Ortiz, Ellsbury homer as Red Sox beat Yanks
NEW YORK - David Ortiz slugged a two-run homer, and Jonathan Papelbon labored through the ninth inning to earn his 200th save, leading the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees, 6-4, Tuesday night.
NEW YORK - David Ortiz slugged a two-run homer, and Jonathan Papelbon labored through the ninth inning to earn his 200th save, leading the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees, 6-4, Tuesday night.
Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game with a home run, and Adrian Gonzalez ripped an RBI triple as the Red Sox roughed up Freddy Garcia (4-5) early to move within two percentage points of the first-place Yankees in the AL East.
New York first baseman Mark Teixeira left the game in pain after getting hit on the kneecap by a first-inning pitch from Jon Lester.
Derek Jeter had two hits to move within 12 of 3,000. He entered the 10-game homestand with 2,986 and said the most pressure he feels in his march toward the milestone is reaching the mark at Yankee Stadium.
Working on seven days' rest, Lester (8-2) gave up three runs and eight hits - seven singles - in six innings.
The Red Sox have been on a tear since arriving in the Bronx on May 13, starting a run in which they have won 17 of 23 with a three-game sweep of the Yankees. They have beaten New York in six of their seven meetings this year.
Papelbon, pitching while he appeals a three-game ban for making contact with an umpire Saturday, gave up an RBI single to Jorge Posada but struck out Alex Rodriguez with a runner on second for his 12th save. He reached 200 saves in 359 appearances, fewest in baseball history. Mariano Rivera is next at 382 games.
Red Sox 6, Yankees 4
Boston 310 020 000 – 6 7 0
New York 100 020 001 – 4 9 0
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellsbury cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .301
Pedroia 2b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .246
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .340
Youkilis 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .255
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .324
C.Crawford lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Saltalamacchia c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .236
J.Drew rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227
Scutaro ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236
Totals 31 6 7 6 5 3
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jeter dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 .263
Granderson cf 4 1 0 0 1 3 .269
Teixeira 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
1-Posada pr-1b 3 1 3 1 1 0 .195
2-Dickerson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
Al.Rodriguez 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .280
Cano 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .277
Martin c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .238
Swisher rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .222
An.Jones lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .215
E.Nunez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212
a-Gardner ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .258
Totals 35 4 9 4 3 8
a-walked for E.Nunez in the 9th.1-ran for Teixeira in the 1st. 2-ran for Posada in the 9th. LOB: Boston 4, New York 9. 2B: Ellsbury (19), Pedroia (9), Swisher (10). 3B: Ad.Gonzalez (2). HR: Ellsbury (7), off F.Garcia; Ortiz (14), off Noesi. RBIs: Ellsbury (30), Pedroia (21), Ad.Gonzalez (51), Youkilis (36), Ortiz 2 (32), Posada (18), Cano (39), Swisher 2 (26). CS: Ellsbury (8). SF: Youkilis. RLSP: Boston 2 (Youkilis 2); New York 5 (Swisher 2, Granderson, An.Jones, Al.Rodriguez). GIDP: Cano. DP: Boston 1 (Scutaro, Pedroia, Ad.Gonzalez).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lester (W 8-2) 6 8 3 3 1 5 112 3.98
Jenks 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6.57
Albers (H 6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.52
Bard (H 12) 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.87
Papelbon (S 12) 1 1 1 1 1 2 27 4.50
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
F.Garcia (L 4-5) 12/3 4 4 4 3 1 46 3.86
Ayala 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 26 1.47
Noesi 6 3 2 2 1 1 71 1.76
Jenks pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IR-S: Albers 1-0, Ayala 3-0. IBB: off F.Garcia (Ad.Gonzalez). HBP: by Lester (Teixeira, Martin). Umpires: Home, Jerry Layne; first, Bob Davidson; second, Hunter Wendelstedt; third, Brian Knight.
T: 3:24. A: 48,450 (50,291).
Indians 1, Twins 0
CLEVELAND - Carlos Carrasco took a shutout into the ninth inning and Cleveland pushed across an unearned run to defeat Minnesota.
Carrasco (5-3) is a former Phillies prospect who was sent to Cleveland as part of a package for Cliff Lee in the middle of the 2009 season. He gave up three hits, struck out six and walked one over 81/3 innings as Cleveland avoided its first eight-game losing streak ever at Progressive Field.
