Baseball Capsules
August 20, 2016
BALTIMORE (AP) Jose Altuve homered and had five RBIs, and the Houston Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 15-8 on Friday night despite allowing four home runs in the first inning.
Altuve became the first Astro to have 20 homers and 20 steals in a season since Carlos Beltran in 2004. George Springer went 4 for 5 with a homer and the Astros also got long balls from Evan Gattis and Teoscar Hernandez in ending a five-game losing streak.
The Orioles became the first team in the modern era (since 1900) to open a game with four home runs before making an out. Adam Jones hit Collin McHugh's first pitch into the seats in left field and Hyun Soo Kim singled before Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo homered in succession.
Pedro Alvarez added a fifth-inning drive for the Orioles, They have 11 home runs in the first two games of this series. Baltimore didn't have enough firepower in this one to overcome its poor pitching, which surrendered a season-high 15 runs and 18 hits.
Chris Devenski (2-4) allowed one hit in four innings for the Astros after McHugh yielded seven runs and nine hits in three innings. Ubaldo Jimenez (5-10) was the loser.
INDIANS 3, BLUE JAYS 2
CLEVELAND (AP) - Tyler Naquin hit a game-ending inside-the-park homer, sprinting around the bases to cap a two-run rally in the ninth inning as Cleveland stunned Toronto.
Toronto took a 2-1 lead into the ninth in a matchup of AL division leaders. Closer Roberto Osuna (2-2) retired the first batter, but Jose Ramirez tied it with a home run.
Naquin followed with a drive that hit the top of the right-field wall, above the leap of Michael Saunders. The ball caromed away at an angle and center fielder Melvin Upton Jr. gave chase as Naquin rounded second base. Upton finally retrieved the ball, but fell down as third base coach Mike Sarbaugh waved Naquin home. Upton flung it toward the infield, and Naquin stumbled home and scored with a head-first dive way ahead of second baseman Devon Travis' relay.
Jeff Manship (2-1) pitched the ninth for the win. Osuna blew his third save in 30 chances.
Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer struck out a career-high 13 in eight innings. Russell Martin hit a two-run homer in the first for Toronto.
ATHLETICS 9, WHITE SOX 0
CHICAGO (AP) - Kendall Graveman faced one batter over the minimum while throwing a two-hitter, Khris Davis hit his 31st home run and Oakland beat Chicago to hand James Shields his 15th loss.
Graveman (9-8) allowed leadoff singles to Jose Abreu in the third and Adam Eaton in the seventh. Both were immediately doubled off first on line drives. Justin Morneau reached on an error by first baseman Yonder Alonso in the eighth.
Graveman struck out five and needed 97 pitches for his second complete game of the season.
Stephen Vogt and Yonder Alonso also homered to help the A's snap a five-game losing streak.
Shields (5-15) matched a career high for losses in a season set with Tampa Bay in 2010. The three homers allowed gave him a major league high-tying 29 and the six earned runs in 4 2/3 innings gave him a major league-high 91.
RANGERS 6, RAYS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Adrian Beltre led off consecutive innings with home runs and Cole Hamels didn't give up a hit until the sixth in Texas' victory over Tampa Bay.
Beltre's 20th and 21st home runs of the season gave him 434 for his career, moving him into a tie with Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 45th place, Beltre also had two singles.
Hamels had retired 14 straight, striking out seven, when Corey Dickerson singled with two outs in the sixth for Tampa Bay's first hit. Steven Souza Jr.'s 12th home run got the Rays on the board in the eighth.
Hamels (13-4) gave up one run and three hits and had 10 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
YANKEES 7, ANGELS 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - New York hit four solo home runs and Masahiro Tanaka allowed five hits in 7 2/3 innings in ther Yankees' victory over Los Angeles Angels.
The home runs all came against Jered Weaver (8-11). He has allowed a major league-high 34 homers.
The Yankees are unbeaten this season in five games against Los Angeles. The Angels have lost 13 of 15 overall to fall to a season-low 20 games under .500 at 51-71.
Tanaka (10-4) retired the first 11 hitters and struck out nine.
Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game with a homer, the first by a Yankee this season. Ronald Torreyes doubled in a run in the second, before New York chased Weaver with home runs by Torreyes, Didi Gregorious and Brian McCann in the fifth.
REDS 9, DODGERS 2
CINCINNATI (AP) - Joey Votto hit a three-run homer, relief pitcher Michael Lorenzen also had a three-run shot, and Cincinnati beat Los Angelesnight to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Dodgers.
Tim Adleman pitched into and out of trouble in his first start since May 19, added his first career hit and RBI and the Reds matched their season high with a fourth consecutive win and first against the Dodgers since Aug 13, 2015.
Adleman (2-1), who was sidelined with a strained left oblique, allowed five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five scoreless innings. He also hit Joc Pederson twice with pitches.
Bud Norris (6-10) gave up six runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
CARDINALS 4, PHILLIES 3, 11 INNINGS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Randal Grichuk homered early, then hit an RBI double in the 11th inning that sent St. Louis past Philadelphia for its fifth straight victory.
Jedd Gyorko hit a tying, two-run homer with one out in the ninth. The Cardinals tied a major league record with multiple home runs in nine consecutive games.
