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Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out eight in seven innings to lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 victory over the Giants, moving to 8-5 with his first win in four starts. He held the Giants to three hits. The Red Sox have won 12 of their last 13 interleague series, including this one.
Miguel Olivo went 5-for-5 with two doubles and three singles, tying a club record one night after going 3-for-4, leading the Marlins to a 9-8 victory over the Royals. In 27 games against K.C., he’s hitting .416 (37-for-89) with 22 RBIs. His teams are 20-7 against the Royals.
Braves shortstop Edgar Renteria went 5-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs to lead the Braves past the Indians 6-2. He singled in the first, third and seventh, doubled in the fifth and homered in the ninth for his third career five-hit game. Three of his hits came off …
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… Indians starter Paul Byrd, who yielded five runs and 10 hits in five innings to fall to 6-3. The right-hander, who hasn’t won since May 30, has given up 31 hits in 15 innings in his last three starts. Ex-Sox Willie Harris had a pair of RBIs and scored twice against him.
For the second straight game, Dodgers right-hander Jason Schmidt didn’t get out of the fifth inning. This time he gave up three runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings, walking four and uncorking two wild pitches with just two strikeouts in a 3-0 loss to the Angels.
The newest Orioles bullpen member, Jim Hoey, had a forgettable big-league debut. The 24-year-old, who put together a 21 1/3 -inning scoreless streak between Double and Triple A this season, gave up three runs in the ninth inning of an 8-4 loss to the Diamondbacks.
