A’s finally beat White Sox in 14-inning, nearly 6-hour game
OAKLAND » Matt Olson singled over left fielder Nicky Delmonico to drive in Marcus Semien with two outs in the 14th inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 12-11 in a wild game that lasted nearly six hours Wednesday.
The A’s trailed 6-1, 9-4 and 10-8, then gave up a tying run in the ninth before scoring the winning run off James Shields (1-1) five innings later.
The teams combined for 33 hits and 18 walks —12 by Chicago pitchers — in a game that lasted 5 hours and 48 minutes. It was the third-longest game by time in Oakland A’s history.
Both bullpens got depleted. Shields was scheduled to start against Houston on Friday but instead became the 10th pitcher used by White Sox manager Rick Renteria.
The A’s were down to their last reliever and even had outfielder Jake Smolinski warming up to pitch at one point. BLUE JAYS 15, ROYALS 5 » Teoscar Hernandez had four hits, including a two-run home run, Curtis Granderson hit his ninth career grand slam and Toronto routed Kansas City to complete a three-game sweep of the Royals, losers of eight straight.
Hernandez singled and scored in the first, homered in the third, flied out in the fourth, singled in the sixth and hit a two-run triple in the seventh. It was the first four-hit game of his career. TIGERS 6, ORIOLES 5 » Dixon Machado led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run, capping a wild final two innings and lifting Detroit over Baltimore.
Miguel Cabrera went deep on his 35th birthday, and Jeimer Candelario and John Hicks also homered for Detroit. RAYS 4, RANGERS 2 » Jake Faria won for the first time since last July 25, allowing one run over six innings to lead Tampa Bay over Cole Hamels and Texas.
Hamels (1-3) gave up two hits through five scoreless innings before the Rays rallied to take a 3-1 in the sixth on Daniel Robertson’s RBI double, C.J Cron’s run-scoring single and Adeiny Hechavarria’s sacrifice fly. BREWERS 2, REDS 0 » Milwaukee center fielder Christian Yelich returned from the disabled list and made a snazzy sliding catch on a fly ball that deflected off the glove of left fielder Hernan Perez, and the Brewers beat Cincinnati.
Zach Davies allowed three hits over 6.1 innings to win for the first time in four starts this season, and Eric Thames hit a two-run homer. PIRATES 10, ROCKIES 2 » Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run home run that backed Chad Kuhl and helped Pittsburgh beat Colorado to avoid a three-game sweep. METS 11, NATINALS 5 » Yoenis Cespedes launched a grand slam during a nine-run outburst in the eighth inning that rallied New York past Washington, preventing a threegame sweep.
Diamondbacks’ Walker out for season with UCL tear
PHOENIX » Diamondbacks right-hander Taijuan Walker is headed for season-ending surgery to repair a partial elbow ligament tear.
The 25-year-old Walker pitched just two innings in his last start Saturday at Los Angeles before departing due to discomfort in his right arm.
Walker went 9-9 with a 3.49 ERA in 28 starts last season, helping Arizona make the playoffs as a wild card. He had no record and a 3.46 ERA in three starts this year.
Ohtani to make next start despite blister
ANAHEIM » Shohei Ohtani is expected to make his next start for the Angels after the Japanese two-way sensation was limited to two innings in his third career start Tuesday because of a blister on the middle finger of his right hand.
Ohtani gave up three earned runs and four hits in a 10-1 loss to Boston, suffering his first loss after winning his first two major league starts.
“We’ll monitor all the way through this week and just see where he is,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Wednesday.
Scioscia said the blister would not keep Ohtani from being available to hit.