AROUND THE HORN

„ Yankees: Yankees fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Guardians outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres got RBI hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Yankees over the Guardians 6-5 Saturday. Rather than a celebration, Aaron Judge and other Yankees players rushed toward the wall in right-center field, trying to calm the crowd as security personnel joined the effort. Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase (0-2) was one strike away from preserving a 5-4 lead when Kiner-Falefa hit a 100 mph fastball for a tying double. Rookie left fielder Steven Kwan ran hard into the wall chasing the ball and was shaken up, and trainer came out to check him. Before play resumed, Guardians right fielder Oscar Mercado pointed at the stands and center fielder Myles Straw climbed the chain-link fence in left to confront face-to-face at least one fan, while another fan nearby made a derogatory gesture. Torres followed by lining a single to right-center for the game-winner. As Mercado and Straw chased the ball in the gap, several fans began throwing objects at them. Yankees players ran to the spot to quell the disturbance.

„ Giants: Alex Wood pitched five effective innings and the Giants’ bullpen closed it out, leading the Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Nationals. Wilmer Flores and Joc Pederson each had two hits for the Giants, who won for the third time in four games. They beat the Nationals 7-1 in the series opener Friday night. Wood allowed two runs and four hits. The left-hander struck out five and walked one.

„ White Sox: White Sox outfielder Eloy Jiménez was carted off after injuring his hamstring in the second inning of Saturday’s game in Minnesota. Jiménez stretched for first base while running out a ground ball to third. He stumbled after the play and his right knee appeared to lock up. Jiménez fell face-first to the ground in shallow left field and immediately grabbed at his right leg. After being down several minutes, he was taken off on a cart. The team announced he left the game with right hamstring soreness. The oft-injured Jiménez is hitting . 222 through 11 games this season with one home run and seven RBIs. The 25-yearold slugger missed several months last season with a pectoral injury. He played 55 games in the shortened 2020 season and 122 in his rookie year of 2019 when he hit 31 home runs.

„ Rangers: Brad Miller hit a key single in the eighth inning that drove in two runs after a replay review initiated by the umpires, and the Rangers beat the Athletics 2-0. The winning rally started when Adolis Garcia and Willie Calhoun chased Frankie Montas with consecutive one-out singles. After Domingo Acevedo retired pinch-hitter Jonah Heim on a groundout, Miller lined a 1-1 pitch to left. Garcia scored easily but pinch-runner Eli White was thrown out at home by a strong throw from Tony Kemp. The umps initiated a crew chief review and overturned the initial call, ruling A’s catcher Sean Murphy illegally blocked the plate.

„ Natonals: Nationals first baseman Josh Bell left the game against the Giants on Saturday after two innings. Bell led off the bottom of the second with a walk, went to second on a single, advanced to third on a grounder and was stranded. Bell left Wednesday’s game with left knee tightness.