NEW YORK – Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier became
the first trio of Los Angeles Dodgers to win NL Gold Gloves in the
same year, and Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury
became the first three Red Sox in 32 seasons to win the AL honor
together.

Kershaw became a first-time winner at pitcher when the awards
were announced Tuesday. Ethier earned his first Gold Glove in the
outfield and Kemp regained the NL award he also earned in 2009.

Gonzalez earned his first AL Gold Glove to go along with two he
won in the NL while with San Diego, Pedroia won at second base for
the first time since 2008 and Ellsbury picked up his first Gold
Glove.

“I try to be a complete player. You can always go into offense
slumps,” Gonzalez said during the awards show on ESPN2.

The previous three Red Sox to win in the same year were
shortstop Rick Burleson along with outfielders Dwight Evans and
Fred Lynn in 1979.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle was the lone AL holdover,
winning for the third straight year. Baltimore’s Matt Wieters won
at catcher, the Angels’ Erick Aybar at shortstop, Texas’ Adrian
Beltre at third, and Kansas City’s Alex Gordon and Baltimore’s Nick
Markakis in the outfield.

Beltre won for the third time, after gaining the award in 2007
and 2008.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina became the first NL
catcher to win in four straight years since Charles Johnson from
1995-98.

Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Brandon
Phillips also won along with Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki,
Philadelphia third baseman Placido Polanco and Arizona outfielder
Gerardo Parra. Phillips and Tulowitzki joined Molina as the NL
holdovers, with Phillips winning for the third time in four
years.

“It just shows my hard work really played off,” Phillips said on
the show.

Polanco also won AL Gold Gloves in 2007 and 2009.

This year’s AL group displaced Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer;
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, second baseman Robinson Cano
and shortstop Derek Jeter; Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria;
former Rays outfielder Carl Crawford; and Seattle outfielders
Ichiro Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez.

Suzuki’s streak of Gold Gloves ended at 10. The right fielder,
who had won in every one of his big league seasons, had tied the AL
record for Gold Gloves by an outfielder shared by Ken Griffey Jr.
and Al Kaline.

Last year’s NL winners included Cardinals first baseman Albert
Pujols, Reds third baseman Scott Rolen and Colorado’s Carlos
Gonzalez and Philadelphia’s Shane Victorino joined in the outfield
by Michael Bourn, then of Houston.

Rawlings announced the winners Tuesday. Managers and coaches
vote for players in their leagues and can’t pick players on their
own teams.

Breaking with the recent format, outfielders were picked for
specific spots. The AL had Gordon in left, Ellsbury in center and
Markakis in right, and the NL had Parra in left, Kemp in center and
Ethier in right.

Beltre and Gonzalez each earned $100,000 bonuses, while Aybar
and Markakis get $75,000 apiece. Molina, Pedroia, Polanco and Votto
each receive $50,000, and Tulowitzki and Buehrle both get
$25,000.

Phillips gets an automatic $250,000 raise next season to $12.25
million under the option the Reds exercised Monday.

2011 Gold Glove Winners

American League

P – Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox

C – Matt Wieters, Baltimore

1B – Adrian Gonzalez, Boston

2B – Dustin Pedroia, Boston

SS – Erick Aybar, L.A. Angels

3B – Adrian Beltre, Texas

LF – Alex Gordon, Kansas City

CF – Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston

RF – Nick Markakis, Baltimore

National League

P – Clayton Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers

C – Yadier Molina, St. Louis

1B – Joey Votto, Cincinnati

2B – Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati

SS – Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado

3B – Placido Polanco, Philadelphia

LF – Gerardo Parra, Arizona

CF – Matt Kemp, L.A. Dodgers

RF – Andre Ethier, L.A. Dodgers

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CBSSports.com wire reports
Sep. 14, 2011

OAKLAND, Calif. — Erick Aybar’s defense, speed and quick decision-making gave the Angels a rare late lead at the Oakland Coliseum. Howie Kendrick’s power made it stand up.

Aybar scored the go-ahead run on a wild throw home in the seventh inning and Kendrick hit two home runs, including a two-run insurance blast in the ninth, to lift Los Angeles to a 6-3 victory against the Athletics on Tuesday night.

“We need contributions from a lot of guys and we need guys to start producing the way they can,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “Howie gave us a big boost with both his home runs. We need some other guys to start following suit and we can get a little more momentum going.”

The Angels can’t afford many hiccups down the stretch.

Los Angeles remains three games behind division-leading Texas, which beat Cleveland earlier in the day. The Angels and Rangers will finish the regular season with a three-game series in Anaheim.

