A-Rod responds well to jeers

In front of a Texas Rangers crowd that booed him all the way, Alex Rodriguez decided to let his bat do the talking as he drove four-runs towards leading the Yankees into an 11-1 win over the Texas Rangers. This was the first time A-Rod had come to Texas ever since he admitted to taking steroids as a Rangers player between 2001-03.

Along with A-Rod, it was Phil Hughes’ night as well as he threw 8-shutout innings for the Yankees, giving away just three-hits and one walk.

In other baseball news, the Boston Red Sox began their 10-game road trip with a win over the Minnesota Twins as Jason Bay and Kevin Youkilis hit 2-run doubles to give the team a 6-5 win.

The Detroit Tigers saw Miguel Cabrera hit four of the 19 hits against the Kansas City Royals in a 13-1 win that set a new high in hits for the season. Justin Verlander helped the pitching front giving away just 5 hits in seven innings without a run. In their last 31 outings, the Tigers have won 23 games at the Kauffman stadium and are looking extremely good.

The Toronto Blue Jays are heading to the other extreme with 7 successive losses after a 4-1 loss to the Orioles.

It was Travis Bucks’ night as the Oakland Athletics won 6-1 against the Seattle Mariners with Buck hitting one out of the park and then scoring three runs.

The Chicago White Sox scored 14 runs in five innings to notch an impressive 17-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels, a game where Jim Thome went past Mike Schmidt to 13th place on the career home run list.