Rangers demolish Indians
CLEVELAND - Alexi Ogando won his sixth game without a loss, Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz homered in a five-run seventh inning, and the Texas Rangers routed the Cleveland Indians, 11-2, Friday.

CLEVELAND - Alexi Ogando won his sixth game without a loss, Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz homered in a five-run seventh inning, and the Texas Rangers routed the Cleveland Indians, 11-2, Friday.
Ogando (6-0) held the Indians to one run and four hits in eight innings. He has allowed two runs or fewer in nine of his 11 starts while pitching at least six innings in each outing.
The victory continued the Rangers' dominance of the Indians over the last three seasons. Texas has beaten Cleveland 14 times in the last 17 games between the teams and has won nine of 10 games at Progressive Field. The Rangers have won nine of 12 overall and are 14-8 since May 10.
The Indians have the best record in the American League, but are 13-14 since May 3 and have lost four straight at home.
Texas took a 2-1 lead into the seventh before putting the game away with home runs off reliever Tony Sipp. Hamilton hit a three-run drive on an 0-2 pitch. After Adrian Beltre's fly ball fell between outfielders Michael Brantley and Shin-Soo Choo resulted in a double, Cruz homered on Sipp's next pitch.
Elvis Andrus, who had four hits, added a three-run double off Chad Durbin in the eighth. The Rangers had 19 hits, one short of their season high.
Justin Masterson (5-4) allowed four runs in 61/3 innings, dropping his fourth straight decision. He hasn't won since April 26.
Cleveland's best chance against Ogando came in the sixth when singles by Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera put runners at first and third to start the inning. Ogando then got Choo to hit into a double play, with Brantley scoring, and struck out Carlos Santana to end the inning.
Cabrera hit a solo home run in the ninth.
Endy Chavez, who was 4 for 4 on Thursday, had an RBI double in the second while Michael Young drove in a third-inning run with a fielder's choice.
Masterson retired the first batter in the seventh, but was removed after Ian Kinsler walked and Andrus singled. Sipp was called on to face Hamilton, who was batting .179 against left-handers, but that strategy failed. Hamilton's line drive cleared the wall in right near the Rangers' bullpen. Following Beltre's gift double, Cruz drove his home run deep into the seats in right-center.
Cleveland third baseman Jack Hannahan was a late scratch from the lineup because of a sore left hamstring. He was replaced by Adam Everett.
Rangers 11, Indians 2
Texas 011 000 531 - 11 19 0
Cleveland 000 001 001 - 2 5 0
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 4 2 0 0 2 2 .229
Andrus ss 5 2 4 3 0 1 .277
J.Hamilton lf 4 1 3 3 0 0 .307
a-Gentry ph-cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .225
Mi.Young dh 5 0 0 1 0 2 .329
A.Beltre 3b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .254
N.Cruz rf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .240
Moreland 1b 5 2 2 0 0 2 .310
Napoli c 5 1 2 0 0 2 .233
En.Chavez cf-lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .435
Totals 44 11 19 11 2 10
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Brantley cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281
A.Cabrera ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 .307
Choo rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242
C.Santana c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .228
G.Sizemore dh 3 0 1 0 1 2 .264
O.Cabrera 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254
T.Buck lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .269
LaPorta 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Everett 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 31 2 5 1 1 8
a-singled for J.Hamilton in the 8th. LOB: Texas 8, Cleveland 3. 2B: Andrus (8), J.Hamilton (9), A.Beltre (14), Napoli (7), En.Chavez (4). HR: J.Hamilton (2), off Sipp; N.Cruz (11), off Sipp; A.Cabrera (11), off Tateyama. RBIs: Andrus 3 (24), J.Hamilton 3 (17), Mi.Young (37), N.Cruz 2 (27), En.Chavez 2 (6), A.Cabrera (40). SB: Andrus (19). RLSP: Texas 4 (Mi.Young 2, N.Cruz, A.Beltre); Cleveland 2 (T.Buck, O.Cabrera). RA: J.Hamilton, O.Cabrera. GIDP: A.Beltre, Choo. DP: Texas 1 (Kinsler, Moreland); Cleveland 1 (A.Cabrera, O.Cabrera, LaPorta).
