Blue Jays 6, Twins 1
TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Drabek pitched seven innings of one-hit ball to earn first major league win, and Jose Molina and Jayson Nix hit solo home runs for Toronto.
Drabek (1-0) didn’t allow a hit until Denard Span’s one-out single to left in the sixth. He allowed one run, walked three and struck out a career-high seven.
Shawn Camp pitched the eighth and Marc Rzepczynski worked the ninth for the Blue Jays.
Toronto chased Francisco Liriano (0-1) in the fifth. He was charged with four runs and four hits with five walks and three strikeouts, becoming the second Twins starter in as many days to fail to pitch out of the fifth. Carl Pavano went four-plus in Friday’s 13-3 loss to the Twins.
Orioles 3, Rays 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chris Tillman held Tampa Bay hitless for six innings and Nick Markakis made a leaping catch at the wall in the ninth to preserve the win for Baltimore.
Tillman lost his bid for a no-hitter when manager Buck Showalter lifted him after the 22-year-old right-hander threw 101 pitches. B.J. Upton lined a two-out single off Jeremy Accardo (1-0) for Tampa Bay’s first hit with two outs in the seventh.
Brian Roberts snapped a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the eighth off Jake McGee after Mark Reynolds singled and J.J. Hardy walked against Rays starter James Shields (0-1).
With two runners on base, Ben Zobrist hit a drive to right and Markakis, taking a running leap into the padded wall, made the game-ending catch.
Tillman walked three and struck out five, and Kevin Gregg earned his first save.
White Sox 8, Indians 3
CLEVELAND — Edwin Jackson extended his mastery of Cleveland, and Gordon Beckham and Carlos Quentin had two RBIs apiece for Chicago.
Jackson, 8-0 in his last nine starts against Cleveland, allowed two earned runs and five hits in six innings. He had one shaky frame, and that wasn’t all his fault as two errors on one play by third baseman Brent Morel helped the Indians score two in the second.
Chicago jumped out to a 5-0 lead in two innings against Carlos Carrasco (0-1), who recovered and hung around until the seventh.
Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland.
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