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Ozuna HR starts comeback as Marlins beat A’s 11-6

MIAMI (AP) — Marcell all they needed. Walker
Ozuna homered to start was lifted after 82 pitch-
the Miami Marlins’ come- es, but Randall Delgado
back from an early four- pitched three scoreless in-
run deficit, and they beat nings of relief. Fernando
the Oakland Athletics 11-6 Rodney struck out the side
Wednesday to complete a in the ninth for his 18th save
two-game sweep. in 21 chances.
Ozuna hit his 17th home Jordan Zimmermann (5-5)
run to start the second in- allowed two runs and six
ning, added a double hits in eight innings.
and had three RBIs. Tyler Arizona is 9-1 in interleague
Moore hit his fifth homer play this season. The lone
and scored three times to defeat was at home May
help the Marlins overcome 10 against Detroit.
a wobbly outing by Edin- DODGERS 6, INDIANS 4
son Volquez, who had a CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleve-
no-hitter in his most recent land relief ace Andrew Mill-
home start. er gave up a tiebreaking
Ichiro Suzuki had a pinch- home run for the second
hit single in the fifth for straight night — a solo shot
his 365th interleague hit, to pinch-hitter Kike Hernan-
breaking Derek Jeter’s ma- dez in the eighth inning —
jor league record. and the Dodgers defeated
Ryon Healy hit a three-run Miami Marlins’ Marcell Ozuna watches his solo home run during the fourth inning of the team’s the Indians.
homer for the Athletics (27- baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Miami. Hernandez, batting for
38), who fell to 11 games Associated Press Chase Utley, hit a 1-2 pitch
below .500 for the first time. iel Gossett (0-1) couldn’t pitched a scoreless fifth. among his two hits and that barely cleared the
They went 1-5 on their trip hold a 4-0 lead in his ma- BLUE JAYS 7, RAYS 6 drove in four runs for the wall in right field. Hernan-
and lost their ninth con- jor league debut after be- TORONTO (AP) — Russell Blue Jays, who won after dez pumped his fist as he
secutive road series, their ing called up from Triple-A Martin hit a tiebreaking giving up a three-run lead rounded first base after his
longest such streak since Nashville, and allowed sev- home run in the bottom of in the top of the eighth. homer gave Los Angeles a
1986. en runs, six earned, in 3 1-3 the eighth inning to lift the Trailing 6-3, the Rays tied it 3-2 lead.Miller (3-2) wore a
Oakland lost after leading innings. Blue Jays to a 7-6 victory on Logan Morrison’s 19th shocked expression as he
by three or more runs three Kyle Barraclough (2-1), the over the Rays. homer, a two-run shot off walked to the left of the
times on the trip. Dan- first of six Miami relievers, Kendrys Morales homered reliever Joe Smith (3-0) and mound after the home
Derek Norris’ sacrifice fly. run. The left-hander, who
Martin then connected for has been virtually unhit-
his sixth home run of the table, allowed a leadoff
season off reliever Jose Al- homer to Cody Bellinger
varado (0-1) over the cen- in the eighth — the first he
ter-right-field fence in the gave up this season — that
bottom half. broke a tie in the Dodgers’
Roberto Osuna ensured it 7-5 win Tuesday.
stood up in the ninth, finally Miller was charged with
forcing Evan Longoria to four runs in 2/3 of an inning
pop out to second base after throwing 25 pitches
to earn his 17th save of the Tuesday and the Indians
season. (31-31) dropped to .500 for
Tampa Bay lost for just the first time since April 19.
the second time in eight ASTROS 13, RANGERS 2
games. HOUSTON (AP) — Derek
DIAMONDBACKS 2, TIGERS Fisher homered and had
1 an RBI single for his first ma-
DETROIT (AP) — Taijuan jor league hits in a nine-
Walker pitched five sharp run sixth inning to help the
innings in his return from Houston Astros to a victory
the disabled list, and the over the Rangers to avoid
Diamondbacks won their a three-game sweep.
fourth straight game, beat- The Astros led by three with
ing the Tigers. no outs in the sixth when
Walker (5-3) allowed a run Fisher, who made his debut
and six hits in his first ap- on Wednesday, connect-
pearance since May 19. ed off Jeremy Jeffress for a
He had been out because solo home run to the seats
of a blister on his right index in left field. Two pitches
finger. later, Jake Marisnick hit a
The Diamondbacks scored pitch into nearly the same
two runs in the first inning, spot to extend the lead to
and that turned out to be 6-1. q