Yanks rally, end Red Sox streak
NEW YORK — Aaron Hicks awoke a dormant offense with a two-run homer that sparked a five-run eighth inning, then threw out a runner at third in the ninth to help Aroldis Chapman get out of trouble as the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Red Sox 5-4 on Friday night and stop Boston’s winning streak at eight.
Hanley Ramirez and Andrew Benintendi homered off Jaime Garcia, and Eduardo Rodriguez handed a 3-0 lead to his bullpen in the seventh. But in the first of 10 key games between the AL East rivals in 24 days, Didi Gregorius and Todd Frazier followed Hicks’ home run with RBI singles, and Ronald Torreyes hit a sacrifice fly as the Yankees took a 5-3 lead and rebounded to close within 3½ games of the Red Sox.
INDIANS 5, RAYS 0: Carlos Carrasco took another no-hit try into the late innings at Tropicana Field, losing his bid on a two-out single in the seventh by Logan Morrison but leading Cleveland to a shutout win at Tampa Bay.
PIRATES 4, BLUE JAYS 2: Jameson Taillon pitched six innings to snap a three-start winless streak, Josh Harrison had two hits, and Pittsburgh won at Toronto for its seventh victory in nine games.
WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 3: Tim Anderson hit a two-run homer to cap a four-run, seventh-inning rally, Reynaldo Lopez pitched six strong innings in his Chicago debut, helping dispatch visiting Kansas City for its fourth straight win.
CARDINALS 8, BRAVES 5: Paul DeJong had two doubles with three RBIs, Randal Grichuk tripled and drove in two, and St. Louis held off visiting Atlanta to win its season-high seventh straight game.
REDS 11, BREWERS 10: Zack Cozart and Eugenio Suarez had three hits and drove in two runs each as Cincinnati built an early eight-run lead, holding on for a victory at Milwaukee.
MARLINS 6, ROCKIES 3: Giancarlo Stanton hit his leagueleading 40th home run as Miami defeated visiting Colorado.
METS7,PHILLIES6: AmedRosario’sfirstcareerhomerbroke atieleadingofftheninth,andYoenisCespedesandMichael ConfortoalsowentdeepasNewYorkwonatPhiladelphia.
TWINS 9, TIGERS 4: Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario homered and drove in three runs each as Minnesota extended its winning streak to six games with a victory at Detroit.