INTERLEAGUE

Rangers rally in ninth (again), pummel Phillies

ARLINGTON, Texas - Shin-Soo Choo drew a bases-loaded, game-ending walk against Jonathan Papelbon as the Texas Rangers rallied in the ninth inning for the second night in a row, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Wednesday.

The Rangers scored three times in the ninth off Papelbon (0-1), who gave up four hits while retiring only one batter.

Adrian Beltre, whose ninth-inning single Tuesday night drove home Choo with the winning run, started this rally with a lead off single. After Mitch Moreland’s double, pinch-hitter Jim Adduci had an RBI infield single and Leonys Martin singled through a drawn-in infield to drive in the tying run. DonnieMurphy walked on four pitches before Choo got to a full count before walking.

Seth Rosin (1-0) worked two scoreless innings for his first major league victory.

Moreland had a triple in the seventh and scored on Martin’s two-out single.

Ryan Howard hit a two-run home run and Kyle Kendrick allowed only one run over seven innings for the Phillies, who still haven’t won a road series since Ryne Sandberg took over as their manager last August - first on an interim basis before getting the full-time gig.

The Phillies lost 24 of 32 games over their final 10 road series last season. They split four games against the New York Mets last August in Sandberg’s first series on the road - but had dropped the previous five series away from home, and then lost the last four. They won this year’s season opener 14-10 before consecutive ninth-inning losses.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ASTROS 3, YANKEES 1 Dexter Fowler hit a home run and tripled, and Matt Dominguez added a home run late to help host Houston take the opening series from New York.

BLUE JAYS 3, RAYS 0 Mark Buehrle (1-0) allowed four hits over 8 2/3 innings, Jose Bautista hit two home runs, and visiting Toronto beat Tampa.

RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 2 Mike Napoli homered and drove in four runs, John Lackey allowed three hits in six innings and visiting Boston spoiled the Baltimore debut of Ubaldo Jimenez.

TIGERS 2, ROYALS 1 Ian Kinsler homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the 10th inning to lift the Tigers over the Royals. Max Scherzer pitched eight scoreless innings for the Tigers, but Joe Nathan blew his first save chance since signing with Detroit in the offseason.

ATHLETICS 6, INDIANS 1 Scott Kazmir (1-0) shut out his former team into the eighth inning as Oakland beat Cleveland.

WHITE SOX 7, TWINS 6 (11) Leury Garcia reached a bunt single in the 11th inning and came home on a balk and two wild pitches by Samuel Deduno, giving Chicago a victory over visiting Minnesota.

NATIONAL LEAGUE GIANTS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 0 Tim Hudson (1-0) allowed three hits while working into the eighth inning in his first start for the Giants and San Francisco beat host Arizona.

NATIONALS 5, METS 1 Gio Gonzalez homered in his first start for the second consecutive season and pitched three-hit ball to lead visiting Washington over New York.

REDS 1, CARDINALS 0 Chris Heisey’s single in the bottom of the ninth inning ended Cincinnati’s record scoreless streak to open a season and sent the Reds to a victory over visiting St. Louis. The Reds set a modern franchise record by failing to score in the first 17 innings of the season. Their previous worst was 13 scoreless innings in 1909 and 1934.

ROCKIES 6, MARLINS 5 Jordan Pacheco had three hits and Jordan Lyles won in his Colorado debut as the Rockies held on for a victory over host Miami.

BRAVES 1, BREWERS 0 Atlanta pitcher Aaron Harang (1-0) and Milwaukee’s Matt Garza had no-hit bids until Chris Johnson homered with two outs in the seventh inning, sending the Braves to a victory in Milwaukee.

Wednesday’s games

NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 1, Milwaukee 0 Colorado 6, Miami 5 Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0 Washington 5, NY Mets 1 San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, (n) LA Dodgers at San Diego, (n)

AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 (10) Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 6 (11) Oakland 6, Cleveland 1 First game of DH Boston 6, Baltimore 2 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 3, NY Yankees 1 Seattle at LA Angels, (n)

INTERLEAGUE Texas 4, Philadelphia 3

Sports, Pages 18 on 04/03/2014

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