AMERICAN LEAGUE
AP, NEW YORK
Curtis Granderson hit a pair of homers and Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs as the New York Yankees waited out a long rain delay to beat the Kansas City Royals 12-6 on Sunday.
Rodriguez will take his pursuit of 600 home runs on the road after failing to reach the milestone for the third straight day.
He hit an RBI double in the fourth and came to the plate with the bases loaded in the eighth. He was hit by a pitch from reliever Blake Wood near the left wrist and fell to the dirt.
Rodriguez was replaced by a pinch runner, and the Yankees pushed across five extra runs in the inning. The slugger said after the game that he was fine and was expected to be in the lineup yesterday night in Cleveland.
Phil Hughes (12-3) didn’t return after the rain delay, which lasted two hours, 32 minutes, but earned the win. He needed 95 pitches to get through five-and-one-third innings in another shaky start.
Robinson Cano drove in a pair of runs with two hits, giving him 1,000 for his career, while Derek Jeter added three hits and an RBI.
Scott Podsednik hit a pair of two-run homers for his third career multi-homer game.
The Yankees gave themselves a big cushion early against Sean O’Sullivan (1-1), who beat them on Tuesday last week as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. He was traded to the Royals on Thursday.
BLUE JAYS 5, TIGERS 3, 1ST GAME
TIGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 5, 2ND GAME
At Detroit, Michigan, Ryan Raburn’s three-run double in the eighth inning capped a four-run rally that carried injury-depleted Detroit past Toronto for a split of their day-night doubleheader.
In the opener, Lyle Overbay hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer with two outs in the ninth off All-Star reliever Jose Valverde (1-2).
Miguel Cabrera hit an RBI double into the right-field corner off Jason Frasor (3-3) with one out in the eighth inning of the nightcap, cutting Detroit’s deficit to 4-3. It scored Austin Jackson, who led off with a single, and sent pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago, who was hit by a pitch, to third. Brennan Boesch was intentionally walked to load the bases and Raburn ripped Frasor’s pitch into left-center.
Phil Coke (6-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Valverde allowed Dewayne Wise’s home run leading off the ninth but earned his 21st save in 22 chances.
Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 27th homer for the Blue Jays, who squandered a 4-0 lead.
In other AL play, it was:
• Athletics 6, White Sox 4
• Rangers 6, Angels 4
• Mariners 4, Red Sox 2
• Rays 4, Indians 2
• Twins 10, Orioles 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, MIAMI,FLORIDA
Wes Helms hit a bases-loaded RBI single with none out in the 11th inning on Sunday, helping the Florida Marlins earn their fourth walkoff win of the week with an 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The Marlins won seven of 10 on their homestand, with six wins by one run.
The Braves loaded the bases four times, including in the 11th, and those situations produced only one run. They stranded 11 runners.
Florida’s Hanley Ramirez singled off Jesse Chavez (2-2) to start the bottom of the 11th, and he took third on a single by Dan Uggla.
BREWERS 8, NATIONALS 3
At Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Casey McGehee and Rickie Weeks homered and as the home team scored five unearned runs off starter Ross Detwiler in beating Washington to complete a three-game sweep.
Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead on Jonathan Lucroy’s RBI single and a wild pitch by Detwiler (0-1) after third baseman Willie Harris misplayed a grounder.
In the fourth, shortstop Ian Desmond bobbled Dave Bush’s two-out roller and threw it away, allowing Lucroy to score.
DODGERS 1, METS 0
At Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw scattered seven hits over eight innings in his first start since appealing a five-game suspension and Russell Martin hit a late RBI double in the Dodgers’ victory over the punchless Mets.
Former catcher Kenley Jansen got his first major league save, handing New York its fourth shutout loss on a 2-9 road trip to San Francisco, Arizona and Los Angeles. Mets starter R.A. Dickey came out in the sixth with an injured left leg.
Kershaw (10-5) stranded six runners, struck out three and issued an intentional walk. The 22-year-old left-hander was suspended last Wednesday, one day after hitting San Francisco’s Aaron Rowand with a pitch.
Pedro Feliciano (2-5) gave up the winning hit.
In other NL play, it was:
Padres 6, Pirates 3
Giants 3, D’backs 2, 10 innings
Phillies 4, Rockies 3
Astros 4, Reds 0
Cardinals 4, Cubs 3, 11 innings
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