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Wednesday 10 May 2017

AL Capsules
Orioles hit 3 HRs in 1st inning and beat Nationals 6-4

The Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Trey
Mancini capped a three-
homer binge in the first in-
ning against Gio Gonzalez
as Baltimore beat Washing-
ton for its season-high fifth
straight victory.
Kevin Gausman (2-3) lim-
ited baseball’s most po-
tent offense to two runs
over seven innings. He re-
tired the first 10 batters and
struck out eight in his lon-
gest outing of the year.
Joey Rickard hit a leadoff
homer and Mark Trumbo
added a solo shot before
Mancini connected with
a runner on to make it 4-0.
The Orioles hold a 37-24 ad-
vantage over their neigh-
boring rivals in the so-called
“Beltway Series,” which be-
gan in 2006.
Caleb Joseph had a ca- Baltimore Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy, right, tags out Washington Nationals’ Adam Lind on a run down between third base and home
reer high-tying four hits for plate to end an interleague baseball game in Baltimore, Monday, May 8, 2017.
the Orioles. Baltimore (21- Associated Press
10) owns the second-best the best record in the NL. standing ovation before his ST. PETERSBURG, Florida INNINGS
record in the majors behind BLUE JAYS 4, INDIANS 2 first at-bat and went 2 for 3 (AP) — Nate Karns struck OAKLAND, California (AP)
the AL East-leading New TORONTO (AP) — Marcus with a walk. out 10 while pitching into — Jed Lowrie hit his second
York Yankees. Stroman pitched six shut- Pillar made the defensive the seventh inning and Eric home run of the game with
Bryce Harper homered and out innings and Kevin Pillar play of the game — per- Hosmer had three hits as two outs in the 11th inning
drove in two runs for the made a sensational catch haps the season — in the Kansas City busted out of to help Oakland beat Los
Nationals. in center field as Toronto sixth, diving on the warning an offensive slump to beat Angeles for its third straight
After the Orioles let a six-run beat Cleveland in a playoff track in center to catch a Tampa Bay. walk-off win.
cushion shrink to three, Brad rematch. deep drive by Jose Ramirez Kansas City matched its Lowrie got Oakland on the
Brach worked the ninth for Ryan Goins hit a two-run and strand runners at sec- best run output of the year board with a solo shot in
his eighth save. After Brach homer and Justin Smoak ond and third. and set a season high with the fourth inning and end-
gave up a one-out RBI dou- added a two-run single The remarkable grab was 13 hits. Drew Butera hom- ed it with a drive to right
ble to former Oriole Matt as the Blue Jays beat the one of several plays that ered and drove in his first field off Deolis Guerra (2-2).
Wieters, pinch-runner Trea team that eliminated them helped Stroman (3-2) es- two runs of the season, The win followed two dra-
Turner strayed too far from from last year’s AL Champi- cape jams. Toronto turned helping the Royals win for matic comebacks against
second base on a ground- onship Series. inning-ending double plays the fourth time in 17 games. Detroit.
out to first and the game Former Blue Jays slugger in the second, fourth and Karns (2-2) allowed two Liam Hendricks (1-0)
ended with a rundown Edwin Encarnacion, who fifth. runs in 6 1/3 innings. pitched two scoreless in-
in which Adam Lind was signed a $60 million, three- Goins hit a two-out homer Blake Snell (0-3) yielded nings as the A’s won for the
tagged out between third year contract with Cleve- off Trevor Bauer (2-4) in the four runs and 10 hits over fourth time in five games.
and home. land last winter, received second. five innings. He failed to get Trevor Plouffe also hom-
Gonzalez (3-1) came in with a warm welcome and a Roberto Osuna finished for an out in the sixth for the ered for Oakland. Luis Val-
a National League-leading video tribute in his return to his fifth save. 10th time in his last 11 starts. buena hit an early two-run
1.64 ERA for the team with Toronto. Encarnacion got a ROYALS 7, RAYS 3 ATHLETICS 3, ANGELS 2, 11 shot for the Angels.q