Games played on April 9thMinnesota Twins 2, Cleveland Indians 3CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jake Westbrook outpitched Minnesota ace Johan Santana and Aaron Boone drove in two runs to lead the Cleveland Indians to their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Twins on Sunday.Boone had a two-run double and Eduardo Perez homered as Cleveland improved to 5-1 for its best start since opening the 2002 season 11-1.Travis Hafner drew a walk in the first inning, reaching base safely for the 11th consecutive at-bat. He lined out to left-center leading off the fourth, ending his streak, and finished 0-for-3.Westbrook (2-0) gave up two hits and one run over 6 1-3 innings, walking two and striking out four. The right-hander, making his 100th career start, retired 14 in a row before walking Jason Kubel with one out in the seventh and being replaced by Guillermo Mota.Kubel stole second and scored one out later on Shannon Stewart's single to make it 3-1.Bob Wickman gave up Justin Morneau's two-out RBI single in the ninth and then got Tony Batista on a fly ball to center to pick up his third save.Santana (0-2) gave up three runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings, raising his ERA to 5.73 and losing his first two decisions for the first time since 2000. He walked three and struck out five.The Twins are 1-5 for the first time since starting 1-7 in 1994 and have lost six straight at Jacobs Field.Perez homered with one out in the fourth to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.Jhonny Peralta opened Cleveland's sixth with a single off the glove of third baseman Tony Batista. The Indians' shortstop is 2-for-19 with 14 strikeouts in his career against Santana. One out later, Peralta went to third on a looping double by Victor Martinez that fell just in front of diving left fielder Shannon Stewart.Right-hander Juan Rincon replaced Santana and walked pinch-hitter Ben Broussard to load the bases. Boone ruined the strategy by slapping a 1-2 pitch to center that fell in front of Hunter for a two-run double.Game notesIndians 2B Ronnie Belliard missed his second straight game with a strained calf. His replacement, Ramon Vazquez, went 0-for-7 with five strikeouts in the two games. ... The Twins avoided being shut out in consecutive games by Cleveland for the first time since May 3-4, 1968, when right-handers Luis Tiant and Steve Hargan did it. ... Twins DH Rondell White struck out twice and is 2-for-22 with eight strikeouts on the season.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409105Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Toronto Blue Jays 2TORONTO (AP) -- Scott Kazmir came within an out of his first career complete game, outpitching Roy Halladay and leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Sunday.Kazmir (1-1), coming off an opening 9-6 loss to Baltimore, allowed 10 hits, struck out five and walked one. After getting the first two outs of the ninth, he allowed singles to Russ Adams and Reed Johnson.Tampa Bay then brought in Dan Miceli, who need just three pitches to end the game, retiring Frank Catalanotto on a lineout to shortstop for his second save.Travis Lee homered and Russell Branyan hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth for the Devil Rays, who took two of three from the new-look Blue Jays.Halladay (1-1) allowed all five runs and eight hits in 7 1-3 innings. After missing the second half of last season with a broken leg, the 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner won his first start against Minnesota.Toronto led 2-1 until the seventh, when Lee tied it with his third homer of the season.Halladay hit Toby Hall with a pitch leading off the eighth and, after Joey Gathright bunted into a forceout, Tomas Perez doubled to put runners on second and third.Carl Crawford was intentionally walked, and Branyan doubled for a 4-2 lead. Aubrey Huff was intentionally walked, and Jonny Gomes chased Halladay with an RBI single.Tampa Bay had gone ahead in the fourth when Huff hit a run-scoring double-play grounder. Toronto went ahead in the fifth when Johnson hit an RBI single with two outs and scored on a double by Vernon Wells.Game notesWells, Toronto's center fielder, received his second straight AL Gold Glove before the game. ... The Devil Rays' rotation entered 1-2 with an 8.14 ERA.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409114Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 1BALTIMORE (AP) -- Tim Wakefield pitched six perilous innings without allowing an earned run, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Adam Stern drove in two runs for the Red Sox, whose 5-1 start is their best since 1999. Boston outscored Baltimore 20-10 in the series and has won eight straight against the Orioles dating to September.Wakefield (1-1) retired the side in order only once. The knuckleballer twice worked out of bases-loaded jams, and stranded 10 runners before leaving with a 4-1 lead.The right-hander allowed five hits, walked two and hit two batters. But he lowered his ERA from 17.18 to 6.52.Mike Timlin worked the seventh, Keith Foulke pitched a perfect eighth and Jonathan Papelbon got three outs for his third save, the second in two days. With runners at the corners and one out in the ninth, Jay Gibbons and Kevin Millar fouled out.Ramon Hernandez had three hits for the Orioles, who left 14 runners on base. Baltimore has lost four straight after starting 2-0.Boston went up 4-1 in the sixth, scoring two runs with two outs after Orioles starter Rodrigo Lopez walked the bases loaded. Stern got an RBI single on a grounder that handcuffed Millar at first, and Mark Loretta chased Lopez (1-1) with a single before John Halama retired David Ortiz on a grounder to first.In the bottom half, a double by Hernandez and a single by Chris Gomez put runners at the corners with no outs. Wakefield then capped his gritty performance by striking out Corey Patterson, David Newhan and Luis Matos.Wakefield threw 93 pitches, 63 for strikes.The Orioles got an unearned run in the first inning. After Newhan's grounder to second base went through Loretta's legs, Newhan stole second and scored on a single by Miguel Tejada.Baltimore loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth before Wakefield got Matos to hit into a fielder's choice.The Red Sox then took a 2-1 lead in the fifth. Two singles and a sacrifice bunt preceded an RBI single by Stern, and a throwing error by second baseman Gomez enabled another run to score. It was the first error made by a Boston opponent in six games this season.Game notesThe Red Sox made two errors, twice as many as they had in their first five games. ... The Orioles purchased the contract of RHP Cory Morris from Triple-A Ottawa and designated C Raul Chavez for assignment. ... Boston has gone 5-1 only five times since 1952.