O's top Tribe in slugfest
By Pete Kerzel / Special to MLB.com
The Indians bats came up one run short Sunday in Baltimore in a Mother's Day slugfest that extended the Tribe's losing streak to five and gave the the O's the sweep. Jody Gerut's three hits extended his hitting streak to 12.
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By Gary Washburn / MLB.com
Miguel Tejada hit two two-run homers to lead the offense Sunday in a high-scoring affair with the Indians. Melvin Mora also homered for the Orioles. In a battle of bullpens, the Orioles managed to hold the lead late.
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Baltimore 12, Cleveland 11
Today's Boxscores 5/9/04
TOR 5, CWS 2
HOU 2, ATL 1
STL 5, MON 2
NYM 6, MIL 5
SF 7, CIN 6
LA 9, PIT 7
DET 5, TEX 3
KC 8, BOS 4
CHC 5, COL 4
FLA 7, SD 4
OAK 8, MIN 4
NYY 7, SEA 6
ANA 8, TB 4
PHI 7, ARI 1
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Standings through 5/9/04 | Gameday | Indians Stats | Orioles Stats
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Belliard , 2B4 0 1 1 2 2 4 .379
Merloni , 1B3 1 1 1 0 2 1 .275
a-Broussard , PH-1B 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 .275
Lawton , LF4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .313
Martinez , C6 0 1 0 0 1 6 .245
Hafner , DH4 2 1 0 1 3 1 .297
Blake , 3B4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .262
c-Crisp , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210
Gerut , RF4 3 3 0 1 1 1 .288
Escobar , CF3 2 1 3 2 1 2 .241
McDonald , SS2 2 2 1 1 0 0 .231
b-Vizquel , PH-SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 .291
Totals 40 11 15 10 7 13 20
BATTING 2B : Escobar (6, DuBose), Martinez (4, Ryan).HR : Merloni (1, 5th inning off DuBose, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Belliard; Merloni 4; Broussard 2; Martinez 2; Hafner; Blake 2; Gerut 3; Escobar 2; McDonald 2; Vizquel.RBI : Belliard (12), Escobar 3 (8), McDonald (1), Merloni (4), Broussard 3 (11), Vizquel (18).2-out RBI : Escobar 2, McDonald, Broussard 3, Vizquel.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Gerut, Martinez 4, Hafner.GIDP : Lawton, Belliard.Team LOB : 11.BASERUNNING SB : Blake (2, 2nd base off DuBose/Lopez, J), Hafner (1, 2nd base off DuBose/Lopez, J), Gerut (5, 2nd base off Riley/Lopez, J).FIELDING E : McDonald (1, throw).Outfield assists : Gerut (Gibbons at home).DP : (Merloni-Martinez).
Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Roberts , 2B5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .315
Mora , 3B5 3 3 1 0 1 3 .372
Tejada , SS5 3 3 4 0 0 1 .339
Palmeiro , 1B2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .293
Lopez, J , C5 2 3 1 0 0 2 .355
Gibbons , RF4 0 2 2 1 1 2 .234
Surhoff , DH3 1 2 2 2 0 2 .306
Matos , CF5 0 1 1 0 0 4 .206
Bigbie , LF4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .253
Totals 38 12 16 12 6 2 17
BATTING 2B : Surhoff 2 (5, Davis, Riske), Gibbons (3, Davis), Bigbie (5, Riske).HR : Mora (4, 1st inning off Davis, 0 on, 1 out), Tejada 2 (4, 5th inning off Davis, 1 on, 0 out; 6th inning off Riske, 1 on, 2 out).TB : Mora 6; Tejada 9; Lopez, J 3; Gibbons 3; Surhoff 4; Matos; Bigbie 3.RBI : Mora (21), Matos (11), Bigbie (14), Gibbons 2 (23), Tejada 4 (25), Surhoff 2 (6), Lopez, J (18).2-out RBI : Tejada 2, Surhoff 2.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Mora, Matos 2.Team LOB : 8.BASERUNNING SB : Mora (4, 2nd base off Jimenez/Martinez).FIELDING E : Bigbie (1, throw).PB : Lopez, J (3).DP : 2 (DuBose-Tejada-Palmeiro, Lopez, R-Lopez, J-Palmeiro).
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Davis 5.0 9 6 5 3 1 2 5.13
Riske (BS, 3)(L, 0-1)1.0 5 4 4 1 1 1 12.34
Jimenez 2.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 6.75
WP : Davis.IBB : Palmeiro (by Jimenez), Surhoff (by Jimenez).HBP : Lawton (by DeJean), Lawton (by Julio).Pitches-strikes : Davis 99-59, Riske 29-22, Jimenez 32-18, DuBose 97-62, Riley 16-6, DeJean 12-8, Groom 10-8, Lopez, R 12-7, Ryan 25-19, Julio 26-17.Ground outs-fly outs : Davis 8-6, Riske 0-1, Jimenez 2-4, DuBose 5-2, Riley 1-0, DeJean 0-0, Groom 0-0, Lopez, R 3-0, Ryan 0-0, Julio 2-1.Batters faced : Davis 26, Riske 8, Jimenez 10, DuBose 23, Riley 5, DeJean 3, Groom 3, Lopez, R 3, Ryan 4, Julio 8.Inherited runners-scored : DeJean 3-2, Lopez, R 3-1.Umpires : HP: Andy Fletcher. 1B: Tim Welke. 2B: Jim Reynolds. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.Weather : 82 degrees, sunny.Wind : 6 mph, Out to LF.T : 3:26.Att : 35,778.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball and the Office of the Commissioner
