THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013
MLB
PAGE 5B
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Perez homers twice, Royals handle Twins
Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez trots home with a two-run home run off Minnesota Twins pitcher Andrew Albers.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Salvador Perez homered twice, got four hits and a message to Minnesota pitcher Andrew Albers after a high-and-inside fastball, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Twins 8-1 Wednesday night.
Danny Duffy (2-0) pitched six 2-3 shutout innings hours after being promoted from Triple-A. Minnesota lost its fourth in a row.
When Perez came up again in the sixth, Albers threw an up-and in pitch that sent Perez tumbling to the ground.
Perez hit a two-run homer in the fourth, a 415-foot drive into the upper deck in left field off Albers (2-2) that made it 3-0.
The 23-year-old catcher, who missed a week with a concussion earlier this month, took his helmet off and pointed at his side, apparently telling Albers to aim lower if he's going to throw inside. Albers held both of his arms out and had a few words of his own for Perez.
Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt warned both benches. Perez then struck back by lining a single that whizzed over Albers' head.
Perez hit another two-run homer in the eighth, connecting off reliever Casey Fien in the eighth. Perez had his first career multihomer game. In 15 games against the Twins this season, Perez is hitting .410 with four doubles, three homers and nine RBIs.
Duffy was called up from the minors and replaced the struggling Wade Davis in the rotation. Duffy allowed five hits and struck out seven in his third start with the Royals since having elbow surgery last June.
Duffy has shuffled among Kansas
In three August starts with the Royals, Duffy has a 1.10 ERA and has struck out 17. The tall and thin left hasn't given up a run in his last 12 2-3 innings.
City, Triple-A Omaha and Double-A Northwest Arkansas as he comes back from surgery.
Chris Colabello whiffed on a changeup from Duffy in the fifth inning to set the record.
The Twins struck out 10 times and set the club record for strikeouts in a season with 31 games to go.
Justin Morneau hit his 16th home run in the ninth to prevent the Twins from being shut out.
Minnesota batters have fanned 1,127 times,breaking the previous mark of 1,121 set in 1997.
Alex Gordon hit a solo homer as the Royals beat Minnesota for the eighth time in their last nine games.
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Astros losing ways don't change against White Sox
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CHICAGO — Chris Sale struck out 12 over eight plus dominant innings and Avisil Garcia hit a three-run homer to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.
Garcia finished with three hits for the White Sox, who have won 10 of their last 12 games. Sale (10-12) bounced back from an embarrassing start Friday night against Texas in which he allowed a career-worst four home runs. Against Houston, he gave up only one run on four hits and left to standing ovation after allowing his second walk of the game.
After posting a 1.93 ERA while winning his previous three starts, Sale matched a career high by allowing eight runs over seven innings in an 11-5 loss to Texas. He said he was also embarrassed by how he treated home plate umpire Jerry Layne and the emotions he displayed in the dugout.
Sale was more in control Wednesday night. The left-hander struck out the side in the first inning then got Robbie Grossman looking to end the third for his seventh strikeout. He struck out the side in the fifth, ending the inning by throwing a 96 mph fastball past Jonathan Villar.
Sale had his 22-2-3 scoreless innings streak snapped when Chris Carter hit a two-out solo shot in the seventh to tie the game 1-1. It was Carter's 26th of the season.
Jeff Keppinger broke a one-all tie in the seventh with a sacrifice fly off Astros reliever Lucas Harrell (6-15).
got by a shaky first to pitch six innings in a no-decision, allowing one run. He pitched around seven hits and five walks with four strikeouts.
Sale became the first pitcher in White Sox history to have 12-plus strikeouts in four starts. He also dropped his ERA to 2.99.
Harrell then allowed back-to-back walks and Garcia followed with his first home run with the White Sox to put them up 5-1. Garcia was acquired from the Tigers in part of three-team deal that sent Jake Peavy to the Red Sox.
Astros starter Jarred Cosart
The White Sox loaded the bases against Cosart in the first inning with no outs. After Dunn struck out, Konerko hit an RBI single. Cosart minimized the damage by getting Garcia to bounce into a double play.
MLB
Reds avoid sweep. shutout Cardinals
four of five.
ST. LOUIS — Jay Bruce homered and had five RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds got a dominant effort from Homer Bailey to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0 on Wednesday night and avoid a three-game sweep.
The Cardinals lead the NL Central by a half-game over Pittsburgh after losing for the third time in 12 games, and the Reds are 3/4 games back.
The Reds came out swinging a few hours after Brandon Phillips' expletive-filled tirade at a Cincin nat Eniager reporter sparked by scrutiny of his .310 on-base percentage, and after manager Dusty Baker criticized his team for falling short while dropping
Bailey (9-10) capped a six-run first against Adam Wainwright (15-8) with the Reds' sixth hit and his first RBI of the season. He allowed five hits in 7-1-3 innings with seven strikeouts and is 4-0 in his past six starts.
The poor start was unusual for Wainrighwt, who matched his career worst with nine runs allowed and lasted two innings for his shortest outing of the year.
He had worked at least seven
innings his previous eight starts and was coming off a complete game against the Braves.
Phillips singled his first two atbats and struck out his next two trips while going 2 for 5.
The Reds also got RBIs from Ryan Ludwick and Todd Frazier in the first with another run scoring on a wild pitch. Zack Cozart got the first of his three hits when Wainwright failed to cover first.
Phillips singled and Joey Votto walked again to open the second, setting the table for Bruce's 26th homer on a 1-2 pitch. It's his third five-RBI game, one of them against the Cardinals in 2009.
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