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409101Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 5ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas' Brad Wilkerson ended a stretch of six strikeouts in seven at-bats with a tiebreaking, two-run double off the wall in right-center field, and the Rangers handed the Detroit Tigers their first loss of the season, 5-3 on Sunday.Wilkerson struck out in his first three at-bats against Detroit starter Kenny Rogers (1-1), and then again in the eighth, making him 14-for-32 -- for Ks -- on the season. With two on and one out in the sixth, Wilkerson hit an 0-2 pitch for just his sixth hit, easily scoring both runners and knocking out Rogers.Vicente Padilla (2-0) allowed runs in his first two innings, but settled down to help Texas avoid the fourth 1-6 start in franchise history. Padilla gave up three runs and seven hits over six innings, walking three and striking out three. Acquired from Philadelphia during the winter for the since-released Ricardo Rodriguez, Padilla has both of the Rangers' wins thus far.Francisco Cordero pitched a perfect ninth, sealing the win in his first save chance this season.Gerald Laird and Ian Kinsler -- the eighth and ninth hitters in Texas' lineup -- each had two hits and scored twice. They both singled in the sixth, setting up Wilkerson's go-ahead hit.Michael Young, Mark Teixeira and Kevin Mench also had two hits for the Rangers.Rogers, making his 112th start at this stadium but only the seventh as a visitor and first since leaving the Rangers in the offseason, allowed five runs and 12 hits with five strikeouts and a walk over 5 1-3 innings. When he was introduced in the first inning, Rogers was greeted with a mixture of boos and cheers, with the boos slightly louder.Despite the loss, Detroit still heads home for its opener Monday against the Chicago White Sox off to its best start since 1985.Chris Shelton had been powering the Tigers, but he slowed Sunday, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, dropping his average from .700 to .583. Craig Monroe had a pair of doubles and scored twice, and Curtis Granderson went 2-for-2 with two walks, driving in a run and scoring once.Game notesThe Tigers haven't made an error, their longest clean streak to open a season since 1994. ... Texas avoided its first four-game sweep at home by Detroit. ... This was the Tigers' final game in Arlington this season. The teams don't meet again until Aug. 17-20 and Sept. 12-13, both series at Detroit. ... Tigers starters won the team's first five games, something last done by the club in 1911, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It last happened in the majors by the 1999 Boston Red Sox.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409113Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 1KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mark Buehrle pitched eight strong innings and Joe Crede drove in two runs as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-1 Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak.Buehrle (1-0) gave up just six singles, walked one and struck out one. The Royals did not have a runner reach second base until the seventh inning.The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the second. Jermaine Dye walked with one out and advanced to third on A.J. Pierzynski's single to center. Crede's broken-bat double to left scored both.Jim Thome homered deep into the left-field seats with two out in the eighth inning off Scott Elarton. It was the third of the season for Thome, the only White Sox player to homer.Bobby Jenks gave up a one-out homer to Reggie Sanders in the ninth, but finished up for his first save.Buehrle did not allow a hit until Mark Teahen's grounder to center field with two outs in the fifth. The only other baserunner the Royals had in the first five innings was Emil Brown reaching first on Tadahito Iguchi's fielding error in the second inning.Chicago avoided its first 1-5 start since 2001 as Buehrle improved to 13-6 against the Royals. He has more wins, 15, against only Minnesota.The Royals had two singles in the sixth, but were victimized by sloppy baserunning. Tony Graffanino was thrown out by Scott Podsednik trying to stretch a hit into a double. Mark Grudzielanek singled, but Buehrle promptly picked him off to end the inning. Buehrle has picked off 38 runners, including a league-leading 10 in 2004.Royals manager Buddy Bell was ejected in the ninth inning after arguing an out call on Mike Sweeney's liner to third baseman Crede. The ball popped out of Crede's glove and third base umpire Bruce Froemming initially ruled Sweeney safe. However, the umpires huddled and Sweeney was called out, drawing Bell from the dugout.Sanders followed with his solo homer to center.Sanders and Brown singled in the seventh, but Angel Berroa grounded into a double play to end the Royals' threat.In the eighth, John Buck walked and Shane Costa singled, but Buehrle retired Graffanino and Gruzielanek on fielder's choice grounders to end the inning.Elarton (0-2) allowed three runs and five hits in eight innings. He walked two and struck out four.Game notesRoyals CF David DeJesus remains sidelined with tightness in his left hamstring. ... RF Dye returned to the White Sox lineup after missing two games with a strained left calf. ... Graffanino made his first start of the season for the Royals, playing first base.