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SPORTS Saturday 12 May 2018

AL Capsules

Martinez homers, Red Sox rebound to cool off Yankees, 5-4

ORIOLES 11, ROYALS 6
BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam
Jones homered, scored
three runs and had three
RBIs, and Baltimore out-
slugged Kansas City to
emerge with its second win-
ning streak of the season.
Manny Machado and Trey
Mancini also went deep for
the Orioles, who trailed 4-0
in the first inning and 6-3 in
the second before rallying
to beat the Royals for the
second night in a row. The
only other time Baltimore
(10-27) won successive
games this season was April
5-6 at Yankee Stadium.
Miguel Castro (1-1) re-
placed ineffective starter
Chris Tillman and blanked
Kansas City over 4 2/3 in-
nings, his longest outing of
the season.
ANGELS 7, TWINS 4
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —
Shohei Ohtani hit his fifth
homer and added an RBI
double, and Ian Kinsler had
a two-run homer among
Boston Red Sox right fielder J.D. Martinez points skyward after scoring on his eighth-inning solo home run in a baseball game against his three hits as Los Ange-
the New York Yankees in New York, Thursday, May 10, 2018. Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez is at left. les defeated Minnesota for
Associated Press its seventh victory in nine
By The Associated Press the AL East lead at 26-11, chances. Seager hit a two-out grand games.
NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Mar- the best record in the ma- Mookie Betts had three hits, slam off left-hander J.A. Justin Upton also homered
tinez hit a tiebreaking home jor leagues. The rivals don’t raising his batting average Happ (4-3) in the first and in his third straight game
run against Dellin Betances meet again until June 29 in to a major league-leading a leadoff shot against Jake and Kole Calhoun drove in
(1-2) leading off the eighth the Bronx. .361. Petricka in the fifth, his sev- the tiebreaking run in the
inning, just beyond Aaron Boston built a 4-0 lead New York had won eight enth career multihomer sixth inning as the Angels
Judge’s reach at the right- against CC Sabathia as straight games overall and game. snapped Minnesota’s five-
field wall, and the Boston Hanley Ramirez drove 11 in a row at home. Seager also turned in a game winning streak.
Red Sox rebounded after in three runs with an RBI MARINERS 9, BLUE JAYS 3 great defensive play at Brian Dozier hit a three-run
wasting a four-run lead to groundout in the first, an TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Sea- third base, a sliding catch homer in the sixth before
beat New York 5-4 Thursday RBI single in a two-run third ger hit two home runs, in- in foul territory to retire Max Kepler followed with
night and send the Yan- and a solo homer in the fifth cluding his fourth career Yangervis Solarte. a tying solo shot for the
kees to only their second just before a 55-minute rain grand slam, and Jean Se- Ryon Healy and Mike Twins off reliever Jose Alva-
loss in 19 games. delay. But the Yankees tied gura had four hits as Seattle Zunino added solo home rez (2-0), but the Angels re-
In another dramatic game the score in the seventh. beat Toronto. runs for the Mariners, who claimed the lead moments
before a sellout crowd, Joe Kelly (2-0) got the win Mike Leake (4-3) allowed had 17 hits to match their later and eventually ended
Boston moved back into and Craig Kimbrel closed two runs and six hits in sev- season high for a nine-in- Minnesota’s longest streak
a tie with the Yankees for for his 10th save in 12 en innings. ning game. of the season.q