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Marlins hang on to edge out Cubs: Sox lose
CHICAGO (AP) - Byung-Hyun Kim ruined the Cubs' gameplan.
Kim pitched six scoreless innings, Reggie Abercrombie homered and the Florida Marlins held on to beat Chicago 5-3 on Monday.
Kim (3-2) allowed three hits and struck out five while working around three walks. Kim, who was traded to the Marlins on May 14 from Colorado, is 2-0 in three starts for Florida.
“Kim can be tough when he is in the strike zone like he was today. We as a team had a gameplan to make him throw strikes,” Cubs catcher Michael Barrett said. “He came out pumping strikes and putting the pressure on us and got ahead of us, and his slider was working.”
Josh Willingham had two hits and an RBI and Miguel Cabrera had three hits for the Marlins, who bounced back after getting swept by the New York Mets over the weekend.
Kim struck out Derrek Lee to end the third inning with runners on first and third and pumped his fist as he left the mound.
“B.K. knows how it is. You give a team any chance to score and they do, it could get them on a roll. Once he got in a couple good innings, he did get into cruise control,” said catcher Matt Treanor.
Sean Marshall (0-2), making his second start of the season, gave up an RBI single to Willingham in the first inning.
Willingham led off the fourth inning with a single and advanced to third on Jeremy Hermida's single. He scored on Jason Wood's groundout to give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.
In the seventh inning, Abercrombie chased Marshall with a solo-shot to left-center. It was his second of the season.
Marshall lasted 6 1-3 innings, giving up three runs - two earned - and six hits. He struck out six and walked two.
Cubs reliever Scott Eyre allowed a leadoff double to Cabrera in the eighth inning. Cabrera scored on Wood's single.
The Cubs got all their runs in the ninth inning. Ryan Theriot hit an RBI single off Taylor Tankersley, and Cliff Floyd hit a broken-bat bloop single to center off Kevin Gregg that scored two. Gregg got the final three outs for his fifth save in five opportunities.
“The momentum was definitely on their side in that inning. To get out of there and preserve the victory, that's what it comes down to. It doesn't matter what it looks like. It's about getting those three outs,” Gregg said.
Twins 10, White Sox 4: In Minneapolis, the Twins rallied after manager Ron Gardenhire hollered at all four umpires after A.J. Pierzynski appeared to spike first baseman Justin Morneau, turning a one-run deficit into a win on Monday.
Nick Punto, Torii Hunter and Jason Tyner each had three hits and Mike Redmond drove in three runs for Minnesota.
The game's intensity level rose after Pierzynski, a former Twin, possibly spiked Morneau while running out a double play to end the White Sox half of the sixth inning.
Gardenhire stormed out of the dugout before the White Sox took the field and yelled at the umpires for about a minute. It was unclear exactly what he was upset about. The manager may have been upset that Pierzynski was not immediately reprimanded for the perceived spiking, or an umpire may have warned Morneau to stop glaring at the Chicago catcher from the dugout.
Either way, the incident appeared to fire up the Twins, who scored five times in its half of the sixth to take an 8-4 lead.
The Twins tied it on a Punto infield single and took the lead when Torii Hunter chopped one off the plate to for another run-scoring infield single.
Redmond followed with a bases-clearing three-RBI double off Chicago reliever David Aardsma.
Twins ace Johan Santana uncharacteristically coughed up an early 3-0 lead by surrendering home runs to Luis Terrero and Paul Konerko in the third and fourth innings, respectively. Chicago took a 4-3 lead on Konerko's two-RBI single in the sixth.
Santana (6-4) zeroed in after the sixth. He pitched eight innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. The reigning Cy Young winner struck out seven in eight innings.
A highlight-reel catch from Hunter in center field helped, too. Hunter climbed the wall in right-center field to rob Jim Thome of a home run in the eighth, bringing the 27,090 in the Metrodome to their feet.
The Twins got to White Sox starter Jose Contreras when he is most vulnerable - the early innings.
