Daily Times (Primos, PA)

More inside: Girardi ejected as Yankees lose third straight

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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. >> Corey Dickerson homered twice and the Tampa Bay Rays won their season-high fourth in a row, beating the New York Yankees 9-5 Saturday in a game that included three hit batters, three ejections and one animated argument.

Yankees rookie Aaron Judge hit his 15th home run, most in the majors. He also doubled and has a career-best eight-game hitting streak.

New York manager Joe Girardi used his hands to cover the plate with dirt after being tossed by umpire Scott Barry in the fifth inning. That came right after pitching coach Larry Rothschild was ejected by Barry during a mound visit.

Rays starter Matt Andriese hit Matt Holliday after giving up a home run to Gary Sanchez in the fifth. In the bottom half, Yankees reliever Tommy Layne plunked Dickerson, who had hit two home runs off Masahiro Tanaka.

Andriese (4-1) hit Aaron Judge with a pitch leading off the sixth and was thrown out. The 6-foot-7 Judge dropped his bat and calmly went to first. INDIANS 3, ASTROS 0 >> Mike Clevinger pitched no-hit ball into the seventh inning, and Andrew Miller and Cody Allen completed the three-hitter to give Cleveland a 3-0 victory over Houston. BRAVES 5, NATIONALS 2 >> Rio Ruiz, Matt Kemp and Tyler Flowers hit home runs and Atlanta again relied on its bullpen for a victory over Max Scherzer and Washington. ATHLETICS 8, RED SOX 3 >> Chad Pinder hit a monster home run, Khris Davis and Mark Canha also connected in the fifth inning, and Oakland cleared the fences four times in all to beat Boston for its third straight win. REDS 12, ROCKIES 8 >> Scott Schebler’s homer completed Cincinnati’s comeback from a five-run deficit, and the Reds ended a seven-game losing streak — their longest in a year — with a victory over Colorado.

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