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SCOREBOARD
Friday, July 10
Washington at Houston (8:05 p.m. EDT). After a slow start, Astros ace Roy Oswalt is back to being dominant, allowing only three runs in his past three starts over 23 innings.
STARS
Thursday
-Tim Lincecum, Giants, carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and won his fourth straight start, baffling San Diego in San Francisco's 9-3 win.
-Brett Carroll, Marlins, had a pinch-hit, three-run homer that sparked a franchise-record 10-run eighth inning, and Florida stormed back from a seven-run deficit to defeat Arizona 14-7.
-Kelly Shoppach, Indians, hit a grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs, and Cleveland held on for a 10-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
-Franklin Gutierrez, Mariners, hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give Seattle a 3-1 victory over Texas.
-Garrett Atkins, Rockies, came through as a pinch-hitter with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning to lift Colorado past Atlanta 7-6.
-Joel Pineiro, Cardinals, scattered three hits in his third complete game this year and St. Louis rallied to a 5-1 win over Milwaukee.
RECORD RALLY
Florida matched the team mark for the biggest comeback victory, using a franchise-record 10-run eighth inning to storm back from a seven-run deficit and defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-7 on Thursday night. Arizona also set a club record for the largest blown lead. Three pinch-hitters - Ross Gload, Brett Carroll and Hanley Ramirez - each batted twice in the big inning.
STATS
Carlos Pena had two RBIs in Tampa Bay's 3-2 win over Toronto on Thursday, his first since June 27, when he homered against Florida. The nine-game drought was his longest of the season. ... Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki had three hits to raise his major league-leading average to .361 in a 3-1 win over Texas.
MILESTONES
Boston's David Ortiz became the 19th active player to reach 300 home runs, hitting his 10th in the last 29 games in the Red Sox's 8-6 loss to Kansas City on Thursday night. Ortiz is also the first Boston player to hit No. 300 since Manny Ramirez did it in 2002. ... Dexter Fowler stole his Rockies rookie-record 18th base of the season in Colorado's 7-6 win over Atlanta. The previous mark was 17 by Quinton McCracken in 1996.
STREAK STOPPED
Tim Lincecum's scoreless innings streak ended at 29, third-longest in San Francisco history, in a 9-3 win over San Diego on Thursday night. Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry pitched 40 straight scoreless innings in 1967 and then went 39 in a row in 1970.
NUMBERS GAME
Randy Wolf pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past the New York Mets 11-2 on Thursday night for his first victory in eight outings, a day after he switched his jersey number 21 to 43 - the digits he used to wear with Philadelphia.
EASY WIN
Joel Hanrahan earned his first win of the year while hanging out in his hotel room. The Pirates reliever was enjoying a day off in Philadelphia when his former Nationals teammates were finishing off a suspended game in Houston by winning 11-10 in the 11th inning, and he was the winning pitcher. On May 5 in Washington, Hanrahan pitched the top of the 11th and was on deck when the game was suspended with the score tied at 10 because of rain. In the interim, he was included in the June 30 deal with Pittsburgh for Nyjer Morgan, who scored the winning run Thursday.
SUDDEN STOPPERS
Five Cleveland relievers combined for 4 2-3 scoreless innings in a 10-8 win over the Chicago White Sox, a club that has scored 96 runs in its last 15 games. The Indians' bullpen entered with a 5.13 ERA.
POWER SURGE
Jayson Werth homered for the fourth straight game, Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Thursday night. It was Werth's seventh homer in 12 games as the Phillies became the second team in major league history to have four players hit 20 homers before the All-Star break. Raul Ibanez leads the team with 22, Ryan Howard has 21 and Utley and Werth have 20. The Toronto Blue Jays did it in 2000.
HAPPY HOMER
Mark Teixeira ended a career-worst 23-game homerless drought in the Yankees' 6-4 victory over the Twins. Teixeira connected on the first pitch of the fifth inning. It was his 21st homer of the season and first in 96 at-bats, dating to June 12 against the Mets.
SINKING
Roy Halladay was outpitched by David Price as Toronto lost its 10th in 12 games, 3-2 to Tampa Bay, and has fallen below .500 for the first time this season.
WARMING UP
Manny Ramirez went 2 for 2 with two walks before taking a seat in the seventh inning of an 11-2 win over the New York Mets on Thursday night. He is 6 for 18 (.333) with two homers and seven RBIs in six games since returning from a 50-game drug suspension. "I'm getting there. I haven't played in two months. Got to go baby steps,'' Ramirez said.
PEOPLE'S CHOICES
Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino and Detroit Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge were elected by fans for the last two roster spots for Tuesday's All-Star game.
RICKEY'S NUMBER
The A's will retire Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson's No. 24 jersey during a **** ceremony Aug. 1, deemed "Rickey Henderson Day'' by the club in tribute of the career leader in runs scored and stolen bases. Henderson will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 26.
SPEAKING
"There's not a baseball player that's not superstitious. And if they tell you they're not, they're lying.'' - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf, who won for the first time in eight outings on Thursday - a day after he switched his jersey number 21 to 43 - the digits he used to wear with Philadelphia.
SEASONS
July 10
1917 - Ray Caldwell of New York pitched 9 2-3 innings of no-hit relief as the Yankees beat the Browns 7-5 in 17 innings in St. Louis.
1932 - The Philadelphia A's defeated Cleveland 18-17 in an 18-inning game in which John Burnett of the Indians had a record nine hits. Jimmie Foxx collected 16 total bases, and Eddie Rommell of the A's pitched 17 innings in relief for the win, despite giving up 29 hits and 14 runs.
1934 - Carl Hubbell struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession, but the AL came back to win the All-Star game 9-7 at the Polo Grounds as Mel Harder gave up one hit in the last five innings.
1936 - Philadelphia's Chuck Klein hit four home runs in a 10-inning victory over the Pirates, and it wasn't in the cozy Baker Bowl. He hit them in spacious Forbes Field in a 9-6 win over Pittsburgh.
1947 - Don Black of the Cleveland Indians pitched a 3-0 no-hitter over the Philadelphia A's in the first game of a twin bill.
1951 - The NL hit four homers en route to an 8-3 triumph at Detroit, giving the league consecutive All-Star victories for the first time.
1982 - Larry Parrish of the Texas Rangers hit his third grand slam in seven days, off Milt Wilcox in the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit. The Rangers beat the Tigers 6-5. Parrish had hit his first on July 4 and his second on July 7.
2001 - Cal Ripken upstaged every big name in the ballpark, hitting a home run and winning the MVP award in his final All-Star appearance to lead the American League over the Nationals 4-1. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez connected for consecutive home runs as the AL won its fifth in a row.
2007 - Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run to lead the American League to a 5-4 victory over the National League in the All-Star game.
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