The Twins scored three times in the second inning on singles from Jason Tyner, Punto and Michael Cuddyer.
Kim pitched six scoreless innings, Reggie Abercrombie homered and the Florida Marlins held on to beat Chicago 5-3 on Monday.
Kim (3-2) allowed three hits and struck out five while working around three walks. Kim, who was traded to the Marlins on May 14 from Colorado, is 2-0 in three starts for Florida.
“Kim can be tough when he is in the strike zone like he was today. We as a team had a gameplan to make him throw strikes,” Cubs catcher Michael Barrett said. “He came out pumping strikes and putting the pressure on us and got ahead of us, and his slider was working.”
Josh Willingham had two hits and an RBI and Miguel Cabrera had three hits for the Marlins, who bounced back after getting swept by the New York Mets over the weekend.
Kim struck out Derrek Lee to end the third inning with runners on first and third and pumped his fist as he left the mound.
“B.K. knows how it is. You give a team any chance to score and they do, it could get them on a roll. Once he got in a couple good innings, he did get into cruise control,” said catcher Matt Treanor.
Sean Marshall (0-2), making his second start of the season, gave up an RBI single to Willingham in the first inning.
Willingham led off the fourth inning with a single and advanced to third on Jeremy Hermida's single. He scored on Jason Wood's groundout to give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.
In the seventh inning, Abercrombie chased Marshall with a solo-shot to left-center. It was his second of the season.
Marshall lasted 6 1-3 innings, giving up three runs - two earned - and six hits. He struck out six and walked two.
Cubs reliever Scott Eyre allowed a leadoff double to Cabrera in the eighth inning. Cabrera scored on Wood's single.
The Cubs got all their runs in the ninth inning. Ryan Theriot hit an RBI single off Taylor Tankersley, and Cliff Floyd hit a broken-bat bloop single to center off Kevin Gregg that scored two. Gregg got the final three outs for his fifth save in five opportunities.
“The momentum was definitely on their side in that inning. To get out of there and preserve the victory, that's what it comes down to. It doesn't matter what it looks like. It's about getting those three outs,” Gregg said.
Twins 10, White Sox 4: In Minneapolis, the Twins rallied after manager Ron Gardenhire hollered at all four umpires after A.J. Pierzynski appeared to spike first baseman Justin Morneau, turning a one-run deficit into a win on Monday.
Nick Punto, Torii Hunter and Jason Tyner each had three hits and Mike Redmond drove in three runs for Minnesota.
The game's intensity level rose after Pierzynski, a former Twin, possibly spiked Morneau while running out a double play to end the White Sox half of the sixth inning.
Gardenhire stormed out of the dugout before the White Sox took the field and yelled at the umpires for about a minute. It was unclear exactly what he was upset about. The manager may have been upset that Pierzynski was not immediately reprimanded for the perceived spiking, or an umpire may have warned Morneau to stop glaring at the Chicago catcher from the dugout.
Either way, the incident appeared to fire up the Twins, who scored five times in its half of the sixth to take an 8-4 lead.
The Twins tied it on a Punto infield single and took the lead when Torii Hunter chopped one off the plate to for another run-scoring infield single.
Redmond followed with a bases-clearing three-RBI double off Chicago reliever David Aardsma.
Twins ace Johan Santana uncharacteristically coughed up an early 3-0 lead by surrendering home runs to Luis Terrero and Paul Konerko in the third and fourth innings, respectively. Chicago took a 4-3 lead on Konerko's two-RBI single in the sixth.
Santana (6-4) zeroed in after the sixth. He pitched eight innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. The reigning Cy Young winner struck out seven in eight innings.
A highlight-reel catch from Hunter in center field helped, too. Hunter climbed the wall in right-center field to rob Jim Thome of a home run in the eighth, bringing the 27,090 in the Metrodome to their feet.
The Twins got to White Sox starter Jose Contreras when he is most vulnerable - the early innings.
The Twins scored three times in the second inning on singles from Jason Tyner, Punto and Michael Cuddyer.
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