Yankees come from behind for win over Athletics
NEW YORK » Left fielder Brett Gardner threw out Matt Olson at the plate with the help of a replay reversal, and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 Saturday on Neil Walker’s run-scoring single in the 11th inning.
Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman walked three straight batters around a wild pitch starting the ninth. After visits to the mound by both pitching coach Larry Rothschild and a trainer to check on a cracked fingernail, Chapman struck out Mark Canha, and pinch-hitter Jonathan Lucroy followed with a fly ball to left. NATIONALS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 » Stephen Strasburg struck out nine in 6 2/3 innings, and the Nationals earned their third straight victory against the NL West leaders.
Strasburg (5-3) allowed one run and five hits in Washington’s sixth win in seven games. The Nationals stranded 11 baserunners, but Bryce Harper and Anthony Rendon each drove in a run. CUBS 8, WHITE SOX 4 » Willson Contreras hit his third homer in two games and drove in three runs, leading the Cubs to the win at a rainy and cold Wrigley Field.
Contreras finished with three hits as the Cubs won their fifth in a row.
Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer in a fourrun first against James Shields (1-4) after the start was delayed 2 hours, 15 minutes. Jon Lester (2-2) allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings. RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 2 » Boston left-hander David Price pitched 5 1/3 innings to win his first start since being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Hanley Ramirez hit a tworun homer for the Red Sox, who have won 14 of their past 17 north of the border. Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts each had three hits. INDIANS 6, ROYALS 2 » Francisco Lindor homered twice and doubled twice to power Cleveland to the victory.
Lindor also scored four times. His third career fourhit game extended the All-Star shortstop’s hitting streak to 13 games.
Cleveland’s Michael Brantley had three hits, drove in two runs and broke a 2-all tie with an RBI double in the sixth. ORIOLES 6, RAYS 3, GAME 1 » David Hess pitched six effective innings in his big league debut, Jonathan Schoop hit two home runs and the Orioles beat the Rays in the first game of a doubleheader.
Manny Machado also homered for the Orioles, who shook off an early deficit to extend their winning streak to four games — their longest run since last August.
Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to serve as the 26th man in the single-admission doubleheader, Hess (1-0) gave up three runs and six hits. Mychal Givens worked 1 2/3 innings for his first save. TIGERS 4, MARINERS 3 » Matthew Boyd pitched impressively until the seventh inning and JaCoby Jones made a diving catch in the ninth to help Detroit win the first game of a doubleheader.
Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer for the Tigers, and Grayson Greiner contributed the first two RBIs of his big league career. Boyd (2-3) allowed three runs and three hits in six-plus innings.