JUNE 5 GAMES

In recent BARB action:

BROOKLYN 6, SIN CITY 5

WP: Daniel Bard (4-4, 3.86)

LP: James Shields (2-6, 6.08)

SV: Street (8)

Yovani Gallardo erased a 3-1 deficit with a seventh inning grand slam, but he didn’t factor in the decision after Nelson Cruz’ second home run of the day tied the game in the eighth. In the bottom of the inning, a passed ball allowed Carlos Quentin to score the eventual winning run and make a winner of Daniel Bard.

YUMA 8, AC/BC 6 (11)

WP: Matt Thornton (2-0, 2.30)

LP: Matt Capps (1-6, 5.72)

David Ortiz was the main force in AC/BC’s 6-1 lead after five with four RBI on a double and home run (knocking out Tommy Hanson in the process). But the Anaheim squad’s bullpen couldn’t hold the 6-3 lead for Chad Billingsley. Kevin Gregg, Hideki Okajima and Jordan Walden allowed single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively, to put the game into extra innings. In the eleventh, Matt Capps got two outs and allowed a single to bring up Vladimir Guerrero, who dumped the ball just over the left-field fence to win the game.

CASSELTON 5, POTTSYLVANIA 3

WP: R.A. Dickey (4-6, 5.05)

LP: Randy Wells (0-2, 9.35)

Geovany Soto blasted a grand slam in the second inning that was too much for the Creepers offense to make up. R.A. Dickey pitched a complete game, giving up a homer to Carlos Pena and just one other earned run, to win his fourth. Randy Wells, in his second start off the disabled list, saw his ERA drop despite five earned runs in 5.2 IP.

LOS ANGELES 6, ST. FRANCIS 5 (10)

WP: Matt Lindstrom (2-1, 3.48)

LP: Matt Guerrier (0-1, 3.65)

SV: Holland (4)

Home runs from Kevin Youkilis and Jose Bautista staked the hosts to a 5-3 lead into the ninth, but Francisco Cordero was touched for two singles and a walk to load the bases before Nick Swisher (in one of his final at bats as a Wolverine—more on that later) tied the game with another single. With two out in the top of the 10^th, Carlos Santana hit an “excuse-me” bloop double down the left field line to score Stephen Drew. Derek Holland (in his last Wolverine appearance) pitched a perfect bottom of the 10^th for the save.

NEW ENGLAND 9, CENTRAL CA 0

WP: Ricky Romero (5-3, 4.69)

LP: Hiroki Kuroda (4-4, 4.12)

Ricky Romero finished one out short of a complete game shutout as the Yankee Stompers gave their home fans something to cheer about by completing a three-game sweep of the Central California .45s. Romero’s 126^th pitch was ball four to Brett Gardner, so Kerry Wood came on and struck out Danny Espinosa for the final out. Corey Hart was the offensive star, driving in four runs and scoring three on a 2-for-2 day with a double, home run and two walks. Torii Hunter drove in three runs on two hits.