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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
SPORTS
White Sox thump Rangers
ARLINGTON: Hector Santiago allowed two hits in five-plus innings
filling in for Jake Peavy on Thursday night, Tyler Flowers hit a threerun
homer and the Chicago White Sox beat Texas 3-1, handing the
Rangers their first series loss of the season. Flowers’ drive just inside
the foul pole in left field was the third straight hit after Texas righthander
Justin Grimm (2-1) retired 10 in a row on the day he was
named AL rookie of the month. Adrian Beltre’s homer in the second
was the only hit through five innings against Santiago (1-1), who
had six strikeouts and two walks in 5 1-3 innings. The left-hander
made his first start of the season and fifth of his career after Peavy
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was scratched because of back spasms.
RED SOX 3, BLUE JAYS 1
Ryan Dempster won his second straight start and the Red Sox
took advantage of a season-high 10 walks to beat the Blue Jays 3-1.
Dempster (2-2) allowed one run and four hits in six innings. The
right-hander, who walked three and struck out four, retired 10 of the
final 11 batters he faced. Winless in his first four starts this season,
Dempster posted his first victory by beating Houston a week ago.
Brett Lawrie homered and Colby Rasmus had three hits but the lastplace
Blue Jays lost for the 12th time in 16 games. Blue Jays left-hander
J A Happ (2-2) allowed two runs and three hits in 3 2-3 innings,
his shortest start of the season. He matched a career high with seven
walks.
TIGERS 7, ASTROS 3, 14 INNINGS
Don Kelly had an RBI single to start a four-run 14th inning and
the Tigers beat the Astros. The Tigers tied it in the eighth with help
from right-fielder Rick Ankiel’s error. Austin Jackson led off the 14th
with a ground-rule double. Jackson advanced to third on a groundout
by Torii Hunter before Houston intentionally walked Miguel
Cabrera and Prince Fielder to load the bases. Kelly’s dribbling
grounder to right field scored Jackson and chased Dallas Keuchel (0-
1), who came in to start the 10th. Matt Tuiasosopo’s two-run double
made it 6-3 before Detroit added a run on a sacrifice fly by Jhonny
Peralta. Luke Putkonen (1-0), who was called up from Triple-A on
Thursday, allowed no hits in the last 2 1-3 innings for the win in a
game that took 4 hours, 50 minutes.
ORIOLES 5, ANGELS 1
Chris Tillman returned to his hometown and outpitched Joe
Blanton with eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball, right fielder
Nick Markakis threw out Mike Trout at the plate, and the Orioles
beat the Angels in the opener of a four-game series. Markakis also
hit an RBI double and Nate McLouth hit a two-run homer in the
ninth. Tillman (2-1) struck out three, walked two and retired 20 of his
last 21 batters. Albert Pujols homered in the ninth inning against
closer Jim Johnson. Blanton (0-5) allowed three runs - two earned -
and eight hits over eight innings.— AP
MLB results/standings
San Diego 4, Chicago Cubs 2; Philadelphia 7, Miami 2; Boston
3, Toronto 1; Washington 3, Atlanta 1; Chicago White Sox 3,
Texas 1; St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 5;Detroit 7, Houston 3 (14
innings); Baltimore 5, LA Angels 1.
CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Angels catcher Hank Conger looks to field as Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones (left) scores
on a double by Chris Davis during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif.— AP
Tough Nationals beat
Braves again, cut gap
ATLANTA: Dan Haren pitched eight sharp innings, Denard
Span hit a two-run double and the Washington Nationals beat
the Atlanta Braves 3-1 Thursday night. The Nationals, who
snapped a nine-game losing streak to Atlanta on Wednesday,
allowed their NL East rivals to get only three runners in scoring
position over two nights. Haren (3-3) won his second consecutive
start, giving up four hits and one run with one walk and
four strikeouts. Washington got off to a good start in the first
off Kris Medlen, breaking its 15-game streak without a firstinning
run. Medlen (1-4) lost his third straight start, allowing
seven hits, three runs and three walks in seven innings. He
struck out eight.
CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 5
Jake Westbrook allowed one run over six innings for his
100th career win and the Cardinals held off the Brewers.
Westbrook (2-1) walked three and struck out four. The Brewers
were 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position against him.
Westbrook allowed Norichika Aoki’s double to open the game
and then nothing more until one out in the fourth when the
Brewers pushed across a run on three consecutive singles. He
struck out Alex Gonzalez and then fanned Wily Peralta (2-2),
his third strikeout of the inning. Westbrook left with a 6-1 lead
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for the relievers to protect, but the Brewers scored twice in the
seventh, one in the eighth and one in the ninth.
PHILLIES 7, MARLINS 2
Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown hit solo homers to
back Kyle Kendrick and the Phillies beat the Marlins.
Kendrick (3-1) allowed two runs and seven hits in seven
innings to earn his ninth straight win against the Marlins,
dating to May 28, 2010. Justin Ruggiano hit a solo shot for
Miami. Alex Sanabia (2-4) gave up four runs - two earned -
and six hits in five innings.
PADRES 4, CUBS 2
Yonder Alonso’s two-out fly ball to right field dropped in
front of Julio Borbon for an RBI single that led to a four-run
eighth inning and boosted the Padres over the Cubs for a
four-game series split. Travis Wood (2-2) retired his first 14 batters
before Kyle Blanks singled, and he led 2-0 when Jesus
Guzman reached on an infield single leading off the eighth.
San Diego went ahead with just one hard-hit ball in the
inning, taking advance of two infield hits, the shallow fly and a
passed ball. Joe Thatcher (2-0) pitched one-third of an inning
for the win. — AP
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 20 8 .714 -
NY Yankees 17 10 .630 2.5
Baltimore 17 12 .586 3.5
Tampa Bay 12 15 .444 7.5
Toronto 10 19 .345 10.5
Central Division
Kansas City 15 10 .600 -
Detroit 16 11 .593 -
Minnesota 12 12 .500 2.5
Cleveland 12 13 .480 3
Chicago White Sox 12 15 .444 4
Western Division
Texas 17 11 .607 -
Oakland 16 13 .552 1.5
Seattle 13 17 .433 5
LA Angels 10 18 .357 7
Houston 8 21 .276 9.5
National League
Eastern Division
Atlanta 17 11 .607 -
Washington 15 14 .517 2.5
Philadelphia 13 16 .448 4.5
NY Mets 11 15 .423 5
Miami 8 21 .276 9.5
Central Division
St. Louis 17 11 .607 -
Pittsburgh 16 12 .571 1
Milwaukee 14 13 .519 2.5
Cincinnati 15 14 .517 2.5
Chicago Cubs 11 17 .393 6
Western Division
Colorado 17 11 .607 -
San Francisco 16 12 .571 1
Arizona 15 13 .536 2
LA Dodgers 13 14 .481 3.5
San Diego 11 17 .393 6