Jays end slide on six-homer win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Kevin Pillar hit Toronto’s sixth home run of the game in the eighth inning, lifting the Blue Jays over the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Wednesday night.
Pillar snapped a 6-6 tie with a homer off Tommy Hunter (2-5) to help the Blue Jays end a four-game losing streak. It was Pillar’s 13th homer of the season.
Kevin Keirmaier hit two home runs and scored three times for the Rays, who came back from 5-0 down to the tie it before losing for the ninth time in 12 games.
Ryan Tepera (7-1) got the win and Roberto Osuna got the final four outs for his 33rd save.
Josh Donaldson’s 22nd home run — and his sixth in six games against the Rays — got the Blue Jays off to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Ryan Goins, Raffy Lopez and Steve Pearce added solo shots off starter Austin Pruitt in the second, putting Toronto up 5-0.
RED SOX 6, INDIANS 1
CLEVELAND — Mitch Moreland hit a fifth-inning home run, Drew Pomeranz and three relievers bested Corey Kluber, and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians.
Moreland homered to right on a 1-0 pitch from Kluber (12-4), who allowed two runs over 7 2/3 innings.
PIRATES 1, DODGERS 0
PITTSBURGH — Dodgers lefty Rich Hill lost his perfect game on an error in the ninth inning, then lost his no-hitter on a leadoff home run in the 10th by Josh Harrison that sent the Pittsburgh Pirates over Los Angeles.
YANKEES 10, TIGERS 2
DETROIT — Gary Sanchez homered and drove in three runs, and Luis Severino pitched impressively into the seventh inning to lead the New York Yankees to another lopsided win over the Detroit Tigers.
PHILLIES 8, MARLINS 0
PHILADELPHIA — Mark Leiter Jr. allowed one hit over seven innings, Rhys Hoskins homered and drove in five runs and the Philadelphia Phillies rode that rookie tandem to victory over the Miami Marlins.
CUBS 9, REDS 3
CINCINNATI — Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer in the ballpark near his home, Tommy La Stella added a two-run shot while subbing for Kris Bryant, and the Chicago Cubs kept their second-half surge going with a victory over the
Cincinnati Reds.
ORIOLES 8, ATHLETICS 7
BALTIMORE — Zach Britton’s AL-record run of converting 60 straight save attempts ended amid the evening shadows of Camden Yards, when the Orioles closer blew a two-run lead and failed to get out of the ninth inning in a game Baltimore ultimately won in the 12th over the Oakland Athletics.
GIANTS 4, BREWERS 2
SAN FRANCISCO — The Milwaukee Brewers would have much preferred to leave for an important road series against baseball’s best Los Angeles Dodgers with momentum from a series win.
Instead, they dropped a pair of two-run defeats to the lowly San Francisco Giants.
MARINERS 9, BRAVES 6
ATLANTA — Taylor Motter replaced an injured Robinson Cano and gave Seattle the lead with a tworun single in the eighth inning, lifting the Mariners over the Atlanta Braves.