Twins break season HR record but lose to Tigers

Pujols, Trout help Angels rally for 10-4 win over Red Sox

Detroit Tigers’ Victor Reyes safely beats the throw to Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano during the third inning of a baseball game on Aug 31, 2019 in Detroit. (AP) DETROIT, Sept 1, (AP): The Minnesota Twins capped a night of sensational slugging by breaking the major league record for home runs in a season, but that wasn’t enough to overcome Detroit’s seven-run third inning in the Tigers’ 10-7 victory.

The Twins homered six times to bring their season total to 268, one more than the New York Yankees managed last year. Minnesota broke the mark when Mitch Garver led off the ninth with a drive to left for his second homer of the game.

Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco, C.J. Cron and Nelson Cruz also went deep for Minnesota, which passed the 1997 Mariners (264 homers) during the game. Martín Perez (9-6) got the loss.

Ronny Rodriguez hit a pair of tworun homers for the Tigers, who snapped a six-game skid and halted a six-game winning streak by the AL Central-leading Twins. Matthew Boyd (7-10) earned the win.

Angels 10, Red Sox 4 In Anaheim, California, Albert Pujols homered in a seven-run eighth inning, Mike Trout became the youngest player to reach at least 275 home runs and 200

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg delivers during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Aug 31, 2019 in Washington. (AP)

defined by how old they are on June 30.

Luis Garcia (2-1) worked a scoreless eighth to get the win.

Boston’s J.D. Martinez extended his hitting streak to eight games with two hits along with two RBIs. Mookie Betts added three hits.

Nationals 7, Marlins 0 In Washington, Stephen Strasburg struck out 14 in eight crisp innings and Anthony Rendon homered twice, powering the Nationals to the victory.

Strasburg (16-6) retired 22 straight after allowing two first-inning singles. The right-hander did not walk a batter while throwing 107 pitches, and he also contributed an RBI single at the plate.

Juan Soto and Kurt Suzuki also homered for the NL wild card leaders, who have won three straight and eight of nine.

The Marlins extended the franchise record with their 14th consecutive road loss.Miami’s Pablo López (5-7) allowed six runs and six hits in three innings. Yankees 4, Athletics 3, 11 Innings In New York, D.J. LeMahieu homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning, handing the Yankees their first victory in five tries against the Athletics this season.

Aaron Judge hit a tying homer for New York with two outs in the eighth, his 19th of the season. The 6-foot-7 Judge also took a potential home run away from Matt Chapman in the 10th, barely needing to leave his feet for a grab at the right field wall.

Mets 6, Phillies 3 In Philadelphia, Wilson Ramos matched his career high with four hits and extended his hitting streak to 24 games, helping the Mets to the road win.

Todd Frazier had three hits and two RBIs for the Mets, who pulled within four games of the Cubs for the second NL wild card. Frazier also made a stellar run-saving catch in the sixth inning.

Ramos had three singles and a double, upping his average to .446 (41 for 92) during the streak.

Bryce Harper homered for Philadelphia, which remained 3½ games behind the Cubs. Former Mets left-hander Jason Vargas (6-7) gave up five runs in four-plus innings.

Rays 9, Indians 6 In St Petersburg, Florida, Tommy Pham, Avisail Garcia, Ji-Man Choi and Travis d’Arnaud homered, powering Tampa Bay to the victory.

The Rays have won the first two games of the three-game set to tighten the AL wild-card race. Cleveland holds a half-game lead over Tampa Bay and Oakland for the first wild card.

Carlos Santana and Francisco Lindor went deep for the Indians. Zach Plesac (7-5) got the loss.

Cleveland second baseman Jason Kipnis left in the seventh with right wrist discomfort.

Jalen Beeks (6-3) pitched three scoreless innings for the win, and Emilio Pagán got two outs for his 16th save. Cardinals 10, Reds 6, Game 1 Cardinals 3, Reds 2, Game 2 In St Louis, Matt Carpenter and Harrison Bader hit run-scoring singles during St Louis’ two-run ninth inning, sending the Cardinals to a sweep of the day-night doubleheader.

Each of St Louis’ four batters reached in the ninth. Tommy Edman singled and Yadier Molina was hit by a pitch from Raisel Iglesias (2-11) before Bader tied it at 2 with a single to left.

Kevin Gausman then came in, and Carpenter’s pinch-hit single drove in Molina for the dramatic victory.

