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Tuesday 30 april 2019
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sale drops to 0-5 as Rays beat Red Sox 5-2

Boston Red Sox's Chris Sale delivers a pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Boston.
Associated Press

BOSTON — Chris Sale re- home run of the series, By- with the bases loaded. Lu- do much against Carlos CHICAGO — Reynaldo
mained winless in six starts ron Buxton also homered ciano got his first major Carrasco (2-3) before Yuli Lopez (2-3) struck out a
this season, giving up Dan- and Minnesota swept its six- league win. Gurriel’s RBI double in the career-high 14 and al-
iel Robertson’s two-run game season series against Angels 7, Royals 3 seventh. After an intention- lowed two hits and an un-
homer in the first inning and Baltimore. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Albert al walk, Chirinos sent the earned run over six innings
Yandy Diaz’s two-run triple Minnesota hit 23 home runs Pujols passed Barry Bonds next pitch over the train as Chicago completed a
in the second, as Tampa in the series. Baltimore has for third place in career tracks atop the wall in left rain-shortened two-game
Bay beat Boston. given up 71 homers in 29 RBIs, hitting a go-ahead, field and out of the stadium sweep. Welington Castillo
Sale (0-5) gave up four runs games; St. Louis was sec- two-run double in the first on a night the retractable went 2 for 4 with two RBIs,
— two earned — four hits ond in the majors with 51. off Homer Bailey (2-3). Pu- roof was open. and Leury Garcia and Yol-
and three walks in seven in- Blue Jays 5, Athletics 4 jols has 1,997 RBIs and trails The Astros won the final mer Sanchez each drove
nings with eight strikeouts. TORONTO — Brandon Drury only Hank Aaron (2,297) two games to earn a split in a run. Alex Colome got
After signing a $160 million, hit a tying three-run homer and Alex Rodriguez (2,086) of the four-game set with three outs for his fifth save.
six-year contract in spring off Blake Treinen (1-2) in the in RBIs, which became an Cleveland, a rematch of Matthew Boyd (2-2) gave
training, the 30-year-old 11th inning, Justin Smoak official statistic in 1920. last year’s AL Division Series up two runs in six innings for
left-hander has a 6.40 ERA. following with a game- Matt Harvey (1-2) got his in which Houston earned a Detroit, which has lost four
Tyler Glasnow (5-0) gave winning single and Toronto first win with the Angels, al- three-game sweep. Hous- straight.
up two runs and five hits in 6 finished a six-game season lowing one run and two hits ton also moved into first Rangers 14, Mariners 1
2/3 innings with nine strike- sweep of Oakland, in seven innings. place in the AL West. SEATTLE — Elvis Andrus,
outs. Tampa Bay improved Oakland took a 4-1 lead Astros 4, Indians 1 Wade Miley yielded six hits Hunter Pence, Logan For-
to a major league-best 18-9 in the 11th when Ramon HOUSTON — Robinson and one run in 5 2/3 innings sythe and Shin-Soo Choo
and has won eight of nine Laureano hit a sacrifice fly Chirinos hit a tiebreaking to extend his streak of con- homered to back Lance
series this year. off Thomas Pannone, Josh three-run homer in a four- secutive starts with three Lynn (3-2), who allowed
Twins 4, Orioles 1 Phegley followed with an run seventh inning to give or fewer earned runs to 22. one run over seven innings.
MINNEAPOLIS — Max Ke- RBI double and Elvis Lucia- the Houston Astros a win The left-hander struck out Andrus and Pence hom-
pler led off against Dylan no (1-0) hit Matt Chapman over the Cleveland Indians. three and walked two. ered off Eric Swanson (0-3)
Bundy (0-4) with his fourth on the left side with a pitch The Astros were unable to White Sox 4, Tigers 1 during a four-run third.q