Astros add to lead on White’s walkoff
Tyler White homered with one out in the ninth inning to give the Astros a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics yesterday in Houston.
White, who also homered Monday, sent a pitch from Jeurys Familia (4-1) to the seats in left field. The Astros won 2-of-3 games in the series to move 21⁄2 games ahead of Oakland atop the AL West.
George Springer and Alex Bregman added two hits apiece and both drove in a run to help the Astros to their seventh win in eight games. Roberto Osuna (2-2) allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth for the win.
The Astros lost the lead in the seventh when Brad Peacock took over for starter Dallas Keuchel and struggled with location. Peacock walked Matt Chapman, Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis to load the bases before plunking Stephen Piscotty on the arm to tie it at 4.
Keuchel allowed eight hits and three runs with five strikeouts in six innings. White Sox 4, Yankees 1 — Ryan LaMarre homered and drove in a career-best four runs, Reynaldo Lopez stifled the Yankees again despite diminished velocity and Chicago beat host New York.
LaMarre hit a pair of runscoring doubles off starter CC Sabathia (7-5), then lifted a leadoff shot against Chad Green in the seventh.
Twins 4, Indians 3 — Robbie Grossman delivered a two-out, two-run single off struggling closer Cody Allen in the seventh inning to give Minnesota a win over host Cleveland.
The Indians placed reliever Andrew Miller on the 10day disabled list with shoulder soreness. Orioles 10, Blue Jays 5 — Adam Jones hit his second career grand slam, Trey Mancini had a solo shot and host Baltimore beat Toronto to become the last team in the majors to reach 40 wins.
Royals 9, Tigers 2 — Adalberto Mondesi hit a two-run homer and finished with four RBI, Danny Duffy allowed two hits over six innings and host Kansas City routed Detroit to sweep the two-game series.
After the game, the Royals traded slugging first baseman Lucas Duda to the Atlanta Braves for cash.
National league
Mets 10, Cubs 3 — Todd Frazier hit a grand slam and drove in a season-high five runs to lead visiting New York over Chicago and avenge a tough loss earlier in the day.
The Cubs had won a season-high seven in a row after pulling out a 2-1 victory on Ben Zobrist’s RBI single with the bases loaded in the 11th. That game was suspended in the top of the 10th because of rain Tuesday night. Phillies 8, Nationals 6 — Carlos Santana hit a grand slam and Jose Bautista had the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning to lead host Philadelphia to victory over Washington.
Philadelphia avoided a three-game sweep while winning for just the third time in the last 11 games.
Interleague
Dodgers 3, Rangers 1 — In Arlington, Texas, Alex Wood pitched seven scoreless innings and Los Angeles hit three solo homers while stretching its winning streak to five games with a victory over Texas.
Cody Bellinger and Manny Machado hit first-pitch homers off Mike Minor (107). Yasmani Grandal also went deep for the Dodgers. Padres 8, Mariners 3 — Hunter Renfroe homered and drove in four runs, Manuel Margot had a homer and prized rookie Luis Urias had his first three hits for host San Diego in a win vs. Seattle. Elsewhere in baseball — Angels slugger Albert Pujols is likely to miss the rest of his 18th major league season after undergoing surgery on his left knee.