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Indians edge Red Sox in heavyweight battle of 1st-place teams

By The Associated Press seventh inning for the fifth
CLEVELAND (AP) — Bran- straight outing to earn his
don Guyer scored when first first win since July 3.Juan
baseman Brock Holt threw Minaya worked a perfect
away Roberto Perez’s bunt ninth for his third save.
in the ninth inning, lifting the Avisail Garcia had three hits
Cleveland Indians over the and two RBIs for AL-worst
Boston Red Sox 5-4 in Major Chicago. Abreu became
League Baseball on Mon- the first White Sox player to
day night in a matchup of hit 25 or more home runs
first-place teams. in each of his first four sea-
After Guyer’s leadoff dou- sons.
ble against Brandon Work- Tim Melville (0-1) lasted just
man (0-1), Holt fielded the 3 1/3 innings and allowed
bunted ball and tried to five runs in his Twins debut.
throw out Guyer at third. RANGERS 5, ANGELS 3
Guyer slid into the bag as ANAHEIM, California (AP) —
the throw skipped past third Adrian Beltre hit a three-run
baseman Rafael Devers, homer and Cole Hamels
then got to his feet and pitched seven effective in-
raced across home plate. nings as Texas cooled off
Teammates ran onto the Los Angeles.
field and doused Perez with Hamels (9-1) allowed two
water and white powder. runs on three hits. Alex Clau-
Perez also had a three-run dio got four outs to earn his
homer in the second inning. seventh save, despite giv-
Cody Allen (1-6) allowed ing up an RBI single to Mike
Christian Vazquez’s leadoff Cleveland Indians’ Roberto Perez prepares to bunt a pitch from Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Trout in the ninth.
single in the ninth, but re- Brandon Workman during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Monday Aug. 21, Tyler Skaggs (1-4) was
2017.
tired the next three hitters. Associated Press charged with five runs, four
The inning ended when with four hits and is one of six. They are a half-game season and the White Sox earned, in 5 1/3 innings. The
shortstop Francisco Lindor home run shy of reaching ahead of the Angels for the held on. Carlos Rodon (2- Angels had won nine of
ran down Mookie Betts’ 25 for the seventh consec- second AL wild card. 4) pitched effectively into 11.q
popup in center field with utive season. Zach Britton Dillon Gee (1-0) retired the
his back to home plate. got the final out with two first 12 White Sox batters
Cleveland relief ace An- runners on for his 11th save before rookie Nicky Delmo-
drew Miller left in the sev- this season and his 60th in a nico homered leading off
enth inning after aggravat- row. the fifth. Gee allowed only
ing the patellar tendinitis in Baltimore beat Chris Smith two hits and walked none
his right knee. Miller recent- (0-3) for the second time in through six innings. Tyler
ly returned after over two 12 days. Duffey followed with three
weeks on the disabled list WHITE SOX 7, TWINS 6, 1ST innings to earn his first save.
with the knee injury. GAME Polanco, who has five hom-
ORIOLES 7, ATHLETICS 3 TWINS 10, WHITE SOX 2, 2ND ers, hit a three-run shot off
BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam GAME Derek Holland in the eighth
Jones hit a pair of home CHICAGO (AP) — Jorge Po- inning of the opener to cut
runs and Jonathan Schoop lanco hit his second three- Minnesota’s deficit to 7-6.
added a three-run shot to run homer of the day as In homering for the first time
help Baltimore beat Oak- Minnesota scored six times in back-to-back games,
land. in the second inning and Polanco did it in consecu-
Wade Miley (7-10) held the routed Chicago to split a tive at-bats.
A’s to two runs, five hits and doubleheader. Fulmer gave up six runs
four walks over six-plus in- Brian Dozier added a three- over 1 1/3 innings in his sea-
nings to pick up his first win run drive off Carson Fulmer son debut.
at Camden Yards since during the rally. Byron Bux- In the first game, Yolmer
June 17. Miley is 2-0 with a ton and Jason Castro each Sanchez homered and
1.38 ERA against Oakland added a solo shot for the drove in four runs, Jose
this season. Twins, who have won five Abreu hit his 25th of the
Jones tied a career high