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.