Detroit: Jordan Zimmermann ended his scoreless innings streak but Miguel Cabrera homered twice to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Zimmermann (4-0) gave up a run for the first time with Detroit in the sixth inning, following 24 1/3 scoreless innings. The run came when centre fielder Tyler Collins lost a flyball from Oakland’s Marcus Semien in the lights, and an error charged to left fielder Justin Upton allowed Semien to reach third. Semien scored after next batter Billy Burns hit a single to end Zimmermann’s unblemished start.
Collins seemed to take the brunt of the blame from fans, and responded with an obscene gesture to his own home fans.
Cabrera’s solo homer in the first and his three-run homer in the fifth helped set up the win.
Nathan Eovaldi lost his no-hit bid in the seventh inning but pitched into the eighth for New York without allowing a run in a series-opening 3-1 win at Texas.
The Rangers were without a hit until rookie Nomar Mazara, a day before his 21st birthday, led off the seventh with a clean single through the left side of the infield. After Mazara was wiped out by a double play, Prince Fielder swung at a high pitch for a double to right-centre before Ian Desmond grounded out to end the inning.
After Eovaldi (1-2) walked Mitch Moreland to start the eighth, Dellin Betances took over and promptly got Elvis Andrus to ground into a double play before Brett Nicholas hit his first career homer. That was the first earned run off the Yankees reliever in 10 appearances this season.
Andrew Miller worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save in as many opportunities.
Oswaldo Arcia led off the ninth inning with a home run off of Zach McAllister to lift Minnesota 4-3 over Cleveland. Brian Dozier added a two-run double and the heavily taxed Twins bullpen gave up one run over the final 4 1-3 innings to snap a three-game skid. Kevin Jepsen (1-3) pitched the ninth for the win.
Yan Gomes homered and Michael Brantley made his season debut with a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning for the Indians, who had a three-game winning streak ended. McAllister (1-1) gave up his first run in nine appearances this season.