Tanaka delivers Yanks
Masahiro Tanaka pitched six scoreless innings to extend his unbeaten streak to 13 starts, Miguel Andujar hit a three-run homer and the Yankees beat Baltimore, 6-3, last night in New York.
Coming off a three-hit shutout of Tampa Bay, Tanaka found his command after a 31-pitch first inning and limited the Orioles to a pair of singles and a double. Tanaka (92) struck out eight and walked two, lowering his ERA to 2.00 over his last five starts. He is 7-0 in 13 starts since an April 17 loss against Miami.
New York (68-37) moved 31 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2011 season, beating the Orioles for only the sixth time in 11 meetings this year. The Yankees are on their first three-game winning streak since four straight victories from June 18-21.
Baltimore (32-75) came in off its first three-game winning streak since mid-May.
Run-scoring singles by Gleyber Torres in the first and Greg Bird in the third built a 2-0 lead, and Bird hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth ahead of Andujar’s 13th homer.
Jace Peterson hit a tworun double in the eighth off A.J. Cole, and Peterson scored from second when Dellin Betances’ pitch went off the mitt of Kyle Higashioka for a passed ball. Andujar allowed the catcher’s throw to bounce off his glove for an error by the third baseman.
Aroldis Chapman struck out the side for the second straight game and got his 29th save in 30 chances, his 21st in a row.
Rays 10, Angels 6 — Tampa Bay broke through with a seven-run inning and beat Los Angeles despite Mike Trout’s 30th home run in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Trout’s homer, which came off Ryan Yarbrough in the seventh inning, made him the second major leaguer to hit 30 home runs and steal 20 bases in a season three times before the age of 26. The only other player to do it was Willie Mays.
Yarbrough (10-5) became the first rookie to win 10 games this season despite giving up six runs on nine hits in five innings. He took over in the second inning after Rays starter Ryne Stanek pitched the first.
National League
Nationals 25, Mets 4 — In the highest-scoring game in franchise history, Daniel Murphy hit two early home runs and host Washington kept pouring it on against emergency reliever Jose Reyes in a rout of New York.
Trea Turner, who apologized before the game to his teammates for homophobic and racially insensitive tweets he sent several years ago, had four of Washington’s 26 hits. Pitcher Tanner Roark hit a three-run double during a seven-run first inning.
The Nationals set the team scoring mark dating to their days as the Montreal Expos in 1969. It was the Mets’ most-lopsided loss in their 57-season history, worse than a 26-7 pounding by Philadelphia in 1985.
Reyes made the first pitching appearance of his career, and the 35-year-old infielder got tagged for home runs by Matt Adams and Mark Reynolds in a six-run eighth. Throwing a fastball in the mid-80s mph and a curve in the upper 40s, Reyes gave up five hits and walked two.
Giants 3, Padres 2 — Brandon Crawford singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 10th inning and visiting San Francisco got seven strong innings from rookie right-hander Dereck Rodriguez in a victory over San Diego. It was the Padres’ seventh straight loss.
Pirates 5, Cubs 4 — Gregory Polanco hit his teamleading 19th home run, Francisco Cervelli added his 10th of the season as host Pittsburgh held on for a victory over Chicago.
The Pirates won for the 16th time in 20 games by getting to Jon Lester (12-4) in the middle innings and holding on late.
Interleague
Tigers 2, Reds 1 — Matthew Boyd allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings, and Niko Goodrum homered in the fourth to lift host Detroit over Cincinnati.
Elsewhere in baseball — Oakland Athletics righthander Daniel Gossett will undergo Tommy John surgery today, two days after opening day starter Kendall Graveman had a similar procedure. Gossett is the fourth A’s pitcher to have Tommy John surgery this season.