Rays' Price strikes out 12, shuts down the Indians

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - David Price struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, Casey Kotchman and Sam Fuld homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians, 5-0, on Friday night.

Price (6-4) scattered four hits and walked two. The lefthander had given up 10 runs in 112/3 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.

Tomlin allowed four runs and 10 hits in six innings for the AL Central-leading Indians, who have lost three straight. Cleveland has been outscored, 23-4, over that stretch.

Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore was activated from the 15-day disabled list and went 0 for 4, including two strikeouts, as the designated hitter. He had been on the DL with a bruised right kneecap after making a hard, late slide into second base May 10.

Price was OK after it appeared he took a glancing blow to the top of the head from part of a broken-bat on Sizemore's seventh-inning grounder. He briefly rubbed his head and smiled when teammates came to check on him.

Cleveland manager Manny Acta said Sizemore will be the DH throughout the three-game series.

Acta moved slumping cleanup batter Carlos Santana to seventh in the order. Third-place hitter Shin-Soo Choo was rested. Orlando Cabrera was shifted from sixth to second, with Asdrubal Cabrera going from the two-hole to third.

Santana had been hitless in his previous 19 at-bats before hitting a two-out double in the second. He was left stranded when Austin Kearns struck out.

Price worked out of a two-on, one-out jam during the sixth by striking out Shelley Duncan and Matt LaPorta.

Rays 5, Indians 0

Cleveland 000 000 000 - 0 4 1

Tampa Bay 040 000 10x - 5 12 0

Cleveland AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Brantley cf 4   0   0   0   0   0   .279

O.Cabrera 2b 3   0   1   0   1   0   .263

A.Cabrera ss 4   0   1   0   0   2   .305

Duncan lf 4   0   1   0   0   1   .234

LaPorta 1b 4   0   0   0   0   4   .248

G.Sizemore dh 4   0   0   0   0   2   .268

C.Santana c 2   0   1   0   1   0   .207

Kearns rf 3   0   0   0   0   2   .191

Hannahan 3b 3   0   0   0   0   2   .232

Totals 31   0   4   0   2   13   

Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Jaso c 4   0   2   0   0   0   .222

Zobrist 2b 4   1   1   0   0   1   .253

Damon dh 3   0   1   0   1   0   .273

Longoria 3b 4   0   0   0   0   1   .209

Joyce rf 4   1   3   1   0   0   .377

B.Upton cf 4   0   0   0   0   4   .249

Kotchman 1b 4   1   2   2   0   0   .354

S.Rodriguez ss 4   1   1   0   0   0   .223

Fuld lf 4   1   2   2   0   0   .230

Totals 35   5   12   5   1   6   

 E: C.Santana (2). LOB: Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 7. 2B: Duncan (6), C.Santana (7), Zobrist (15), Joyce (13). HR: Kotchman (2), off Tomlin; Fuld (3), off Tomlin. RBIs: Joyce (27), Kotchman 2 (12), Fuld 2 (20). RLSP: Cleveland 3 (Kearns, G.Sizemore, LaPorta); Tampa Bay 2 (Kotchman, B.Upton).

Cleveland IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

 Tomlin (L 6-2) 6   10   4   4   0   4   109   2.74

Durbin 1   2   1   1   1   2   21   4.87

J.Smith 1   0   0   0   0   0   14   1.88

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Price (W 6-4) 7   4   0   0   2   12   110   3.54

Jo.Peralta 1   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.51

A.Russell 1   0   0   0   0   1   16   3.38

Umpires: Home, Larry Vanover; first, Brian Gorman; second, Tony Randazzo; third, Dan Bellino.

T: 2:33. A: 16,800 (34,078).

Red Sox 6, Tigers 3

DETROIT - Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford homered in a five-run third inning to help Boston top Detroit.

The Red Sox won for the 12th time in 14 games and have scored 34 runs in their last three.

Boston's Tim Wakefield (2-1) picked up his 195th career win, allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings.

Rookie Charlie Furbush kept the Tigers in the game with five shutout innings of relief. He has not allowed a run in 82/3 innings in his first two major-league appearances.

The five-run inning was Boston's third in the first two games of its four-game trip to Detroit.

The Tigers took a 2-1 lead on a massive second-inning homer by Jhonny Peralta. The ball, estimated to have traveled 430 feet, took one bounce in the right-centerfield stands and landed on the concourse between statues of Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer.