Chris Perez replaced Carrasco after Ben Revere slapped a one-out single through the hole at shortstop in the ninth. Revere took second on a weak groundout by Alexi Casilla before Perez got Michael Cuddyer on a called third strike for his 15th save in 16 chances.
Minnesota had a five-game winning streak snapped even though Francisco Liriano (3-6) came off the disabled list and matched Carrasco for five innings.
Minnesota 000 000 000 – 0 3 1
Cleveland 000 100 00x – 1 4 0
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Revere cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276
A.Casilla ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .259
Morneau 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .229
D.Young lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .225
L.Hughes 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .247
Dinkelman dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167
R.Rivera c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .217
a-Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Butera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150
Tolbert 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .208
Totals 29 0 3 0 1 7
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Brantley lf 2 0 0 0 2 2 .288
A.Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .307
G.Sizemore cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .259
C.Santana 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .227
Duncan dh 3 0 0 1 0 1 .222
Choo rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .241
O.Cabrera 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246
Hannahan 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .224
Marson c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .185
Totals 25 1 4 1 5 7
a-grounded out for R.Rivera in the 8th. E: D.Young (4). LOB: Minnesota 3, Cleveland 5. 2B: D.Young (5), C.Santana (11), O.Cabrera (8). RBIs: Duncan (17). SB: Brantley (8). CS: Marson (1). RLSP: Minnesota 2 (R.Rivera, Cuddyer); Cleveland 2 (C.Santana, Marson). RA: A.Casilla, Duncan. GIDP: D.Young, C.Santana. DP: Minnesota 2 (Liriano, A.Casilla, Morneau), (Tolbert, Morneau); Cleveland 1 (A.Cabrera, O.Cabrera, C.Santana).
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Liriano (L 3-6) 5 3 1 0 3 7 81 5.20
James 2 1 0 0 1 0 31 0.00
Dumatrait 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.25
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Carrasco( 5-3) 81/3 3 0 0 1 6 104 4.52
Perez (S 15-16) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.42
IR-S: C.Perez 1-0. Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; first, Alan Porter; second, Chris Conroy; third, Gary Cederstrom.
T: 2:13. A: 15,498 (43,441).
Orioles 4, Athletics 0
BALTIMORE - J.J. Hardy, Luke Scott, and Adam Jones hit solo homers, and Chris Jakubauskas pitched five shutout innings as Baltimore beat Oakland to stretch the Athletics' losing streak to a season-high eight games.
Jones had three hits for the Orioles, who will try to complete a three-game sweep Wednesday night. Baltimore had lost eight straight series to Oakland since July 2007.
Hardy and Scott connected against Guillermo Moscoso (2-2), and Jones made it 3-0 in the sixth with a drive off Michael Wuertz.
Jakubauskas (1-0) came into the game with a 6.39 ERA over five appearances, all in relief. He was pressed into duty because the Orioles are carrying only four starters and were playing for a fifth straight day.
It was Jakubauskas' first start since April 24, 2010, with Pittsburgh, when he was struck in the head by a liner off the bat of Lance Berkman.
Oakland 000 000 000 – 0 5 0
Baltimore 100 011 10x – 4 9 0
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
J.Weeks 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221
DeJesus rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241
Willingham lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .244
Sweeney cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293
K.Suzuki c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242
Matsui dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .209
S.Sizemore 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235
Pennington ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264
Totals 32 0 5 0 1 7
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Hardy ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274
Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Ad.Jones cf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .301
Guerrero dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288
D.Lee 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227
Wieters c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .275
Scott lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .232
1-Pie pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .256
Mar.Reynolds 3b 2 0 1 1 1 1 .192
R.Adams 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Totals 31 4 9 4 1 6
1-ran for Scott in the 7th. LOB: Oakland 6, Baltimore 4. 2B: K.Suzuki (10), Scott (10), Mar.Reynolds (12). HR: Hardy (5), off Moscoso; Scott (7), off Moscoso; Ad.Jones (8), off Wuertz. RBIs: Hardy (17), Jones (32), Scott (20), Mar.Reynolds (30). RLSP: Oak 2 (Matsui, Suzuki); Balt 2 (Wieters, Hardy). GIDP: Lee, Adams. DP: Oak 2 (Sizemore, Weeks, Barton), (Sizemore, Weeks, Barton).
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Moscoso (L 2-2) 5 5 2 2 1 2 78 3.32
Wuertz 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 2.55
Breslow 1 2 1 1 0 3 16 4.07
Cramer 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 1.93
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jakubsks (W 1-0) 5 3 0 0 1 5 80 4.58
Rapada (H 3) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 11 7.71
Accardo (H 2) 21/3 2 0 0 0 1 30 3.68
Uehara 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.36
Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; first, Chris Guccione; second, Cory Blaser; third, Mike Winters.
