AL: Red Sox stop White Sox with five hits, 12 walks
By Associated Press
Published September 13, 2003
BOSTON - Johnny Damon drew three of Boston's 12 walks, including two with the bases loaded, and the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 Friday night despite getting just five hits.
Jeff Suppan allowed three runs on five hits and three walks, striking out two in six innings. Byung-Hyun Kim pitched the ninth for his 13th save.
Dan Wright lasted just one-plus inning for Chicago, giving up four runs - three earned - on two hits and five walks.
The Red Sox drew three walks while scoring four runs in the second. In the fifth, Boston drew five walks - including four in a row - to score two runs without getting a base hit.
Carl Everett was 2-for-4 with a homer and a double for the White Sox, and Jose Valentin also homered.
Everett doubled and scored on Joe Crede's double to give Chicago a 1-0 lead in the second. But the Red Sox made it 4-1 when five consecutive batters reached base - three on walks - to chase Wright.
Chicago cut the deficit to one when Everett and Valentin each homered in the fourth. But Boston responded again. Billy Koch walked four batters in the inning - scoring one run - and Kelly Wunsch walked in another before getting Todd Walker to fly out to right to end the inning.
INDIANS 4, TWINS 3: C.C. Sabathia, pitching with more on his mind than baseball, matched his win total of last season at 13-8, and Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run homer for host Cleveland.
Sabathia's wife, Amber, awaited the birth of the couple's first child. She was due on Wednesday. Also, Sabathia's father has been ill, causing the 23-year-old to leave the Indians to be with him.
TIGERS 3, ROYALS 0: Mike Maroth won for the first time since Aug. 2, sending visiting Kansas City to its ninth loss in 13 games. Maroth (7-20) had been 0-5 in six starts since beating Minnesota in his first start of August. On Sept. 5, he became the first 20-game loser in the major leagues since Oakland's Brian Kingman in 1980.
ATHLETICS 9, RANGERS 3: Erubiel Durazo's go-ahead two-run single keyed a five-run seventh as visiting Oakland rallied from three down. Barry Zito improved to 10-0 in 16 career starts against the Rangers. He has won five of his past seven starts.
MARINERS 7, ANGELS 4: Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki hit home runs, and Jamie Moyer got his 18th win for host Seattle. Moyer threw into the eighth and left to a roaring ovation after a leadoff double by Garrett Anderson and a single by Tim Salmon. Moyer allowed two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts, one walk and one hit batter. Former Ray Randy Winn had a double, two singles and two RBIs for Seattle, which remained 21/2 behind Oakland in the West.
BLUE JAYS 4, ORIOLES 2: Josh Towers struck out a career-high nine against his former team and host Toronto won its third straight. "I've been looking forward to pitching against them ever since I signed with the Blue Jays," said Towers, who was angered when the Orioles didn't call him in the offseason to invite him back. "I think I showed them something."
