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            Rockies rally past Red Sox 5-4, spoil Sale’s 17 K effort




            By The Associated Press                                                                                             ninth in the last 10.
            BOSTON  (AP)  —  Red  Sox                                                                                           Relievers  Emilio  Pagan,  Di-
            ace Chris Sale struck out a                                                                                         ego Castillo and Chaz Roe
            career-high  17  in  just  sev-                                                                                     pitched  the  final  three  in-
            en  innings  before  getting                                                                                        nings for Tampa Bay.
            pulled after 108 pitches on                                                                                         INDIANS 9, WHITE SOX 0
            a chilly Tuesday night, and                                                                                         CHICAGO  (AP)  —  Jordan
            the  Colorado  Rockies  ral-                                                                                        Luplow  hit  two  of  Cleve-
            lied  against  Boston’s  bull-                                                                                      land’s  five  homers  and
            pen to win 5-4 in the 11th.                                                                                         Carlos  Carrasco  cruised
            Sale became the first pitch-                                                                                        through  seven  innings  in  a
            er in major league history to                                                                                       rout of Chicago.
            fan 17 in a start of no more                                                                                        Roberto Pérez, Jake Bauers
            than  seven  innings.  Boston                                                                                       and José Ramirez also went
            pitchers combined to strike                                                                                         deep as the light-hitting In-
            out 24, but the Red Sox had                                                                                         dians  muscled  up  against
            their  five-game  winning                                                                                           Manny  Bañuelos  and  Josh
            streak stopped.                                                                                                     Osich  to  end  Chicago’s
            Mark Reynolds, whose fifth-                                                                                         three-game winning streak.
            inning  double  was  the  first                                                                                     The 25-year-old Luplow has
            runner  allowed  by  Sale,                                                                                          hit all four of his homers this
            drove in the go-ahead run                                                                                           season  against  Chicago
            with a two-out single in the                                                                                        and three off Bañuelos.
            11th off Ryan Brasier (2-2).                                                                                        Carrasco (4-3) scattered six
            Sale  struck  out  the  first  six                                                                                  singles  and  struck  out  six,
            batters  and  fanned  eight                                                                                         while  walking  none,  in  his
            through  three  innings.  He                                                                                        second  straight  solid  start.
            topped  his  previous  best                                                                                         Oliver  Pérez,  Dan  Otero
            of  15  strikeouts,  which  he                                                                                      and A.J. Cole combined to
            had done three times. The    Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale delivers against the Colorado Rockies during the first   complete the seven-hitter.
            All-Star lefty had a shutout   inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Fenway Park in Boston.           Bañuelos  (2-3)  yielded  five
            through  six  innings.  Nolan                                                                      Associated Press  runs on four hits and three
            Arenado’s  two-run  homer  part  of  a  three-run  sixth,  fourth in six games.        in the fifth when his drive to  walks  before  leaving  the
            in  the  seventh  was  one  of  but  he  was  thrown  out  at  Mike  Leake  (3-4)  gave  up  right-center  field  bounced  game with none out in the
            only three hits managed by  third  base  in  the  sixth  and  five  hits  and  struck  out  six.  off the wall and past cen-  fifth with left shoulder sore-
            the Rockies against Sale.    at  home  in  the  eighth  af-  He was chased after 6 2/3  ter fielder JaCoby Jones. It  ness.
            Mike Dunn (1-0) got the win  ter  Brian  Goodwin’s  single  innings  when  Oakland  cut  was the first inside-the-park  ROYALS 11, RANGERS 5
            with one inning of scoreless  to  center.  The  Twins  lead  it to 4-3 on an RBI single by  home run of his career, and  KANSAS  CITY,  Mo.  (AP)  —
            relief and Wade Davis  got  the  majors  with  16  home  Robbie  Grossman  in  the  Houston led 9-2.                Hunter Dozier drove in three
            his seventh save.            runs  and  38  RBIs  from  the  seventh inning.           The  Astros  have  scored  45  runs,  top  prospect  Nicky
            Charlie   Blackmon     also  catching position, also get-  A’s  starter  Brett  Anderson  runs in their last four games.  Lopez had an RBI single in
            homered  for  the  Rockies.  ting  strong  contributions  (4-3)  gave  up  just  six  hits  RAYS 4, MARLINS 0       his  big  league  debut,  and
            Michael  Chavis,  J.D.  Mar-  from  Castro  and  Willians  and struck out five in six in-  MIAMI (AP) — Charlie Mor-  Kansas City routed Texas.
