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A-Rod Slams 30th as Yanks Bedevil Angels

Hot corner-tender surpasses Gehrig in 12-run shutout

By Joseph Fasano, Newser User

Posted Jul 9, 2007 6:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Alex Rodriguez inked 4 RBIs and hammered an MLB-leading 30th home run in a 12-0 shellacking of Ervin Santana and the Angels yesterday. The blast lifts A-rod to 22nd on the all-time list, besting Lou Gehrig and giving him the most home runs by a pinstriper at the All-Star break since Maris in '61.

The third-baseman's 86 RBIs is also a team-best at the break since Gehrig's 80 in 1935. Pummeling one of the league's best teams is "good momentum" for the bumbling Bombers, Rodriguez says. Chien-Ming Wang was masterful through 6 1/3, with RBIs from Hideki Matsui, Robinson Cano, and Bobby Abreu shouldering the ace to his 9th win. New York is 42-43 at the half, 10 behind Boston in the AL East.

With Los Angeles Angels' Gary Matthews Jr. on first, New York Yankees' Chien-Ming Wang delivers a pitch in the first inning in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, July 8, 2007.... (Associated Press)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez watches his fourth-inning, three-run home run off Los Angeles Angels reliever Chris Resop in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, July 8, 2007. (AP... (Associated Press)

Yankees teammates Andy Phillips, right, and Johnny Damon, center, congratulate Alex Rodriguez (13), left, after he hit a three-run home run off Los Angeles Angels reliever Chris Resop in their baseball... (Associated Press)

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