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Saturday 30 March 2019

Mariners tag Sale and rout defending champion Red Sox 12-4

By TIM BOOTH managerial debut with Bal-
SEATTLE (AP) — Tim Beck- timore.
ham hit two of Seattle's TIGERS 2, BLUE JAYS 0, 10
three home runs off Boston INNINGS
ace Chris Sale, and the TORONTO (AP) — Jordan
Mariners improved to 3-0 Zimmermann took a per-
with a victory over the de- fect game into the seventh
fending World Series cham- inning, Christian Stewart hit
pions. a two-run homer in the 10th
The Mariners followed up and Detroit beat Toronto.
their two wins against Oak- Zimmermann, who pitched
land last week in Japan a no-hitter for Washing-
by rattling Sale (0-1) and ton on the final day of the
knocking out the lefty that 2014 season, came close
had dominated Seattle in to bookending it — Hall of
the past. Sale was done af- Famer Bob Feller threw the
ter just three innings, while only no-hitter on opening
the Mariners were just get- day, for Cleveland in 1940.
ting started on their big of- This bid ended when Teos-
fensive day. car Hernandez reached
Beckham did the most on a two-out infield single.
damage, hitting a solo That was the only hit Zim-
homer in the second and merman allowed in seven
following up in the third with sparkling innings.
a two-run shot. The infielder Niko Goodrum doubled off
was hitless in 15 career at- Daniel Hudson (0-1) to be-
bats with nine strikeouts gin the 10th, and Stewart
against Sale before hitting homered on an 0-2 pitch.
his second and third home Victor Alcantara (1-0)
runs of the season. pitched one inning for the
Edwin Encarnacion added win and Shane Greene fin-
a solo shot off Sale as part ished for a save as Detroit
of a four-run third. Ryon won its opener for the sev-
Healy and Domingo Santa- enth time in eight seasons.
na both homered against Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale holds the ball during a mound conference in the third Playing their first game un-
Boston's bullpen as Seattle inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, March 28, 2019, in der rookie manager Char-
finished with five long balls. Seattle. Sale was pulled from the game after the inning. lie Montoyo, the Blue Jays
Santana has nine RBIs in Associated Press lost their eighth consecu-
three games, the most in tive home opener — tying
team history after the first NEW YORK (AP) — Luke (0-1), and Greg Bird added ries championship. the third-longest streak in
three games of a season. Voit hit a first-inning homer, a solo homer in the eighth, Tanaka became the first baseball history.
He had 20 RBIs in 85 games Masahiro Tanaka finally got the first big flies for the Yan- Japanese pitcher to start In other games it was Kan-
last year with Milwaukee. an opening day victory in kees a year after hitting a four openers, breaking a tie sas City 5, Chicago 3; Min-
Marco Gonzales (2-0) was his fourth try and New York record 267 en route to 100 with Hideo Nomo. Tanaka nesota 2, Cleveland 0;
shaky early but pitched into started the season with a wins. Of course, that wasn't (1-0) allowed two runs, one Oakland 4, Los Angeles
the sixth and allowed three win over Baltimore. enough to catch the rival earned, and six hits over 5 Angels 0; Chicago Cubs
earned runs. Voit launched a three-run Boston Red Sox, who won 2/3 innings. 12, Texas 4; and Houston 5,
YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 2 drive off Andrew Cashner 108 games and a World Se- Brandon Hyde lost in his Tampa Bay 1.q

Dominican players top 100,

11.6 percent of big leaguers

NEW YORK (AP) — There 11.6 percent, just behind Canada (six each); Cu-
were more than 100 Do- the 11.7 percent record it racao and South Korea
minican players in the ma- set in 2007 with 99 of 849. (five each); and Colom-
jor leagues on opening The total of international bia (four). Aruba, Australia,
day, the first time a nation players is the third highest Brazil, Germany, Lithuania,
outside the U.S. reached behind 259 in 2017 and 254 Netherlands, Nicaragua,
the century mark. last year. The 28.5 percent Panama, Taiwan and the
Major League Baseball figure is down slightly from U.S. Virgin Islands have one
said Friday that 251 of 882 29 percent last year and each. The Minnesota Twins
players on opening-day is the fifth-highest. The re- and the Pittsburgh Pirates
rosters, injured lists and cord of 29.8 percent was have the most interna-
Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts, of Aruba, gets high-fives in the restricted list were set in 2017. tional-born players with 14
the dugout after scoring during the seventh inning of the team's born outside of the United Venezuela was second apiece, followed by the
spring training baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on States. Among those, 102 with 68, followed by Cuba Chicago White Sox with
Monday, March 25, 2019, in Mesa, Ariz.
Associated Press were from the Dominican (19); Puerto Rico (18); Mex- 13 and Miami and Tampa
Republic. That comes to ico (eight); Japan and Bay with 11 apiece.q