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409107Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Philadelphia Phillies 6PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Bobby Abreu hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader and stop a season-opening four-game losing streak.After dropping two balls that led two unearned runs in the first, the Phillies took advantage of a fielding lapse by Los Angeles in the ninth, capping their comeback from a 3-0 deficit.Pinch-hitter Alex Gonzalez reached against Tim Hamulack (0-1) when shortstop Rafael Furcal bobbled the ball for an error. Gonzalez advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and Jimmy Rollins was intentionally walked.With two outs and a full count, Abreu hit his first homer of the season, an opposite-field drive to left. He was mobbed at the plate by teammates.Tom Gordon (1-1) earned his first win for Philadelphia, striking out two in the ninth. The Phillies avoided their first 0-5 start since 1934.Derek Lowe allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, walking three and striking out none. He was pulled with a 3-2 lead after allowing a leadoff double to Mike Lieberthal in the seventh.With runners at the corners and one out, Yhency Brazoban threw a wild pitch, but pinch-runner Abraham Nunez was thrown out at the plate by catcher Dioner Navarro. Aaron Rowand followed with a tying single, his first RBI for the Phillies.Philadelphia put two on the eighth against Hong-Chih before David Bell hit into a double play.Furcal hit a routine fly to center to lead off the game that Rowand seemed to lose in the sun, and Rowand dropped the ball for an error. Furcal scored on J.D. Drew's triple off the right-field wall.Rollins then dropped Bill Mueller's two-out popup to shortstop for another error, putting the Dodgers ahead 2-0. Navarro homered in the second.After spending the last two seasons in the bullpen, Ryan Madson allowed one earned run and five hits in six innings. In his previous start, against the Chicago White Sox on June 8, 2004, he allowed six runs in two-thirds of an innings.Philadelphia loaded the bases with one out in the third, and Chase Utley hit what appeared to be a sure double-play grounder to shortstop. But second baseman Jeff Kent bounced the relay throw, allowing Utley to reach and Rollins to score. Pat Burrell followed with an RBI single.Game notesThe doubleheader included the makeup of Saturday's rainout. ... The Dodgers had not played a doubleheader since Aug. 25, 2000 at Chicago. ... The Dodgers will see a familiar face when they play Monday at Pittsburgh -- Pirates manager Jim Tracy who went 427-383 and won the 2004 NL West title. ... A fan was carried out on a stretcher in the eighth inning, possibly after being hit by a foul ball.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409222Florida Marlins 2, New York Mets 3NEW YORK (AP) -- David Wright hit a tying triple in the seventh inning and a sacrifice fly in the ninth, driving in all of New York's runs and giving the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Florida Marlins on Sunday after Dontrelle Willis and Tom Glavine hooked up in a pitchers' duel.Wright's two-run triple off Willis tied the score at 2, and New York got hitless relief work from Duaner Sanchez and Billy Wagner (1-0).Josh Willingham had a two-run double for the Marlins in the sixth, putting Willis in position to improve his 8-1 record against the Mets. Let down a bit by his defense, he went eight innings but couldn't hold the lead.The Mets took both games in a series shortened by Saturday's rainout and moved to 4-1 this season. The young Marlins dropped to 1-4.Both left-handed starters worked in and out with precision, as the 40-year-old Glavine matched the 24-year-old Willis pitch for pitch.With the score tied in the ninth, Carlos Beltran drew a leadoff walk from Carlos Martinez (0-1) and went to third on Carlos Delgado's single to right field.Wright followed with a sacrifice fly to medium right, giving him nine RBI. Beltran scored easily, delighting the sellout crowd of 55,255.Wagner threw a scoreless ninth for his first win with the Mets.Glavine didn't give up a hit until Willingham's bloop single with two outs in the fourth. Willingham was thrown out on the play in a rundown between first and second.Florida put runners at the corners with none out in the fifth, but Glavine induced consecutive popups and then fanned Willis to end the threat.A 22-game winner last year and the runner-up for the NL Cy Young Award, Willis yielded seven hits. He struck out four and did not walk a batter.Glavine allowed two runs and five hits in six innings, striking out five and walking two.Hanley Ramirez led off the sixth with a double and advanced on Jeremy Hermida's sacrifice. After Miguel Cabrera was intentionally walked, Willingham doubled over Beltran in center for a 2-0 lead -- the first runs the Marlins scored for Willis in two starts this season.He pitched five shutout innings of one-hit ball on opening day in Houston and did not get a decision in a 1-0 loss.Willis retired 11 straight before Paul Lo Duca and Beltran opened the seventh with singles, and the Mets quickly took advantage of some shaky Florida defense.Second baseman Dan Uggla bobbled Delgado's groundout, costing him a chance at a double play. Hermida then misplayed Wright's sinking liner to right into a two-run triple that tied the score.Willis escaped further damage when Uggla made a terrific, backhand play on Victor Diaz's grounder, preventing the go-ahead run from scoring.Game notesWillis has a 1.88 ERA in 12 career starts against the Mets. ... New York SS Jose Reyes made an error in the eighth and another in the ninth. ... Willis has been baseball's most dominant April pitcher since arriving in the majors in 2003. He is 8-0 with a 1.82 ERA and three complete games in 12 career starts during the first month of the season. He is the only pitcher since 1960 with at least 10 starts in April to be undefeated in the month. ... Marlins CF Reggie Abercrombie fouled off a suicide squeeze attempt in the fifth, then popped out. ... Glavine is 15-18 in 41 career starts against Florida. He has not beaten the Marlins since April 20, 2003.