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AL: Chamberlain has rough outing in first start for Yankees
By The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 | No comments posted.
Joba Chamberlain’s first big league start was over almost as quickly as it began.
The star reliever got just seven outs in his much-ballyhooed move to the Yankees’ rotation, coming out after he approached his pitch limit in the third inning.
By then he’d walked four batters, given up a pair of runs and generally looked nothing like the shut-down reliever he has been.
“I was mad at myself,” Chamberlain said. “You know you’ve only got so many pitches, and I didn’t do a very good job of conserving those pitches.”
Roy Halladay held New York in check despite some control problems of his own, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night.
Chamberlain touched 101 mph on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard but walked three and threw 38 pitches in the first inning as Toronto took a 1-0 lead on Alex Rios’ groundout.
Chamberlain retired the side in order in the second and got Marco Scutaro to fly out to right to begin the third. But Rios walked on four straight balls, and that was enough for manager Joe Girardi, who lifted him for Dan Giese (0-1) after 62 pitches, about what the Yankees had planned to limit him to.
His line for the night: 2 1-3 innings, one hit, two runs — one earned — four walks and three strikeouts. Not a disaster, but not what anyone had in mind. Except maybe the Blue Jays.
Toronto savvily concentrated on Chamberlain’s pitch count and forced New York to use six pitchers total.
“We worked him good, we really did,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He’s going to be really good once he builds up his stamina. He’s got overpowering stuff.”
Chamberlain, the 41st overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft, was converted to a reliever last year to help the Yankees bridge the gap to closer Mariano Rivera. He made his major league debut at Toronto on Aug. 7 and went 2-0 with a 0.38 ERA in 19 games.
He opened this season in the bullpen but was stretched out over three appearances before he joined the rotation.
Angels 5, Mariners 4
In Seattle, Joe Saunders allowed one earned run in seven innings to become the AL’s first nine-game winner.
Saunders (9-2) allowed six hits and likely would have cruised with a 5-1 lead but for two errors in the fifth inning for the Angels, who scored more than four runs for the first time in 14 games.
Athletics 5, Tigers 4, 11 innings
In Oakland, Calif., Jack Cust beat out an infield single to give Oakland the win.
Kurt Suzuki scored the winning run after reaching base on a fielder’s choice. Mark Ellis singled and Bobby Crosby walked to load the bases against Freddy Dolsi.
Red Sox 7, Rays 4
The Red Sox kept winning at home. Coco Crisp hit a tiebreaking double and Boston won the matchup of the AL East’s top two teams.
The Red Sox won their 11th straight game at home, matching the longest AL streak of the season held by the Rays.
Orioles 5, Twins 3
In Minneapolis, Radhames Liz made a solid 2008 debut and got help from homers by Kevin Millar and Melvin Mora.
Liz (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings for the Orioles, who snapped a nine-game losing streak to Minnesota and improved to 25-8 when scoring at least four runs in a game.
Rangers 12, Indians 7
In Arlington, Texas, Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley hit consecutive homers to set the tone in a four-run first inning.
Hamilton went deep in his career-high fourth straight game, one out after Ian Kinsler led off with a single to extend his career-best hitting streak to 18 games. Hamilton’s two-run drive gave him 17 homers and 67 RBIs, tops in the AL in both categories.
Tom Mastny (0-1), making his first major league start after 68 career relief appearances, struggled through a 37-pitch first inning and lasted only 1 1-3 innings, allowing five runs and six hits.
White Sox 9, Royals 5
In Chicago, Carlos Quentin, A.J. Pierzynski, Nick Swisher and Alexei Ramirez homered to help the White Sox beat the Royals and Zack Greinke.
Pierzynski’s homer, a two-run shot, capped a four-run second and put the White Sox ahead 6-0.
Greinke allowed nine hits and eight earned runs in six innings. His ERA rose from 2.88 to 3.56.
The star reliever got just seven outs in his much-ballyhooed move to the Yankees’ rotation, coming out after he approached his pitch limit in the third inning.
By then he’d walked four batters, given up a pair of runs and generally looked nothing like the shut-down reliever he has been.
“I was mad at myself,” Chamberlain said. “You know you’ve only got so many pitches, and I didn’t do a very good job of conserving those pitches.”
Roy Halladay held New York in check despite some control problems of his own, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night.
Chamberlain touched 101 mph on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard but walked three and threw 38 pitches in the first inning as Toronto took a 1-0 lead on Alex Rios’ groundout.
Chamberlain retired the side in order in the second and got Marco Scutaro to fly out to right to begin the third. But Rios walked on four straight balls, and that was enough for manager Joe Girardi, who lifted him for Dan Giese (0-1) after 62 pitches, about what the Yankees had planned to limit him to.
His line for the night: 2 1-3 innings, one hit, two runs — one earned — four walks and three strikeouts. Not a disaster, but not what anyone had in mind. Except maybe the Blue Jays.
Toronto savvily concentrated on Chamberlain’s pitch count and forced New York to use six pitchers total.
“We worked him good, we really did,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He’s going to be really good once he builds up his stamina. He’s got overpowering stuff.”
Chamberlain, the 41st overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft, was converted to a reliever last year to help the Yankees bridge the gap to closer Mariano Rivera. He made his major league debut at Toronto on Aug. 7 and went 2-0 with a 0.38 ERA in 19 games.
He opened this season in the bullpen but was stretched out over three appearances before he joined the rotation.
Angels 5, Mariners 4
In Seattle, Joe Saunders allowed one earned run in seven innings to become the AL’s first nine-game winner.
Saunders (9-2) allowed six hits and likely would have cruised with a 5-1 lead but for two errors in the fifth inning for the Angels, who scored more than four runs for the first time in 14 games.
Athletics 5, Tigers 4, 11 innings
In Oakland, Calif., Jack Cust beat out an infield single to give Oakland the win.
Kurt Suzuki scored the winning run after reaching base on a fielder’s choice. Mark Ellis singled and Bobby Crosby walked to load the bases against Freddy Dolsi.
Red Sox 7, Rays 4
The Red Sox kept winning at home. Coco Crisp hit a tiebreaking double and Boston won the matchup of the AL East’s top two teams.
The Red Sox won their 11th straight game at home, matching the longest AL streak of the season held by the Rays.
Orioles 5, Twins 3
In Minneapolis, Radhames Liz made a solid 2008 debut and got help from homers by Kevin Millar and Melvin Mora.
Liz (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings for the Orioles, who snapped a nine-game losing streak to Minnesota and improved to 25-8 when scoring at least four runs in a game.
Rangers 12, Indians 7
In Arlington, Texas, Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley hit consecutive homers to set the tone in a four-run first inning.
Hamilton went deep in his career-high fourth straight game, one out after Ian Kinsler led off with a single to extend his career-best hitting streak to 18 games. Hamilton’s two-run drive gave him 17 homers and 67 RBIs, tops in the AL in both categories.
Tom Mastny (0-1), making his first major league start after 68 career relief appearances, struggled through a 37-pitch first inning and lasted only 1 1-3 innings, allowing five runs and six hits.
White Sox 9, Royals 5
In Chicago, Carlos Quentin, A.J. Pierzynski, Nick Swisher and Alexei Ramirez homered to help the White Sox beat the Royals and Zack Greinke.
Pierzynski’s homer, a two-run shot, capped a four-run second and put the White Sox ahead 6-0.
Greinke allowed nine hits and eight earned runs in six innings. His ERA rose from 2.88 to 3.56.
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