Jhonny Peralta led off the 11th with a double and, two batters later, Grichuk doubled to the wall in left-center off Frank Herrmann (0-1).
Seung Hwan Oh (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth and 10th. Alex Reyes blanked the Phillies in the 11th for his first save, getting Odubel Herrera to ground out with runners on first and second to end the game.
Herrera and Freddy Galvis homered for the Phillies.
MARLINS 6, PIRATES 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Robert Andino hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning, then Miami got Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded.
JT Realmuto, who homered in going 3 for 3, drew a leadoff walk in the Miami ninth from Neftali Feliz (4-1). Realmuto moved up on a sacrifice bunt and scored when Andino lined his single into left field.
Christian Yelich and Miguel Rojas also each had three hits and a homer to help the Marlins win for the third time in nine games.
Fernando Rodney wound up with his 22nd save in 24 opportunities. He issued an intentional walk to load the bases for McCutchen, but the former NL MVP stayed stuck in a season-long slump when he bounced into a double play. Nick Wittgren (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth.
RED SOX 10, TIGERS 2
DETROIT (AP) - David Ortiz homered and Rick Porcello pitched seven innings in his return to Comerica Park in Boston's victory over Detroit.
Porcello, who spent the first six seasons of his career with the Tigers and moved to Boston before the 2015 season, was pitching in Detroit for the first time since the trade.
Porcello (17-3) gave up two runs - one earned - four hits and two walks while striking out eight. His only major mistake was J.D. Martinez's two-run homer in the second inning.
Jackie Bradley Jr. also homered for Boston, and Hanley Ramirez drove in four runs.
The Tigers have lost nine of 12.
NATIONALS 7, BRAVES 6
ATLANTA (AP) - Clint Robinson hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth and Washington beat Atlanta after giving up a three-run lead.
Robinson's single to left field off Jim Johnson (2-6) drove in pinch-runner Pedro Severino from second base. Severino replaced Wilson Ramos, who singled.
The Nationals led 6-3 in the eighth before the Braves took advantage of throwing errors by shortstop Danny Espinosa and third baseman Anthony Rendon to score three runs. Freddie Freeman's two-run double off Koda Glover (1-0) tied it.
The NL East-leading Nationals improved to 10-1 against the last-place Braves this season. Washington has won 24 of 30 games in the rivalry since the start of the 2015 season.
Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his 35th save.
ROCKIES 7, CUBS 6, 11 INNINGS
DENVER (AP) - Ryan Raburn hit an RBI double and continued home when the Cubs threw away the relay, capping Colorado's two-run rally in the 11th inning against Aroldis Chapman.
On a wet night when rain delayed the start for more than two hours, and with temperatures dropping into the 40s, the Rockies wound up winning well past midnight.
Nick Hundley singled with one out off Chapman (0-1). Raburn then tied it with a drive off the right-field wall. And when second baseman Javier Baez made a wild throw that got past catcher Willson Contreras and flew into the Cubs' dugout, the umpires waved Raburn home.
Matt Carasiti (1-0) got the win.
GIANTS 8, METS 1
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Johnny Cueto pitched seven effective innings and ended his six-start winless streak, and San Francisco Giants broke away late.
Denard Span had four hits and Conor Gillaspie homered as the Giants moved back ahead of the Dodgers for the NL West lead. Pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza singled to break a 1-all tie in the seventh.
Cueto (14-3) allowed one run and eight hits. Seth Lugo (0-2) lost in his first major league start.
PADRES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4, 10 INNINGS
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Ryan Schimpf's second homer of the game was a three-run shot in the 10th inning that boosted San Diego.
Yangervis Solarte drew a one-out walk from Patrick Corbin (4-13) in the 10th before Alex Dickerson singled, bringing up Schimpf.
Schimpf hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Enrique Burgos that tied it 4.
Arizona loaded the bases in the top of the 10th against Kevin Quackenbush (7-4), but Jake Lamb struck out.
Jean Segura had five hits and drove in two runs for the Diamondbacks.
MARINERS 7, BREWERS 6
SEATTLE (AP) - Kyle Seager got Seattle started with a solo home run and Robinson Cano added a two-run shot.
The Mariners won their seventh straight at Safeco Field. Adam Lind also homered for Seattle.
Closer Edwin Diaz gave up two runs in the ninth before striking out Hernan Perez with a runner on third for his ninth save.
Chris Carter hit the longest recorded home run in Safeco Field history, estimated at 465 feet. Jonathan Villar and Keon Broxton also homered for the Brewers.
Wade LeBlanc (3-0) got the win.
Brent Suter (0-1) made his major league debut. He became the first left-handed pitcher to start for the Brewers since Aug. 23, 2013.
ROYALS 5, TWINS 4, 11 INNINGS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Eric Hosmer hit a game-ending single in the 11th inning and Kansas City matched a season high with its sixth straight win.
There was a 3-hour, 3-minute rain delay in the top of the fifth, plus a 12-minute delay when some of the lights went out in the bottom of the sixth. The game did not end until seven hours after the first pitch.
Chien-Ming Wang (6-0) allowed one single in two innings. J.T. Chargois (0-1) gave up Hosmer's hit.
