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Maybin lifts Angels to 8-3 win as Yankees lose 7th in row

NEW YORK (AP) — Cam- Machado’s first four-hit
eron Maybin hit a tiebreak- game since last August lift-
ing home run off struggling ed his batting average 13
reliever Tyler Clippard to points to .227. He hit a solo
spark a three-run seventh homer in the first and tied
inning, helping the Angels it with a three-run drive in
beat New York to extend the fifth.
the Yankees’ losing streak Miguel Castro (1-0) worked
to seven games — their out of a bases-loaded jam
longest in a single season in the seventh to earn his
since April 2007. first big league victory.
Aaron Judge hit his major Brad Brach pitched the
league-leading 24th home ninth for his 13th save, retir-
run and Gary Sanchez his ing Yan Gomes on a deep
12th as New York climbed fly ball with runners on the
back from a 3-0 deficit. corners and two outs.
But then Cameron drove RANGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 1
the second pitch from Clip- ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
pard (1-4) into the left-field Carlos Gomez homered in
seats, Kole Calhoun dou- a four-run first inning, Nick
bled to the right-center Martinez allowed two hits
gap, Albert Pujols flied out while taking a shutout into
to the center-field warning the seventh and the Rang-
track and Yunel Escobar ers beat the Blue Jays.
hit an RBI triple just over the Adrian Beltre had a solo
glove of a leaping Brett homer in the eighth for his
Gardner at the left-field Los Angeles Angels’ Luis Valbuena (18) watches his RBI single during the seventh inning, in front 2,960th career hit as the
wall. of New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez in a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in New Rangers (35-35) got back
York.
Clippard walked off to to .500 while the Blue Jays
boos after allowing runs for secutive complete game. — Corey Dickerson went in another run off Colome, (34-36) dropped to 0-8
the third time in four out- He allowed four hits and deep, Alex Cobb threw but the Reds lost for the this season when trying
ings. fanned 10, pushing his ma- seven solid innings and the 10th time in 11 games. to reach the break-even
RED SOX 8, ROYALS 3 jor league-leading strikeout Rays beat the Reds. Amir Garrett (3-6) allowed mark for the first time.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) total to 146 this season. Dickerson had his 29th mul- six runs in 3 2/3 innings. Toronto beat two-time de-
— Chris Sale shut down More importantly, he got tihit game of the season ORIOLES 6, INDIANS 5 fending AL West champion
the Royals while pitching a win after going the dis- with two hits. He drove in BALTIMORE (AP) — Manny Texas in a Division Series
into the ninth inning, and a tance in a 1-0 loss to Phila- Tampa Bay’s first run with Machado went 4 for 4, each of the past two sea-
rag-tag bunch of Red Sox delphia last week. a third-inning single, then homered twice and drove sons, as the AL East winner
filling in for injured starters Xander Bogaerts and San- capped their scoring with in four runs to help the Ori- in 2015 and as a wild-card
pounded their way to a dy Leon each drove in his 16th home run in the oles beat Cleveland and last year.
victory that moved them a pair of runs for Boston, fourth. end the Indians’ six-game Delino DeShields led off for
into first place in the AL which got plenty of pro- Cobb (6-5) gave up two winning streak. the Rangers with a bunt
East. duction from a lineup miss- runs and eight hits while After the Orioles rallied from single and scored on an
Sale (9-3) gave up a homer ing Pablo Sandoval, Dustin striking out six. Alex Colome a 5-2 deficit to pull even, RBI groundout by Beltre
to Mike Moustakas in the Pedroia and Mitch More- pitched the ninth for his Machado doubled off Bry- before Gomez’s seventh
second and a two-run shot land to various injuries. 20th save. an Shaw (1-2) in the sev- homer and run-scoring hits
to Jorge Bonifacio in the RAYS 6, REDS 5 Joey Votto hit his 20th home enth inning and scored on from Jonathan Lucroy and
ninth before departing two ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) and Eugenio Suarez drove a double by Adam Jones. Mike Napoli.q
outs shy of his second con-

Warren Sapp to donate brain

to CLF for medical research

MIAMI (AP) — Pro Football statement that he’s started ture football players.
Hall of Famer Warren Sapp to feel the effects of the Sapp played defensive
is donating his brain for many hits he took during his tackle from 1995-2003 for
medical research. 13-year NFL career. He said the Tampa Bay Bucca-
Sapp announced on so- he’s specifically become neers, where he earned
cial media Tuesday that his concerned about his mem- seven trips to the Pro Bowl
brain will go to the Concus- ory. Sapp said he hopes his and a Super Bowl ring in
sion Legacy Foundation af- donation can help prevent 2002. He then played for
ter his death. concussions and perma- the Oakland Raiders from
The 44-year-old said in a nent brain damage for fu- 2004-2007.q

In this Jan. 12, 2003, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Warren Sapp tries to get the crowd going
during the third quarter of the NFC divisional NFL football playoff game against the San Francisco
49ers in Tampa, Fla.