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Major leagues: Davis stops record skid at 0 for 54; O’s top Red Sox
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Chris Davis ended his record slump at 0 for 54 and drew applause from rival fans at Fenway Park, getting three hits and driving in four runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 9-5 Saturday to end a four-game losing streak.
Davis walked to the plate in the first inning to what mostly appeared to be mock cheers when he was announced. But many of those quickly changed when he lined a bases-loaded, two-run single over the head of second baseman Dustin Pedroia, ending the longest hitless streak ever by a position player.
Once he safely reached first, Davis tipped his cap to the Orioles dugout and many of his teammates raised their arms and hollered in support. He smiled and made a motion that he wanted to ball, which he got.
“Significant weight lifted off my shoulders,” he said later.
Davis, a former two-time major league home run champion, later hit two doubles. He had been 0 for 33 this season.
The 33-year-old Davis is in the fourth season of a $161 million, seven-year contract. The all-time record for a hitless streak by any player was an 0-for-85 drought by pitcher Bob Buhl in 1962-63.
Davis lined an RBI double in the fifth that put the Orioles ahead 3-2. The Orioles broke it open four in the sixth, with Davis adding a run-scoring groundout.
Christian Vazquez hit a two-run homer and drove in a career-best four runs for the World Series champion Red Sox, who had won their last two games.
N.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 0: CC Sabathia began his 19th and final big league season with five stellar innings, pinch-hitter Luke Voit came through with a broken-bat RBI single in the seventh and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 to end a four-game slide.
Sabathia allowed one hit and no other baserunners in his return from the injured list, and Domingo German (3-0) followed by striking out four in two overpowering innings.
Jose Rondon had Chicago’s only hit, but the second baseman also booted a likely double play grounder to set up Voit’s hit. With the bases loaded, New York’s beefy, breakout slugger split his bat in two but still muscled a single to center against Ryan Burr for a 1-0 lead. Kyle Higashioka followed with a sacrifice fly to the warning track in right, and Tyler Wade brought in another run with a safety squeeze.
Minnesota 4, Detroit 3: Michael Pineda labored through six innings, Eddie Rosario drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-3.
Byron Buxton and Jorge Polanco added RBI singles for Minnesota.
Christin Stewart homered for Detroit, which has lost three of four.
Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to help the Toronto Blue Jays overcome reigning AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell’s no-hit bid in a 3-1 win over Tampa Bay, snapping the Rays’ five-game winning streak.
Snell didn’t allow a hit until Luke Maile singled with one out in the sixth.
With two runners on base and one out in the seventh inning, Gurriel Jr. drove a pitch from reliever Chaz Roe (0-2) off the center-field wall, giving the Blue Jays their first lead of the series.
National League
San Francisco 5, Colorado 2: Madison Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning to give a weary bullpen much needed rest and the San Francisco Giants beat Colorado 5-2, handing the Rockies their eighth straight loss.
After outlasting the Rockies 3-2 in an 18-inning game that took over 5½ hours and ended shortly before 1 a.m., the Giants came back about 12 hours later and wrapped up this win.
Miami 10, Philadelphia 3:
Newcomer Austin Dean had four hits and five RBIs, both career highs, to help the Miami Marlins break a five-game losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-3.
Dean hit his first major league homer and also drove in two runs with his first career triple to complete a 4-for-4 night. The performance came in the outfielder’s second game since being recalled from Triple-A to make his season debut with the Marlins. He played 34 games as a rookie last year with Miami.
The Marlins won for only the fourth time this year. They broke out of a slump with a season-high 18 hits after being outscored 30-2 in their previous four games.
Interleague
L.A. Angels 6, Chicago Cubs 5: Zack Cozart broke out of a slump with three hits and Cody Allen wiggled out of a jam in the ninth inning, helping the Los Angeles Angels top the Chicago Cubs, 6-5.
Los Angeles won for the seventh time in its last eight games. Ty Buttrey earned his first major league win in his 23rd appearance, and Tommy La Stella reached four times against his former team.
Allen struck out Daniel Descalso with two runners on in the eighth, and then closed it out for his fourth save. The Cubs had runners on second and third after left fielder Brian Goodwin dropped Jason Heyward’s sinking sacrifice fly, but Allen struck out Willson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber to end the game.