Yankees' Streak Hits Seven Games with 4-1 Win Over Diamondbacks

Bobby Abreu has been ripping it up for the torrid Bronx Bombers (31-31). (AI Wire photo)

Not even Brandon Webb can stop the Yankees.

Bobby Abreu's hot bat belted a three-run homer and Chien-Ming Wang tossed seven stellar innings as streaking New York captured its seventh straight victory with a 4-1 decision over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

Wang (6-4) allowed one run on six hits with two strikeouts for the Yankees, whose season-high seventh straight win brought their record to 31-31 on the season. Abreu, who is now 19-for-41 during his last 11 games, raised his batting average to .273 with a 1-for-3 performance.

New York sits 9.5 games behind American League East-leading Boston.

Chad Tracy's solo home run accounted for the only offense for Arizona, which has dropped four of its last five games. Reigning NL Cy Young winner Webb (6-4) took the mound in front of the New York faithful and yielded four runs - three earned - on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

New York paid -168 on the moneyline (meaning a winning wager of $168 would net a $100 profit).

In other interleague action on Tuesday night:

Detroit 4, Milwaukee 0: Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter. Read about it in this earlier report on the Beat.

Boston 2, Colorado 1: J.D. Drew's eighth-inning sacrifice fly pushed across the winning run as the heavily favored Red Sox won at Fenway Park. Tim Wakefield (6-7) allowed one run and four hits over eight innings, with three strikeouts and a walk. Jonathan Papelbon hurled a scoreless inning to earn his 15th save and Boston backers collected a tidy -173 payout.

Seattle 5, Chicago Cubs 3: Willie Bloomquist drove in the go-ahead run in the 13th inning and the Mariners won at Wrigley Field as an underdog for the second straight day. Jose Guillen homered and Kenji Johjima went 3-for-6, extending his hit streak to 10 games, and scored two runs for the Mariners, who have won five straight and nine of 10. They paid +130.

Philadelphia 7, Chicago White Sox 3: Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs as the Phillies won at home, rewarding their backers with a -178 payday. Utley finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Greg Dobbs drove in two. Cole Hamels (9-2) turned in another stellar performance as he was charged with just two runs on six hits with a walk and eight strikeouts in eight innings to earn his third win in his last four starts. Hamels leads the National League in wins.

Florida 3, Cleveland 0: Miguel Olivo's three-run double in the seventh inning lifted the Marlins in the opener of a three-game set at Dolphin Stadium. Scott Olsen (5-5) tossed seven innings of three-hit ball and combined with Armando Benitez and Kevin Gregg on the shutout. The Marlins were +135 underdogs.

Tampa Bay 11, San Diego 4: Carlos Pena hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs as the Devil Rays rallied late to crush the visiting Padres and pay -121. Delmon Young knocked in two runs and Greg Norton went 2-for-4 and scored three times for Tampa Bay, which trailed 4-3 after the sixth before scoring eight runs in the seventh and eighth innings to win their third straight. Scott Kazmir tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts. He worked six innings, yielding four runs on nine hits with two walks.

Cincinnati 5, Los Angeles Angels 3: Ken Griffey Jr. knocked in the go-ahead run as the host Reds won for the fourth time in five games. Josh Hamilton went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored as Cincinnati paid +150 straight up. Jon Coutlangus (3-1) pitched a perfect inning in relief of Bronson Arroyo, who threw six innings.

Minnesota 7, Atlanta 3: Luis Castillo went 3-for-5 with two RBIs as the Twins won at the Metrodome as a -150 favorite. Kevin Slowey (2-0) allowed seven hits and three runs - two earned - over six innings. Joe Mauer was 2-for-5 with a run knocked in and one scored for Minnesota.

Pittsburgh 7, Texas 5: Jose Bautista, Xavier Nady and Adam LaRoche all homered as the Pirates won at home. Zach Duke (3-6) went six innings, allowing two runs on eight hits, while walking two and striking out three. Pittsburgh paid -107.

Washington 7, Baltimore 4: Ryan Zimmerman and Brian Schneider each hit two-run home runs as the Nationals won as +160 underdogs at Camden Yards. Ryan Church hit a solo homer and Felipe Lopez knocked in two runs for Washington.

Kansas City 8, St. Louis 1: Brian Bannister (3-3) pitched seven scoreless innings and Esteban German drove in three runs in the battle of Missouri. Kansas City was -101 on the moneyline at Kauffman Stadium. Mark Teahen and Jason LaRue both had two RBIs.

San Francisco 3, Toronto 2: Ryan Klesko drove in two runs and Randy Winn made a great catch to save a potential game-tying home run in the ninth as the Giants beat the Blue Jays for the second straight night. Noah Lowry (6-5) allowed two runs on four hits over six solid innings. He struck out five and walked four. San Francisco paid +102.

Houston 5, Oakland 4: Brad Ausmus singled in Adam Everett in the 11th inning as the Astros won as -157 home favorites. Everett doubled with one out in the 11th before Ausmus singled off Ron Flores (0-1). Jason Kendall's throw to the plate was off line and Everett scored easily.

In the only National League game on the night:

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 1: Wilson Betemit, Matt Kemp, and winning pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo homered off John Maine on three consecutive pitches in the second inning, and the Dodgers sent the slumping Mets to their eighth loss in nine games. Los Angeles was a +120 home underdog. The Mets hadn't allowed three straight homers since April 1, 1997, and five days ago they hit back-to-back-to-back homers against Philadelphia.

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