T: 2:25. A: 13,652 (45,438).
White Sox 5, Mariners 1
CHICAGO - Paul Konerko and Carlos Quentin homered, and Phil Humber held Seattle's offense in check as the Chicago beat the Mariners.
Konerko's solo shot in the second inning was his second in as many days and fourth in six games.
The homer was the 379th of his career, moving him into a tie for 61st all-time with Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez.
The homer also marked the 1,000th run scored of his career.
Quentin's two-run shot in the third inning was his 15th of the season and second off Seattle starter Felix Hernandez this year.
Humber (5-3) worked 72/3 innings, yielding just one run on five hits. He struck out five and walked three. He also matched his career high with the innings pitched, a mark he's reached three times this season.
Hernandez (6-5) allowed five runs and eight hits over 62/3 innings.
Seattle 000 100 000 – 1 6 2
Chicago 014 000 00x – 5 8 0
Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
I.Suzuki rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260
L.Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .174
Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245
Cust dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 .225
A.Kennedy 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .286
F.Gutierrez cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200
Olivo c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .242
Figgins 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .185
Peguero lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .230
Totals 31 1 6 1 3 5
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pierre lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .261
Vizquel ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 .278
Quentin rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .268
1-Rios pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .199
Konerko dh 3 1 2 1 1 1 .318
Pierzynski c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269
Lillibridge cf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .284
Teahen 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Beckham 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .236
Morel 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .266
Totals 33 5 8 5 2 6
1-ran for Quentin in the 7th. E: Figgins (7), L.Rodriguez (2). LOB: Seattle 7, Chicago 6. 2B: L.Rodriguez (6). 3B: Vizquel (1). HR: Konerko (14), off F.Hernandez; Quentin (15), off F.Hernandez. RBIs: Olivo (27), Vizquel 2 (7), Quentin 2 (42), Konerko (47). CS: Morel (4). SF: Olivo. RLSP: Seattle 4 (Cust, Smoak, Figgins, I.Suzuki); Chicago 3 (Pierre, Lillibridge, Pierzynski). RA: Teahen. GIDP: Figgins. DP: Chicago 1 (Beckham, Vizquel, Teahen).
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hern'dz (L 6-5) 62/3 8 5 5 2 5 114 3.29
Ray 11/3 0 0 0 0 1 15 6.06
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Humber (W 5-3) 72/3 5 1 1 3 5 106 2.87
Sale 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 12 4.44
IR-S: Ray 2-0, Sale 1-0. WP: Humber. Umpires: Home, D.J. Reyburn; first, Marvin Hudson; second, Tim McClelland; third, Brian Runge.
T: 2:25. A: 21,337 (40,615).
Blue Jays 8, Royals 5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Adam Lind and J.P. Arencibia each hit a two-run homer to lead Toronto past Kansas City.
Lind homered off Vin Mazzaro in a three-run first inning. Jose Bautista was aboard on a single.
Yunel Escobar scored the first Blue Jays run with the help of two Kansas City errors. Escobar singled, stole second, moved to third on catcher Matt Treanor's throwing error, and came home on centerfielder Melky Cabrera's throwing error.
Arencibia hit his 10th homer, which ranks second among big league rookies, in the eighth with Lind aboard.
Lind also drove in a run in the fifth when his sacrifice fly scored Mike McCoy to hike the Blue Jays' advantage to 6-2. McCoy doubled home Jayson Nix with the first run of the inning.