Maicer Izturis added two hits and an RBI and Aybar also had two hits for the Angels, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Aybar, batting .476 over his past six games, singled leading off the seventh and was sacrificed to second. Hank Conger’s hit moved Aybar to third before Izturis hit a grounder off Fautino De Los Santos (2-2) to shortstop Cliff Pennington. Aybar broke for home on the play and made it safely when Pennington’s throw was wide of the plate.

“We definitely some guys to start moving forward and carrying some momentum for us in these last couple weeks,” Scioscia said. “We’ve seen glimpses of it … but right now there’s a finite amount of games [left] and there’s a premium on us scoring the runs that are going to let us get games under our control.”

Hisanori Takahashi (4-3), the first of four Los Angeles relievers used in the game, pitched 1 2/3 innings for the victory while rookie Jordan Walden worked the ninth for his 30th save.

The Angels combined for seven walks but matched their season high of four double plays to limit the damage and win for only the third time in their past 13 games at the Coliseum.

It was also Los Angeles’ sixth victory on the road since Aug. 1.

Kendrick hit a two-run home run in the third off starter Guillermo Moscoso, then added another two-run blast in the ninth.

“Accidents,” Kendrick said. “A couple mistakes out over the plate. All I was trying to do was put a good swing on it.”

Josh Willingham doubled and drove in two runs for the A’s, who had won five of six against their AL West rivals before Tuesday’s loss.

The A’s left the bases loaded in the fifth and stranded eight runners overall.

“We had way too many opportunities to blow that game open and we didn’t come through with runners in scoring position,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. “Guys that normally come through for us didn’t, and on top of that we hit into double plays. It was a rough night for us offensively.”

Neither starter was around for the decision.

Oakland’s Guillermo Moscoso carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his previous start against Kansas City on Sept. 7 and retired the first six Angels before Aybar’s double in the third.

Peter Bourjos followed with a foul pop-up near the Angels bullpen that first baseman Brandon Allen chased down. Aybar wisely tagged up at second and beat Allen’s throw to third, then scored when the ball skipped past Oakland third baseman Scott Sizemore and Moscoso backing up on the play.

Izturis singled to keep the inning going, and Kendrick capped it with his 17th home run of the season to give the Angels a 3-0 lead.

Angels’ right-hander Jerome Williams had control problems in the bottom of the frame and nearly gave it all back.

A former first-round pick of the San Francisco Giants, Williams gave up an RBI double to Jemile Weeks and a bases-loaded walk to Josh Willingham — one of three free passes he issued in the inning.

Williams continued to struggle, giving up back-to-back walks in the fifth. Josh Willingham then doubled in front of diving right fielder Torii Hunter, scoring Cliff Pennington with the tying run.

Kendrick’s second home run came off reliever Michael Wuertz. The Angels slugger, who has four multi-home run games in his career, has 18 home runs this season.

Notes

• Oakland CF Coco Crisp had an MRI on his sore right foot and Melvin said he expects Crisp play again this season.
• Scioscia kept rookie 1B Mark Trumbo out of the lineup because he felt the veteran might be pressing a little. “This is a good time for him to catch his breath and hopefully finish strong,” Scioscia said. “The last 10 at-bats you’re seeing a little tighter grip on the bat. To reach our goal, we need him to get back to where he could be.”
• RHP Jered Weaver, second to Detroit’s Justin Verlander for lowest ERA in the AL, will pitch for the Angels on Wednesday. Weaver (16-7) has a three-game losing streak on the road.
• RHP Rich Harden (4-2), who last beat Los Angeles more than a year ago, will go for Oakland.
• Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour threw out the first pitch.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Erick Aybar’s defense, speed and quick decision-making gave the Angels a rare late lead at the Oakland Coliseum. Howie Kendrick’s power made it stand up.

Aybar scored the go-ahead run on a wild throw home in the seventh inning and Kendrick homered twice, including a two-run insurance blast in the ninth, to lift Los Angeles to a 6-3 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night.

“We need contributions from a lot of guys and we need guys to start producing the way they can,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “Howie gave us a big boost with both his home runs. We need some other guys to start following suit and we can get a little more momentum going.”

The Angels can’t afford many hiccups down the stretch.

Los Angeles remains three games behind division-leading Texas, which beat Cleveland earlier in the day. The Angels and Rangers finish the regular season with a three-game series in Anaheim.

Maicer Izturis added two hits and an RBI and Aybar also had two hits for the Angels, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Aybar, batting .476 over his last six games, singled leading off the seventh and was sacrificed to second. Hank Conger’s hit moved Aybar to third before Izturis hit a grounder off Fautino De Los Santos (2-2) to shortstop Cliff Pennington. Aybar broke for home on the play and made it safely when Pennington’s throw was wide of the plate.

