Major League Baseball

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Standings

All Times PDT

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 4 3 .571 —

Tampa Bay 4 4 .500 ½

Boston 3 4 .429 1

Toronto 3 4 .429 1

Baltimore 2 5 .286 2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 4 1 .800 —

Cleveland 3 3 .500 1½

Kansas City 3 3 .500 1½

Chicago 3 4 .429 2

Minnesota 3 4 .429 2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 4 2 .667 —

Oakland 4 3 .571 ½

Houston 3 4 .429 1½

Los Angeles 3 4 .429 1½

Texas 3 4 .429 1½

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Monday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 2

L.A. Angels 9, Houston 1

Oakland 8, Minnesota 3

San Diego at Cleveland, ppd., rain

Boston 5, Texas 1

Kansas City 4, Tampa Bay 2

Colorado 8, Chicago White Sox 1

Today’s Games

Baltimore (W.Chen 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-0), 10:05 a.m.

Texas (M.Perez 0-0) at Boston (Doubront 1-0), 3:10 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 0-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-1), 4:05 p.m.

Houston (Oberholtzer 0-1) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-0), 4:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 1-0) at Kansas City (Ventura 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 0-0) at Colorado (Morales 0-0), 5:40 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-1) at Seattle (Paxton 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

San Diego at Cleveland, 9:05 a.m., 1st game

Oakland at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 12:10 p.m.

San Diego at Cleveland, 12:35 p.m., 2nd game

Texas at Boston, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Houston at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 5 2 .714 —

Atlanta 4 2 .667 ½

Washington 4 2 .667 ½

Philadelphia 3 3 .500 1½

New York 2 4 .333 2½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 4 2 .667 —

Pittsburgh 4 2 .667 —

St. Louis 4 3 .571 ½

Chicago 2 4 .333 2

Cincinnati 2 5 .286 2½

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 5 2 .714 —

Los Angeles 5 3 .625 ½

Colorado 4 4 .500 1½

San Diego 2 4 .333 2½

Arizona 2 7 .222 4

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Monday’s Games

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, ppd., rain

St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 3

San Diego at Cleveland, ppd., rain

Colorado 8, Chicago White Sox 1

Today’s Games

Milwaukee (Lohse 0-1) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 0-2) at San Francisco (Hudson 1-0), 1:35 p.m.

Miami (H.Alvarez 0-1) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-0), 4:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 0-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-1), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Colon 0-1) at Atlanta (Harang 1-0), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Bailey 0-1) at St. Louis (Lynn 1-0), 5:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 0-0) at Colorado (Morales 0-0), 5:40 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

San Diego at Cleveland, 9:05 a.m., 1st game

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Colorado, 12:10 p.m.

San Diego at Cleveland, 12:35 p.m., 2nd game

Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.

American League

Angels 9, Astros 1

HOUSTON — C.J. Wilson pitched eight solid innings, Howie Kendrick and Raul Ibanez each drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat Houston.

Los Angeles Houston

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Calhon rf 3 3 1 1 Villar ss 4 0 1 0

Trout cf 4 1 1 0 Grssmn cf 4 0 0 0

Pujols 1b 5 1 1 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0

JMcDnl pr-3b 0 1 0 0 JCastro dh 4 0 0 0

JHmltn dh 2 2 1 1 Guzmn lf 3 0 1 0

Ibanez lf 4 0 1 3 Carter 1b 3 0 1 0

Cowgill lf 1 0 0 0 MDmn 3b 3 0 0 0

HKndrc 2b 5 0 2 3 Corprn c 3 1 1 1

IStewrt 3b-1b 5 1 1 0 Hoes rf 2 0 0 0

Iannett c 3 0 0 1

Aybar ss 4 0 0 0

Totals 36 9 8 9 Totals 30 1 4 1

Los Angeles 300 011 301 — 9

Houston 000 000 010 — 1

E—Carter (1). LOB—Los Angeles 7, Houston 3. 2B—Pujols (4), Guzman (1), Carter (2). 3B—I.Stewart (1). HR—Calhoun (2), Corporan (1). SF—Iannetta.

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

C.Wilson W,1-1 8 4 1 1 1 7

Frieri 1 0 0 0 0 1

Houston

Cosart L,1-1 6 3 5 5 4 4

Peacock 3 5 4 4 2 4

T—2:44. A—17,936 (42,060).

Athletics 8, Twins 3

MINNEAPOLIS — Yoenis Cespedes proved he can play through a hurting right heel, giving Scott Kazmir and Oakland a spark with a pair of RBIs that helped spoil Minnesota’s home opener.

