Astros end Yanks’ home win streak
Justin Verlander pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, Kyle Tucker hit a threerun homer and the Houston Astros beat the Yankees 3-1 Friday night to stop New York’s 15-game home winning streak.
Hours after Aaron Judge agreed to a $19 million, one-year contract with the Yankees that avoided an arbitration hearing, New York was greeted with loud ovations by just its third home sellout crowd this season. Judge went 0 for 4 as the major leaguebest Yankees (52-19) lost for just the fourth time in their last 23 games overall.
Verlander (9-3) averaged 95.5 mph with his fastball, up from 94.8 mph coming in during his first season since Tommy John surgery. The 39-year-old righthander struck out three and walked one, lowering his ERA to 2.22.
DODGERS 4, BRAVES 1 » Trea Turner had three hits, including a home run, Freddie Freeman reached base three times in his emotional return to Atlanta and Los Angeles beat the Braves.
Julio Urías (5-6) handed the Braves just their fourth loss in June, allowing one run on three hits with nine strikeouts in six innings. Craig Kimbrel gave up a leadoff hit in the ninth to Matt Olson, but recovered with three quick outs to earn his 13th save in 14 chances..
METS 5, MARLINS 3 » Francisco Lindor homered, doubled and drove in four runs to lead New York past Miami.
Mark Canha also went deep and Taijuan Walker pitched six-plus innings of three-run ball for the NL East leaders. Walker (6-2) allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out five. Edwin
Díaz worked around two singles in a scoreless ninth for his 15th save.
RAYS 4, PIRATES 3, 10 INNINGS » Harold Ramirez scored Vidal Brujan with a game-ending pinch-single in the 10th, lifting Tampa Bay over Pittsburgh.
Brujan took second as Tampa Bay’s automatic runner and stole third against Yerry De Los Santos (0-1) before Ramirez’s hit.
RED SOX 6, GUARDIANS 3 » Christian Arroyo hit a tworun homer in the seventh and had three RBIs in his return from the COVID-19 injured list, powering redhot Boston over Cleveland.
ROCKIES 1, TWINS 0 » Germán Márquez pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings and Colorado prevailed in its first trip to Minnesota since 2017.
ORIOLES 4, WHITE SOX 1 » Austin Voth and four relievers combined on a one-hitter, Jorge Mateo had a heated exchange with White Sox starter Michael Kopech after getting nailed by a pitch and the Baltimore Orioles beat Chicago.
CUBS 3, CARDINALS 0 » Kyle Hendricks carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Nico Hoerner homered to help the Chicago Cubs to a win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
NATIONALS 2, RANGERS 1 » Josh Bell hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning, and also had a triple and double while scoring Washington’s only other run in his return home, as the Nationals won in their first interleague game at Texas in 17 years.
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Alejandro Kirk went 4 for 4 and homered for the third straight game before leaving with a bruised left hand in the seventh inning of the Toronto Blue Jays’ victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.