American League roundup
Published 5:00 am Thursday, June 28, 2012
• Yankees 5, Indians 4: NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte broke his ankle on the same day the Yankees put CC Sabathia on the disabled list (see related brief, D2), but Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead homer to help New York beat Cleveland for a three-game sweep. Rafael Soriano had an adventuresome ninth inning in which put the first two batters on base and walked in a run with two outs before getting Asdrubal Cabrera to fly out for his 17th save in 18 chances
• Rangers 13, Tigers 9: ARLINGTON, Texas — David Murphy went four for five with two home runs and matched his career high with five RBIs for Texas against Cleveland. Ian Kinsler added a two-run homer and Adrian Beltre had three hits and an RBI in support of Roy Oswalt, who earned his second victory in two starts with the Rangers, who had 16 hits.
• White Sox 12, Twins 5: MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Sale pitched seven easy innings and Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer to lead Chicago past Minnesota. Sale (9-2) allowed two runs and six hits while striking out five and walking one.
• Angels 13, Orioles 1: BALTIMORE — Torii Hunter homered and scored four runs, Jered Weaver pitched into the seventh inning and Los Angeles beat Baltimore for a two-game sweep.
• Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 4: BOSTON — David Ortiz hit his 399th homer and Boston scored six runs in the first inning against a wild Ricky Romero to beat Toronto for its fifth straight series win.
• Royals 5, Rays 4: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler greeted reliever Burke Badenhop with a solo home run in the eighth inning, powering Kansas City to a three-game sweep of Tampa Bay on a scorching afternoon.
• Athletics 2, Mariners 1: SEATTLE — Jarrod Parker struck out a career-high nine in seven innings and Oakland’s only two hits in a victory over Seattle were homers by Yoenis Cespedes and Coco Crisp.