KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Aaron Sele allowed three hits in 6 1-3 innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Wednesday for Mike Hargrove’s 1,000th victory as a major league manager.
Ichiro Suzuki, who set the major league season record last year with 262 hits, was 0-for-4 and failed to hit safely for the first time in 20 games since Sept. 19 against Oakland. He reached in his first at-bat on a throwing error by third baseman Tony Graffanino.
Orioles 5, Devil Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Brian Roberts kept up his torrid start with a tiebreaking RBI single, and Miguel Tejada and Sammy Sosa also had clutch hits in a four-run seventh inning that carried the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday night.
Roberts went 1-for-4, and his run-scoring single off Mark Hendrickson (0-1) snapped a 1-1 tie.
White Sox 5, Indians 4
CLEVELAND – Juan Uribe drove home the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Wednesday night, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 5-4.
Chicago improved to 4-1 against the Indians and at 6-2 is off to its best start since 1991.
Twins 8, Tigers 4
MINNEAPOLIS – Terry Tiffee had a two-run homer and a career-high three RBIs in his first game of the season to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.
Jacque Jones also hit a two-run homer for Minnesota, which has won three straight games.
Tiffee, called up from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday to fill the injured Justin Morneau’s roster spot, went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Rangers 7, Angels 5
ARLINGTON, Texas – Michael Young hit a tiebreaking three-run triple and Chan Ho Park become the first Texas starter to win this season, leading the Texas Rangers over the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Park (1-0) gave up three runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings, struck out six and walked one. He had been 3-6 with a 5.38 ERA in 14 starts against the Angels, including 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA last year.
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