Grand debut: San Francisco's Brandon Crawford flies out to right field in the third inning against Milwaukee on Friday night. The Giants beat the Brewers 5-4. AP PHOTOBoston won for the 12th time in 14 games and has scored 34 runs in its last three.Tim Wakefield (2-1) picked up his 195th career win, allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings.Rick Porcello (4-3) gave up a season-high six runs in three innings in his first start since allowing one hit in eight innings in a win over Pittsburgh."In my last start, I had command of all my pitches," Porcello said. "This time, I was fighting it. I was just trying to find a rhythm and a release point."Crawford has nine hits in his last 12 at-bats, including two homers and seven RBIs. Rays 5, Indians 0In St. Petersburg, Florida, David Price struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, Casey Kotchman and Sam Fuld both homered, and Tampa Bay beat Cleveland.Price (6-4) scattered four hits and walked two. The left-hander had given up 10 runs in 11? innings during his previous two starts.The Rays went up 4-0 in the second on two-run homers by Kotchman and Fuld off Josh Tomlin (6-2). Relievers Joel Peralta and Adam Russell completed the four-hitter.Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce, who started play hitting a major league-best .367, had three hits — including a broken-bat RBI single during the seventh — in four at-bats. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 2In Toronto, Yunel Escobar doubled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning for the Blue Jays.Right-hander Casey Janssen (2-0) pitched one inning of relief for the win as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak.Shawn Camp got one out and Jon Rauch finished in the ninth for his sixth save in eight opportunities. Royals 12, Rangers 7 (14)In Arlington, Texas, Melky Cabrera and rookie Eric Hosmer hit consecutive one-out homers in a five-run 14th inning and Kansas City snapped a five-game losing streak.Cabrera hit a drive over the center field fence off Dave Bush (0-1) to snap a 7-7 tie, and Hosmer gave the Royals a two-run lead. Brayan Pena added a three-run homer off Bush. The Royals won for the third time in 13 games.Blake Wood (2-0), the sixth Royals pitcher, threw a perfect 13th for the win. Angels 6, Twins 5In Minneapolis, Maicer Izturis hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning for Los Angeles after scoring five runs in the eighth off three Twins relievers.Erick Aybar's three-run homer on the first pitch from Dusty Hughes ignited the rally after Twins starter Scott Baker scattered six singles over seven shutout innings. Jim Hoey (0-2) was pitching when Alberto Callaspo's infield single and Russell Branyan's sacrifice fly forged a tie for the Angels.Jordan Walden worked the ninth for his 11th save in 14 tries. Mariners 4, Yankees 3In Seattle, Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan each hit run scoring grounders in the sixth inning, Franklin Gutierrez robbed Nick Swisher of a home run and the Mariners scored all four runs on groundouts in a win over New York.Seattle rallied from a three-run deficit to win for the ninth time in 11 games and moved back to .500 for the first time since April 4 by taking advantage of the Yankees' bullpen.New York starter A.J. Burnett labored through five innings, but gave up just two runs and seemed poised to break a five-game road losing streak. But relievers Boone Logan and Luis Ayala (1-1) struggled as Seattle scored twice in the sixth and the Mariners' bullpen made the narrow lead stand up.David Pauley (3-0) worked two scoreless innings in relief of starter Michael Pineda.Ichiro was 1-for-4 with a double and scored once. Athletics 6, Orioles 2In Oakland, Ryan Sweeney hit a tiebreaking single as part of a three-run sixth inning and the Athletics held on to beat Baltimore.Josh Willingham homered and drove in two runs for Oakland, which won despite manager Bob Geren's first ejection of the season.Designated hitter Hideki Matsui walked twice and drove in a run on a 1-for-3 day for the Athletics.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Red Sox roll past Tigers
DETROIT — Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford homered in a five-run third inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Friday night.Grand debut: San Francisco's Brandon Crawford flies out to right field in the third inning against Milwaukee on Friday night. The Giants beat the Brewers 5-4. AP PHOTOBoston won for the 12th time in 14 games and has scored 34 runs in its last three.Tim Wakefield (2-1) picked up his 195th career win, allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings.Rick Porcello (4-3) gave up a season-high six runs in three innings in his first start since allowing one hit in eight innings in a win over Pittsburgh."In my last start, I had command of all my pitches," Porcello said. "This time, I was fighting it. I was just trying to find a rhythm and a release point."Crawford has nine hits in his last 12 at-bats, including two homers and seven RBIs. Rays 5, Indians 0In St. Petersburg, Florida, David Price struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, Casey Kotchman and Sam Fuld both homered, and Tampa Bay beat Cleveland.Price (6-4) scattered four hits and walked two. The left-hander had given up 10 runs in 11? innings during his previous two starts.The Rays went up 4-0 in the second on two-run homers by Kotchman and Fuld off Josh Tomlin (6-2). Relievers Joel Peralta and Adam Russell completed the four-hitter.Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce, who started play hitting a major league-best .367, had three hits — including a broken-bat RBI single during the seventh — in four at-bats. