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SPORTS Saturday 28 September 2019
Schoop hits Twins’

300th homer in 10-4

win over Tigers

By The Associated Press three games left — Cleve-
DETROIT (AP) — Jonathan land visits playoff-bound
Schoop hit Minnesota’s re- Washington while the Rays
cord 300th home run, Wil- are at Toronto, which is 29
lians Astudillo also went games below .500.
deep and the AL Central Cleveland managed just
champion Twins rallied past four hits and lost for just
Detroit, moving within one the third time in its last 10
victory of giving the major games.
leagues four 100-win teams Civale (3-4) didn’t allow
for the first time. a hit until Yoán Moncada
Minnesota was tied with the lined a single to center with
New York Yankees for the one out in the fourth. The
big league lead with 299 24-year-old right-hander
homers coming in. With the then walked Zack Collins
Twins ahead 6-4 in the sev- before James McCann hit Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez tips his cap as he leaves the team’s baseball
enth, Schoop lofted Jose his 18th home run for a 3-0 game against the Oakland Athletics during the sixth inning Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, in Seattle in
Cisnero’s slider to deep left. lead. his final start of the season.
Astudillo connected off Tim Anderson, who entered Associated Press
Zac Reininger in the eighth. leading the majors with a Owings popped up a 1-1 ably for the last time with les. He stole second with-
Detroit (46-112), already as- .339 average, went 1 for 4. pitch. First baseman Ronald tears in his eyes. out sliding and advanced
sured of the big leagues’ RANGERS 7, RED SOX 5 Guzmán was coming in to Oakland can clinch one of on a groundout before
worst record and next ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — make the catch but then the two wild-card spots in Tucker failed to handle Sim-
year’s top draft pick, fin- Mike Minor reached 200 heard Minor and catcher the AL with a win or Cleve- mons’ hot grounder to first,
ished 22-59 at Comerica strikeouts in a season for Jose Trevino shouting at land loss on Friday. ending the Angels’ fourth
Park and tied the major the first time after the Rang- him to let the ball drop to Matt Olson had an RBI sin- walkoff win of the season.
league record for home ers purposely let a foul pop the ground. Owings took gle in the first inning and Josh Reddick tied his ca-
losses set by the 1939 St. drop, Danny Santana hit a a called third strike on the Matt Chapman hit a two- reer high with his fifth hit in
Louis Browns. grand slam and Texas beat 126th and final pitch by run homer in the second. the 12th for the Astros, who
Devin Smeltzer (2-2) al- Boston to avoid a three- Minor, who finished with a Sean Manaea (4-1) al- loaded the bases three
lowed three runs and 10 hits game sweep. career-high 208 1/3 innings. lowed one run in six innings times in the final five innings
in five innings. Willie Calhoun led off the Jose Leclerc got the final and Liam Hendriks got his without scoring. Jake Maris-
Jordan Zimmermann (1-13) Rangers seventh with his out for his 14th save in 18 25th save. nick struck out in the 12th
lost his fourth straight start, 21st homer to break a 5-5 chances. ANGELS 4, ASTROS 3, 12 IN- against Trevor Cahill (4-9).
giving up six runs and seven tie. Rougned Odor added Jackie Bradley Jr. and Ow- NINGS Kevan Smith had an early
hits in 4 1/3 innings. his 29th homer later in the ings hit solo homers for Bos- ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ka- two-run double for the An-
WHITE SOX 8, INDIANS 0 inning. ton. leb Cowart scored when gels, who used 10 pitchers
CHICAGO (AP) —Rookie Minor (14-10) started the ATHLETICS 3, MARINERS 1 Kyle Tucker made an er- for only the third time in
Aaron Civale gave up day needing nine strikeouts SEATTLE (AP) — Félix Hernán- ror on Andrelton Simmons’ club history and the sec-
home runs on consecutive to reach 200, and he struck dez pitched 5 1/3 innings in two-out grounder in the ond time this season.
pitches in the fourth inning out six of his first 11 batters. likely his final start with Se- 12th inning, and Los Ange- Jack Mayfield hit a tying
and Cleveland fell into per- He got another in the fifth attle after 15 seasons, but les prevented Houston from two-run homer and Kyle
ilous position in the playoff but didn’t get his eighth it was Oakland moving to clinching homefield ad- Tucker also homered for
race, losing to Chicago. until Sam Travis ending the the brink of clinching an vantage throughout the AL Houston, which fielded a
The Indians dropped two seventh on his 117th pitch, AL wild-card berth with the playoffs. lineup consisting mostly
games behind idle Tampa which matched his career win. Cowart drew a walk from of backups to open their
Bay for the second AL wild- high. In the ninth, Sandy Hernández walked off the Joe Biagini (3-2) leading final series of the regular
card spot. Both teams have León flied out before Chris mound as a Mariner prob- off the 12th for Los Ange- season.q

Tigers-White Sox rained out, will play 161 games this year

By MATT CARLSON first game when the down- straight doubleheader on Friday’s doubleheader run double for Detroit.
Associates Press pour returned. Play was Saturday starting at 2:10 was scheduled after a CHISOX LOOKING AHEAD
CHICAGO (AP) — The stopped and the game p.m. Detroit and Chicago July 2 game in Chicago White Sox GM Rick Hahn
doubleheader between was called after a wait of meet in their season fi- was postponed by rain. told reporters before the
the Detroit Tigers and Chi- 1 hour, 15 minutes. nale Sunday — with both Fulmer went 2 2/3 innings game he’d like to add a
cago White Sox sched- Tim Anderson, who en- teams far out of playoff and allowed three runs on right fielder, designated
uled for Friday night was tered leading the ma- contention, there will be three hits before Jace Fry hitter and starting pitcher
rained out, and as a result jors with a .338 average, no makeup added, leav- took over. Hall pitched in the offseason. Chica-
the teams will play only was 0 for 2 for the White ing the clubs one short of two innings and allowed go’s mix of players who
161 games this season. Sox when it was stopped. the regular 162 games. two runs on four hits be- have played right has
The twinbill started almost Those at-bats were wiped The Tigers are last in the fore being relieved by combined for only a .220
an hour late because of out, as was Grayson Grein- majors with a 46-112 re- Nick Ramírez to start the average, six homers and
thunderstorms, and De- er’s homer for Detroit and cord. The White Sox are third.Ryan Cordell had a 39 RBIs. White Sox DHs
troit led 4-2 in the bottom an RBI for Miguel Cabrera. 70-88 and in third place in two-run double for Chica- were batting just .203 with
of the fourth inning in the The teams will play a the AL Central. go. Dawel Lugo hit a two- 15 homers and 17 RBIs. q