Dashes from first base give Rangers winning edge
AMERICAN LEAGUE RANGERS 7, TIGERS 6
ARLINGTON, Texas — Jurickson Profar hit a tiebreaking RBI triple, Nomar Mazara homered again and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 on Monday night after a strange game-deciding seventh inning.
Delino DeShields and ShinSoo Choo both scored from first in the seventh. DeShields reached on a two-out error and then raced around the bases when Choo singled on a grounder that trickled off the outstretched glove of second baseman Dixon Machado into shallow right field. Profar followed with his big hit.
Detroit blew a 5-1 lead, then jumped in front again with an unearned run in the top of the seventh after a replay review.
JaCoby Jones ran home from second when Jose Iglesias hit a fly ball to right with two out. Mazara was nearing the line when the ball hit off his glove and dropped into foul territory.
First base umpire Bill Miller ruled a foul ball, but Manager Ron Gardenhire challenged the call and the replay showed Mazara was clearly in fair territory. Jones was awarded home to make it 6-5, and Iglesias took first on what became an error for Mazara.
The Rangers won a replay challenge in the eighth when rookie second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa was initially ruled off the bag on a double play. On replay, Kiner-Falefa’s toe appeared to barely drag across the top of the base when he caught a throw before making the relay to first. That ended the inning instead of Detroit having runners on second and third.
Jose LeClerc (1-0) pitched the
seventh, and Keone Kela worked the ninth for his seventh save. Daniel Stumpf (1-2) was the loser.
Texas used four consecutive twoout hits in the sixth to tie the game at 5, including a two-run double by Kiner-Falefa right after Joey Gallo’s RBI single.
Mazara’s fifth home run in May, and eighth overall, led off the second. TWINS 6, CARDINALS 0 Fernando Romero didn’t allow a run for the second consecutive start to begin his major league career, throwing six innings to lead visiting Minnesota over St. Louis. The victory was a season-high fourth consecutive for the Twins, who have won 13 of their past 16 games against National League opponents dating to last year. St. Louis had its season-best five-game winning streak snapped, one night after finishing a weekend sweep of the rival Chicago Cubs at nearly 1 a.m. Romero (20) permitted just 3 hits and struck out 9 while throwing 97 pitches. NATIONAL LEAGUE CUBS 14, MARLINS 2 Ian Happ homered from both sides of the plate, and host Chicago stopped a five-game slide by routing Miami. The Cubs collected 15 hits after scoring three or fewer runs in 10 of the previous 11 games. Kris Bryant and Javier Baez connected, and Happ finished with five RBI. Kyle Hendricks also provided a lift for Chicago by pitching eight innings of two-run ball. The only downer for the Cubs was an early exit for Baez, who departed in the sixth with right groin tightness. METS moments, runs to power 7, and REDS visiting Adrian 6 New Jay Gonzalez York Bruce to hit hit a slump-ending two a two-run home home run in the ballpark where he had his best after that victory included getting over swept three Cincinnati. during shutout a The six-game losses Mets and hit homestand the 11 runs road got total Homer it by going Bailey New with York’s (0-5), a leadoff offense. and Bruce home Michael had run a Conforto two-run against shot 4-0 lead. off his Bruce former made teammate his second in return the third to Great for a American Billy Hamilton, Ball Park Eugenio since Suarez he was and traded Scooter in 2016. Gennett hit solo home runs for the Reds. PHILLIES 11, GIANTS 0 Odubel Herrera hit two home runs and drove in five runs, helping Zach Eflin and host Philadelphia rout San Francisco. Carlos Santana and Cesar Hernandez also hit home runs for Philadelphia, which had dropped six of eight. Santana drove in four runs, and Hernandez had two RBI. Eflin (1-0) struck out a career-high nine in 62/3 innings. He allowed four hits and walked three. Herrera hit a threerun drive off Jeff Samardzija (1-2) in the first and a two-run shot off D.J. Snelten in the sixth. He also walked and scored on Santana’s three-run home run in the fifth.