★ CALLER-TIMES « Tuesday, April 14, 2015 «5C SPORTS Rangers’ Detwiler falters afterbeinggiven3-0lead By Stephen Hawkins Angels 6 fortheir11thwinintheir Associated Press last 12 games in Texas Rangers 3 when rookie right-hander ARLINGTON — Collin Cow- Drew Rucinski makes his gill and David Freese each The right-hander is 4-0 in first major league start. hit two-run homers in the four career starts against Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. fifth inning for the Los Texas, with 21 strikeouts Cowgillrf 512200.231 Angeles Angels, who ral- and four walks. Troutcf 422010.417 Pujols 1b 400010.154 lied from an early deficit Detwiler struck out Freese 3b 411212.222 to beat the Texas Rangers three and walked four Crondh 402002.118 a-Calhoun ph 101100.238 6-3 Monday night. whilegivingupfiveruns 2-E.Navrro pr-dh 000000.333 Matt Shoemaker (2-0) and eight hits in 5 2-3 in- Aybarss 411010.208 wasdown3-0afterthe nings. Joycelf 501101.174 Iannetta c 310010.048 first, but pitched into the Huston Street worked Giavotella 2b 402000.300 seventh without allowing the ninth for his AL high- Totals 38 6 12 6 5 5 anotherrun.Hewonhis matching third save in as Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. ASSOCIATED PRESS L.Martin cf 411001.139 ninth consecutive decision many chances. Choo rf 400003.167 Houston third baseman Luis Valbuena throws to first base for the out on Ike Davis to end the overa10-gamestretch. Joycehitaballthatrico- Beltre 3b 411000.194 top of the third inning as Mark Canha (20) heads toward third base Monday in Houston. Both homers by the An- cheted off the glove of right Fielder dh 412100.394 1-DeShilds pr-dh 000000.200 gels off Ross Detwiler (0-2) fielderShin-SooChooin Moreland 1b 401101.217 came with runners on base the gap. Joyce kept run- Andrus ss 300100.147 afterwalks.Cowgill’sfirst ning and dived head-first Peguero lf 301012.400 Chirinos c 300001.077 Butler’s 3-run homer oftheseasontiedthegame into third base as Adrian b-Corporan ph 100001.250 at 3, and Freese’s third Beltre swiped to tag him. Odor 2b 301002.160 Totals 33 373111 made it 5-3. ThirdbaseumpireDan Los Angeles 000 140 001—6 12 1 Los Angeles got its first Iassogna called him out in Texas 300 000 000—3 7 0 runinthefourthona what initially looked clear- b-struck out for Chirinos in the 9th. 1-ran for Fielder in the 8th. 2-ran for Cal- helps A’s beat Astros play that ended with Matt ly to be an out before the houn in the 9th. By Kristie Rieken Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Joyce thrown out trying Angels challenged the call. E—J.Smith (1). LOB—Los Angeles 10, Texas Athletics 8 Fuldcf 421011.357 tostretchhisRBIdouble Umpirestookalongtime 5. 2B—Joyce (2), Moreland (2), Peguero Associated Press Canha lf 5 1 2101.367 (2). HR—Cowgill (1), off Detwiler; Freese Astros 1 Zobrist 2b 5 2 3101.303 into a triple, though it took lookingatreplays.Some (3), off Detwiler. RBIs—Cowgill 2 (2), B.Butler dh 4 1 1300.387 a 3-minute, 13-second re- angles appearing to show Freese 2 (5), Calhoun (5), Joyce (1), Fielder HOUSTON — Billy Butler —sevenearned—infive I.Davis 1b 3 0 1110.318 playreviewforthatcallto Joyceavoidingatagonhis (4), Moreland (4), Andrus (3). SB—Trout hitathree-runhomerand innings for the loss. Vogtc 401000.348 (1), Peguero (1). SF—Andrus. Lawrie 3b 4 1 1101.281 stand. arm, and others seemed to Runners left in scoring position—Los An- Marcus Semien and Brett Hewasreplacedby Reddick rf 4 0 0000.222 The Angels, swept in show Beltre’s glove making geles 4 (Iannetta, Pujols 2, Joyce); Texas Lawrie connected to back Asher Wojciechowski, Semien ss 4 1 2100.323 5 (Peguero, Chirinos, Beltre, L.Martin, Totals 37 8 12 8 2 4 three games by Kansas contact. Moreland). RISP—Los Angeles 2 for 8; asolidstartbyScottKa- whowasscheduledtostart Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Texas 2 for 10. City in their home-opening It was the second time zmir and give the Oakland Tuesdaynight,forthesixth Altuve 2b 4 1 3100.267 series over the weekend, Angels manager Mike Sci- Runners moved up—Freese. Athletics a 8-1 win over the inning. Wojciechowski Grossman lf 3 0 0011.222 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Springer rf 3 0 0012.154 havewon10oftheirlast11 oscia questioned Iassogna Shoemkr W, 2-0 6.1 6 3317964.38 Houston Astros on Mon- gaveuptwohitsinfour Carter 1b 3 0 0010.045 games in Texas. They had about a play involving Bel- C.Ramos H 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.00 day night. scoreless innings. Gattis dh 4 0 1001.042 J.Smith H 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 0.00 a season-high 11 hits. tre. Kazmir (2-0) allowed The A’s got things going Valbuena 3b 4 0 1001.160 