Thursday, 24 May 2012

Roundup: Callaspo's double leads Angels past A's in extras


Jordan Walden (1-1) pitched a 1-2-3 10th, and Ernesto Frieri finished for his first major league save.
Angels starter Jered Weaver allowed one run and three hits in eight innings, missing a chance to become the majors' first seven-game winner.
Rays 5, Blue Jays 4, (11)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —Rich Thompson was hit by a pitch from Darren Oliver (0-2) starting the 11th and scored on B.J. Upton's one-out double.
Jake McGee (1-1) struck out two during a perfect 11th Tampa Bay took two of three from the Blue Jays, and have won 15 consecutive home series against Toronto.
Tampa Bay nearly won it in the ninth on Drew Sutton's two-out infield single, but second baseman Omar Vizquel threw out Carlos Pena, who tried to score from second.
Yankees 8, Royals 3
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez gave Will Smith a rude welcome to the major leagues Wednesday night, hitting two homers off the rookie to back another strong start for Andy Pettitte.
A-Rod snapped a 52 at-bat homereless drought and drove in three runs for New York. Curtis Granderson also connected off Smith and the Yankees scored three times in the fifth with help from some inept relief pitching.
Derek Jeter had three hits to tie Paul Waner for 15th with 3,152. Before the Jeter singled in the eighth, Waner had been the only player who reached a higher hits milestone than Jeter in a Yankees uniform. "Big Poison" got just one hit with New York, his final one in a career spent mostly in Pittsburgh.
Indians 4, Tigers 2
CLEVELAND — Jason Kipnis had three hits and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning.
Kipnis singled off the glove of Phil Coke (1-1) with one out and took third on a double into the left-field corner by Asdrubal Cabrera.
Travis Hafner then grounded to first baseman Prince Fielder, whose low throw handcuffed catcher Gerald Laird for an error as Kipnis dove into the plate to score. Carlos Santana's sacrifice fly scored Cabrera.
Vinnie Pestano (2-0) got out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the top half.
Chris Perez pitched a perfect ninth for his 15th consecutive save after blowing a lead in the season opener April 5.
White Sox 6, Twins 0
CHICAGO — Chris Sale pitched seven sharp innings and Paul Konerko and Alex Rios backed him with home runs.
Sale (5-2) held the Twins to two hits and two walks, striking out six. He has allowed three runs or less in all eight of his starts in his first year as a member of the Chicago rotation.
Still showing a black eye after getting hit in the face by a pitch last Friday, Konerko had three hits and scored three times. He connected for his ninth homer of the season and extended his hitting streak to nine games, during which he's batting .548.

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