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Cliff Lee beat another NL team. The Indians left-hander shut down the NL’s top scoring team, holding the Phillies to one run over seven innings — his longest start since May 8. It was just his second win in six starts, but he improved to 10-1 in interleague play.
Yovani Gallardo, 21, dazzled in his big-league debut, mixing a 94 m.p.h. fastball with changeups 15 m.p.h. slower as the Brewers topped the Giants 5-4. The right-hander also lashed an RBI double in his first at-bat for a 3-1 lead in the second inning.
Brian McCann was in a slump. He knew where to turn. One night after getting some much-needed hitting advice from his dad, the Braves catcher drove in four. McCann: “I needed to go back to where it all started.” The victim of his improved swing was …
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… Curt Schilling, who was rocked for 10 hits and six runs in 4 1/3 innings. More telling, the Red Sox right-hander failed to strike out anyone — the first time that’s happened since 1993, a span of 348 starts. He’s given up 19 hits and 11 earned runs in his last two starts.
The Tigers defeated the Nationals 9-8, but only after withstanding a three-run rally against Todd Jones. The closer gave up five straight hits to open the ninth, including Cristian Guzman’s two-run triple and Felipe Lopez’s RBI single before getting out of the inning.
In a 5-3 loss to Kansas City, Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright hurt himself in the field. He committed his first two errors of the season in the Royals’ one-run first and his unsuccessful sliding attempt to glove a popped-up bunt led to a two-run fourth.
