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SPORTS Wednesday 14 June 2017
AL Capsules

Pedroia’s walkoff hit gives Red Sox extra-inning win

BOSTON (AP) — Dustin Pe- one-hit ball over 2 1/3 in-
droia singled home the nings after Mike Pelfrey
winning run in the 11th in- struggled, and the White
ning to lift the Red Sox to a Sox picked up the win after
win over the Phillies. a 2-7 road trip.
Pablo Sandoval opened MARINERS 14, TWINS 3
the inning with a single off MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nel-
Casey Fein (0-1). Deven son Cruz drove in four runs
Marrero pinch-ran and and Mitch Haniger had
moved up on a sacrifice. four hits as the Seattle Mari-
After Mookie Betts was ners started a series against
intentionally walked, Pe- Minnesota with a football
droia hit a ground single to score for the second time
right and Marrero beat the in a week to beat the Twins.
throw from Aaron Altherr Danny Valencia and Mike
with a headfirst slide on a Zunino hit back-to-back
close play. home runs in the eighth in-
Hanley Ramirez had tied ning, the fifth such feat for
the game 5-5 in the eighth the Mariners this season.
with a homer. Betts had Yovani Gallardo (3-6) sailed
four hits with three doubles through six innings with the Boston Red Sox’s Deven Marrero scores the game-winning run on a single by Dustin Pedroia, as
and a single, and Andrew excess support, allowing the ball gets away from Philadelphia Phillies catcher Andrew Knapp during the eleventh inning of
Benintendi also hit a solo three runs and seven hits. a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Monday, June 12, 2017.
homer for Boston, which Twins rookie Adalberto Me-
has won three of four. jia (1-2) struggled from the
Tommy Joseph had a two- start, allowing nine hits and
run single and former Red nine runs and leaving with
Sox player Daniel Nava two outs in the fourth in-
three hits for the Phillies, ning. The first two batters in
who have lost 10 of their the lineup, Ben Gamel and
last 12 games in Fenway Haniger, reached base
Park. and eventually scored all
Matt Barnes (5-2) pitched three times they faced Me-
two scoreless innings of re- jia.
lief with five strikeouts.
RANGERS 6, ASTROS 1
WHITE SOX 10, ORIOLES 7 HOUSTON (AP) — Yu Dar-
CHICAGO (AP) — Kevan vish pitched seven solid
Smith hit his first career innings and Nomar Maz-
home run, Avisail Garcia ara hit a three-run homer
celebrated his 26th birth- to give the Rangers a win
day with three RBIs and the over the Astros.
White Sox beat the Orioles. Darvish (6-4) allowed one
The White Sox opened hit and one run with three
a four-game series on a walks. He induced a sea-
strong note after dropping son-best 12 groundball
nine of 11 and handed the outs.
Orioles their fifth straight The Rangers went up 2-0
loss. on back-to-back triples by
Smith set the tone with a Rougned Odor and Joey
two-run drive in the second Gallo in the third inning.
against Wade Miley (2-4) The Astros got an RBI single
and finished with a career- by Alex Bregman in the fifth,
best three RBIs. but a run-scoring double
Garcia added an RBI dou- by Adrian Beltre gave the
ble in a four-run third and Rangers some insurance in
drove in two more with a the sixth inning.
single in the fourth to give Mazara provided more
Chicago an 8-2 lead. cushion with his shot to
Matt Davidson had an straightaway center field
RBI single and solo homer. off Dayan Diaz with two
Melky Cabrera had three outs in the eighth to make
of Chicago’s 14 hits. Jose it 6-1.
Abreu added a single, a Houston starter Joe Mus-
ground-rule double and grove (4-5) allowed five
scored twice. hits and two runs in 4 2/3
Jake Petricka (1-0) pitched innings.q