MLB
roundup: Verlander, Astros stifle Rangers
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[May 11, 2019]
Justin Verlander allowed one hit over seven strong innings,
and the Houston Astros belted three solo homers while overcoming an
injury to star Jose Altuve to beat the visiting Texas Rangers 3-0 on
Friday night for their third consecutive victory.
Verlander, who improved to 6-1 with a 2.51 ERA, struck out eight and
yielded only Asdrubal Cabrera's single to lead off the fifth inning
as the Astros won for the sixth time in seven games. It's the third
time in Verlander's career that he has allowed just one hit in a
start against the Rangers.
However, Houston's latest victory might have come with a price as
Altuve exited with left hamstring discomfort in the bottom of the
first after beating out an infield hit. The team listed him as
day-to-day.
For the rest of the night, the Astros were just fine without Altuve.
Jake Marisnick clubbed his third homer of the season, a deep shot to
right-center in the third inning. In the seventh, with two outs and
Texas starter Lance Lynn in a nice groove, Yuli Gurriel and Robinson
Chirinos delivered back-to-back home runs to pad the Astros'
advantage.
Red Sox 14, Mariners 1
Mitch Moreland hit a three-run home run and had four RBIs, and
Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2) pitched seven scoreless innings as Boston
moved above .500 for the first time this season with a win over
visiting Seattle.
Rafael Devers went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs, and Andrew
Benintendi also went deep as the Red Sox won for the ninth time in
their past 11 games. Boston had been below .500 since March 30
before evening its record Wednesday.
The Mariners, fell below .500 for the first time this season.
Seattle has dropped 10 of its past 12.
Athletics 4, Indians 3 (12 innings)
Matt Chapman homered to lead off the 12th inning as host Oakland
beat Cleveland to win for the third time in four games on the heels
of losing eight of the previous nine.
Brad Hand (2-2) entered the game to begin the 12th inning and saw
Chapman deposit a 3-2 slider over the wall in left field for his
10th homer of the season. The blast was the first walk-off homer of
Chapman's career.
Ramon Laureano belted a solo homer, and Josh Phegley had an RBI
single among his three hits for the Athletics. Jake Bauers ripped an
RBI double and scored on a double play, and Francisco Lindor had a
sacrifice fly for the Indians, who have lost four of their past six.
Brewers 7, Cubs 0
Ryan Braun belted a solo homer and Gio Gonzalez (1-0) scattered two
hits over 5 2/3 innings and visiting Milwaukee downed Chicago.
Yasmani Grandal collected two hits and joined Jesus Aguilar with two
RBIs for the Cubs.
The Brewers, who have won seven in a row, got to Jose Quintana
(4-2), who allowed three runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Both starting pitchers surrendered just one hit through three
scoreless innings before Braun deposited a 1-0 fastball from
Quintana over the wall in center field with two outs in the fourth.
Yankees 4, Rays 3
Gio Urshela hit a go-ahead, two-run, bases-loaded single in the
sixth inning, and New York beat Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
in the first meeting of the season between the teams.
The Yankees won for the 17th time in 23 games. The Rays dropped to
1-7 in one-run games this year.
New York's Domingo German (7-1) became the first seven-game winner
in the majors after his five-inning outing. He allowed three runs on
five hits, struck out five, walked two and threw 84 pitches.
Twins 6, Tigers 0
Jake Odorizzi allowed just one hit over seven innings, and Mitch
Garver and Max Kepler homered to lead Minnesota to its fourth
straight victory, a decision over visiting Detroit in Minneapolis.
Odorizzi (5-2), the reigning American League Player of the Week
after allowing six hits and pitching 13 scoreless innings in wins
over the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, won his fifth
consecutive start.
Jorge Polanco doubled and drove in three runs, and Garver walked
three times and scored twice for the Twins, who have outscored their
opponents 26-1 while winning each of their past four games.
Mets 11, Marlins 2
Amed Rosario's first career grand slam highlighted an eight-run
first inning for host New York. That was more than enough for Zack
Wheeler (3-2), who cruised to victory by allowing two runs over
seven innings against Miami.
The Mets, who scored just 15 runs in a 1-5 road trip that ended
Wednesday, busted out hours after COO Jeff Wilpon reportedly met
with first-year general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and second-year
manager Mickey Callaway. The 11 runs tied a season high set March
30.
The first eight Mets batters reached against Marlins starter Pablo
Lopez (2-5), who gave up five singles, including an infield RBI hit
by Wilson Ramos, and two walks, including one with the bases loaded
to Brandon Nimmo, before surrendering Rosario's grand slam.
