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Archer pitches 1-hitter, fans 11 as Rays beat Astros 1-0
The Associated Press Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer throws to first base for the out on Houston Astros’ Miguel Gonzalez and the
HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Ar- Preston Tucker, left, in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Houston. Orioles on a soggy night at
cher pitched a one-hitter, Archer pitched a one-hit complete game to beat the Astros 1-0. Camden Yards.
allowing only a fifth-inning Kurt Suzuki and Eddie Rosa-
single by Colby Rasmus, Associated Press rio each had three hits and
and struck out 11 to lead two RBIs, and Miguel Sano
the Tampa Bay Rays over Martin Perez (1-3) took the his own jam in the ninth in- gle to Carlos Beltran, but and Eduardo Escobar con-
the Houston Astros 1-0 loss for Texas, giving up ning and Cleveland held retired Headley and Didi tributed home runs in help-
Thursday night. three runs, six hits and three off the AL East-leading New Gregorius with two runners ing Minnesota end a three-
It was Archer’s third ca- walks. York Yankees. on base for his 24th save. game skid. It was only the
reer shutout and second Tomlin (1-1) only allowed Lonnie Chisenhall hit an RBI eighth win in 25 games for
against the Astros, having INDIANS 3, YANKEES 2 Alex Rodriguez’s 680th ca- double, and Michael Brant- the Twins.
also blanked them in 2013. NEW YORK (AP) — Josh reer home run leading off ley — still limited to desig- The Orioles hadn’t allowed
Archer (11-9) retired the fi- Tomlin had his second im- the fourth and a double nated hitter because of a this many runs since July 16,
nal 15 batters, fanning five. pressive start since return- to Chase Headley in seven sore shoulder — and Jose 2012, when they gave up
Rasmus led off the fifth with ing from shoulder surgery, deliberate innings. Ramirez had RBI singles off 19 to the Twins.
a groundball single and Cody Allen worked out of Allen gave up an RBI sin- Ivan Nova (5-5). Duffey (2-1) coasted un-
was the last runner for the til the eighth, when he al-
AL West leaders. lowed two runs before be-
Desmond Jennings got ing pulled with two outs.
two hits for Tampa Bay and Duffey struck out eight,
drove in the lone run with a walked none and gave up
single in the fourth off Collin 10 hits.
McHugh (13-7). The game began at 9:36
p.m. ET following a rain de-
TIGERS 4, RANGERS 0 lay of 2 hours, 31 minutes.
DETROIT (AP) — Alfredo Si- Gonzalez (9-9) gave up
mon threw a one-hitter in seven runs and eight hits in
his first career complete five innings.
game and Detroit topped
Texas in a matchup of AL WHITE SOX 8, ANGELS 2
wild-card contenders. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) —
The Rangers’ only hit came Jose Abreu capped a five-
with two outs in the fifth run fifth inning with a two-
when Rougned Odor dou- run double and the White
bled. Sox avoided a four-game
Simon (11-7) walked two sweep by the Angels.
and struck out five. He Jose Quintana (7-10) al-
threw 116 pitches, three lowed two runs and eight
short of his career high. hits over six innings and
escaped a bases-loaded
ROYALS 4, RED SOX 1 jam in the third. The left-
BOSTON (AP) — Wade Mi- hander struck out three
ley pitched into the eighth and walked two — marking
inning and Ryan Hanigan the 15th consecutive start
drove in two runs as Boston in which he gave up fewer
ended Kansas City’s five- than three bases on balls.
game winning streak. Adam LaRoche capped
Miley (10-9) helped the the scoring with a two-run
Red Sox improve to 5-2 homer, helping the White
under bench coach To- Sox end a seven-game
rey Lovullo, who took over road losing streak and
when manager John Farrell an eight-game victory
announced that is being drought at Angel Stadium.
treated for cancer. Mookie Minor league callup Nick
Betts, Travis Shaw and Xan- Tropeano (1-2) gave up six
der Bogaerts had two hits runs and eight hits through
apiece for Boston. 4 1-3 innings in his third spot
Junichi Tazawa pitched the start of the season. The
ninth for his second save. right-hander retired only
Danny Duffy (6-6) gave up one of the seven batters
four runs on seven hits and he faced in the fifth, when
two walks in five innings. Chicago snapped a 1-all
TWINS 15, ORIOLES 2 tie. Until that inning, the
BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie White Sox were 1 for 21 in
Tyler Duffey took a shutout the series with runners in
into the eighth inning, and scoring position.q
the Twins beat struggling
