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SPORTS Thursday 12 april 2018

Betts hits slam, Red Sox rout

Yanks 14-1 for 9th win in row

By The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rober- Tampa Bay in February. He
BOSTON (AP) — Mookie to Perez hit a leadoff home allowed a run on five walks
Betts hit a grand slam on run in the eighth inning and five hits.
a monster night, leading against reliever Alex Wilson, Minnesota took advan-
Chris Sale and the Boston lifting Cleveland over De- tage of Dallas Keuchel’s
Red Sox over the New York troit. The Indians beat the control problems to scratch
Yankees 14-1 Tuesday for Tigers for the ninth straight across three runs in the first
their ninth straight victory. time. Andrew Miller (1-0) two innings. Keuchel (0-2)
Betts went 4 for 4, scor- pitched a scoreless eighth. gave up three runs, five hits
ing five runs and driving in Cody Allen worked the and four walks in four in-
four. His third career slam ninth for his third save. nings. He struck out six and
capped a nine-run burst in Wilson (0-2) came in to start left after 101 pitches.
the sixth inning that turned the eighth and quickly fell Fernando Rodney pitched
the first matchup of the behind Perez. the ninth for his second
season between the AL ANGELS 11, RANGERS 1 save.
East rivals into a rout. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — MARINERS 8, ROYALS 3
Sale (1-0) allowed one run Mike Trout and Andrelton KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —
in six innings, striking out Simmons each homered, Felix Hernandez pitched
eight. Luis Severino (2-1) and Albert Pujols had two into the sixth inning, Guiller-
gave up five runs in five in- more hits in his push to 3,000 mo Heredia homered and
nings. Aaron Judge had for Los Angeles, which is 9-3 Seattle bounced back
three hits for the Yankees, for the first time since 1982. from a blowout loss to rout
including his third home run Angels rookie two-way Kansas City.
of the season. sensation Shohei Ohtani Hernandez (2-1), who was
Yankees slugger Giancarlo grounded out as a pinch- shelled his last time out in
Stanton went 2 for 4. He hitter in the ninth after not San Francisco, allowed
struck out his first two times playing in the series open- three runs, six hits and a Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts, right, celebrates with Christian
Vazquez (7) and Brock Holt, left, after Betts’ grand slam during
up against Sale, and has er Monday night. Ohtani walk in 5 2/3 innings. His the sixth inning of a baseball game against the New York
now fanned 22 times in 46 will DH in the series finale only big mistake came Yankees in Boston, Tuesday, April 10, 2018.
at-bats. Wednesday. in the fourth, when Mike Associated Press
BLUE JAYS 2, ORIOLES 1 Trout’s fourth home of the Moustakas turned on a 2-1 Snell pitched one-hit ball in the fifth.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron season was a 441-foot solo pitch and sent a two-run and struck out 10 through Jose Abreu hit a three-run
Sanchez lost his no-hit bid drive that hit high above homer screaming into the six innings and Tampa Bay homer off Rays closer Alex
when Baltimore’s Tim Beck- the Angels bullpen in left- right-field fountains. kept Chicago winless at Colome, capping a four-
ham led off the eighth in- center in the second inning. Eric Skoglund (0-1) was home this season. run rally in the ninth. Co-
ning with a sharp grounder Simmons led off the next in- hardly as efficient or effec- The White Sox dropped to lome held on for his third
through the legs of third ning with his first homer to tive. The lanky left-hander 0-5 at Guaranteed Rate save in five chances.
baseman Josh Donaldson, make it 5-1 against Martin allowed five runs, six hits Field. They have never lost Carson Fulmer (0-1) strug-
and Curtis Granderson hit Perez (1-1). and two walks in 4 2/3 in- their first six at home in fran- gled with his control, allow-
a tiebreaking homer in the Tyler Skaggs (2-0) struck nings. chise history dating to 1901. ing four runs over 4 2/3 in-
ninth to carry Toronto. out seven while allowing RAYS 6, WHITE SOX 5 Snell (1-1) didn’t allow a hit nings while walking six and
Seeking to throw the sec- one run and throwing 114 CHICAGO (AP) — Blake until Tyler Saladino’s double hitting two batters.q
ond no-hitter in Blue Jays pitches in five innings. The
history — Dave Stieb did lefty allowed five hits and
it in 1990 — Sanchez (1-1) walked four. Yanks most valuable in MLB
gave up three hits in the TWINS 4, ASTROS 1
eighth. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jake
Granderson hit his first hom- Odorizzi grinded through six at $4 billion, Forbes estimates
er for the Blue Jays, con- innings for his first win with
necting off Darren O’Day Minnesota, and leadoff
(0-1). man Brian Dozier walked a NEW YORK (AP) — The New followed by the Chicago article accompanying the
Roberto Osuna closed for career-high four times. York Yankees are the most Cubs ($2.9 billion), San franchise values released
his fifth save. He became Odorizzi (1-0) struggled valuable franchise in base- Francisco Giants ($2.85 bil- Wednesday was written by
the youngest player in ma- with control on another ball at an estimated value lion) and Boston Red Sox the managing editor of the
jor league history (23 years, cold night in Minnesota of $4 billion, according to ($2.8 billion). The Yankees’ show.
62 days) with 100 career but eventually settled in Forbes. YES Network broadcasts Tampa Bay is the least valu-
saves. during his first home start The Los Angeles Dodgers Forbes “SportsMoney” tele- able team, estimated to be
INDIANS 2, TIGERS 1 since being acquired from are second at $3 billion, vision show, and the Forbes worth $900 million.q