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Baseball Today Saturday, June 2 San Francisco at Philadelphia (7:0

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Baseball Today
Saturday, June 2
San Francisco at Philadelphia (7:05 p.m. EDT). Cole Hamels struck out nine in a win against the Giants on May 6.
STARS Thursday
• Mike Cameron, Padres, hit a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning after tying it with a run-scoring double in the ninth, and San Diego beat Pittsburgh 4-2.
• Roy Halladay, Blue Jays, picked up his 100th career victory with seven shutout innings, leading Toronto to a 2-0 win over Chicago
• Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals, drove in four runs during an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Travis Hafner, Indians, homered and drove in four runs, powering Cleveland to an 11-5 victory at home against Detroit.
ON THE HOP
Roy Halladay picked up his 100th career victory in his return from the disabled list, and Frank Thomas hit a homer to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Thursday night. The game lasted just 1 hour, 50 minutes, and was the second quickest in the majors this season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Seattle beat the Athletics 2-0 on April 25 in Oakland in 1 hour, 47 minutes.
FOR THE RECORD
Prince Fielder set a franchise record with his 13th homer this month in a 4-3 win over Florida on Thursday. Fielder is tied for the major league lead with 19.

Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to a career-high 24 games and the Seattle Mariners held on to beat the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Thursday night. ... The Baltimore Orioles beat the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels 6-2 for their sixth win in a row.

Houston stopped a 10-game losing streak with a 10-2 win over Cincinnati on Thursday.

The San Francisco Giants agreed to trade struggling closer Armando Benitez to the Florida Marlins for reliever Randy Messenger on Thursday night. Benitez was 0-3 with nine saves in 11 chances and a 4.67 ERA. His final game for the Giants was Tuesday night, when he balked twice in the 12th inning of a 5-4 loss to the New York Mets.

Detroit lost for the sixth time in seven games, 11-5 at Cleveland on Thursday. ... The White Sox dropped their fifth straight with a 2-0 loss at Toronto.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Chicago’s Mark Buehrle gave up just two hits— both homers — in a 2-0 loss to Toronto on Thursday. ... Shawn Chacon struck out 10 over seven shutout innings, but Pittsburgh blew a two-run, ninth inning lead in a 4-2, 11-inning loss to San Diego.

“You don’t want to be left out of the 10-run party.” — Houston slugger Lance Berkman after hitting a three-run homer in a 10-2 win over Cincinnati on Thursday.
SEASONS June 2