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Thursday 1 June 2017
Sale makes shaky return to Chicago; Red Sox beat White Sox

CHICAGO (AP) — Chris for a nine-inning game. Skoglund, a 2014 third-
Sale made a shaky return Rookie Bradley Zimmer had round draft pick out of
to his former home, but De- a career-high four RBIs for Central Florida, struck out
ven Marrero hit two of Bos- the Indians, hitting a two- five and walked one.
ton’s season-high six home run double in the fourth The left-hander was pro-
runs and the Red Sox beat and a two-run homer in the moted from Triple-A Oma-
the Chicago White Sox eighth. ha when the Royals placed
13-7 on Tuesday night. Sonny Gray (2-2) allowed Danny Duffy on the dis-
Mookie Betts, Jackie Brad- seven runs in 4 2/3 in- abled list Monday with an
ley Jr., Xander Bogaerts nings for Oakland, which oblique strain.
and Mitch Moreland also dropped a season-high Verlander (4-4) left after
went deep. seven games below .500. seven innings, allowing one
The Red Sox won for the YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 3 run and six hits. He struck
seventh time in nine games BALTIMORE (AP) — Brett out five and walked one.
after an anticipated duel Gardner and Matt Holliday Eric Hosmer hit a two-out
between aces never ma- each homered twice, Aar- RBI single in the sixth for
terialized. on Judge drove in two runs Kansas City, and Kelvin
Sale (6-2) got a warm re- Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale delivers during the first and the Yankees received Herrera pitched the ninth
ception from the crowd inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Tues- a solid pitching perfor- for his 12th save in 14 op-
and a rude welcome from day, May 30, 2017, in Chicago. mance from Luis Severino. portunities.
Associated Press
his old team. Gardner set the tone for RANGERS 9, RAYS 5
The five-time All-Star gave games for the first time this first when Eddie Rosario the AL East leaders by con- ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
up six runs and 10 hits — year. He can become the drew a bases-loaded walk necting on the third pitch Elvis Andrus had a career-
both season highs — over ninth player in baseball his- and Byron Buxton followed from Chris Tillman (1-2), who high five RBIs for Texas, in-
five innings in his first ap- tory, and fourth-youngest, with an infield single, but had not allowed a home cluding a tying three-run
pearance against the to reach 600 homers with Astros hacked their way run in his previous four starts homer in the seventh in-
White Sox. his next shot. back against Jose Berrios this season. ning.
Chicago left-hander Jose Parker Bridwell (1-0) earned (3-1). Holliday went deep in the Andrus’ two-out drive
Quintana (2-7) got pound- his first major league win, Buxton had two hits and first inning and again in deep into the visiting bull-
ed for seven runs and 10 pitching six-hit ball into the drove in a run. Berrios gave the third for his 22nd ca- pen ended a stretch of five
hits in 2 2/3 innings. It was seventh inning. up five hits and four walks in reer multihomer game. scoreless innings from the
his shortest outing since he Matt Kemp and Tyler Flow- five innings, the shortest of Gardner’s second solo shot Tampa Bay bullpen after
lasted one inning against ers homered for Atlanta. his four starts this year. sparked a three-run fourth Matt Andriese left in the
the New York Yankees on ASTROS 7, TWINS 2 INDIANS 9, ATHLETICS 4 that made it 8-0. second with a mild groin
Sept. 2, 2013. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Severino (4-2) gave up one strain.
ANGELS 9, BRAVES 3 Altuve had four hits and Bauer struck out an AL-best run and seven hits over 6 Jared Hoying’s liner off the
ANAHEIM, California (AP) two RBIs, Mike Fiers struck 14 in seven innings, leading 1/3 innings. top of the wall in right came
— Albert Pujols hit his 599th out eight over six innings Cleveland to the win. Trey Mancini had three hits with the bases loaded and
career homer during the in his bid to retain a spot in Bauer’s career-best strike- and an RBI for the Orioles, one out in a four-run eighth
Angels’ nine-run third in- Houston’s banged-up rota- out total was one shy of who have lost eight of nine against Chase Whitley (1-
ning. tion, and the major league- this season’s major league- and 14 of 18. 1), breaking a 5-5 tie.
Pujols moved to the brink leading Astros earned their high of 15 by Washington’s ROYALS 1, TIGERS 0 After a sacrifice fly from
of his latest milestone with sixth straight victory. Stephen Strasburg against KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) Shin-Soo Choo, Andrus’ sin-
a three-run shot off Bartolo Alex Bregman homered San Diego on Saturday. — Eric Skoglund pitched 6 gle to left scored two more.
Colon (2-6) early in Los An- and drove in two runs, pro- Bauer (5-4) allowed three 1/3 innings of two-hit ball Keone Kela (2-1) pitched
geles’ biggest inning of the viding further support for runs and seven hits with one in his major league debut, a scoreless eighth, and
season. Fiers (2-2) in his best of 10 walk. Four Cleveland pitch- helping the Royals beat closer Matt Bush had a
The 37-year-old slugger has starts this season. ers combined to strike out Justin Verlander and the perfect ninth in a non-save
homered in back-to-back Fiers fell behind 2-0 in the 19, tying a franchise record Tigers. situation.q

Mike Trout has thumb ligament

surgery, likely out 6-8 weeks

GREG BEACHAM first into second base in Mi- injury that can vary widely
AP Sports Writer ami on Sunday, and is go- in its severity. Shortstop An-
ANAHEIM, California (AP) ing on the disabled list for drelton Simmons had a sim-
— Mike Trout had success- the first time in his career. ilar surgery and returned in
ful surgery on his injured left The two-time AL MVP is off five weeks last season.
thumb Wednesday, and to another spectacular The Angels acknowledge
the Los Angeles Angels start to the season, batting the enormous task they
slugger is likely to be out for .337 with 16 homers, 36 RBIs face in replacing Trout’s
at least six weeks. and a 1.203 OPS. He leads contributions to their of-
Dr. Steve Shin performed the AL in on-base percent- fense for at least another
surgery on Trout’s ulnar col- age (.461), slugging per- month. Despite Trout’s
lateral ligament and dorsal centage (.742), extra-base outsized numbers, Los An-
Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout is congratulated in the dugout capsule, the Angels said. hits (32) and walks (36). geles began Wednesday
after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of an inter- The typical recovery time Angels manager Mike Sci- with the AL’s second-worst
league baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, for the procedure is six to oscia and the Angels seem batting average (.237)
May 27, 2017, in Miami. eight weeks. Trout injured hopeful of a relatively quick and slugging percentage
Associated Press his hand while sliding head- recovery for Trout from an (.380).q