Price pitches Rays to win over Red Sox
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BOSTON — David Price outpitched Jon Lester and the Tampa Bay Rays broke a tie with Boston for the worst record in the American League with a 3-2 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night.
The Rays and Red Sox began the game even at 2-8.
Price (1-2) allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings.
He left with runners at first and second and reliever Joel Peralta ended the eighth by getting Jed Lowrie to fly out. Kyle Farnsworth worked a perfect ninth for his second save.
Lester (0-1) pitched well for his second straight outing but remained winless.
Darnell McDonald homered in the Boston third. Tampa Bay scored three times in the fifth. Lowrie hit an RBI double in the sixth.
Tigers 5, Rangers 0
DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning to left Detroit past Texas.
Texas slugger Josh Hamilton broke his upper right arm sliding headfirst into the plate in the first inning. He’s expected to miss six to eight weeks.
After Texas tied it a 4 in the eighth with a run off reliever Joaquin Benoit, Jose Valverde (1-0) worked a scoreless ninth and the Tigers broke through against Darren O’Day (0-1).
Brandon Inge led off with a single and moved to second on Alex Avila’s sacrifice bunt. After a walk, a strikeout and another walk, Cabrera ended the game with the single through the left side of the infield.
Twins 4, Royals 3
MINNEAPOLIS — Danny Valencia hit a bases-loaded single with one out in the 10th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a victory over the Kansas City Royals.
While the Twins’ bullpen pitched four perfect innings, including the 10th by Dusty Hughes (1-0), reliever Robinson Tejeda (0-1) failed the Royals.
White Sox 6, Athletics 5
CHICAGO — Alexei Ramirez hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Chicago White Sox to a win over the Oakland Athletics.
Ramirez also hit a three-run shot in the second inning and scored a run after drawing a walk in the sixth.
Chicago reliever Chris Sale (2-0) picked up the win with two shutout innings.
Daric Barton had four hits and scored a run, and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run homer for Oakland. Hideki Matsui, who entered the game hitting .182, had three hits, including a double, and drove in two runs.
Bobby Cramer (0-1) took the loss for Oakland.
