Rays sweep the Yanks
The last-place New York Yankees lost their fifth straight game as Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking double off Gerrit Cole in the seventh inning that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-2 win Sunday and a three-game sweep.
Four pitchers combined on the Rays’ second threehitter of a series in which New York managed 11 hits in all.
Cole (2-1) was hurt by slipshod defense that made three mistakes in the third inning alone, two by center fielder Aaron Hicks and one by left fielder Clint Frazier.
Royals 2, Blue Jays 0 — Salvador Perez tapped his bat twice on the plate to make sure it wasn’t cracked, then sent the next pitch he saw from reliever T.J. Zeuch into the left-field fountains, breaking open a scoreless game and sending Kansas City past Toronto.
Rangers 1, Orioles 0 — Nate Lowe singled with two outs and the bases loaded in the 10th inning, giving Texas the win over Baltimore.
Athletics 3, Tigers 2 — Matt Olson scored from second base on a fielding error by Detroit third baseman Jeimer Candelario with two outs in the ninth inning, rallying Oakland past Detroit for its eighth straight win.
Sean Murphy hit a tying homer in the eighth as the A’s swept the four-game series.
Interleague
Indians 6, Reds 3 — Shane Bieber kept up his record strikeout run, fanning 13 and pitching Cleveland past Cincinnati.
Bieber (2-1) become the first pitcher in big league history to begin a season with four straight starts with at least 10 strikeouts.
The AL Cy Young Award winner has 48 strikeouts this year, matching Nolan Ryan for the most through the first four start of a season. Bieber has fanned at least eight in 16 straight starts, one short of Randy Johnson’s major league mark.
Bieber went eight innings, allowing three runs and six hits with two walks.
National League
Phillies 2, Cardinals 0 — Aaron Nola struck out 10 and threw a two-hitter for his first nine-inning shutout in the majors, leading Philadelphia past St. Louis.
Bryce Harper homered and had three hits for the Phillies.
Diamondbacks 5, Nationals 2 — Madison Bumgarner had his best outing of the season, allowing a run over five innings as Arizona beat Washington.
Giants 1, Marlins 0 — Alex Wood pitched five innings in his season debut and four relievers completed a threehitter as San Francisco scored an unearned run to beat Miami and avert a series sweep.
Mets 2, Rockies 1 — Marcus Stroman pitched eight innings of one-run ball and made a dazzling defensive play, catcher James McCann threw out Trevor Story attempting to steal second for the final out and New York beat Colorado.
J.D. Davis delivered an RBI single and Jeff McNeil had an RBI groundout for the Mets
Pirates 6, Brewers 5 — Colin Moran hit an early three-run homer, then had an RBI double in the 10th inning that sent Pittsburgh past Milwaukee.