By The Associated Press

SCOREBOARD

Wednesday, June 22

Texas at Los Angeles (10:05 P.M. EDT). Kenny Rogers tries for his 10th win against Vladimir Guerrero and the Los Angeles Angels.

STARS

Monday

Gary Sheffield and Bernie Williams, Yankees. Sheffield hit a pair of three-run homers and drove in seven runs and Williams drove in five runs, including a go-ahead, bases-loaded triple in New York's 20-11 win over Tampa Bay.

John Smoltz, Braves, tossed a five-hit shutout and struck out six in Atlanta's 5-0 win over Florida.

David Ortiz, Red Sox, homered twice and drove in four runs to power Boston past Cleveland 9-2.

Jeremy Bonderman, Tigers, threw a five-hitter and striking out nine in Detroit's 7-2 victory over Minnesota.

Matt Lawton, Pirates, homered and drove in five runs in Pittsburgh's 11-4 win over Washington.

Geronimo Gil, Orioles, homered twice and had three RBIs to lead Baltimore over Toroton 9-5.

FIRED

The last-place Cincinnati Reds fired manager Dave Miley Tuesday and promoted bench coach Jerry Narron on an interim basis for the rest of the season. Cincinnati also fired pitching coach Don Gullett and replaced him with Vern Ruhle for the remainder of the season. At 28-43, the Reds are 171/2 games behind St. Louis in the NL Central. Miley became the Reds' manager on July 28, 2003 and guided them to a 125-164 record. Gullett, a former Reds ace, had been the pitching coach since May 24, 1993. Narron previously managed Texas in 2001-02.

LUCKY 13

The New York Yankees scored 13 runs in the eighth inning, sending 16 batters to the plate, to help them overcome an early eight-run deficit and defeat Tampa Bay 20-11 Tuesday. Bernie Williams put the Yankees ahead with a bases-loaded triple and Gary Sheffield, who had seven RBIs, hit his second three-run homer of the game in the eighth. Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui hit consecutive homers in the eighth, and Jorge Posada also homered in that inning. New York previously had a 13-run second inning during a 19-8 victory over Tampa Bay on April 18. Derek Jeter tied a career high with five hits and scored a career-best five runs.

FINISHED

Dodgers closer Eric Gagne will have season-ending surgery to fix a sprained ligament in his right elbow. Doctors concluded, based on a second MRI Tuesday, that Gagne required Tommy John surgery. Gagne, recently placed on the 15-day disabled list, has a second-degree sprain of his ulnar collateral ligament. The 2003 NL Cy Young Award Winner underwent ligament replacement surgery on the same elbow in 1997. Gagne was 1-0 with eight saves and a 2.70 ERA in 13 1-3 innings.

SHUTOUT

Atlanta right-hander John Smoltz pitched his 15th career shutout Tuesday against Florida. It was his first since April 30, 1999 at Cincinnati. Smoltz, who struck out six, also passed Jack Morris for 28th place on the career strikeout list with 2,479.

FIRST

Jon Garland became the major leagues' first 12-game winner Tuesday by allowing just four hits and one run over 8 1-3 innings in a 5-1 victory over Kansas City.

SPEAKING

"It's unbelievable. They just fed off each other. It's unbelievable to hit that many balls right on the nose that many times. That's really tough to do." - Devil Rays' catcher Kevin Cash on the New York Yankees' 13-run inning in a 20-11 defeat of Tampa Bay Tuesday night.

SEASONS

June 22

1925 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 24-6, with Kiki Cuyler and Pie Traynor each hitting a grand slam and Max Carey getting two hits in the first and eighth innings.

1930 - Lou Gehrig hit three home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 20-13 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the second game of a doubleheader. Babe Ruth, who hit three homers in the nightcap the previous day, hit two homers in the opener and one in the nightcap for the Yankees. Ruth tied major league records with five homers in two games and six homers in three games.

1944 - Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves threw a five-inning 7-0 no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies.

1947 - Cincinnati's Ewell Blackwell almost duplicated Johnny Vander Meer's double no-hit record following his June 18 gem over Boston. Brooklyn's Eddie Stanky singled with one out in the ninth to end Blackwell's bid. Blackwell ended up with a 4-0 two-hitter.

1962 - Baltimore's Boog Powell became the first batter to hit a home run over the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium. The 469-foot shot came off Don Schwall of the Boston Red Sox.

1982 - Philadelphia's Pete Rose doubled off St. Louis pitcher John Stuper in the third inning to move into second place on the career hit list. Rose moved ahead of Hank Aaron with hit No. 3,772.

1993 - Carlton Fisk set the major league record for most games caught as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 3-2. Fisk, 45, passed Bob Boone with his 2,226th game.

1994 - Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 31st home run of the season in Seattle's 12-3 victory at California, breaking Babe Ruth's record for most homers before the end of June. Ruth needed 63 games to reach 30 homers in 1928 and 68 games in 1930. Griffey did it in the Mariners' 70th game.

1997 - The Atlanta Braves, behind a four-homer, nine-run third, beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-5. Chipper Jones, Fred McGriff, Michael Tucker and Jeff Blauser homered in the inning.

2002 - The Detroit Tigers ended Luis Castillo's 35-game hitting streak. Castillo went 0-for-4 and was left on deck when the Florida Marlins finished off a four-run ninth-inning rally to beat the Tigers 5-4.

Today's birthdays: Brad Hawpe 26; Willie Harris 27; Esteban Yan 30.