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Ogando (W 6-0) 8 4 1 1 1 6 100 2.20
Tateyama 1 1 1 1 0 2 21 3.00
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Masterson (L 5) 61/3 10 4 4 1 7 104 3.28
Sipp 2/3 3 3 3 0 1 17 2.63
Durbin 1 4 3 3 1 1 26 5.92
Herrmann 1 2 1 1 0 1 24 7.71
IR-S: Sipp 2-2. WP: Herrmann. Umpires: Home, Jeff Kellogg; first, Eric Cooper; second, Tim Timmons; third, Mark Carlson.
T: 2:46. A: 27,458 (43,441).
Blue Jays 8, Orioles 4
BALTIMORE - J.P. Arencibia hit his first career grand slam, Rajai Davis had three hits and Toronto topped Baltimore to end a two-game losing streak.
Carlos Villanueva (3-0) allowed two runs and six hits in 51/3 innings, walking one. He is 2-0 in three starts since moving into the Blue Jays rotation from the bullpen.
Arencibia's fifth-inning slam was his ninth homer of the season and gave the Jays a 7-0 lead against Orioles rookie Zach Britton, who has lost three straight decisions after starting the season 5-1.
Britton (5-4) allowed seven runs - five earned - and six hits over five innings, his shortest outing.
J.J. Hardy homered for the O's who have dropped six of seven games to fall five games below .500, matching a season high.
The game was the first meeting of the season between the AL East rivals.
Toronto 021 041 000 – 8 10 0
Baltimore 000 020 020 – 4 10 1
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Y.Escobar ss 4 2 2 1 1 1 .300
C.Patterson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285
Bautista rf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .360
J.Rivera 1b 3 2 2 1 1 1 .242
Arencibia c 5 2 1 4 0 1 .255
A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .239
Encarnacion dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245
R.Davis cf 4 1 3 0 0 1 .288
J.Nix 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .184
Totals 35 8 10 7 4 8
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pie lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259
a-R.Adams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Ad.Jones cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .300
Markakis rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .239
Guerrero dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .290
Wieters c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263
Hardy ss 4 2 3 2 0 0 .270
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224
Mar.Reynolds 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .188
Andino 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .258
Totals 35 4 10 4 2 2
a-singled for Pie in the 9th. E: Mar.Reynolds (11). LOB: Toronto 6, Baltimore 8. 2B: Y.Escobar (7), R.Davis 2 (9). HR: Arencibia (9), off Britton; Hardy (4), off Frasor. RBIs: Y.Escobar (21), J.Rivera (20), Arencibia 4 (30), A.Hill (24), Ad.Jones (31), Hardy 2 (15), Andino (3). SB: R.Davis (16). S: C.Patterson. SF: J.Rivera. RLSP: Toronto 3 (J.Nix, Arencibia, Y.Escobar); Baltimore 3 (Markakis, Andino 2). RA: Scott. GIDP: Encarnacion, Ad.Jones, Markakis. DP: Toronto 2 (Villanueva, Y.Escobar, J.Rivera), (A.Hill, Y.Escobar, J.Rivera); Baltimore 1 (Hardy, Andino, Scott).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Villnueva(W3-0) 51/3 6 2 2 1 0 90 2.72
L.Perez 12/3 1 0 0 1 2 32 3.00
Frasor 1 2 2 2 0 0 21 2.28
Rzepczynski 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 2.42
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Britton (L 5-4) 5 6 7 5 3 3 81 3.33
Accardo 2 2 1 1 1 3 39 4.00
Jakubauskas 2 2 0 0 0 2 31 6.39
IR-S: L.Perez 2-0. IBB: off Britton (Bautista). HBP: by Villanueva (Ad.Jones, Guerrero). WP: Britton 2, Jakubauskas. PB: Arencibia. Umpires: Home, Paul Nauert; first, Doug Eddings; second, Kerwin Danley; third, Dana DeMuth.
T: 3:01. A: 18,587 (45,438).
Red Sox 8, Athletics 6
BOSTON - Carl Crawford blooped a go-ahead, two-run single to center in the seventh inning and Boston ended a four-game losing streak with a win over Oakland.
Boston rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the first and were trailing, 6-5, when lefty Brian Fuentes came in to face lefty Crawford, who came through with a broken-bat hit just beyond second base.
Joey Devine (0-1) loaded the bases in the seventh on a double by Adrian Gonzalez and then hit Kevin Youkilis and walked David Ortiz.
Bobby Jenks (2-2) got the win and Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save in 12 opportunities.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia added a solo homer, his fifth of the year, for the Red Sox in the eighth.
