http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/sports/ubaldo-jimenez-baltimore-orioles-two-hitter.html 2016-09-06 06:12:52 Ubaldo Jimenez Tosses Two-Hitter for the Baltimore Orioles Jimenez retired 25 of 26 batters after giving up a three-run home run in the first inning, leading Baltimore to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. === Ubaldo Jimenez threw a two-hitter for his first complete game since 2011, Chris Davis homered and drove in three runs, and the Jimenez (6-11) struck out six and walked one. He retired 25 of 26 — the lone base runner coming on a fourth-inning walk — after giving up Logan Morrison’s three-run homer in the first. “The sinker was great, especially after the first inning,” Jimenez said after his ninth career complete game. Davis hit his 34th homer, a solo shot off Matt Andriese, during a two-run fourth. Davis drove in two with a single in a five-run fifth that made it 7-3. The Rays slugger Evan Longoria left with soreness in his right hand. He was hit by a pitch in the first inning but remained in the game until being pulled after the fifth. The Rays said X-rays on Longoria’s hand were negative. Andriese (6-7) lost his seventh straight decision, allowing seven runs and nine hits in five innings. Brian Dozier hit three home runs for the Minnesota Twins, but the Kansas City Royals rode homers by Kendrys Morales and Eric Hosmer to an 11-5 win on the road. Jarrod Dyson had three hits and scored three times for Kansas City, which won for the second time in six games and stayed on the edge of the American League wild-card race. Dozier homered on the first pitch from Ian Kennedy (10-9), then hit a two-run shot in the third and a solo drive into the upper deck in the eighth. AROUND THE MAJORS The Carson Wentz era is now for the Philadelphia Eagles. Wentz, the No. 2 overall draft pick, will start the opener against the Cleveland Browns, despite missing the final three preseason games after injuring his ribs in the opener. “I’m very confident and I’m very excited to get this opportunity,” Wentz said Monday. Coach Doug Pederson made the announcement two days after the Eagles traded Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings for a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 conditional fourth-round pick. Chase Daniel, who signed a three-year, $21 million contract in the off-season, remains the backup. WATT IS SET FOR OPENER Watt returned to practice on Monday for the first time since having back surgery in July. Coach Bill O’Brien said after practice that Watt would play in the opener. He missed all of training camp and the team’s four preseason games after surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back. Amid last-minute confusion about which players were eligible to play for Kosovo, the team started its first World Cup qualifier convincingly with a 1-1 draw against Finland. Kosovo pressed hard on the Finns’ home turf with nifty footwork and quick passes in front of a capacity crowd in the southwestern city of Turku in Finland. FIFA kept the Kosovo team guessing about who would be allowed to represent the tiny country in its World Cup debut. Less than five hours before kickoff, FIFA approved six players who were already with the squad in Turku. Five of the six players, including goalkeeper Samir Ujkani, had formerly represented Albania, which borders Kosovo.