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Profar starts triple play and homers, Rangers rally past LAA

By The Associated Press straight series in the Bronx, troit. The teams combined
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — a record since the ballpark for seven homers, with Po-
Jurickson Profar started an opened in 2009. lanco's three-run shot ac-
especially rare triple play The Rays' bullpen mostly counting for one of three
and homered to help Texas cruised following Blake by the Twins. Miguel Sano
rally from an early five-run Snell's five sharp innings and Ehire Adrianza also
deficit for a victory over Los until Sergio Romo allowed went deep for Minnesota,
Angeles. consecutive singles to Didi which broke the game
Rougned Odor singled Gregorius and Gleyber open with a seven-run sixth
home the go-ahead run in Torres in the ninth — Tor- inning.
the eighth after an out call res' bloop ended his 0-for- Forsythe raised his batting
that would have ended the 17 skid. Romo walked Neil average to .449 (22 for 49)
inning was reversed. No- Walker on four pitches, since joining the Twins in a
mar Mazara went deep in then was replaced by Ko- trade that sent Brian Dozier
his return from the disabled larek, a side-arming lefty to the Dodgers.
list, and Joey Gallo also Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols stands ready as who earned his first career Minnesota chased Tigers
Texas Rangers' Jurickson Profar leads off of first base during the
homered for the Rangers. third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Ar- save. lefty Francisco Liriano (3-8)
Texas turned the sixth triple lington, Texas. Tommy Pham helped the in the second. A two-run,
play in franchise history in Associated Press Rays jump on Masahiro opposite-field homer by
the fourth. With the bases Tanaka (9-3) with an RBI Sano ended Liriano's night
loaded, David Fletcher threw to Odor, and the sec- RAYS 3, YANKEES 1 double during a two-run after he allowed eight runs,
hit a low liner toward third ond baseman tagged Kole NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie first inning, and Snell (14-5) four earned.
base that Profar picked on Calhoun between first and left-hander Adam Kolarek and the bullpen took over ROYALS 6, BLUE JAYS 2
a short hop. Playing near second. pitched out of a bases- from there. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
the bag, Profar stepped It was the majors' first triple loaded, no-out jam in the TWINS 15, TIGERS 8 — Lucas Duda homered,
on third to force out Eric play without retiring the ninth inning to lift Tampa MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lo- Rosell Herrera had three hits
Young Jr. and then tagged batter since June 3, 1912, Bay over New York to win gan Forsythe had a career- and Kansas City beat To-
Taylor Ward, who had when the Brooklyn Dodgers its first series at Yankee Sta- high five hits and Jorge Po- ronto after a long rain de-
stumbled off the base into turned the trick against the dium since 2014. lanco drove in four runs as lay to split their four-game
foul territory. Profar then Cincinnati Reds. Tampa Bay had lost 12 Minnesota outslugged De- series.q

INTENTIONAL PLUNKINGS of Atlanta players charging for just playing the game.
Continued from Page 17 out of the dugout toward He called Urena's pitch
Mostly, though, players and the mound. "classless." "You're hitting
coaches around the game "I'm not sure I've ever felt good, and they want to hit
seem to want nothing to like that in a baseball uni- you to hit you, then I got
do with this murky unwritten form," Snitker said. a problem with that," Kier-
rule. At least one prominent maier said. Tigers manager
The Miami right-hander baseball voice thought Ure- Ron Gardenhire said he
sparked a benches-clear- na would be right to inten- would've preferred umpires
ing fracas in Atlanta when tionally drill Acuna, though. leave Urena in the National
he drilled Acuna in the el- Hernandez, the 1979 NL co- League game, rather than
bow with the first pitch of a MVP, said during the Mets eject him. "That would have
game Wednesday. Acuna broadcast Wednesday been a little more punish-
had homered leading off night that in this case, "you ment, because he's got to
three consecutive games got to hit him." bat," Gardenhire said, add-
and gone deep four times "They're killing you," Her- ing that "I would be mad
in the first three games of nandez said. "You lost three enough if I were the man-
the series against the Mar- games. He's hit three home ager, I might start (Urena)
lins. runs. You got to hit him. I'm Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) is tended to by a member tomorrow and lead him
Acuna had a CT scan that sorry, people aren't going of the training staff as Ozzie Albies talks to him after Acuna was off just so they can smoke
revealed his elbow was nor- to like that. You know, you hit by a pitch from Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Urena him and knock him out just
during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 15,
mal, and X-rays also were got to hit him, knock him 2018, in Atlanta. because he did something
negative. He was back in down." Associated Press so stupid." Added Angels
Atlanta's lineup Thursday Hernandez's words weren't manager Mike Scioscia,
night against Colorado. well received by the it's clear that Hernandez's inning. "I knew I was go- the longest tenured man-
Urena claimed he was just Braves. Reliever Peter opinion falls among the mi- ing to get thrown at," Kier- ager in the majors: "Throw-
pitching Acuna inside and Moylan tweeted that Her- nority. maier said. "Guy ended up ing at somebody with in-
missed his spot with a "bad nandez was a "clown," Yankees manager Aaron missing. I had no problem tent should not be part of
pitch." He was suspended and Hall of Famer Chipper Boone said Urena's pitch with it. He got thrown out, this game." Retired seven-
six games and fined an un- Jones tweeted that the "seemed pretty blatant to whatever." But Kiermaier time All-Star Michael Young
disclosed amount on Thurs- comments were "waaay me." "It had a bad look to also suspects at least one said on Twitter that "you
day. off base!" it," he said. pitcher has thrown at him don't drill people for doing
The Braves — as well as "So by this way of thinking, Rays veteran Kevin Kier- intentionally because the their jobs" and "that's not
the game's umpires — be- Jacob deGrom should get maier thinks plunkings have speedy center fielder tried old school." He also said
lieved the plunking was drilled cuz he's the hottest a time and a place. He re- to bunt for a hit in the first the concept of brushback
intentional. Braves All-Star pitcher on the planet? NO!" called being a rookie when inning of a game, and that pitches — throwing a fast-
Freddie Freeman said it Jones wrote. Tampa Bay unintentionally experience infuriated him. ball inside to scare a batter
"was just completely class- Players and coaches hit Yankees star Derek Jeter Kiermaier, who is expect- off the plate and make him
less on Jose Urena's part," around the majors were twice in the same game. Ki- ing a child in November, uncomfortable — doesn't
and manager Brian Snitker asked about intentional ermaier was the first batter doesn't want any part of work against major league
was near the front of a line plunkings Thursday, and up for Tampa Bay the next pitchers throwing at him hitters.q