Yankees Record Comfortable Victory Over Detroit Tigers
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Sports FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2014 Yankees record comfortable MLB RESULTS/ STANDINGS victory over Detroit Tigers Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) : San Diego 5 MINNESOTA 4 (10 innings); Texas 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1; Tampa Bay 7 OAKLAND 3; SEATTLE Braves end disastrous West Coast road trip 7 Atlanta 3; WASHINGTON 7 NY Mets 1; PHILADELPHIA 10 Houston 3; PITTSBURGH 7 Miami 3; TORONTO 5 Baltimore 1; CINCINNATI 8 Cleveland 3. DETRIOT: Brian McCann hit a go-ahead home run with one out in homer of the season in the second inning, and he singled in the the seventh inning as the New York Yankees recorded a comfort- fourth. The right fielder drove in another run on a two-out double AMERICAN LEAGUE able victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. The Yankees in the sixth to help the Blue Jays snap a four-game losing streak. EASTERN DIVISION completed their run of opposing three former Cy Young Award W L PCT GB winners in successive games by winning two of the three. They Reds 8, Indians 3 Baltimore 64 49 0.566 - beat Max Scherzer on Monday but lost Tuesday in 12 innings in Zack Cozart hit a three-run homer and second baseman Toronto 61 54 0.53 4 David Price’s Tigers debut. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it Kristopher Negron added a two-run shot to lift the Cincinnati Reds NY Yankees 59 54 0.522 5 was the third time in franchise history that New York have faced to a win over the Cleveland Indians. Negron went 3-for-4, for his Tampa Bay 55 59 0.482 9 1/2 three former Cy Young winners in succession. first career 3-hit game and starter Mat Latos (4-3) allowed three Boston 50 63 0.442 14 CENTRAL DIVISION runs and six hits in 7-2/3 innings for Cincinnati. Detroit 62 49 0.559 - Dodgers 2, Angels 1 Kansas City 59 53 0.527 3 1/2 Dan Haren ended a personal losing streak at five and saved his Phillies 10, Astros 3 Cleveland57 57 0.5 6 1/2 spot in the rotation with one of his best performances of the year, Ben Revere went 4-for-5 and Chase Utley hit a three-run homer Chicago White Sox 55 60 0.478 9 throwing 7-1/3 innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ win over the as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros. First baseman Minnesota 51 61 0.455 11 1/2 Los Angeles Angels. Ryan Howard doubled in two runs for Philadelphia, who broke out WESTERN DIVISION offensively to win for the fourth time in six games. The Phillies had Oakland 69 44 0.611 - Giants 7, Brewers 4 scored two runs in their previous 36 innings, including a 22-inning LA Angels 67 46 0.593 2 Pablo Sandoval and Mike Morse each drove in three runs as scoreless drought. Seattle 59 54 0.522 10 the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers. Right-han- Houston 47 67 0.412 22 1/2 der Ryan Vogelsong (7-8) gave up seven hits and a walk but held Rockies 13, Cubs 4 Texas 45 69 0.395 24 1/2 the Brewers to a run while striking out three. Colorado reached a season-high in runs and pounded the Chicago Cubs as the Rockies broke a five-game losing streak. Cubs NATIONAL LEAGUE Mariners 7, Braves 3 starter Jake Arrieta, who brought a 2.11 ERA into the game, was EASTERN DIVISION The Atlanta Braves ended a disastrous West Coast road trip blasted for a career-high 13 hits, a career-high tying nine runs and Washington 61 51 0.545 - with their eighth consecutive loss, falling to the Seattle Mariners. was replaced after giving up seven successive hits to start the six- Atlanta 58 56 0.509 4 The losing streak is Atlanta’s longest this season and marked the run sixth inning. Miami 55 58 0.487 6 1/2 first time since May 2012 they have lost eight successive games. NY Mets 54 60 0.474 8 Atlanta (58-56) jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the third inning but Red Sox 2, Cardinals 1 Philadelphia 51 63 0.447 11 quickly fell behind when starter Julio Teheran gave up two Shortstop Xander Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth CENTRAL DIVISION Milwaukee 62 52 0.544 - homers in the bottom half. Among them was a three-run shot by inning gave the Red Sox a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. In a St. Louis 60 52 0.536 1 Seattle first baseman Logan Morrison. game dominated by the pitching of Boston’s Joe Kelly and St. Pittsburgh 60 53 0.531 1 1/2 Louis’ Shelby Miller, it was reliever Junichi Tazawa (2-3) who Cincinnati 58 56 0.509 4 Rays 7, A’s 3 earned the win after pitching a clean eighth inning. Closer Koji Chicago Cubs 48 64 0.429 13 Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson threw seven strong innings Uehara worked around two singles in the ninth to bag his 23rd WESTERN DIVISION while right fielder Kevin Kiermaier hit a two-run homer as the save. LA Dodgers 65 50 0.565 - Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics. Hellickson (1-1) San Francisco 62 52 0.544 2 1/2 allowed one run and two hits, posting his first victory as a starter Royals 4, Diamondbacks 3 San Diego 52 61 0.46 12 since Sept. 4, 2013. He struck out three, walked none and threw a Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas homered and Arizona 49 65 0.43 15 1/2 season-high 99 pitches. drove in all four runs in the Royals’ win over the Arizona Colorado 45 68 0.398 19 Diamondbacks. — Reuters Rangers 3, White Sox 1 Adam Rosales hit two home runs while Nick Tepesch did not allow a run in his return to the mound as the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox. Rosales went 2-for-4 and drove in all three runs for the Rangers, while Tepesch (4-7) threw 5-2/3 scoreless innings and was credited with the win. The Texas bullpen did the rest, with three relievers making a slim lead hold up. Padres 5, Twins 4 (10 innings) Seth Smith’s long solo home run to start the 10th inning was the difference as the San Diego Padres beat the Minnesota Twins. Given new life thanks to a rally in the top of the ninth and a great defensive play in the bottom half, left fielder Smith blasted a 414- foot shot over the wall in right for his 12th homer of the season. Nationals 7, Mets 1 Doug Fister took a shutout into the eighth inning and Adam LaRoche hit two homers as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets. Fister (11-3) gave up one unearned run and six hits with seven strikeouts and no walks while throwing 101 pitch- es in 7-1/3 innings. Pirates 7, Marlins 3 Left-hander Jeff Locke overcame a wobbly start to pitch seven innings while Josh Harrison had three more hits to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates. Locke (3-3) gave up three runs in the first two innings but then shut out the Marlins in his last five innings. He gave up six hits, did not walk a batter and struck out seven in win- ning for the first in five career starts against Miami. Blue Jays 5, Orioles 1 Jose Bautista homered and drove in three runs while right-han- der Drew Hutchison threw a gem to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to ST LOUIS: A J Pierzynski #35 of the St Louis Cardinals tags out Mike Napoli #12 of the Boston Red Sox in the ninth inning at victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Bautista (3-for-4) hit his 22nd Busch Stadium on Wednesday in St. Louis, Missouri. The Red Sox beat the Cardinals 2-1. — AFP.