Tigers 8, Blue Jays 6: Anibal Sanchez’s no-hit bid was broken up when Ezequiel Carrera lined a single to left with one out in the eighth inning, and host Detroit held on to defeat Toronto in a game in which Miguel Cabrera limped off because of a calf injury.
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“To be honest with you”, he said, “we haven’t really thought about Josh much”. “He’s been a Ranger longer than any other team he’s played with”.
Erick Aybar had a career-high five hits Friday, David Freese added three and Kole Calhoun had four RBIs in Los Angeles’ 18th win in 23 meetings. Wilson, said Hamilton owes them nothing. Starting pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez allowed five hits and six runs while lasting just 1.2 innings to take the loss and fall to 2-4 for the season.
“I think the way he’s pitching, there’s no doubt that he’s gonna get All-Star consideration”, manager Mike Scioscia told MLB’s official website of Santiago. “So I hung a couple and that obviously led to the run”.
Gonzalez (2-3, 2.59 ERA) did not allow more than two earned runs in any of his first four starts but ran into some trouble over the last two. The Rangers has a solid series in Baltimore, in which they took 3 of the 4 games played.
Ryan Rua, who came in for Hamilton in the seventh, hit a home run off Angels right-handed reliever Mike Morin in the ninth.
“We’re going to continue to evaluate that daily”.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Josh Hamilton insisted that he had no extra emotions playing the Angels for the first time since Los Angeles traded him back to Texas. All in all, it was a great game to watch, and to not only bask in the Hamilton Ks, but also the pure swagger that the Angels had at the plate, and that Richards was putting on every ball thrown.
“Closure happened for me when I got traded”, said Hamilton, whom the Rangers acquired in April after his messy split with the Angels. “It’s over. I’ve moved on”. Texas manager Jeff Banister said LHP Matt Harrison would likely make his season debut on Tuesday. It will be good to see the guys. “I had a great group of guys in Anaheim”. The Angels activated RHP Cory Rasmus (abdominal strain) before the game and assigned him to Triple-A Salt Lake….
“I can’t imagine it being much worse than when I came back here with the Angels”, he said. Banister said there is a chance DeShields could be back before the All-Star break.
Texas is 9-4 in game two of a series, 1-4 against a left-handed starter, and 7-1 in Rodriguez’s last eight starts. The Rangers won three of his first four starts, and he allowed three runs in 30 innings in that span.
NOTES: The Rangers designated RHP Neftali Feliz for assignment after the game.
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Santiago is 4-0 with a 2.15 ERA in five career starts in Arlington.
