Price is right in Boston’s victory
BOSTON — David Price took a shutout into the ninth inning and held Baltimore to five hits in his first complete game this season, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Orioles 6-2 on Thursday night.
J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer, and Xander Bogaerts contributed a three-run shot for Boston.
Price (4-4) struck out eight and didn’t walk a batter. He cruised through the first eight innings before Andrew Susac led off the ninth with a double, the first Oriole to reach second base. Manny Machado spoiled the shutout bid with a two-out homer.
PHILLIES 6, CARDINALS 2: Vince Velasquez pitched shutout ball into the seventh, and Carlos Santana and Pedro Florimon hit home runs in Philadelphia’s win at St. Louis. Velasquez gave up five hits in 6 1⁄3 innings, struck out five and walked two in recording his third straight win. At 25-16, the Phillies are nine games over .500 for the first time since the close of the 2011 season.
WHITE SOX 4, RANGERS 2: Welington Castillo hit a tiebreaking two-run single in a four-run eighth as host Chicago topped Texas in the opener of a four-game series between two of the worst teams in the AL. The White Sox improved the majors’ worst record to 11-29, still a franchise record for worst 40-game start.
PIRATES 5, PADRES 4: Gregory Polanco led off the seventh with a double and scored the go-ahead run on an error, leading host Pittsburgh to its eighth win in nine games.
Pittsburgh’s Josh Bell and Sean Rodriguez each had two hits for the NL Central-leading Pirates. Eric Hosmer drove in three runs for San Diego.
ATHLETICS 10, BLUE JAYS 5: Matt Olson hit a threerun home run, and Khris Davis and Matt Chapman added two-run shots as Oakland won at Toronto. Davis went 4-for-4 and scored three times.
DODGERS 7, MARLINS 0: Justin Turner tied a career high with five RBIs, and Kenta Maeda pitched eight sharp innings to help Los Angeles win at Miami to snap a six-game losing streak.
Maeda (3-3) allowed two hits and no walks and retired the final 17 batters he faced.