SCOREBOARD

Friday, Aug. 15

Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland (7:05 p.m. EDT). Cliff Lee (16-2, 2.45 ERA) tries to join Brandon Webb as the only 17-game winners when the Indians take on Jered Weaver (10-9, 4.51) and the Angels.

STARS

Wednesday

-- C.C. Sabathia, Brewers, struck out eight in his 10th straight win during a 7-1 win over the Padres.

-- Delmon Young, Twins, homered and drove in three runs in a 4-2 win over the Yankees.

-- After striking out four times, Wladimir Balentien, Mariners, hit a three-run homer in the 12th inning in a 10-7 win over the Angels.

-- Nomar Garciaparra, Dodgers, hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning of a 7-6 win over the Phillies.

-- Mark Buehrle, White Sox, scattered five hits over seven innings, striking out five to improve to 18-8 lifetime against the Royals after a 4-0 victory.

-- Troy Glaus, Cardinals, was 4-for-4 with a double and RBI in a 6-4 win over the Marlins.

-- Dan Murphy, Mets, kept up his rookie roll by going 3-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs in a 12-0 rout of the Nationals.

-- Jeremy Guthrie, Orioles, gave up a run and four hits over seven innings in a 65-1 victory over the Indians.

-- Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox, had three doubles and drove in two runs in an 8-4 win over the Rangers. Youkilis also scored three times.

ROAD WARRIORS

The Cubs couldn't have picked a much better opponent than Atlanta to keep up their recent dominance on the road. Already having swept the Braves this season, Chicago made it five straight with a doubleheader sweep by scores of 10-2 and 8-0. Chicago (73-47) improved to 26 games over .500 for the first time since ending the 1984 season 96-55, and the two wins pushed their road streak to seven straight, their longest since June 12-22, 2004.

GIFT WRAPPED

Giants starter Barry Zito and reliever Billy Sadler matched a major league record by hitting three Houston batters in the sixth inning, along with issuing four walks. The Astros wound up with all of their runs off two hit batters, two walks and two sacrifice flies in a 6-2 victory.

STREAKING

Jeremy Guthrie went seven innings to win his fourth straight start in the Orioles' 6-1 victory over Cleveland. ... The Blue Jays won their third straight by handing Kenny Rogers a loss in his fourth straight start with a 4-3 victory over Detroit. ... Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts went 0-for-5 against Cleveland to stop his hitting streak at 14 games. ... Washington's 12-0 loss to the New York Mets was its six straight. ... Cincinnati has lost 15 of 18 after falling 5-2 to the Pirates.

WALKATHON

Much has been made of the Mets' pitching problems, but they got some welcome relief thanks to the erratic Nationals staff. Washington walked 11 Mets batters in a 12-0 loss. New York sent 13 batters to the plate in the third inning and scored eight runs on just four hits off Washington starter Jason Bergmann (2-9), who walked five in a 51-pitch inning.

MAHOLM COOKING

Paul Maholm (8-7) improved to 6-1 with a 3.06 ERA at PNC Park this season. He threw first-pitch strikes to 22 of the 28 batters he faced in a 5-2 win over Cincinnati. Maholm went eight innings without a walk, allowing seven hits with five strikeouts. The 25-year-old, a No. 8 overall draft pick by the Pirates in 2003, has developed into the team's most reliable starter. He has a 2.81 ERA in his last 14 starts and has pitched at least six innings in his past 18 outings.

EASY TARGET

White Sox slugger Carlos Quentin might not be eager to get back into the lineup after sitting out his second straight game since being hit on his left forearm Monday night by Boston's Josh Beckett. The AL's home run leader has been hit by a pitch in five straight games -- the first player since 1920 with that long of a streak, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He has been hit 19 times overall -- most in the majors.

RALLYING RANGERS

For the second straight game, Boston jumped out to a big lead, only to be reeled back in by Texas. A day after the teams matched the highest-scoring game in AL history, the Red Sox jumped to an 8-0 lead. But Milton Bradley's three-run homer made it 8-4, then the Rangers put their first two batters on base in the ninth before Ian Kinsler -- leading the majors in hits -- grounded into a double play.

SPEAKING

"It was a good night for the manager. We needed to have an offensive night like this. That is huge for us." -- New York manager Jerry Manuel after the Mets' 12-0 win over Washington.

SEASONS

Aug. 15

1905 -- Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns 2-0.

1914 -- Brooklyn's Jake Daubert set a NL record with four sacrifice hits in the second game of a doubleheader against Philadelphia.

1916 -- In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park.

1945 -- The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.

1955 -- Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a homer in every NL park.

1975 -- Baltimore manager Earl Weaver was ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. Weaver was thrown out in the first game and was ejected before the second game.

1989 -- Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants, in his second start after coming back from cancer surgery on his pitching arm, broke his arm but earned the win in a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. Dravecky entered the sixth inning with a three-hit shutout. He gave up a leadoff home run to Damaso Garcia and hit Andres Galarraga with a pitch. After throwing a wild pitch to Tim Raines, he collapsed to the ground and clutched his left arm in agony.

1990 -- Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1908 and 1917.

1990 -- Mark McGwire hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to become the first major league player to hit 30 or more homers in his first four seasons and lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

2001 -- Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 300th career save, completing a two-hitter that lifted the San Diego Padres over the New York Mets 2-1.

2005 -- Randy Winn hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats in San Francisco's 7-3 win over Cincinnati.

2006 -- Jose Reyes homered three times in the New York Mets' 11-4 loss to Philadelphia.

Today's birthday: Oliver Perez 27.