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Saturday 30 June 2018
Astros edge Rays 1-0 for 11th straight road victory

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Their 11th straight road win Camden Yards by a total of
Lance McCullers pitched matched the club record six runs.
seven strong innings, Jake set last May 14-June 5 on Manny Machado and Chris
Marisnick homered and the way to winning the Davis hit solo homers for
the Houston Astros beat franchise's first World Series Baltimore.
the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on title. Dee Gordon beat out an
Thursday night to tie a fran- The Rays, who had won infield hit off Miguel Castro
chise record with their 11th five straight overall and (2-4) in the 10th and scored
straight road win. eight straight at home, had when center fielder Colby
McCullers (9-3) gave up runners on first and third Rasmus bobbled Jean Se-
three hits while striking out with none out in the eighth gura's single. A throwing er-
seven. The Astros have against reliever Chris De- ror by third baseman Steve
won his last six starts and venski, but Matt Duffy lined Wilkerson and an RBI single
have won 18 of 21 overall. into a double play and by Cruz followed.
Juan Nicasio got three
straight outs in the 10th for
his first save.
James Pazos (2-1) worked
the ninth for Seattle.
ATHLETICS 4, TIGERS 2
DETROIT (AP) — Jed Lowrie
had two more hits, Sean
Manaea pitched six strong
innings and Oakland beat
Detroit to sweep the four-
game series.
Lowrie went 9 for 17 (.529)
with two homers and three
doubles in the set, driving in
at least one run in all four
games.
The A's went 8-2 on their
three-city road trip and
have won 10 of 12 overall.
Detroit lost its ninth straight.
The Tigers haven't lost 10 in
a row since their 119-loss
season in 2003.
Manaea (8-6) won his third
straight start, allowing two
Houston Astros starter Lance McCullers pitches against the
Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game runs on five hits and a walk.
Thursday, June 28, 2018, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Michael Fulmer (3-7) gave
Associated Press four runs and nine hits. He is
1-3 in his past six starts.
Jake Bauers grounded out. the AL East on the line. TWINS 2, WHITE SOX 1, 13
Hector Rondon pitched the Hector Velazquez (6-0) INNINGS
ninth for his fifth save in sev- pitched two scoreless in- CHICAGO (AP) — Max Ke-
en opportunities. nings of relief. Craig Kimbrel pler drew a two-out walk
Marisnick's homer in the fifth earned his 24th save with a with the bases loaded in
came off Ryan Yarbrough scoreless ninth inning. the 13th inning to push Min-
(7-4) and was his seventh Andrelton Simmons hit a nesota past Chicago.
of the season. It ended the solo homer and Albert Pu- The Twins pushed across
Rays' streak of 26 scoreless jols had an RBI single for the the go-ahead run after Lo-
innings, the second-longest Angels, who have lost six gan Morrison doubled off
in franchise history. straight. Los Angeles was left fielder Charlie Tilson's
RED SOX 4, ANGELS 2 up 1-0 until Devers led off glove with two outs. Hec-
BOSTON (AP) — Jackie the fifth with his 13th homer, tor Santiago (2-3), the sixth
Bradley Jr. hit a two-run to center off of Jamie Bar- White Sox reliever, inten-
homer and Rafael Devers ria (5-4). tionally walked Ehire Adri-
had a solo shot to help Bos- MARINERS 4, ORIOLES 2 anza before walking Jake
ton beat Los Angeles. BALTIMORE (AP) — Nelson Cave and Kepler.
Boston completed a season Cruz homered and drove in Alan Busenitz (2-0), the
sweep of the Angels for the three runs, and Seattle uti- Twins' sixth reliever, pitched
first time since they joined lized two errors in the 10th 1 2/3 innings for the win.
the American League as inning to complete their first Minnesota bounced back
an expansion club in 1961. four-game sweep at Balti- after the White Sox tied it
The Red Sox have won four more in franchise history. with two outs in the bottom
straight and six of seven as The Mariners improved of the ninth when closer
they head to New York to to 8-0 in extra innings this Fernando Rodney walked
open three-game series season. They prevailed in pinch-hitter Daniel Palka
between the rivals on Fri- 11 innings on Wednesday, on four pitches to force in
day night with first place in and won the four games at a run.q