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SPORTS Saturday 28 april 2018

Guzman has tiebreaking hit, Gallo homers, Rangers beat Jays

By IAN HARRISON er in the third, but didn’t
Associated Press break stride and recorded
TORONTO (AP) — Eleven the out.
games into his big league FAST FINISH
career, Ronald Guzman is Kela needed only five
displaying the poise of a pitches to wrap it up in the
veteran in pressure situa- ninth. Aledmys Diaz and
tions. Pearce each flied out on
Guzman hit a tiebreaking, the first pitch and Teoscar
two-run single in the sixth in- Hernandez struck out look-
ning, and the Texas Rang- ing at three straight pitches.
ers beat the Toronto Blue FOUR AND MORE
Jays 6-4 on Friday night, After starting 13-0 in games
winning a series opener for where they scored at least
the first time in nine tries. four runs, Toronto lost its
Joey Gallo homered and second straight four-run ef-
scored twice and Nomar fort. The Blue Jays lost 5-4 to
Mazara had three hits and Boston on Thursday.
two RBIs as the Rangers TRAINER’S ROOM
won back-to-back games Rangers: C Robinson Chiri-
for the second time this nos (left wrist) sat for the
season. Texas, which beat second straight game but
Oakland 4-2 on Wednes- is expected to return to the
day, won consecutive lineup Saturday and Sun-
10-inning games at Hous- day. The Rangers were off
ton on April 14 and 15. Thursday, meaning Chirinos
Guzman broke a 4-4 tie will have had three days of
with a single to left off Mar- rest once he returns. ... Tex-
cus Stroman (0-3), driving in as activated RHP Tony Bar-
Gallo and Mazara. Texas Rangers’ Ronald Guzman hits a grounder that forced Joey Gallo at second in the bottom nette (back) off the 10-day
of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners on Friday, April 20, 2018, in
“He had a heck of a night Arlington, Texas. disabled list and optioned
tonight,” Rangers manager Associated Press RHP Jose Leclerc to Triple-A
Jeff Banister said. walked none, struck out five starts this season. His Smoak hit an RBI single in Round Rock.
The rookie first baseman four and retired 11 of the fi- ERA rose from 8.55 to 8.88. the bottom of the first, but Blue Jays: 3B Josh Don-
said he’s quickly learned nal 12 batters he faced. “I want to get back to be- the inning ended when he aldson threw to the bases
to concentrate more on his “Mike did a great job con- ing elite,” Stroman said. was thrown out at the plate Friday at Toronto’s spring
own approach rather than trolling damage,” Banister “I’m a little off right now. trying to score on Kevin training facility in Florida
concern himself with who’s said. Just doing everything I Pillar’s two-out double. and will DH for Class-A
on the mound. Kevin Jepsen got two outs can to get back to where I Smoak was also thrown out Dunedin Saturday. ... RHP
“The first couple of games I and Alex Claudio got one, need to be.” in the third when he tried John Axford was reinstated
got lost a little bit because Chris Martin worked the The Rangers jumped on to go from first to third on from the bereavement list
I was thinking too much eighth and Keone Kela fin- Stroman with a four-run first. Yangervis Solarte’s single. and LHP Tim Mayza was op-
about the pitcher, giving ished for his fifth save in five Mazara hit a two-run single “We didn’t help ourselves tioned to Triple-A Buffalo.q
him maybe too much cred- opportunities. and Gallo followed with a on the bases tonight,” Gib-
it,” Guzman said. “I’m think- Justin Smoak had the sec- drive to left, his eighth. bons said.
ing more about myself. The ond four-hit game of his “To put up four against Stro- Steve Pearce hit a two-run
last couple of games, that’s career but was thrown out man is huge,” Mazara said. double in the second, and
what I’ve been able to twice on the bases for the Blue Jays manager John Toronto tied it when Pillar
do, stick to my plan, make Blue Jays, who have lost six Gibbons isn’t fretting about tripled in the third on a bro-
them throw my pitch.” of eight. his ace. ken-bat hit that bounced
Mike Minor (2-1) allowed Stroman allowed six runs “He’s not going to be hap- over Gallo’s head in left.
four runs on nine hits in six and eight hits in 5 1/3 in- py with the results, but I’ve Stroman lost his left shoe as
innings to win for the first nings, and has given up at seen progress the last two he broke to cover first on
time in three starts. Minor least four earned runs in all games,” Gibbons said. Jurickson Profar’s ground-