CHICAGO — Jose Bautista hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning, and Rajai Davis scored on a wild pitch in the 10th to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at a dimmed U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday night.
CHICAGO — Jose Bautista hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning, and Rajai Davis scored on a wild pitch in the 10th to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at a dimmed U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday night.
Chien-Ming Wang made his first start of the season after signing with the injury-riddled Blue Jays, lasting 7 1/3 innings while giving up five runs and 10 hits.
During the 10th, there was a brief delay after a handful of bulbs in the light standards above the infield at U.S. Cellular Field went out as Ramon Troncoso (0-1) prepared to throw his 2-1 pitch to Adam Lind. Following the delay, Davis scored on Troncoso’s wild pitch.
Brett Cecil (2-0) went 1 2/3 innings for the win, and Casey Janssen pitched a scoreless 10th for his 13th save in 14 tries.
TIGERS 3, ROYALS 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Max Scherzer won his ninth straight decision, and the Tigers beat Kansas City to snap the Royals’ six-game winning streak.
Scherzer became the first Tigers starter to begin the season 9-0 since Vern Kennedy in 1938 by pitching seven sharp innings.
He limited the Royals to three hits and two runs while striking out six and walking two.
Aaron Crow (2-2), who was a college teammate of Scherzer’s at Missouri, took the loss despite pitching out of a bases loaded jam in the seventh.
INDIANS 5, RANGERS 2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Kluber allowed one run over eight innings, and the Indians beat the Rangers to snap an eight-game losing streak.
The Indians also ended a 12-game road losing streak.
Mark Reynolds had an RBI single in the fourth off Derek Holland (5-3) that put Cleveland ahead to stay. Drew Stubbs added a two-run single in the fifth and scored on a single by Nick Swisher, who had only two hits in his previous 28 at-bats.
ORIOLES 3, ANGELS 2
BALTIMORE — Miguel Gonzalez allowed one run over eight innings, and Nick Markakis hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning as the Orioles beat the Angels.
Light-hitting Ryan Flaherty contributed two well-timed hits for the Orioles, whose third straight victory put them a season-high nine games over .500 (37-28).
The Angels lost their fourth in a row despite a home run by Mike Trout that traveled an estimated 448 feet.
Angels center fielder Peter Bourjos made the defensive play of the night, robbing J.J. Hardy of a two-run homer in the first inning. After retreating toward the warning track, Bourjos pressed his body against the wall with a perfectly timed leap, stuck his glove well over the 7-foot barrier and caught the ball.
RAYS 8, RED SOX 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Matt Joyce hit one of three homers off Jon Lester to help the Rays beat the AL East-leading Red Sox.
Joyce, one day after being hit by a pitch that sparked a bench-clearing scrum, put the Rays up 7-3 on a two-run shot in the fifth that ended Lester’s night.
Desmond Jennings homered twice, while Evan Longoria also went deep for the Rays. Roberto Hernandez (4-6) allowed three runs and seven hits over seven-plus innings.
MARINERS 4, ASTROS 0
SEATTLE — Aaron Harang pitched a two-hitter for his second shoutout of the season, leading the Mariners to a victory over the Astros.
Harang (3-6) struck out a season-high 10, the 12th time in his career he had 10 Ks with no walks. It was his 15th career complete game and eighth shutout. He also beat San Diego 9-0 on May 27.
Harang allowed a two-out infield single to deep short by J.D. Martinez in the second inning. He then retired 16 of the next 17 batters. The only Astros batter to reach during that span was Brandon Barnes on a sixth-inning error.
ATHLETICS 6, YANKEES 4
OAKLAND, Calif. — Derek Norris homered and drove in four runs, and Bartolo Colon pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Athletics to a victory over the Yankees.
Coco Crisp led off the game for Oakland with a homer off CC Sabathia (6-5) before Norris and Colon (8-2) took over to lead the A’s to their eighth win in 11 games.
Sabathia allowed six runs and eight hits in six innings in his homecoming start in front of many fans that came from his hometown of nearby Vallejo to watch him pitch.
INTERLEAGUE
TWINS 3, PHILLIES 2
MINNEAPOLIS — Justin Morneau hit the go-ahead single in the eighth inning to cap a three-hit night and carry the Twins to a win over the Phillies.
Jamey Carroll — who had two hits and snapped a 0-for-24 slump — drew a walk to start the eighth off reliever Mike Adams (1-4) and ended up on third after a Joe Mauer single and a fielder’s choice.
Josh Willingham fouled out before Morneau lined a single up the middle off Antonio Bastardo to give Minnesota the lead.