Toronto 310 020 020 – 8 9 0
Kansas City 101 021 000 – 5 11 2
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Y.Escobar ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .286
McCoy ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 .245
C.Patterson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Bautista rf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .348
Lind 1b 3 2 1 3 0 0 .317
Arencibia c 4 1 1 2 0 2 .249
A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246
Encarnacion dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .258
R.Davis cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268
J.Nix 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .196
Totals 32 8 9 7 3 6
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Gordon lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .280
Me.Cabrera cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .275
Hosmer 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 .310
Francoeur rf 5 0 2 3 0 0 .272
Butler dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300
Aviles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .217
Getz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241
Treanor c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .211
A.Escobar ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .208
Totals 36 5 11 5 4 4
E: Treanor (3), Me.Cabrera (2). LOB: Toronto 3, Kansas City 8. 2B: McCoy (2), Encarnacion (15), J.Nix (5), Getz (5). HR: Lind (10), off Mazzaro; Arencibia (10), off Collins. RBIs: McCoy (4), Lind 3 (33), Arencibia 2 (32), J.Nix (12), Me.Cabrera (35), Francoeur 3 (38), Butler (23). SB: Y.Escobar (2), A.Escobar (7). CS: R.Davis (8). S: C.Patterson, R.Davis. SF: Lind. RLSP: Kansas City 4 (Butler, A.Escobar, Aviles, Hosmer). RA: Francoeur, Butler. GIDP: Butler. DP: Toronto 1 (Drabek, A.Hill, Lind).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Drabek (W 4-4) 51/3 9 5 5 3 0 99 4.98
L.Perez (H 1) 22/3 2 0 0 1 4 41 2.55
Rauch (S 7-9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.65
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Mazzaro (L 0-1) 5 8 6 6 1 3 78 17.47
L.Coleman 12/3 0 0 0 0 2 18 2.70
Collins 1 1 2 2 2 1 30 3.24
Bl.Wood 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.70
Mazzaro pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. IR-S: L.Perez 1-1, L.Coleman 1-0, Bl.Wood 1-0. WP: Drabek 4. Umpires: Home, Jim Wolf; first, Derryl Cousins; second, Jim Joyce; third, Ron Kulpa.
T: 2:55. A: 16,539 (37,903).
Tigers 8, Rangers 1
ARLINGTON, Texas - Austin Jackson had three of Detroit's season-high 20 hits, and Rick Porcello won for the sixth time in his last seven outings to help the Tigers beat Texas.
Porcello (6-3) gave up a run over six innings against the AL West-leading Rangers as the Tigers improved to 8-1 in their last nine games. Porcello has allowed less than two runs in five of his last nine starts.
A night after getting 18 hits, Jackson helped Detroit win its fourth straight with three RBIs. The Tigers scored four runs in the fourth off Matt Harrison (5-5). Every Tiger in the lineup had at least one hit, including Casper Wells, Alex Avila, and Victor Martinez, who also had three hits apiece.
Detroit 000 400 211 – 8 20 0
Texas 000 001 000 – 1 8 1
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Jackson cf 6 1 3 3 0 2 .247
C.Wells lf-rf 6 1 3 1 0 0 .254
Boesch rf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .282
Dirks lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Mi.Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .318
V.Martinez dh 5 2 3 0 0 0 .308
Jh.Peralta ss 5 0 1 1 0 2 .314
Avila c 5 2 3 0 0 1 .289
Raburn 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .208
Santiago 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Worth 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .429
Totals 45 8 20 8 2 9
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .235
Dav.Murphy lf 4 0 3 0 0 1 .250
J.Hamilton cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .300
Mi.Young dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311
A.Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252
N.Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .243
Moreland 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .310
Napoli c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .220
A.Blanco ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207
Totals 34 1 8 1 3 5
E: N.Cruz (3). LOB: Detroit 12, Texas 9. 2B: C.Wells 2 (6), V.Martinez (16), Avila 2 (13), A.Beltre (15). RBIs: A.Jackson 3 (17), C.Wells (9), Mi.Cabrera (45), Jh.Peralta (32), Raburn 2 (21), J.Hamilton (20). SB: Kinsler (12). RLSP: Detroit 7 (Raburn, Mi.Cabrera, Boesch, Avila, C.Wells, Worth, Jh.Peralta); Texas 5 (Mi.Young, J.Hamilton, N.Cruz, Dav.Murphy, Moreland). RA: Boesch, Santiago, J.Hamilton 2. GIDP: C.Wells, A.Blanco. DP: Detroit 1 (Porcello, Jh.Peralta, Mi.Cabrera); Texas 1 (A.Blanco, Kinsler, Moreland).
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Porcello (W 6-3) 6 6 1 1 1 2 87 3.58
Purcey 2 2 0 0 2 3 42 2.84
Schlereth 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.37
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
M.Harrison (L 5-5) 4 8 4 3 2 5 89 3.48
Bush 21/3 6 2 2 0 1 36 5.06
M.Lowe 12/3 4 1 1 0 3 34 3.52
Tateyama 1 2 1 1 0 0 20 3.24
IR-S: M.Lowe 2-1. WP: Porcello, Bush. Umpires: Home, Ed Hickox; first, Ed Rapuano; second, Brian O'Nora; third, Alfonso Marquez.
T: 3:13. A: 35,165 (49,170).