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.

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).