So far this season, the AL champion Rangers are flawless.
They wrapped up their season-opening homestand with their first 6-0 start since 1996, when they set a team record by winning their first seven games. Texas has a day off Thursday before starting its first road trip of the season Friday in Baltimore.
"Everybody's talking about homers, but pitching and defense got us where we needed to be, got us six big wins," designated hitter Michael Young said.
Moreland's go-ahead hit in the seventh inning made a winner of C.J. Wilson (1-0). Arthur Rhodes, the 41-year-old lefty, needed only four pitches to get through the 3-4-5 batters in the Seattle lineup in the eighth.
Hernandez (1-1) allowed four runs, two unearned, in seven innings. He struck out six and walked three.
"It was the wind first, I couldn't get my balance. But after that I felt good. All the pitchers were working," Hernandez said. "I know they're going to swing anyway, so I just have to make good pitches. It was pretty good today, I got seven innings."
After pitching a complete game on opening day, Hernandez started against Texas with a 10-pitch walk to Ian Kinsler. The righthander also walked AL MVP Josh Hamilton in the first without giving up a run.
Rangers 7, Mariners 3
Seattle 010 011 000 – 3 6 3
Texas 030 000 13x – 7 9 1
Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
I.Suzuki rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .261
Figgins 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .120
Bradley lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Cust dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .200
Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238
J.Wilson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
L.Rodriguez 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Ryan ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .133
M.Saunders cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .100
Moore c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .167
Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353
Totals 32 3 6 3 2 2
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .250
Andrus ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .250
Hamilton cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .273
A.Beltre 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .125
Mi.Young dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280
N.Cruz rf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .350
Dav.Murphy lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .556
Torrealba c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .263
Moreland 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .308
Totals 33 7 9 5 3 7
E: J.Wilson 2 (2), League (1), Andrus (1). LOB: Seattle 5, Texas 5. 2B: Bradley (3), L.Rodriguez (1), Moore (1), N.Cruz (1), Moreland (2). RBIs: Cust (3), Ryan (2), M.Saunders (3), Kinsler (4), Andrus (5), N.Cruz 2 (6), Moreland (2). SB: J.Wilson (3), Dav.Murphy (1). SF: Ryan. RLSP: Seattle 3 (M.Saunders, Figgins 2); Texas 3 (Mi.Young, Hamilton, Andrus). RA: Moore, Kinsler, Andrus, Dav.Murphy. GIDP: Smoak, Mi.Young. DP: Seattle 2 (Ryan, L.Rodriguez, Smoak), (L.Rodriguez, Smoak); Texas 1 (A.Beltre, Kinsler, Moreland).
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hernandz (L 1-1) 7 6 4 2 3 6 107 2.25
Ray 1/3 2 2 2 0 0 7 20.25
League 2/3 1 1 0 0 1 14 0.00
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
C.Wilson (W 1-0) 7 6 3 2 2 2 108 2.84
Rhodes (H 3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.00
O'Day 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00
IR-S: League 2-2. Umpires: Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Ed Hickox; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Brian O'Nora. T: 2:36. A: 25,049 (49,170).
Angels 5, Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Winless Tampa Bay lost again as Los Angeles' Dan Haren shut down the AL East champions. The Rays fell to 0-5. In four of those games, they finished with exactly one run and four hits.
Haren scattered four hits over 72/3 innings and struck out six.
Alberto Callaspo homered off Jeremy Hellickson. The rookie righthander lost despite striking out 10 in 52/3 innings.
Los Angeles 100 101 011 – 5 12 0
Tampa Bay 000 010 000 – 1 4 1
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
M.Izturis dh 5 1 2 0 0 2 .333
H.Kendrick 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .417
Abreu lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .391
Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
Tor.Hunter rf 5 0 1 1 0 3 .250
V.Wells cf-lf 5 1 0 0 0 3 .111
Callaspo 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .450
Trumbo 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .286
Mathis c 4 0 2 1 0 2 .235
B.Wood ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Totals 37 5 12 5 4 15
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jaso c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M.Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .059
Shoppach c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Damon dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .067
Zobrist 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .176
D.Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .053
B.Upton cf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .333
Joyce rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .071
F.Lopez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Brignac ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .125
Fuld lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .333
Totals 31 1 4 1 0 7
a-flied out for Jaso in the 8th. E: F.Lopez (1). LOB: Los Angeles 9, Tampa Bay 3. 2B: Abreu (1), Mathis 2 (3), Fuld (1). HR: Callaspo (2), off Hellickson; B.Upton (2), off Haren. RBIs: Abreu (3), Tor.Hunter (5), Callaspo (5), Trumbo (2), Mathis (2), B.Upton (3). SB: Abreu (2), Trumbo (1), Fuld (1). RLSP: Los Angeles 7 (V.Wells, Abreu, B.Wood 4, Tor.Hunter); Tampa Bay 1 (Zobrist). RA: H.Kendrick. GIDP: Abreu. DP: Tampa Bay 1 (Zobrist, Brignac, D.Johnson).
