2007 MLB Highlights June 9

Saturday, June 9, 2007

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ANDRUW JONES ROBBING BARRETT IN THE CUBS-BRAVES GAME. THE BRAVES ENDED A FOUR-GAME DEPP MONEY. HIS FIRST PAY PERIOD STARTED SATURDAY. CLEMENS NOW 44, BACK WITH THE YANKEES AFTER THREE YEARS WITH THE STROS.

MADE THREE WARM UP STARTS IN THE MINORS AND THEN HAD HIS MONDAY START POSTPONED. FIRST BATTER, JOSE BAUTISTA JUMPED ALL OVER IT. DEEP BUT FALL FOUL, AND THEY BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF. BAUTISTA, A HIT. JASON BAY, THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE

PAYING THE MONEY FOR. THE FASTBALL LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOOD TO GO. NEXT BATTER IS LAROCHE, R.B.I. SINGLE FOR LAROCHE AND THE PIRATES HAD A 1-0 LEAD EARLY ON CLEMENS. WASN’T RATTLED THROW. FACING NADY, GOT HIM. CLEMENS OUT OF THE FIRST,

LIMITED DAMAGE. TOP OF THE SECOND NOW, FACING RONNIE PAULINO, GOT HIM WITH AT FASTBALL. THIRD K OF THE GAME. WE GO TO THE FORTH. ADAM LAROCHE AT THE PLATE. LAROCHE SAYS NO THANKS I AM LOOKING. TWO BATTERS LATER, DOUMIT, AND

THAT IS FIVE K’S FOR CLEMENS. BOTH OF THE PITCHES THROWN FROM THE SAME ARM ANGLE, BUT ON THE WAY DOT PLATE, THE FASTBALL STAYS STRAIGHT AND CATCHES THE OUTSIDE CORNER AND THE SPLITTER WILL DIVE LOW AND AWAY FROM THE BATTER.

REALLY FUSING FOR THE HITTER. CLEMENS, PRETTY GOOD STUFF FOR HIS FIRST START BACK IN THE MAJORS THIS SEASON. LATER IN THE FOURTH, IN A SMALL M JAM WITH TWO ON, JACK WILSON WITH A DOUBLE. BOBBY ABREU NOT QUITE TALL ENOUGH.

TWO COME IN TO SCORE AND THE PIRATES TIE IT AT 3-3. TOP SIX, CLEMENS STILL IN FACING NADY. SPLIT FINGERER FASTBALL COMING AT HIM AND HE COULDN’T DOING ANYTHING WITH IT, NUMBER SIX ON THE DAY FOR CLEMENS. 108 PITCHES, 69 STRIKES, SIX

>> WE CONTINUE SURFING THE INTERLEAGUE. GARY SHEFFIELD, 15 HOME RUNS IN HIS LAST 35 GAMES. HE HAS A BASE HIT THERE. TOP SUB NOW, TIGERS UP 8-6. CARLOS DELGADO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY BUT HE CAN’T MAKE THE MOWS OF IT AND THE TIGERS

GET OUT OF A JAM. TOP NINE, TIGERS UP 8-7, TODD JONES TRYING TO SIT DOWN BELTRAN AND MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW, BUT THIS IS GOING TO DROP RIGHT BETWEEN PLONG — POLANCO AND ORDONEZ.

AND JONES IS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE THIRD OUT. DELGADO HAS A CHANCE ONE MORE TIME BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HURT. JEREMY BONDERMAN WINS HIS SIXTH STRAIGHT START. >> BARRY BONDS WATCH WAS ALSO

THE BARRY ZITO WATCH. BONDS WANTED TO PLAY. AS FOR ZITO, AGAINST HIS FORMER OAKLAND MATES, HE WAS TOUGH TO WUTCH. IT IS 2-0 A’S. MORE PROBLEMS FOR ZITO. JOHNSON GROUNDER GOES OFF DURHAM’S SHOULDER. ZITO LASTED JUST FOUR INNINGS.

HE HAS GIVEN UP 11 RUNS IN A COMBINED EIGHT INNINGS AGAINST HIS FORMER EMPLOYER. ZITO WAS ONE OF THE BEST. DAN HAREN IS ONE OF THE BEST, 1.70 E.R.A. WE GO BOTTOM SIX, 0-2 COUNT ON BONDS. HAREN STRUCK OUT SIX.

BONDS TWO SINGLE AND A STOLEN BASE. HE WAS THE ON THE GIANT TO REACH SECOND BASE. HAREN IMPROVES HIS WORLD SERIES CHAMPION CARDINALS GAVE UP SIX RUNS IN THE SEVENTH INNING TO LOSE THEIR SEASON OPENER TO THEM. ALBERT PUJOLS CANNOT, HE K’S.