Oakland Minnesota

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Fuld cf 5 0 0 0 Dozier 2b 4 0 0 0

Lowrie ss 2 1 0 0 Mauer 1b 3 0 0 0

Punto pr-ss 0 1 0 0 Plouffe 3b 4 1 1 0

Dnldsn 3b 5 2 2 0 Colaell rf 4 1 1 0

Moss 1b 4 2 1 2 Pinto dh 3 0 0 0

Cespds lf 3 1 1 2 Kubel lf 4 0 1 1

Callasp dh 4 0 2 1 KSuzuk c 4 1 1 1

Reddck rf 4 0 1 1 A.Hicks cf 4 0 1 1

DNorrs c 4 1 2 1 Flormn ss 3 0 1 0

Sogard 2b 4 0 1 0

Totals 35 8 10 7 Totals 33 3 6 3

Oakland 023 001 200 — 8

Minnesota 012 000 000 — 3

DP—Minnesota 1. LOB—Oakland 5, Minnesota 10. 2B—Donaldson (1), Cespedes (2), Callaspo (1), Kubel (4), A.Hicks (2). HR—D.Norris (1). SB—Florimon (2). SF—Cespedes.

IP H R ER BB SO

Oakland

Kazmir W,2-0 6 6 3 3 4 5

Abad 1 0 0 0 1 1

Otero 1 0 0 0 0 1

Cook 1 0 0 0 2 2

Minnesota

Correia L,0-1 5 2-3 9 6 6 2 3

Deduno 3 1-3 1 2 2 1 4

HBP—by Deduno (Lowrie). Balk—Deduno.

T—3:05. A—35,837 (39,021).

Red Sox 5, Rangers 1

BOSTON — John Lackey pitched seven strong innings, Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in two runs and Boston snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Texas.

Texas Boston

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Choo lf 4 0 2 0 Nava lf 3 0 1 1

Andrus ss 4 0 1 0 Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 1

Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 D.Ortiz dh 5 0 0 0

ABeltre 3b 4 1 1 0 Napoli 1b 5 0 3 0

Rios rf 3 0 2 0 Sizemr cf 4 0 2 0

Morlnd dh 3 0 1 1 Bogarts ss 4 1 1 0

DMrph 2b 4 0 1 0 Przyns c 4 2 3 0

LMartn cf 3 0 0 0 JHerrr 3b 2 1 1 0

Arencii c 3 0 0 0 BrdlyJr rf 4 1 3 2

Totals 32 1 8 1 Totals 36 5 14 4

Texas 000 100 000 — 1

Boston 010 100 03x — 5

E—Fielder (2), Andrus (3), Nava (2). DP—Texas 3, Boston 2. LOB—Texas 7, Boston 11. 2B—Do.Murphy (1), Sizemore (1). 3B—Choo (1). SB—Rios (1), L.Martin (2). SF—Moreland.

IP H R ER BB SO

Texas

Scheppers L,0-1 5 9 2 2 1 3

Figueroa 1 0 0 0 0 0

Rosin 1 4 3 3 1 1

Tolleson 1 1 0 0 0 0

Boston

Lackey W,2-0 7 5 1 0 2 5

Capuano H,2 1 1 0 0 0 0

Uehara 1 2 0 0 0 1

Rosin pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

HBP—by Figueroa (J.Herrera), by Scheppers (Nava). PB—Arencibia, Pierzynski.

T—3:07. A—35,842 (37,499).

Royals 4, Rays 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Vargas took a shutout into the ninth inning, Alcides Escobar hit a three-run double and Kansas City beat Tampa Bay in a game that included two significant injuries.

Tampa Bay Kansas City

ab r h bi ab r h bi

DJnngs cf 3 0 0 0 Aoki rf 4 1 2 0

Myers rf 4 0 0 0 Infante 2b 2 0 1 0

Zobrist 2b 4 1 2 1 Valenci pr-2b 0 0 0 0

Longori 3b 4 0 3 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1

Forsyth dh 4 1 0 0 BButler dh 4 0 0 0

Loney 1b 4 0 0 0 AGordn lf 4 1 1 0

SRdrgz lf 3 0 0 0 S.Perez c 2 1 1 0

Joyce ph 1 0 1 1 Mostks 3b 3 0 0 0

Hanign c 3 0 0 0 L.Cain cf 4 1 1 0

DeJess ph 1 0 0 0 AEscor ss 3 0 1 3

YEscor ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 34 2 6 2 Totals 30 4 8 4

