ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton hit two more home runs, Yu Darvish struck out seven, and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-3 in a rain-interrupted game Friday night when C.J. Wilson faced only five batters against his former team.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton hit two more home runs, Yu Darvish struck out seven, and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-3 in a rain-interrupted game Friday night when C.J. Wilson faced only five batters against his former team.
Both of Hamilton’s solo shots came after a 1-hour, 56-minute rain delay in the first inning, when the Rangers went ahead to stay against Wilson (4-3), a former Rangers No. 1 starter who left in free agency after the team’s second consecutive World Series appearance last season.
Hamilton had three hits and his second multihomer game this week. The other was Tuesday night in Baltimore when the slugger became the 16th player in major league history to hit four in a game.
Hamilton leads the majors with a .407 batting average, 17 homers and 40 RBIs.
YANKEES 6, MARINERS 2
NEW YORK — Raul Ibanez hit a go-ahead three-run homer off former Seattle teammate Felix Hernandez in the sixth inning, Robinson Cano had four hits, and New York overcame a home run by Jesus Montero.
Hernandez (3-2) lost for the first time at new Yankee Stadium, where the 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner had allowed just one earned run in 24 innings coming in.
Hiroki Kuroda (3-4) went seven innings to improve to 3-1 at home, allowing a leadoff homer to Dustin Ackley and another in the sixth to Montero, who was acquired by the Mariners in the January trade that sent Michael Pineda to New York.
ORIOLES 4, RAYS 3
BALTIMORE — Nick Johnson’s first homer in two years gave Baltimore a seventh-inning lead, and the Orioles edged Tampa Bay in a duel for first place in the AL East.
Johnson’s two-run drive off Joel Peralta (0-2) put Baltimore in front 4-3, and the bullpen made the margin stand up. After spending last season in the minors, Johnson received an invite to spring training, made the team and was batting .143 before his game-changing home run.
Adam Jones and Nick Markakis also connected for the Orioles, who lead the majors with 53 homers.
WHITE SOX 5, ROYALS 0
CHICAGO — Adam Dunn hit his 11th homer to match his total from last season, leading Gavin Floyd and the Chicago White Sox over Kansas City.
Dunn’s long homer to right off Felipe Paulino (1-1) gave Chicago the lead in the first. Dunn’s sixth homer in 10 games was enough for Floyd (3-3), who allowed five hits, struck out five and walked two in 7 2/3 innings.
ATHLETICS 11, TIGERS 4
OAKLAND, Calif. — Brandon Inge hit a three-run homer and drove in four for the fourth time in five games, and Josh Reddick homered twice and had a career-high five RBIs as Oakland pounded Detroit.
RED SOX 7, INDIANS 5
BOSTON — Dustin Pedroia had three hits and three RBIs to back an effective outing by Clay Buchholz, and Boston beat Cleveland to snap a three-game skid.
TWINS 7, BLUE JAYS 6
MINNEAPOLIS — Darin Mastroianni got his first major league hit and drove in three runs to help Minnesota overcome Jose Bautista’s two homers in a victory over Toronto.