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Friday 26 april 2019
Pomeranz, 2 relievers toss 2-hitter, Giants beat Jays 4-0

TORONTO (AP) — Drew troit. The defending World hits over 19 innings in three added another run. Leonys league homer, John Means
Pomeranz and two reliev- Series champion Red Sox starts prior to the injury. Martin was hit by a pitch pitched five effective in-
ers combined on a two-hit- nings on his birthday and
ter, Pablo Sandoval hom- Baltimore beat Chicago.
ered for the second straight Baltimore won two of three
game, and San Francisco to capture its first series
completed a two-game since April 1-3 in Toronto.
sweep of Toronto. The two straight victories
Buster Posey, Brandon Belt are the Orioles’ most since
and Evan Longoria all hit a four-game run that be-
RBI doubles as the Giants gan at Yankee Stadium on
won their second straight March 30.
following a season-high Wilkerson’s second-chance
four-game losing streak. solo shot off Ervin Santana
The Blue Jays were shut out (0-2) put the Orioles up 4-1
for the first time since open- in the fourth. Earlier in the
ing day, when they lost 2-0 at-bat, Wilkerson walked to
to Detroit in 10 innings. first base after apparently
Pomeranz (1-2) allowed being hit by a pitch, but a
two hits, both singles, in a replay proved otherwise.
season-high six innings. He Means (3-2) marked his
walked two and struck out 26th birthday with a career-
five to win for the first time high six strikeouts. The lefty
since Aug. 10, 2018, with allowed one run and four
Boston. hits.
Clay Buchholz (0-1) allowed Mychal Givens worked the
four runs and six hits in five- final two innings for his first
plus innings. He walked save.
none and struck out two. YANKEES 6, ANGELS 5
ASTROS 7, TWINS 1 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — DJ
HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Ver- LeMahieu singled home Ty-
lander pitched eight domi- San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria (10) hit a RBI double as Toronto Blue Jays ler Wade with the tiebreak-
nant innings, and Carlos catcher Danny Jansen (9) looks on during sixth inning baseball action in Toronto, on Wednesday, ing run in the ninth, and
Correa, Michael Brantley April 24, 2019. the Yankees rallied from a
and Josh Reddick all hom- Associated Press five-run deficit for their sixth
ered to lead Houston past consecutive victory, over
Minnesota. avoided their fourth losing Adalberto Mondesi hit a and Ramirez doubled into the hapless Angels.
Verlander (4-0) retired the streak of three games or three-run homer and drove the right field corner. Wade made up for an ear-
first 10 batters before Jorge more. in four runs, Billy Hamilton Nick Wittgren (1-0) struck lier baserunning mishap
Polanco crushed a pitch Martinez hit two singles, a had two hits and two RBIs, out two in the eighth. when he got a two-out
into the second deck in double and drove in a run, and Jakob Junis (2-2) gave ATHLETICS 6, RANGERS 5 single off Ty Buttrey (1-1)
right field in the fourth in- and Christian Vázquez had up one run and four hits in OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — and stole second. LeMa-
ning. Verlander retired 11 two RBI singles. five innings for the Royals, Chad Pinder’s two-out RBI hieu then drove in his third
of the last 12 batters he Nicholas Castellanos had who stopped a five-game single in the ninth inning run of the night for the Yan-
faced. an RBI single for the Tigers, losing streak. lifted Oakland over Texas. kees, who trailed 5-0 after
In Verlander’s last three a day after their first dou- INDIANS 6, MARLINS 2 Stephen Piscotty singled five innings before rallying
starts, he has given up bleheader sweep in Boston CLEVELAND (AP) — Jose with one out off Chris Mar- to win at Angel Stadium
three runs in 21 innings with since 1965. Ramirez homered and tin (1-1) and then stole sec- for a franchise-record sixth
27 strikeouts. Rodriguez (2-2) gave up a drove in four runs, Jake ond base. After Khris Davis straight time.
Kohl Stewart (0-1) gave up run on two hits, striking out Bauers’ eighth-inning single flied out, Pinder looped a CC Sabathia fell short of
five runs and eight hits, strik- seven and walking three. scored the go-ahead run soft hit into right field. Pis- recording his 3,000th ca-
ing out one and walking Tyson Ross (1-3) allowed and Cleveland beat Miami. cotty slid into home plate reer strikeout while yielding
three in six innings. four runs in five innings. Martin Prado’s two-out to beat a wide throw home four earned runs and six
RED SOX 11, TIGERS 4 ROYALS 10, RAYS 2 homer for Miami tied the from Nomar Mazara as the hits over five innings for the
BOSTON (AP) — J.D. Marti- ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) game in the top of the A’s dugout emptied, mob- Yankees.
nez had three hits and Ed- — Tampa Bay ace Blake eighth, but the Indians re- bing Pinder near first base. Andrelton Simmons hit two
uardo Rodriguez pitched Snell lasted one out into the sponded by scoring four Matt Chapman and Mar- homers off Sabathia, and
six strong innings as Boston fourth inning in his return times to snap a three-game cus Semien homered to Kole Calhoun added a
rebounded from a double- from a broken right fourth losing streak. help the A’s complete a three-run homer during the
header sweep to beat De- toe as Kansas City cruised Ramirez hit a two-out hom- three-game sweep. Los Angeles’ four-run fourth
to victory. er in the first and had an Mazara homered twice for inning.
The 2018 AL Cy Young RBI single in the third. His Texas and Logan Forsythe But the last-place Angels
Award winner, who hurt the eighth-inning double add- also went deep as the blew it all in their ninth loss
toe attempting to move ed two runs and capped Rangers fell to 2-7 on the in 10 games, and the no-
a decorative display in his Cleveland’s big inning. road. name Yankees just kept
bathroom on April 14, al- Adam Conley (0-3) walked Blake Treinen (1-1) retired winning.
lowed three runs, five hits, Carlos Gonzalez to begin three batters and got a big Jonathan Loáisiga (1-0)
two walks and struck out the eighth. Bauers slapped double play in the ninth to pitched three innings of
three during a 65-pitch out- a ground ball through the earn the win. two-hit relief in his first game
ing. open left side of the infield ORIOLES 4, WHITE SOX 3 back from the minors. Arol-
The left-hander (2-2) had to score Gonzalez. Francis- BALTIMORE (AP) — Stevie dis Chapman pitched the
given up one run and nine co Lindor’s two-out single Wilkerson hit his first major ninth for his fourth save.q