Sun, Apr 18, 2004 - Page 22 News List

Boston's Wakefield holds A-Rod hitless

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL The Fenway faithful had a field day as Alex Rodriguez went 1-for-4 and made a baserunning blunder in the Yankees' 6-2 loss to the Red Sox

AP , BOSTONAP, CHICAGO

The Pirates roughed up three New York relievers in the top of the eighth, then the Mets rallied against Pittsburgh's bullpen in the bottom half, scoring four runs.

Glavine was taken out with a tight shoulder after throwing 78 pitches through seven innings of one-hit ball. Orber Moreno (0-1) started the eighth for New York and gave up hits to the only three Pirates he faced, Craig Wilson, Abraham Nunez and Jose Castillo.

Cardinals 13, Rockies 5

In St. Louis, Tony Womack and Reggie Sanders hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and Sanders added another for his second two-homer game of the season, helping St. Louis halt an early slump at home.

Womack added a double and single, and Marlon Anderson also homered and had three hits for the Cardinals, who opened the season 1-6 at Busch Stadium for the first time since 1973.

Matt Morris (2-1) worked around homers by Todd Helton, Vinny Castilla and Kit Pellow, allowing four runs on five hits in seven innings. He struck out four, walked three and added an RBI single in the sixth, his third of the year.

Phillies 4, Expos 2

In Philadelphia, Jim Thome went 4-for-4 with a home run, and Pat Burrell also homered to lead Philadelphia over Montreal in the first night game at Citizens Bank Park.

Eric Milton (1-0) allowed two runs over six innings for Philadelphia, which has won two straight for the first time this season.

Dodgers 3, Giants 2

In San Francisco, Barry Bonds hit a two-run homer off Eric Gagne in the ninth inning, but Odalis Perez's eight scoreless innings led Los Angeles over San Francisco.

Perez (1-1) allowed two hits and struck out 10 to outpitch a sharp Jason Schmidt (0-1), who took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning in his first appearance since offseason elbow surgery.

Milton Bradley drove in Dave Roberts three times with groundouts for the Dodgers.

Diamondbacks 5, Padres 0

In San Diego, Randy Johnson pitched a two-hitter for his first win of the season and added a two-run double to lead Arizona past San Diego.

Johnson had eight strikeouts and one walk in recording his 36th career shutout. He allowed only one runner to reach second base and set down his last 16 batters after allowing a two-out single to Ramon Hernandez in the fourth inning.

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