Yanks come of age in victory
With a team full of 20-somethings, the Yankees played like seasoned veterans.
Luis Severino pitched three-hit ball over seven innings and the youthful Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1, yesterday in New York even as prized prospect Gleyber Torres went 0-for-4 in his major league debut.
The 21-year-old Torres, who stranded six runners, played second base and batted eighth in a Yankees lineup that didn’t include a player 30 or older for the first time since Sept. 29, 1989, according to STATS.
Didi Gregorius homered, No. 9 batter Austin Romine laced a two-run double and streaking rookie Miguel Andujar had a career-high four hits, including an RBI double, to help New York take 3-of-4 in the series from its AL East rival.
The 10 players who started for the Yankees, including Severino, averaged 26 years old — the youngest group they’ve fielded since Sept. 26, 1970, STATS said.
Astros 7, White Sox 1 — Jose Altuve hit a go-ahead single in a five-run seventh inning, and visiting Houston stretched its winning streak to six by beating Chicago on the eve of a highprofile AL West matchup with the Angels.
Lance McCullers Jr. (3-1) allowed one run and eight hits over six innings, Evan Gattis hit his first home run of the season and the World Series champions completed a three-game sweep by outscoring Chicago 27-2.
Indians 7, Orioles 3 — Jose Ramirez homered twice and drove in three runs, Corey Kluber won his third straight start and visiting Cleveland beat struggling Baltimore.
Royals 8, Tigers 5 — Mike Moustakas hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Kansas City outlasted host Detroit to earn a split of a fourgame series.
Rays 8, Twins 6 — In St. Petersburg, Fla., slumping Carlos Gomez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep by beating Minnesota.
Rangers 7, Mariners 4 — In Arlington, Texas, Martin Perez and Jake Diekman worked out of bases-loaded jams, and center fielder Delino DeShields had a homer-robbing catch in his first game back in the lineup as Texas beat Seattle.
Interleague
Giants 4, Angels 2 — Brandon Belt hung in for an epic 21-pitch at-bat before flying out, but later homered to lead Johnny Cueto and San Francisco over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
National League
Cardinals 9, Reds 2 — Kolten Wong and Paul DeJong homered, Mike Mikolas tossed seven strong innings and host St. Louis completed its second sweep of woeful Cincinnati.
Brewers 4, Marlins 2 — Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer, Junior Guerra worked five innings and three relievers did the rest for host Milwaukee, which completed a four-game sweep of Miami.
Phillies 3, Pirates 2 — Aaron Altherr’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted host Philadelphia to a victory over Pittsburgh. It was the Phillies’ first four-game sweep of the Pirates in 24 years.
Diamondbacks 4, Padres 2— Patrick Corbin struck out 11 in six innings to improve to 4-0 in five starts, and Arizona became the first team in 15 years to win its first seven series of a season with a victory over San Diego in Phoenix.
Cubs 9, Rockies 7 — Nolan Arenado was initially called safe when he tried to score on a bases-loaded pitch that bounced to the backstop, then was ruled out on a video review that ended a win for Chicago over Colorado in Denver.
Cubs star Kris Bryant left in the first after he was hit on the head with a 96 mph pitch from German Marquez.