PUJOLS 0-3, TWO K’S, BATTING .294. GARRETT ANDERSON, TWO-RUN HOMER OFF LOOPER. HIS THIRD. HE WOULD LEAVE LART WITH A LEG INJURY. A HIT TO SANTANA IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH. WE ARE IN AN N.L. PARK AND THE

PITCHER MUST HIT. SANTANA DOES AND IT IS A DOUBLE. FIGURE IT, 21-40, BATTING .525 IN A NINE-GAME HITTING STREAK, 9-3 HILEOS. >> INDIANS AND REDS HOOKING UP. KEN GRIFFEY, JR. INTERRING THE GAME WITH 577 HOME RUNS. UPDATE, JUNIOR WITH 578.

HIS 15TH OF THE SEASON. TOP EIGHT, DAVID DELLUCCI STRIKING BACK FOR THE TRIBE, TWO RUN SHOT FOR HIM. INDIANS COME BACK TO TIE IT AT 6-6 AND THEY WENT TO EXTRAS. ALEX GONZALES THINKS HE HAS SOMETHING HERE. GUTIERREZ SAYS NO YOU DON’T. NICE GRAB.

TOP 11, TWO OUTS, INDIANS UP 7-6. THEY COULD USE SOME INSURANCE. BUT LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, MARTINEZ IS THERE. INDIANS GO ON TO WIN IT 8-6. >> MARINERS AND PADRES BACK AT IT SATURDAY. THEY WENT 11 INNINGS ON FRIDAY. JEFF WEAVER BACK FROM THE D.L.

GETS CUES MAN HERE. HE WOULD LIFE THE GAME WITH A STIFF BACK. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU SAY CLUTCH IN JAPANESE, BUT IF I DID I WOULD SAY IT THERE. ICHIRO DRIVING IN TWO. TOP EIGHT, THEY ARE DOWN 5-4. SEXSON FACING LINEBRINK.

1-2 COUNT, AND SEXSON GONE, HIS NINTH OF THE YEAR, AND THE SCORE IS TIED AT 5-5. TO THE NINE, JOSE LOPEZ UP THE ABOUT THE RED SOX? TAKING ON THE DIAMONDBACKS IN ARIZONA. BOTTOM FOUR, 1-0 D-BACKS. MAN ON FOR STEVEN DREW, FACING TWAWS.

ADVANTAGE DREW, TWO-RUN HOMER, DIAMONDBACKS OUT TO A 3-0 LEAD. TOP SIX, SAME SCORE, VARITEK FACING OWINGS. THAT ONE IS NOT COMING BACK EITHER. SEVENTH OF THE SEASON FOR VARITEK AND THE RED SOX PULL ONE-ON-ONE — WITHIN ONE. TOP EIGHT, VARITEK AGAIN.

THIS TIME INTO CENTER FIELD. J.D. DREW TRYING TO SCORE ALL THE WAY FROM FIRST. HE’S IN THERE. VARITEK WITH ALL THE RED SOX R.B.I. GAME TIED AT 3-3. TOP 10, LOWE WILL GET ONE IN THE AIR. QUENTIN IS OUT THERE.

HE HAS A GUN, BUT HE MISFIRES. DAVID ORTIZ IS IN TO SCORE. THE RED SOX TAKE THE 4-3 LEAD. BOTTOM 10, PAPELBON FACING REYNOLDS, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HURT A BIT. THE RED SOX WIN >> CUBBIES BEGAN THE DAY JUST FIVE BACK LOOKING FOR THEIR

THIRD STRAIGHT WIN IN ATLANTA. BUT THEY ARE FACING TIM HUDSON. WARNINGS IMMEDIATELY ISSUED. CUBS WOULD SCORE FOUR IN THE FIRST. ANDRUW JONES 7-10 AGAINST HIS FORMER A TEAMMATE MARQUIS. THE PATRICIA WAS LETTER HIGH. JONES THE HOMER. MARQUIS AND BARRETT DID NOT FIGHT AFTER THE INNING.

TOP TWO, SORIANO AT BAT AGAIN, HUDSON GETS HIM TO FLY OUT AND ON THE WAY BACK TO THE DUGOUT, SORIANO SAYS SOMETHING, MAYBE YOU WILL GET YOURS. ANDRUW JONES SINGLES OFF MARQUIS. 5-4. MARQUIS’ CAREER E.R.A. 14.04.

HUDSON LEFT THE GAME, X-RAYS NEGATIVE. HE SAID HE WON’T MISS A START. TOP SEVEN, BRAVES UP 9-5. BARRETT FLIES TO CENTER. ANDRUW JONES AND EDGAR RENTERIA DROVE IN SEVEN OF THE NINE RUNS. TOP PLAY FROM JOINS. PLACE. >> JONES LOOKED LIKE CRAZY LEGS THERE.

BREWERS AND RANGERS. FRANCISCO CORDERO, 22-22 IN SAVE OPPORTUNITIES THIS SEASON. KENNY LOFTON IS GOING TO GET ON WITH TWO OUTS AND TWO STRIKES. PRINCE FIELDER STUMBLES. RANGERS DOWN 3-2. NEXT BATTER IS BIRD. HE SAYS I HAVE GOT YOUR 22 SAVES RIGHT HERE.

