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SPORTS Saturday 6 July 2019
Rangers top Angels in finale

Skaggs would've started for L.A.

By The Associated Press June 15 and have a sea- Francisco Lindor drove in
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — son-high, 7½-game lead three runs, Jose Ramirez
Lance Lynn matched the over the Rays. homered twice and Cleve-
major league lead with Tampa Bay, which led the land rallied to beat bum-
his 11th win and the Texas division as late as games bling Kansas City to com-
Rangers avoided a series through June 14, is 2-8 plete a three-game sweep.
sweep with a 9-3 victory against the Yankees this Tyler Naquin and Jason Kip-
over the grieving Los An- season. nis also drove in runs for the
geles Angels on Thursday Gio Urshela started the 10th suddenly streaking Indians,
night, the Fourth of July drawing a walk off Oliver who beat the Royals — los-
game that the late Tyler Drake (0-1) and went to ers of four straight and sev-
Skaggs had been sched- second when pinch-hitter en of eight — for the fifth
uled to start. Aaron Judge walked on time in six meetings.
The Angels won the first a 10-pitch plate appear- Adam Cimber (4-2) tossed
two games of the series af- ance. 2 1/3 scoreless innings in re-
ter the 27-year-old Skaggs After the Yankees loaded lief as the Indians' bullpen
was found dead in his hotel the bases on Brett Gard- bailed out Zach Plesac.
room in Texas on Monday, ner's bunt single, LeMa- Their ineffective starter al-
and that night's scheduled hieu greeted Emilio Pagan lowed three runs and three
game was postponed until with a ground single to left hits in just 2 2/3 innings.
August. through a drawn-in infield. Kansas City only managed
Mike Trout hit another im- LeMahieu is 9 for 11 with 20 three more hits in a game
pressive homer for Los An- RBIs with the bases loaded. delayed 2½ hours at the
geles in the first inning, his Sanchez hit 24th homer off start by rain. Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning (47) stands
on the mound as Texas Rangers' Rougned Odor (12) rounds the
AL best-tying 25th. But Lynn Pagan, a drive into the sec- Still, the Royals were cling- bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning
(11-4) limited Los Ange- ond deck in the left field. ing to a 3-2 lead in the sev- of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, July 4, 2019.
les to only one more run CARDINALS 5, MARINERS 4 enth when Jorge Lopez (1- Associated Press
over his seven innings and SEATTLE (AP) — Matt Wiet- 7) coughed up hits to the
Rougned Odor homered ers and Dexter Fowler hom- only four batters he faced. two outs in the top of the White Sox right-hander Rey-
twice to drive in five runs for ered, Tommy Edman came Kevin Plawecki and Bobby fifth had put Minnesota naldo López allowed seven
the Rangers, who snapped through with another key Bradley started the inning ahead after he reached runs, six earned, and nine
a four-game losing streak. hit, and St. Louis rallied past with singles, and Naquin on a bases-loaded catch- hits in 5 1/3 innings.
An emotional trip for the An- Seattle. doubled home Plawecki er's interference in the first RED SOX 8, BLUE JAYS 7
gels that began with them Wieters hit a solo shot in before Lindor laced a two- to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. TORONTO (AP) — Pinch-hit-
traveling to Texas in cow- the third inning and Fowler run single to give Cleveland Semien's first drive of the ter Marco Hernandez hit a
boy hats and Western at- added a two-run drive in the lead. day gave the A's a home tiebreaking home run in the
tire — a theme initiated by the fourth. Daniel Ponce ATHLETICS 7, TWINS 2 run in nine straight games. ninth inning and the Boston
Skaggs — now takes them de Leon got his first ma- OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland went ahead on Red Sox beat the Blue Jays.
to Houston for three games jor league win, and Carlos Marcus Semien hit a grand Mark Canha's groundout Hitting for Sandy Leon, Her-
this weekend against the Martinez worked the ninth slam in the eighth after his four batters late. nandez connected off Blue
Astros before the All-Star for his third save. tying solo homer leading Jose Berrios (8-5) allowed Jays closer Ken Giles (1-2),
break. Skaggs' No. 45 jer- Edman put the Cardinals in off the fifth, Chris Herrmann three runs and six hits in five his second homer of the
sey hung prominently in front for the second straight had a career-high four hits, innings with two strikeouts season. Giles was pitching
his clubhouse locker be- day with a two-run single and Oakland beat Min- and three walks to lose his for the third straight game,
fore the game, and then in in the seventh. Edman nesota for a winning se- second straight start and the first time he's done that
the dugout during games connected for a pinch-hit ries against the AL Central third consecutive decision. this year. Giles missed 10
throughout the series. three-run homer during St. leaders. TIGERS 11, WHITE SOX 5 games last month because
Angels rookie right-hander Louis' five-run ninth in a 5-2 Semien sent the first pitch CHICAGO (AP) — Niko of a sore elbow.
Griffin Canning (3-5) struck win Wednesday night. from Mike Morin over the Goodrum hit a two-run Michael Chavis hit a three-
out six, but walked three St. Louis starter Michael wall in left-center for his homer during Detroit's five- run homer and Rafael De-
and allowed six runs over 3 Wacha was charged with 13th homer of the year and run sixth inning, and Mat- vers added a solo shot
1/3 innings. four runs and six hits in 3 fourth career grand slam. thew Boyd matched a ca- as the Red Sox extended
YANKEES 8, RAYS 4, 10 IN- 1/3 innings, but the Cardi- He matched his career high reer high with 13 strikeouts. their streak of games with
NINGS nals bullpen was solid for with five RBIs, also done last The Tigers won just the sec- at least one home run to
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — the second straight game. year, while notching his fifth ond time in their past 13 eight. Boston won its sixth
DJ LeMahieu hit a tiebreak- Ponce de Leon (1-0) al- two-homer game and sec- games. Miguel Cabrera straight on July 4. Brandon
ing two-run single and Gary lowed one baserunner in 2 ond this season. and Jeimer Candelario Workman (8-1) pitched the
Sanchez had a long three- 2/3 innings. Andrew Miller Wei-Chung Wang (1-0) homered, and John Hicks final two innings for the win
run homer in the 10th in- worked out of a jam in the pitched 2 1/3 scoreless in- and Nicholas Castellanos despite giving up the tying
ning, and AL East-leading eighth before Martinez fin- nings of relief for his first ca- each had two RBIs. run in the eighth.
New York overcome a ished. reer win in 34 appearances Boyd (6-6) allowed four runs Danny Jansen homered
ninth-inning blown save by J.P. Crawford and Tim Beck- over parts of three major in 5 1/3 innings in his first win twice for the Blue Jays, the
closer Aroldis Chapman to ham homered for the Mari- league seasons — and it since May 28. first multihomer game of his
beat second-place Tampa ners, who have dropped was a timely outing by the Eloy Jiménez and José career, and Freddy Gal-
Bay in the opener of a four- six of seven. All-Star Daniel Taiwanese lefty on a day Rondón each hit a two-run vis added a two-run shot.
game series. Vogelbach singled home a the A's bullpen was thin homer for Chicago, which Even so, Toronto failed to
Edwin Encarnacion hit his run. after a 4-3, 12-inning loss had won three in a row. Ji- win consecutive home
25th homer for the Yan- INDIANS 8, ROYALS 4 Wednesday night. ménez also had a sacrifice series for the first time this
kees, who are 15-2 since KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ehire Adrianza's single with fly. season.q