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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer during a four-run third, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 Sunday for their seventh straight win.
James Shields (7-5) gave up two runs and four hits over seven innings to win his third consecutive start. He struck out eight and walked one. The Rays, with the majors' best record at 55-32, have won 11 of 12 overall. Their seven-game winning streak is the second-longest in team history; Tampa Bay won 12 in a row in June 2004. • Twins 4, Indians 3: At Minneapolis, Carlos Gomez capped a three-run seventh inning against All-Star Cliff Lee with an RBI groundout, and the Twins handed the Indians to their eighth straight loss. Lee (11-2) lost for the first time in nine starts, hurt by a rare lack of control in the seventh that helped the resourceful Twins put together another one of their small-ball rallies. They batted eight times that inning and hit the ball out of the infield only twice. • White Sox 4, Athletics 3: At Chicago, John Danks set a career high with nine strikeouts, and the White Sox handed Rich Harden his first loss in a year. Danks (6-4) took a no-hitter into the sixth as the White Sox salvaged a four-game split after dropping the first two. Chicago has won 10 of its last 13 games. • Rangers 11, Orioles 10: At Baltimore, David Murphy hit a three-run homer and Ian Kinsler got three singles to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, leading the Rangers to another win. • Tigers 2, Mariners 1: At Seattle, The Mariners used backup catcher Jamie Burke in the 15th and the Tigers took advantage, scoring the winning run on Marcus Thames' sacrifice fly. Burke (0-1) reached 86 on the stadium radar gun. But Miguel Cabrera took advantage of the situation, doubling to center field to lead off the 15th. He was lifted for Michael Hollimon, who moved to third when Burke tried to throw a curve ball that ended up in the backstop netting. Thames then lifted a flyball to deep left that easily scored Hollimon with the winning run. • Angels 7, Blue Jays 1: At Anaheim Calif, Jon Garland pitched a six-hitter for his 100th major league victory, Jeff Mathis tied a career high with three RBI and Juan Rivera homered for the Angels. |
