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Saturday 25 May 2019
Twins tie franchise record with 8 homers, beat Twins 16-7

By The Associated Press earned runs and struck
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — out one in the loss. Justin
Miguel Sano and Jonathan Smoak hit a solo homer in
Schoop each hit two of the ninth.
Minnesota's franchise re- WHITE SOX 4, ASTROS 0
cord-tying eight home runs HOUSTON (AP) — Lucas
and the Twins hammered Giolito pitched a four-hitter
Matt Harvey and the Los for his first major league
Angeles Angels 16-7 Thurs- shutout, rookie Eloy Jimé-
day. nez hit his third homer in
C.J. Cron homered, dou- two games and Chicago
bled twice and singled beat Houston.
twice for the Twins. Max Yoán Moncada had an RBI
Kepler, Jorge Polanco and double and Tim Anderson
Eddie Rosario also hom- added a run-scoring sin-
ered for Minnesota. gle for the White Sox, who
It was the third time in fran- earned a four-game series
chise history — dating to split by handing Houston its
their days as the Wash- first set of consecutive loss-
ington Senators — and es since May 1-2.
second time this season Giolito (6-1) struck out
the Twins homered eight a season-best nine and
times. Before doing it April walked one in winning his
20 against Baltimore, the fourth start in a row and fifth
last time it happened was straight decision. In his pre-
in 1963 against Washing- vious outing last Saturday,
ton.Schoop drove in four Minnesota Twins' Jonathan Schoop follows the path of his three-run home run against the Los An- the 24-year-old right-hand-
runs and Sano three as the geles Angels during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 23, 2019, in Anaheim, er was credited with his first
Twins won six of seven on Calif. career complete game
their trip that began in Se- Associated Press when he beat Toronto 4-1
attle and wound up with in a game called after 4½
their first sweep in Anaheim Orioles mounted a come- The Indians dropped their Miami benefited from a innings because of rain.
since 1996. back. Two walks and an fourth straight and nearly couple of fielding lapses After that one, Giolito said
There were a total of 11 RBI single by Trey Mancini lost two more players to in- by the Tigers in the ninth he didn't consider it a com-
home runs in this game, brought in Tommy Kahnle jury on a freakish play in the to come back against plete game until he went
which was originally set (2-0) from the bullpen, and sixth when rookie left fielder Shane Greene (0-2), who nine innings. He did that
for Wednesday but post- Renato Nunez tied it with a Oscar Mercado and cen- had been 15 for 15 on save Thursday.
poned due to unplayable three-run drive. ter fielder Leonys Martin chances this season. It was the first complete
field conditions following a In the ninth, Gleyber Torres slammed into each other Marlins starter Trevor Rich- game shutout for a White
pregame storm. drew a walk and Gary San- trying to catch the ball. ards struck out six over 5 2/3 Sox pitcher since Chris Sale
The eight home runs also chez singled before Givens Mercado took the worst innings, allowing eight hits threw a two-hitter at Tam-
tied the Angels mark for (0-2) walked DJ LeMahieu of the crash as Martin's left and one run. pa Bay on April 15, 2016.
most allowed. It previously to load the bases. After go- knee drove hard into his Tyler Kinley (1-0) gave up Jimenez, who was 0 for 7 in
happened in 2005 against ing 3-0 on Hicks, Givens got right hip. As the two Indians one run in the eighth and the first two games of the
Texas and 1996 vs. Oak- two strikes before missing players lay helplessly in the got the win. Sergio Romo series before hitting two
land. Tommy La Stella hit badly outside. grass, the ball ricocheted earned his ninth save with homers in a win Wednes-
his first grand slam in the Zack Britton worked the toward the left-field corner a perfect ninth. day night, connected off
ninth for the Angels, who ninth for his second save. and Kiermaier easily circled RED SOX 8, BLUE JAYS 2 fellow rookie Corbin Martin
have dropped four straight. Baltimore has lost six the bases for the first in- TORONTO (AP) — Ryan We- (1-1) for a solo shot in the
David Fletcher and Brian straight. The Orioles own side-the-parker allowed by ber pitched six innings to fourth inning that made it
Goodwin also homered for the worst record in the ma- Cleveland since 2008. earn his first career win as a 4-0.
Los Angeles. jors (15-35) and worst re- MARLINS 5, TIGERS 2 starter, Steve Pearce hom- Martin gave up six hits and
Four of the seven hits Matt cord at home (6-19). DETROIT (AP) — Garrett ered and had three RBIs four runs over 3 1/3 innings
Harvey (2-4) allowed in 2 RAYS 7, INDIANS 2 Cooper hit a grand slam and Boston beat Toronto. in his third career start.q
2/3 innings went over the CLEVELAND (AP) — Ryan with two outs in the ninth Pearce went 3 for 5. He sin-
wall. Yarbrough handled Cleve- inning and Miami extend- gled in the fourth and sixth
Twins starter Martín Pérez land's lineup into eighth ed its winning streak to six innings and hit a two-run
(7-1) went five innings and inning in his first start this gameS with the win over shot off Ryan Feierabend
yielded two runs on five hits. season and Kevin Kiermaier Detroit. in the ninth, his first of the
YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 5 legged out a three-run, in- The Marlins, who had the season.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Mychal side-the-park homer when worst record in the ma- Rafael Devers had two hits,
Givens walked Aaron Hicks two outfielders collided in jors last week, extended two RBIs and scored twice
with the bases loaded to the win for Tampa Bay. the longest active winning as Boston improved to 11-3
force in the tiebreaking run Tommy Pham, Avisail Gar- streak in the big leagues. in its past 14 road games.
in the ninth inning, and New cía and Willy Adames hit The Tigers wrapped up an The struggling Blue Jays
York completed a four- solo homers off Adam 0-9 stay at Comerica Park lost for the third time in four
game sweep of Baltimore. Plutko (1-1) as the Rays against Houston, Oakland games.
Clint Frazier and Luke Voit improved baseball's best and the Marlins. That re- Weber (1-0) allowed one
homered for the Yankees, road record to 16-7. cord doesn't include a run on three hits, walked
who went deep 13 times in Yarbrough (3-1) allowed suspended game in which none and struck out four.
the series. two runs and four hits in a Detroit trails Oakland in the Toronto's Sam Gaviglio (3-
Down 4-1 in the eighth, the career-high 7 1/3 innings. late innings. 1) allowed four hits, two