mlb roundup Tuesday’s games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Twins 5, White Sox 3
MINNEAPOLIS — Coming off the 18th perfect game in major league history, Chicago White Sox Mark Buehrle retired the first 17 batters to set a record with 45 outs in a row before the Minnesota Twins rallied. Buehrle (11-4) lost what would have been his second straight perfect game and his no-hitter with two outs in the sixth. He wound up allowing five runs on five hits in 61‚Ñ3 innings. Nick Punto had a two-run single and Brendan Harris added an RBI-single in Minnesota’s four-run seventh inning.
Rangers 7, Tigers 3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ian Kinsler drove in three runs while rookie Elvis Andrus homered and had three hits. Kinsler, who was in a huge funk at the plate that shrunk his batting average from .272 to .242., highlighted a four-run second with a two-run triple.
Royals 4, Orioles 3, 11 innings
BALTIMORE — Mark Teahen led off the 11th inning with a 45-foot single and scored on a single by John Buck. The Royals’ second straight win gave them their first winning streak since a three-game run on July 4-6. Billy Butler hit a two-run homer and Willie Bloomquist added a solo shot for Kansas City.
Rays 6, Yankees 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Scott Kazmir outpitched CC Sabathia to win for the first time in more than two months. Evan Longoria hit a solo homer and Carl Crawford had an RBI triple off Sabathia (10-7), and the AL East-leading Yankees lost for just the second time in 12 games since the All-Star break.
Red Sox 9, Athletics 8, 11 innings
BOSTON — Rajai Davis singled home Mark Ellis in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, then did it again in the 11th. Boston led 7-4 when Jonathan Papelbon blew just his third save in 28 opportunities, thanks in part to two ninth-inning throwing errors by shortstop Nick Green. It was still 7-7 with two out in the 11th when Ellis doubled off Manny Delcarmen (2-2) and scored on Davis’ single to right.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Padres 3, Reds 2
CINCINNATI — Kevin Kouzmanoff doubled twice off Bronson Arroyo, who has received scouts’ attention as Cincinnati fades from contention, and added a tie-breaking sacrifice fly. Adrian Gonzalez also homered for the Padres, who are 5-20 since July 1. The Reds have dropped 13 of 17, knocking them out of contention and drawing scouts to see who might be available for trade. Five of them sat behind home plate and watched Arroyo (10-10) give up three runs in 61‚Ñ3 innings. He allowed nine hits, seven of them for extra bases. Kouzmanoff put the Padres up 3-2 with a sacrifice fly in the seventh off Nick Masset.
Marlins 4, Braves 3
MIAMI — Pinch-hitter Ross Gload hit a two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth for Florida. Cody Ross walked against Rafael Soriano (1-2) to start the ninth and advanced on a sacrifice. Gload pulled a 3-1 pitch into the right-field seats. Soriano blew a save for only the second time in 16 chances. Atlanta’s Garret Anderson hit a go-ahead homer to lead off the top of the ninth against Leo Nunez (3-3).
Mets 4, Rockies 0
NEW YORK — Mike Pelfrey pitched out of trouble into the seventh inning, the New York offense kept pecking away for its fourth straight victory. Pelfrey rebounded from consecutive losses to again fluster the hot-hitting Rockies, running his scoreless innings streak against them to 20. Pelfrey (8-6) got into bases-loaded jams in the fourth and sixth innings, but escaped with some nifty defensive help both times. New York matched its longest winning streak since May 25-29. Pedro Feliciano got five straight outs in relief, and Sean Green completed the shutout.
Nationals 8, Brewers 3
MILWAUKEE — Nyjer Morgan, Adam Dunn and Cristian Guzman homered as Washington beat reeling Milwaukee, tying its longest winning streak this season. Morgan led off the game with a homer, Dunn hit a towering blast 445 feet that took one hop and bounced out of Miller Park in the fourth and Guzman capped it with a three-run shot in the eighth as the Nationals won their fourth straight win. Washington, which still has the worst record in the majors at 32-68, has won six of its last eight under interim manager Jim Riggleman.
Associated Press