LAIRD COMES IN TO SCORE. GAME TIED AT 3-3. CORDERO’S FIRST BLOWN SAVE OF THE SEASON. NEXT BATTER IS MICHAEL YOUNG. HE HAS THE SAVE BLOWN, AND LOFTON COMES IN TO SCORE. >> THE HOME LOSING STREAK AGAINST THE PHILLIES.

THAT IS JOHN LIEBER, JUST GOT BACK FROM ALABAMA FOR THE BIRTH OF HIS SON. DAVID LEE WITH A BASE HIT BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT. NEXT BATTER STRIKEOUT, NEXT BATTER JUST LOOKING, NEXT BATTER, COSTA SWINGING. NEXT BATTER ALEX GORDON, LOOKING.

JOHN BUCK, GOT HIM. SIX K’S IN A ROW FOR LIEBER. HE STRUCK OUT 11 IN THE GAME. TOP FOUR, PAT BURRELL WITH A ROPE. GAT RIGHT CAN’T GET IT. 2-0 PHILLIES. BOTTOM NINE, 4-0 PHILLIES. THREE HITTER FOR HIM WITH THE FOR PATRICK,

HE SHE FINISHED THIRD. >> LET’S GO BACK TO THE BASES. SANTANA ON THE HILL FOR THE TWINS WHO FIND THEMSELVES ONE GAME UNDER .500. HE HAD AN E.R.A. OF 14.14. AND THEN RYAN ZIMMERMAN AFTER SANTANA. IN THE ROBERTS OF ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, BYE AND BYE.

THEN SPINE AR GETS MICHAEL KIDDIER WITH HIGH HEAT. SANTANA FALLS TO 6-6. >> DODGERS AND JASON FROM L.A. RUNS HARD TO COME BY IN THIS WON. TOP SIX, NO SCORES. IT IS MATT SARAH, SEE YA OFF — STAIRS, SEE YA. BASES LOADED TWO OUTS.

SEAN MARCUM GETS GONZALES TO POP UP IN FOUL TERRITORY, BUT TROY GLAUS WAS LIKE DON’T WORRY. I TOLD YOU. TOLD YOU RUNS WERE HARD TO COME BY. STILL 1-0. SCOTT DOWNS INTO THE GAME. HE GETS TONY ABREU TO GROUND OUT.

DODGERS NOW 13-60 WITH THE BASES LOADED THIS SEASON. I TOLD YOU RUNS WERE HARD TO COME BY. BOTTOM EIGHT, HE GETS RUSSELL MARTIN TO GROUND OUT. BLUE , THE PARADE IS SUNDAY. THAT BRINGS US TO TOP 10 PLACE.

CABRERA WITH A LINER AND JASON BAY WITH A GREAT CATCH. HE WE WANT DOWN AND GOT IT. CABRERA WOULD HAVE HIS CHANCE LATER. >> NUMBER NINE, ASTROS-WHITE SOX. GUILLEN GETS SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT. >> THE VOO DO AND THE DEPRAUDOS.

TO JONES IN THE BACK OF THE ENZONE. HE HANGS ON BUT THE VOODOO COULDNT. THEY LOST 80-79. >> LOPEZ COMING BACK TO CAMDEN WHERE HE PITCHED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE BEING DEALT TO THE ROCKIES, HE BROUGHT HIS ADULT GLOVE.

>> NIXON 6, INDIANS AND REDS. GONZALES WITH A FLY BALL. GUTIERREZ AT THE WALL AND INTO THE WALL. DOUBLE PLAY BUT HE HUNG ON. INDIANS WIN IT 8-6. >> WE HAVE GOLD CUP AT FIVE. TRINIDAD AND TO TAKINGO AGAINST THE U.S.

LANDON DONOVAN, THE UNSELFISH HEADS UP PASS. DONOVAN BECOMES THE POINTS LEADER WITH THE ASSIST. PIRATES AND YANKEES, RONNIE PAULINO AT THE PLATE, BUT CABRERA MAKES NUMBER 4 WITH A GREAT CATCH. AND THE YANKEES GO ON TO WIN IT 9-3 BEHIND CLEMENS.

>> WELL BURR, AT NUMBER THREE, CHAD JOHNSON AGAINST THE HORSE NAMED RESTORE THE ROAR, WHICH SOUND LIKE A TED NOUGAT TOUR. >> BLASTING AWAY TO RIGHT FIELD AND A DIVE. HE WILL GET UP AND FIRE IN. THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE DOUBLE

PLAY. >> THAT’S ONE OF THE BEST YOU WILL EVER SEE RIGHT THERE. >> YOU HAVE TO GIVE BIRD PROMISE. IF THAT WAS TWO, YOU HAD BETTER HOLD ON FOR ONE BECAUSE IT BETTER BE SOMETHING ELSE. IT IS ANDRUW JONES ROBBING

BARRETT IN THE CUBS-BRAVES GAME. THE BRAVES ENDED A FOUR-GAME DEPP MONEY.