Red Sox top O’s in 11 innings
Judge powers Yankees to win; Stanton hit 55th home run
BALTIMORE — Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run single in the 11th inning, Mookie Betts had four RBIs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-8 Monday night for their ninth win in 12 games.
Xander Bogaerts homered and scored three runs for the Red Sox, who maintained their three-game lead over the second-place Yankees in the AL East and reduced to four their magic number for clinching a playoff berth.
Boston erased a five-run deficit with a six-run fifth inning and needed 10 pitchers to beat a skidding Orioles team that has now lost 10 of 12.
The Red Sox posted their major league-leading 14th win in extra innings against three losses.
Matt Barnes (7-3) pitched the 10th and Carson Smith got his first save. Miguel Castro (3-2) took the loss.
Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia left in the fourth inning after being struck in the face by a foul ball he chopped off the plate. He bruised his nose and was listed as day to day. Earlier this year at Camden Yards, Pedroia’s knee was injured on a late slide by Manny Machado. YANKEES 2, TWINS 1: In New York, Aaron Judge hit his 44th home run, Aroldis Chapman pitched out of big trouble in the eighth inning and the Yankees edged Minnesota to increase their AL wild-card lead.
New York won the opener of a three-game series that could serve as a preview to the AL wild-card matchup in two weeks.
The Yankees trail AL East-leading Boston by three games, and hold a five-game edge over the Twins for league’s top wild card with 12 to play.
Chapman replaced a wild Dellin Betances with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth. The lefthander struck out three-time batting champion Joe Mauer and retired Byron Buxton on a fly, then closed for his 23rd save. MARLINS 13, METS 1: In Miami, Giancarlo Stanton hit his 55th homer — and his first in nine days — while driving in four runs to help Miami beat the Mets.
Stanton’s homer total is the highest since Ryan Howard hit 58 in 2006. Stanton added a run-scoring single in Miami’s seven-run fifth.
PHILLIES 4, DODGERS 3: In Philadelphia, Aaron Altherr became the first big leaguer to hit a grand slam off Clayton Kershaw, leading Philadelphia over NL West-leading Los Angeles.
Kershaw (17-4) fell to 3-5 in his career against the Phillies.
BREWERS 3, PIRATES 0: In Pittsburgh, Brent Suter pitched five efficient innings, Ryan Braun homered and Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh.
The Brewers are two games behind Colorado for the second wild-card spot and 3 1/2 games in back of the NL Central-leading Cubs.
ATHLETICS 8, TIGERS 3: In Detroit, Tigers reliever Jeff Ferrell left in the eighth inning after being hit in the head by a line drive off the bat off Ryon Healy measured at 102.6 mph.
Ferrell never went down, and instead immediately jogged toward the Detroit dugout. He was taken to a hospital for a precautionary CT scan. He was alert, responsive and walking under his own power, the Tigers announced after the game.
PADRES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2: In San Diego, Hunter Renfroe hit a three-run home run in the first inning to lead San Diego to a win over Arizona.