At Chicago, Jeff Kent drove in four runs and D.J. Houlton got his first win in two months as Los Angeles used a six-run second inning to beat Chicago.Houlton (5-7) won for the first time in nine starts since June 27, despite giving up four solo homers.Jeromy Burnitz homered twice for the Cubs and Nomar Garciaparra and Todd Walker each connected off Houlton, who surrendered seven hits and four runs in 5 2-3 innings.Source: http://www.mcall.com/
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