Fedde shines as White Sox notch victory
Erick Fedde pitched six scoreless innings, fellow Las Vegas native Tommy Pham had two hits and an RBI, and the host Chicago White Sox held off first-place Cleveland 3-2 on Thursday.
Fedde (3-0) allowed three singles and walked none as the 31-year-old Las Vegas High and UNLV product lowered his ERA to 3.00 in his first season with Chicago. Pham, 36, a Durango High product, has batted .313 in 12 games with the White Sox.
Rookie Jordan Leasure relieved Fedde with the bases loaded and no outs in the seventh and notched two strikeouts and a groundout. Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor hit back-to-back solo homers off Chicago reliever John Brebbia with two outs in the eighth. Michael Kopech got the final four outs for his fourth save as the White Sox (1028) won for the fourth time in six games and left Colorado (9-28) with the majors’ worst record.
■ Twins 11, Mariners 1: At Minneapolis, Manuel Margot hit a three-run double in Minnesota’s five-run first off Logan Gilbert (3-1) and totaled five RBIS. Gilbert, who failed to pitch into the sixth for the first time in eight starts this season, yielded eight runs in four innings.
■ Diamondbacks 5, Reds 4: At Cincinnati, Corbin Carroll hit a go-ahead two-run single in the Arizona eighth, and Cincinnati lost its eighth straight. Bishop Gorman product Paul Sewald struck out two in a perfect ninth for his first save this season.
■ Astros 4, Yankees 3: At New York, Yordan Alvarez and Jon Singleton hit two-out, first-inning homers measured at 116.8 mph and 115.4 mph, respectively, off Marcus Stroman (2-2) — the hardest-hit balls against New York this season.
■ Brewers 7, Cardinals 1: At Milwaukee, Rhys Hoskins, Jake Bauers and Joey Ortiz homered off Sonny Gray (4-2), who had yielded three earned runs through his first five St. Louis starts. Milwaukee got to him for six runs in five innings.
■ Rockies 9, Giants 1: At Denver, Ezequiel Tovar became the second Colorado player to have a triple and a double in the same inning, a sevenrun fourth that included a three-run homer by Brenton Doyle.
■ Royals 10, Angels 4: At Anaheim, Calif., Dairon Blanco had a homer among his three hits, scored four times, drove in his first two runs this season and stole two bases for Kansas City. Notes
■ Mariners: Right-hander Bryan Woo
(inflamed right elbow) will be activated from the injured list to make his season debut Friday. The 24-year-old pitched 11⅓ shutout innings with 17 strikeouts and no walks in three rehabilitation starts with Triple-a Tacoma, including a perfect three-inning start against the Aviators on April 21.
■ MILB: The Elias Sports Bureau expanded its decades-long MLB partnership to become the official statistician for the 11 leagues at the Triple-a, Double-a, High-a and Single-a levels. The plan is to ensure the integrity, accuracy and relevance of minor league numerical data.
■ Angels: Infielder Luis Guillorme was acquired from Atlanta for a player to be named or cash. The 29-year-old, a .258 hitter in seven major league seasons, was in his first year with the Braves after six with the New York Mets.
■ Rangers: Reliever Josh Sborz was placed on the 15-day injured list for a second time this season because of a right rotator cuff strain. The 30-year-old right-hander has a 1.69 ERA in seven appearances this season.
PCL
■ Express 12, Aviators 7: At Round Rock, Texas, Alex De Goti went 2-for-4 with a grand slam that capped the scoring in an eight-run third for Round Rock (19-16). Newcomer Jacob Wilson went 3-for-5 with two doubles for the Aviators (17-19).