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In the first month of the 2000 season, Pedro Martinez was literally unbeatable.  In five starts in April, Martinez was 5-0, owned a 1.27 ERA, was holding his opponents to a .475 OPS and had struck out 50 batters in 35 1/3 innings. In other words, it was most likely going to take an otherworldly performance from an opposing pitcher to keep his team in the game against Pedro.  On May 6 of that season, that's exactly what Steve Trachsel contributed.In that game, Pedro went the distance, surrendered six hits, struck out 17 and allowed one run.  Which was one more than Trachsel gave up.  The Tampa Bay right-hander also went the distance, allowed half as many hits, struck out a career high 11 batters and beat Pedro and the Red Sox, 1-0.Red Sox-RaysBoston's Josh Beckett (eight innings, one hit, six strikeouts, Authentic Rafael Furcal Jersey zero walks) and Tampa Bay's Jeff Niemann (eight innings, two hits, 10 strikeouts, two walks) each compiled an 86 game score.  The last time a game featured both starters putting up at least an 86 was on May 28, 2002, when Arizona's Miguel Batista (87) and San Francisco's Jason Schmidt (86) dueled.  The last time an American League game witnessed both starters getting an 86 (or better) was on May 6, 2000, and also featured the Red Sox and Rays.  That day, Trachsel had an 89 game score and Martinez had an 87.• It was the longest game (by innings) to finish with a 1-0 score since the Brewers beat the Angels in 17 innings on June 8, 2004.• For the Red Sox, it was the longest game (by innings) to finish 1-0 in the live-ball era.• For the Rays, it was the longest game (by innings) to finish 1-0 in franchise history.• It was the longest AL game (by Torii Hunter Jersey innings) to finish with a 1-0 score since the Orioles beat the Brewers on Sept. 27, 1974.• With his eight innings and one hit allowed, Beckett has allowed a total of two hits in 17 innings against the Rays this season.  On June 15, he threw a one-hit shutout.TigersDetroit's Jose Valverde pitched a scoreless ninth inning to record his 25th save of the season and remain perfect in save opportunities for the year.  Valverde's streak is the second longest for a Tigers pitcher from the beginning of the season forward; Willie Hernandez converted his first 32 opportunities of the 1984 season.  Valverde is the 12th pitcher to begin a year by converting his first 25 or more opportunities.CardinalsLance Berkman hit his 25th home run of the season -- the ninth time in his career he has reached that mark.  Berkman and his nine seasons tie him with Mark Teixeira for the fourth most by a switch-hitter.  Eddie Murray had 12 seasons with 25+ homers, which is the most.  After Murray, Mickey Mantle and Rafael Furcal Jersey Chipper Jones are tied with the second most, with 10 such seasons.RedsCincinnati's Zack Cozart went 2-for-4 and hit his first Major League home run.  Cozart, who has hit safely in all six of his Major League games, is the seventh Reds player since 1919 to open his career with a hitting streak of at least six games.Reds streaks to begin careersPlayerStreakYearChuck Aleno171941Tony Gonzalez81960Adam Dunn72001Ival Goodman61935Joe Abreu61942Frank Baumholtz61947Zack Cozart62011*Since 1919PhilliesPhiladelphia's Antonio Bastardo saw his no-hit streak end when he allowed a one-out double to Daniel Murphy in the bottom of the ninth of the Phillies' 8-5 win over the Mets.  Before the double, hitters had been hitless in their past 39 at-bats with two walks against Bastardo.  Before Murphy's double, the last hit allowed by the Phillies left-hander was a single by Lyle Overbay on June 5.  For the season, Bastardo is allowing 3.31 hits per nine innings (13 hits in 35 1/3 innings).BravesBrian McCann hit his 16th home run and drove in three runs to bring his career totals in those two categories to 128 and 519.  His 128 home runs tie him with Mike Piazza for the seventh most by any catcher through his age-27 season, and his 519 RBIs leave him 33 shy of matching Joe Torre for Cardinals Albert Pujols Jersey the fifth most in history for any catcher in his age-27 season. Johnny Bench (240 homers and 855 RBIs) is the leader in both categories for this age.NationalsSecond Anaheim Matt Kemp Jersey Jersey baseman Danny Espinosa singled, tripled and homered.  Espinosa leads all NL rookies in home runs (17), runs (47), total bases (160) and extra-base hits (37), and is three homers Authentic Kendry Morales Jersey away from tying Brad Wilkerson (2002) and Ryan Zimmerman for the franchise rookie home run record.TwinsIn the Twins' 4-3 victory over the Royals, Jim Thome hit his 596th career home run.  Thome has 48 Authentic Albert Pujols Jersey home runs against Kansas City, his third-highest total against any one opponent.  He has 63 against the Tigers and 57 against the Twins. The home run was the 500th of his American League career.500 homers as AL playerPlayerHomersBabe Ruth708Alex Rodriguez626Harmon Killebrew573Reggie Jackson563Rafael Palmeiro544Mickey Mantle536Jimmie Foxx524Ted Williams521Frank Thomas521Manny Ramirez511Jim Thome500RockiesColorado's Jason Giambi went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run.  In 90 at-bats this season, Giambi has five doubles and 10 home runs for an extra-base hit percentage of 60 (15 extra-base hits/25 total hits).  The Major League average Albert Pujols Jersey this year is 32 percent.Athletics-AngelsThe A's scored eight runs in the bottom of the first and went on to beat the Angels, 9-1. It was the highest-scoring first inning for Oakland since putting up nine runs in the first on Sept. 3, 2006, against the Orioles.  In this game, Oakland scored Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki Jersey seven runs (on four walks, a single, a Conor Jackson grand slam and an error) before an out was recorded.  In all, the inning produced five walks, five hits and the error, and Angels starter Joel Pineiro was charged with all eight of the runs in one-third of an inning pitched.  Pineiro is the second starter in Angels history to have no more than one-third Mavericks Jason Kidd Jersey of an inning for Authentic Torii Hunter Jersey the day and allow at least eight runs.  On June 4, 1995, Mark Langston recorded one out and finished his day with eight runs allowed on six hits.  GiantsThe Giants beat the Padres, 4-3, in 11 innings.• San Francisco improved to 26-12 in one-run games.  The total of 38 one-run games is second most in the Majors, behind the Twins' 41 (Minnesota is 20-21).•  The Giants stole six bases in the game -- their most since Sept. 8, 1987, against the Astros. In that game, Kevin Mitchell had three steals, Dave Henderson had two and Chris Speier chipped in with one. In this game, Nate Schierholtz and Emmanuel Burriss had two apiece, and Eli Whiteside and Andres Torres had one. The last time the Giants had more than six steals in a game was on April 22, 1922, when they had seven.Rangers-MarinersMatt Harrison (7 2/3 innings, 5 hits, 1 run) won his eighth game Authentic Jason Kidd Jersey and the Rangers extended their winning streak to 11 games.  • The 11 straight wins tie this club with the 2010 Rangers for the second longest single-season winning streak in franchise history.  The 1991 team won 14 straight.• During this winning streak, the Texas pitching staff owns a 2.09 ERA.11-game Rangers streaksYearIPHRERAK/BB201010076302.70100/3120119969232.0936/23• Harrison's 144 ERA+ makes Kendry Morales Jersey him one of three Rangers starters with an ERA+ of at least 130 (Alexi Ogando is at 144 and C.J. 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