Boston 105 000 000 – 6 9 0

Detroit 110 000 001 – 3 7 0

Boston AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Ellsbury cf 5   2   2   1   0   1   .299

Pedroia 2b 4   1   1   0   1   0   .247

Ad.Gonzalez 1b 5   1   2   0   0   2   .338

Youkilis 3b 4   1   1   2   0   1   .272

Ortiz dh 4   0   0   0   0   2   .303

C.Crawford lf 3   1   1   2   1   1   .245

Lowrie ss 3   0   1   0   1   0   .301

Reddick rf 3   0   1   0   1   1   .500

Saltalamacchia c 4   0   0   0   0   2   .231

Totals 35   6   9   5   4   10   

Detroit AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

A.Jackson cf 3   1   1   0   1   0   .228

Santiago 2b 4   0   0   0   0   0   .274

Raburn lf 3   0   0   0   0   2   .200

Mi.Cabrera dh 4   0   1   1   0   0   .310

V.Martinez 1b 4   1   2   0   0   0   .295

Jh.Peralta ss 3   1   2   2   1   0   .306

Avila c 4   0   0   0   0   1   .285

C.Wells rf 3   0   0   0   0   1   .231

a-Boesch ph 1   0   0   0   0   0   .261

Inge 3b 4   0   1   0   0   1   .205

Totals 33   3   7   3   2   5   

a-lined out for C.Wells in the 9th. LOB: Boston 6, Detroit 6. 2B: Youkilis (14), Jh.Peralta (8). HR: Ellsbury (6), off Porcello; C.Crawford (4), off Porcello; Jh.Peralta (8), off Wakefield. RBIs: Ellsbury (27), Youkilis 2 (34), C.Crawford 2 (21), Mi.Cabrera (35), Jh.Peralta 2 (28). SB: Ellsbury (18), Pedroia (10), A.Jackson (8). CS: C.Crawford (4). S: Raburn. RLSP: Boston 2 (Saltalamacchia, Ad.Gonzalez); Detroit 2 (Mi.Cabrera, Inge). RA: Ad.Gonzalez.

Boston IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Wakefield (W 2-1) 7   5   2   2   2   2   83   4.14

Bard 1   0   0   0   0   1   6   3.51

Papelbon 1   2   1   1   0   2   18   2.91

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Porcello (L 4-3) 3   6   6   6   2   2   75   3.93

Furbush 5   2   0   0   2   6   79   0.00

Schlereth 1   1   0   0   0   2   16   2.60

WP: Wakefield, Porcello. Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; first, Tim Timmons; second, Alan Porter; third, Eric Cooper. T: 2:41. A: 34,046 (41,255).

Blue Jays 4, White Sox 2

TORONTO - Yunel Escobar doubled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning and Toronto beat Chicago.

Righthander Casey Janssen (2-0) pitched one inning of relief for the win as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak.

Shawn Camp got one out and Jon Rauch finished in the ninth for his sixth save.

Chicago's Mark Buehrle (4-4) had won two straight starts and three of four overall, but lost for the first time since April 27 at New York.

Dropped from fifth to seventh in the order, struggling White Sox slugger Adam Dunn walked four times.

White Sox infielder Gordon Beckham left in the third inning after he was hit in the face by Alex Rios' throw from the outfield. The ball bounced over Beckham's glove and appeared to hit him above the left eye. Beckham's eye was swollen but he did not suffer any vision damage. He was taken for X-rays.

Chicago 001 010 000 – 2 5 1

Toronto 100 100 11x – 4 12 0

Chicago AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Pierre lf 4   1   3   0   1   0   .275

Al.Ramirez ss 4   0   0   1   0   3   .273

Quentin rf 4   0   0   1   1   0   .254

Konerko 1b 4   0   0   0   0   0   .287

Pierzynski c 4   0   0   0   0   0   .262

Rios cf 4   0   1   0   0   0   .202

A.Dunn dh 0   1   0   0   4   0   .186

Vizquel 3b-2b 4   0   1   0   0   0   .308

Beckham 2b 1   0   0   0   0   0   .230

McPherson 3b 3   0   0   0   0   3   .143

Totals 32   2   5   2   6   6   

Toronto AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Y.Escobar ss 5   1   2   1   0   0   .286

C.Patterson lf 4   0   0   0   0   0   .268

Bautista rf 3   0   1   0   1   2   .342

J.Rivera 1b 4   0   2   1   0   0   .242

Arencibia c 4   1   1   0   0   1   .245

A.Hill 2b 4   1   1   0   0   0   .244

R.Davis cf 4   0   3   1   0   0   .273

J.Molina dh 4   0   2   1   0   0   .310

J.Nix 3b 3   1   0   0   1   0   .169

Totals 35   4   12   4   2   3   

E: Al.Ramirez (9). LOB: Chicago 10, Toronto 9. 2B: Y.Escobar (6), J.Rivera 2 (6). 3B: Pierre (2), R.Davis (3). RBIs: Al.Ramirez (24), Quentin (32), Y.Escobar (17), J.Rivera (15), R.Davis (8), J.Molina (6). SB: R.Davis (14), J.Molina (1). CS: R.Davis 2 (7). SF: Al.Ramirez. RLSP: Chicago 5 (Konerko 2, Quentin 2, Vizquel); Toronto 7 (A.Hill 2, Arencibia, Y.Escobar 3, J.Rivera).

