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SPORTS Tuesday 2 May 2017
Red Sox take weekend series against Cubs with 6-2 victory

BOSTON (AP) — Marco ners began the sixth with
Hernandez scored the go- six straight hits and scored
ahead run on Pedro Strop’s three times but Nick Goody
wild pitch in Boston’s four- worked out of a bases-
run eighth inning. loaded, none-out jam.
The Red Sox took two of Chase De Jong (0-2), mak-
three in the lively week- ing his first major league
end series that featured a start, gave up six runs and
strong showing for Cubs nine hits in 2 2/3 innings.
fans and the World Series Nelson Cruz homered for
trophies that ended long the Mariners, who finished
title droughts for the once- 4-6 on their 11-day road
frustrated franchises. trip.
Hanley Ramirez hit a two- Roberto Perez had three
run homer for Boston and hits and drove in three
Matt Barnes (3-0) worked runs for the defending AL
one scoreless inning after champions, who have won
completing his four-game nine of 12.
suspension for throwing ANGELS 5, RANGERS 2
behind the head of Balti- ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
more’s Manny Machado. JC Ramirez got his first win
Kris Bryant hit a solo homer as a starter on his fourth
for Chicago, extending his try after 111 career relief
hitting streak to 11 games. appearances while Jefry
Koji Uehara (0-2) got the Marte homered and hit a Boston Red Sox’s Marco Hernandez scores on a wild pitch by Chicago Cubs’ Pedro Strop (46) as
loss. tiebreaking, two-run single Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, left, looks on in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday,
INDIANS 12, MARINERS 4 to help Los Angeles beat April 30, 2017, in Boston. The Red Sox won 6-2. Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mi- Texas.
chael Brantley homered Ramirez (3-2) matched his first base, as Baltimore re- Martin hit a go-ahead sin- split fingernail. Six Toronto
and Francisco Lindor had career high from two starts bounded from another gle during a three-run rally relievers combined to limit
a two-run double as Cleve- earlier with nine strikeouts in blown late lead. in the eighth inning as To- the Rays to one run in eight
land scored eight times 5 1/3 innings. Didi Gregorius hit a two- ronto posted back-to-back innings. J.P. Howell (1-1)
in the third inning against Marte had a solo homer out, two-run single in the wins for the first time this got one out and Roberto
weary Seattle. in the ninth. Kole Calhoun New York ninth that made year. Osuna finished for his third
Brantley led off the big in- also connected for the it 4-all. Logan Verrett (1-0), The Blue Jays started the save.
ning with a single and Angels and Shin-Soo Choo making his Orioles debut, day at 7-17, the worst re- TIGERS 7, WHITE SOX 3
capped it with a two-run homered for Texas. escaped a bases-loaded, cord in the majors. A loss DETROIT (AP) — Jose Igle-
homer. Lindor, who had ORIOLES 7, YANKEES 4, 11 one-out jam in the 10th. would’ve left them with the sias doubled and drove in
three RBIs, hit a solo homer INNINGS Joey Ricard singled with poorest winning percent- three runs to help Detroit
in the third and preceded NEW YORK (AP) — Mark one out in the 11th against age in March/April in team stop a four-game losing
Brantley’s homer with his Trumbo hit a go-ahead Mitchell (1-1), stole second history. streak.
double. single in a three-run 11th and later scored on Trum- Toronto then lost starter Jordan Zimmermann (3-1)
Josh Tomlin (2-3) allowed off Bryan Mitchell, who re- bo’s two-out single. Aaron Sanchez, the AL ERA picked up a sloppy victory,
four runs in five-plus in- turned to the mound af- BLUE JAYS 3, RAYS 1 leader last year, after just allowing three runs in five-
nings for the win. The Mari- ter an unusual inning at TORONTO (AP) — Russell one inning because of a plus innings.q

Ichiro Suzuki honored with

collage showing 1st 3,000 hits

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami feet wide and took months
Marlins paid tribute to Ich- to assemble.
iro Suzuki by giving him a “I don’t know how big his
mosaic of photographs house is,” teammate Tom
showing each of his first Koehler said, “but he’s go-
3,000 hits. ing to need a lot of wall
Suzuki reached the mile- space for that one. I’m sure
stone last season and was he’s got a lot of memora-
honored before Sunday’s bilia of his career. Maybe
game against the Pitts- he just has a private house
burgh Pirates. The cere- for Ichy memories.”
mony included Japanese Suzuki originally was to
home run king Sadaharu have been honored late
Oh offering congratulations last season, but the cer-
in a scoreboard video, and emony was postponed fol-
Suzuki responded by bow- lowing the death of Marlins
ing toward the scoreboard. ace Jose Fernandez.
“It’s the most emotional The 43-year-old Japanese
I’ve ever seen him,” Marlins star spent his first 11 1/2
president David Samson seasons with Seattle before Miami Marlins’ Ichiro Suzuki waves after a pregame ceremony honoring his 3,000th career hit be-
said. He said Suzuki’s Plexi- heading to the New York fore a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, April 30, 2017, in Miami.
glas collage is more than 8 Yankees. q Associated Press