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Haren (W 1-0) 72/3 4 1 1 0 6 110 1.23
Jepsen (H 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 8.10
Walden 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.00
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hellicksn(L 0-1) 52/3 6 3 3 2 10 99 4.76
A.Russell 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 8 4.50
C.Ramos 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 0.00
Jo.Peralta 2/3 2 1 0 0 2 22 0.00
McGee 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 8 6.75
Sonnanstine 1 3 1 1 1 0 15 6.75
IR-S: Jepsen 1-0, A.Russell 1-1, McGee 2-0. Umpires: Home, Gerry Davis; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Todd Tichenor.
T: 2:50. A: 11,836 (34,078).
White Sox 10, Royals 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Chicago pulled off a two-out rally in the ninth inning off Kansas City closer Joakim Soria, then the White Sox' Brent Morel hit a go-ahead single in the 12th.
Chicago 000 000 214 003 – 10 18 4
Kansas City 200 300 011 000 – 7 13 0
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pierre dh 6 1 3 2 0 1 .304
Beckham 2b 5 1 0 0 2 1 .364
Rios cf 6 1 2 1 0 0 .167
Konerko 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .333
1-Lillibridge pr-lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Quentin rf 6 2 4 3 0 0 .500
Al.Ramirez ss 6 1 3 0 0 1 .261
Milledge lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
a-Teahen ph-lf-1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250
R.Castro c 3 1 2 1 0 0 .400
b-Pierzynski ph-c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316
Morel 3b 6 1 2 2 0 1 .300
Totals 50 10 18 10 4 6
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Aviles 3b 7 0 0 1 0 0 .115
Me.Cabrera cf 6 1 2 0 0 0 .290
Gordon lf 5 1 2 1 1 2 .379
Butler dh 3 0 2 1 2 0 .364
2-Dyson pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 ---
Ka'aihue 1b 6 0 1 1 0 1 .174
Francoeur rf 5 1 1 0 1 1 .296
A.Escobar ss 6 1 2 1 0 0 .214
B.Pena c 6 1 2 1 0 0 .385
Getz 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .316
Totals 49 7 13 6 5 5
a-flied out for Milledge in the 8th. b-grounded out for R.Castro in the 9th.1-ran for Konerko in the 9th. 2-ran for Butler in the 9th. E: Konerko (1), Teahen (1), Al.Ramirez (1), Morel (3). LOB: Chicago 10, Kansas City 12. 2B: Pierre (1), Quentin 2 (5), Me.Cabrera (1), Gordon (5), Ka'aihue (2), A.Escobar (1). HR: R.Castro (1), off Francis; Quentin (2), off Tejeda. RBIs: Pierre 2 (3), Rios (1), Konerko (7), Quentin 3 (10), R.Castro (1), Morel 2 (4), Aviles (2), Gordon (4), Butler (4), Ka'aihue (4), A.Escobar (2), B.Pena (1). SB: Pierre (2), Dyson (3), Getz (2). S: Pierzynski, Dyson. SF: Pierre. RLSP: Chicago 7 (Milledge, Al.Ramirez 2, Beckham 3, Pierre); Kansas City 7 (Francoeur 2, Aviles, Me.Cabrera, B.Pena, A.Escobar 2). RA: Teahen. GIDP: Quentin, Me.Cabrera, B.Pena. DP: Chicago 2 (Al.Ramirez, Beckham, Konerko), (Morel, Beckham, Konerko); Kansas City 1 (Francis, Getz, Ka'aihue).
