Baseball

01 July 2007 -- In Major League Baseball, Oakland pitchers Chad Gaudin and Rich Harden combined for a one-hitter, leading the Athletics to a 7-0 win over the lethargic New York Yankees.

Gaudin gave up a single in the sixth inning Saturday, while his Oakland teammates hit three home runs off Yankee pitcher Kei Igawa.

The Yankees have not scored in their last 16 innings.    » read more »

Senator Submits Statement Honoring Men's Baseball Team In Congressional Record

June 28, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) yesterday submitted a record statement honoring Kean University’s Cougars baseball team for winning the 2007 NCAA Division III National Championship.

The men’s baseball team finished the season with a 43-8 record, capping their season with a thrilling 5-4 victory in the 10th inning of the championship game against Emory University. The victory marks the first time the Kean baseball program has ever won a championship.    » read more »

Signings by New York, Seattle help “grow” baseball in China

26 June 2007 -- Washington - A new era in baseball may be beginning with the signing by the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners of four Chinese players to major league contracts.

The Yankees started the trend when the team announced the signing of two 19-year-olds, pitcher Kai Liu and catcher Zhenwang Zhang.    » read more »

Commends UNC & Gov. Easley on a Thrilling Weekend; Governors Kulongoski and Easley had agreed to a gentlemen’s wager on the series

June 25, 2007 -- Salem – Today Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski offered his hearty congratulations to the Oregon State Beavers baseball team for their repeat championship in the NCAA College World Series this weekend with a pair of impressive 11-4 and 9-3 victories over the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.    » read more »

25 June 2007 -- Major League Baseball's defending American League champion Detroit Tigers have won their seventh straight game, shutting down the Atlanta Braves, 5-0.

Detroit's rookie pitcher Andrew Miller threw six sharp innings Sunday, handing the Braves their fourth shutout in their past five games.

The Tigers finished interleague play Sunday with a 14-4 record against National League teams, tying the Los Angeles Angels for the best mark in the majors.

The Angels beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, in 10 innings. Erick Aybar drove in the game-ending run.    » read more »

24 June 2007 -- In Major League Baseball interleague action, San Francisco rookie Nate Schierholtz drove in the game-ending run in the 13th inning Saturday to give the Giants a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees.

The Giants had to rally from an early three-run deficit, and overcome a game-tying home run in the ninth inning by Yankee star Alex Rodriguez.

The winning two-out single by Schierholtz snapped the Giants' eight-game losing streak, and handed the Yankees their fourth loss in five games.    » read more »

North Carolina barbecue and Cheerwine, Oregon seafood, cheeses, beer and hazelnuts at stake in the three-game series

June 22, 2007 -- Salem – Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski today bet North Carolina Governor Mike Easley that the Oregon State Beavers baseball team will repeat as champions and defeat the University of North Carolina Tar Heels for a second time in the championship of the 2007 NCAA College World Series.    » read more »

18 June 2007 -- In Major League Baseball inter-league play, Minnesota's Justin Morneau hit a home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Twins a 10-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Morneau's game-ending homer Sunday was his third of the season for the Twins.    » read more »

27 May 2007 -- The Washington Nationals' new baseball field (artist's rendering)In Major League Baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the host Minnesota Twins, 9-8, when Llye Overbay drove in his fourth run of the game with a two-out single in the 13th inning.

Toronto came back to win the game Saturday after giving up leads in the ninth and 11th innings.

In another American League contest, the Boston Red Sox improved on the best record in the majors (33-15), scoring five runs in the sixth inning to down the Texas Rangers, 7-4.    » read more »

28 May 2007 -- In Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, when Juan Pierre got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 11th inning to force in the game-ending run.

The Dodgers' Andre Ethier had tied the game with a home run in the eighth inning.

In another National League contest Sunday, Barry Bonds hit his 746th career home run to pull within nine of Hank Aaron's record. However, Bonds' San Francisco Giants dropped the game to the Colorado Rockies, 6-4.    » read more »

21 May 2007 -- The New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep by the cross-town rival Mets with a 6-2 victory in interleague baseball action Sunday.

Yankee pitcher Tyler Clippard made a successful major league debut, giving up just three hits in six innings of work. He was the seventh rookie pitcher to start for the injury-plagued Yankees this year.

ny yankees logo 150 eng 8oct03.jpgAlex Rodriguez led the Yankees' offense with his major league-leading 17th home run.    » read more »

20 May 2007 -- The Washington Nationals' new baseball field (artist's rendering)The Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves have traded lopsided victories in a Major League Baseball doubleheader.

In the first game Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka earned his sixth win of the season - a 13-3 victory for host Boston. He was helped by four Boston home runs.

Atlanta pitcher John Smoltz then tossed seven shutout innings in the second game, as the Braves routed Boston, 14-0, handing the Red Sox their worst shutout in 17 years.

Boston has the best record in the majors (29-13).    » read more »

19 May 2007 -- In a rematch of Major League Baseball's World Series last year, the Detroit Tigers crushed the champion St. Louis Cardinals, 14-4.

The host Tigers scored nine runs in the fifth inning Friday, on the way to amassing three more runs in one game than they did in the entire five-game World Series.

Detroit pitcher Andrew Miller tossed six scoreless innings in his first major league start. Gary Sheffield and Magglio Ordonez hit homers early in the game against the Cardinals.    » read more »

14 May 2007 -- In Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox rallied with six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-5.

The Orioles committed two errors in the ninth, allowing the Red Sox to complete the comeback victory.

Two other American League games also ended with teams winning in the bottom of the ninth.

The Oakland Athletics scored five runs in the ninth inning, capped by Jack Cust's fifth home run in four games, giving the Athletics a 10-7 win over the Cleveland Indians.    » read more »

13 May 2007 -- In a Major League Baseball game that ended nearly two hours after midnight with a grand slam, the Washington Nationals beat the Florida Marlins, 7-3.

Ryan Zimmerman hit the game-ending, bases-loaded blast with two outs in the ninth inning of the contest, which was delayed nearly four hours by rain.

Florida led 3-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth, which was delayed 47 minutes by the second rainstorm of the game here in the nation's capital.    » read more »