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Desmond hits go-ahead single in 11th, Rangers beat Astros

Yankees 13, Indians 7: Starlin Castro’s grand slam powered a five-run third inning for NY, which went on to beat Cleveland at Yankee Stadium. He landed on the 15-day disabled list following his lone appearance against the Astros on June 8, surrendering one run on three hits and four walks with seven strikeouts in five innings before departing with tightness in his right shoulder.

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And before departing with a left quad contusion in the seventh inning, Carlos Beltran produced three hits, including an RBI single that scored Shin-Soo Choo and gave the Rangers the lead for good.

“They’ve shown up huge for us, all three of them”, manager Jeff Banister said. “Jeffress with the two innings he’s thrown for us so far, Lucroy with what you see behind the plate – it’s All-Star caliber, frontline caliber”. And then a future Hall of Famer, in my opinion, in Beltran.

“This is the type of game that good teams need to win”. On Friday, the Astros blanked the Rangers 5-0. In fact, in Keuchel’s three previous starts against the Rangers this season, he has given up 6, 7, and 4 runs.

“I put myself in that situation, put us in a situation that wasn’t favorable”, Fister said. “It’s really cool and it’s a lot of fun out there”. They’ve got great energy and tremendous players. “Just a whole different feeling”. Altuve hit an RBI double, Carlos Correa followed with a two-run single before Tyler White had an RBI single.

“We were 5-for-21 with runners in scoring position”, Banister said. Bregman delivered that hit in the ninth.

TIGERS 4, METS 3 Victor Martinez homered and Detroit ace Justin Verlander limited NY to four hits in six innings to help host Detroit beat NY for its ninth victory in its past 10 games.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Spencer Patton got Charlie Culberson to ground out with the bases loaded to end the game, leading the Iowa Cubs to a 6-4 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Sunday.

Those numbers if you look closely enough, resemble a recipe, and the final outcome is a complete game shutout, which is something no one might have guessed, given the Houdini-level escape Keuchel needed in the first inning.

Daniel Stumpf got Edwin Rios to fly out with a runner on first to end the game for his first save of the season. Jake Marisnick moved Gomez to second with a bunt. Over his two starts with the Rangers, Harrell has thrown 94 balls, 92 strikes. As for Adrian Beltre, he’s got 109 hits, 55 runs, 16 homers and 65 RBI. “. Chance in the second, chance in the third, chance in the fifth, chance in the ninth”.

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“Their first base-runner wasn’t till the fourth”, Hinch said of Musgrove’s start, “he exhausted at the end and still gutted through his performance, I think it’s a big step for a young kid to come up here, get his first start and finish his outing”. He allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts in two scoreless innings (28 pitches). Beltran was thrown out at home trying to score on Rougned Odor’s two-out double in the seventh. The Astros honored 1986 National League Cy Young Award victor Mike Scott as part of their celebration of the 1986 NL West champions. After A.J. Hinch summoned Ken Giles, the two runners scored on an RBI double by Jurickson Profar to push the lead to 3-0. C Jonathan Lucroy had his first multi-homer game of the season, the seventh of his career.

Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros pitches in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at Minute Maid Park in Houston Texas Friday. — AFP