Stanton, Yanks walkoff on M’s
Giancarlo Stanton lined a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Yankees erased a five-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-5 last night in New York.
Gary Sanchez tied the score with a tworun homer in the eighth, and the Yankees went on to complete their largest comeback victory of the season.
Didi Gregorius singled with two outs in the ninth and Stanton hammered an 0-2 breaking ball from reliever Ryan Cook (11). The slugger knew it was gone the moment he connected, and he took a little jump at the plate and pumped his arm before tossing his bat aside.
New York is a season-high 27 games above .500 with the majors’ best record at 49-22.
Astros 5, Rays 1 — Jose Altuve homered twice, including the last of three straight batters in the sixth inning, to lift host Houston to a win over Tampa Bay.
The game was tied in the sixth when George Springer’s 15th homer this season made it 2-1. Two pitches later Alex Bregman sent an 87 mph slider from Rays’ starter Nathan Eovaldi (1-3) into the seats in left field for his 11th home run.
But the Astros weren’t done yet, as Altuve put one on the train tracks atop left field for the second time to push the lead to 4-1.
Indians 12, White Sox 0 — Corey Kluber became the first pitcher with 11 wins this season and Jose Ramirez and Jason Kipnis hit three-run homers as host Cleveland routed Chicago.
Reigning AL Cy Young winner Kluber (11-3) allowed only a second-inning single past third base by Omar Narvaez and a third-inning walk to Charlie Tilson in seven dominant innings.
Interleague
Blue Jays 5, Braves 4 — J.A. Happ pitched a season-high 81⁄3 innings to win his fifth straight decision, Kendrys Morales hit a two-run home run and Toronto beat Atlanta for its seventh win in eight home games.
Happ (9-3) allowed four runs and six hits, walked none and struck out eight. He’s 4-0 with a 2.72 ERA in nine career starts against the Braves.
Happ retired 18-of-19 before Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis hit back-toback singles with one out in the ninth.
Reds 5, Tigers 3 — Scooter Gennett hit a tying two-run homer, and Eugenio Suarez also connected on the next pitch — a hit originally ruled a double but changed to a homer on review — as host Cincinnati rallied to complete a two-game sweep of Detroit.
Tyler Mahle (6-6) overcame a pair of solo homers to remain unbeaten in four June starts. The rookie has allowed a total of four earned runs while going 3-0 in the month. He struck out eight in six innings.
Athletics 12, Padres 4 — Light-hitting Franklin Barreto connected for a 424-foot, three-run home run, one of five long balls Oakland hit in routing host San Diego.
Josh Phegley, Mark Canha, Matt Olson and Jed Lowrie also went deep for Oakland.
National League
Phillies 4, Cardinals 3 — Odubel Herrera hit a tiebreaking, solo homer in the seventh inning, Cesar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and host Philadelphia beat St. Louis.
Yadier Molina hit a pair of homers for the Cardinals.
St. Louis starter Michael Wacha left in the fourth with a left oblique strain.
Cubs 4, Dodgers 0 — Jon Lester (9-2) won his fifth straight start, Javier Baez backed him with three hits and two runs, and host Chicago blanked Los Angeles.
The Cubs placed closer Brandon Morrow on the 10-day disabled list because of lower back tightness.
Giants 6, Marlins 5 — Brandon Belt had three hits, Gorkys Hernandez added a two-run single during a five-run sixth inning and host San Francisco beat Miami.
Derek Holland (5-7) had seven strikeouts and allowed three runs over six innings.
Brewers-Pirates, ppd. — The finale of a three-game series between Milwaukee and Pittsburgh was rained out at PNC Park. A makeup date has yet to be determined.