Kiner-Falefa helps Yankees top Padres in 10
NEW YORK » Isiah KinerFalefa hit a game-ending single with one out in the 10th inning as the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Saturday.
After Anthony Volpe hit into a double play in the eighth and Aaron Judge did the same in the ninth, the Yankees got their fifth walkoff win when Kiner-Falefa grounded Nick Martinez’s 2-0 pitch down the line just past the glove of third baseman Rougned Odor to score pinch-runner Greg Allen from third.
DJ LeMahieu, who had an RBI double in the first, homered off Padres starter Michael Wacha to tie it in the seventh as the Yankees avoided a fourth straight loss.
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered for the second straight game, and ninth time this season, for San Diego’s only hit in Luis Severino’s 6 2/3 innings. Ha-Seong Kim hit an RBI single in the seventh off Michael King.
DODGERS 6, RAYS 5 » Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 16 games, Max Muncy and Miguel Vargas homered, and NL West-leading Los Angeles beat MLBbest Tampa Bay.
Freeman finished 2 for 3 with two walks and is hitting .444 (28 for 63) with 18 RBIs during his streak.
Harold Ramírez hit the Rays’ major league-leading 100th homer, but Tampa Bay dropped to 25-6 at home.
Neither starting pitcher, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw nor Tampa Bay righthander Tyler Glasnow, made it past the fifth inning. Glasnow went 4.1 innings in his season debut after being sidelined by a strained left oblique. He allowed three runs and five hits.
RANGERS 5, ORIOLES 3 » Andrew Heaney pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, Marcus
Semien extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a pivotal two-run single and Texas beat Baltimore.
Robbie Grossman and Jonah Heim each had an RBI single for the Rangers, who have won 10 of 13. Their 3318 record is best in Rangers history after 51 games, and they passed Baltimore (33-19) for second-best in the majors behind Tampa Bay.
Austin Hays homered for the Orioles, who disappointed a crowd of 37,939 with a lackluster performance at the plate for the second consecutive game.
TWINS 9, BLUE JAYS 7 » Willi Castro had his first multihomer game, Matt Wallner homered among his careerhigh four hits, and Minnesota held off Toronto.
Edouard Julien also homered as part of a three-hit day, and Alex Kirilloff and Kyle Farmer each had two of Minnesota’s 14 hits.
Bo Bichette had three hits, including a home run for the second straight game, but the Blue Jays lost for the 10th time in 13 games. Daulton Varsho also went deep.
TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 3 » Zach McKinstry homered in a three-run seventh inning as the Tigers rallied to beat the White Sox.
McKinstry went 3 for 4 with a sacrifice fly and has reached base 19 times in the last seven games.
Detroit trailed 3-2 going into the bottom of the seventh, but McKinstry tied it with a one-out homer off Joe Kelly (1-3). Consecutive doubles by Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead.
Tigers starter Michael Lorenzen retired his first 17 batters before Romy Gonzalez lined a clean single up the middle with two outs in the sixth.
GIANTS 3, BREWERS 1 » Mitch Haniger hit a go-ahead tworun homer in the eighth inning and Logan Webb allowed one run over seven innings to pace San Francisco past Milwaukee.
J.D. Davis singled with one out in the eighth off Peter Strzelecki. After Michael Conforto struck out, Haniger sent the first pitch he saw from Strzelecki (2-4) a projected 419 feet to center field for his fourth homer.
Webb (4-5) allowed four hits, struck out 11 and walked one as the Giants won for the 10th in 12 games. Webb, who was 0-4 with a 4.94 ERA after his first four starts, is 3-0 with a 1.30 ERA in five May starts. Tyler Rogers tossed a scoreless eighth and Camilo Doval finished for his NLleading 14th save in 15 opportunities.
MARINERS 5, PIRATES 0 »
Luis Castillo struck out 10 in six crisp innings as Seattle blanked Pittsburgh.
Castillo allowed one hit — Tucupita Marcano’s double on the game’s first pitch — and walked two. The righthander earned his second straight win since dropping consecutive starts.
Pirates right-hander Vince Velasquez (4-4) came off the injured list but departed after two innings due to discomfort in his pitching elbow.
He allowed seven hits and walked one. The 30-year-old Velasquez also exited with elbow discomfort in his previous start on May 4.
ASTROS 6, ATHLETICS 3 »
Jeremy Peña hit a two-run homer in his first at-bat following a planned day off, and Framber Valdez pitched six stingy innings as Houston handed Oakland its 10th consecutive defeat.
Alex Bregman had three hits and three RBIs for the Astros, who have won 13 of 16. Houston manager Dusty Baker earned his 2,123rd win, two behind Hall of Famer Joe McCarthy for eighth on the career list.
Valdez (5-4) allowed one run and four hits with five strikeouts to win back-toback starts for the first time this season. Six days earlier, he pitched his second career shutout against the A’s.
Ryan Pressly retired three batters for his 10th save.
NATIONALS 4, ROYALS 2 » CJ Abrams hit a two-run double in Washington’s four-run sixth inning, Corey Dickerson got his 1,000th hit and the Nationals defeated Kansas City.
Dickerson sparked the big inning with his milestone hit
on an RBI double.
After starter Josiah Gray gave up two runs in four innings, Mason Thompson (32), Carl Edwards Jr., Hunter Harvey and Kyle Finnegan held the Royals scoreless — with Finnegan earning his 11th save.