Franklin Gutierrez sealed the deal last night for the Indians, hitting a solo HR in the top of the 10th to lead the Indians over the Tigers 4-3.Gutierrez finished with 2 hits, and Grady Sizemore also went 2-5 with 2 runs and 2 RBI on 2 solo HR's of his own. The Tigers had 2 solo shots of their own, by Marcus Thames and Edgar Renteria. Ryan Garko also had an RBI for the Tribe.
With the home runs, Sizemore joined the 30-30 club for this year, and is the only player in baseball with more than 30 home runs AND more than 30 stolen bases.
----- Other MLB Games -----
AL:
White Sox 4, Orioles 3 - Alexei Ramirez: 4-5, 2 R
Rangers 9, Royals 4 - Milton Bradley: 3-4, 3 RBI ... Nelson Cruz: 3-5, 3 RBI
Athletics 2, Angels 1 - Dallas Braden: 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R ... Daric Barton: solo HR
Mariners 4, Twins 2 - Adrian Beltre: 2-5, walk-off 2-run HR in the bottom of the 11th inning
NL:
Phillies 5, Dodgers 0 - Brett Myers: 7 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 8 K, 3 BB ... Jimmy Rollins: 3-3, 2 RBI
Cubs 12, Pirates 3 - Kosuke Fukudome: 3-4, 4 RBI ... Aramis Ramirez: 1-4, 4 RBI
Mets 9, Astros 1 - Mike Pelfrey: CG, 6 H, 1 R, 6 K, 0 BB ... Carlos Delgado: 2-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Padres 4, Diamondbacks 2 - Jody Gerut: 2 RBI ... Jake Peavy: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 7 K, 2 BB
Rockies 4, Giants 2 - Yorvit Torrealba: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI ... Ian Stewart: 2-5, 2 runs
----- MLB News/Notes -----
Grady Sizemore is in the 30/30 club.
The Dodgers show everyone the baseball equivalent of going scoreless after 13 tries in the red zone.
9-year old gets kicked out of his youth league for being TOO good.
Eddie Guardado traded for... what?
Streakers - In case any team tries to make history, I'm going to list the teams with the longest active winning and losing streaks. Today's streakers:
Indians: 8 wins
Pirates: 5 losses
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