Stanton leads Yankees to victory
NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, CC Sabathia pitched six effective innings, and the New York Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Wednesday.
Aaron Judge added his 24th homer of the season in the seventh inning. He's now homered in three of his past four games.
Rookie second baseman Gleyber Torres left the game in the top of the fifth inning because of tightness in his right hip and will be placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right hip strain.
Catcher Kyle Higashioka also homered for the Yankees, becoming the ninth player since 1920 whose first three hits were home runs. Colorado's Trevor Story homered for his first four big league hits on April 4-6, 2016.
Sabathia (6-3) worked out of a couple of jams for the Yankees, who have won six of their past eight after getting swept in three games at Tampa last weekend.
National League East-leading Atlanta loaded the bases with two outs in the first, but the 37-year-old struck out 20-yearold phenom Ronald Acuna Jr. on an 88 mph cutter.
The Braves have lost their past two games.
New York took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Greg Bird's RBI single off Atlanta starter Julio Teheran (6-6), who lasted just five innings, allowing five hits and five runs. He walked four and struck out 10.
The Yankees got to Teheran again in the third.
With a runner on first and two outs, Aaron Hicks walked. Stanton then fell behind 0-2 before hitting a line drive to the right field bleachers for his 21st homer of the season to make it 4-0.
CUBS 5, TIGERS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Javier Baez stole home and Willson Contreras hit a tie-breaking homer and to lead the Cubs past the Tigers for their sixth straight victory.
Conditions at Wrigley Field favored the longball, with a game-time temperature of 92 degrees, a heat index of 102 and the wind blowing out.
David Bote hit his first homer while Detroit got solo shots from Nick Castellanos and John Hicks, but was swept by the Cubs in the two-game interleague set and has dropped 13 of 15.
Bote, playing third in place of injured Kris Bryant, smacked his drive into the batter's eye shrubs in straight-away center on the first pitch he faced in the second to tie it.
Contreras homered in the sixth and then added a two-run double in the seventh.
Chicago starter Jose Quintana (7-6) allowed two runs on five hits through six innings to win for the first time since May 31.
Detroit's Francisco Liriano (3-5) permitted three runs on five hits and five walks in his third outing —and third loss — since returning from the disabled list.
Brandon Morrow pitched the ninth for his 19th save in 20 chances.