Indians earn their 13th straight victory
Machado’s homer in 9th leads Orioles over Yanks
CHICAGO — Jose Ramirez hit two more homers, Austin Jackson also connected and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-4 on Tuesday night for their 13th straight victory, the longest run by a major league team this season.
Danny Salazar got just two outs in his return from right elbow inflammation, but Cleveland’s deep bullpen took over from there. Seven relievers combined for 8 1/3 scoreless innings as the Indians moved within one of their franchiserecord 14-game win streak last year.
Jackson and Ramirez hit back-to-back homers during Cleveland’s three-run first against David Holmberg (2-4). Ramirez added another solo shot in the second, and the AL Central leaders went ahead to stay on Greg Allen’s tiebreaking, two-run double in the third. Yan Gomes tacked on a three-run shot in the ninth.
Ramirez has five homers in his last three games. He is batting .500 (17 for 34) with seven homers and nine RBIs on Cleveland’s 11-game road trip.
Matt Davidson hit a three-run drive for last-place Chicago. ORIOLES 7, YANKEES 6: In Baltimore, Manny Machado hit a two-run
homer off Dellin Betances with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, capping a comeback that lifted the Orioles. It was Machado’s second homer of the game and team-high 32nd of the season.
RED SOX 3, BLUE JAYS 2: In Boston, the Red Sox won their own version of the Boston marathon, playing 19 innings and beating Toronto.
The game at Fenway Park took six hours and ended after 1 a.m. Wednesday. About 700 fans were left in the ballpark when Hanley Ramirez hit a winning single.
RAYS 2, TWINS 1: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Jake Odorizzi took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in front of a tiny home crowd, and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.
The game was played before a crowd of 6,509, the smallest-ever announced attendance for a Rays home game. Nearly 400 fewer fans attended last Wednesday’s relocated game between the Astros and Rangers at Tropicana Field.
TIGERS 13, ROYALS 2: In Detroit, JaCoby Jones and John Hicks hit two home runs and the Tigers had six homers in all in a victory over Kansas City.
ROCKIES 9, GIANTS 6: In Denver, Trevor Story homered, Nolan Arenado picked up his major league lead-tying 112th RBI with a double as part of a fourrun sixth and the Colorado Rockies beat San Francisco 9-6 on Tuesday night for their 10th straight win over the Giants at Coors Field.
The Rockies held off a late rally by the Giants to increase their lead to 2½ games over Milwaukee for the second NL wild-card spot.
Denver native Ty Blach (8-12) surrendered five runs over 5⅓ innings for the Giants. Blach made his major league debut at Coors Field on this day a season ago. PIRATES 4, CUBS 3: In Pittsburgh, Max Moroff and David Freese delivered RBI singles off Carl Edwards Jr. in the eighth inning as the Pirates rallied past Chicago. REDS 9, BREWERS 3: In Cincinnati, Robert Stephenson escaped threats while pitching into the seventh and Scooter Gennett homered during Cincinnati’s five-run rally in the bottom of the inning.
NATIONALS 2, MARLINS 1: In Miami, Stephen Strasburg pitched six solid innings to help Washington edge Miami. Daniel Murphy hit his 22nd homer for the Nationals, who have won seven straight against the Marlins.
PHILLIES 9, METS 1: In New York, Ben Lively homered and drove in four runs off Mets ace Jacob deGrom, and also pitched seven strong innings to lead Philadelphia. CARDINALS 8, PADRES 4: In San Diego, Jose Martinez hit two home runs, rookie Harrison Bader added a careerhigh three RBIs and Michael Wacha survived a shaky start for St. Louis.