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Wednesday 8 May 2019

Snell shuts down D-Backs, Pham hits grand slam as Rays roll

combined on a three-hit-
ter, Eddie Rosario hit his AL-
leading 12th home run and
Minnesota blanked Toron-
to. Jason Castro homered
and had three RBIs before
leaving with a sore right el-
bow after he was hit by a
pitch in the eighth inning.
Perez (5-0) won his fourth
straight start. The left-hand-
er allowed two hits, both
singles, in seven innings, his
second straight scoreless
outing.
Rosario chased Marcus
Stroman (1-5) with a two-
out solo drive in the fifth.
ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 1
BALTIMORE (AP) — Jona-
than Villar hit a grand slam,
John Means handcuffed
Boston's torrid offense over
seven innings and Balti-
more beat Boston.
Villar connected in the sec-
ond inning off Josh Smith
(0-1), who was making his
first start with Boston. The
drive came after Villar was
robbed of a first-inning dou-
ble when a fan reached
over the 7-foot wall and in-
terfered with left fielder J.D.
Martinez's effort to make a
catch. Villar's second ca-
Tampa Bay Rays' Tommy Pham (29) watches his grand slam off Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly during the sec- reer slam was more than
ond inning of a baseball game Monday, May 6, 2019, in St. Petersburg, Fla. enough support for Means
Associated Press (4-3), who allowed one run
and three hits, striking out
By The Associated Press strikeouts in an 83-pitch homer and four RBIs, and cushion for CC Sabathia in four and walking none.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) outing. Chicago routed Cleveland a showdown of acclaimed ASTROS 6, ROYALS 4
— Reigning AL Cy Young Chaz Roe relieved to start to stop a three-game losing veterans. HOUSTON (AP) — George
Award winner Blake Snell the seventh and Casey streak. Luke Voit, Brett Gardner Springer, Carlos Correa and
took a perfect game into Sadler allowed an un- Bauer (4-2) matched ca- and Thairo Estrada hom- Robinson Chirinos each
the sixth inning and Tom- earned run in the ninth to reer highs by allowing eight ered off Hernández while homered to lead Houston
my Pham hit his first career finish a two-hitter before runs and seven earned runs New York gave Sabathia a past Kansas City.
grand slam, leading the 8,124, the lowest at Tropi- in five-plus innings, and his 6-0 lead after two innings Springer opened the first
Tampa Bay Rays over the cana Field since Septem- ERA rose from 2.45 to 3.42. and held on for its 12th win with his 11th home run of
Arizona Diamondbacks ber 2017. Anderson chased Bauer in 16 games. Hernández the season, including three
12-1 on Monday night. Pham's grand slam off Mer- with a two-run single in the (1-3) settled in after that, leadoff drives. He added
Snell (3-3) rebounded from rill Kelly (3-3) finished a five- sixth. completing five innings of an RBI double in the eighth.
allowing a career-high run second inning that put Iván Nova (1-3) allowed seven-run ball. Gerrit Cole (3-4) yielded
seven runs over three in- the AL East leaders up 6-0. one run and eight hits in Domingo Santana and Dee four runs on seven hits with
nings of an 8-2 loss at Kan- WHITE SOX 9, INDIANS 1 seven innings for his first win Gordon homered off Sa- nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 in-
sas City last week to hold CLEVELAND (AP) — Tim An- since beating Milwaukee bathia (2-1), but the over- nings.
the Diamondbacks without derson chased Trevor Bauer for Pittsburgh on Sept. 21. sized lefty limited Seattle to Roberto Osuna pitched the
a hit until Ildemaro Vargas after the All-Star tweeted a YANKEES 7, MARINERS 3 three runs over five innings. ninth for his eighth save.
singled with two outs in the playful message to Ander- NEW YORK (AP) — New York TWINS 8, BLUE JAYS 0 Jakob Junis (3-3) allowed
sixth. Snell got out of the in- son earlier in the day, Yoán pounced on Seattle's Félix TORONTO (AP) — Martin five runs on nine hits in 5 1/3
ning and finished with nine Moncada had a two-run Hernández, building a big Perez and two relievers innings.q