Price on DL, Royals send Red Sox further on losing skid

BOSTON Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas homered off emergency starter Rick Porcello, who took over when David Price went back on the disabled list because of inflammation in his left elbow, and the Kansas City Royals beat Boston 4-2 Friday night for their seasonhigh ninth straight win.

The Red Sox have lost five of six and nine of 14, dropping out of the AL East lead for the first time since June 29 and falling a half-game behind the New York Yankees.

ANGELS 7, BLUE JAYS 2

TORONTO — Parker Bridwell pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings to win his third straight decision, C.J. Cron hit a two-run homer and Los Angeles beat Toronto.

RANGERS 8, ORIOLES 2

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre had two RBI singles to increase his hit total to 2,998, Elvis Andrus homered and Texas beat Baltimore.

CARDINALS 1, DIAMONDBACKS 0

ST. LOUIS — Arizona starter Robbie Ray was hit in the head by a line drive and driven off the field in a cart during the Diamondbacks’ loss to St. Louis.

ASTROS 6, TIGERS 5

DETROIT — Josh Reddick hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Houston Astros over Detroit.

YANKEES 6, RAYS 1

NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka took a perfect game into the sixth inning and struck out a careerhigh 14, pitching the New York Yankees past Tampa Bay for their fifth straight win.

BREWERS 2, CUBS 1

MILWAUKEE — Brent Suter tossed seven scoreless innings and Milwaukee edged Chicago, moving within a halfgame of the NL Central-leading Cubs.

MARLINS 7, REDS 4

MIAMI — J.T. Realmuto had three hits, including a tiebreaking home run, to spark a four-run seventh inning and help Miami top Cincinnati.

PHILLIES 10, BRAVES 3

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Altherr homered twice and Jake Thompson pitched five scoreless innings to lead Philadelphia over Atlanta.