Yanks’ losing streak hits 7 as Mets sweep
Dominic Smith hit the goahead home run in his first game since tearfully pleading for help combating racial inequality, Pete Alonso also connected and the New York Mets beat the crosstown Yankees 64 in the opener of a doubleheader Friday.
Amed Rosario hit a walkoff, tworun homer to lift the Mets to a 43 victory in the nightcap — a bizarre scene in the Bronx, where the Yankees batted first as the visiting team in the makeup of a game postponed last weekend.
The sweep sent the Yankees to their seventh straight loss. Rangers 6, Dodgers 2: Derek Dietrich led off the seventh inning with a tiebreaking home run and Texas beat visiting Los Angeles. The Rangers won for only the second time in 12 games. White Sox 6, Royals 5: Yasmani Grandal hit his third career gameending home run in the ninth as Chicago beat visiting Kansas City. Rays 2, Marlins 0: Ryan Yarbrough and two relievers combined on a fivehitter, and visiting Tampa Bay won its third game in a row. Blue Jays 5, Orioles 4: Randal Grichuk hit a tworun homer with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting Toronto over visiting Baltimore. Reds 6, Cubs 5: Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker homered, helping Tyler Mahle and Cincinnati beat visiting Chicago. Mahle shook off a slow start on his way to 11 strikeouts over 62⁄3 innings. Nationals 10, Red Sox 2: Max Scherzer struck out 11, and Juan Soto and Howie Kendrick hit backtoback homers in Washington’s win over host Boston. Brewers 9, Pirates 1: Jedd Gyorko homered twice and Corbin Burnes struck out 10 in six innings, helping host Milwaukee pound Pittsburgh. Ryan Braun hit a threerun shot to join Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera and Robinson Cano as the only active players with at least 800 extrabase hits. Phillies 7, Braves 4: Scott Kingery hit a threerun homer off Mark Melancon with two outs in the 11th inning and host Philadelphia beat Atlanta. Angels 3, Mariners 2: Mike Trout homered, Justin Upton delivered the tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth and host Los Angeles beat Seattle to win backtoback games for only the second time all season. Padres 10, Rockies 4: Ty France had four RBIs and visiting San Diego overcame an early fourrun deficit to beat Colorado. Indians 14, Cardinals 2: Starter Daniel Ponce de Leon couldn’t get out of the first inning as visiting Cleveland pummeled St. Louis.