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409121Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 3CINCINNATI (AP) -- Jack Wilson hit a two-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended their season-opening six-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Victor Santos (1-1) got his first win for the Pirates, who had not been 0-6 since 1974. He allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out five. Four relievers followed, with Roberto Hernandez getting three outs for the save. Dave Williams (0-1) lost to his former team in his first start for the Reds since they acquired him in December for first baseman Sean Casey. Williams gave up three runs -- two earned -- and five hits in six innings. Pittsburgh's losing streak was two shy of the franchise record at the start of a season, set in 1955. The Pirates stopped Cincinnati's four-game winning streak. Pittsburgh had runners in each of the first four innings but didn't score the game's first run until the fifth. Santos reached leading off on third baseman Edwin Encarnacion's throwing error, and Wilson followed one out later with his first home run of the season. It marked the Pirates' first lead since they were ahead of Milwaukee 1-0 after four innings on Wednesday. Jose Castillo hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth after Jeromy Burnitz's leadoff double for a 3-0 advantage. Santos, making his second start for Pittsburgh after being picked from Kansas City in the winter-meeting draft, faced the minimum 12 batters through the first four innings. He allowed one hit in that stretch, a second-inning leadoff single by Adam Dunn, who was erased in a double play. Cincinnati scored in the sixth on consecutive doubles by pinch-hitter Brandon Phillips and Tony Womack. Felipe Lopez followed with a one-hopper that got past third baseman Joe Randa for a single, but Wilson hustled over from shortstop to retrieve the ball in foul territory and threw out Womack at the plate. Lopez went to second and scored on Ken Griffey Jr.'s double off Damaso Marte, cutting Pittsburgh's lead to 3-2. Pittsburgh added a pair of runs in the seventh off Matt Belisle on Chris Duffy's RBI double and Jason Bay's sacrifice fly. Griffey hit another RBI double in the eighth, off Mike Gonzalez. Game notesDunn was called out to end the second inning when he rounded second base and then failing to touch it on the way back to first after Duffy caught Scott Hatteberg's fly ball on the center-field warning track. ... Burnitz's walk with two out in the fourth was the first by a Reds starter in 29 innings, since Aaron Harang walked Chicago's Michael Barrett in the sixth inning on opening day. ... Phillips made his Reds' debut. He was acquired from Cleveland on Friday.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409117New York Yankees 10, Los Angeles Angels 1ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The New York Yankees started their season-opening trip by beating up Barry Zito. They ended it by doing the same to Bartolo Colon.In between, they lost four straight. But they headed home Sunday having regained their offense in a 10-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.Jorge Posada homered twice and had five RBI and Alex Rodriguez added a solo shot to avert a sweep by the Angels."They stopped thinking and just went out there and reacted," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "With the ability we have, it's just a matter of when it's going to happen. It's just been a strange road trip."New York avoided starting the season 1-5 for the first time since 1989, but still lost two of three in Oakland and two of three in Anaheim heading into Tuesday's home opener against Kansas City."It was big to win this last game of this trip and go home with a little bit of momentum," Mike Mussina said. "You're not going to get that many runs off of Colon very often. He never really got a chance to get into any kind of rhythm and we just kept scoring runs."The Yankees skipped batting practice, giving them extra time in the clubhouse, where the pregame mood was "goofy," according to Torre."We were playing around and making fun of people, trying to keep it loose and simple," Posada said.Mussina (1-0) was as dominant as Colon was awful. The right-hander retired six of the first seven batters he faced en route to allowing one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked two."He keeps getting finer and finer with his stuff," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Although he's not throwing as hard as he once did, he's still adept at hitting spots, changing speeds and keeping hitters off-balance. He just knows how to pitch, knows what he wants to do, and he's very good at it."An offense that had stagnated since New York's 15-2 victory over the Athletics last Monday broke out against Colon (0-1)."I'm the one that woke them up a little bit by making the pitches that I made," Colon said. "But I look forward to seeing them again, definitely. They're a good team and I like to compete against them."The right-hander retired the side in the first before being hit hard in the second and third. Colon gave up eight runs -- seven earned -- on seven hits in two-plus innings, struck out one and walked two."I have only two starts down, which have been really bad, but I look forward to the next 30-plus starts that I know are going to be better," he said.Rodriguez started the onslaught with a leadoff homer on the second pitch from Colon. Jason Giambi singled, Hideki Matsui reached on Colon's fielding error and then Posada sent a 1-2 pitch into the right field seats, extending New York's lead to 4-0."We've been swinging the bats