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 2In Toronto, Yunel Escobar doubled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning for the Blue Jays.Right-hander Casey Janssen (2-0) pitched one inning of relief for the win as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak.Shawn Camp got one out and Jon Rauch finished in the ninth for his sixth save in eight opportunities. Royals 12, Rangers 7 (14)In Arlington, Texas, Melky Cabrera and rookie Eric Hosmer hit consecutive one-out homers in a five-run 14th inning and Kansas City snapped a five-game losing streak.Cabrera hit a drive over the center field fence off Dave Bush (0-1) to snap a 7-7 tie, and Hosmer gave the Royals a two-run lead. Brayan Pena added a three-run homer off Bush. The Royals won for the third time in 13 games.Blake Wood (2-0), the sixth Royals pitcher, threw a perfect 13th for the win. Angels 6, Twins 5In Minneapolis, Maicer Izturis hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning for Los Angeles after scoring five runs in the eighth off three Twins relievers.Erick Aybar's three-run homer on the first pitch from Dusty Hughes ignited the rally after Twins starter Scott Baker scattered six singles over seven shutout innings. Jim Hoey (0-2) was pitching when Alberto Callaspo's infield single and Russell Branyan's sacrifice fly forged a tie for the Angels.Jordan Walden worked the ninth for his 11th save in 14 tries. Mariners 4, Yankees 3In Seattle, Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan each hit run scoring grounders in the sixth inning, Franklin Gutierrez robbed Nick Swisher of a home run and the Mariners scored all four runs on groundouts in a win over New York.Seattle rallied from a three-run deficit to win for the ninth time in 11 games and moved back to .500 for the first time since April 4 by taking advantage of the Yankees' bullpen.New York starter A.J. Burnett labored through five innings, but gave up just two runs and seemed poised to break a five-game road losing streak. But relievers Boone Logan and Luis Ayala (1-1) struggled as Seattle scored twice in the sixth and the Mariners' bullpen made the narrow lead stand up.David Pauley (3-0) worked two scoreless innings in relief of starter Michael Pineda.Ichiro was 1-for-4 with a double and scored once. Athletics 6, Orioles 2In Oakland, Ryan Sweeney hit a tiebreaking single as part of a three-run sixth inning and the Athletics held on to beat Baltimore.Josh Willingham homered and drove in two runs for Oakland, which won despite manager Bob Geren's first ejection of the season.Designated hitter Hideki Matsui walked twice and drove in a run on a 1-for-3 day for the Athletics.
Grand debut: San Francisco's Brandon Crawford flies out to right field in the third inning against Milwaukee on Friday night. The Giants beat the Brewers 5-4. AP PHOTOBoston won for the 12th time in 14 games and has scored 34 runs in its last three.Tim Wakefield (2-1) picked up his 195th career win, allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings.Rick Porcello (4-3) gave up a season-high six runs in three innings in his first start since allowing one hit in eight innings in a win over Pittsburgh."In my last start, I had command of all my pitches," Porcello said. "This time, I was fighting it. I was just trying to find a rhythm and a release point."Crawford has nine hits in his last 12 at-bats, including two homers and seven RBIs. Rays 5, Indians 0In St. Petersburg, Florida, David Price struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, Casey Kotchman and Sam Fuld both homered, and Tampa Bay beat Cleveland.Price (6-4) scattered four hits and walked two. The left-hander had given up 10 runs in 11? innings during his previous two starts.The Rays went up 4-0 in the second on two-run homers by Kotchman and Fuld off Josh Tomlin (6-2). Relievers Joel Peralta and Adam Russell completed the four-hitter.Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce, who started play hitting a major league-best .367, had three hits — including a broken-bat RBI single during the seventh — in four at-bats. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 2In Toronto, Yunel Escobar doubled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning for the Blue Jays.Right-hander Casey Janssen (2-0) pitched one inning of relief for the win as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak.Shawn Camp got one out and Jon Rauch finished in the ninth for his sixth save in eight opportunities. Royals 12, Rangers 7 (14)In Arlington, Texas, Melky Cabrera and rookie Eric Hosmer hit consecutive one-out homers in a five-run 14th inning and Kansas City snapped a five-game losing streak.Cabrera hit a drive over the center field fence off Dave Bush (0-1) to snap a 7-7 tie, and Hosmer gave the Royals a two-run lead. Brayan Pena added a three-run homer off Bush. The Royals won for the third time in 13 games.Blake Wood (2-0), the sixth Royals pitcher, threw a perfect 13th for the win. Angels 6, Twins 5In Minneapolis, Maicer Izturis hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning for Los Angeles after scoring five runs in the eighth off three Twins relievers.Erick Aybar's three-run homer on the first pitch from Dusty Hughes ignited the rally after Twins starter Scott Baker scattered six singles over seven shutout innings. Jim Hoey (0-2) was pitching when Alberto Callaspo's infield single and Russell Branyan's sacrifice fly forged a tie for the Angels.Jordan Walden worked the ninth for his 11th save in 14 tries. Mariners 4, Yankees 3In Seattle, Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan each hit run scoring grounders in the sixth inning, Franklin Gutierrez robbed Nick Swisher of a home run and the Mariners scored all four runs on groundouts in a win over New York.Seattle rallied from a three-run deficit to win for the ninth time in 11 games and moved back to .500 for the first time since April 4 by taking advantage of the Yankees' bullpen.New York starter A.J. Burnett labored through five innings, but gave up just two runs and seemed poised to break a five-game road losing streak. But relievers Boone Logan and Luis Ayala (1-1) struggled as Seattle scored twice in the sixth and the Mariners' bullpen made the narrow lead stand up.David Pauley (3-0) worked two scoreless innings in relief of starter Michael Pineda.Ichiro was 1-for-4 with a double and scored once. Athletics 6, Orioles 2In Oakland, Ryan Sweeney hit a tiebreaking single as part of a three-run sixth inning and the Athletics held on to beat Baltimore.Josh Willingham homered and drove in two runs for Oakland, which won despite manager Bob Geren's first ejection of the season.Designated hitter Hideki Matsui walked twice and drove in a run on a 1-for-3 day for the Athletics.
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