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Buehrle 5 8 5 5 2 2 86 7.36
Humber 2 1 0 0 1 0 39 9.00
Ohman 1 1 1 0 1 0 17 18.00
Thornton (S), 1-1 2 2 1 1 1 1 34 3.38
Sale (W), 1-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 32 4.15
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Francis 62/3 8 2 2 1 4 97 1.98
Collins 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
Tejeda (H), 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 12 4.50
Soria B (S), 1-2 1 4 4 4 1 0 27 7.20
Jeffress 1 0 0 0 1 2 15 3.38
O'Sullivan (L), 0-1 2 3 3 3 1 0 29 11.25
IR-S: Collins 1-1. IBB: off Buehrle (Butler), off Thornton (Francoeur), off O'Sullivan (Pierzynski). Umpires: Home, Jerry Layne; First, Bob Davidson; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Brian Knight.
T: 3:41. A: 13,360 (37,903).
Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3
TORONTO - Travis Snider hit a three-run home run, and Yunel Escobar had three hits before leaving with an injury as Toronto beat Oakland.
Jesse Litsch pitched 61/3 innings for his first win since July 20, and Jon Rauch got two outs for his first save as the Blue Jays won for the eighth time in 11 games against the Athletics.
Litsch allowed three runs and six hits, walked two, and struck out a career-high seven. Litsch missed the end of last season after undergoing hip surgery.
Oakland 000 210 000 – 3 6 0
Toronto 100 300 01x – 5 11 0
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Crisp cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Barton 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .222
DeJesus rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200
Willingham lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Matsui dh 4 0 1 2 0 3 .200
K.Suzuki c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .188
M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211
An.LaRoche 3b-ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .500
Pennington ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .182
a-Kouzmanoff ph3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 32 3 6 3 2 10
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
R.Davis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286
Y.Escobar ss 3 1 3 0 0 0 .474
Jo.McDonald ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Lind 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .381
A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .211
J.Rivera rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .071
Encarnacion 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Snider lf 3 1 1 3 0 1 .267
Arencibia c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .400
McCoy dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .400
Totals 32 5 11 5 1 4
a-grounded into a fielder's choice for Pennington in the 7th. LOB: Oakland 4, Toronto 4. 2B: DeJesus (1), Matsui (2), Lind 2 (2). 3B: Crisp (2), Y.Escobar (2). HR: Snider (1), off Braden. RBIs: Barton (1), Matsui 2 (3), Lind (5), A.Hill (5), Snider 3 (6). CS: Pennington (1), R.Davis (1). RLSP: Oakland 2 (M.Ellis, Crisp); Toronto 3 (J.Rivera, A.Hill, Encarnacion). RA: K.Suzuki. GIDP: Encarnacion. DP: Oakland 1 (An.LaRoche, M.Ellis, Barton).
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Braden (L), 0-1 7 10 5 5 1 3 89 6.43
Ziegler 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 0.00
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Litsch (W), 1-0 61/3 6 3 3 2 7 100 4.26
Rzepczynski(H) 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 27 0.00
Rauch (S), 1-1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.38
Braden pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. IR-S: Ziegler 2-1, Rzepczynski 1-0. WP: Rzepczynski. Umpires: Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Gary Cederstrom.
T: 2:18. A: 11,684 (49,260).
Tigers 7, Orioles 3
BALTIMORE - Alex Avila homered and had a career-high five RBIs to back an effective Justin Verlander as Detroit ended Baltimore's unbeaten run.
Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez also connected for the Tigers, who became the first team this season to score more than one run against Baltimore.
Derrek Lee hit his first homer with the Orioles and Vladimir Guerrero got his first RBI. But Baltimore came up short in a bid to match the franchise-record 5-0 start of the 1970 squad.
Detroit 020 220 010 – 7 12 0
Baltimore 000 201 000 – 3 4 2
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Jackson cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .150
Rhymes 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .143
Ordonez rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200
1-C.Wells pr-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .368
V.Martinez dh 5 2 3 1 0 0 .273
Boesch lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .400
Raburn lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .364
Jh.Peralta ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .278
Avila c 4 1 3 5 0 0 .286
Inge 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .316
Totals 39 7 12 7 3 5
Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
B.Roberts 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Markakis rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .353
D.Lee 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .222
Guerrero dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .200
Wieters c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294
Ad.Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .105
Mar.Reynolds 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Pie lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Hardy ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Totals 30 3 4 3 2 9
1-ran for Ordonez in the 7th. E: B.Roberts (1), Bergesen (1). LOB: Detroit 8, Baltimore 2. 2B: V.Martinez (1), Raburn (2), Avila (1), Inge (3). HR: Avila (1), off Bergesen; Mi.Cabrera (3), off Rupe; V.Martinez (2), off Rupe; D.Lee (1), off Verlander. RBIs: Mi.Cabrera (6), V.Martinez (3), Avila 5 (6), D.Lee 2 (2), Guerrero (1). SB: Avila (1), B.Roberts (1). RLSP: Detroit 6 (Inge, A.Jackson 2, V.Martinez, Raburn 2). RA: Jh.Peralta. DP: Baltimore 1 (Ad.Jones, D.Lee).
