Wednesday American League Capsules.
TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 2
TORONTO Carlos Pena and Edwin Jackson escaped a figure of jams as the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 3-2 conquest over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Carl Crawford had a pair of hits and an RBI for Tampa Bay, which won the concluding two cup of this three-game set.
Jackson (7-7) allowed two runs and seven hits with two walks over five score, winning back-to-back starts for the first time since April 5 and 10. The righthander did not go away the side in regularity during his outing, but Toronto failed to get the most out of on a pair of big chances in the fourth and fifth runs.
Trailing, 3-2, Toronto got a leadoff three-way from Adam Lind in the quarter but failed to command him home.
Joe Inglett singled to open the fifth and Marco Scutaro reached on an boob by Rays next Akinori Iwamura.
Following a wild ground that put runners on additional and third with nobody out, Jackson got Alex Rios to minced back to the rise and struck out Lyle Overbay. After a walk to Matt Stairs, Lind out to kernel to end the .
After Jackson deceased the game, the Rays took over as J.P Howell allowed two hits in a scoreless inning and Grant Balfour and Dan Wheeler pitched a hitless seventh and eighth batting, respectively. Troy Percival a just right for his 23rd save.
Crawfords RBI triple gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but Overbay put Toronto in front in the lowermost half of the with a two-run detonation to facility.
Tampa Bay took the lead for good in the top of the twenty-five percent, as Pena led off the with his 18th home run. Eric Hinske and Dioner Navarro followed with back-to-back hits and Gabe Gross gave the Rays a 3-2 advantage when he plated a run while preparation into a twin play.
Toronto appetizer Scott Richmond (0-1) the loss in his foremost league coming out. The 28-year-old allowed three runs and hits in 5 1/3 turn.
DETROIT 14, CLEVELAND 12 (13 INNINGS)
CLEVELAND Placido Polanco crowd in the go-ahead run with a in the 13th inning and the Detroit Tigers the Cleveland Indians, 14-12, on in a game that lasted 5 hours and 33 report.
Kelly Shoppach tied a key league record with five added base hits – two home runs and three – but it wasnt ample to counteract the Indians from blowing an 8-1 lead.
Detroits Carlos Guillen the winning rally with a one-out free off Juan Rincon (2-3) and Curtis Granderson followed with a single as Guillen went to third. Polanco followed with a grounder to third, but Andy Marte had no play at home and took the out at first.
The Tigers tacked on another run when first baseman Andy Gonzalez threw wildly past Rincon, allowing Granderson to score.
NY YANKEES 13, BALTIMORE 3
BRONX, New York Bobby Abreu homered double and four runs, the New York Yankees to a 13-3 thrashing of the Baltimore Orioles.
Abreu a two-run homer in the third off Dennis Sarfate (4-2), a New York local who was making his first profession lead, and added a solo shot in the off Fernando Cabrera.
Joba Chamberlain (4-3) held the Orioles to two runs – one earned – and five hits in six round with no walks and six strikeouts.
The Yankees the finale of the three-game series and avoided their first home sweep against Baltimore since 1986.
KANSAS CITY 4, OAKLAND 3 (10 INNINGS)
OAKLAND, California Jose Guillen horde in two runs to help the Kansas City Royals complete a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 4-3 triumph.
Guillen, who has been rumored to be tactless in Kansas City, had an RBI solitary in the sixth and hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning off As Huston Street to give the Royals the advantage.
Mike Aviles went 3-for-5 with an RBI double and scored a run for Kansas City, which has won four as it comes.
Ramon Ramirez (2-1) 1 1/3 go of scoreless alleviation to earn the win and Joakim Soria a finished 10th for his 30th save of the season.
Athletics reliever Brad Ziegler protracted his major league record for most go to surprise a occupation at 30, bucking three shot in assistance of first course Sean Gallagher.
TEXAS 4, SEATTLE 3
ARLINGTON, Texas A tweak-hit sacrifice fly by Michael Young the Texas Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in the third game of a four-game set.
Seattle reliever Arthur Rhodes walked the bases unfair in the eighth inning and Young, who was out of the starting side because of a fractured right ring slice, a fly ball to bottom line of work, scoring David Murphy with the go-ahead run.
Josh Hamilton and Brandon Boggs hit home runs for the Rangers in the subsequent off Mariners antipasto Miguel Batista after Seattle jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top half of the inning.
Texas meze Vicente Padilla allowed three runs on 10 hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Eddie Guardado earned the win in liberation and C.J. Wilson recorded his 24th save.
LA ANGELS 9, BOSTON 2
BOSTON Garret Anderson had four hits, including a key two-run , as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim cruised to a 9-2 triumph over the Boston Red Sox to complete a three-game sweep at Fenway Park.
Playing in his first game since core attained in a custom from Atlanta, Mark Teixeira went in four at-bats, reaching base twice on an miscalculation and a walk.
The Red Sox, temporarily, played like a team absent-minded by the rumors around a team nigh on a occupation that would send Manny Ramirez to the Florida Marlins as Boston committed a season-high four for the second time this season.
Joe Saunders (14-5) allowed five hits and two runs over six turn, ambulatory three while striking out two.
CHI WHITE SOX 8, MINNESOTA 3
MINNEAPOLIS Carlos Quentin and Alexei Ramirez hit home runs to back the big-name motion of Gavin Floyd as the Chicago White Sox thrashed the Minnesota Twins, 8-3, to remain atop the American League Central Division.
Quentin hit his 28th homer in the first off Livan Hernandez to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead. After Jermaine Dyes sacrifice fly in the third upped the gap to 2-0, Quentin delivered a three-run duple in the fourth part.
Ramirez three-run to left in the seventh multitude home Paul Konerko and Nick Swisher to make it 8-1.
Floyd (11-6) gave up four hits and struck out four in 7 2/3 batting as the White Sox lead to 1 1/2 meet over the Twins. Matt Thornton got the last out in the before Bobby Jenks was touched up for two runs on two hits and a walk before timid the side in the .
