Brown Wins 200th in Wet Conditions

Well on the way to his 200th career victory, tough guy Kevin Brown got a bit misty.

Blame it on the weather, rather than emotion.

Working on a dreary, drizzly afternoon, Brown reached the milestone a game after fellow Yankee ace Mike Mussina and once again led New York over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5-1, Wednesday at New York.

“The mound was definitely slick. It was tough keeping your spikes,” Brown said.

Still, the setting made it special as Brown became the 101st pitcher in major league history to win No. 200. Brown and Mussina are the first teammates to accomplish the feat in the same season.

“It’s great to be here and get it here,” Brown said. “It was a wonderful atmosphere, a great backdrop for it to happen.”

Brown kept the ball as a souvenir, but said he wasn’t much of a numbers person.

“Honestly, I really haven’t thought too much about it,” he said. “It seems like we’ve been bouncing all over the world the last month and a half. I’ve been busy getting unpacked and moved in.”

Brown beat the Devil Rays for the third time this season, defeating them at the Tokyo Dome, Tropicana Field and Yankee Stadium.

Brown was the first pitcher to make his first three starts for the Yankees against the same team since Tom Morgan in 1951, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Pitching in short sleeves and often cleaning his muddy cleats, Brown gave up five hits. He also issued his first walk of the season after going 15 innings without one.

Minnesota 10, Cleveland 6 -- Henry Blanco drove in three runs and had a career-high four hits at Cleveland, and Carlos Silva earned his first win as a starter for the Twins.

The attendance of 14,237 was the lowest at Jacobs Field, which opened in 1994. It was the smallest crowd at an Indian home game since 11,751 were at Municipal Stadium on Sept. 20, 1993.

Detroit 5, Toronto 3 -- Carlos Pena hit a two-run double in a four-run first inning at Detroit, and the Tigers held on to defeat the Blue Jays.

The Tigers have won six of their first eight games, one season after beginning 0-9 and finishing with an American League-record 119 losses.

Oakland 9, Texas 4 -- Jermaine Dye homered twice to drive in four runs, and Bobby Crosby hit a three-run shot at Arlington, Texas, to lead the Athletics to their fourth win in five games.

Chicago 10, Kansas City 9 -- Joe Crede hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth at Chicago to lift the White Sox to their fourth win in five games.

Baltimore at Boston, ppd. -- The Orioles and Red Sox were rained out for the second night in a row and no makeup date was announced.