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Verlander (W), 1-0 8 4 3 3 2 9 108 3.86
Benoit 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bergsn (L), 0-1 32/3 5 4 2 2 2 89 4.91
Rupe 3 3 2 2 1 1 51 4.50
M.Gonzalez 11/3 2 1 1 0 1 25 10.80
Gregg 1 2 0 0 0 1 22 0.00
IR-S: Rupe 1-0, M.Gonzalez 2-0. Umpires: Home, Jim Joyce; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Derryl Cousins.
T: 2:51. A: 12,451 (45,438).
Indians 8, Red Sox 4
CLEVELAND - Asdrubal Cabrera had four RBIs, Shin-Soo Choo hit a two-run homer, and Cleveland kept built-to-win Boston winless at 0-5.
From Cambridge to Cape Cod, the panic buttons are glowing.
The Red Sox are off to their worst start in 15 years and look nothing like the team many forecast to be the last one standing in October.
Boston 020 000 200 – 4 7 0
Cleveland 210 004 01x – 8 8 0
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ellsbury cf 5 0 0 1 0 3 .143
Crawford lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .211
Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 3 1 2 2 1 1 .350
Youkilis 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .133
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263
J.Drew rf 3 1 1 0 0 2 .222
a-Cameron ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Varitek c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000
b-Lowrie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Saltalamacchia c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Scutaro ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 .067
Totals 34 4 7 4 3 11
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Brantley cf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .316
A.Cabrera ss 5 1 2 4 0 0 .286
Choo rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .100
C.Santana c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .368
Hafner dh 3 0 1 0 1 2 .368
O.Cabrera 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .316
T.Buck lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .182
LaPorta 1b 3 2 2 1 0 0 .267
Hannahan 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .313
Totals 31 8 8 8 4 4
a-flied out for J.Drew in the 8th. b-flied out for Varitek in the 8th. LOB: Boston 7, Cleveland 6. 2B: Ad.Gonzalez (2). HR: Ad.Gonzalez (1), off Herrmann; Choo (1), off Matsuzaka; A.Cabrera (1), off Wheeler; LaPorta (1), off Wakefield. RBIs: Ellsbury (3), Ad.Gonzalez 2 (5), Scutaro (1), Brantley (4), A.Cabrera 4 (5), Choo 2 (2), LaPorta (2). SB: Crawford 2 (2). RLSP: Boston 6 (Ad.Gonzalez, Crawford 2, J.Drew 2, Ortiz); Cleveland 3 (T.Buck, Choo, O.Cabrera). RA: Ellsbury, Pedroia. GIDP: Choo. DP: Boston 1 (Pedroia, Scutaro, Ad.Gonzalez).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Matsuzaka(L), 0-1 5 6 3 3 3 2 96 5.40
D.Reyes 0 0 3 3 1 0 12 16.20
Wheeler 1 1 1 1 0 0 24 11.57
Wakefield 2 1 1 1 0 2 18 4.50
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Talbot 41/3 5 2 2 3 7 102 4.15
Durbin 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 3 5.40
Perez (W), 1-0 11/3 0 0 0 0 2 17 0.00
Herrmann 1 2 2 2 0 1 25 9.00
Sipp (H), 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00
Pestano 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00
D.Reyes pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. IR-S: Wheeler 3-3, Durbin 2-0, R.Perez 2-0. IBB: off Talbot (Ad.Gonzalez). HBP: by D.Reyes (T.Buck, LaPorta), by Matsuzaka (O.Cabrera), by Talbot (Pedroia). Umpires: Home, Dale Scott; First, Jerry Meals; Second, C.B. Bucknor; Third, Dan Iassogna.
T: 3:24. A: 9,523 (43,441).
