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Pujols, Trout homer in Angels’ 6-2 win over Rays

Nolan Reimold and Man- and lead Oakland Athlet- Kazmir struck out six and
ny Machado also hom- ics over Texas. threw 105 pitches. Evan
ered for the Orioles, who Kazmir (3-4) retired 13 of Scribner needed nine
squeezed out a pair of his first 14 batters around pitches in a perfect ninth
one-run victories during a second-inning walk by that completed the one-
the three-game series. Adam Rosales and didn’t hitter. Kazmir defeated
Baltimore has won a sea- allow a hit until Elvis An- Texas and Houston in his
son-high four in a row and drus’ one-out single to first two starts of the sea-
six of seven. center in the fifth. son but had been 0-4 in
Miley (5-6) allowed five Texas’ only other runner nine outings since beating
runs and nine hits over was Prince Fielder, who the Astros on April 13, al-
four innings. After finishing walked leading off the though he had a 3.78 ERA
the fourth, the left-hander seventh. in that stretch.q
engaged in a heated ex-
Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout (27) shakes hands with third change with manager
base coach Gary DiSarcina after hitting a home run off Tampa John Farrell in the dug-
Bay Rays starting pitcher Alex Colome during the sixth inning of out. Still screaming, Miley
a baseball game Thursday, June 11, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Fla. walked into the tunnel
with Farrell in pursuit.
Associated Press David Ortiz hit his seventh
home run and Pablo San-
The Associated Press homer in 11 games off doval had two RBIs for
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida Rays starter Alex Colome Boston. The defeat left the
(AP) — Albert Pujols hit his for the Angels’ first run. Red Sox seven games un-
537th home run Thursday Trout’s two-out double off der .500 (27-34), matching
night to move ahead of Brad Boxberger drove in their low point of the sea-
Mickey Mantle into 16th another run in the seventh son.
place on the all-time list after rookie Kyle Kubitza’s Chris Tillman (4-7) gave up
and complete the scoring single had given Los An- four runs in 5 2-3 innings to
for the Los Angeles Angels geles its first lead of the improve his career record
in a 6-2 victory over the game, 3-2. against Boston to 9-3.
Tampa Bay Rays. Garrett Richards (6-4) INDIANS 6, MARINERS 0
Pujols’ 17th home run of pitched seven innings for CLEVELAND (AP) —
the season, which came in the Angels, giving up two Giovanny Urshela hit his
the ninth inning off Preston runs and four hits while first major league home
Guilmet, was his 1,122nd striking out seven. run, Shaun Marcum and
extra-base hit, tying Man- Former Angel Kevin Jep- his bullpen combined on
ny Ramirez for 14th place sen (1-4) took the loss after a two-hitter and Cleve-
in that category. The giving up all three runs in land beat Seattle.
35-year-old first baseman the decisive seventh. A 23-year-old from Co-
has 1,685 RBIs, one short of ORIOLES 6, RED SOX 5 lombia who made his big
Ernie Banks who is 29th on BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam league debut Tuesday,
the all-time list. Jones hit the first of Balti- Urshela grounded an RBI
Mike Trout drove in two more’s three home runs single past shortstop Brad
runs with his 17th home run off Wade Miley, and the Miller in a four-run third,
and a double. Orioles beat the Boston for the first batter after Tom
Trout, who had three its first sweep of the sea- Wilhelmsen relieved J.A.
straight hits, hit his sixth son. Happ (3-2). Cleveland
saved the ball for Urshela,
who then hit a solo homer
off Vidal Nuno in the sixth.
That ball just cleared the
19-foot fence in left and
rebounded onto the
field, providing a second
memento for Urshela,
who smiled widely as he
slapped hands with team-
mates in the dugout.
Urshela is 2 for 8 with three
RBIs. He was called up
from Triple-A Columbus
when third baseman Lon-
nie Chisenhall was sent
down.
ATHLETICS 7, RANGERS 0
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Scott Kazmir allowed one
hit in eight innings to end
a nine-start winless streak