Sports SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2014

HOUSTON: Houston Astros right fielder George Springer dives and makes the catch for an out on ’ Mike Moustakas in the ninth inning of a baseball game on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Houston. —AP Tigers maul Indians

DETROIT: Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs, and the six- eighth, setting up Santos (0-1) for trouble as manager Sox ace Chris Sale. Lester retired his first 16 batters before Tyler held on for a 7-5 victory over the Cleveland called for his closer early. Santos walked all Flowers singled in the sixth. Xander Bogaerts homered with Indians on Thursday. Justin Verlander (2-1) allowed three three batters he faced. Josmil Pinto came home on a wild two out in the sixth for Boston’s only hit off Sale. Ronald unearned runs in five innings, and the Tigers trailed 3-1 before pitch. Ball four by Santos to pinch-hitter was wild, Belisario (1-2) was the loser. Kinsler’s three-run homer in the fifth off Danny Salazar (0-2). too, allowing Chris Herrmann to score and tie the game. Detroit never gave up the lead after scoring four runs in the Santos threw another wild pitch to Brian Dozier, and pinch- ROYALS 5, ASTROS 1 fifth, although Cleveland’s Michael Brantley hit a two-run runner Pedro Florimon raced home for the lead. Casey Fien (2- James Shields struck out 12 in eight innings and the Royals homer in the seventh to make it 6-5. Joe Nathan pitched a per- 0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the victory. completed a three-game sweep of the Astros. Shields (1-2) fect ninth for his second . gave up one run and four hits, all singles. He struck out seven RED SOX 3, WHITE SOX 1 straight batters in the late innings. Scott Feldman (2-1) yielded RANGERS 8, MARINERS 6 Jon Lester pitched eight sharp innings and David Ross hit a four earned runs and nine hits in six innings. It was the first Kevin Kouzmanoff delivered again, doubling twice and tiebreaking RBI in Boston’s two-run ninth, leading the tough outing for the Astros newcomer after he had allowed scoring two runs as Texas won its third straight after losing the Red Sox to over the White Sox. Lester (2-2) allowed one run just one run and seven hits combined in his first three starts. series opener. Kouzmanoff is hitting .414 since being promot- and seven hits for his second straight win after opening the The Royals were up by two when Alcides Escobar hit a two-run ed from Triple-A on April 9 after starting third baseman Adrian season with two losses. The left-hander struck out nine and double in the fourth. Salvador Perez added an RBI double in Beltre strained his left quadriceps. Shin-Soo Choo homered for walked none, winning an impressive ’s duel with White the fifth.— AP Texas and J.P. Arencibia had a pair of RBI groundouts. Robinson Cano hit his first homer for the Mariners, going back-to-back with Corey Hart. Cano is in a 3-for-18 slump. Pedro Figueroa (2-1) earned his second victory in less than 24 Dodgers down Giants 2-1 hours. Joe Beimel (0-1) was the loser. SAN FRANCISCO: Hyun-Jin Ryu stretched his road scoreless right field. Chris Denorfia broke in, then retreated as the ball YANKEES 10, RAYS 2 streak to 26 innings, and the beat the went over him for an RBI double. Rosario grounded out to CC Sabathia pitched seven innings for a rare win at 2-1 Thursday to avoid a sweep. Ryu (3- shortstop as Tulowitzki scored for a 2-1 lead, and Nolan Tropicana Field, leading the Yankees past David Price and the 1) struck out three and walked one on a season-high 112 Arenado followed with a run-scoring single. LaTroy Hawkins Rays in a matchup of former AL Cy Young Award winners. pitches in seven innings, helping his club move into a tie pitched the ninth to remain perfect in four save chances. Sabathia (2-2) allowed two runs and seven hits, improving to with the Giants atop the NL West at 10-6. Kenley Jansen 2-7 in 12 starts at Tropicana Field since joining the Yankees in gave up a two out RBI single to Adrianza before finishing for CARDINALS 8, NATIONALS 0 2009. He lowered his ERA to 5.19. Price (2-1) entered 6-1 in his fifth save. Yasiel Puig returned to the Dodgers starting (3-1) pitched his fourth career two-hit- nine starts against Sabathia but gave up six runs and 10 hits in lineup and went 1 for 4 with a . He dropped a rou- ter and seventh shutout. He chipped in at the plate with a five innings. Sean Rodriguez hit into a triple play and had a tine fly ball in right early on but recovered to throw out double and single, and St. Louis benefited from four errors solo homer for the Rays, who have lost four straight. Brian Brandon Belt at second. He then made a nice over-the-head in beating Washington for the eighth straight time dating to Roberts, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and rookie Yangervis catch on the next batter and a running grab in shallow cen- Game 5 of the 2012 NL division series. Wainwright allowed Solarte drove in two runs each for the Yankees. ter in the eighth with a runner on second. Madison Ian Desmond’s infield single in the second inning and Adam Bumgarner (2-1) allowed two runs, six hits and three walks LaRoche’s single to right in the ninth. He struck out eight TWINS 7, BLUE JAYS 0, 1ST GAME with six in 4 1-3 innings but threw 99 pitches. and walked three. Taylor Jordan (0-1) gave up seven runs - Unfazed by the subfreezing temperature at first pitch, Kyle five earned - in 5 1-3 innings. Gibson (3-0) allowed four singles in a career-high eight score- PHILLIES 1, BRAVES 0 less innings in a day-night doubleheader opener. At 31 Ben Revere hit an RBI single with two outs in the eighth, PIRATES 11, BREWERS 2 degrees, took the mound for the coldest start for an outdoor and AJ Burnett tossed three-hit ball over seven innings to Andrew McCutchen hit his first homer of the season and game in Twins histor. Josmil Pinto highlighted a five-run fifth outpitch Alex Wood (2-2). Atlanta’s Julio Teheran beat Cliff drove in three runs, Pedro Alvarez had a three-run shot and inning against R.A. Dickey (1-3) with a two-run double, missing Lee 1-0 less than 24 hours earlier. Antonio Bastardo (2-1) pinch-hitter Josh Harrison broke a tie with a long ball in the a by a few inches. Trevor Plouffe also had two RBIs. worked the eighth and Jonathan Papelbon finished off the seventh. Harrison’s two-run drive down the left field line was four-hitter with a perfect ninth for his fourth save. the second of his career as a pinch hitter. It stared TWINS 9, BLUE JAYS 5, 2ND GAME Pittsburgh’s nine-run outburst over the seventh and eighth Minnesota scored three straight runs on wild pitches by the ROCKIES 4, PADRES 1 innings that was capped by Alvarez’s sixth of the year. Blue Jays’ Sergio Santos in the eighth inning, when the Twins Franklin Morales (1-1) allowed four hits in six innings and McCutchen, last year’s NL MVP, hit a two-run homer in the walked eight times off three relievers in rallying for a victory Wilin Rosario hit a tiebreaking groundout in a three-run sev- first inning in his 57th at-bat. Edinson Volquez (1-0) gave up and a sweep of a day-night doubleheader. The Twins trailed 5- enth. Ian Kennedy (1-2) took a one-hit shutout into the sev- two runs and eight hits in seven innings for his first win with 1 in the fifth of the night game after another lackluster start by enth before Corey Dickerson reached on a one-out double, the Pirates. Milwaukee has lost three of four following a Mike Pelfrey. Steve Delabar walked two batters starting the walked and Justin Morneau lined a ball to nine-game winning streak.—AP