SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Orioles beat Pirates 6-5 for doubleheader sweep

BALTIMORE: Matt Wieters led off the 10th with a off Stolmy Pimentel to give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a doubleheader sweep Thursday night. In the opener, Steve Pearce had three hits and two RBIs in his return to the Orioles, who got a home run from Nick Markakis in a 5-1 win. The single-admission doubleheader followed consecutive rainouts on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rain lingered long enough to delay the fifth inning of the opener by 21 minutes, and the start of the nightcap was stalled 46 minutes by rain. The second game marked the season debut of Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, who had left knee surgery in October. After sitting out the opener, Machado received a warm ovation from the crowd of 28,290 before the second game and went 0 for 5.

MARINERS 4, YANKEES 2 Robinson Cano doubled and drove in two runs, Roenis Elias struck out 10 in seven impressive and Seattle beat New York. Michael Saunders had three hits, including an RBI double, to help the Mariners win for the fifth time in six games following an eight-game skid. Seattle won both games in a rain-shortened series that marked Cano’s return to New York after signing a $240 million, 10-year contract with the Mariners during the offseason. The All-Star second baseman was booed again and finished the series 2 for 9 with three RBIs. Seattle has won four straight at Yankee Stadium dating to last season.

RAYS 2, RED SOX 1, GAME 1; RAYS 6, RED SOX 5, GAME 2 Yunel Escobar homered off closer Koji Uehara lead- ing off the ninth inning to propel Tampa Bay to a 6-5 win and a day-night doubleheader sweep of Boston. Escobar crushed the second pitch from Uehara (0-1) over the Green Monster in left field for his second homer of the year, and Grant Balfour recorded the final three outs for his second save of the day and sixth of the season. Sean Rodriguez and Desmond Jennings also went deep for Tampa Bay, which won for just the third time in nine games. Jake McGee (2-0) earned the win with one inning of scoreless relief. Tampa Bay won the opener, 2-1. David DeJesus had a homer and drew a bases-loaded walk, and the Rays’ bullpen pitched 4 1-3 scoreless innings.

BLUE JAYS 7, ROYALS 3 Mark Buehrle pitched into the seventh inning, Juan Francisco and Colby Rasmus each went deep and Toronto avoided a series sweep. Francisco and Rasmus each drove in a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, as did Anthony Gose, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to start in place of injured outfielder Melky Cabrera. MINNEAPOLIS: Dee Gordon #9 of the gets #20 of the out at second base Buehrle (5-1) worked through plenty of trouble to last 6 as Gordon turns a double-play during the sixth inning in game two of a doubleheader on May 1, 2014. —AFP 2-3 innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits and a pair of walks. It was a solid bounce-back performance after the left-hander was hammered for seven runs last Friday night against Boston. Aaron Loup pitched 2 1-3 Marlins down Braves shutout innings for his third career save. The Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie (2-2) left trailing 4-3 after six innings. INTERLEAGUE GAME for three-game sweep DODGERS 9, TWINS 4 Scott Van Slyke and Drew Butera homered in the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to MIAMI: Giancarlo Stanton and Casey Cishek got four outs for his sixth save. ing with a finger injury, Juan Nicasio beat the Minnesota Twins to earn a sweep of the day- McGehee hit consecutive run-scoring sin- pitched seven scoreless innings and drove night doubleheader on Thursday night. Adrian Gonzalez gles off David Carpenter during a two-run REDS 8, BREWERS 3 in three runs, and Colorado beat New York. rally in the seventh inning as the Miami Brayan Pena’s second career pinch- Corey Dickerson had three hits, including also homered for the Dodgers, who stranded 16 runners Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 homer started Cincinnati’s five-run, eighth- an RBI triple and Nolan Arenado singled in the 5 hour, 11-minute game. Yasiel Puig tied a career Thursday for a three-game sweep of the inning rally. Tucker Barnhart led off the fifth leading off the third to extend the majors’ high with four hits in Los Angeles’ Game 1 win and East leader. Miami has with his first career homer and Todd Frazier longest active streak to 21 games. He’s tied added two more in the nightcap. Before grounding out won six straight home games for the first added a two-run drive in the sixth off Marco for the fourth-longest hitting streak in in the fifth, Puig had reached base in nine consecutive time at Marlins Park, which opened in Estrada, who gave up six hits and four walks Rockies team history. Gonzalez connected plate appearances. Joe Mauer had three hits for the 2012. It is the longest home winning in six innings. Pena had homered during a for his sixth home run of the season in the Twins, who walked 12 in the second game and 18 in streak for the team since the Marlins won 9-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday first inning, driving a 3-2 offering from both games. Van Slyke led off the 12th and lined a 2-1 eight in a row from June 20 to July 1, 2009. night. He hit for Bailey with the score tied at Bartolo Colon (2-4) off the right-center field pitch from Brian Duensing (0-1) into the bullpen in left- With the Marlins trailing 4-3, pinch-hitter 3 in the eighth and connected on the first facing just below the second deck. center field. Butera hit his first homer since July 12, Reed Johnson singled off Ian Thomas (1-1) pitch from Jim Henderson (2-1) for a two- Gonzalez was lifted in the fourth inning, 2012, two batters later. Jamey Wright (2-1) didn’t allow leading off the seventh and took second run homer. Homer Bailey (2-2) allowed replaced by pinch hitter Brandon Barnes, a run in three innings of relief. Kenley Jansen loaded on Christian Yelich’s single. Derek Dietrich eight hits in a season-high eight innings. because of what the team said was a the bases in the 12th and allowed a Mauer sacrifice fly, lined out, and Carpenter relieved and bruised left index finger. His playing status but got Chris Colabello to line out to first for his 11th gave up the back-to-back hits. Mike Dunn ROCKIES 7, METS 4 was listed as day to day. Nicasio (3-1) got save in 13 chances.— AP (3-3) pitched a hitless seventh, and Steve Carlos Gonzalez homered before leav- the win.—AP