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Saturday 21 april 2018
Morton, Altuve lead Astros over Mariners 9-2

SEATTLE (AP) — Charlie Mor- to Chris Davis.
ton pitched seven innings Alex Cobb (0-2) made his
of three-hit ball, Jose Al- second start after signing
tuve had a three-run dou- late in spring training and
ble and the Houston Astros his ERA rose to 15.43. He
beat the Seattle Mariners allowed seven runs — five
9-2 on Thursday after Evan earned — and 10 hits in 3
Gattis hit into a bizarre 5-4-3 1/3 innings.
triple play in the fourth in- YANKEES 4, BLUE JAYS 3
ning. NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron
Morton (3-0) retired 15 Judge hit his fifth home
straight during one stretch run for a 4-2 lead in seven-
and didn't allow a runner to thm and David Robertson
reach second base. pitched out of an eighth-
Marco Gonzales (1-2) al- inning jam. CC Sabathia
lowed three runs — all allowed two unearned runs
unearned because of over 4 1/3 innings in his first
a throwing error by third start since straining his right
baseman Kyle Seager — hip on April 6. Chad Green
and four hits in 4 2/3 innings. (1-0) retired five straight
RED SOX 8, ANGELS 2 batters, Dellin Betances
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — pitched a perfect seventh
Mookie Betts hit his sec- and Robertson delivered a
ond leadoff homer in three lead to Aroldis Chapman,
games, Andrew Benintendi Houston Astros' Jose Altuve watches his three-run double during the fifth inning of a baseball who struck out the side on
homered and drove in game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Seattle. 12 pitches for his third save,
three runs and Boston com- Associated Press twice topping 100 mph.
pleted a dominant sweep Aaron Sanchez (1-2) held
of AL West-leading Los An- Boston's 11 homers off the Angels' designated hitter in this season. New York to three runs and
geles. J.D. Martinez and Angels are the franchise's his first action since taking TIGERS 13, ORIOLES 8 seven hits over six innings.
Rafael Devers also drove most in a three-game se- his first career loss on the DETROIT (AP) — Leonys Giancarlo Stanton had an
in runs during the seventh ries since 1977. The Red Sox mound Tuesday. Although Martin hit his first big league infield single to snap an
consecutive victory by the pounded out 43 hits and he's still batting .324, the grand slam, and Jeimer 0-for-15 skid. He was 1 for 3
major league-leading Red 27 runs in 27 innings at the two-way rookie struggled Candelario had four hits with a walk and is 4 for 38
Sox, who have won 16 of Big A, continuing their tor- while moving up to sixth in and three RBIs as Detroit with 20 strikeouts at Yankee
17 since losing on opening rid start to manager Alex manager Mike Scioscia's completed a three-game Stadium this season.
day. Cora's debut season. lineup. Betts opened the se- sweep and extended Bal- Neil Walker sparked New
Eduardo Rodriguez (2- Chris Young homered for ries with a homer off Ohtani timore's losing streak to six. York's two-run second in-
0) pitched six innings of the Angels, who started the on Tuesday night, going on Jordan Zimmermann (1- ning by snapping an 0-for-
three-hit ball as Boston ex- season 13-3 before running to a three-homer game. He 0) gave up four runs and 16 skid with a double off
tended the best start in the into the Boston buzzsaw. added another homer off seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, the right-field wall. He
118-year-old franchise's his- Shohei Ohtani went 0 for 4 Nick Tropeano (1-1) in the allowing two home runs to scored on a single by Ron-
tory. with three strikeouts as the series finale, giving him six Manny Machado and one ald Torreyes.q

Cuban OF Juan Pablo Martinez

gets $2.8M bonus from Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) son with Guantanamo and
— Cuban outfielder Julio Camaguey, the speedy
Pablo Martinez agreed to left-hander hit .333 with six
a minor league contract homers and 24 stolen bas-
with the Texas Rangers that es in 61 games. He had 52
includes a $2.8 million sign- walks and 30 strikeouts.
ing bonus and will make his On a conference call, the
debut for the organization 5-foot-10 Martinez said
in the Dominican Summer through a translator that
League. his goal is to be in the ma-
The Rangers announced jor leagues within three
the deal with the 22-year- years.q
old on Thursday, more than
four months after he held
an open tryout for all teams
and about six weeks after
he could sign with any ma-
jor league organization.
In this photo provided by the Texas Rangers, Mike Daly, Texas Rangers assistant general manager, Martinez debuted with the
presents Julio Pablo Martinez with a team jersey after a news conference in Santo Domingo, Do- Cuban national league at
minican Republic, Thursday, April 19, 2018. age 16, and hit .293 over
Associated Press five seasons. In his final sea-