FRIDAY’S GAMES
RESULTS, SYNOPSIS
Baltimore 3 at Detroit 5
W: Johnson (4-4)
L: Chen (5-3)
S: Farnsworth (1)
Ivan Rodriguez homered and hit a tiebreaking double, Jason Johnson pitched into 9th inning. Detroit has won 6 of 7–including 3-game sweep last weekend at Baltimore.
Los Angeles 4 at Boston 7
W: Myers (2-1)
L: Shields (4-3)
S: Foulke (12)
Johnny Damon lined 3-run double over center fielder Steve Finley to break 8th-inning tie. Boston scored 3 times off Brendan Donnelly in 7th, 3 more off Scot Shields in 8th inning.
Texas 1 at Kansas City 2
W: Sisco (1-1)
L: Astacio (2-6)
S: MacDougal (5)
Matt Stairs homered, leading Royals to 1st 4-game winning streak in 21 months. Buddy Bell joined Whitey Herzog as only Royals managers to win their 1st 4 games.
New York 3 at Minnesota 6
W: Lohse (5-3)
L: Mussina (5-4)
S: Nathan (16)
Lew Ford homered, tripled, drove in 3 runs to lead undermanned Twins past slumping Yankees, who dropped 6th straight. Twins roughed up Mike Mussina with 2 HRs, 8 hits to win 6th in last 8.
Tampa Bay 6 at Seattle 1
W: Waechter (2-3)
L: Sele (4-5)
Aubrey Huff hit his 2nd homer off Aaron Sele in less than week. Devil Rays broke 5-game losing streak with rare road win. Huff hit 3-run shot in 5th inning. Tampa Bay is just 4-21 on road.
Toronto 6 at Oakland 2
W: Halladay (9-2)
L: Glynn (0-1)
Roy Halladay pitched 7 sharp innings to earn his AL-leading 9th win. Frank Catalanotto went 4-for-4 with solo HR. Orlando Hudson added 2-run single in 3-run 4th inning.