progressively better the last three days," Rodriguez said. "We have to work on being more consistent."Derek Jeter's RBI double landed inches inside the right-field line, scoring the fifth run of the inning, when the Yankees batted around. Rodriguez's grounder to short briefly ended the scoring spree.New York jumped on Colon again to start the third. He walked Giambi and Matsui singled to set up Posada's run-scoring double that made it 6-0 and finished off Colon."Right now he's losing a little bit of his command and he's just overthrowing a bit," Scioscia said. "But there's nothing we see that would lead us to have any concern with Bart."Esteban Yan came on and promptly gave up a two-run double to Robinson Cano, the first batter he faced in the third.The Angels got one run back in the third on an RBI single by Chone Figgins. They loaded the bases with two outs in the inning, but Mussina retired Tim Salmon on a towering fly to left.Posada led off the fifth with his second homer, increasing the margin to 9-1. They added a run in the sixth on Matsui's two-out, RBI single.Yankees closer Mariana Rivera made his season debut, giving up a single to Casey Kotchman in a scoreless ninth.Game notesAngels RHP Kelvim Escobar, who cracked a fingernail Friday night, played catch Sunday with no pain and said he's 50-50 to make his next start. ... It was Posada's 12th career multihomer game and his first since last Sept. 22 against Baltimore. ... Rodriguez's 431st homer tied him with Cal Ripken Jr. for 37th on baseball's career list. It was his eighth career homer off Colon. ... The Yankees were 6-for-12 with runners in scoring position after going 0-for-8 during the first two games of the series. ... The series attracted a club record 132,285 fans, bettering the old mark of 132,192 against the Dodgers last June. ... Colon has struggled out of the gate. As the opening day starter, he gave up three runs that tied the game in a no-decision at Seattle last Monday. ... The UCLA men's basketball team attended the game, playing catch on the field and autographing baseballs tossed to them by fans. The Bruins sang an off-key version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409103Oakland Athletics 6, Seattle Mariners 4SEATTLE (AP) -- Oakland's starting pitchers challenged each other a lot more than the Seattle Mariners did.Rich Harden gave the Athletics another top mound performance, taking a three-hit shutout into the eighth inning of Sunday's 6-4 win over the Seattle Mariners.Joe Blanton and Justin Duchscherer combined on a two-hitter Friday, and Barry Zito and three relievers strung together a one-hitter Saturday. In this one, Harden and four relievers combined on a five-hitter."In a way, all the starters are kind of competing against each other," Harden said.Seattle had been held scoreless for 27 2-3 innings -- four outs shy of the team record -- and trailed 6-0 before breaking through in the eighth."To me, they have the best pitching staff all around," loser Joel Pineiro said. "The last three days have been amazing."Harden (1-0) struck out eight and walked one in seven-plus innings in front of 25 cheering relatives, including his grandmother and uncle. In his last four games against Seattle -- all at Safeco Field, near his hometown of Victoria, British Columbia -- he is 4-0 and has allowed one run in 21 innings."Feels like home to me here," he said. "It's pretty close."For the game's first half, he buzzed through Seattle's lineup with diving split-fingers and tempting offspeed pitches. His fastball reached 97 mph."That gun's off. He was throwing a lot harder than that," closer Huston Street said. "Those were probably 100."Seattle hit only five balls out of the infield in the first seven innings against Harden. Beltre's line drive well over shortstop Bobby Crosby's glove with two outs in the fifth inning was his first hit in eight career at-bats against him.Richie Sexson doubled to left-center with two outs in the sixth, but Harden struck out Carl Everett.After a tired Harden walked Beltre to start the eighth, he allowed a Jeremy Reed single on his 100th and final pitch."There was a little debate whether to send him out there that eighth inning," manager Ken Macha said.Duchscherer relieved. Pinch-hitter Roberto Petagine walked with one out to load the bases, Ichiro Suzuki extended his skid to 0-for-12 with a popout and Jose Lopez was hit by a 1-2 pitch, forcing in the first Mariners run in three days.Joe Kennedy came in with the bases loaded and struck out Raul Ibanez, who slammed his batting helmet into the dirt in frustration.In the innings between Mariners runs, Seattle was 7-for-87 (.080) at the plate. Following a 3-1 start, Seattle has lost three in a row."Are we as good a hitters as we were in the first four games? I don't know," manager Mike Hargrove said. "Are we as bad as the last two? No ... we are somewhere in the middle."Seattle did score three runs in the ninth. Reed hit an RBI groundout off Kirk Saarloos and Kenji Johjima had an RBI single. Street allowed a single to Willie Bloomquist, then made a high, rushed throw to first for an error on Suzuki comebacker to score another run.With runners at second and third, Street retired Lopez on a game-ending groundout for his second save.Eric Chavez hit his third homer and drove in three runs for Oakland, and Mark Ellis had three hits and two RBI.Pineiro (1-1) allowed six runs -- five earned -- and 10 hits in seven innings, dropping to 8-4 against the A's. His 2.95 ERA in 15 games against Oakland coming in had been his lowest against any team he faced at least 10 times.Game notesChavez's home run was his 193rd, seventh on the A's career list. His 28 home runs against Seattle are his most against any team. ... A's C Jason Kendall had two hits. He had one hit in his first five games entering Sunday. ... Beltre was 3-for-23 this season before his single. ... Street's converted his 20th consecutive save chance, the fourth-best streak in Oakland history. ... Oakland is 5-2 for the second time in three seasons. Seattle is 3-4 for the second straight year.