Chicago IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Buehrle (L 4-4) 7   9   3   3   2   3   120   3.91

T.Pena 1   3   1   1   0   0   27   6.20

Toronto IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Drabek 62/3   3   2   2   5   4   121   4.16

Janssen (W 2-0) 1   1   0   0   1   0   23   1.69

Camp (H 4) 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.88

Rauch (S 6-8) 1   1   0   0   0   2   16   3.92

IR-S: Janssen 1-0, Camp 2-0. IBB: off Buehrle (Bautista). WP: Drabek, Rauch. PB: Arencibia 2. Umpires: Home, Paul Emmel; first, Rob Drake; second, David Rackley; third, Bruce Dreckman.

T: 2:52. A: 16,668 (49,260).

Angels 6, Twins 5

MINNEAPOLIS - Maicer Izturis hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning after Los Angeles scored five runs in the eighth, and the Angels got by the Twins.

Erick Aybar's three-run homer ignited the eight-inning rally. Alberto Callaspo's infield single and Russell Branyan's sacrifice fly then forged a tie for the Angels.

Torii Hunter saved the Angels by ending the eighth inning with a blooper-reel catch of a shallow fly with a runner on second. Hunter called off Peter Bourjos, but bobbled the ball and Bourjos stuck his glove out. Together, they made sure it didn't hit the ground, and the play went down in the scorebook as a rare 8-9 put-out.

Los Angeles 000 000 051 – 6 13 2

Minnesota 101 020 100 – 5 12 0

Los Angeles AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

M.Izturis 2b 4   1   1   1   1   1   .301

Aybar ss 5   1   2   3   0   1   .312

Abreu lf 5   1   2   0   0   2   .263

Willits lf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .059

Tor.Hunter rf 5   1   3   0   0   0   .245

Callaspo 3b 4   0   3   1   0   0   .308

Branyan dh 3   0   0   1   0   1   .000

Trumbo 1b 4   0   0   0   0   1   .240

Conger c 4   0   0   0   0   0   .237

Bourjos cf 4   2   2   0   0   0   .244

Totals 38   6   13   6   1   6   

Minnesota AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

Span cf 4   2   1   0   1   1   .294

A.Casilla ss 4   2   3   1   1   0   .234

Kubel rf 5   0   2   3   0   1   .309

Morneau 1b 5   0   2   1   0   1   .235

Cuddyer 2b 5   0   1   0   0   1   .265

Thome dh 3   0   0   0   1   0   .221

1-Plouffe pr-dh 1   0   1   0   0   0   .226

D.Young lf 5   0   0   0   0   1   .206

Valencia 3b 3   1   2   0   1   0   .229

Butera c 2   0   0   0   1   0   .120

Totals 37   5   12   5   5   5   

1-ran for Thome in the 7th. E: Aybar (4), Trumbo (3). LOB: Los Angeles 7, Minnesota 11. 2B: Tor.Hunter (8), A.Casilla 2 (5). 3B: Bourjos (6), A.Casilla (3). HR: Aybar (3), off D.Hughes. RBIs: M.Izturis (14), Aybar 3 (17), Callaspo (25), Branyan (1), A.Casilla (5), Kubel 3 (28), Morneau (14). SB: A.Casilla (4). S: Butera. SF: Branyan. RLSP: Los Angeles 3 (Callaspo, Conger 2); Minnesota 6 (Cuddyer 2, Span, D.Young 2, A.Casilla). RA: Branyan, Trumbo, Kubel. GIDP: Branyan, Morneau. DP: Los Angeles 2 (M.Izturis, Aybar, Trumbo), (Tor.Hunter, Aybar); Minnesota 1 (Cuddyer, A.Casilla, Morneau).

Los Angeles IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Chatwood 52/3   8   4   3   3   2   88   4.13

Takahashi 1   2   1   1   1   2   29   4.71

Jepsen 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   5   10.38

Rodney 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.26

S.Downs (W 3-1) 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   9   0.59

Walden (S 11) 1   2   0   0   0   1   23   2.59

Minnesota IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

S.Baker 7   6   0   0   0   6   106   3.65

Al.Burnett 0   1   2   2   1   0   8   7.11

D.Hughes 0   2   2   2   0   0   4   9.95

Hoey (L 0-2,BS1) 1   4   2   2   0   0   25   10.61

Dumatrait 1   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.08

Al.Burnett pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.D.Hughes pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.Hoey pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. IR-S: Takahashi 2-0, Jepsen 2-0, S.Downs 1-0, D.Hughes 2-2, Hoey 1-1, Dumatrait 1-0. Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro; first, Jim Reynolds; second, Tim Welke; third, Andy Fletcher. T: 3:21. A: 38,976 (39,500).