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SPORTS Tuesday 18 June 2019

Kansas City Royals’ Nicky Lopez slides safety to home base against Minnesota Twins’ Jason Castro
during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 16, 2019, in Minneapolis. Lopez scored
Cleveland Indians’ Jose Ramirez runs after hitting a triple against after teammate Billy Hamilton hit a sacrifice bunt.
the Detroit Tigers during the top of the fifth inning of a baseball Associated Press
game, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Detroit.
Associated Press Maldonado wears Father’s Day
Indians still tie, leads Royals over Twins

hoping Ramirez

can rebound MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mar- and Christian Vazquez grounder, Castillo complet-
tín Maldonado celebrated added two-out, two-run ed his seventh save by strik-
Father’s Day by wearing a singles off David Hess. ing Kole Calhoun.
By NOAH TRISTER blue necktie on his chest Brandon Workman (5-1) Tommy Pham put the Rays
AP Baseball Writer protector and had three worked the ninth for the ahead 4-3 with a solo shot
There were plenty of highlights for the Cleveland Indians hits to lift the Royals over Red Sox. Boston’s eighth against Griffin Canning (2-
in their weekend sweep at Detroit: Jake Bauers hit for the the Twins. pitcher, Josh Smith, gave 3) in the fifth.
cycle, Leonys Martin stole home and Trevor Bauer threw Maldonado had several up a two-run homer to Ste- YANKEES 10, WHITE SOX 3
his first career shutout. names scribbled on the tie, vie Wilkerson and a bases- CHICAGO (AP) — James
Another plus for the Indians: Some signs of life from the along with “Happy Father’s empty drive to Trey Man- Paxton pitched six effective
bat of Jose Ramirez. Day.” Pittsburgh Pirates cini in the 10th. innings, Brett Gardner and
The Cleveland third baseman had four hits in the series, backstop Elias Diaz wore INDIANS 8, TIGERS 0 Austin Romine each had
which may not sound like much but constitutes half of the same tie in a game DETROIT (AP) — Trevor Bau- four RBIs and the Yankees
Ramirez’s total for the month of June. One of those hits against Atlanta, which ap- er pitched his first shutout cruised past the White Sox.
was a triple Friday. He also drove in three runs and scored peared to be provided by as a pro, ending the lon- Gardner and Romine, the
three times in that three-game sweep. equipment manufacturer gest winless streak of his backup catcher behind
“We’re looking for reasons to be optimistic,” manager All-Star. career as the Indians beat Gary Sánchez, each drove
Terry Francona said after Saturday’s game. “Hopefully he Jorge López (1-6) pitched the Tigers. in two runs with singles in
can build on it.” 2 1/3 innings in relief for the Rookie Oscar Mercado New York’s five-run third.
One of the American League’s top players over the pre- win. drove in four runs and Ja- Paxton (4-3) allowed eight
vious three seasons, Ramirez has been having a miser- Martín Pérez (7-3) surren- son Kipnis homered and hits and allowed two runs
able year at the plate in 2019. His solid series against the dered five runs — four drove in three. The Indi- for his first win since April 26.
Tigers only brought his average to .203, and his slugging earned — in 6 2/3 innings ans are 18-7 against De- Chicago’s Odrisamer De-
percentage is an anemic .301. The Indians are 10 games for Minnesota. troit since the beginning of spaigne (0-2) allowed sev-
behind first-place Minnesota in the AL Central. That prob- RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 6, 10 last season and outscored en runs.
ably says more about the Twins than about Cleveland, innings them 25-6 in this set at Co- BLUE JAYS 12, ASTROS 0
but the Indians (37-33) could use a big second half from BALTIMORE (AP) — Rafael merica Park. HOUSTON (AP) — Trent
Ramirez if they’re going to return to the postseason. Devers led off the 10th in- Spencer Turnbull (3-6) al- Thornton shut down his for-
Ramirez is one of a handful of players with impressive track ning with a home run af- lowed a season-high six mer team into the seventh
records who have floundered a bit this season. Keep an ter Marco Hernandez tied earned runs. inning, Teoscar Hernández
eye on this group to see who can turn it around: it with a solo shot in ninth, RAYS 6, ANGELS 5 hit two of Toronto’s five
— Aaron Nola, Phillies. Nola is 6-1, but with a 4.89 ERA and and the Red Sox beat the ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — home runs and the Blue
some ugly no-decisions. He’s already had three starts Orioles. Yandy Diaz hit an RBI single Jays hammered the Astros.
of four innings or fewer. Control has been an issue: He’s After winning the first two during Tampa Bay’s two- Freddy Galvis and Hernán-
walked 4.0 hitters per nine innings. games of the series in blow- run eighth inning, and the dez each hit three-run
— Joey Votto, Reds. The 35-year-old Votto had his offen- out fashion, the Red Sox Rays held off Los Angeles’ homers in a seven-run sixth
sive numbers dip last year, but nothing like this. He’s hit- used some late heroics to late rally to beat the An- inning. Hernández added
ting .255 with six home runs and a slugging percentage complete the sweep and gels. a solo drive in the ninth off
under .400. extend their winning streak Mike Trout hit a two-run Tyler White, who started the
— Rougned Odor, Rangers. The Texas second baseman to five. homer off Diego Castillo in game at first base.
reached 30 homers in back-to-back seasons in 2016 and Mychal Givens (0-4) served the ninth to make it a one- Thornton (2-5) scattered
2017, but that seems like a while ago. He’s currently hit- up a 1-0 pitch that Devers run game. After Shohei six singles, struck out seven
ting .180 with eight home runs at an age (25) when you slammed far over the cen- Ohtani singled and went and walked three in 6 2/3
would think he’d be establishing himself as a star.q ter-field wall. Mookie Betts to second on Albert Pujols’ innings. q