Rizzo goes deep again in Yankees’ rout
Recently acquired Anthony Rizzo homered again, DJ LeMahieu drove in four runs and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
Rizzo’s solo homer in the fourth inning made him the first player in Yankees history with at least one RBI in each of his first six games with the club.
Rizzo became just the fourth player in the majors over the last 70 years to do it — Bobby Murcer drove in a run in his first seven games with the Chicago Cubs in 1977 and Jimmy Wynn (Dodgers, 1974) and Jim Spencer (Texas, 1973) did it six in a row, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Sent from the Cubs to the Yankees last Thursday, Rizzo hit his 17th homer of the season and third for the Yankees. He has six home runs in his last 10 games overall.
LeMahieu had three hits and Giancarlo Stanton drove in three runs for the Yankees, who routed the Orioles 13-1 on Tuesday. METS 5, MARLINS 3 >> Javier Báez hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning after scoring on a nifty slide in the second, and New York beat Miami to snap a three-game losing streak.
The Mets, who had lost five of six, let an early 3-0 lead slip away but recovered to maintain their 11/2-game lead in the NL East over surging Philadelphia.
Báez, acquired in a deal with the Chicago Cubs last Friday, put New York back in front 4-3 with an opposite-field drive to right off Anthony Bass. It was his 24th home run this season and second with his new team. ATHLETICS 5, PADRES 4, 10 INNINGS >> Matt Olson hit a two-run, walk-off double in the 10th and Oakland rallied past San Diego.
The A’s scored twice in the ninth with two outs off closer Mark Melancon to tie it at 3.
After San Diego scored a run in the top of the 10th to take a 4-3 lead, Olson came to the plate with runners on the corners and no outs.
Olson laced the first pitch he saw from Tim Hill (5-6) off the right field wall, scoring Mark Canha and Starling Marte, for the A’s major league-leading ninth walk-off win of the season.
RAYS 4, MARINERS 3 >> Randy Arozarena had a two-run triple in a three-run third and AL Eastleading Tampa Bay beat Seattle to avoid a season series sweep.
The Rays went 1-6 overall against Seattle this season.
Josh Fleming (9-5) allowed two runs and five hits, and Mike Zunino hit his 21st homer for the Rays. RED SOX 4, TIGERS 1 >> Eduardo Rodriguez struck out 10 in five shutout innings and Boston beat Detroit to snap a five-game slide.
Rodriguez (8-6) allowed two hits and four walks in helping Boston end its longest losing streak of the season. J.D. Martinez, Enrique Hernandez and Jarren Duran homered for the Red Sox.
Boston pitchers struck out 18 batters, with Matt Barnes getting two as he pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save. BREWERS 4, PIRATES 2 >> Pinchhitter Rowdy Tellez launched a three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning to help Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh.
Tellez is batting .340 (18 of 53) with five homers and 16 RBIs in 21 games since the Brewers acquired him from Toronto on July 6.