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Sports SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015 Athletics sweep Tigers, Cards roll DETROIT: Jesse Hahn allowed one run in seven calling Cleveland’s sixth win in eight games. innings and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of Detroit on Thursday, win- TWINS 8, RED SOX 4 ning 7-5 and handing the Tigers their seventh Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval mis- straight loss. handled a throw on Joe Mauer’s bunt in the Josh Phegley hit a two-run triple in the sec- ninth inning, and Minnesota broke away from ond inning, and the A’s won for the sixth time in Boston for a four-game split. seven games, although they still have the worst Torii Hunter hit his 200th home run in a record in the American League. Twins uniform and added two singles. Hunter’s Hahn (3-5) gave up five hits. He struck out 339th career homer was a three-run shot. Kurt five and walked one. Detroit scored four times in Suzuki singled three times, helping Minnesota the ninth, including a three-run homer by Tyler to its ninth win in 12 games. Blake Swihart hit his Collins. Tyler Clippard got two outs for his ninth first major league homer and Dustin Pedroia save. also had a solo shot for Boston, which has lost Shane Greene (4-5) allowed six runs - four eight of 11. The Twins trailed 4-0 going into the earned - and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings. He made fifth. It was 4-all in the ninth when Minnesota a throwing error that contributed to Detroit’s put runners on first and second with no outs trouble. against Koji Uehara (2-3). Aaron Thompson (1-1) worked a scoreless inning for the win. CARDINALS 7, DODGERS 1 Michael Wacha pitched seven effective RAYS 2, MARINERS 1 innings, Jason Heyward and Kolten Wong drove Erasmo Ramirez beat his former team, com- in two runs each, and St. Louis beat Los Angeles bining with four relievers to help Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series between the defeat Seattle. Ramirez (4-2), who was traded to National League’s top two teams. The Cardinals, the Rays on March 31, held Seattle to one run who knocked the Dodgers out of the playoffs in and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked one each of the previous two seasons, increased and struck out five. Xavier Cedeno, Brandon their Central Division lead to 6 1-2 games over Gomes, Jake McGee and Kevin Jepsen gave up the idle Pittsburgh Pirates while the Dodgers’ three hits and no runs over the final 3 2/3 West Division advantage shrunk to 1 1-2 games innings. over the idle San Francisco Giants. Jepsen picked up his second save in four Wacha (8-1) allowed a run and seven hits opportunities. Mark Trumbo, acquired by Seattle without walking a batter and had five strikeouts, in a six-player trade with Arizona on Wednesday, five days after the Dodgers beat him 5-1 at St. had a pair of singles in his Mariners debut. Louis in a game that was delayed more than 2 Roenis Elias (2-3) went eight strong innings, hours by rain. This was the right-hander’s first allowing two runs and five hits in the loss for the road start against the Dodgers, whom he defeat- Mariners - their sixth straight. Seattle had won ed twice in the 2013 NL championship series six in a row against Tampa Bay. while shutting them out in 13 2-3 innings. ORIOLES 3, ASTROS 2 INDIANS 6, ROYALS 2 Adam Jones had three hits, including a solo Brandon Moss hit a two-run homer and homer that lifted Baltimore over Houston. With Cleveland beat Kansas City in a game called in the score 2-all in the eighth inning and two outs, the eighth inning because of rain. Jones drove a pitch from Chad Qualls (1-3) to Trevor Bauer (5-2) allowed only a long two- left field. Jones has five hits in his last two games DETROIT: Oakland Athletics center fielder Billy Burns makes the catch on a fly ball hit run homer by Lorenzo Cain over 6 2-3 innings to following an 0-for-12 slump. by Detroit Tigers’ Nick Castellanos during the ninth inning of a baseball game. —AP continue his hot streak. The 24-year-old right- Wei-Yin Chen yielded two runs in 6 1-3 hander has allowed two runs or fewer in each of innings with a season-high nine strikeouts. and six hits with seven strikeouts. innings, Brandon Phillips had three hits and two his last four starts, getting to the seventh in each Darren O’Day (2-0) struck out