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.

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).