Yankees tie mark in 5-HR inning

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees tied a major league record with five home runs in an inning and hit six overall in a 10-8 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night that extended their winning streak to eight.

New York set a major league record for most home runs in a three-game span with 19 and became the first team with six or more homers in three straight games.

Brett Gardner, DJ LeMehieu and Luke Voit homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning from Chase Anderson (0-2). Voit’s home run was his major leagueleading 20th. Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres followed with home runs that gave the Yankees a 9-2 lead.

WHITE SOX 4, TWINS 3: Chicago clinched its first postseason berth since 2008, rallying to beat visiting Minnesota as Eloy Jimenez hit a tiebreaking double that capped a two-run rally in the seventh inning.

RAYS CLINCH IN SWEEP: The Tampa Bay Rays clinched a return trip to the postseason, using a strong pitching performance to beat host Baltimore 3-1 in the opener of a doubleheader before cranking up the offense in a 10-6 victory that completed the sweep.

RED SOX 5, MARLINS 3: Nathan Eovaldi pitched five shutout innings and struck out seven, and host Miami stumbled in its playoff run with a loss to Boston.

ANGELS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homer and Mike Trout drove in two runs in host Los Angeles’ victory over Arizona.

GIANTS 6, MARINERS 4: Wilmer Flores hit a goahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning of San Francisco’s win that sent Seattle to its second home defeat played in San Francisco’s ballpark because of dangerous air quality in Seattle.

PIRATES 5, CARDINALS 1: Steven Brault pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer and host Pittsburgh snapped an eight-game skid with a victory over St. Louis.

INDIANS 10, TIGERS 3: Jose Ramirez homered twice on his 28th birthday, Shane Bieber took a shutout into the eighth inning and visiting Cleveland Indians snapped its eight-game losing streak with a victory over Detroit.

METS 10, PHILLIES 6: Brandon Nimmo had a two-RBI tying triple in the sixth inning and hit the go-ahead solo homer in the ninth to lead visiting New York to a win over Philadelphia.

DODGERS 9, ROCKIES 3: Corey Seager homered and had three hits, Edwin Rios also went deep and visiting Los Angeles beat struggling Colorado.