Orioles earn 15-inning win over Braves
Martinez’s homer helps Red Sox rally to beat Mariners despite monster night from Cruz
>> ATLANTA: Baltimore’s Manny Machado broke a 14-game homerless streak with a two-run shot in the 15th inning to give the Orioles a 10-7 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday.
Craig Gentry was hit by a pitch to open the inning and was sacrificed to second. Machado connected on an 0-2 pitch from reliever Peter Moylan (0-1) and placed it in the visitors’ bullpen in left field for his 19th homer. It was Machado’s first long ball since June 2, ending his longest homerless streak of the season.
Atlanta forced extras by scoring four times in the bottom of the ninth against Baltimore closer Zach Britton. He loaded the bases and allowed an RBI single to Ozzie Albies, a two-run single to Freddie Freeman and an RBI double to Nick Markakis, whose liner got over the head of right fielder Jace Peterson. Freeman tried to score but was thrown out at the plate.
Baltimore had taken a four-run lead by scoring six times in the top of the ninth against Atlanta relievers Dan Winkler and Sam Freeman. The Orioles got an RBI single from Danny Valencia, an RBI double from Jonathan Schoop and a Chris Davis sacrifice fly. Caleb Joseph added a run-scoring double, Steve Wilkerson knocked in a run with a single, and Craig Gentry drove in a run with a base hit to complete the rally.
JD Martinez went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs, including a tie-breaking two-run single with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, as Boston rallied to defeat visiting Seattle 14-10.
The Mariners blew a five-run lead for the second time in three games to lose their season-high fifth straight. They also wasted a big night from designated hitter Nelson Cruz, who went 4-for-5 with two homers and seven RBIs.
Jesus Aguilar’s second homer of the game with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted hosts Milwaukee past St Louis 2-1.
Aguilar blasted his 16th homer off Bud Norris (3-2), lining an 0-2 fastball on the outer half of the plate over the wall in right-centre. The long ball gave Milwaukee their third straight win.
Rosell Herrera followed a marvelous defensive play in the bottom of the eighth inning with a run-scoring triple in the top of the ninth as visiting Kansas City snapped a nine-game losing skid in blanking Houston 1-0.
Herrera scored Adalberto Mondesi with his drive to centre field off Ken Giles (0-2), who surrendered a leadoff single to Mondesi to open the ninth.
Herrera began the eighth by snatching a home run from Houston’s Alex Bregman, timing his jump in right field to make the catch at the wall. Bregman went 0-for-4 as his streak of reaching base safely was snapped at 31 games.