StreetS 100002170.00 Villar ss 3 0 0012.000 Prince Fielder and Mitch Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA three hits and one run earlywhenleadoffbatter Conger c 4 0 0003.143 Moreland had consecutive UPNEXT Detwiler L, 0-2 5.2 85543919.00 whilestrikingouteightin Sam Fuld reached on an Marisnick cf 3 0 0001.333 Pimentel 2.1 3 1112393.86 Totals 31 1 5 1 4 11 RBIsinglesbeforeasacri- Rangers: Right-hander Mendez 1 1 0000133.86 six innings. error by Jonathan Villar. Oakland 310 040 000—8 12 0 fice fly by Elvis Andrus for Nick Martinez (1-0), who Pimentel pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. The Athletics scored MarkCanhafollowedwith Houston 000 100 000—1 5 2 thequick3-0lead. had seven scoreless innings Inherited runners-scored—C.Ramos 1-0, threerunsinthefirstin- an RBI double and reached E—Villar 2 (2). LOB—Oakland 4, Houston Pimentel 2-0, Mendez 2-1. WP—Shoe- 7. 2B—Canha (3), Zobrist (5), Valbuena Those were all the runs in his first start, pitches at maker. ning before Lawrie’s solo third on another error by (1). HR—Lawrie (1), off Feldman; Semien allowedbyShoemaker, home for the first time this Umpires—Home, CB Bucknor; First, Lance shot in second made it 4-0. Villar. Canha has hit safe- (1), off Feldman; B.Butler (1), off Feldman; Barrett; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Dan Altuve (1), off Kazmir. RBIs—Canha (7), whostruckoutsevenwith season. Iassogna. Semien added a one-run ly in each of the first six Zobrist (5), B.Butler 3 (5), I.Davis (5), Law- onewalkin61-3innings. Angels: The Angels go T—3:17. A—18,401 (48,114). homer in the fifth inning gamesofhiscareer. rie (2), Semien (7), Altuve (2). before Butler’s first home AdoublebyBenZobrist, Runners left in scoring position—Oak- land 1 (I.Davis); Houston 4 (Gattis 2, runthisseasonpushedit who finished with three Marisnick, Carter). RISP—Oakland 3 for 10 OTHERS TO WATCH to 8-1 later in the inning. hits, scored Canha be- 5; Houston 0 for 8. Butler has hit safely in foreaone-outRBIsingle Runners moved up—B.Butler 2, Gross- Followingare10otherformerCoastalBendhighschoolstandoutswhoexcelledlast man, Springer. GIDP—Fuld, Vogt 2, Carter. each game this season by Ike Davis made it 3-0. DP—Oakland 1 (Lawrie, I.Davis); Houston week at the collegiate level: 3 (Feldman, Villar, Carter), (Carter, Villar), and has the only eight- Feldman finally escaped (Villar, Valbuena, Carter). BASEBALL gamehittingstreakinthe theinningwhenStephen TexasfreshmancatcherMichaelCantu(Moody):Wentacombined4for9withfourruns Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA American League. Vogt grounded into a dou- Kazmir W, 2-0 6 3 1 1 3 8 91 0.69 scored as the Longhorns won one of three Big 12 Conference games against Oklahoma. Batting Abad 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 2.25 .272 (31 for 114) with 21 runs scored and 16 RBIs for UT (19-17, 6-6). Jose Altuve had three ble play. Otero 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 3.86 hits of Houston’s five hits, Lawrie sent the first Chavez 1 1 0 0 0 2 16 0.00 Texas A&M International senior pitcher Jeremy Gonzalez (Ray): Improved to 3-5 by Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA allowingtworunsinfiveinningsofFriday’s3-2victoryoverLubbockChristian.Hasateam- including a solo home run pitch of the second inning Feldman L, 0-2 5 10 8 7 1 0 96 6.17 best 2.89 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 56 innings for the Dustdevils (15-21). in the fourth inning. overthewallincenterfield Wojciechowski 4 2 0 0 1 4 59 4.50 Houston starter Scott toextendtheleadto4-0. Umpires—Home, Tim Timmons; First, Texas A&M-Kingsville senior pitcher Hayden James (King): Raised his record to 4-2 and Todd Tichenor; Second, Tim Welke; Third, recorded his second complete game by going seven innings and striking out five in a 4-2 Lone Feldman (0-2) yielded Kazmir was perfect Mike Everitt. StarConferencewinoverEasternNewMexico.Hasa3.29ERAfortheJavelinas (24-15, 10 hits and eight runs through the first three T—2:51. A—19,279 (41,574). 18-8)andislimitingopposingbatterstoa.199average. Texas Lutheran senior pitcher Aaron Aleman (Incarnate Word Academy): Moved threewinsawayfromtheschool’sall-timemarkbyscatteringsevenhitsandallowingthree HOOKS runners. It was Correa’s HOOKS 6, DRILLERS 3 earnedrunsovernineinningsina6-3SouthernCollegiateAthleticConferencevictoryover Corpus Christi AB R H BI BB SO Avg. from 1C lone hit of the night, and Kemp2b 311020.476 Southwestern. Has a 7-2 record and 1.63 ERA for the Bulldogs (24-9, 13-3). theAstrosprospectisnow Correa dh 5 0 1302.273 Texas Tech junior outfielder Tyler Nesloney (Calallen): Was 5 for 15 with one run scored, hitting .273 this season.