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MLB: Tigers beat Red Sox, snap seven-game losing run

The Detroit Tigers won their first game of the season on Wednesday, beating the Boston Red Sox 7-2 at Fenway Park to snap a streak of seven consecutive losses to start the season.

One of the American League pre-season favorites after bolstering their lineup with Miguel Cabrera, Dontrelle Willis and Edgar Renteria, the Tigers were the last Major League team to record a win.

The Tigers scored just 15 runs in their first seven games despite having the second-highest payroll in baseball, behind the New York Yankees.

“There’s a lot of games left,” a relieved Detroit manager Jim Leyland told reporters. “It’s a 162-game season. That’s a fact. We finally got some timely hits. That’s more like us.”

The win eased Detroit’s nerves about a repeat of the 2003 season, which they started 0-9 and finished up 43-119.

Marcus Thames and Carlos Guillen homered, Edgar Renteria had three hits and Ivan Rodriguez got the 2,500th hit of his career.

Still, no team has made the postseason after an 0-7 start.

Jeremy Bonderman pitched five innings for the win, giving up two runs — one earned — on five hits with two strikeouts.

Jon Lester allowed four runs over five innings and took the loss for Boston.

Royals 4, Yankees 0

At Kansas City, Missouri, Zack Greinke threw eight scoreless innings, and Kansas City won a second straight game from New York for the first time since sweeping a three-game series in 2005 at Kauffman Stadium.

Greinke (2-0) gave up six hits, walked two and struck out two, lowering his ERA to 0.60.

Twins 12, White Sox 5

At Chicago, Jason Kubel hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, and Minnesota’s 12 runs were its most since beating Chicago 20-14 and 12-0 on July 6, 2007.

Angels 9, Indians 5

At Anaheim, California, Mike Napoli hit his first career grand slam, a second-inning drive, and Garret Anderson, Casey Kotchman and Vladimir Guerrero also homered for Los Angeles.

Athletics 6, Blue Jays 3

At Toronto, Mark Ellis had four hits, including the tying triple in the ninth, then scored the go-ahead run in Oakland’s win over Toronto. Ellis went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases.

Mariners 7, Rays 1

At St. Petersburg, Florida, Jarrod Washburn (1-1) allowed one run in seven innings, and Jamie Burke hit a three-run homer to lead Seattle.

AP, NEW YORK

Mike Pelfrey gave New York’s injury-riddled pitching staff an encouraging boost, leading the Mets to an 8-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

The Phillies played a painfully sloppy game without injured MVP shortstop Jimmy Rollins, committing four errors that led to six unearned runs.

The Mets ended a nine-game losing streak to Philadelphia.

Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 3

In Phoenix, Arizona stretched its winning streak to six games by edging Los Angeles.

Marlins 10, Nationals 4

In Washington, Mike Jacobs hit two homers to help Florida to a 10-4 win over Washington and the best record in the National League East division.

Rockies 12, Braves 6

In Denver, Colorado put up its highest run total of the young season to beat Atlanta and win its third straight.

Cubs 6, Pirates 4, 15 innings

In Pittsburgh, Felix Pie’s two-run single in the 15th inning saw Chicago outlast Pittsburgh in the second extra-inning game in a row between the teams.

Cardinals 6, Astros 4

In Houston, Albert Pujols hit his first two homers of the year and St. Louis beat Houston.

Reds 12, Brewers 4

In Milwaukee, Cincinnati scored 10 straight runs in a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
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