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409112Arizona Diamondbacks 7, Milwaukee Brewers 0MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Claudio Vargas and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Arizona Diamondbacks sent the Milwaukee Brewers to their first loss of the season, 7-0 Sunday.Milwaukee and Detroit, the last unbeaten teams in the major leagues, both were 5-0 before losing Sunday. The Brewers were trying to become the first major league team to open a season 6-0 all with come-from-behind wins, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Damion Easley and Tony Clark homered for the Diamondbacks, who had six hits. Corey Koskie went 3-for-4 for Milwaukee.Vargas (1-0) pitched six innings, giving up only two singles and a walk, and did not allow a runner past second base. He struck out six in his first win with the Diamondbacks after joining the team as a free agent from Florida.Vargas battled Brad Halsey for the No. 5 spot in the rotation during spring training and won the job when Halsey was traded to Oakland on March 26. He was obtained off waivers from Washington on July 3 last year, going 9-6 with the Diamondbacks in 21 games.Greg Aquino, Luis Vizcaino and Jose Valverde finished up.Chris Capuano (1-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- three hits and four walks in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out seven.Easley's first homer of the year put Arizona ahead, and the Diamondbacks made it 4-0 in the seventh after second baseman Rickie Weeks dropped a throw from shortstop J.J. Hardy for an error.Capuano loaded the bases with a walk to Jeff DaVanon, then forced in a run by walking Clark, who was pinch hitting. Craig Counsell followed with a two-run single.Clark added a two-run homer in the ninth off Jared Fernandez.Game notesFor the first time this season, the Brewers wore jerseys from the 1980s with their old ball-and-glove logo. The team will wear the jerseys during Sunday home games. ... The error by Weeks in the seventh was his second this season. He had 21 errors in only 96 games last year. ... Musician Nils Lofgren will sing the national anthem when the Diamondbacks play their home opener Tuesday night against Colorado.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409108Washington Nationals 3, Houston Astros 7HOUSTON (AP) -- Despite getting his first win of the season, Andy Pettitte still doesn't feel like himself.Pettitte allowed three runs in 6 1-3 innings and Adam Everett had three RBI to lead the Houston Astros to a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.Pettitte (1-1) rebounded from his 10-run, 13-hit first start to allow seven hits and strike out four and help Houston win two of the first three games in the series. He also had an RBI-single and scored a run."We got the win, that's all that matters," Pettitte said. "It was a struggle again, that's for sure. My command wasn't great, my location wasn't good at all."Pettitte gave up a home run to leadoff batter Marlon Byrd in the first and a two-run shot to Alfonso Soriano in the sixth. Pettitte has allowed five home runs this season after only allowing 17 in 2005.He said after Byrd's home run, thoughts of his first start, when he gave up seven earned runs, began creeping in his mind."I'm just out of whack," he said. "I don't know if, just now, with the adrenaline of the game or whatever and just being a little bit behind, I don't feel like my arm is catching up with the rest of my body."I really don't know what it is, but I'm definitely out of sync. My stuff's just not doing what it's supposed to."Astros manager Phil Garner said he was encouraged by Pettitte's velocity, but that he knows he isn't throwing the way he'd like."He just didn't locate like we're accustomed to seeing him locate," Garner said. "But I think that will be forthcoming. It was good for Andy to bounce back after his last outing."Brad Lidge struck out three in a scoreless ninth, pitching around a double by pinch-hitter Daryle Ward and a one-out single to Royce Clayton.Everett had an RBI grounder off starter Ryan Drese (0-1) in the fourth to make 4-1, and added a two-run single off Joey Eischen in the fifth.Pettitte got his eighth career RBI when he singled on a full count to score Everett in the third. Everett had reached on an error when shortstop Clayton overthrew first base.Morgan Ensberg hit a double to left field that scored Pettitte and Willy Taveras after reluctant outfielder Soriano had to run back to get the ball after failing to scoop it up the first time."We had a lot of chances, we just didn't cash in," said Nationals manager Frank Robinson. "We couldn't get the hits we needed and we gave away too many runs. We're not making them earn them."Chris Burke added a solo home run for Houston in the eighth.Drese lasted just four innings, allowing five hits and one earned run with three strikeouts in his first action since shoulder surgery in September. He missed the last 42 games of 2005 with the injury and didn't pitch in a game in spring training but threw 81 pitches Sunday.Drese said he was surprised at how good he felt after sitting out for so long."I think I threw the ball pretty well," he said. "My velocity was good and I was throwing the ball downhill."Soriano, who also had a double, hit his second two-run homer in two days in the sixth. He also had one in Saturday's 12-8 comeback win over Houston.Along with his offensive work, Everett made perhaps the most dazzling defensive play of the day when he jumped up and extended his glove to make an acrobatic catch on a line drive by Ryan Zimmerman for Washington's third out in the fourth."Whenever you've got your pitcher out there throwing strikes, you've got to come up with some big plays sometimes to help the pitchers out," Everett said.Game notesHouston has scored six or more runs in its last four game. ... Astros RHP Dan Wheeler has pitched three scoreless innings this year. ... Jose Vidro has a hit in all six Nationals games this season. ... With his homer on Sunday, Byrd is already halfway to his 2005 home run total of two. ... Pettitte's third-inning run marked just the second time he scored in his career. ... Lance Berkman and Preston Wilson's streaks of three straight games with home runs was broken on Sunday.