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SPORTSThursday 1 September 2016

Wieters homer lift Orioles to 5-3 win against Toronto

BALTIMORE (AP) — Matt Wi- day disabled list. Rasmus
went on the DL on Aug. 5
eters hit a tiebreaking two- with a cyst in his right ear.
Gattis hit a solo homer in
run homer off Jason Grilli in the seventh to make it 3-0.
McHugh (9-10) allowed
the eighth inning, leading four hits and struck out five.
Ken Giles pitched the ninth
the Baltimore Orioles to a for his sixth save.
Houston remained two
5-3 victory over the Toronto games behind Baltimore
for the second AL wild
Blue Jays on Tuesday night. card.
Oakland’s Kendall Grave-
The Orioles pulled within man (10-9) allowed three
runs and four hits in seven
three games of the first- innings.
RAYS 4, RED SOX 3
place Blue Jays, who had BOSTON (AP) — Evan Long-
oria broke a tie with a solo
won four in a row. homer in the eighth inning,
clearing Fenway Park’s
Michael Saunders tied it “Green Monster” and ral-
lying Tampa Bay to the
at 3 with a two-run homer victory. Tampa Bay’s Luke
Maile hit a two-run drive
against Orioles starter Ub- with two outs in the sev-
enth for his second career
aldo Jimenez in the sev- homer. Enny Romero (2-0)
pitched a scoreless sev-
enth. Jonathan Schoop enth for the win and Alex
Colome got three outs for
walked with two outs in the his 29th save.
Hanley Ramirez hit his 18th
Baltimore eighth and Wiet- homer and drove in two
runs for Boston. Clay Bu-
ers followed with a drive chholz (5-10) took the loss,
pitching the eighth and
to right off Grilli (4-2) for his allowing Longoria’s 31st
homer.
12th homer of the season. ANGELS 4, REDS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —
Brad Brach (8-2) picked up C.J. Cron hit two home
runs to help the Los Ange-
the win with 1 1/3 scoreless les Angels beat Cincinnati.
Mike Trout went 3 for 4
innings. Zach Britton got his with two doubles and he
scored on Cron’s home
league-leading 39th save. Baltimore Orioles’ Matt Wieters, right, watches his two-run home run in front of Toronto Blue Jays run in the first inning and on
catcher Russell Martin and home plate umpire Scott Barry in the eighth inning of a baseball game Andrelton Simmons’ bloop
RANGERS 8, MARINERS 7 in Baltimore, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. Baltimore won 5-3. single in the eighth.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cron homered in the third
Rougned Odor hit a game- Associated Press inning to give the Angels
a 3-0 lead. It was his fourth
ending two-run homer, multi-home run game this
sending the AL-best Rang- ton remained 8 1/2 games 12 games. 1) pitched 2 2/3 hitless in- season and brought his to-
tal to 14.
ers to the victory. back after winning earlier Lindor’s double off Alex nings, Bryan Shaw worked Jered Weaver (10-11) limit-
ed the Reds to two earned
Odor’s 25th homer was a Tuesday against Oakland. Wimmers (0-1) snapped a out of a jam in the seventh runs and eight hits, walked
drive to the hill in center Matt Bush (6-2), who yield- 4-4 tie and helped the In- and Andrew Miller got five none and struck out five.
field on a 2-2 pitch from ed a go-ahead sacrifice dians maintain their lead outs for his third save since Weaver pitched into the
Edwin Diaz (0-3), who had fly to Robinson Cano in the over second-place Detroit joining Cleveland. seventh inning for the first
converted his first 11 save eighth, came back for the in the AL Central. Minnesota’s current slide time since July 17, but ran
into trouble after getting
chances of the season. ninth to finish the game. Rajai Davis hit a three-run is the third longest in club the first out. Eugenio Su-
arez hit a two-run homer
Adrian Beltre also homered INDIANS 5, TWINS 4 homer and Jason Kip- history. The Twins lost 13 to make it 3-2 and Jose
Peraza hit a line drive sin-
for the Rangers, who won CLEVELAND (AP) — Francis- nis added a solo shot for straight in 1961 and a gle to right field. Mike Mo-
their fourth straight game co Lindor drove in the go- Cleveland, which trailed team-record 14 consecu- rin relieved and retired the
and have a 10 1/2-game ahead run in the fifth inning 4-1 in the second after tive games in 1982. next two batters to strand
lead over third-place Se- and Cleveland extended the Twins knocked around TIGERS 8, WHITE SOX 4 Peraza.q
attle in the AL West. Hous- Minnesota’s losing streak to Josh Tomlin. Dan Otero (4- DETROIT (AP) — Ian Kinsler
homered and drove in four
TNT broadcaster Craig Sager
runs, helping Detroit rally
for the win.

undergoes 3rd marrow transplant Kinsler came into the
game hitting .085 (4 for 47)

KRISTIE RIEKEN In this July 13, 2016, file photo, Craig Sager accepts the Jimmy V in his last 13 games, but he
AP Sports Writer award for perseverance at the ESPY Awards at Microsoft Theater hit a two-run homer in the
HOUSTON (AP) — TNT bas- in Los Angeles. fifth and added a two-run
ketball broadcaster Craig single in Detroit’s four-run
Sager received a rare third Associated Press. sixth inning.
bone marrow transplant JaCoby Jones had two hits
on Wednesday as he con- the anonymous 20-year- at about 11:30 a.m. and two RBIs for the Tigers
tinues his fight against can- old donor was considered Central time at MD Ander- in his major league debut.
cer. a perfect match. son Cancer Center Hous- Bruce Rondon (5-2) picked
“OK, third time’s the Sager began the transplant ton. q up the win in relief of Daniel
charm,” Sager said mo- Norris, who allowed three
ments after the process runs in five innings.
began. Todd Frazier homered for
The 65-year-old Sager has Chicago. Matt Albers (2-6)
battled acute myeloid leu- got the loss.
kemia since 2014, and an- ASTROS 3, ATHLETICS 1
nounced in March that he HOUSTON (AP) — Collin
was no longer in remission. McHugh threw six scoreless
His son, Craig Sager II, was innings for Houston, and
the donor for his first two Colby Rasmus and Evan
transplants, Gattis homered.
hich put the elder Sager Rasmus put Houston up 1-0
into remission for close to a with a homer in the sec-
year each time. This time, ond inning in his first at-bat
since returning from the 15-