Baseball Today Friday, June 1 Detroit at Cleveland (7:05 p.m. EDT)
Baseball Today
Friday, June 1
Detroit at Cleveland (7:05 p.m. EDT). The Tigers and the AL Central-leading Indians renew their rivalry.
STARS Wednesday
• Dan Haren, Athletics, gave up four hits in eight innings to win his sixth straight decision in a 6-1 victory over Texas.
• Derek Lowe, Dodgers, pitched seven scoreless innings, reached base three times and scored once to help the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the Washington Nationals for the second straight game, 5-0.
• Eric Byrnes, Diamondbacks, homered twice to lead Arizona to a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
• Dan Uggla, Marlins, hit two home runs, powering Florida to a 9-0 win at Chicago.
• Aaron Harang, Reds, threw a six-hitter to help Cincinnati beat Houston 4-3.
• Erik Bedard, Orioles, pitched eight scoreless innings in Baltimore’s 3-0 win against Kansas City.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Prince Fielder hit his league-leading 18th homer and 12th of the month to tie a club record with three others in Milwaukee’s 9-3 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday. ... Gil Meche threw 7 1-3 innings and gave up just one run, but Kansas City lost 3-0 to Baltimore.
Minnesota won for the ninth time in 12 games with a 7-6 win over Chicago on Wednesday. ... Arizona has won seven straight after a 4-3 win at Philadelphia. ... Paul Byrd ran his walkless streak to 43 innings and threw first-pitch strikes to 25 of 27 hitters as Cleveland beat Boston 8-4. Byrd also won his fifth straight decision.
“I saw the ump say, ’You need to come touch first base,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, OK.’ I didn’t know what to do. It was weird, man. That was something totally different. But I like it. We won.” — Minnesota’s Torii Hunter after his four-pitch, bases-loaded walk forced in the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning and sent the Twins past the White Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
SEASONS June 1
Today’s birthdays: Carlos Zambrano, 26; Brad Wilkerson, 30; Derek Lowe, 34.
