Ex-Rox pick up Yankees
Edwin Encarnación hit a go-ahead grand slam, a trio of ex-Rockies beat up on their former team and the Yankees defeated Colorado 8-2 last night in New York.
Encarnación lined his 12th career slam in the third inning off Kyle Freeland, and first-year Yankees DJ LeMahieu, Adam Ottavino and Mike Tauchman poured it on in their first games against their old club. LeMahieu had two hits and two RBI, Ottavino struck out the side in a perfect relief inning and Tauchman had a careerhigh three hits, a stolen base and threw out a runner at home plate from left field.
Aaron Judge added a tworun homer, and J.A. Happ (8-5) struck out eight while pitching two-run ball over five innings for the Yankees.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone served a one-game suspension from Major League Baseball, a day after going viral for a profane rant aimed at a rookie umpire in a doubleheader opener against the Rays. Boone said the ban didn’t surprise him since he made contact with plate umpire Brennan Miller with the bill of his cap.
American League
White Sox 9, Rays 2 — Leury García had four hits, including three doubles, Reynaldo López won for the first time in six starts and Chicago stopped a seven-game losing streak by beating slumping Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
García became the first White Sox player to have three doubles in a game since Adam Eaton against Minnesota on Aug. 2, 2014.
Blue Jays 12, Tigers 1 — Marcus Stroman breezed through seven scoreless innings and visiting Toronto batted around in the fourth and sixth innings on its way to a rout of Detroit.
Teoscar Hernandez homered for Toronto, which scored four runs in the fourth and five in the sixth, sending 10 batters to the plate in each inning. The Tigers lost for the 26th time in their last 29 home games.
Indians 10, Royals 5 — Rookie Oscar Mercado went 5-for-5 and drove in two runs as host Cleveland won its sixth straight game, defeating Kansas City.
Mercado had an RBI double in the third inning and a run-scoring single in the sixth. He also scored twice.
Mercado is batting .423 (11 for 26) with three home runs and eight RBI over the last eight games. He was called up from Triple-A Columbus on May 14 and became the 12th Indians rookie since 1913 to have at least five hits in a game.
National League
Phillies 6, Pirates 1 — Bryce Harper’s go-ahead RBI single was one of 15 hits Philadelphia used to beat host Pittsburgh and secure backto-back victories for the first time since July 2.
Harper hit a seventh-inning single off Pirates reliever Richard Rodríguez (3-4) that scored pinch-hitter Brad Miller to give the Phillies their first lead of the game.
Cubs 6, Padres 5 — Anthony Rizzo hit a go-ahead grand slam and host Chicago overcame an early home run by Manny Machado to beat the San Diego.
Jon Lester made his 400th big league appearance and matched his career high by allowing 12 hits, giving up four runs in six innings.
Braves 4, Nationals 3 — Josh Donaldson’s bases-loaded single off Fernando Rodney in the ninth inning lifted host Atlanta over tWashington after Luke Jackson allowed a tying, two-run homer to Victor Robles in the top half.
Nationals left-hander Patrick Corbin couldn’t win on his 30th birthday while paired with catcher Yan Gomes, who turned 32. Corbin and Gomes became only the second pitchercatcher tandem to start together on their birthdays since 1900,
Cardinals 12, Reds 11 — Jose Martinez homered and singled during a 10-run rally in the sixth inning and visiting St. Louis overcame a sevenrun deficit for a wild win over Cincinnati.
Down 7-0, the Cardinals put together their biggest inning of the season on the way to their sixth win in seven games.