South Korea’s Lee Dae-ho hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting Seattle over Texas 4-2 for their first win of the year at Safeco Field on Wednesday night.
The right-handed hitting Lee, who spent the past four years in Japan after 11 seasons in his home country, came on to bat for Adam Lind against left-hander Jake Diekman (0-1). Lee launched an 0-2 pitch deep over the left-field wall for his second homer.
Steve Cishek (1-1) pitched two innings.
Baltimore finally lost after opening the season with a team-record seven straight wins.
The Orioles were the last undefeated team in the majors, ending their longest winning streak to start a season since moving to Baltimore in 1954. The franchise opened 9-0 in 1944 as the St Louis Browns.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Carlos Rodon completed six scoreless innings, while Jerry Sands hit a two-run home run as the Chicago White Sox kept Minnesota winless with a 3-0 victory.
At 0-8, the Twins have been outscored 33-13 this season. The only other winless team in the majors is Atlanta, also 0-8. The Twins beat the Braves in that epic seven-game World Series in 1991 — some 25th anniversary this season is turning out to be for the two teams.
The Braves also lost 3-0, at Washington, continuing their worst start to a season since 10 losses in 1988. Tanner Roark pitched seven innings to lead Washington to their fourth straight win.
Kansas City’s Salvador Perez tagged reliever Ken Giles for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning at Houston, lifting the Royals over the Astros, 4-2.
John Lackey pitched into the seventh inning and Kris Bryant hit his first homer of the season as the Chicago Cubs matched the best eight-game start in franchise history with a 9-2 home victory over Cincinnati.
In other games, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat visiting Arizona 3-1, Colorado beat San Francisco 10-6 in Denver, Cleveland won 4-1 at Tampa Bay, Detroit won at Pittsburgh 7-3, the Blue Jays won 7-2 against the New York Yankees in Toronto, the Mets won 2-1 at home to the Miami, the Los Angeles Angels won 5-1 at Oakland, Milwaukee won at St Louis 6-4 and Philadelphia won 2-1 at home to the Padres.
US track and field athletes have about four dozen pieces to choose from when assembling their uniforms at the Olympics. The one grabbing the most attention is a high-cut leotard that barely covers the bikini line and has triggered debate between those who think it is sexist and others who say they do not need the Internet to make sure they have good uniforms. Among those critical or laughing at the uniforms included Paralympian Femita Ayanbeku, sprinter Britton Wilson and even athletes from other countries such as Britain’s Abigail Irozuru, who wrote on social media: “Was ANY female athlete consulted in
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