Yankees’ Stanton hits 300th HR
NEW YORK — Victor Martinez hit his second home run of the game, and Niko Goodrum followed with a homer off Dellin Betances in the ninth inning, rallying the Detroit Tigers past the New York Yankees 8-7 on Thursday night.
The Tigers, last in the majors in home runs, connected five times and ended a five-game losing streak.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 300th career home run for the Yankees, who have lost three of four. They finished the night 8½ games behind Boston in the AL East.
Luke Voit hit a two-run homer in the seventh that put the Yankees ahead 7-5.
But Betances walked Nicholas Castellanos with one out in the ninth, and Martinez lined a drive to right for his 12th career multihomer game. Goodrum followed with a flyball that curled around the foul pole.
CUBS 5, BRAVES 4: Tommy La Stella hit the first pinch-hit homer of his career against his former team, carrying Chicago to a victory at Atlanta in a matchup of NL division leaders Thursday night. Chicago stopped off at SunTrust Park for a single game before the start of a regularly scheduled 10-game road trip, making up a contest that was washed out May 17.
CARDINALS 5, PIRATES 0: Harrison Bader and John Gant hit back-to-back home runs, Gant pitched into the sixth inning, and host St. Louis beat Pittsburgh. The Cardinals have won 17 of their last 21 games.
BREWERS 2, REDS 1: Lorenzo Cain hit a home run off the top of the left field fence in the 11th inning, and Milwaukee edged host Cincinnati.
INDIANS 5, TWINS 3: Jason Kipnis hit a three-run homer that broke a sixth-inning tie and sent Cleveland to a win over visiting Minnesota.
MARINERS 7, ATHLETICS 1: Wade LeBlanc pitched seven scoreless innings, Mitch Haniger hit his 23rd home run, and Seattle won at Oakland.
RED SOX 9, WHITE SOX 4: Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a sacrifice fly in Boston's four-run seventh inning and a tiebreaking single in the ninth, helping the Red Sox beat host Chicago. DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODGERS 1: Robbie Ray struck out nine over 51⁄3 innings, David Peralta hit a three-run homer, and Arizona beat host Los Angeles.