Francona still in CLE hospital
Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will miss at least a few more games as doctors try to pinpoint his medical issues. Francona remains at the Cleveland Clinic undergoing tests to determine what has made him light-headed and increased his heart rate over the past month.
The 58-year-old Francona was admitted to the hospital Tuesday. Bench coach Brad Mills again managed the ballclub for last night’s interleague game against the San Diego Padres, which the Indians lost, 6-2.
At this point, it’s unclear when he’ll be discharged or if Francona, a two-time World Series winner with the Red Sox, will manage the American League AllStar team next week.
Team president Chis Antonetti and general manager Mike Chernoff visited Francona.
This is Francona’s third hospital stay in the past month. He has been wearing a heart monitor for doctors to help evaluate him.
Cory Spangenberg hit a two-run homer and Luis Perdomo (4-4) won his third straight start as the Padres improved to just 1426 away from San Diego.
Cubs 7, Rays 3 — Jon Jay hit a pinch-hit homer, a tying three-run shot with two outs in the sixth inning, and Ian Happ hit a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh, helping Chicago rally past visiting Tampa Bay.
Mallex Smith (4-for-4) scored all three Rays runs.
Brewers 4, Orioles 0 — Matt Garza (4-4) pitched into the seventh inning and was followed by three relievers for the shutout, Keon Broxton homered and host Milwaukee completed a sweep of Baltimore.
Giants 5, Tigers 4 — Ty Blach (6-5) took a shutout into the seventh inning, and visiting San Francisco used five relievers and held off a late rally by Detroit to win.
Astros 10, Braves 4 — George Springer drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Josh Reddick and Marwin Gonzalez each had three RBI and streaking Houston beat host Atlanta.
American League
Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6— Dellin Betances (34) forced in the go-ahead run with four walks in the eighth inning, and Toronto rallied to beat host New York after wasting a fiverun lead.
Justin Smoak and Kendrys Morales hit back-toback homers for the Blue Jays. Kevin Pillar and Russell Martin also went deep.
Ji-Man Choi homered in his Yankees debut, and Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio’s team record for rookies with his 29th.
Athletics 7, White Sox 4 — Jaycob Brugman homered, and Jed Lowrie and Bruce Maxwell had two RBI each, as host Oakland topped Chicago, whose Matt Davidson and Todd Frazier homered.
Angels 2, Twins 1— In Minneapolis, Parker Bridwell (3-1) pitched six scoreless innings, Kole Calhoun homered and Los Angeles edged Minnesota.
National League
Pirates 5, Phillies 2 — Gerrit Cole (7-7) pitched six strong innings and hit a tiebreaking two-run single to lead visiting Pittsburgh by Philadelphia.
Rockies 5, Reds 3 — In Denver, Jon Gray (2-0) hit his first career homer an estimated 467 feet — the farthest by any Rockies player this season — and pitched effectively into the sixth inning as Colorado beat Cincinnati.
Marlins 9, Cardinals 6 — Giancarlo Stanton homered twice, recording his 22nd career multihomer game, and Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour also hit home runs as visiting Miami beat St. Louis.
Mets-Nationals, ppd. — The series finale between visiting New York and Washington was rained out, and no makeup date was announced.