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409118Colorado Rockies 10, San Diego Padres 4SAN DIEGO (AP) -- This stuff is supposed to happen at Coors Field, not Petco Park.Then again, Cory Sullivan and Colorado's other young hitters feel this is the year the Rockies ditch their reputation for being awful away from their mile-high home.The Rockies embarrassed the defending NL West champion San Diego Padres for the third straight game at sea level, chasing ace Jake Peavy during a seven-run fifth inning and winning 10-4 on Sunday."I'd like to think we have a pretty explosive offense," Sullivan said.And since the Rockies tore apart Petco Park like no other team has -- including the Padres -- he's definitely onto something.Sullivan tied a big league record by hitting two triples in the fifth inning, the first major leaguer to do so in 55 years. Jason Smith homered twice and drove in a career-high four runs, and Brad Hawpe drove in three runs on a homer and a triple.The Rockies wore out Petco's spacious gaps with 18 hits, a Petco Park record for a visiting team, in backing Jason Jennings (1-0). Garrett Atkins tied his career-high with four hits, while Smith, Sullivan and Hawpe had three each.The obvious question, of course, is: Why?"Because they're capable of doing it," manager Clint Hurdle said. "And obviously I think the other team would be the first one to tell you, they're not pitching like they can or like they need to. They're probably leaving balls up over the plate. We're getting some balls to hit, and we're hitting them."The Padres' pitching staff was shaky to begin with, and then Colorado exposed their ace."This has been pathetic since opening day," Peavy said. He did beat San Francisco on Monday, but the Padres have lost four straight since then.It was Colorado's first three-game sweep in San Diego since April 17-19, 2001, when the Padres still played at Qualcomm Stadium.Petco Park has never seen a series like this since it opened in 2004. The Rockies:-- Became the first team to score at least 10 runs in three straight games at the downtown ballpark. They beat the Padres 10-4 on Friday night and 12-4 on Saturday night.-- Scored 32 runs in three games, a Petco Park record by any team in a series, including four-game series. The previous record was 24 by the Cincinnati Reds last July 29-31.-- Outscored the Padres 32-12 and outhit them 48-19. Of those 48 hits, 24 were for extra bases, including eight homers.-- Scored seven runs in an inning for the second time in as many games. They had a seven-run first inning on Saturday night against Dewon Brazelton.By comparison, the Rockies had only 10 runs and 24 hits in their first three games this season, which were at home."You look at their numbers and you'd think we were in a softball league when it's over," Padres manager Bruce Bochy said. "They have some young guys who can swing the bat. We fattened up some averages, that's for sure."Peavy (1-1) failed to get an out in the fifth, allowing six straight hits to open the inning, including triple to the base of the center-field fence. Peavy was chased when Hawpe's triple caromed off the right-field foul pole and eluded Brian Giles, pushing the score to 7-3."I couldn't make a pitch and we couldn't make a play," Peavy said. "I let my focus and concentration get away from me. I was upset with the triple."Chan Ho Park relieved, and on his second pitch, Smith hit a two-run homer into "The Beach," a sandy play area just beyond the fence in right-center for a 9-3 lead.Sullivan got a two-out triple when Terrmel Sledge fell down while tracking his fly ball near the left-field fence. It was the 11th time a big leaguer hit two triples in an inning, and the first since Gil Coan of the Washington Senators on April 21, 1951."It's always good to have things that happen only once every 55 years," Sullivan said. "I didn't even realize I hit two triples in one inning, till somebody said it to me after the game. I had no idea. It just didn't even occur to me."After one of Sullivan's triples, Padres third baseman Vinny Castilla told him: "You guys are making this place look small."The Rockies cracked double digits for the third straight game when Smith singled in Atkins in the sixth.Hawpe and Smith hit consecutive one-out homers off Peavy in the fourth to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead.Smith "drove two balls about as well as you're going to see driven in this ballpark," Hurdle said.San Diego's Khalil Greene hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning. Mike Piazza drove in a run in the first on a grounder, and later was thrown out at home trying to score on Adrian Gonzalez's double to left.Jennings, who had a no-decision in his opening-day start against Arizona, held San Diego to three runs and five hits in six innings, walked three and struck out one. Peavy tied his career-highs by allowing eight runs and 11 hits in four innings. He struck out two and walked one.Game notesIt was Smith's second career two-homer game. His first was July 9, 2004, at Minnesota while he was with Detroit. ... Castilla was 3-for-4.