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                Indians beat White Sox 9-4 for 13th straight win




            By The Associated Press      win.
            CHICAGO  (AP)  —  Jose  RED SOX 3, BLUE JAYS 2, 19
            Ramirez hit two more hom-    INNINGS
            ers and Austin Jackson also  BOSTON  (AP)  —  The  Red
            connected  as  the  Cleve-   Sox  won  their  own  version
            land Indians beat the Chi-   of  a  Boston  marathon,
            cago  White  Sox  9-4  on  beating Toronto in the 19th
            Tuesday night for their 13th  inning  on  an  RBI  single  by
            straight  victory,  the  lon-  Hanley Ramirez in a game
            gest run by a major league  that took six hours.
            team this season.            Mookie  Betts  led  off  with
            Danny Salazar got just two  a  double  and  Ramirez  fol-
            outs in his return from right  lowed  with  a  bloop  single
            elbow  inflammation,  but  to  end  it  at  1:11  a.m.  The
            Cleveland’s  deep  bullpen  AL East leaders stopped a
            took  over  from  there.  Sev-  three-game  losing  streak
            en relievers combined for 8  and  increased  their  cush-
            1/3 scoreless innings as the  ion to 3 1/2 games over the
            Indians  moved  within  one  second-place Yankees.
            of their franchise-record 14-  About 700 fans stayed un-
            game win streak last year.   til  the  end  to  see  Boston
            Jackson  and  Ramirez  hit  win  the  longest  game  in
            back-to-back  homers  dur-   the majors since July 2016,
            ing a three-run first against  when  Cleveland  beat  To-
            David    Holmberg     (2-4).  ronto 2-1 in 19 innings. The
            Ramirez  added  another  Red  Sox  forced  extra  in-     Cleveland Indians’ Jose Ramirez celebrates in the dugout after a home run during the second
                                                                      inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Chicago.
            solo  shot  in  the  second,  nings  by  rallying  for  two                                                                     Associated Press
            and  the  AL  Central  lead-  runs  in  the  ninth  to  hand
            ers went ahead to stay on  Roberto  Osuna  his  10th      picked  up  the  win.  Chris  and  hit  his  second  home  BALTIMORE  (AP)  —  Manny
            Greg  Allen’s  tiebreaking,  blown save.                  Rowley (1-2) lost in his fourth  run since joining the Astros  Machado  hit  a  two-run
            two-run double in the third.  Boston first baseman Mitch   inning  of  relief.  Red  Sox  to snap a 1-all tie.      homer  off  Dellin  Betances
            Yan  Gomes  tacked  on  a  Moreland was 31 years old      center fielder Jackie Brad-  Seattle starter Ariel Miranda  with two outs in the bottom
            three-run shot in the ninth.  when his RBI grounder tied   ley Jr. helped save it when  threw  112  pitches  over  six  of the ninth inning, capping
            Ramirez has five homers in  it at 2 — he turned 32 when   he threw out Jose Bautista  hitless innings that included  a big comeback that lifted
            his  last  three  games.  He  is  his  birthday  came  at  mid-  at the plate to end the top  six walks — three of which  Baltimore over New York.
            batting .500 (17 for 34) with  night, and celebrated with   of the 11th.               led  to  Houston’s  first  run  Betances   (3-6)   retired
            seven homers and nine RBIs  a win.                        ASTROS 3, MARINERS 1         in  the  third  on  Alex  Breg-  the  first  two  batters  in  the
            on  Cleveland’s  11-game  This  was  the  second-lon-     SEATTLE  (AP)  —  Justin  Ver-  man’s  sacrifice  fly.James  ninth  before  Tim  Beckham
            road trip.                   gest  game  ever  at  Fen-   lander  pitched  six  strong  Pazos  (4-5)  relieved  in  the  walked.  Machado  then
            Matt Davidson hit a three-   way  Park,  which  opened    innings  and  won  his  Astros  seventh  and  walked  Brian  drove  a  hanging  breaking
            run drive for last-place Chi-  in  1912.  The  Red  Sox  lost   debut after Cameron May-  McCann with one out. Pa-  ball  far  over  the  center-
            cago,  which  has  dropped  to  Seattle  8-7  in  20  innings   bin  hit  a  two-run  homer  zos was replaced by Emilio  field wall to provide the Ori-
            six  of  eight.  Top  prospect  in  1981  —  that  game  was   with one out in the seventh  Pagan, who gave up May-  oles an unlikely victory after
            Yoan Moncada went 1 for  suspended after 19 innings       for Houston’s first hit against  bin’s eighth homer on a 3-2  New York scored six runs in
            5 in his return from a bruised  past 1 a.m. because of an   Seattle.                   pitch.Verlander  (11-8),  the  the third to go ahead 6-1.
            right shin.                  American  League  curfew     With  all  the  attention  on  2011 AL MVP and a six-time  It  was  Machado’s  second
            When the White Sox led 4-3  rule,  and  resumed  about    Verlander’s  first  game  for  All-Star, allowed six hits and  homer  of  the  game  and
            in  the  first,  it  was  the  first  18 hours later.     a team other than the De-    struck out seven. Joe Mus-   team-high 32nd of the sea-
            time the Indians had trailed  Boston  used  12  pitchers   troit  Tigers,  it  was  another  grove  threw  two  innings  son. Jonathan Schoop and
            since  they  were  down  by  against  the  Blue  Jays,  ty-  deadline  acquisition  that  of  scoreless  relief  and  Ken  Mark  Trumbo  also  went
            one  against  the  Yankees  ing  an  American  League     sent  Houston  to  its  sixth  Giles got his 29th save.   deep  for  the  Orioles,  who
            on Aug. 28.                  record set a day earlier by   straight  victory.  Maybin  Kyle  Seager  homered  off  closed  within  a  half-game
            Dan  Otero  (3-0)  pitched  the Angels.                   was  claimed  off  waivers  Verlander.                    of  Minnesota  for  the  sec-
            two scoreless innings for the  Hector   Velazquez   (3-1)   from the Angels on Aug. 31  ORIOLES 7, YANKEES 6        ond AL wild card.q
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