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Posted on: Saturday, June 6, 2009

Blue Jays light up Royals' Greinke


Associated Press

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Kansas City's Zack Greinke allowed seven runs in a 9-3 loss to Toronto.

DARREN CALABRESE | The Canadian Press via AP

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TORONTO — Zack Greinke felt weird after taking his worst pounding of the season.

Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay hit solo home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays roughed up the Kansas City ace, handing the Royals their eighth straight loss, 9-3 last night.

"They hit me real hard today," Greinke said. "Whatever I threw was hit. Even the outs were hit hard."

Rod Barajas added a two-run shot for the Blue Jays, who boosted Greinke's ERA from 1.10 to 1.55.

"No matter what I threw, it was just hammered," Greinke said. "I'm not used to that. I don't remember seeing anyone get hit that hard in a long time."

Greinke (8-2) was tagged for a season high seven runs — five earned — and nine hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out three. The right-hander dropped to 1-4 with a 7.07 ERA in his career at Rogers Centre.

Overbay extended his hitting streak to 11 games when he lined a one-out drive to center in the second, snapping Greinke's streak of 111 innings without allowing a home run.

Toronto's Marco Scutaro doubled and scored on a two-out single by Vernon Wells in the first, Overbay homered in the second and the Blue Jays piled on with a four-run third.

Lind made it 7-0 with a one-out homer to left in the fifth, his ninth, and Barajas homered off Juan Cruz in the eighth.

ANGELS 2, TIGERS 1

Juan Rivera's ninth-inning single broke a scoreless tie, saving a stellar outing for Ervin Santana and sending visiting Los Angeles over Detroit. Kendrick's groundout made it 2-0. Santana (1-2) worked 8 2/3 innings and picked up his first win since Sept. 22. Brian Fuentes got the save. Justin Verlander worked the first eight innings for Detroit.

TWINS 2, MARINERS 1

The visiting Twins ended Ichiro Suzuki's hitting streak at 27 games, and took advantage of Seattle left fielder Wladimir Balentien's two 10th-inning miscues. Pinch-hitter Ken Griffey Jr. fouled out against Joe Nathan before Suzuki struck out for the final out, ending his team-record hitting streak.

RANGERS 5, RED SOX 1

Kevin Millwood held Boston scoreless for seven innings, Ian Kinsler hit a three-run homer and the visiting Rangers ended an eight-game losing streak at Fenway Park. Millwood (5-4) shut out the Red Sox until David Ortiz's RBI single in the eighth.

INDIANS 6, WHITE SOX 0

Carl Pavano pitched a three-hitter for his fifth career shutout and Mark DeRosa hit a three-run homer to lead visiting Cleveland. Pavano (6-4) is 6-1 with a 3.00 ERA after going 0-3 with a 9.50 ERA in April.

ATHLETICS 9, ORIOLES 1

Jack Cust and Matt Holiday each hit three-run homers, Dallas Braden matched his career high of seven strikeouts and host Oakland extended its winning streak to a season-high four games. Braden (5-5) scattered five hits and allowed one run over five innings.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

DODGERS 4, PHILLIES 3

Andre Ethier hit a two-run double with the bases loaded in the ninth inning after third baseman Pedro Feliz made a fielding error with two outs, and host Los Angeles snapped Philadelphia's seven-game winning streak. Casey Blake started the rally with a single, James Loney walked and Russell Martin reached when Feliz botched his routing grounder. Ethier then lined Brad Lidge's next pitch into the right-field corner.

METS 3, NATIONALS

David Wright's two-run double, his fourth hit of the night, broke a 10th-inning tie and visiting New York snapped a three-game losing streak. Luis Castillo led off the 10th with a single off Joel Hanrahan (0-3) and Carlos Beltran walked. Wright then lined a 2-2 pitch into the gap in right-center to score both runners.

ASTROS 9, PIRATES 1

Carlos Lee hit a grand slam in the sixth and Mike Hampton beat visiting Pittsburgh for the ninth straight time. Hampton (4-4) struck out five and allowed five hits in seven innings, holding the Pirates to one run for the second time in a week.

CUBS 2, REDS 1

Carlos Zambrano homered and pitched into the seventh inning to earn his 100th career victory for visiting Chicago. Zambrano (4-2) gave up two hits and a season-high five walks in 6 2/3 innings. He homered in the fifth off Micah Owings (3-7).

BREWERS 4, BRAVES 0

Yovani Gallardo and Carlos Villanueva combined for a two-hit shutout, and rookie Mat Gamel drove in three runs for visiting Milwaukee. Gallardo (6-2) walked four with six strikeouts in eight innings.

GIANTS 2, MARLINS 1

Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer and Barry Zito ended a four-start losing skid for visiting San Francisco. Zito (2-6) went five-plus innings, allowing one run on four hits to get his first win since May 8 at Los Angeles.

ROCKIES 11, CARDINALS 4

Jorge De La Rosa ended a six-game losing streak to start the season and had his first RBI on a bases-loaded walk in a breakway nine-run seventh inning for visiting Colorado. De La Rosa (1-6) allowed one run on four hits in seven innings.

DIAMONDBACKS 8, PADRES 0

Doug Davis pitched three-hit ball over six innings to win for the first time in more than five weeks for visiting Arizona. Davis (3-6) struck out five and walked four in his first win since April 29.