Tampa Bay 000 000 002 — 2

Kansas City 100 003 00x — 4

E—Hosmer (1). DP—Tampa Bay 2. LOB—Tampa Bay 6, Kansas City 7. 2B—Longoria (3), A.Escobar (1). 3B—Aoki (1). HR—Zobrist (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Tampa Bay

M.Moore L,0-2 4 1-3 4 1 1 2 2

C.Ramos 1 1 1 1 1 1

H.Bell 2 2-3 3 2 2 1 2

Kansas City

Vargas W,1-0 8 4 1 1 1 2

G.Holland S,3-3 1 2 1 1 0 1

Vargas pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

HBP—by H.Bell (Infante). WP—H.Bell.

T—2:56. A—12,087 (37,903).

Yankees 4, Orioles 2

NEW YORK — Derek Jeter doubled high off the left-field wall and scored on Jacoby Ellsbury’s single in the fifth inning and Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1⁄3 sharp innings in the Yankees’ victory.

Baltimore New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Lough lf 3 0 0 0 Gardnr lf 4 0 1 0

Markks rf 4 0 1 0 Jeter ss 4 1 1 0

A.Jones cf 4 1 1 0 Ellsury cf 4 0 2 1

C.Davis 1b 4 1 1 0 Beltran rf 3 1 1 0

Wieters c 4 0 2 1 ISuzuki rf 0 0 0 0

N.Cruz dh 4 0 2 1 McCnn c 4 0 0 0

Lmrdzz 2b 4 0 0 0 ASorin dh 3 1 2 0

Flahrty ss 3 0 0 0 BRorts 2b 3 0 0 0

Schoop 3b 3 0 1 0 KJhnsn 1b 2 0 0 1

Solarte 3b 3 1 1 1

Totals 33 2 8 2 Totals 30 4 8 3

Baltimore 000 100 100 — 2

New York 001 120 00x — 4

DP—Baltimore 1, New York 1. LOB—Baltimore 5, New York 8. 2B—Markakis (1), C.Davis (3), Schoop (1), Jeter (1). CS—Ellsbury (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Baltimore

Jimenez L,0-2 4 2-3 8 4 4 5 4

Britton 2 0 0 0 1 2

R.Webb 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2

New York

Kuroda W,1-1 6 1-3 8 2 2 0 4

Thornton H,2 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Phelps H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Warren H,3 1 0 0 0 1 2

Kelley S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0

T—3:05. A—48,142 (49,642).

National League

Cardinals 5, Reds 3

ST. LOUIS — Michael Wacha outdid Tony Cingrani in a rematch of young power arms and St. Louis got a three-run double from Yadier Molina in the first inning, beating Cincinnati.

Cincinnati St. Louis

ab r h bi ab r h bi

BHmltn cf 5 0 1 0 MCrpnt 3b 3 1 1 0

Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 5 2 2 0

Votto 1b 3 0 0 0 Hollidy lf 3 2 1 1

Bruce rf 3 1 0 0 Craig rf 4 0 1 1

Ludwck lf 3 1 2 0 YMolin c 4 0 1 3

Frazier 3b 4 0 1 0 MAdms 1b 4 0 2 0

Cozart ss 4 0 1 1 JhPerlt ss 3 0 0 0

B.Pena c 4 1 3 0 Wong 2b 3 0 1 0

Cingrn p 1 0 1 0 Wacha p 1 0 0 0

Berndn ph 1 0 1 1 Jay ph 1 0 0 0

Christn p 0 0 0 0 CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0

Heisey ph 1 0 0 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0

T.Bell p 0 0 0 0 Descals ph 1 0 0 0

Partch p 0 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0

N.Soto ph 0 0 0 1

Totals 32 3 10 3 Totals 32 5 9 5

Cincinnati 000 010 002 — 3

St. Louis 300 000 20x — 5

E—Votto (1). DP—Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 2. LOB—Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 10. 2B—B.Hamilton (1), B.Pena 2 (2), Bernadina (1), Bourjos (1), Holliday (2), Y.Molina (1). SB—Wong (1). CS—B.Pena (1). S—Phillips, Wacha. SF—N.Soto.

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Cingrani L,0-1 4 3 3 3 4 5

Christiani 2 1 0 0 1 0

T.Bell 2-3 4 2 2 0 0

Partch 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 1

St. Louis

Wacha W,1-0 6 7 1 1 1 3

C.Martinez H,3 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 2

Siegrist 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Rosenthal 1 2 2 2 2 1

T—2:59. A—47,492 (45,399).