            tinez  and  Rafael  Devers  Astudillo.  Cam  Bedrosian  nings.                         ton  pitched  six  strong  in-  Alex  Gordon  and  Jorge
            homered for Boston.          (1-2)  took  the  loss  for  Los  ASTROS 11, TIGERS 4     nings  and  Avisail  Garcia  Soler also drove in two runs
            Kyle Freeland got the start  Angeles,  serving  as  the  DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Cor-    homered  and  drove  in  apiece for the Royals, who
            for  Colorado  on  his  26th  opener  for  primary  pitcher  rea  started  another  Hous-  three  runs  in  Tampa  Bay’s  scored nine times in the first
            birthday  and  went  six  in-  Felix Peña. Bedrosian gave  ton onslaught with a three-  win over Miami.             two  innings  while  quickly
            nings,  allowing  three  runs  up one run and two hits in  run homer in the first inning,  Morton (4-0) gave up three  knocking  Rangers  start-
            on five hits, striking out sev-  one inning. Gibson cruised  and  the  Astros  routed  De-  hits and struck out five while  er  Shelby  Miller  from  the
            en and walking three.        through five innings before  troit,  extending  their  win-  throwing 82 pitches before  game.
            TWINS 4, ANGELS 3            running  into  trouble  in  the  ning streak to seven games.  he  was  pulled  for  a  pinch  Danny Duffy (2-1) was only
            MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mitch  sixth. He allowed three runs,  The  Astros,  who  have  won  hitter in the top of the sev-  marginally  better  for  Kan-
            Garver hit a two-run homer  six  hits  and  two  walks  in  5  10 of 11, scored in each of  enth inning.            sas  City,  using  107  pitches
            and  tagged  out  Shohei  2/3 innings.                    the first six innings against a  Garcia  had  a  solo  homer  just  to  survive  five  innings.
            Ohtani  trying  to  score  the  MARINERS 4, ATHLETICS 3   depleted  Detroit  pitching  and two RBI singles for the  He allowed four runs, seven
            tying  run  in  the  eighth  in-  SEATTLE  (AP)  —  Daniel  Vo-  staff.  George  Springer  hit  Rays  in  the  opener  of  the  hits  and  a  walk  while  strik-
            ning before leaving with an  gelbach, Tim Beckham and  an inside-the-park homer in  two-game  series  against  ing out seven.
            injury,  helping  Minnesota  Mitch  Haniger  homered  the fifth, and Aledmys Diaz  their cross-state interleague  Miller (1-3) was pulled with
            hold off Los Angeles.        and  Roenis  Elias  pitched  went  deep  in  the  third  for  rivals.    Garcia  finished  the  two outs in the second af-
            Garver hit his ninth homer in  out of a bases-loaded jam  Houston.                     scoring  with  an  infield  sin-  ter allowing eight runs and
            the third to give Minnesota  in  Seattle’s  win  over  Oak-  Wade  Miley  (4-2)  allowed  gle  with  the  bases  loaded  seven hits with two walks.
            a  three-run  lead  behind  land.                         four runs in six innings for the  in the ninth.           Rangers  shortstop  Elvis  An-
            Kyle  Gibson  (4-1).  Byron  Haniger’s  deep  two-run  Astros. Houston led 7-0 after  Miami  starter  Caleb  Smith  drus  left  with  tightness  in
            Buxton added an RBI dou-     shot into the second deck  its half of the third.         (3-1)  didn’t  last  past  the  his  right  hamstring  after
            ble the next inning, and five  in left field in the fifth inning  Ronny  Rodriguez  homered  sixth inning for the first time  grounding  out  to  end  the
            relievers combined for 3 1/3  broke  a  2-2  tie,  and  Elias  for Detroit. Ryan Carpenter  since  his  opening  start  on  seventh  inning.  He  will  be
            scoreless innings, with Blake  stopped  a  bases-loaded  (0-2) made his second start  April 1. He allowed two runs  evaluated  again  Wednes-
            Parker  getting  his  seventh  threat with two outs in the  of the season and allowed  and  four  hits,  while  striking  day. Joey Gallo had a pair
            save in seven chances.       seventh with a strikeout, as  seven  earned  runs  in  four  out eight and walking two  of RBIs for the Rangers, who
            Ohtani  had  three  hits,  in-  the Mariners sent the A’s to  innings.                 in 5 1/3 innings. The Marlins  stranded  runners  in  four
            cluding  an  RBI  single  as  their third straight loss, and  Springer  circled  the  bases  lost  their  sixth  straight  and  consecutive innings.q
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