A-Rod passes Mays with 661st HR

Alex Rodriguez hit his 661st career home run Thursday night to pass Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time list in the host Yankees’ 4-3 win over the Orioles

He hit a liner off Chris Tillman into a secure area just to the left of Monument Park in center field in the third inning to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.

Mark Teixeira’s RBI double in the fifth put the Yankees ahead for good and kept Nathan Eovaldi (3-0) undefeated in six starts.

Rodriguez also had a sacrifice fly in the first. Dodgers 14, Brewers 4: Yasmani Grandal homered twice, reached base six times and drove in a career-high eight. He hit threerun shots in the eighth and ninth innings. Twins 6, Athletics 5: Eddie Rosario and Eduardo Escobar each drove in two runs and Glen Perkins got four outs for his 10th save for the Twins, who’ve won seven of eight. Cardinals 5, Cubs 1: John Lackey struck out 10 in 72⁄ innings as the Cardinals won for the ninth time in 10 games. Jason Heyward had three hits and scored three runs and Peter Bourjos added a runscoring triple. Tigers 4, White Sox 1: Kyle Lobstein pitched 72⁄ strong innings and Miguel Cabrera scored twice and drove in a run as the Tigers salvaged the finale of a threegame series. Royals 7, Indians 4: Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer in the first as the Royals kept reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber winless through seven starts. Pirates 7, Reds 2: Starling Marte and Chris Stewart each drove in two to back A.J. Burnett, who pitched seven innings, as the Pirates ended a five-game skid. Rangers 5, Rays 4: Elvis Andrus had a two-run single in a four-run second as the Rangers won their fourth straight. Kevin Kiermaier homered for the Rays. Padres at Diamondbacks: The Padres ended a 22-inning scoreless streak with a five-run third in Wednesday’s 9-1 victory over the Giants. Astros at Angels: Astros starter Collin McHugh (4-0, 3.41) owned MLB’s longest unbeaten streak at 15 starts. The Angels had won eight of nine home meetings. Marlins at Giants: Tim Hudson started for the Giants, who had won eight of nine at home. The Marlins had dropped three of four after a 9-1 stretch.