Semien HR gives Jays win

Marcus Semien hit a gameending three-run homer in the ninth inning after Loudes Gurriel Jr. hit a tying grand slam in the eighth and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied three times to stun the Oakland Athletics 11-10 on Friday night.

Semien connected off Sergio Romo for his 34th home run of the season, sparking a wild celebration at home plate.

Toronto’s Teoscar Hernández hit a tying two-run homer in the fourth before Oakland pulled away for an 8-2 lead. Gurriel’s slam capped a six-run eighth inning against Lou Trivino and Yusmeiro Petit to tie it again.

Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano gave up Mark Canha’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth before Romo allowed a single, a double and Semien’s shot.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. fueled the eighth-inning surge with an RBI single off Trivino, who left after loading the bases. Petit came on and walked Alejandro Kirk, then gave up a first-pitch homer to Gurriel. Gurriel is the fourth player in Blue Jays history to hit three grand slams in a season, joining Carlos Delgado, Edwin Encarnacion and Darrin Fletcher.

Rays 5, Twins 3 — Michael Wacha struck out seven over six innings, Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI triple during a three-run second and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota,

The AL East-leading Rays had lost two straight following a nine-game winning streak.

Wacha gave up two runs and three hits, including two homers. He was 0-2 with a 6.99 ERA in his previous eight starts. Andrew Kittredge, the third Tampa Bay reliever, worked the ninth to get his sixth save.

Jorge Polanco and Ryan Jeffers homered for the Twins.

Yankees 4, Orioles 3 — Giancarlo Stanton led off the 11th inning with an RBI single and New York came back to edge Baltimore.

Stanton also homered as the Yankees remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Boston in the the race for the first AL wild card.

Yankees reliever Clay Holmes wriggled out of a firstand-third, none-out jam in the top of the 11th.

Stanton, whose homer in the fourth provided the Yankees’ first hit against Orioles starter John Means, grounded a 2-1 pitch from Dillon Tate up the middle, easily scoring automatic runner Aaron Judge from second with the winning run.

National League

Marlins 10, Phillies 3 — Miguel Rojas had two hits and three RBI during during a seven-run sixth inning and Miami ended Philadelphia’s six-game winning streak.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubled and tripled and Jesús Sánchez homered for the Marlins.

Cubs 6, Marlins 5 — Chicago manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer missed the Cubs’ victory over Pittsburgh after testing positive for COVID-19.

Michael Hermosillo homered and drove in three runs, leading Chicago to its fourth consecutive victory. Frank Schwindel also connected, and Ian Happ had three more hits on a wet afternoon at Wrigley Field.