Tue, Jun 30, 2009 - Page 19 News List

White Sox scold Cubs in series decider

SHUTOUT Starter John Danks struck out five and walked four in seven innings, while pitcher Scott Linebrink threw two perfect relief innings to give the Sox their second win

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Price gave up two hits, five walks and had four strikeouts. The first overall pick in the 2007 amateur draft was coming off a pair of losses in which the left-hander was touched for 15 runs and 17 hits in 11-and-a-third innings.

B.J. Upton homered for the Rays, who have won five in a row.


REDS 8, INDIANS 1

At Cleveland, Ohio, Brandon Phillips celebrated his 28th birthday by leading the Reds over his former team.

Phillips broke out of a 1-for-16 slump with three hits, three runs and three RBIs as the Reds took two of three from their Ohio rivals to move back to .500 overall. Ramon Hernandez also had three hits and three RBIs for Cincinnati.


PHILLIES 5, BLUE JAYS 4

At Toronto, Chase Utley hit a two-run triple as the Phillies held on to edge the Blue Jays.

In other interleague play:

• Nationals 5, Orioles 3

• Twins 6, Cardinals 2

• Mariners 4, Dodgers 2

• Rockies 3, Athletics 1

• Angels 12, Diamondbacks 8

• Padres 2, Rangers 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE

AP, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

At Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ryan Sadowski scattered four hits over six scoreless innings in his major league debut as the Giants beat the Brewers 7-0.

Matt Downs hit his first major league homer and Nate Schierholtz had four hits, including a homer for the Giants, who snapped a six-game skid in Milwaukee after watching a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the ninth crumble on Saturday night.

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