Manny Ramirez became the 24th major league player to reach 500 career home runs, connecting in the seventh inning off Chad Bradford to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Saturday.
The 500-home run club has only two dozen members, but Ramirez also joined an even smaller fraternity. He is only the seventh player in MLB history with 500 homers, 1,500 RBIs, 1,000 walks, 475 doubles and a .300 batting average. The others are Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Frank Thomas and Ted Williams.
David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia also homered for the Red Sox and Jacoby Ellsbury stole three bases in a second straight game.
Ellsbury also tripled in the seventh off Lance Cormier (0-2) and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Ortiz before Bradford entered to face Ramirez.
Yankees 7, Twins 6, 12 innings
In Minneapolis, Bobby Abreu broke a 12th-inning tie with a one-out single for New York to beat Minnesota.
Juan Rincon (2-2) gave up singles to Johnny Damon and slumping Derek Jeter, before Abreu came through with his floater into shallow center field.
The Twins left two men on in both the 10th and the 11th, with none out in the 11th.
The Yankees had a brief 6-3 lead, but Taiwan’s Wang Chien-ming gave up two runs in the sixth and then Michael Cuddyer tied it against reliever Edwar Ramirez when he hit a homer in the seventh.
Saturday’s other American League results:
• Rays 2, White Sox 0
• Mariners 5, Tigers 0
• Royals 4, Indians 2
• Rangers 8, Athletics 4
• Angels 3, Blue Jays 2, 10 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, CINCINNATI, OHIO
Ken Griffey Jr hit his 599th career homer, leaving him one shy of a landmark, and Jay Bruce extended his amazing week-long debut with a 10th-inning homer that lifted the Cincinnati Reds over the Atlanta Braves 8-7 on Saturday.
Bruce, the Reds’ top prospect, is 11-for-19 in his first five games in the majors, providing one big hit after another.
Francisco Cordero (2-0) pitched the 10th, sending the Braves to an excruciatingly familiar finish. Atlanta have lost their last 20 one-run games on the road since August.
Saturday’s other National League results:
• Mets 3, Dodgers 2
• Cubs 5, Rockies 4
• Padres 5, Giants 1
• Diamondbacks 4, Nationals 0
• Marlins 7, Phillies 3
• Pirates 14, Cardinals 4
• Brewers 4, Astros 1
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