Chavez, Rangers run past Indians
CLEVELAND - Endy Chavez had four hits, and the Texas Rangers overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians, 7-4, Thursday night.
CLEVELAND - Endy Chavez had four hits, and the Texas Rangers overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians, 7-4, Thursday night.
Yorvit Torrealba drove in two runs, and Nelson Cruz twice doubled to start three-run rallies as the defending AL champions won for the fourth time in their last five road games. Chavez had a run-scoring triple and scored in a three-run sixth against Carlos Carrasco (4-3) that put Texas ahead by 6-3. Since being recalled from triple-A Round Rock on May 14, he is hitting .415 (17 of 41).
The Rangers had only one hit through four innings before tying the score at 3 in the fifth.
Cleveland dropped to 19-7 at home and 20-7 when scoring first. Carrasco couldn't hold a 3-0 lead, but the Indians still have the best record in the AL.
Rangers 7, Indians 4
Texas 000 033 001 – 7 12 0
Cleveland 030 000 100 – 4 8 2
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .233
Andrus ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .265
J.Hamilton lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .286
Mi.Young dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 .336
A.Beltre 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .247
N.Cruz rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .242
Moreland 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .307
Torrealba c 3 0 0 2 0 0 .208
En.Chavez cf 4 2 4 1 0 0 .415
Totals 38 7 12 5 2 0
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Brantley cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .281
A.Cabrera ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .299
Choo rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246
C.Santana c 2 1 2 0 2 0 .234
G.Sizemore dh 4 1 1 0 0 2 .262
T.Buck lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .280
a-Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257
Kearns lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197
O.Cabrera 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .258
LaPorta 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .255
Hannahan 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .231
Totals 35 4 8 4 3 10
a-struck out for T.Buck in the 8th. E: R.Perez (2), C.Santana (3). LOB: Texas 7, Cleveland 7. 2B: N.Cruz 2 (7), G.Sizemore (14). 3B: En.Chavez (1). HR: LaPorta (8), off Kirkman. RBIs: Andrus (21), J.Hamilton (14), Torrealba 2 (10), En.Chavez (4), T.Buck (8), O.Cabrera (28), LaPorta (27), Hannahan (18). SB: Andrus (18), En.Chavez (3), C.Santana (2), O.Cabrera (3). SF: Torrealba. RLSP: Texas 4 (Andrus 2, Mi.Young, A.Beltre); Cleveland 5 (Brantley, G.Sizemore, Choo, O.Cabrera, A.Cabrera). RA: Kinsler, Moreland, Torrealba, A.Cabrera, Hannahan. GIDP: Torrealba. DP: Cleveland 1 (Hannahan, O.Cabrera, LaPorta).
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bush 4 4 3 3 1 3 78 4.81
Kirkman (W 1-0) 3 1 1 1 2 4 57 7.36
D.Oliver (H 8) 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 7 2.42
M.Lowe (H 5) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.29
Feliz (S 12) 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 1.31
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
C.Carrasco (L 4-3) 6 8 6 5 2 0 88 5.18
J.Smith 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 15 1.69
R.Perez 11/3 2 1 0 0 0 15 1.71
Herrmann 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 12 7.62
IR-S: M.Lowe 2-0, Herrmann 1-0. Balk–Feliz. Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; first, Jeff Kellogg; second, Eric Cooper; third, Lance Barrett.
T: 3:18. A: 15,336 (43,441).
Twins 8, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Anthony Swarzak pitched six effective innings to lead Minnesota over Kansas City and snap a four-game losing streak.
Minnesota, which picked up just its third victory in 13 games, sent 10 men to the plate in a six-run third.
Swarzak (1-2), who was making his third start after beginning the season in the minors, limited the Royals to seven hits and two runs for his first victory of the season.
Minnesota 106 000 100 – 8 10 0
Kansas City 100 010 000 – 2 9 1
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Span cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .297
A.Casilla 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .231
Morneau dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 .242
Cuddyer 1b 5 0 1 2 0 0 .260
Valencia 3b 5 1 0 1 0 1 .227
D.Young lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .214
Revere rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .250
R.Rivera c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .225
Tolbert ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .185
Totals 37 8 10 7 4 2
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Gordon lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .288
Me.Cabrera cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .268
Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290
Francoeur rf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .286
Butler dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292
Betemit 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .305
Aviles 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Treanor c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .216
A.Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Totals 35 2 9 2 3 3
E: Aviles (7). LOB: Minnesota 7, Kansas City 9. 2B: Cuddyer (6), Revere (1), Tolbert (5), Me.Cabrera (13), Francoeur 2 (15). 3B: Francoeur (2). RBIs: Span (13), Cuddyer 2 (15), Valencia (26), Revere (1), R.Rivera (3), Tolbert (4), Francoeur 2 (34). SB: Revere (3). CS: Cuddyer (1). RLSP: Minnesota 4 (Span 3, Tolbert); Kansas City 5 (Betemit, Francoeur, A.Escobar, Butler, Aviles). RA: Morneau, R.Rivera. GIDP: Hosmer. DP: Minnesota 1 (Tolbert, A.Casilla, Cuddyer).
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Swarzak (W 1-2) 6 7 2 2 2 1 99 3.43
Mijares 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 5.40
Al.Burnett 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 6.32
Capps 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 4.68
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
O'Sullivn (L2-5) 22/3 8 7 3 2 1 69 6.92
Adcock 41/3 2 1 1 2 1 66 3.77
Soria 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 6.00
IR-S: Adcock 1-0. HBP: by O'Sullivan (Tolbert). WP: O'Sullivan. Umpires: Home, Mike Winters; first, Mike Everitt; second, Chris Guccione; third, Cory Blaser. T: 2:49. A: 14,584 (37,903).