Orioles' 10-game win streak snapped by Tampa Bay
The Baltimore Orioles' winning streak ended at 10 when Christian Bethancourt hit his first home run for Tampa Bay and the Rays rallied for a 5-4 victory Friday night.
The winning streak was the Orioles' longest in a single season since they won 13 straight in 1999.
Ramon Urías homered twice for the Orioles, the first multi-home run game of his career, and Trey Mancini also connected. But Baltimore also left the bases loaded without scoring in the first and fifth innings.
The Rays trailed 2-1 in the sixth when they got four straight extra-base hits with two outs. Josh Lowe and Yu Chang doubled off Tyler Wells to tie it. Francisco Mejia greeted Cionel Pérez with a go-ahead double.
Bethancourt then launched a pinch-hit home run off the left-field foul pole.
PHILLIES 2, MARLINS 1 >> J.T. Realmuto had three hits against his former team, including a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning off All-Star Sandy Alcantara, and visiting Philadelphia snapped a four-game skid.
Alcantara extended his shutout string to 25 innings before consecutive runscoring doubles from Darick
Hall and Realmuto gave the Phillies the lead. The right-hander went eight innings and struck out 12. BLUE JAYS 8, ROYALS 1 >> Teoscar Hernández and Matt Chapman hit three-run home runs, Alek Manoah snapped a three-start winless streak with seven strong innings and Toronto beat depleted Kansas
City at home. Chapman and Raimel Tapia each had three hits as the Blue Jays piled up 16 total.
The Royals' Zack Greinke (3-6) allowed four runs, three earned, in four innings, losing to the Blue Jays for the first time since June 5, 2009.
MARINERS 8, RANGERS 3 >> Robbie Ray struck out 12 without a walk over 6 2/3 innings, rookie All-Star center fielder Julio Rodríguez hit a grand slam and visiting Seattle extended its longest winning streak in more than two decades to 12 games.
The only time the Mariners had a longer winning streak was their team-record 15 in row in 2001, their last playoff season..
RED SOX 5, YANKEES 4, 11 INNINGS >> Xander Bogaerts slid home on Michael King's wild pitch with two outs in the 11th inning, and visiting Boston recovered from a meltdown in the ninth to beat New York for its third win in 11 games.
All three of those Boston wins have come against the Yankees, who have the best record in the majors.
Rafael Devers, Christian Vázquez and Bobby Dalbec homered for the Red Sox.
WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 2 >> Tim Anderson hit the go-ahead home run in the fourth inning and Adam Engel tacked on a three-run shot in the seventh, powering visting Chicago to its fourth straight win.
GUARDIANS 6, TIGERS 5 >> Josh Naylor drove in two runs and Andrés Giménez delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, lifting Cleveland past visiting Detroit.
Giménez hit a two-out flare to left field off Michael Fulmer (2-4) that scored rookie Steven Kwan from second base. One batter earlier, Naylor knocked in Myles Straw with a sacrifice fly to tie it 5-all.
BRAVES 8, NATIONALS 4 >> Austin Riley, Orlando Arcia and Adam Duvall homered as Atlanta sent host
Washington to its eighth straight loss.
Atlanta improved to 9-2 against the Nationals this season and extended its winning streak in Washington to a franchise-record 13 games. The Braves have won six of eight overall, while the Nationals lost for the 14th time in 15 games.
ATHLETICS 5, ASTROS 1 >> Skye Bolt homered with a career-high three RBIs, Cole Irvin pitched six sharp innings and Oakland beat Houston.
Elvis Andrus hit a tworun single as the A's rallied from a one-run deficit in the seventh.
Manager Dusty Baker gave first baseman Yuli Gurriel and catcher Martín Maldonado the day off after the team arrived from a road trip.
CARDINALS 7, REDS 3 >> Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking homer and Brendan Donovan drove in three runs as St. Louis halted a two-game skid with a win over Cincinnati at home.