Baseball Digest Daily Blog: "Short Stops" Around the League

Josh Beckett pitched a solid game, and David Ortiz reached base 5 times as the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 5-2, in game one of today's doubleheader
In game 2, Jorge Posada had 3 hits and Bernie Williams drove in 2 runs to help New York come from behind and defeat Boston, 7-5
Cole Hamels struck out 11 over 7 2/3 innings while allowing just 2 runs on 3 hits as Philadelphia beat Houston, 7-2
Frank Thomas hit his 37th home run and drove in 4 today to lead the Athletics to a 7-4 victory over the White Sox
Rich Hill pitched a complete game, 2-hit shutout while walking just one and striking out 10 as the Cubs blanked the Reds, 4-0
Albert Pujols went 4-for-4, and Juan Encarnacion hit a 3-run homer to help Chris Carpenter pick up his 15th victory in the Cardinals 6-1 win over the Giants
Ted Lilly allowed just one run over 6 innings as Toronto knocked off Tampa Bay, 6-1. Delmon Young had 3 hits for the Devil Rays in defeat
Nate Robertson pitched 8 scoreless innings to lead the Tigers to a 2-0 shutout over the Orioles. Kris Benson pitched an 8-inning complete game for Baltimore, allowing just 2 runs on 7 hits
Anibal Sanchez and John Smoltz locked up in another well pitched game Saturday with the Braves coming out on top of the Marlins, 2-1
Austin Kearns, Brian Schneider, and Bernie Castro (2 triples) each had 2 hits and 2 RBI as the Nationals defeated the Brewers 8-5. Prince Fielder hit his 26th homer and drove in 3 for Milwaukee, and Alfonso Soriano stole his 40th base to become just the 4th player in history to accumulate 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases
Mike Redmond had 3 hits and 3 RBI, and Carlos Silva allowed just one run over 7 innings as the Twins beat the Indians, 4-1
Despite a solid outing from Orlando Hernandez, the Mets had to leave the champagne on ice for another night as the Pirates rallied for a 9th inning walk-off win on Ronny Paulino's RBI double
Joey Gathright had 2 hits (including his first ML homer), scored 2 runs, and drove in 2 as Kansas City held off Seattle, 7-4
Chone Figgins hit for the cycle, scored 3 runs, and drove in 3 runs, but was outdone this evening by Mark Teixeira (4-for-4, 2 R, 4 RBI) and Michael Young (3-for-4, 4 runs, 1 RBI) as Texas doubled up the Angels, 12-6
Adrian Gonzalez doubled, homered, scored 3 runs, and drove in 4, and Mike Cameron added 2 hits, a home run, and 3 RBI as the Padres beat up on the Dodgers, 11-2
Chad Tracy homered and drove in 3 runs, but it took the Diamondbacks 16 innings to trip up the Rockies, 7-6

"Short Stops" Around the League - September 16, 2006

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