INTERLEAGUE
Final Kansas City 6 Miami 2
Final Arizona 7 Baltimore 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Oakland 5 Toronto 1
*** Final Texas 2 Houston 1
Final N-Y Yankees 2 L.A. Angels 1
Final Minnesota 3 Cleveland 0
Final Chi White Sox 6 Detroit 2
***Yu Darvish was nearly perfect against the Astros once again, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and striking out a career-high 15 to
lead the Texas Rangers over Houston 2-1 Monday for their eighth straight win. Darvish dominated the Astros until Carlos Corporan homered with one out in the
eighth inning for Houston’s only hit.
Until the homer, Houston’s lone runner came when rookie Jonathan Villar drew a two-out walk in the sixth on a full-count pitch. Texas catcher A.J. Pierzynski
was ejected for arguing with plate umpire Ron Kulpa on ball four, a breaking pitch he called low.
In early April, Darvish was one out away from a perfect game at Minute Maid Park before Marwin Gonzalez singled between his legs. This time, Darvish was equally sharp. He left after eight innings, having increased his major league-leading strikeout total to 207.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 1
Final Cincinnati 2 Chi Cubs 0
Final Colorado 14 San Diego 2
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 N-Y Mets 2