Baseball-Highlights of Thursday's MLB games

(Adds later games) April 17 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursdays Major League Baseball Games - - Yankees 10, Rays 2 Left-hander CC Sabathia produced his first solid performance of the season while Tampa Bay's David Price was hit hard as the New York Yankees hammered the Rays 10-2. Price, who set season worsts in innings (5), runs (6) and hits allowed (10), surrendered two home runs, two triples and two doubles. He has allowed just five extra-base hits in his three previous starts combined. Sabathia allowed one earned run on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts and was helped in the field by a triple play. Designated hitter Alfonso Soriano and catcher Brian McCann homered for New York. - - Phillies 1, Braves 0 The Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves combined for just nine hits through the first seven innings as the starting pitchers cruised and even when the Phillies got some offense, it was enough to secure a 1-0 victory. The Phillies manufactured their run in the bottom of the eighth inning after left fielder Domonic Brown reached on a leadoff single. Center fielder Ben Revere then hit a drive up the middle to score Brown from second. Phillies right-hander AJ Burnett battled through a hernia to pitch seven innings, giving up three-hits and striking out five to lower his ERA to 2.74. Alex Wood, a 23-year-old right-hander, gave up the one run in eight innings but took the loss, which evened his record at 2-2 but lowered his ERA to 1.67. - - Tigers 7, Indians 5 Second baseman Ian Kinsler drove in four runs, including a three-run homer, to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. Kinsler doubled his RBI total for the season and center fielder Austin Jackson had two sacrifice flies to help Detroit overcome a season-high three errors. Tigers starter Justin Verlander (2-1), who gave up three unearned runs, notched the victory despite lasting only five innings. He threw 113 pitches while allowing six hits and four walks. Left fielder Michael Brantley drove in four runs, including a two-run homer, for the Indians. - - Rangers 8, Mariners 6 Designated hitter Mitch Moreland drove in three runs to help the Texas Rangers to an 8-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Seattle's Erasmo Ramirez and Texas' Tanner Scheppers continued their struggles as the teams combined to use 11 pitchers. - - Twins 7, Blue Jays 0 (first game) Minnesota Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson pitched eight shutout innings in the first game of a doubleheader against Toronto as the Twins defeated the Blue Jays 7-0. The Twins strung together three consecutive one-out singles, the last from third baseman Trevor Plouffe, that drove in the first run of the game in the bottom of the fifth. A walk loaded the bases for left fielder Jason Kubel, who ripped a sharp single to right to make it 2-0 before designated hitter Josmil Pinto's RBI double off the left-center wall drove in two more. A sacrifice fly by catcher Kurt Suzuki made it 5-0. Gibson allowed only one hit, an eighth-inning single that was erased by a double play, in his final three innings. In eight innings, he gave up four hits and a walk while striking out four to improve his record to 3-0 and lower his ERA to 0.93. - - Dodgers 2, Giants 1 The Los Angeles Dodgers beat their divisional rival Giants 2-1 as Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu scattered four hits and issued one walk in seven innings. San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval, Buster Posey and Michael Morse, the heart and power of their batting order, were a combined 0-for-11. - - Rockies 3, Padres 1 The Colorado Rockies scored three runs in the seventh inning to defeat the San Diego Padres 3-1. Padres right-hander Ian Kennedy had retired the first 12 Rockies he faced before walking shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to open the fifth. Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado then ended Kennedy's no-hit bid with a double that struck the third base bag. With one out in the seventh and San Diego ahead 1-0, Rockies left fielder Corey Dickerson doubled before Tulowitzki drew another walk. Colorado first baseman Justin Morneau followed with a line drive that sailed over the glove of Padres right fielder Chris Denorfia for a game-tying double. Tulowitzki scored the go-ahead run on catcher Wilin Rosario's grounder to short. - - Pirates 11, Brewers 2 Andrew McCutchen, Josh Harrison, Pedro Alvarez and Gaby Sanchez homered as the Pittsburgh Pirates routed Milwaukee 11-2. Harrison's two-run blast was his first of the season and the second pinch-hit homer of his career. The seventh-inning shot broke a tie and put the Pirates ahead 4-2. McCutchen, the center fielder who was last year's National League MVP, hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Alvarez capped a six-run eighth inning with a three-run homer, his sixth. - - Cardinals 8, Nationals 0 Adam Wainwright threw a two-hit shutout and Matt Adams drove in three runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-0. Wainwright (3-1) walked three and struck out eight to record his 17th complete game and seventh shutout of his career. He added two hits and an RBI while improving to 7-3 in his career against the Nationals. The right-hander retired 18 batters in a row before pinch hitter Steven Souza Jr. drew a two-out walk in the eighth. St. Louis left fielder Matt Holliday had two hits and two RBIs while shortstop Jhonny Peralta and second baseman Kolten Wong each two hits for the Cardinals. - - Royals 5, Astros 1 Right-hander James Shields nearly matched his season total for strikeouts while hurling eight dominant innings as the Kansas City Royals completed a 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros. Shields (1-2) allowed one run on four hits and two walks while fanning 12 batters, including seven in succession starting with Astros center fielder Dexter Fowler leading off the sixth inning. Shields had 14 strikeouts for the season before the game. - - Twins 9, Blue Jays 5 (second game) The Minnesota Twins split their doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays courtesy of a wild eighth inning when they drew eight walks and three wild pitches, scoring six runs on one hit and turning a two-run deficit into a 9-5 win. Toronto scored two runs in the first and three more in the fifth to open up a 5-1 lead. - - Red Sox 3, White Sox 1 David Ross drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning and Jon Lester allowed only one run in eight innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Ross's double off White Sox reliever Ronald Belisario scored Mike Napoli before the Red Sox added another run on pinch hitter Jonathan Herrera's RBI single. Lester and White Sox starter Chris Sale took a perfect game and no-hitter, respectively, into the sixth inning. Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts ended Sale's bid for a no-hitter with two outs in the sixth. Catcher Tyler Flowers broke up Lester's perfect game with one out in the bottom of the sixth. (Compiled by Ben Everill)