Beckett (2-1) held Toronto to one run in seven innings Saturday as host Boston beat the Blue Jays, 4-1. Jed Lowrie hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox, who are 3-10, still the worst in the majors.
Beckett (2-1) had nine strikeouts and he allowed two base runners in an inning only once. Through three starts, Beckett has a 1.80 earned run average. Last season, Beckett missed two months with a strained back and went 6-6 with a 5.78 E.R.A.
“I definitely pushed myself a little bit more; I definitely felt good today,” he said. “That was one of the things where on a day game like today, where maybe the energy is down a little bit — that’s a way of picking myself up.”
The victory ended Boston’s three-game losing streak.
RAYS 4, TWINS 3 Ben Zobrist led off the bottom of the ninth with a tying home run against Minnesota closer Joe Nathan (0-1), and Johnny Damon ended the game with a two-out, bases-loaded single, giving host Tampa Bay its fifth straight victory. Damon, though hitting just .218, has driven in 12 runs.
The blown save was Nathan’s second of the series.
INDIANS 8, ORIOLES 3 Josh Tomlin (3-0) pitched six innings and Orlando Cabrera drove in four runs for Cleveland, which won its sixth straight at home and sent Baltimore to its sixth straight loss.
In the last 12 games, Indians starters are 8-1 with a 1.91 E.R.A. Cleveland’s 10-4 start is its best in nine years.
ROYALS 7, MARINERS 0 Alex Gordon had three hits, increasing his league-leading total to 22 and extending his hitting streak to 10 games, as host Kansas City beat Seattle for the third straight day. Sean O’Sullivan (1-1) threw five scoreless innings in his first start.
The Mariners stranded 11 runners, committed two errors and allowed three unearned runs, all charged to Felix Hernandez (1-2).
ANGELS 7, WHITE SOX 2 Tyler Chatwood, a 21-year-old in his second career start, pitched seven impressive innings for his first victory, and Hank Conger hit a three-run homer for visiting Los Angeles.
Chatwood allowed five hits and one run, on Carlos Quentin’s 100th career home run.
GIANTS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Freddy Sanchez doubled in the tying run in the sixth inning, then put visiting San Francisco up for good with a two-run single in the seventh.
Giants starter Barry Zito left after spraining his right foot lunging for a bunt in the second inning. The Giants said X-rays were negative, but Zito was on crutches after the game, and a magnetic resonance imaging test was planned.
REDS 11, PIRATES 2 Ramon Hernandez of host Cincinnati hit his sixth career grand slam during a seven-run fifth inning against James McDonald, breaking a 2-2 tie and sending Pittsburgh to its fifth loss in six games.
CUBS 8, ROCKIES 3 Casey Coleman pitched into the sixth, scattering four hits, and Starlin Castro went 4 for 5 with a three-run homer as Chicago ended host Colorado’s winning streak at seven.
ASTROS 5, PADRES 3 Joe Inglett’s pinch-hit single broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning for host Houston. Inglett, acquired from Tampa Bay in March, had had one hit in his first 12 at-bats with the Astros.
SIZEMORE READY TO RETURN Cleveland outfielder Grady Sizemore, who had microfracture surgery on his left knee in June, could be activated from the disabled list in the next two days and return to the lineup. Manager Manny Acta declined to specify the day. “We don’t know when, but it’s going to be soon,” Acta said.
NATIONALS PROSPECT DIES Shortstop Yewri Guillen, an 18-year-old Washington prospect, died Thursday of bacterial meningitis in the Dominican Republic, prompting the team to protect other players at its training academy there.
Guillen first showed symptoms of the disease around Monday, according to Dr. Wiemi Douoguih, the Nationals’ medical director. He said the team was still trying to determine how Guillen contracted the disease.
Douoguih said that other players at the academy were not at risk and that the Nationals were assessing what they could do to prevent a recurrence. It is unclear whether Guillen was in contact with other players at the academy.
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