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Rosario, Escobar power Twins to win over Mariners
Rosario, Escobar power Twins to win over Mariners
June 14, 2017 | 10:50 PM
Eddie Rosario belted three home runs and Eduardo Escobar matched a career high with five hits as the Minnesota Twins set a franchise record with 28 hits en route to a 20-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.Minnesota scored seven runs in the third and seventh innings, collecting eight consecutive hits in the third. Eight Twins recorded multiple-hit games with Escobar, Kennys Vargas and Jason Castro finishing with four hits.Kyle Gibson (4-4) allowed six runs and 12 hits in six-plus innings for Minnesota.The teams combined for a Target Field-record 42 hits.Seattle catcher Carlos Ruiz pitched the eighth inning, allowing a run and two hits, walking two and striking out one.Elsewhere, Eric Young Jr.’s infield single in the bottom of the 11th inning drove home Andrelton Simmons from third base to lift Los Angeles 3-2 over New York Yankees.Young sent the game into extra innings with a home run in the eighth inning that made it 2-2. The Yankees loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 11th before Keynan Middleton (2-0) entered and got Chris Carter and Brett Gardner to pop out to third.New York starter CC Sabathia had won five consecutive starts going into the game, but had to leave after the fourth inning because of a strained left hamstring. The Angels’ JC Ramirez gave up two runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.Andrew Benintendi ripped a long run-scoring single with one out in the 12th inning to give Boston a sweep of Philadelphia in the Fenway Park portion of their four-game series.It was the second straight walk-off win for the Red Sox over the Phillies, sending Philadelphia to its seventh straight loss and 28th defeat in 37 road games. Fernando Abad (2-0) worked the final two innings for the win.With one out in the 12th, Xander Bogaerts (three hits) was walked by Luis Garcia (1-1). Mitch Moreland, who hit a solo home run in the second inning, singled high off the Green Monster that sent Bogaerts to third. Benintendi lined his game-winning hit deep into the right-field corner.Jon Lester cruised to his 150th career victory as Chicago crushed five homers en route to a 14-3 rout of New York Mets.Lester (4-4) allowed one run on five hits and one walk while striking out 10 over seven innings. He is the eighth active pitcher to reach 150 wins. Ian Happ delivered a grand slam in the seven-run second inning for the Cubs.Anthony Rizzo, batting leadoff for the first time, smoked a homer in the first inning, drew a bases-loaded walk in the second and hit an RBI double in the third for Chicago. Jason Heyward (two-run homer in the sixth), Kris Bryant (solo shot in the seventh) and Javier Baez (two-run homer in the ninth) added blasts.RESULTSKansas City 8 San Francisco 1San Diego 6 Cincinnati 2LA Angels 3 NY Yankees 2 (11 innings)Milwaukee 8 St. Louis 5Chicago White Sox 6 Baltimore 1Minnesota 20 Seattle 7Texas 4 Houston 2Arizona 7 Detroit 6Chicago Cubs 14 NY Mets 3LA Dodgers 7 Cleveland 5Miami 8 Oakland 1Boston 4 Philadelphia 3 (12 innings)Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 1Washington 10 Atlanta 5Pittsburgh 5 Colorado 2
June 14, 2017 | 10:50 PM