June 19, 2013

MLB – AL Roundup: Orioles lose to Yankees 6-4, skid reaches 6

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — BALTIMORE — Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore’s losing streak to six games. New York trailed 4-3 in the ninth before Travis Hafner homered with [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Yankees split doubleheader with Indians

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — CLEVELAND — Vidal Nuno pitched five innings of three-hit ball to win his first major league start, Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay had two RBIs apiece and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 7-0 Monday for a doubleheader split. Justin Masterson pitched a four-hitter for his third career shutout [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Johnson sent back to Triple-A after loss to Twins

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — MINNEAPOLIS — Ryan Doumit homered, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau each had three hits, and the Twins beat the Orioles, who lost for just the second time in seven games. Vance Worley struggled through 5 1-3 innings, but a strong performance by Minnesota’s bullpen enabled him to earn his first win [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Tigers’ Verlander holds Astros hitless until 7th

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — HOUSTON — Justin Verlander held Houston hitless until the seventh inning and Detroit romped to a four-game sweep. Verlander, who has already pitched two no-hitters in his career, made a bid for another one against the overmatched Astros in their sixth straight loss. Carlos Pena got Houston’s first hit, a single [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Monday night

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez pitched into the eighth inning, Ryan Raburn hit two home runs and the Cleveland Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Monday night to split their four-game series. Raburn hit a three-run shot in the fifth inning and a solo homer in the eighth. Raburn finished with [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Back-to-back homers power Orioles past A’s

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Nick Markakis and Adam Jones hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning, Chris Tillman pitched six innings for his first win of the season and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Saturday. Nate McLouth also homered for Baltimore, which is 3-0 on its 11-game road trip and in [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Ortiz continues to crush as Red Sox win eighth straight series

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BOSTON – David Ortiz went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, boosting his batting average over .500 as the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-2 Thursday night to win their eighth straight series opener. Ortiz, who also scored three runs, is 11 for 20 (.550) with five RBIs since [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Red Sox win emotional game, off to best start in 11 years

(PhatzRadio / AP) — BOSTON – After honouring the victims and the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Red Sox kept on with their best start in 11 years by beating the Kansas City Royals 4-3 Saturday as David Ortiz played his first game since last summer and Daniel Nava hit a three-run homer [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Rangers shutout Mariners 7-0

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas – Yu Darvish struck out 10 while allowing only three hits over seven innings for Texas, and the Rangers had their biggest inning of the season in a 7-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. In his first start in a week, and 33rd in the major [...]

MLB – AL Roundup: Verlander gets plenty of support, beats A’s again

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(PhatzRadio / AP) —- OAKLAND, Calif. — Prince Fielder homered for the second straight game, Torii Hunter hit his first clout since joining Detroit to help back Justin Verlander and the Tigers snapped the Oakland Athletics’ nine-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory Saturday. Jhonny Peralta followed Fielder’s leadoff shot in the fourth with a [...]