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409125Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 6SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The way Randy Winn's season started, any hit would have been worth celebrating. Getting the winning hit for the Giants provided an added boost.Winn blooped a single to shallow right field to score the winning run after Lance Niekro led off the ninth with a homer to left, leading San Francisco to a 6-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday."It's tough to put into words," said Winn, who went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI to raise his average to .238 after a 2-for-16 start. "You work hard to help the team win. It's always encouraging when you get hits, no matter what they look like."Tim Worrell (1-0) pitched the ninth for the win, while Chris Reitsma (0-1) blew his first save. Winn came up big after pinch-hitter Steve Finley drew an intentional walk.Andruw Jones had tied the game with a three-run homer off Jason Schmidt in the sixth, and Edgar Renteria gave the Braves the lead on a seventh-inning double.Chipper Jones sprained his right ankle and twisted his right knee in the eighth inning. The Braves' third baseman charged in on Mike Matheny's slow roller with two outs, appearing to get his spikes caught in the soggy field. He grabbed his knee as soon as he went to the ground and rolled around on the field in pain, staying down for several minutes before being helped off.Jones, who will get a couple of days off before being re-examined Wednesday, said he had a flashback to when he tore a ligament in his left knee in 1994. He heard a pop in his right knee Sunday and it hurt for a few minutes before calming down. The ankle was still in pain later."We just have to wait and see how the pain is the next couple of days," Jones said, wearing a walking air cast on the ankle and no brace on the knee to leave the stadium. "Right now I feel the ankle took the brunt of it."Barry Bonds walked twice, grounded out and struck out looking, remaining stalled at 708 home runs one week into the season.After plate umpire Paul Nauert called the slugger out on strikes in the sixth, Bonds let him know he disagreed. Bonds drew cheers in the seventh when he made a sprinting catch on a high fly by Chipper Jones near foul territory in shallow left.Bonds "tweaked" his troublesome right knee when he jammed his lead foot into the dirt in his first at-bat -- a walk -- but didn't think it would slow him down."I popped my knee," he said. "It shot through my whole body. It calmed down through the game. ... I want to stay healthy."John Smoltz rebounded from a rough first outing against the Dodgers last Tuesday with seven strong innings, surviving the Giants' four-run second. He allowed six hits, struck out four and walked two, but his bullpen couldn't get him a victory.Bonds drew a five-pitch walk to start the second, then Moises Alou walked. Niekro lined a single to center to score Bonds, then Smoltz made a wild pitch and Alou came sliding into home headfirst for another run. Pedro Feliz followed with a sacrifice fly to right and Winn hit an RBI double three batters later."I couldn't get my feel in the second inning," Smoltz said. "I felt I lost it and then I got it back. It's related to the cold weather, and that's all we've had out here."Renteria singled to left leading off the sixth to extend his hitting streak to start the season to seven games.Andruw Jones sent a 3-2 pitch deep into the left-field seats for his second homer of the season, breaking a tie for third place for most home runs to begin a career under one manager. Jones has hit 303 under skipper Bobby Cox, passing Jimmie Foxx and Connie Mack (Philadelphia A's). Mickey Mantle hit 320 under Casey Stengel and Chipper Jones leads the way with 331 under Cox.Schmidt who threw 121 pitches in seven innings, struck out four in a row during one stretch, striking out the side in order in the fourth. He started the season opener last Monday at San Diego but picked up the loss in a 6-1 defeat after allowing three home runs in seven innings.Schmidt doubled and scored in the second. He struck out 10 to mark the 24th time he has had 10 or more in his career.Game notesSmoltz, facing one of only five teams he had a losing record against, needs eight strikeouts to tie Hall of Famer Bob Feller (2,581) for 23rd place on the all-time list. ... Braves leadoff hitter Marcus Giles drew his 10th walk of the season after starting the day with the major league lead. He walked in his final four plate appearances Saturday. He left Sunday's game in the seventh with a sore right quadriceps. ... Injured Giants closer Armando Benitez, nursing a left knee injury, threw on the side for about 20 minutes and believes his mechanics are coming along well. Benitez hopes to throw a bullpen Tuesday and live batting practice sometime next week. ... Schmidt, who broke into the big leagues with the Braves in 1995, hit his seventh career double for his 53rd career hit in 12 seasons. ... Andruw Jones took over the National League lead for RBI with 12. ... Matheny snapped an 0-for-15 streak with his infield single in the eighth.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409126Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Brad Penny shined once again. He also joined in the offensive fun for a change.Penny allowed one run in seven strong innings and also drove in the go-ahead run as the Los Angeles Dodgers posted a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies to salvage a split of a doubleheader.After his game-winning three-run homer lifted the Phillies to a 6-3 victory in the opener, Bobby Abreu opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first inning.However, Penny (2-0) kept the Phillies' bats silent thereafter, holding them to just four singles and a walk overall. The righthander also struck out six, giving him 14 strikeouts against only one walk in 12 innings this season.Entering with a .132 career average, Penny also did some damage with his bat in the fourth, when he snapped a 1-1 tie with a bloop single to center off Philadelphia starter Jon Lieber.J.D. Drew homered in the second inning and former Phillie Ramon Martinez added a two-run double in the eighth for the Dodgers, who also got two hits and two runs from rookie James Loney and three hits and an RBI from Sandy Alomar Jr.Coming off a horrendous outing on Opening Day, Lieber (0-2) bounced back to yield two runs and eight hits in seven innings. Abreu collected three hits and drove in both runs for Philadelphia, which fell short of sweeping a doubleheader for the 10th time in its last 15 tries.http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260409322
