San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
Yanks’ Cole dominates Orioles, gets the loss
New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had a dominating start go awry in a nightmarish sixth inning against the host Baltimore Orioles, who got a slumpbreaking homer from DJ Stewart before tacking on four unearned runs in a 61 victory Saturday night.
Cole (43) lost a third straight start for the first time since July 30Aug. 10, 2018, with Houston. Prior to this skid, the righthander had reeled off 20 straight regularseason victories.
Cole struck out eight of the first nine batters he faced, the exception a grounder to shortstop by Ryan Mountcastle.
But the Yankees could not get to Baltimore rookie Keegan Akin, so the game was 00 into the bottom of the sixth.
Stewart was 0for17 this season before leading off with a drive over the rightfield wall. A throwing error by third baseman Thairo Estrada preceded two walks and a tworun single by Mountcastle, and Rio Ruiz capped the uprising with a tworun double.
“It’s a fickle game. It can change quickly,” Cole said.
Cole finished with 10 strikeouts in six innings. He allowed four hits and just one earned run.
Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 8: Xander Bogaerts hit a tying homer in the ninth for host Boston and catcher Christian Vazquez manufactured the winning run with his legs, stealing second, advancing on an error and beating the throw home on a grounder.
Cardinals sweep Cubs: Tyler O’Neill and Paul DeJong homered, five St. Louis pitchers combined on a three-hitter and the Cardinals beat Chicago 5-1 at Wrigley Field to sweep a doubleheader. In the opener, Adam Wainwright pitched into the seventh and led the Cardinals to a 4-2 win.
Rockies 5, Dodgers 2: Nolan Arenado drove in the tie-breaking run in the ninth and Colorado snapped host Los Angeles’ six-game winning streak.
Mariners 5, Rangers 3: Jose Marmolejos hit a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning after twice leaving the bases loaded for host Seattle.
Angels 10, Astros 9: In Anaheim, Mike Trout became the
Angels’ career home run leader with his 300th, and Jo Adell celebrated with a game-ending, two-run single in the seventh as the Angels won the first game of a doubleheader. Marlins 7, Rays 3: Sandy Alcantara allowed one run over six innings and visiting Miami beat Tampa Bay.
Reds 6, Pirates 2: Eugenio Suarez hit three homers in a game for the first time in his career, driving in five runs for visiting Cincinnati.
White Sox 5, Royals 3: Jose Abreu and Yasmani Grandal homered as visiting Chicago defeated Kansas City.
Twins 4, Tigers 3: Miguel Sano led host Minnesota’s rally with a home run and the tying single in the ninth inning before Byron Buxton beat out an infield single for the game-winning RBI.
Mets 5, Phillies 1: In New York, Seth Lugo got the Mets’ rotation its first win in more than three weeks as Philadelphia star Bryce Harper screamed in an umpire’s face after being ejected for arguing over a foul ball.
Nationals 10, Braves 4: Brock Holt had four hits and visiting Washington leaned on its bullpen to beat Atlanta. Indians 4, Brewers 3: Milwaukee closer Josh Hader allowed his first hit of the year, then gave up Cesar Hernandez’s game-winning single in the ninth for host Cleveland.