Oakland 400 110 000 – 6 11 2
Boston 212 000 21x – 8 11 1
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Crisp cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .270
DeJesus rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .254
Willingham lf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .250
Matsui dh 5 1 0 1 0 2 .216
K.Suzuki c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .243
Barton 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .212
M.Ellis 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .214
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .223
b-Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298
An.LaRoche 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Pennington ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .257
Totals 37 6 11 6 3 7
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellsbury cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .291
Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .335
Youkilis 3b 3 3 2 0 1 0 .261
Ortiz dh 3 1 2 2 1 1 .319
Lowrie ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .304
C.Crawford lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .235
Cameron rf 2 1 0 0 0 1 .183
a-J.Drew ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 1 0 2 .220
Totals 36 8 11 8 2 5
a-reached on error for Cameron in the 6th. b-grounded out for Kouzmanoff in the 8th. E: Kouzmanoff (9), Barton (7), C.Buchholz (1). LOB: Oakland 7, Boston 8. 2B: Willingham 2 (10), Ad.Gonzalez (18), Youkilis (15), Ortiz (14). HR: Saltalamacchia (5), off Wuertz. RBIs: Crisp (19), Matsui (20), Barton 2 (15), M.Ellis 2 (15), Ellsbury (28), Ad.Gonzalez (47), Ortiz 2 (30), Lowrie (23), C.Crawford 2 (23), Saltalamacchia (18). SB: Crisp (18), Ellsbury (20). SF: Ellsbury. RLSP: Oakland 3 (DeJesus 2, Barton); Boston 2 (C.Crawford, J.Drew). RA: Crisp, Matsui, Ad.Gonzalez. GIDP: Barton, Saltalamacchia. DP: Oakland 1 (Kouzmanoff, M.Ellis, Barton); Boston 1 (Lowrie, Pedroia, Ad.Gonzalez).
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Outman 22/3 5 5 4 1 2 67 4.02
Moscoso 21/3 2 0 0 0 3 40 2.70
Breslow (H 4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.47
Dvine (L 0-1, H 3) 2/3 1 2 2 1 0 24 2.45
Fuentes (BS 3) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 8 4.38
Wuertz 1 2 1 1 0 0 16 2.30
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
C.Buchholz 42/3 8 6 5 2 5 99 3.82
Atchison 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 4.73
Hottovy 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Jenks (W 2-2) 1 1 0 0 1 1 15 7.59
Bard (H 10) 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 3.18
Papelbon (S 11) 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.28
IR-S: Moscoso 1-0, Fuentes 3-2, Atchison 1-0, Hottovy 1-0. HBP: by Devine (Youkilis). WP: Outman, C.Buchholz. PB–K.Suzuki. Balk–Jenks. Umpires: Home, Dan Bellino; first, Tony Randazzo; second, Larry Vanover; third, Brian Gorman.
T: 3:35. A: 37,808 (37,493).
Twins 5, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Carl Pavano earned his 100th career victory and Michael Cuddyer homered as Minnesota beat Kansas City.
Pavano (3-5), who was 0-3 with a 5.28 ERA in six May starts, won for the first time since April 24. He held the Royals to two runs and eight hits in his first complete game since Sept. 10, 2010, after throwing seven complete games last year. He threw 83 strikes in 112 pitches.
In his 13th season, Pavano is 100-94 in 270 games - 252 starts for five teams.
Cuddyer homered off Royals rookie lefthander Danny Duffy in the third. It was Cuddyer's 18th career home run against the Royals.
The Royals scored both of their runs in the fourth when they grouped four singles with Alex Gordon and Brayan Pena driving in the runs. Billy Butler had three of the Royals' nine hits.
Royals rookie first baseman Eric Hosmer had a ground-rule double in the third that bounced off the padding and a fan picked it up over the fence. The umpiring crew reviewed it and called it a double, not a home run.
