Sox hurler tossed for throwing at Machado
BALTIMORE — A tempestuous three-game series between the Red Sox and Baltimore wound up with Matt Barnes being ejected for throwing a fastball behind the head of Orioles star Manny Machado in Boston’s 6-2 victory Sunday.
Barnes’ ejection was the latest facet of this tense rivalry between AL East contenders. His high, very inside pitch came two days after Machado took out Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia with a spikes-high slide.
Pedroia watched from the dugout for a second straight day Sunday with knee and ankle injuries. Machado apologized with a text message on Friday night, but that evidently wasn’t the end of it.
When Machado came up in the eighth after already having been thrown at down and in earlier, Barnes’ pitch whizzed behind Machado and hit his bat. The ball hit Machado and rolled foul, and plate umpire Andy Fletcher tossed Barnes.
ROCKIES 8, GIANTS 0: Kyle Freeland scattered six hits over seven sharp innings, Gerardo Parra hit a two-run homer and Colorado beat San Francisco for its first three-game sweep of the Giants at Coors Field since 2002.
CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 4: Mike Leake allowed two runs over six innings and drove in two runs to lead St. Louis to a victory over host Milwaukee, the Cardinals’ sixth win in seven games.
TIGERS 13, TWINS 4: John Hicks had three hits, including his first career homer, and drove in five runs to lead Michael Fulmer and visiting Detroit to a victory over Minnesota.
WHITE SOX 6, INDIANS 2: Melky Cabrera drove in a pair of runs, Derek Holland tossed six strong innings and host Chicago busted out of an offensive funk for a victory over Cleveland.
ASTROS 6, RAYS 4 (10): Brian McCann and Yuli Gurriel both had RBI singles in the 10th inning, and Houston rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg.
PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 2: Cesar Hernandez, Aaron Altherr and Odubel Herrera hit consecutive homers in the eighth, Zach Eflin threw seven sharp innings and host Philadelphia beat Atlanta to complete the sweep.
REDS 7, CUBS 5: At 40, Bronson Arroyo gave the best performance during his long comeback, pitching three-hit ball over six innings as host Cincinnati salvaged a victory over Chicago.
RANGERS 5, ROYALS 2 :Yu Darvish pitched eight innings in his longest outing since elbow surgery two years ago and Texas scored the tying and go-ahead runs without a hit, completing a four-game sweep with a win over Kansas City in Arlington.
MARLINS 7, PADRES 3: Justin Bour hit a three-run homer to cap the six-run sixth inning and help visiting Miami to a victory against host San Diego.
BLUE JAYS 6, ANGELS 2: Marcus Stroman pitched a sevenhitter and Devon Travis hit a goahead, two-run homer during a four-run eighth inning in Toronto’s victory over the host Angels.
—AP