Severino earns 12th win
The Yankees pitcher became the majors’ first 12-game winner with a win over the Phillies.
PHILADELPHIA — Luis Severino became the majors’ first 12-game winner, Aaron Hicks and Didi Gregorius homered and the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 Tuesday night.
Severino (12-2) struck out nine in seven dominant innings, lowering his ERA to 2.10. The ace has allowed three runs or less in 16 of 17 starts.
Jake Arrieta (5-6) had another rough outing for Philadelphia, which had won four consecutive series before losing two straight to the Yankees. Arrieta gave up six runs — three earned — and nine hits in five innings.
Arrieta was 0-4 with a 6.66 ERA in five starts in June after posting a 0.90 ERA in five starts last month.
RAYS 1, NATIONALS 0
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Nathan Eovaldi took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before an unusual combination of relievers in the ninth completed a three-hitter as the Rays beat Max Scherzer and the Nationals.
Eovaldi (2-3) lost his no-hit bid when Bryce Harper hit an opposite-field double off the left-field wall with two outs in the sixth.
Rays lefty Jose Alvarado began the ninth by walking Harper before moving to first base when Chaz Roe relieved him. Roe struck out Anthony Rendon before Alvarado returned to the mound and gave up singles to lefties Juan Soto and Daniel Murphy that loaded the bases.
RED SOX 9, ANGELS 1
In Boston, Mookie Betts homered on John Lamb’s first pitch of the game, and J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 24th home run to back David Price’s six strong innings.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had four RBIs and three hits, including a home run, and Christian Vazquez also homered to help Boston win for the fourth time in its last five games.
Price (9-5) allowed five hits, including a solo homer to Chris Young, and two walks while striking out seven to send Los Angeles to its fourth straight loss.
BREWERS 5, ROYALS 1
In Milwaukee, Freddy Peralta pitched one-hit ball over seven scoreless innings, Jesus Aguilar hit one of the Brewers’ three homers and Milwaukee beat the Royals.
Peralta (3-0) allowed a leadoff double in the third to Adalberto Mondesi and also allowed a walk in the second. The 22-year-old rookie was perfect otherwise, striking out 10 in his fourth major league start.
Aguilar, Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun homered off starter Jakob Junis (5-9), who has lost six straight.
PADRES 3, RANGERS 2
In Arlington, Texas, Wil Myers and Hunter Renfroe hit runscoring doubles in San Diego’s
three-run eighth inning, helping the Padres rally for a win over the Rangers.
Shin-Soo Choo singled with two outs in the ninth to extend his major league-leading streak of reaching base to 39 games before Brad Hand got Nomar Mazara to fly out with two runners on for his 22nd save.
Four of six San Diego hitters reached against Jake Diekman (1-1). After Myers ended the Texas shutout, Christian Villanueva lifted a tying sacrifice fly to left before Renfroe’s go-ahead liner.
ATHLETICS 9, TIGERS 7
In Detroit, Jed Lowrie drove in the tiebreaking run in the top of the ninth inning for a second straight game, and the Athletics rallied from six runs down to hand the Tigers their seventh straight loss.
Detroit led 6-0 after three innings, but Oakland came back to tie it at 7-all in the seventh. Lowrie singled home Matt Joyce in the ninth for his fourth hit of the night.
ASTROS 7, BLUE JAYS 0
In Houston, Charlie Morton struck out 13 in seven stellar innings, Jake Marisnick hit a three-run homer in the eighth after preserving the shutout with a big defensive play in the sixth.
Morton (10-1) scattered four hits and walked two for his third straight win to become Houston’s first 10-game winner.
MARINERS 3, ORIOLES 2
In Baltimore, Kyle Seager homered and hit a pivotal tworun single in the eighth inning to back a fine pitching performance by James Paxton and help the Mariners beat the Orioles.
Paxton (7-2) struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits.
METS 4, PIRATES 3
In New York, Wilmer Flores singled home the winning run in the 10th inning and the Mets stopped their seven-game losing streak, beating the Pirates hours after general manager Sandy Alderson stepped down because his cancer has returned.
Michael Conforto hit a tying homer and Flores had three RBIs for the Mets (32-45).
REDS 5, BRAVES 3
In Atlanta, Matt Harvey pitched six-hit ball into the seventh inning, earning back-to-back wins for the first time this season and leading the Reds to a victory over the Braves.
Jesse Winker had three hits and two RBIs for last-place Cincinnati, which has won eight of nine. Scooter Gennett had two hits, including a run-scoring single in the ninth, and scored three times.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, MARLINS 3
In Miami, John Ryan Murphy drove in three runs to help the Diamondbacks to a victory over the Marlins.
Zack Godley (9-5) pitched five innings and allowed two runs and six hits for the Diamondbacks, who are 14-4 in their last 18 games.