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Mazara homers, drives in 5 as Rangers top White Sox 9-8

By The Associated Press off Tommy Hunter (2-4), his
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — 33rd, as the Blue Jays took
Nomar Mazara drove in three of four from the Rays
five runs, including a tie- to remain on the fringes of
breaking three-run homer the AL wild card race. To-
in the fifth inning, and the ronto is 10-5 in August.
Texas Rangers held on to Smoak went 2 for 4 with
beat the Chicago White three RBIs.
Sox 9-8 on Thursday night. Donaldson connected
The Rangers (60-60) twice against Rays right-
reached .500 for the first hander Chris Archer, hit-
time since July 15 with their ting solo shots in the first
fourth straight win and and fifth innings. It was his
seventh in eight games. 13th career multihomer
The defending AL West game and third this sea-
champs, out of the divi- son. The homers were his
sion race behind Houston, 19th and 20th.
pulled within 1 1/2 games Donaldson leads the
of the idle Los Angeles An- AL with 10 first-inning
gels for the AL’s second home runs this season,
wild card. one ahead of Houston’s
Mazara’s 16th home run George Springer.
capped the Rangers’ sec-
ond four-run inning, which DIAMONDBACKS 4, AS-
included two injury re- TROS
placements on the mound 0
for the White Sox in their HOUSTON (AP) — Patrick
fifth straight loss. Chicago White Sox catcher Omar Narvaez looks to the dugout as Texas Rangers’ Nomar Mazara Corbin came within an
The White Sox pulled within (30) is congratulated on his three-run home run by Elvis Andrus, from second left, Adrian Beltre and out short of his first career
a run on Jose Abreu’s 23rd Joey Gallo, right, during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in Arlington, shutout and first complete
Texas.
homer, a solo shot in the Associated Press game since 2013 in Arizo-
ninth. up six runs and five hits in 4 INDIANS 9, TWINS 3, 1ST of the inning with the go- na’s win over Houston.
But Alex Claudio finished 1/3 innings. GAME. TWINS 4, INDIANS 2, ahead home run in the After allowing a two-out
a two-inning save for the Austin Bibens-Dirkx (4-2) 2ND GAME bottom of the seventh, double to Yuli Gurriel in
left-hander’s sixth of the retired all five batters he MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max sending the Minnesota the bottom of the ninth,
season. faced to pick up the win. Kepler made up for a Twins to a victory in the Corbin was pulled by
Reynaldo Lopez (0-1) gave fielding mistake in the top second game to salvage Arizona manager Torey
a doubleheader split with Lovullo.
the Indians. Archie Bradley took over
Twins starter Aaron Slegers on the mound and struck
sailed through 6 1/3 innings out Marwin Gonzalez.
in his major league debut, Corbin (10-11) allowed
helping stop Cleveland’s four hits and one walk,
six-game winning streak. struck out seven and threw
The Indians had also won just 105 pitches.
10 straight games in Min- After blanking the Chica-
nesota, all but one this go Cubs in 6 2/3 innings in
season. his previous start, Corbin
Yan Gomes and Jason has 16 1/3 consecutive
Kipnis each homered and scoreless innings.
had three hits for the Indi- Arizona second baseman
ans in a 9-3 victory in the Daniel Descalso hit an
opener as the Twins set a inside-the-park home run
franchise record with 19 off Astros starter Mike Fiers
strikeouts. (7-8) in the fourth inning on
a deep drive that sailed
BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 3 over the head of cen-
TORONTO (AP) — Justin ter fielder Jake Marisnick
Smoak hit a tiebreaking and bounced off the wall
home run in the eighth away from him.
inning, Josh Donaldson It was the 14th inside-the-
added two solo blasts and park homer in Arizona
Toronto beat Tampa Bay. franchise history and the
Smoak hit a two-run drive third this season.q