Minnesota 021 001 010 – 5 11 1
Kansas City 000 200 000 – 2 9 0
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Span cf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .300
A.Casilla ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 .234
Morneau dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .236
Cuddyer 1b 2 1 1 1 2 1 .263
Valencia 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227
D.Young lf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .222
Revere rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .275
L.Hughes 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .213
Butera c 2 1 1 2 1 0 .140
Totals 33 5 11 5 5 6
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Gordon lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .288
Me.Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268
Hosmer 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .297
Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Butler dh 4 1 3 0 0 1 .301
Betemit 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .304
B.Pena c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .221
Getz 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248
A.Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .204
Totals 34 2 9 2 1 4
E: D.Young (3). LOB: Minnesota 7, Kansas City 7. 2B: Span (9), Butera (5), Hosmer (7). 3B: Span (3). HR: Cuddyer (6), off Duffy. RBIs: Span 2 (15), Cuddyer (16), Butera 2 (9), Gordon (31), B.Pena (16). SB: A.Casilla 2 (7). CS: A.Casilla (3), Valencia (3). S: Getz. SF: Butera. RLSP: Minnesota 4 (Valencia 2, A.Casilla, Span); Kansas City 3 (Francoeur 2, Me.Cabrera). GIDP: Francoeur. DP: Minnesota 1 (L.Hughes, A.Casilla, Cuddyer); Kansas City 1 (Me.Cabrera, Hosmer, Betemit).
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pavano (W 3-5) 9 9 2 2 1 4 112 4.83
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Duffy (L 0-1) 5 7 3 3 3 3 96 4.43
Collins 11/3 2 1 1 1 1 25 2.78
Bl.Wood 12/3 2 1 1 0 2 18 2.96
Teaford 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 2.45
IR-S: Bl.Wood 1-0. WP: Bl.Wood. Balk: Duffy. Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; first, Chris Guccione; second, Cory Blaser; third, Mike Winters.
T: 2:42. A: 32,443 (37,903).
White Sox 6, Tigers 4
CHICAGO - Carlos Quentin hit a three-run homer and Brent Lillibridge added a solo shot to help Chicago beat Detroit.
The White Sox ended a nine-game losing steak against the Tigers and won four straight games for the first time this season. Chicago, which trailed the Cleveland Indians by 11 games in the AL Central on May 7, are now within seven games.
White Sox starter Mark Buehrle (5-4) pitched six effective innings. He allowed three runs while giving up 10 hits, striking out four with just one walk.
Detroit 000 030 010 – 4 13 0
Chicago 100 310 01x – 6 11 0
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Jackson cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .224
C.Wells rf 3 1 1 3 1 2 .233
b-Dirks ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Boesch lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .254
Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .314
V.Martinez dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .305
Jh.Peralta ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .324
Raburn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .199
Avila c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .275
Worth 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .375
a-Santiago ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .257
Totals 36 4 13 4 3 7
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pierre lf 2 3 1 1 2 0 .261
Al.Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .296
Quentin dh 2 1 1 3 3 0 .260
Pierzynski c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .276
Rios cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .202
Lillibridge rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .304
A.Dunn 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .182
Beckham 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .238
Morel 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .254
Totals 32 6 11 6 7 3
a-struck out for Worth in the 7th. b-popped out for C.Wells in the 9th. LOB: Detroit 9, Chicago 10. 2B: Pierzynski 2 (9). HR: C.Wells (2), off Buehrle; Quentin (14), off A.Oliver; Lillibridge (7), off Furbush; Pierre (1), off E.Gonzalez. RBIs: C.Wells 3 (8), Avila (31), Pierre (14), Quentin 3 (40), Rios (14), Lillibridge (12). CS: Boesch (3), Morel (3). SF: Avila. RLSP: Detroit 4 (V.Martinez, Raburn, Santiago, Mi.Cabrera); Chicago 8 (Lillibridge 2, Al.Ramirez 3, A.Dunn 2, Rios). RA: Boesch, Rios. GIDP: Raburn, Al.Ramirez, Pierzynski. DP: Detroit 2 (Jh.Peralta, Raburn, Mi.Cabrera), (Mi.Cabrera, Jh.Peralta); Chicago 1 (Al.Ramirez, Beckham, A.Dunn).
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
A.Oliver (L 0-1) 32/3 6 4 4 5 2 83 6.52
Furbush 22/3 4 1 1 2 1 53 0.77
E.Gonzalez 12/3 1 1 1 0 0 20 11.25
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Buehrle (W 5-4) 6 10 3 3 1 4 99 3.95
Bruney (H 1) 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 13 13.50
Thornton (H 6) 1 3 1 1 0 0 20 5.79
S.Santos (S 10) 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 18 1.29
IR-S: Furbush 1-0, Thornton 1-0, S.Santos 2-0. HBP: by A.Oliver (Pierre). Umpires: Home, Andy Fletcher; first, Mike DiMuro; second, Jim Reynolds; third, Tim Welke.
T: 3:04. A: 23,095 (40,615).