Yankees win behind Tanaka’s sharp outing

NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka took a perfect game into the sixth inning and struck out a career-high 14, pitching the New York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 Friday night for their fifth straight win.

Brett Gardner hit a leadoff home run, Aaron Judge lined his AL-leading 33rd homer and Clint Frazier added a three-run shot to boost Tanaka (8-9). The Yankees were poised to move past Boston and into the AL East lead for the first time in a month.

On Thursday night, Gardner won the opener of this four-game set between playoff contenders with a homer in the 11th. Judge wound up losing half of his front left tooth in the celebration — he got a temporary fix earlier in the day.

Tanaka struck out the first five batters, all swinging. He set down 17 in a row before Adeiny Hechavarria grounded a sharp, two-out single up the middle, past diving shortstop Didi Gregorius. Tanaka impassively watched the ball roll into center field and, after a brief ovation from the fans, went back to work.

Tanaka allowed two hits and walked none, and finished up by striking out the side in the eighth. He doffed his hat to the crowd as he walked off the mound, then tipped his cap once more before reaching the dugout. He had been winless in his previous three starts.

Lucas Duda homered in the seventh, a day after Tampa Bay got him a trade with the New York Mets. A veteran of Subway Series matchups at Yankee Stadium in the past, he got booed rounding the bases.

Austin Pruitt (5-2), called up from TripleA to take the turn of injured Jake Odorizzi, gave up all three homers in five innings. The Rays have lost seven of nine and are 0-5 in the Bronx this year.

Gardner gave the Yankees a fast start with his career-high 19th homer, and fourth leadoff drive of the season. He leaped to bump forearms with Judge on his way back to the dugout.

The previous night, Gardner tossed his helmet as he approached the plate after his walkoff homer. Judge picked up the helmet — he didn’t want anyone to accidentally step on it. In the jumping and jostling, the helmet got jammed into Judge’s mouth and cracked his tooth.

Angels 7, Blue Jays 2

TORONTO — Parker Bridwell pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings to win his third straight decision, C.J. Cron hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays.

After being swept in a three-game series at Cleveland and falling a season-worst five games below .500, the Angels snapped their slump by winning for the 12th time in 16 games in Toronto.

Mike Trout had two RBIs and Yunel Escobar had two doubles and an RBI for the Angels.

Cron connected off Chris Smith in the ninth, his fifth.

Toronto’s Justin Smoak hit a solo homer off Cam Bedrosian in the ninth, his 29th. The Blue Jays came in after sweeping a four-game series against Oakland, but couldn’t maintain their hot streak.

Bridwell (5-1) allowed one run and three hits. He retired the first 11 batters in order before Josh Donaldson’s two-out walk in the fourth. Smoak followed with a single, putting runners at the corners, but Kendrys Morales flied out.

Astros 6, Tigers 5

DETROIT — Josh Reddick hit a threerun homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a victory over the Detroit Tigers.

The Astros trailed 5-3 when Detroit brought in reliever Bruce Rondon (1-2) to start the eighth. He allowed singles to Derek Fisher and Jose Altuve before Reddick’s drive sailed well beyond the wall in right field.

Reddick drove in five runs, and the Astros won despite getting only three innings from starter Dallas Keuchel in the left-hander’s return from a neck injury. Brad Peacock (9-1) allowed two runs in four innings of relief, then Chris Devenski pitched the eighth and Ken Giles finished for his 22nd save in 24 chances.

Marwin Gonzalez also homered for the AL West-leading Astros, who were without injured slugger George Springer. Nicholas Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera went deep for Detroit.

Altuve had three hits, extending his hitting streak to 19 games and raising his American League-leading average to .369.

Keuchel, who hadn’t pitched since June 2, allowed three runs and six hits in three innings, walking three and striking out three. Manager A.J. Hinch indicated before the game that he would be on a pitch count, and he was pulled after throwing 79.

Keuchel is 9-0 this year and has won his last 11 decisions, a streak that only stayed alive because of Houston’s late rally. He allowed a three-run homer to Castellanos in the second that put the Tigers ahead 3-1.

Cabrera’s home run made it 4-2 in the fifth, but Gonzalez answered the following inning with a solo shot.

Mikie Mahtook gave the Tigers a 5-3 lead in the seventh when he hustled all the way around from first and scored on Victor Martinez’s single to right.

Reddick hit sacrifice flies in the first and third innings for Houston.

Phillies 10, Braves 3

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Altherr homered twice and Jake Thompson pitched five scoreless innings in an emergency start to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Tommy Joseph and Cameron Rupp also homered and Freddy Galvis had three hits for the Phillies, who have scored 19 runs on seven homers and 14 extra-base hits while winning the last two.

Thompson (1-0) replaced Jeremy Hellickson, who was scratched an hour before the game. Hellickson is thought to be among the players the Phillies are likely to move before Monday’s non-waiver trading deadline.

Thompson, who the Phillies acquired from Texas in the 2015 trade that sent Cole Hamels to the Rangers, gave up five hits while striking out five and walking two. He was making his fourth appearance this season but first start since last September.

Julio Teheran (7-9) allowed eight runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Kurt Suzuki and Sean Rodriguez homered for the Braves, who have lost five of six.

The Phillies scored seven runs on five hits, including three homers, in the fifth. Altherr and Rupp led off with back-to-back homers to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead. After pinchhitter Ty Kelly walked, Galvis lined a shot to right field. Nick Markakis made a diving attempt, but the ball went all the way to the wall. Kelly scored easily and Galvis reached when Brandon Phillips’ cutoff throw got past third baseman Freddie Freeman.

Later in the frame, Joseph busted the game open with a two-out, three-run homer to left.

The Braves got two runs back in the seventh off Hoby Milner on solo shots by Suzuki and Rodriguez.

Galvis’ hustle gave the Phillies an early lead. He intentionally went the other way to beat the shift with an infield single, stole second and third and then scored when Suzuki’s throw flew into left field.

With rain in the forecast, the game’s starting time was moved up five minutes, to 7 p.m. The skies were clear until there were two outs in the fifth inning, when a steady drizzle started and continued for the remainder of the contest.

Marlins 7, Reds 4

MIAMI — J.T. Realmuto had three hits, including a tie-breaking home run, to spark a four-run seventh inning and help the Miami Marlins to a victory over the reeling Cincinnati Reds.

Mike Aviles added a pinch-hit two-run homer and Tyler Moore had an RBI double in the pivotal seventh for the Marlins, who have won six of eight.