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Pitcher Colon makes MLB history

August 08, 2018
Bartolo Colon of the Texas Rangers pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday. — AFP
Bartolo Colon of the Texas Rangers pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday. — AFP

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bartolo Colon became Major League Baseball’s winningest pitcher from Latin America as the Texas Rangers defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 11-4 Tuesday night.

It was the 246th career victory for the 45-year-old right-hander, breaking a tie with Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez. Earlier this season, Colon passed Juan Marichal (243 wins) for the most for a native of the Dominican Republic.

Colon (6-10), making his sixth attempt at the record after going 0-5 since tying the mark on June 30, allowed four runs on eight hits in seven innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out one.

Jurickson Profar, Rougned Odor and Adrian Beltre homered off Felix Hernandez (8-10). The Seattle right-hander gave up 11 runs (seven earned) in six innings.

Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 7 (10 innings): Mitch Moreland hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, and Jackie Bradley Jr. added a two-run blast in a five-run top of the 10th inning as visiting Boston defeated Toronto.

After the Blue Jays’ Justin Smoak tied the game with a homer in the bottom of the ninth against Craig Kimbrel (3-1), Mookie Betts tripled with one out in the 10th against Ken Giles (0-3) when center fielder Kevin Pillar’s diving attempt came up short.

Andrew Benintendi walked, and Moreland hit his 14th homer of the season. Xander Bogaerts singled before Bradley hit his ninth homer of the year. J.D. Martinez homered earlier for Boston, while Toronto got long balls from Devon Travis and Pillar, who went deep in the bottom of the 10th.

Twins 3, Indians 2: Mitch Garver hit a three-run homer, and Eddie Rosario had four hits to lead visiting Minnesota over Cleveland.

Adalberto Mejia (2-0) blanked the Indians on one hit over the first five innings. He walked one and fanned three, including a strikeout of Jason Kipnis for the second out in the fifth.

Mejia appeared to wince after throwing the final strike but stayed in to get Rajai Davis to ground out before leaving the game with what was announced as a left wrist strain. Fernando Rodney picked up his 25th save with a scoreless ninth.

Phillies 5, Diamondbacks 2: Nick Williams homered, and Nick Pivetta pitched six shutout innings as Philadelphia beat Arizona in Phoenix.

Asdrubal Cabrera contributed a two-run double during a four-run eighth inning as the Phillies won for the sixth time in the past seven games. Cabrera and Williams each had two of the Phillies’ six hits.

Pivetta (7-9) allowed five hits, struck out six and walked one. Pat Neshek worked a perfect ninth for his second save.

Yankees 4, White Sox 3 (13 innings): Rookie Miguel Andujar hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the top of the 13th inning as New York survived a blown save by Zach Britton and pulled out a win at Chicago.

Angels 11, Tigers 5: Shohei Ohtani’s three-run home run sparked a seven-run first inning, leading Los Angeles to a victory over Detroit in Anaheim.

Reds 6, Mets 1: Phillip Ervin drove in three runs while Scooter Gennett collected three hits as visiting Cincinnati withstood a lengthy rain delay in the first inning and beat New York.

Padres 11, Brewers 5: Rookie Franmil Reyes hit a two-out, two-run, seventh-inning double to lift San Diego to a come-from-behind victory at Milwaukee.

Dodgers 4, A’s 2: Los Angeles won in Oakland, Calif., for the first time since 2001, riding the four-hit pitching of Rich Hill and four relievers to a victory and a return to first place in the National League West.

Astros 2, Giants 1: Tyler White hit a two-run home run with one out in the eighth inning, delivering visiting Houston a victory at San Francisco and a sweep of a two-game interleague series.

Pirates 10, Rockies 2: Jameson Taillon threw his second career complete game, both coming this season, and Starling Marte, Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer homered as Pittsburgh beat Colorado in Denver.

Cubs 5, Royals 0: David Bote drove in three runs, and Mike Montgomery pitched six-plus scoreless innings as visiting Chicago defeated Kansas City.

Cardinals 3, Marlins 2: Matt Carpenter pulled a tiebreaking homer over the right field fence in the eighth inning as St. Louis rallied to win at Miami.

Rays 4, Orioles 3: Willy Adames ripped a walk-off home run over the left field fence with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting Tampa Bay to a win over Baltimore in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Nationals 8, Braves 3 (Game 1): Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning and combined to drive in five runs as Washington defeated visiting Atlanta in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Braves 3, Nationals 1 (Game 2): Ender Inciarte lined a two-run triple with one out in the top of the ninth to give Atlanta a split of the doubleheader at Washington. — Agencies


August 08, 2018
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