Reds hand Yankees fifth loss in six games

May 22, 2012

Talat Zaki Hafiz

Oakland Athletics second baseman Jemile Weeks, top, collides with shortstop Cliff Pennington as Weeks makes a catch on a pop fly during their interleague game in San Francisco Sunday. — AP

BRONX, New York — Ryan Ludwick homered and drove in three runs Sunday and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Yankees for the second day in a row, 5-2, to finish off a three-game series.
Johnny Cueto (5-1) pitched into the eighth inning, outlasting Yankees ace CC Sabathia, and picked up the win after allowing two runs on eight hits and two walks.
The 26-year-old righty, coming off his first loss last Tuesday at Atlanta, struck out five. Sabathia (5-2) didn’t give up a hit until the fifth but allowed three runs in the seventh to lose a 2-0 lead. The runs included solo homers by Ludwick and Ryan Hanigan.
The 31-year-old lefty has dropped two straight starts and the Yankees have lost five of their last six games.
Miami 5, Cleveland 3: Greg Dobbs was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI to help the Marlins to a 5-3 win over the Indians in the finale of a three-game set at Progressive Field.
Jose Reyes was 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored and Hanley Ramirez knocked in a run and also scored one for Miami, winners in four of its last six. Josh Johnson (2-3) earned the win after holding the Indians to one run on five hits in seven innings of work.
Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 3: Alex Avila slapped a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning while Max Scherzer had a career-high 15 strikeouts as the Tigers defeated the Pirates, 4-3, in the finale of a three-game set at Comerica Park.
Scherzer (3-3) surrendered just four hits, two of which were solo homers, and walked only one batter over seven innings.
Washington 9, Baltimore 3: Stephen Strasburg clubbed his first career home run and was one of three Nationals with a long ball as Washington salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague series with a 9-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
In other games it was: Atlanta 2, Tampa Bay 0; Boston 5, Philadelphia 1; Arizona 2, Kansas City 0; Texas 6, Houston 1; Milwaukee 16, Minnesota 4; Chicago White Sox 6, Chicago Cubs 0; Seattle 6, Colorado 4; Oakland 6, San Francisco 2; San Diego 3, LA Angels of Anaheim 2 (13 innings); NY Mets 6, Toronto 5. — Agencies


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