Interleague

Rockies 8, White Sox 1

DENVER — Jordan Lyles gave up one run over 6 2⁄3 innings in his Coors Field debut for the Rockies, added a career-best three hits and drove in two runs in Colorado’s win over the Chicago White Sox.

Chicago Colorado

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Eaton cf 4 0 0 0 Blckmn cf 4 0 0 1

Semien 2b 4 0 1 0 Cuddyr rf 3 2 1 0

Abreu 1b 4 0 0 0 CGnzlz lf 5 1 2 1

Gillaspi 3b 4 0 1 0 Tlwtzk ss 3 2 3 1

AGarci rf 4 1 1 0 Culersn ss 1 0 0 0

De Aza lf 2 0 0 0 Mornea 1b 5 0 1 1

D.Webb p 0 0 0 0 Rosario c 4 1 1 1

Konerk ph 1 0 0 0 Arenad 3b 4 1 1 0

Petrick p 0 0 0 0 LeMahi 2b 3 1 1 1

LGarci ph 1 0 0 0 Lyles p 3 0 3 2

AlRmrz ss 3 0 1 1 Ottavin p 0 0 0 0

Flowrs c 1 0 0 0 Barnes ph 1 0 0 0

Paulino p 1 0 0 0 Bettis p 0 0 0 0

Viciedo lf 2 0 1 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0

Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 36 8 13 8

Chicago 000 000 100 — 1

Colorado 111 031 01x — 8

E—Semien (1). DP—Chicago 1, Colorado 1. LOB—Chicago 5, Colorado 10. 2B—Al.Ramirez (3), Viciedo (2), Cuddyer (3), Tulowitzki (2), Lyles (1). HR—C.Gonzalez (3), Tulowitzki (1). SF—Blackmon.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

Paulino L,0-1 4 1-3 9 6 6 4 2

D.Webb 1 2-3 2 1 1 1 2

Petricka 2 2 1 1 0 2

Colorado

Lyles W,2-0 6 2-3 5 1 1 2 4

Ottavino 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Bettis 1 0 0 0 0 0

Belisle 1 0 0 0 0 0

WP—Lyles.

T—2:42. A—22,550 (50,480).

Leaders

Through Monday’s Games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

PITCHING—Allen, Cleveland, 2-0; Lackey, Boston, 2-0; Sale, Chicago, 2-0; Feldman, Houston, 2-0; FHernandez, Seattle, 2-0; Kazmir, Oakland, 2-0; 37 tied at 1.

ERA—Buehrle, Toronto, 0.00; Scherzer, Detroit, 0.00; Paxton, Seattle, 0.00; BChen, Kansas City, 0.00; Darvish, Texas, 0.00; Skaggs, Los Angeles, 0.00; Feldman, Houston, 0.66.

STRIKEOUTS—FHernandez, Seattle, 19; CWilson, Los Angeles, 15; Sale, Chicago, 14; Lester, Boston, 14; Sabathia, New York, 12; Weaver, Los Angeles, 12; Price, Tampa Bay, 12.

SAVES—Holland, Kansas City, 3; Axford, Cleveland, 2; TomHunter, Baltimore, 2; Robertson, New York, 2; Perkins, Minnesota, 2; Santos, Toronto, 2; 11 tied at 1.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PITCHING—Fernandez, Miami, 2-0; Lyles, Colorado, 2-0; Lee, Philadelphia, 2-0; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2-0; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 2-0; Machi, San Francisco, 2-0; Miley, Arizona, 2-1.

ERA—Harang, Atlanta, 0.00; Morton, Pittsburgh, 0.00; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 0.00; Hudson, San Francisco, 0.00; Fernandez, Miami, 0.71; Wacha, St. Louis, 0.71; Garza, Milwaukee, 1.13.

STRIKEOUTS—Fernandez, Miami, 17; Cueto, Cincinnati, 17; Strasburg, Washington, 16; Wainwright, St. Louis, 16; Miley, Arizona, 15; Eovaldi, Miami, 14; Cingrani, Cincinnati, 14; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 14; Ryu, Los Angeles, 14.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 3; Street, San Diego, 2; AReed, Arizona, 2; Jansen, Los Angeles, 2; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 2; FRodriguez, Milwaukee, 2; Cishek, Miami, 2; Romo, San Francisco, 2.

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