All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
--- Ted Williams
Al Leiter was a winner in his Yankees debut. Last night the former Blue Jays returned to the American League after 10 years with the Marlins and Mets. He gave the Bombers all they could have hoped for: 6.1 IP with 8 Ks, just 3 hits and 1 run. Boston now leads the division by just .5 game over the Yankees.
Joe Kennedy was a winner in his Oakland debut. He was returning to the American League as well, and he came out of the bullpen to work three scoreless innings before Oakland finally beat Texas for the third time in four days.
Jon Garland and Chris Carpenter both improved their records to 14-4. Garland worked six shutout innings against Cleveland. Carpenter, matched up with Roger Clemens, was utterly brilliant: a CG three-hit shutout, with 9 Ks and 0 walks. The Game Score was 90. Carpenter is the only pitcher with more than one 90+ games this season: he has three. In his 8 starts since June 3, Carpenter is 7-1, 0.70, which is getting it done.
Roger Clemens, a tough-luck loser this day, came into the game with a 1.48 ERA and actually lowered it in defeat to 1.47. This was the fifth time the Astros have been shut out during a Clemens start.
Not a full schedule and all the action is tonight:
AL
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 3-7, 4.59) at Boston (Miller 2-3, 5.03) 7:05
Kansas City (Carrasco 4-3, 3.57) at Cleveland (Lee 9-4, 3.89) 7:05
New York (Brown (4-6, 5.48) Texas (Rodriguez 2-1, 3.71) 8:05
Detroit (Douglass 2-0, 2.65) at Chicago (Hernandez 7-2, 4.88) 8:05
Baltimore (Bedard 5-1, 2.08) at Minnesota (Silva 7-3, 3.53) 8:10
Oakland (Saarloos 5-5, 3.87) at Los Angeles (Santana 3-4, 6.20) 10:05
NL
Colorado (Kim 2-7, 5.46) at Washington (Armas 4-4, 4.97) 7:05
Houston (Backe 7-6, 5.06) at Pittsburgh (Williams 7-6, 4.38) 7:05
Chicago (Williams 1-3, 4.89) at Cincinnati (Claussen 4-6, 3.61) 7:10
Milwaukee (Santos 2-9, 3.50) at St.Louis (Morris 10-2, 3.10) 8:10
Florida (Vargas 0-0, 0.00) at Arizona (Gosling 0-2, 4.61) 9:40
Atlanta (Sosa 4-1, 2.89) at San Francisco (Correia 1-0, 3.60) 10:15
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