Rookie twirls another gem for Angels

By: Associated Press | Friday, June 2, 2006 11:34 PM PDT ∞

Jered Weaver might not be making any upcoming trips to Utah, Arkansas or Rancho Cucamonga.

After two impressive starts in the majors, Weaver may have left the minor leagues in his rearview mirror.

"I definitely want to stay up here," he said.

Weaver took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning and won his second straight start in the majors, leading the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 10-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.

Until the Indians pushed a run across in the seventh on consecutive hits, Weaver was on his way to trumping his dazzling debut of May 27, when he limited Baltimore to three hits in seven scoreless innings.

The right-hander may not be known as Jeff Weaver's little brother much longer.

"He's got the makeup," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's not afraid to challenge guys. He has shown that at Salt Lake and now here. His command is terrific for a guy with a complicated delivery, which is why we are every excited about what he can do for us."

Weaver allowed two runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out eight.

RED SOX 3, TIGERS 2

< At Detroit: Kevin Youkilis' two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning gave Boston a victory over Detroit. It was the second loss in four days for closer Todd Jones.

YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 5

< At Baltimore: Derek Jeter singled in the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning, and New York Yankees got homers from Andy Phillips and Jason Giambi in a victory over the Baltimore.

BLUE JAYS 13, DEVIL RAYS 4

< At St. Petersburg, Fla.: Reed Johnson homered twice, including a three-run shot to cap Toronto's nine-run ninth inning, and Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay.

RANGERS 4, WHITE SOX 3

< At Chicago: Gary Matthews Jr. doubled home the go-ahead run off Bobby Jenks in the ninth inning, and Texas handed Chicago its fourth straight loss.

TWINS 2, ATHLETICS 1

< At Oakland: Minnesota's Johan Santana pitched eight innings of two-hit ball, Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer in the eighth to spoil the chance of three straight shutouts by Oakland and the Twins beat the Athletics.

MARINERS 4, ROYALS 0

< At Seattle: Jamie Moyer pitched a two-hitter, Jose Lopez and Raul Ibanez hit home runs on Bobby Keppel's first two pitches of the seventh inning and Seattle beat Kansas City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONALS 10, BREWERS 4

< At Milwaukee: Jose Vidro had three hits and two RBIs and Brian Schneider had a three-run double that broke the game open, leading Washington over Milwaukee.

REDS 14, ASTROS 3

< At Houston: Edwin Encarnacion and Austin Kearns each had four RBIs and Cincinnati scored nine runs over the first three innings in a victory over Houston.

GIANTS, METS, PPD.

< At New York: The game between San Francisco and New York was postponed because of rain. It will be made up today as part of a doubleheader.

BRAVES, DIAMONDBACKS, PPD.

< At Atlanta: The game between Arizona and Atlanta was postponed because of rain. It will be made up today as part of a doubleheader.