“We definitely some guys to start moving forward and carrying some momentum for us in these last couple weeks,” Scioscia said. “We’ve seen glimpses of it … but right now there’s a finite amount of games (left) and there’s a premium on us scoring the runs that are going to let us get games under our control.”

Hisanori Takahashi (4-3), the first of four Los Angeles relievers used in the game, pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win while rookie Jordan Walden worked the ninth for his 30th save.

The Angels combined for seven walks but matched their season high of four double plays to limit the damage and win for only the third time in their last 13 games at the Coliseum.

It was also Los Angeles’ sixth victory on the road since Aug. 1.

Kendrick hit a two-run home run in the third off starter Guillermo Moscoso, then added another two-run blast in the ninth.

“Accidents,” Kendrick said. “A couple mistakes out over the plate. All I was trying to do was put a good swing on it.”

Josh Willingham doubled and drove in two runs for the A’s, who had won five of six against their AL West rivals before Tuesday’s loss.

The A’s left the bases loaded in the fifth and stranded eight runners overall.

“We had way too many opportunities to blow that game open and we didn’t come through with runners in scoring position,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. “Guys that normally come through for us didn’t, and on top of that we hit into double plays. It was a rough night for us offensively.”

Neither starter was around for the decision.

Oakland’s Guillermo Moscoso carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his previous start against Kansas City on Sept. 7 and retired the first six Angels before Aybar’s double in the third.

Peter Bourjos followed with a foul pop-up near the Angels bullpen that first baseman Brandon Allen chased down. Aybar wisely tagged up at second and beat Allen’s throw to third, then scored when the ball skipped past Oakland third baseman Scott Sizemore and Moscoso backing up on the play.

Izturis singled to keep the inning going, and Kendrick capped it with his 17th home run of the season to give the Angels a 3-0 lead.

Angels’ right-hander Jerome Williams had control problems in the bottom of the frame and nearly gave it all back.

A former first-round pick of the San Francisco Giants, Williams gave up an RBI double to Jemile Weeks and a bases-loaded walk to Josh Willingham – one of three free passes he issued in the inning.

Williams continued to struggle, giving up back-to-back walks in the fifth. Josh Willingham then doubled in front of diving right fielder Torii Hunter, scoring Cliff Pennington with the tying run.

Kendrick’s second home run came off reliever Michael Wuertz. The Angels slugger, who has four multi-home run games in his career, has 18 homers this season.

Notes: Oakland CF Coco Crisp had an MRI on his sore right foot and Melvin said he expects Crisp play again this season. … Scioscia kept rookie 1B Mark Trumbo out of the lineup because he felt the veteran might be pressing a little. “This is a good time for him to catch his breath and hopefully finish strong,” Scioscia said. “The last 10 at-bats you’re seeing a little tighter grip on the bat. To reach our goal we need him to get back to where he could be. … RHP Jered Weaver, second to Detroit’s Justin Verlander for lowest ERA in the AL, pitches for the Angels on Wednesday. Weaver (16-7) has a three-game losing streak on the road. … RHP Rich Harden (4-2), who last beat Los Angeles more than a year ago, goes for Oakland. … Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour threw out the first pitch.

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ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) — Torii Hunter drove in five runs with a pair of homers Friday, powering the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-3 victory over Baltimore.

After losing seven out of eight, the Angels have won two in a row.

Hunter bombed a three-run shot to highlight a four-run first inning and added a two-run blast in the seventh. He has 17 homers for the year and 275 for his 15-year career.

Peter Bourjos added a solo homer in the second off Jo-Jo Reyes (6-10), who gave up five runs in five innings to take the loss.

Dan Haren (13-6) picked up the victory despite allowing nine hits in seven innings. He gave up three runs, but did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Baltimore dropped its third straight and joined Kansas City as the first teams in the American League to reach 75 losses. The Royals lost their 75th game earlier in the evening.

ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) — Torii Hunter drove in five runs with a pair of homers Friday, powering the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-3 victory over Baltimore.

After losing seven out of eight, the Angels have won two in a row.

Hunter bombed a three-run shot to highlight a four-run first inning and added a two-run blast in the seventh. He has 17 homers for the year and 275 for his 15-year career.

Peter Bourjos added a solo homer in the second off Jo-Jo Reyes (6-10), who gave up five runs in five innings to take the loss.

Dan Haren (13-6) picked up the victory despite allowing nine hits in seven innings. He gave up three runs, but did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Baltimore dropped its third straight and joined Kansas City as the first teams in the American League to reach 75 losses. The Royals lost their 75th game earlier in the evening.

Mark Trumbo’s clutch hit gave the Los Angeles Angels’ evaporating division title hopes a needed jolt.

The rookie hit a game-ending two-run homer down the left-field line, and the Angels beat the Rangers 2-1 on Thursday night, dramatically preventing Texas from seizing an eight-game lead in the AL West standings.