two in one inning RBIs and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia to avoid a of them. and lowered his ERA to 0.89. Zach Britton got CUBS 2, NATIONALS 1 three-game sweep. After struggling to score the previous night, four outs for his 14th save in 15 chances, stop- Jake Arrieta pitched six strong innings, and DeSclafani (4-4) allowed four runs and six the Indians pounded away against Chris Young ping Baltimore’s five-game losing streak. Chicago made a pair of first-inning runs hold up hits. He left with two runners on in the eighth (4-2) over the first five innings. They sent eight Hank Conger homered for the AL-best to beat Washington. Arrieta (5-4) rebounded and both scored. Aroldis Chapman, whose batters to the plate during a four-run third Astros. Orioles manager Buck Showalter was from a pair of subpar outings, pitching six streak of 29 straight saves ended Wednesday inning, and Moss added his second homer of the ejected in the second for arguing balls and innings and giving up a run and six hits. Hector night, tossed a perfect ninth for his 10th save in series with nobody out in the fifth. The game strikes with plate umpire Brian Gorman. Rondon pitched the ninth for his 10th save. 11 tries. Aaron Harang (4-6) had his worst start was delayed with one out in the bottom of the Houston lefty Dallas Keuchel matched his Washington’s Anthony Rendon, who missed 53 with the Phillies, allowing a season-high six runs eighth as lightning and heavy rain rolled into shortest start this season at six innings after con- games due to injuries, had two hits in his season - five earned - and six hits with five walks in 5 2-3 the area. The umpires waited 44 minutes before secutive complete games. He allowed two runs debut. He was up with runners on first and sec- innings. Harang pitched at least six innings in ond and two outs in the ninth when Cubs catch- each of his first 11 starts and gave up more than er David Ross picked off Clint Robinson at first to three earned runs once. His ERA rose from 2.02 MLB results/standings end it. Gio Gonzalez (4-3) allowed two runs and to 2.45. four hits over six innings. He struck out six and tied a season high with four walks. The start of Oakland 7, Detroit 5; Baltimore 3, Houston 2; Minnesota 8, Boston 4; Chicago Cubs 2, Washington 1; METS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2 the game was delayed nearly two hours by rain. Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 4; Texas 2, Chicago White Sox 1 (11 innings); Cleveland 6, Kansas City 2 (8 innings); Matt Harvey stopped his three-game losing NY Mets 6, Arizona 2; Tampa Bay 2, Seattle 1; St. Louis 7, LA Dodgers 1. streak, John Mayberry Jr. had a two-run homer RANGERS 2, WHITE SOX 1 among his career-high four hits, and New York American League National League Shin-Soo Choo’s single beat Chicago and its picked up a rare road win by beating Arizona. Eastern Division Eastern Division defensive shift, sending Texas to the win. Leonys W L PCT GB NY Mets 30 25 .545 - Martin led off the inning with his third single Harvey (6-3) was sharp in his return to Chase NY Yankees 29 25 .537 - Washington 29 25 .537 0.5 Field, where he made his major league debut Tampa Bay 29 26 .527 0.5 and moved to second on Hanser Alberto’s sacri- Atlanta 26 27 .491 3 three years ago. He struck out nine in seven Toronto 25 30 .455 4.5 Miami 22 32 .407 7.5 fice. Choo grounded the ball to the right of Baltimore 24 29 .453 4.5 Philadelphia 21 34 .382 9 Chicago shortstop Alexei Ramirez, who was strong innings for his first win in six starts. Boston 24 31 .436 5.5 Central Division Though the right-hander gave up solo Central Division shifted toward second base. St. Louis 36 18 .667 - Dan Jennings (1-2) was the losing pitcher. homers to Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Paul Minnesota 32 21 .604 - Pittsburgh 29 24 .547 6.5 Kansas City 30 21 .588 1 Goldschmidt, he had the rest of the Chicago Cubs 28 24 .538 7 The win went to Tanner Scheppers (2-0). White Detroit 28 27 .509 5 Cincinnati 23 29 .442 12 Sox rookie left-hander Carlos Rodon struck out a Diamondbacks swinging through pitches, strik- Cleveland 26 27 .491 6 ing out at least nine for the fifth time this sea- Chicago White Sox 24 28 .462 7.5 Milwaukee 18 36 .333 18 career-high 10 batters in six innings. He allowed Western Division Western Division one run, five hits and three walks.