Buchholz flirts with no-hitter in Red Sox victory

BOSTON, Massachusetts: Boston righthander Clay Buchholz took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and struck out 11 as the Red Sox blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Sunday at Fenway Park.
Buchholz had issued just four walks before surrendering a leadoff single to Kelly Johnson in the top of the eighth. He gave up one more hit before completing the inning.
It was the third consecutive superb effort to start the season for Buchholz, who has surrendered just one run over 14 innings.
Dustin Pedroia went three-for-four with a run scored to pace the Red Sox offense.
The Rays had three hits in the game and have scored just four runs over their past four contests. Tampa Bay has now lost five of the last six games.
Alex Cobb pitched 6 2/3 innings for Tampa Bay, allowing four runs on seven hits while striking out six Red Sox batters.
Yankees 3 Orioles 0: Hiroki Kuroda surrendered five hits in his fifth career shutout as New York blanked visiting Baltimore.
Brett Gardner banged a two-run homer off the foul pole in right and Jayson Nix added a sacrifice fly for the Yankees, who have won five of their last six.
Kuroda (2-1) struck out five and did not walk a batter. The veteran right-hander was hit by a comebacker in his first start and struggled with his command the next time out but had little trouble with the Orioles, allowing only one runner past first base.
White Sox 3 Indians 1: Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer and Jake Peavy struck out 11 in seven innings as visiting Chicago ended a five-game losing streak.
Peavy (2-1) allowed one run and five hits and didn’t walk a batter as the White Sox salvaged the finale of the three-game series and won for the first time away from home. Matt Thornton worked the eighth and Addison Reed pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
Michael Bourn went 3-for-4 and hit Peavy’s first pitch of the afternoon over the right-field fence for Cleveland’s lone run.
Mariners 4 Rangers 3: Raul Ibanez homered and rookie Brandon Maurer tossed six solid innings for his first major-league win as host Seattle edged Texas in the series finale.
Maurer (1-2) allowed three runs (two earned) after giving up 12 over 6 2/3 innings in his first two starts while Tom Wilhelmsen worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save.
Ibanez put Seattle ahead 2-1 with a solo homer in the fourth off Texas starter Nick Tepesch (1-1), who gave up four runs on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings. Tepesch escaped further damage when the Mariners stranded runners on the corners on Dustin Ackley’s groundout to second.
Texas, which scored first on Mitch Moreland’s run-scoring double in the second, took back the lead in the fifth when Elvis Andrus scored on Lance Berkman’s RBI single and Chris Gentry scored on a passed ball.
Tigers 10 Athletics 1: Austin Jackson homered and drove in three runs as visiting Detroit routed Oakland in the series finale.
Jackson had four hits and Torii Hunter went 3-for-5 for Detroit, which tagged Athletics starter Jarrod Parker (0-2) for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings. Anibal Sanchez (2-0) gave up one run with eight strikeouts over seven innings.
The Tigers scored two runs in the first and extended their lead in the second on Jackson’s two-run homer. Detroit added four more runs in the fourth, when Miguel Cabrera sparked the rally with a two-run single off Parker.
Angels 4 Astros 1: Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton homered to lift host Los Angeles to its second straight victory.
Hamilton had three hits and three RBIs and Trout had two hits and scored three runs for the Angels, who have won two in a row for the first time this season. Angels starter C.J. Wilson (1-0) pitched six innings, allowing one run and five hits to lower his ERA to 4.00.
Royals 3 Blue Jays 2: Alex Gordon delivered a walk-off single with one out in the ninth to lift host Kansas City to the victory in the series finale.
Chris Getz started the rally with a one-out double to right-center off Blue Jays reliever Darren Oliver (0-1).