St Louis (75-59) improved to 8-1 in its last nine games and moved 2½ games ahead of the second-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

Dakota Hudson (14-6) led the Cardinals to the win in the opener, striking out eight in a career-high 7-2/3 innings. Dexter Fowler and Yadier Molina homered. St Louis and Cincinnati will play another doubleheader on Sunday.

John Gant (10-0) got the win in the second game after he escaped a basesloaded jam in the ninth.

Brewers 2, Cubs 0 In Chicago, Manny Piña drove in two runs with a first-inning single and Josh Hader finished a strong performance by Milwaukee’s bullpen.

Ben Gamel added three hits as Milwaukee pulled within four games of Chicago for the second NL wild card.

The Brewers used five pitchers in the six-hitter. Junior Guerra (8-4) worked 1-2/3 innings for the win, and Hader earned his 27th save by recording five outs on just 12 pitches.

Blue Jays 6, Astros 4 In Toronto, Cavan Biggio and Teoscar Hernandez each hit a two-run homer, leading Toronto to the victory.

Biggio drove in three runs and scored twice against the team his Hall of Fame father Craig starred with for 20 seasons.

Clay Buchholz (1-3) allowed two runs in 5-2/3 innings in his first win since Aug 22, 2018, for Arizona against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Former Astros closer Ken Giles struck out George Springer, José Altuve and Alex Bregman in the ninth for his 18th save in 19 opportunities.

Royals 7, Orioles 5 In Kansas City, Missouri, Whit Merrifield hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning after Kansas City loaded

Atlanta Braves center fielder Billy Hamilton catches the pop fly of Chicago White Sox catcher Welington Castillo for final out of a baseball game on Aug 31, 2019 in Atlanta.

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the bases on three bunts.

Bubba Starling hit his first homer at Kauffman Stadium after growing up about 30 miles away, and Hunter Dozier connected for the 24th time this season for Kansas City.

Scott Barlow (3-3) got the win with 1-2/3 perfect innings. Ian Kennedy pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save.

Anthony Santander went deep twice for the Orioles, who fell apart defensively in the eighth when Kansas City tried to play small ball. Paul Fry (1-6) got the loss.

Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 5 In Phoenix, Eduardo Escobar homered for the third straight game and Arizona beat Los Angeles in front of a crowd of 50,180, a single-game attendance record for Chase Field.

Escobar’s solo shot was his 10th home run in August and 32nd of the season. The homer came off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Christian Walker and Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back home runs off Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw (13-4). Robbie Ray (12-7) earned the win.

Braves 11, White Sox 5 In Atlanta, Dallas Keuchel collected his first RBIs since his rookie season and held Chicago to two runs in six innings in the win for Atlanta.

The Braves knocked Reynaldo López out of the game with a six-run first inning that included Keuchel’s two-run single up the middle.

The White Sox have lost five straight and allowed a combined 21 runs in losing the first two games of the interleague series with Atlanta.

Rangers 3, Mariners 2 In Arlington, Texas, Isiah KinerFalefa hit a walk-off single in the ninth inning after Texas rallied with the help of a video review and beat Texas.

Elvis Andrus scored the tying run in the ninth after he was originally ruled out by home plate umpire Jansen Visconti. The play was overturned via replay review.

Andrus led off the ninth against Matt Magill (4-2) with his second double of the game. After he went to third on Willie Calhoun’s ground out, Nick Solak grounded to short. Andrus broke on contact and beat Dylan Moore’s throw with a headfirst slide. Visconti ruled out, but crew chief Jerry Meals called for a review that overturned the play.

Pirates 11, Rockies 4 In Denver, Josh Bell hit his 35th homer, Kevin Newman homered on the first pitch of the game and Pittsburgh beat Colorado.

Newman has nine hits, including three homers, in 14 at-bats in the series, and this was his second leadoff shot. Jose Osuna also connected, and the Pirates won for the 14th time in 18 games at Coors Field. Pittsburgh will try for a sweep Sunday.

Ryan McMahon and Daniel Murphy homered for the Rockies, who have lost five in a row and 11 of 13. A loss Sunday would be the second time in a week Colorado has been swept in a four-game series. Tim Melville (1-1) took the loss. Joe Musgrove (9-12) went six innings to get his first win in six starts.

Padres 4, Giants 1 In San Francisco, Wil Myers homered, Manny Machado was 2 for 3 with a triple and Joey Lucchesi pitched six strong innings as San Diego defeated San Francisco.

Machado tripled off reliever Tony Watson (2-2) to lead off the eighth inning of a 1-1 game. Josh Naylor singled through the left side of a drawn-in infield off Watson, scoring Machado with one out.