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SPORTS Friday 3 august 2018

Gray chased in 3rd, Yankees

flop in 7-5 loss to Orioles

By The Associated Press two-run shot in the fourth.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sonny Jake Marisnick, recalled
Gray was chased in the from the minors before the
third inning by the team game, added a two-run
with worst record in the ma- shot off LeBlanc and Max
jors, big league-loss leader Stassi greeted reliever Nick
Alex Cobb ended a nine- Vincent with a three-run
start winless streak and the homer in the fifth.
Baltimore Orioles beat the Dallas Keuchel (9-9) im-
New York Yankees 7-5 on proved to 6-1 in his past
Wednesday. nine starts, throwing seven
Despite what appeared to innings.
be a midgame lecture in INDIANS 2, TWINS 0
the dugout by third base MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Car-
coach Phil Nevin during a los Carrasco struck out 10
rain delay, New York (68- in 7 1/3 innings, winning his
38) dropped 5 1/2 games fourth straight start since re-
behind Boston (75-34) turning from the disabled
heading into a four-game list to carry Cleveland past
series at Fenway Park start- Minnesota.
ing Thursday. Brad Hand got the last
Gray (8-8) allowed seven five outs for his 26th save
runs, eight hits and two of the season and second
walks in 2 2/3 innings, rais- for Cleveland. The Indians
ing his ERA to 5.56. He was stretched their lead over
booed as he walked off the the Twins in the AL Central
mound and was replaced to 10 games.
by Lance Lynn. Carrasco (13-5), who
Cobb (3-14) had been 0-7 missed three weeks with a
since winning at the New bruised elbow before his
York Mets on June 5, los- reinstatement July 6, has
ing his last five outings. He 63 strikeouts in his last eight
breezed against the Yan- starts.
kees with an early 7-1 lead, Matt Magill (2-2) was the
allowing one run and seven loser.
hits in six innings and stop- ATHLETICS 8, BLUE JAYS 3
ping Baltimore's streak of 11 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
consecutive road losses. Sean Manaea pitched ef-
Gleyber Torres homered fectively into the seventh
twice for New York, a solo inning, Jonathan Lucroy
drive in the second and a drove in four runs and Oak-
three-run shot in the ninth. land completed a season
ASTROS 8, MARINERS 3 sweep of Toronto. New York Yankees starting pitcher Sonny Gray flips the ball after giving up an RBI double to Bal-
SEATTLE (AP) — Marwin Manaea (10-7) allowed timore Orioles' Renato Nunez during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 1,
Gonzalez hit two of Hous- five hits, struck out five and 2018, in New York.
ton's four home runs, and walked two. The A's won all Associated Press
the Astros knocked Seattle seven games between the
Mariners from the lead for two teams for their first sea- Fiers' shin were negative, fourth inning, then scored Kansas City pound sloppy
the second wild card in the son sweep of the Blue Jays. and it was unclear whether on Mallex Smith's triple. Chicago.
American League. Franklin Barreto homered he will make his next sched- Adames led off the sixth Jakob Junis (6-11) pitched
After a five-game los- and had three RBIs for the uled start. with his fourth home run to 5 2/3 innings of four-run ball
ing streak, the Astros re- Athletics. Lucroy added Drew VerHagen (2-2) fol- make it 4-2. in his first win since May 18.
bounded to win the final three hits. lowed as the first of six re- Jake Bauers added a two- The 24-year-old right-hand-
two games of the series. Toronto starter Marcus Stro- lievers and pitched three run homer in the ninth for er was 0-8 with a 6.67 ERA in
Houston has a five-game man (4-8) allowed seven scoreless innings. Shane the Rays, his ninth of the his previous 10 starts.
cushion over Seattle in the runs and 11 hits in five in- Greene worked the ninth season and third in three Chicago lost for the sixth
AL West and dropped the nings. Russell Martin hom- for his 23rd save in 26 games. time in seven games. Yoan
Mariners into a tie with surg- ered for the Blue Jays. chances. Sal Romano (6-9) Jake Faria, pitching for the Moncada broke out of a
ing Oakland for the second TIGERS 7, REDS 4 allowed four runs and eight first time since going on slump with his fifth career
AL wild-card spot. Seattle DETROIT (AP) — Jose Igle- hits in 5 1/3 innings. the disabled list with a left leadoff homer, two hits and
led the A's by 11 games sias drove in three runs, RAYS 7, ANGELS 2 oblique strain June 22, got two walks, but he also com-
in the middle of June, but Jim Adduci homered and ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) the win in the third relief mitted one of two costly er-
has seen the entire lead Detroit survived the loss of — Willy Adames homered appearance of his career. rors for the White Sox.
disappear over the past six pitcher Mike Fiers to an ear- and drove in two on the Faria (4-3) gave up one run Dylan Covey (4-7) was
weeks. ly injury to beat Cincinnati. day Tampa Bay gave him on four hits in 3 2/3 innings. charged with seven runs,
Gonzalez hit a solo home Fiers left after the second the regular shortstop job. ROYALS 10, WHITE SOX 5 four earned, and five hits in
run off Wade LeBlanc (6- with a bruised left shin, sus- Adames drove in a run with CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Gor- 4 1/3 innings, dropping to
2) with two outs in the sec- tained on Mason Williams' a two-out single off starter don hit a two-run homer 1-5 with an 8.89 ERA in his
ond inning and added a comebacker. X-rays on Nick Tropeano (4-6) in the and drove in four, helping last six starts.q