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 Rodriguez, a highly touted prospect, confounded Texas in his major
league debut. The hard-throwing left-hander went 7 2/3 scoreless
innings, giving up only three hits and striking out seven.
He became the first pitcher in Red Sox history to debut with at
least 7 2/3 shutout innings while striking out at least seven and
allowing three or fewer hits, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Hamilton played his first home game since being traded back to Texas
in April, and he went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the ninth. The
former MVP enjoyed a standing ovation during his first at-bat and
lined the first pitch he saw into the right field corner for a
double.
Orioles 2-6, White Sox 3-3
BALTIMORE -- Missing their usual power in the nightcap of a
doubleheader, Baltimore found a little help from lot of places and
received a solid effort from their bullpen to pull out a victory.
Six Orioles drove in a run, and the Baltimore relievers threw four
scoreless innings in a 6-3 win over Chicago in the second game.
The White Sox posted a 3-2 victory in the opener, when Chris Sale
struck out 12 in 7 2/3 shutout innings. Melky Cabrera and Adam
LaRoche both contributed RBI doubles in the sixth inning.
Giants 7, Braves 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco recorded its fourth consecutive home
shutout, breaking open a tight game with a six-run eighth inning en
route to a win over Atlanta.
Chris Heston combined with relievers Jeremy Affeldt, Sergio Romo and
Javier Lopez on a four-hitter as Giants pitchers ran their streak of
consecutive scoreless innings at home to 37 to kick off a seven-game
homestand.
Heston (5-3) allowed four hits over 7 1/3 innings while recording
his first home win since April 18. He struck out six and walked one.
Indians 5, Mariners 3
SEATTLE -- Cleveland ace Corey Kluber gave up two home runs for the
first time this season, but the Indians offense did enough to extend
his winning streak to three consecutive decisions in a victory over
Seattle.
Cleveland had a three-run fourth inning on the way to a 5-1 lead,
but home runs by Mike Zunino and Dustin Ackley kept the Mariners in
the game. Ackley's two-out, two-run homer in the sixth brought
Seattle within 5-3, but the Mariners managed only one hit the rest
of the way.
Kluber (3-5) struck out 13, giving him 50 K's over his last four
starts. He allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings. He
hadn't allowed a home run since May 7 and had given up just two in
five previous starts this month before Zunino and Ackley took him
deep.
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Athletics 5, Yankees 4
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Brett Lawrie and Billy Burns each homered, and
Oakland came from behind to defeat New York.
Burns hit a solo shot in the fifth inning and Lawrie a game tying
two-run blast in the sixth as the A's ended their two-game skid and
snapped the Yankees' three-game winning streak. The Yankees lost for
the 10th time in their past 11 games in Oakland.
New York's Brian McCann went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two
RBIs. Alex Rodriguez had his 1,996th career RBI, moving into a tie
with Barry Bonds for second place on baseball's all-time list.
Angels 12, Tigers 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Albert Pujols, Matt Joyce and Chris Iannetta
combined for three home runs and eight RBIs, leading Los Angeles to
a rout of Detroit.
Iannetta concluded the Angels' scoring with a grand slam in the
seventh, his third homer of the season.
Left-hander C.J. Wilson (3-3) was the main beneficiary of the
offensive surge. Wilson conceded one run and a career-low two hits
in six innings. He struck out seven, walked five, hit one and
generated seven groundouts while throwing 107 pitches.
Pirates 11, Padres 5
SAN DIEGO -- Jung Ho Kang, Gregory Polanco and Starling Marte
homered, and Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker and Francisco Cervelli
had three hits apiece as Pittsburgh powered past San Diego,
stretching its winning streak to seven games.
A.J. Burnett improved his record to 5-1, although he allowed five
runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings to
see the National League-leading 1.37 ERA he owned entering the game
climb to 1.81.
Kang, Polanco and Marte all connected in the first three innings to
give the Pirates a 6-0 lead against Ian Kennedy (2-5), who allowed
seven runs on seven hits -- including the three homers -- and two
walks in 3 2/3 innings.
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