Paredes hits 3 homers, Rays hand Yankees third loss in 20 games
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. » Isaac Paredes homered in his first three at-bats and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 5-4 on Tuesday night, handing New York only its third loss in 20 games.
Paredes, who had four RBIs, combined with Harold Ramirez for backto-back homers in the first off Nestor Cortes, then put the Rays ahead 3-2 in the third and added a two-run drive in the fifth on the first pitch after Clarke Schmidt relieved.
The Rays led 5-2 before Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth off Colin Poche, who got his fifth save when pinch-hitter Aaron Judge flied out to the leftfield warning track.
Shawn Armstrong (1-1), the second of seven Tampa Bay pitchers, got his first win for the Rays despite giving up DJ LeMahieu’s tying, two-run single in the second.
Cortes (6-3) allowed four runs and six hits in 4.1 innings, giving up three homers for the first time in his major league career.
DODGERS 8, REDS 2 » Tony Gonsolin became the first pitcher in the majors to win nine games, Freddie Freeman drove in five runs and Los Angeles beat Cincinnati.
Gonsolin (9-0) gave up two runs on solo homers by Jonathan India and Albert Almora Jr. but only allowed one other hit through five innings and 87 pitches. The righty has a 1.58 ERA.
Freeman had a two-run double and a bases-loaded triple.
PIRATES 7, CUBS 1 » Bligh Madris hit his first major league home run and fellow rookie Roansy Contreras pitched five solid innings to lead Pittsburgh past Chicago.
Madris hit solo shot to right-center field off Mark Leiter Jr. in the sixth inning to close the scoring.
Contreras (2-1) allowed one run and four hits while striking out three and walking two.
Cubs rookie Matt Swarmer (1-3) permitted five runs — four earned — and five hits in four innings while losing his third straight start.
NATIONALS 3, ORIOLES 0 » Erick Fedde allowed two hits over six innings, and Washington beat Baltimore for its second straight victory following an eight-game skid.
César Hernández doubled on the game’s first pitch from Jordan Lyles (4-6) and scored on a double by Nelson Cruz to put Washington in front. Hernández added an RBI grounder in the second inning.
Fedde (5-5) struck out four, walked one and did not allow a runner past first base.
RED SOX 5, TIGERS 4 » Trevor Story hit a three-run homer out of Fenway Park, Christian Vázquez added a solo shot for a key run in the seventh inning and Boston beat Detroit.
Boston, wearing unusual yellow jerseys with blue trim, went ahead 4-3 in the fourth when Story put a hanging
a slider from rookie Beau Brieske (1-6) on Lansdowne Street for his 11th homer this season.
Vázquez lined Andrew Chafin’s first pitch into the Green Monster seats for a 5-3 lead in the seventh.
Matt Strahm allowed Jonathan Schoop’s leadoff homer in the ninth. John Schreiber got his second save when Miguel Cabrera hit a game-ending groundout with a man on.
Dodgers acquire Thompson, NBA star Klay’s brother
LOS ANGELES » The Los Angeles Dodgers added outfielder Trayce Thompson to the active roster on Tuesday after acquiring him from the Detroit Tigers for cash.
Thompson returns to the Dodgers after spending parts of the 2016 and 2017 seasons with them. He hit .207 with 14 home runs and 34 RBI in 107 games over that span.
The 31-year-old outfielder, whose older brother, Klay, plays for the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, began this season with San Diego. Thompson went 1 for 14 with two RBI in six games before being cut on May 10.