RANGERS 6, ANGELS 3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Carlos Gomez's seventh-inning home run gave him his second career cycle and Yu Darvish allowed two runs in six innings while throwing 125 pitches as the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 on Saturday night.
Rougned Odor hit a two-out, two-run home run in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie.
Gomez needed only four at-bats for his first cycle since May 7, 2008, with the Minnesota Twins. He doubled in the first inning, singled in the third and tripled in the fifth off starter Jesse Chavez (2-4). He hit a first-pitch fastball from Jose Valdez onto the hill behind center field in the seventh for a two-run home run.
Darvish (3-2) allowed 1 earned run, 3 hits and 4 walks while striking out 10. He fell five pitches short of his major league high, thrown as a rookie in 2013.
Darvish didn't allow a hit until the fourth inning, when he gave up an opposite field single to Kole Calhoun, an RBI double to Mike Trout and a sacrifice fly to Albert Pujols. Darvish walked the bases loaded with one out in the sixth inning but didn't allow a run.
Chavez gave up 4 runs, 8 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings.
Darvish pitched up and in to Pujols in the first inning with a curveball and in the fourth with a fastball. Pujols glared and pointed into the Texas dugout after the inside fastball. In Pujols' final at-bat against Darvish, he struck out in the sixth.
Play was halted briefly in the second inning when a bad-hop single by Shin-Soo Choo struck Angels second baseman Danny Espinosa in the forehead. Espinosa stayed in the game.
Pujols' RBI ties him with Ted Williams and Al Simmons for 12th place on the career list with 1,839. Trout has a 13-game hitting streak.
Delino DeShields started against a right-hander for the first time this season and went 0 for 3 with a walk.
YANKEES 12, ORIOLES 4 Brett Gardner, Aaron Judge and thundering New York picked up right where they left off the previous night, steamrolling past visiting Baltimore for its fourth consecutive victory.
BLUE JAYS 4, RAYS 1 Justin Smoak had three hits, including a two-run home run, and host Toronto beat Tampa Bay to end a three-game losing streak. Francisco Liriano (2-2) allowed 1 run and 4 hits in 5-plus innings. He walked four and struck out six.
WHITE SOX 6, TIGERS 4 (10) Melky Cabrera led off the 10th inning with a solo home run off Justin Wilson and Avisail Garcia added an RBI triple, lifting visiting Chicago to a victory over Detroit.
INDIANS 4, MARINERS 3 Danny Salazar got off to a rocky start, then combined with two Cleveland relievers to hold Seattle hitless over the final eight innings Saturday and give the host Indians a victory. Salazar struck out six in 6 1/3 innings.
ATHLETICS 2, ASTROS 1 Khris Davis clubbed his 10th home run to back a solid start by Andrew Triggs and visiting Oakland beat Houston to snap a five-game skid. Triggs (4-1) gave up 5 hits while setting career highs with 7 innings and 9 strikeouts.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
METS 5, NATIONALS 3 Michael Conforto hit two home runs and slumping Jose Reyes also connected, leading New York over host Washington. The banged-up Mets had lost six in a row when they began this series at Nationals Park against the team with the best record in the majors.
BRAVES 11, BREWERS 3 Matt Kemp homered three times and drove in five runs, helping visiting Atlanta pound Milwaukee. Atlanta collected a season-high 20 hits in its fourth consecutive victory.
PIRATES 4, MARLINS 0 Ivan Nova pitched a three-hitter and Pittsburgh beat host Miami. Nova (3-2) struck out seven and did not walk a batter in the 95-pitch masterpiece. He retired 11 in a row at one point.
ROCKIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 6 Mark Reynolds singled in the tying runs with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the ninth, then scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch to give visiting Colorado a victory over Arizona.
PADRES 12, GIANTS 4 Wil Myers hit a three-run home run to cap San Diego's eight-run sixth inning and the Padres rallied to beat host San Francisco.
DODGERS 6, PHILLIES 5 Yasiel Puig, Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner hit consecutive home runs off Hector Neris in the ninth, helping Los Angeles rally for a wild victory over visiting Philadelphia.
INTERLEAGUE
CUBS 7, RED SOX 4 Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run home run, and Miguel Montero and Ben Zobrist had solo shots, helping Chicago rebound from a series-opening loss with a victory over host Boston. Kris Bryant had two hits and scored twice for Chicago.
Sports on 04/30/2017