Silva goes 6-0 as Cubs top Rangers
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May 25, 2010, Tuesday
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CARLOS Silva improved to a career-best 6-0 after pitching the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
The big right-hander continued his resurgent year by allowing three runs in 5-1/3 innings as the Cubs got early runs on the board and claimed their sixth win in eight games. Traded from the Seattle Mariners in the offseason, Silva had endured injuries and previously won just five games over the last two seasons.
"It's because they've been scoring a lot of runs," Silva told reporters, having become the first Cubs starter to begin the year with six wins and no losses since Ken Holtzman in 1967.
"The whole rotation has been really good, but I've been getting more run support than anybody else."
Chicago (21-24) scored four runs in the first inning, Derrek Lee with an RBI single and Alfonso Soriano hitting a two-run homer, the 299th of his career.
"I'm trying not to think about it," Soriano said of reaching the 300-homer milestone. I think about it before I get the at-bat, because I don't want to go to home plate thinking I'll hit one more. I think about it before and after. When you think about homers, it never happens."
Michael Young led Texas with a two-run homer in the third and an RBI double in the seventh where the Rangers (25-20) pulled within a run.
The home side had a chance to add more runs in the seventh, but Cubs reliever Sean Marshall recorded the final out with the bases loaded while Carlos Marmol came on in the ninth to earn his ninth save of the year.
Dropped two
Texas also lost to Chicago 5-4 in 10 innings on Saturday and have dropped two in a row after stringing together a five-game winning streak.
Starter C J Wilson allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings to take the loss. He surrendered a two-out RBI single to Koyie Hill in the sixth inning where the Cubs established a 5-3 lead just as the Rangers were rallying.
In New York, Jason Bay homered twice off an ineffective C C Sabathia as the Mets held off the slumping Yankees 6-4 behind Johan Santana's stellar pitching.
Shut down nearly all night by Santana, the Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning before Francisco Rodriguez struck out Alex Rodriguez on a 3-2 breaking ball with runners at the corners to end it.
Alex Cora, a late addition to the lineup, got the offense started with a two-run single in a four-run second inning and the Mets took two of three at home in Citi Field for their first Subway Series victory since a rain-shortened two-game sweep at old Yankee Stadium in May 2008.
In Philadelphia, Tim Wakefield pitched eight shutout innings for his first victory in nearly a year as the Boston Red Sox topped the Phillies 8-3. In other action, it was: Indians 4, Reds 3; Nationals 4, Orioles 3, 10 innings; Brewers 4, Twins 3; Cardinals 6, Angels 5, 10 innings; Rockies 11, Royals 7; Marlins 13, White Sox 0; Rays 10, Astros 6; Tigers 6, Dodgers 2; Athletics 3, Giants 0; Padres 8, Mariners 1; and Blue Jays 12, Diamondbacks 4.
In the National League, Ryan Doumit homered with two outs in the 10th inning off Takashi Saito for his third hit, helping hosts Pittsburgh Pirates avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win.
Doumit's first career game-ending homer was his fourth of the season and ended Atlanta's five-game winning streak and Pittsburgh's three-game losing streak. The Pirates averaged only two runs while dropping seven of their previous eight at home.
The big right-hander continued his resurgent year by allowing three runs in 5-1/3 innings as the Cubs got early runs on the board and claimed their sixth win in eight games. Traded from the Seattle Mariners in the offseason, Silva had endured injuries and previously won just five games over the last two seasons.
"It's because they've been scoring a lot of runs," Silva told reporters, having become the first Cubs starter to begin the year with six wins and no losses since Ken Holtzman in 1967.
"The whole rotation has been really good, but I've been getting more run support than anybody else."
Chicago (21-24) scored four runs in the first inning, Derrek Lee with an RBI single and Alfonso Soriano hitting a two-run homer, the 299th of his career.
"I'm trying not to think about it," Soriano said of reaching the 300-homer milestone. I think about it before I get the at-bat, because I don't want to go to home plate thinking I'll hit one more. I think about it before and after. When you think about homers, it never happens."
Michael Young led Texas with a two-run homer in the third and an RBI double in the seventh where the Rangers (25-20) pulled within a run.
The home side had a chance to add more runs in the seventh, but Cubs reliever Sean Marshall recorded the final out with the bases loaded while Carlos Marmol came on in the ninth to earn his ninth save of the year.
Dropped two
Texas also lost to Chicago 5-4 in 10 innings on Saturday and have dropped two in a row after stringing together a five-game winning streak.
Starter C J Wilson allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings to take the loss. He surrendered a two-out RBI single to Koyie Hill in the sixth inning where the Cubs established a 5-3 lead just as the Rangers were rallying.
In New York, Jason Bay homered twice off an ineffective C C Sabathia as the Mets held off the slumping Yankees 6-4 behind Johan Santana's stellar pitching.
Shut down nearly all night by Santana, the Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning before Francisco Rodriguez struck out Alex Rodriguez on a 3-2 breaking ball with runners at the corners to end it.
Alex Cora, a late addition to the lineup, got the offense started with a two-run single in a four-run second inning and the Mets took two of three at home in Citi Field for their first Subway Series victory since a rain-shortened two-game sweep at old Yankee Stadium in May 2008.
In Philadelphia, Tim Wakefield pitched eight shutout innings for his first victory in nearly a year as the Boston Red Sox topped the Phillies 8-3. In other action, it was: Indians 4, Reds 3; Nationals 4, Orioles 3, 10 innings; Brewers 4, Twins 3; Cardinals 6, Angels 5, 10 innings; Rockies 11, Royals 7; Marlins 13, White Sox 0; Rays 10, Astros 6; Tigers 6, Dodgers 2; Athletics 3, Giants 0; Padres 8, Mariners 1; and Blue Jays 12, Diamondbacks 4.
In the National League, Ryan Doumit homered with two outs in the 10th inning off Takashi Saito for his third hit, helping hosts Pittsburgh Pirates avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win.
Doumit's first career game-ending homer was his fourth of the season and ended Atlanta's five-game winning streak and Pittsburgh's three-game losing streak. The Pirates averaged only two runs while dropping seven of their previous eight at home.
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