ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton drove in four runs and the Rangers offense bailed out Ryan Dempster in his Texas debut in a 15-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
The Rangers broke an 8-8 tie after six innings when they scored four runs in the seventh, including Hamilton’s two-run double, and added three in the eighth.
Dempster allowed 8 runs and 9 hits in 4 2/3 innings. The Rangers acquired Dempster from the Cubs minutes before Tuesday’s non-waiver trade deadline.
Roy Oswalt (4-2) threw two scoreless innings in relief for the victory.
C.J. Wilson gave up 8 runs and 10hits in 5 1/3 innings. David Carpenter (0-1) took the loss for the Angels.
Texas leads Los Angeles by five games in the AL West.
TWINS 5, RED SOX 0 Samuel Deduno allowed two hits in six innings in his third consecutive strong performance and visiting Minnesota beat Boston. Brian Dozier had three hits for Minnesota, including a two-run home run in the ninth. Deduno, making his sixth major league start, has given up just 2 earned runs and 10 hits in 19 1/3 innings. Boston starter Jon Lester (5-9) gave up 3 runs and 7 hits in 8 innings. He had allowed 25 earned runs over his previous four starts. Adrian Gonzalez got both hits - a single and a double - off Deduno, a minor-leaguer from 2005 until being called up by Colorado in 2010. Casey Fien retired the side in order in the seventh and Glen Perkins pitched two scoreless innings for his sixth save in nine opportunities.
ROYALS 7, INDIANS 6 Alcides Escobar’s RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning gave host Kansas City a victory over Cleveland. Escobar’s two-strike hit scored Eric Hosmer, who led off the inning with a single. The Indians rallied from a six-run first-inning deficit, but lost their sixth consecutive, their longest losing streak since dropping seven in a row from June 19-26, 2010. Aaron Crow (2-1), the sixth Royals pitcher, worked a spotless 11th inning to pick up the victory.
National League ROCKIES 8, CARDINALS 2 Tyler Colvin hit a tie breaking double in the seventh inning and rookie Josh Rutledge homered in his fourth consecutive game, lifting Colorado over visiting St. Louis to avoid a three-game sweep. Wilin Rosario hit his first career pinch-hit home run, a two-run shot in the eighth, and Jordan Pacheco went 3 for 3 with two doubles and two RBI to help the Rockies snap a five-game skid. It was their first victory in their last eight games at Coors Field. With the bases loaded in the sixth, Rex Brothers (6-2) got Lance Berkman to ground into an inning-ending double play. Fernando Salas (1-4) took the loss.
REDS 9, PADRES 4 Todd Frazier hit a two run home run and Johnny Cueto overcame two home runs to pitch into the eighth inning and host Cincinnati won for the 13th time in 14 games. Scott Rolen had three hits, Frazier had three RBI and Jay Bruce drove in two runs, helping push the Reds to 23 games over .500 (64-41) for the first time since Sept. 4, 2010. Cueto (14-5), who gave up home runs for the first time in more than two months, allowed 8 hits and 4 runs with 1 walk and 9 strikeouts in 71/3 innings. The Reds chased Padres starter Ross Ohlendorf (3-2) while sending 12 batters to the plate during a six-hit, six-run second inning. Ohlendorf also was called for a run-scoring balk before leaving after just 1 2/3 innings, the shortest outing by a San Diego starter this season.
METS 9, GIANTS 1 Ronny Cedeno drove in five runs to match his career high, Jason Bay had only his second multi-RBI game this year and visiting New York beat San Francisco to take three of four from the Giants and win its first series in a month. Bay had two RBI as Mets won for the fourth time in five games following a 2-14 slide. Chris Young (3-5) allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 7 innings. Hunter Pence had a fourth-inning sacrifice fly for San Francisco.
NATIONALS 3, PHILLIES 0 Ross Detwiler pitched three-hit ball for seven innings and Adam LaRoche homered in host Washington’s victory over Philadelphia. LaRoche had three hits and two RBI. Jayson Werth also drove in a run for the NL East leaders in his first game back from a broken wrist. Detwiler (6-4) won for the second time in his past 11 starts. He gave up three singles and retired his final 14 batters.
BRAVES 6, MARLINS 1 Chipper Jones and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run double, and host Atlanta scored six runs in the first two innings to beat Miami. Jason Heyward had three hits and drove in a run for the Braves, who are 6-1 on their 10-game home stand.
Thursday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 9, San Diego 4 NY Mets 9, San Francisco 1 Washington 3, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta 6, Miami 1 Colorado 8, St. Louis 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 5, Boston 0 Texas 15, LA Angels 9 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 6 (11) Toronto at Oakland, (n)
Sports, Pages 20 on 08/03/2012