Tuesday 5 July 2011

Young the hero for Diamondbacks

MLB: Young the hero for Diamondbacks
Chris Young was the hero for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the slumping Milwaukee Brewers 8-6 in a thriller.
Young hit the crucial run with a two-out single in the ninth as the Diamondbacks overcame a grand slam by pitcher Shaun Marcum.
Arizona scored in every inning from the fourth through ninth after falling into a 6-1 hole to the best home team in the majors.
Miguel Montero and Wily Mo Pena homered for the Diamondbacks, who have lost six of their last nine but have a morale boosting win on this 10-game road trip before hosting the All-Star game.
Austin Kearns hit his first home run in 105 at-bats this season, a stunning three-run shot in the seventh inning off New York's A.J. Burnett, to send the Cleveland Indians to a 6-3 win and spoil Derek Jeter's return to the Yankees' line-up.
Vance Worley pitched seven shutout innings and the Philadelphia Phillies scored the only run on a close play in the seventh innings to beat the Florida Marlins 1-0.
Chris Carpenter got the better of his Cincinnati Reds nemesis Johnny Cueto with eight scoreless inning, then watched from the dugout as pinch-hitter Mark Hamilton drove in the lone run with an infield hit for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 1-0 victory.
Elsewhere, Will Venable hit his second home run of the season and the San Diego Padres pounced on Tim Lincecum in a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Michael Pineda and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and Josh Bard hit his first home run of the season to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 2-1 victory over the Athletics, while Travis Snider had three doubles and drove in a pair of runs and Aaron Hill homered as the Toronto Blue Jays became the latest team to rough up John Lackey, beating the Boston Red Sox 9-7.
Jayson Werth stole the show by scoring the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Washington Nationals snagged another one-run victory with a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox shaded Kansas City by the same scoreline.
Home advantage helped Atlanta beat Colorado 4-1 with Freddie Freeman hitting three runs, while Brian Duensing overcame a shaky start to throw a six-hitter as the Minnesota Twins beat Tampa Bay Rays 7-0.
Rookie Alex Presley had three of Pittsburgh's 14 hits in a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros, Endy Chavez had his first four-RBI game in more than eight years with a long home run and a double in the Texas Rangers' 13-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1.
The day's other game saw the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2.

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