Blue Jays 4, White Sox 3
Randal Grichuk hit a three-run home run, Teoscar Hernandez added a
solo blast and Toronto beat visiting Chicago. Joe Biagini (2-1)
pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings in relief to pick up the win for the
Blue Jays, who ended a five-game losing streak.
Ken Giles pitched a perfect ninth to earn his ninth save of the
season. Justin Smoak walked four times for the Blue Jays. Tim
Anderson hit a solo home run for the White Sox, who lost their third
straight.
Chicago starter Dylan Covey (0-2) allowed three hits, five walks and
four runs in 4 2/3 innings.
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Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander (35) delivers a pitch
during the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Minute Maid
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Pirates 2, Cardinals 1
Trevor Williams allowed only one run over seven innings as visiting
Pittsburgh hung on to beat St. Louis. Starling Marte's single to
right field in the eighth made a winner of Williams (2-1), who
allowed nine hits but walked only one while striking out five.
The tiebreaking rally off reliever Andrew Miller (1-2) came after
the Cardinals tied the score in the seventh on an infield single by
Paul DeJong. The hit took St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright off the
hook for what could have been a tough-luck loss.
The Cardinals had a chance to again tie the score in the eighth.
They put runners at first and third with no outs against Pirates
reliever Kyle Crick, who recovered to strike out Dexter Fowler, then
got Kolten Wong to bounce into a double play.
Royals 5, Phillies 1
Alex Gordon homered twice and recorded three RBIs to lift host
Kansas City past Philadelphia. Jorge Soler also hit a home run for
the Royals.
Kansas City starter Homer Bailey (4-3) tossed five-plus innings and
allowed four hits and one run. He struck out four and walked three.
Bryce Harper reached base safely all four times for the Phillies
with a single and three walks. Phillies starter Jake Arrieta (4-3)
lasted five-plus innings and gave up seven hits and four runs while
striking out five and walking three.
Angels 8, Orioles 3
Mike Trout homered and drove in three runs as visiting Los Angeles
beat Baltimore.
Andrelton Simmons and Kole Calhoun each drove in two runs for the
Angels. Trevor Cahill (2-3) earned the win with six solid innings.
He did not return after rain stopped play for 1 hour, 49 minutes
following the sixth inning.
Dan Straily (1-3) started for Baltimore and struggled once more. He
gave up six runs on five hits in just 4 1/3 innings.
Rockies 12, Padres 2
German Marquez (4-2) hit a three-run double to help back his solid
outing on the mound, Ian Desmond had two of his three singles in a
seven-run fourth inning, and Colorado ripped San Diego in Denver.
Trevor Story homered among his three hits, and Charlie Blackmon had
two hits and scored three runs for the Rockies.
Manny Machado had three hits in his first trip to Coors Field since
signing with San Diego. Franmil Reyes also had three hits for the
Padres.
Braves 2, Diamondbacks 1
Ronald Acuna Jr. crushed a two-out home run in the eighth inning as
Atlanta snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over
Arizona in Phoenix.
Acuna, hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time this season,
drove a 2-0 pitch from reliever Yoan Lopez (0-1) off the batter's
eye in center field to break a 1-1 tie.
Dan Winkler (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the win
after starter Julio Teheran gave up one run in six innings. The
Diamondbacks managed only four hits off four Atlanta pitchers,
including Luke Jackson, who recorded his third save.
Reds 7, Giants 0
Luis Castillo was handed an early four-run lead for a second
consecutive start, and this time he responded with six shutout
innings, pitching Cincinnati to a victory at San Francisco.
Nick Senzel lashed a two-run triple to highlight a four-run second
inning, which turned out to be more than sufficient offensive
support for Castillo (4-1) and three relievers.
All four runs in the second off Dereck Rodriguez (3-5) came with two
outs and were unearned, following a botched fly ball by left fielder
Tyler Austin.
Dodgers 5, Nationals 0
Kenta Maeda pitched six innings of one-hit ball, and Joc Pederson
hit a pair of home runs as Los Angeles shut out visiting Washington.
Maeda walked two and struck out six one night after the Nationals
rolled to a 6-0 victory to end Los Angeles' 10-game home winning
streak. David Freese added a two-run home run in the seventh inning.
Pederson's home run in the first inning was his 14th as his team's
first batter of a game. The left fielder hit another solo shot in
the fifth.
(Field Level Media)
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