San Antonio Express-News

Yankees tie mark in 5-HR inning

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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 win 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.

WHITE SOX 4, TWINS 3: Chicago clinched its first postseason berth since 2008, beating visiting Minnesota.

RAYS CLINCH IN SWEEP: The Tampa Bay Rays clinched a return trip to the postseason, beating host Baltimore 3-1 in the opener of a doublehead­er before cranking up the offense in a 10-6 victory.

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.

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.

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

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, and visiting Los Angeles beat Colorado.

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