After three straight losses in the series and five straight overall, the Angels were just three outs away from a discouraging deficit in the playoff race behind the Rangers, who had won the first six games of their road trip.

But Los Angeles didn’t even make another out against new Texas reliever Mike Adams (1-2). After Torii Hunter led off the ninth with a single, Trumbo cracked his 23rd homer of the season, comfortably putting it around the foul pole.

“Hopefully this is going to propel a nice little run for us,” said Trumbo, who’s on track to become the first rookie to lead Los Angeles in homers and RBIs. “We’ve been scuffling and a lot of people are frustrated, myself included. That road trip wasn’t very good, and it didn’t help our momentum going into this crucial series. But we’ll take what we can get.”

Trumbo had two hits and further cemented his status as the Angels’ most compelling hitter in a lacklustre offensive season. He leads all major-league rookies with 68 RBIs after driving in 24 runs in his last 25 games — and according to the Angels, he’s the first AL rookie ever to hit two game-ending homers.

“When he makes contact and gets one over the fence, it’s usually not a fence-scraper,” said Angels ace Jered Weaver, who left trailing 1-0 despite pitching seven innings of six-hit ball. “It was sure nice, obviously a big hit in a big situation. It’s six (games back) now instead of eight, so that definitely helps out.”

Elsewhere in the AL it was: Toronto 7 Oakland 0; New York 8 Minnesota 4; Boston 4 Kansas City 3; and Cleveland 4 Chicago 2.

At Anaheim, Calif., Trumbo’s shot abruptly ended four days of offensive frustration and set off an unlikely celebration on the field for the Angels, who trailed the Rangers by just 1 1/2 games early last week before losing seven of their previous eight. Horacio Ramirez (1-0) got one out in the ninth for Los Angeles, earning his first win in the majors since 2008.

Adams wasted seven scoreless innings by Colby Lewis, who yielded four hits and struck out seven while outpitching Weaver. Texas fell one inning short of the first four-game sweep at Angel Stadium in the rivalry’s long history, but still left Anaheim with a healthy six-game lead in the AL West.

“You can get a lift from a walk-off like that,” Texas slugger Josh Hamilton said. “Depends on how you come back the next day. We definitely got a lift from coming in and playing as well as we did, winning three of the four and putting ourselves in position to win another one.”

Texas won the first three games of this key four-game series in increasingly discouraging fashion for the Angels, blowing out Los Angeles in the first two before rallying late against Ervin Santana on Wednesday night for a 4-3 victory.

Weaver was mostly sharp in his second start back from a six-game suspension, but appeared headed for a hard-luck loss when Mike Napoli hit a seventh-inning homer for Texas.

Weaver gave up three homers and a season-high eight runs to Toronto last week in a rocky return from the ban for throwing a pitch at the head of Detroit’s Alex Avila. Weaver was angry about Carlos Guillen’s showboating stroll around the bases after a homer moments earlier — and the AL’s All-Star game starter also showed his suspension didn’t totally cure his temper.

Weaver reacted angrily to a couple of early balls-and-strikes calls, and he later gestured in frustration at the Los Angeles dugout when shortstop Erick Aybar couldn’t track down a popup into the outfield.

Weaver allowed just one runner to reach third base before Napoli homered off the fake rock pile in left-centre leading off the seventh. Although Napoli didn’t noticeably showboat, Weaver stared down Napoli all the way around the bases, and he shot another look — and a few words — at the Texas dugout after the inning ended.

“I guess when he was walking off the mound, I don’t know, it looked like he might have been saying something,” Napoli said of his longtime teammate. “What, you can’t hit homers off him now?”

Weaver declined comment.

The Rangers scratched Mitch Moreland shortly before the game with tightness in his hamstring. The first baseman went 7 for 12 in the first three games of the series.

Blue Jays 7 Athletics 0

At Oakland, Calif., Ricky Romero pitched a three-hitter to extend his career-high winning streak to five games, Colby Rasmus homered and scored three times and Toronto beat the Athletics.

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Yankees 8 Twins 4

At Minneapolis, CC Sabathia stopped his two-start losing streak with nine strikeouts over seven innings, and New York hit three home runs to support him in an victory over the depleted Twins.

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Red Sox 4 Royals 3

At Kansas City, Mo., Dustin Pedroia drove in three runs with a pair of well-timed singles, Josh Beckett survived a shaky start to go seven innings and Boston got back on the winning track.

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Indians 4 White Sox 2

At Chicago, Justin Masterson pitched six effective innings, Kosuke Fukudome had a tiebreaking RBI triple and Cleveland inched closer to the top of the AL Central with a victory over the White Sox.