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SPORTS Wednesday 17 april 2019
Smith homers, drives in 4 in O’s 8-1 win over Red Sox

By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Dwight
Smith Jr. hooked a two-run
homer into the first row of
seats down the right field
line and drove in four, lead-
ing Baltimore to victory in
Boston’s annual Patriots’
Day game.
Baltimore salvaged a split
of the four-game series. It
had lost nine of its previous
11 games and was 4-21 in
its last 25 against Boston.
Chris Davis also hit a two-
run homer — much further
into the right field bleach-
ers — and Renato Núñez
had three hits with an RBI
single.
Dan Straily (1-1) rebounded
from a rough debut start
with Baltimore, giving up
a run on two hits in five in-
nings. He was tagged for
five runs and eight hits over
3 1/3 innings by Oakland
last week.
Spot starter Hector Ve-
lázquez (0-1) gave up a run
in three innings.
RANGERS 12, ANGELS 7
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Joey Gallo homered and
grounded a tiebreaking
single to the vacant spot at
shortstop against the shift,
helping Texas beat Los An-
geles in Mike Trout’s return
after missing three games
with a groin injury.
Trout, the designated hit- Baltimore Orioles’ Dwight Smith, center, celebrates his two-run home run that also drove in Jonathan Villar, left, as Boston Red Sox
ter while the club waits a catcher Blake Swihart, right, looks away during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2019.
little longer before putting Associated Press
the two-time AL MVP back
in center field, went 0 for 2 fensive boost with three hits CHICAGO (AP) — Weling- in four chances and No. Washington, struck out
with three walks. in a victory over Minnesota. ton Castillo atoned for an 100 for his career. Mitch Haniger with the bas-
Shin-Soo Choo, who had After Martin Perez finished error with a two-run homer INDIANS 6, MARINERS 4 es loaded.
three hits, homered lead- six innings in his first start for in the eighth inning, and SEATTLE (AP) — Trevor Bau- The Mariners rallied for
ing off the third for his first of the Twins with only one run Chicago rallied to beat er allowed one run while three runs in the eighth on
the season. Asdrubal Ca- allowed and Ryne Harper Kansas City. pitching into the seventh in- consecutive homers by Ed-
brera matched Gallo for struck out two batters in a Castillo’s poor throw on ning, slumping Jose Ramirez win Encarnacion and Omar
the team lead with his fifth perfect seventh, left-hand- Billy Hamilton’s steal in the hit his first homer of the sea- Narvaez to extend Seattle’s
homer , a two-run shot for er Adalberto Mejia was seventh helped set up Whit son and Cleveland held on record streak to 19 games
an 11-4 lead in the sixth. summoned for the eighth Merrifield’s tiebreaking sac- late to beat Seattle. with a long ball to begin
Reliever Kyle Dowdy (1- with all righties due up for rifice fly. But Castillo came The Indians rebounded the season. Greg Allen
0) earned his first major the Blue Jays. up big after Tim Anderson from being swept last week- made a tremendous diving
league victory, giving up Freddy Galvis greeted Me- led off the eighth with a end by Kansas City thanks catch in deep right-center
one run on one hit in 2 2/3 jia with a single, Randal double against Brad Box- to another strong outing field to end the inning.
innings. Closer Jose Leclerc Grichuk doubled for his berger (0-3), sending an from Bauer, a key out from Seattle gave away sev-
got his fourth save. Cam third hit of the game, and opposite-field drive to right reliever Adam Cimber and eral critical runs in losing
Bedrosian (1-1) allowed Justin Smoak hit an RBI sin- for his first homer of the sea- a couple of big hits off start- its fourth straight. A pair of
five of the seven hitters he gle. Then Hernandez sent son. er Yusei Kikuchi (0-1). two-out errors in the ninth
faced to reach, starting an 0-2 slider from Mejia (0- Manny Bañuelos (1-0) Bauer (2-1) struck out eight by shortstop Tim Beckham
with Elvis Andrus’ leadoff 1) into the second deck for pitched three hitless innings in 6 2/3 innings. Cimber, helped Cleveland add an
double in the fifth. a 5-3 lead. for his first win since 2015, who went to high school insurance run.
BLUE JAYS 5, TWINS 3 Sam Gaviglio (1-0) picked and Alex Colomé worked in nearby Puyallup and Brad Hand closed for his
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teos- up the victory with a score- the ninth for his fourth save played college ball at fifth save.q
car Hernandez hit the go- less seventh. Joe Biagini
ahead three-run homer in pitched a perfect ninth for
the eighth inning, giving To- his first save.
ronto a badly needed of- WHITE SOX 5, ROYALS 4