Yankees rally from 8 down to take down Orioles
NEW YORK — Matt Holliday hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees completed a stunning rally from an eightrun deficit, outslugging the Baltimore Orioles 14-11 on Friday night.
In a game of home run derby, Starlin Castro tied it with a two-run drive that capped a three-run burst in the ninth off Brad Brach. Then in the 10th, Holliday hit the eighth home run of the evening — five by the Yankees — with one out off Jayson Aquino (11).
• Red Sox 5, Cubs 4 — At Boston: Andrew Benintendi hit a solo homer off Jake Arrieta during a five-run first inning and Boston held on to beat Chicago.
Every Red Sox starter had at least one hit, and Hanley Ramirez, Mitch Moreland, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Christian Vazquez also drove in a run each.
• Braves 10, Brewers 8 — At Milwaukee: Freddie Freeman’s two-run home run snapped a tie in the ninth and Atlanta rallied from a fourrun deficit in the final three innings.
Freeman hit his eighth homer off Brewers closer Neftali Feliz (0-3), who was summoned to pitch the ninth in a tie game. Adonis Garcia led off the inning with a double and Freeman hit a 1-1 pitch over the wall in center field.
• Rays 7, Blue Jays 4 — At Toronto: Logan Morrison hit a two-run homer, Evan Longoria and Corey Dickerson added solo shots and Tampa Bay connected three times in the eighth inning to beat struggling Toronto.
Derek Norris added a solo homer in the ninth. He had two hits and two RBIs.
• Mariners 3, Indians 1 — At Cleveland: Ariel Miranda allowed two hits and pitched into the sixth inning, Robinson Cano and Ben Gamel homered, and Seattle defeated Cleveland.
Miranda (2-2) didn’t give up a hit until Jose Ramirez’s oneout homer in the fourth. The left-hander, making his first career appearance against the Indians, struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings
• Cardinals 7, Reds 5 — At St. Louis: Dexter Fowler and Jedd Gyorko homered and Yadier Molina short-circuited a rally with a bases-loaded pickoff to lead St. Louis tp its ninth win in 11 games.
The Cardinals moved above the .500 mark for the first time since winning its season opener against the Chicago Cubs.
• Angels 6, Rangers 3 — At Arlington, Texas: Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking threerun home run in the eighth inning and Los Angeles beat Texas.
Mike Trout also homered for the Angels, who led 1-0 after Yunel Escobar went deep on the first pitch of the game.
• Mets 7, Nationals 5 — At Washington: Josh Edgin relieved Mets closer Jeurys Familia with the bases loaded in the ninth inning and got Bryce Harper to hit into a game-ending double play, stopping New York’s six-game losing streak.
The Mets had lost 10 of 11 and put star slugger Yoenis Cespedes on the disabled list before the game with a strained hamstring. Travis d’Arnaud then homered twice and had five RBIs for the Mets.
• White Sox 7, Tigers 3 — At Detroit: Geovany Soto broke open a tie game with a two-run single in the eighth inning, helping Chicago beat Detroit.
Anthony Swarzak (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the White Sox, who won their fifth straight.
• Pirates 12, Marlins 2 — At Miami: Francisco Cervelli drove in three runs and Pittsburgh scored eight times in the second inning.
Jordy Mercer homered and had two RBIs, Josh Harrison had three hits and knocked in two, and Andrew McCutchen also drove in a pair of runs for the Pirates, who snapped a six-game losing streak to the Marlins.
• Twins 6, Royals 4 — At Kansas City, Mo.: Miguel Sano and Joe Mauer hit consecutive two-run doubles in the eighth inning and Minnesota handed Kansas City its eighth straight loss.
Sano also had a two-run homer in the fourth. He has eight hits in his last 11 at-bats.
• Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 1 — At Phoenix: Trevor Story homered and rookie Kyle Freeland pitched six effective innings, helping Colorado move past Arizona into first place in the NL West.
The Rockies (15-9) moved a half-game ahead of the Diamondbacks (15-10) atop the division in the opener of the three-game series. Colorado also ended a three-game losing streak.
• Dodgers 5, Phillies 3 — At Los Angeles: Kenta Maeda found his form during seven solid innings to lead Los Angeles past Philadelphia.
Maeda (2-2) entered with an 8.05 ERA and had failed to reach the sixth inning in any of his four previous starts. The second year right-hander struck out a season-high eight and limited Philadelphia to five hits, a walk and two runs as Los Angeles snapped the Phillies’ six-game winning streak.