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Tuesday 18 april 2017

Bird breaks out, Yanks sweep Cards 9-3 for 7th straight

NEW YORK (AP) — Greg homer off Hill in the third in-
Bird busted out of his slump ning and five batters later,
with a long home run that Hill walked Jake Lamb with
began a perfect night at the bases loaded for a 2-0
the plate and Michael Arizona lead. Paul Gold-
Pineda pitched New York schmidt singled in another
past staggering St. Louis for run in the seventh inning.
its seventh straight victory. Fernando Rodney pitched
Aaron Hicks also hit a hom- the ninth for his fourth save.
er and Aaron Judge was MARINERS 8, RANGERS 7
robbed of one by a fan in SEATTLE (AP) — Nelson Cruz
the bleachers, forcing the singled in the tiebreak-
young Yankees bopper ing run to cap a two-run,
to settle for an RBI triple. ninth-inning rally as Seattle
New York chased Adam overcame a 6-1 deficit to
Wainwright (0-3) in the fifth complete a three-game
and finished a three-game sweep.
sweep that left St. Louis at Nomar Mazara gave Texas
3-9, the worst record in the a 7-6 lead when he led off
National League and its the ninth against Edwin
poorest start since 1988. Diaz (1-1) with his fourth
Pineda (2-1) went seven in- New York Yankees’ Greg Bird watches as he hit a two-run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals homer.
nings in a sharp follow-up during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Yankee Stadium in New Mitch Haniger walked
to his dominant outing last York. against Sam Dyson (0-3)
Monday, when he retired Associated Press with the bases loaded and
the first 20 Tampa Bay bat- his middle finger. Danny Farquhar (0-1), to right off Ryan Pressly (0-2) Cruz hit a sharp bases-
ters and struck out 11 over TIGERS 4, INDIANS 1 Pablo Sandoval had a in the 10th inning. loaded grounder up the
7 2/3 innings for an 8-1 vic- CLEVELAND (AP) — Mat- two-run homer for the Red Nate Jones (1-0) struck out middle. While Elvis Andrus
tory in New York’s home thew Boyd (2-1) allowed Sox, who won their second two in a perfect ninth, and snagged the ball with a
opener. one run in six innings and straight after losing five of David Robertson fanned dive, the shortstop’s off-
ORIOLES 11, BLUE JAYS 4 Alex Avila hit a two-run eight. his first two batters in a 1-2-3 balance glove flip to sec-
TORONTO (AP) — Trey homer. Joe Kelly (2-0) allowed one 10th for his third save in as ond was off line.
Mancini homered twice for Carlos Carrasco (1-1) hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings, many chances. Seattle rebounded on Ha-
the second time in three made his first appearance and Craig Kimbrel struck Brian Dozier hit an inside- niger’s three-run homer in
games, a three-run shot against Detroit since his out two in a perfect ninth the-park home run for the the third, Danny Valencia’s
off Ryan Tepera in the sixth right hand was broken by for his fifth save. Twins. RBI single in the sixth and
and a solo drive off Matt Ian Kinsler’s line drive in ROYALS 1, ANGELS 0 DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODG- Guillermo Heredia homer
Dermody in the eighth. September. Carrasco gave KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ERS 1 opening the seventh.
Mancini, who finished 3 for up two runs, four hits and — Alcides Escobar hit an LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tai- Haniger preserved the tie
5 with four RBIs, matched five walks in 6 2/3 innings. RBI single in the ninth off juan Walker (2-1) struck out in the eighth with a leaping
the major league record He struck out five, including Cam Bedrosian after Salva- seven and allowed a run catch at the top of the wall
for home runs in the first Justin Upton three times. dor Perez’s leading single and four hits over five in- in right-center to rob Joey
12 games of a career with Cleveland went 14-4 against Blake Parker (0-1), nings. Gallo of a potential two-
seven, joining Trevor Story against Detroit last year as Kelvin Herrera (1-0) threw Los Angeles starter Rich Hill run homer. Shin-Soo Choo
and Dino Restelli. it won the AL Central. The an eight-pitch flawless ninth (1-1) was activated from had a three-run homer in
Dylan Bundy (2-1) gave up Indians have lost seven after Ian Kennedy pitched the disabled list before this the second and two-run
five hits in six shutout innings of nine after an opening two-hit ball and struck out start after missing time with double in the third.q
Toronto lost left-hander J.A. three-game sweep of Tex- 10 over eight innings. a blister on his left middle In other AL games it was
Happ (0-3) to a sore elbow as. Kansas City has won four finger, but he re-aggravat- Baltimore 11, Toronto 4;
in the fifth inning, another RED SOX 7, RAYS 5 straight, the Los Angeles ed the blister and made it Detroit 4, Cleveland 1; Bos-
blow to a suddenly thin BOSTON (AP) — Mitch Mo- has lost five in a row. only three innings and 54 ton 7, Tampa Bay 5; Kansas
starting rotation. Before reland hit a go-ahead, two- WHITE SOX 3, TWINS 1 pitches before leaving. The City 1, L.A. Angels 0; Chi-
the game, the Blue Jays run single in the seventh off MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Avisail left-hander allowed two cago White Sox 3, Minne-
put right-hander Aaron left-hander Xavier Cedeno Garcia had a career-high runs, five hits and two walks sota 1, 10 innings; Seattle 8,
Sanchez on the 10-day dis- after Boston, trailing 5-4, four hits, including an op- and struck out two. Texas 7; and N.Y. Yankees
abled list with a blister on loading the bases against posite-field, two-run homer Chris Iannetta hit a solo 9, St. Louis 3.q