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Sale strikes out

13 Rays, Red Sox

win 7th straight, 2-0

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida After Austin Jackson tied
(AP) — Chris Sale struck out it with a two-out bloop RBI
13 in eight innings, and the single, Gomes connected
Red Sox earned their sev- on the first pitch from Hol-
enth straight victory. land (2-3), driving it into
Sale (14-4) reached double the seats in center field to
digits in strikeouts for the touch off a wild celebra-
15th time this season. He al- tion in Progressive Field.
lowed two hits, and Craig Gomes flung his helmet
Kimbrel struck out the side and skipped around the
in the ninth for his 28th save. bases as the Indians play-
The win pushed Boston’s AL ers danced out of their
East lead over the New York dugout at the improbable
Yankees to four games. walk-off win.
Dustin Pedroia, who re- Kluber (10-3) struck out 11
turned to the lineup as in his second straight com-
the designated hitter after plete game. He allowed Boston Red Sox starter Chris Sale pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a
a stint on the disabled list three hits and walked baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
with left knee inflamma- none. Associated Press
tion, scored Boston’s first Charlie Blackmon hom-
run on a fielder’s choice ered for the Rockies. kees. for the sixth time in seven Left-hander Derek Holland
in the fourth. A bad throw BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 2 Happ (5-8) allowed one run decisions. (6-11) earned his first win
by Austin Pruitt (6-3) pre- TORONTO (AP) — Josh and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, Molina connected against since June 13, despite issu-
vented a possible inning- Donaldson hit two two-run improving to 6-0 in 10 starts Jason Vargas (13-6) in the ing seven walks in 5 2/3 in-
ending double play on homers for the Blue Jays, against the Yankees since fourth and Grichuk and nings. He had been 0-5 in
Rafael Devers’ chopper to and J.A. Happ won his sixth 2014. Gyorko connected to high- eight starts and one relief
the mound. straight decision against Roberto Osuna got three light the six-run fifth, when appearance since beating
It was the only run allowed the Yankees. outs for his 29th save in 36 the crown-shaped vid- Baltimore.
by Pruitt in his fourth major Donaldson connected chances. eoboard at Kauffman Sta- Dallas Keuchel (9-2) al-
league start. He pitched twice against CC Sabathia CARDINALS 10, ROYALS 3 dium suddenly went dark. lowed a season-high eight
6 1/3 scoreless innings (9-5), who came in with an KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) About half of it came back runs and 10 hits in four in-
in a win at Houston last AL-best 2.29 ERA in 10 road — Yadier Molina, Jedd Gy- online in the seventh, when nings for AL-leading Hous-
Wednesday. starts. The 2015 AL MVP hit orko and Randal Grichuk the Cardinals were tacking ton. He had a 1.67 ERA
INDIANS 4, ROCKIES 1 a drive to right-center in homered, leading St. Louis on runs. when he went on the dis-
CLEVELAND (AP) — Yan the first, and hooked one to its fourth straight win. WHITE SOX 8, ASTROS 5 abled list for the second
Gomes hit a three-run down the left field line in Michael Wacha (9-4) al- CHICAGO (AP) — Rook- time with a neck injury, on
homer off Greg Holland the third. lowed a three-run double ie Kevan Smith homered June 8. The All-Star left-
with two outs in the ninth It was Donaldson’s 12th to Cheslor Cuthbert but and drove in four runs, and hander has a 10.50 ERA in
inning, lifting Corey Kluber multihomer game and his otherwise kept the Royals the last-place White Sox three starts since his return.
and Cleveland to the vic- second this season, both in check, surrendering six stopped a six-game losing Tyler Clippard pitched the
tory. coming against the Yan- hits over six innings to win streak. ninth for his second save.q

MRI shows no new Sabathia

knee damage but status unclear

TORONTO (AP) — A scan bathia’s next turn. you have pain every pitch,
showed no new damage “When you have a guy that you’re going to have a
to CC Sabathia’s arthritic has a banged-up knee, hard time. That’s what we
right knee, but the status of you worry that there’s more saw last night, so we’ve got
the New York Yankees left- damage,” Girardi said. to knock that out.”
hander for Sunday night’s Sabathia has worn his cur- Girardi said rookie left-
start against Boston re- rent knee brace since the hander Jordan Montgom-
mains unclear. second half of 2015. Eligible ery is “probably the lead-
Forced from Tuesday’s loss for free agency at the end ing choice” to return from
to Toronto after three in- of the World Series, the 17- Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-
nings, Sabathia returned year veteran is 9-5 with a Barre if Sabathia is unavail-
to New York for an MRI on 4.05 ERA in 19 starts. able to face the Red Sox. New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia throws against
Wednesday. Manager Joe “The key for him has been Montgomery is 7-6 with a the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of their baseball
Girardi says the team was bringing stability back to 4.05 ERA in 21 starts. game in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.
happy with the results, but the knee and the brace Montgomery was optioned
he will wait until return- has been a big part of to Triple-A Sunday in an at- keep to about 180. Mont- career high with 139 1/3 in-
ing home Friday before that,” Girardi said. “But tempt to limit his innings, gomery, who has pitched nings at Double-A Trenton
making a decision on Sa- when you’re landing and which New York wants to 115 2/3 innings so far, set a and Scranton last year.q