Bauer earns 12th win to lead Indians

Trevor Bauer pitched well, but he credits his defense for this victory. Bauer threw 6 1/3 innings as Cleveland beat Kansas City, 5-0, on Saturday night.

Bauer (12-8) won his fifth straight decision - the longest winning streak of the former UCLA star’s career. He gave up seven hits, walked two and struck out four. Bauer joins teammates Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco as 12-game winners.

“Defense, for sure,” Bauer said. “I wasn’t sharp tonight. I got a lot of balls barreled right at me. I was able to make a couple pitches here and there when I needed to, but mostly Carlos (Santana) made two outstanding plays at first, and made a couple other good ones. (Jason) Kipnis made a really nice play. (Giovanny) Urshela made a really great

play at third.”

YANKEES 4, RED SOX 3 >> Tyler Austin hit a three-run home run, Todd Frazier added a solo homer, and CC Sabathia (10-5) retired 13 of the first 14 batters he faced for New York.

CUBS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 >> Rookie Ian Happ hit his 18th home run, Jose Quintana (4-2) pitched six effective innings, and Chicago kept up its success against AL opponents, winning nine of its last 10 interleague games.

NOTES >> Aroldis Chapman is out as the Yankees closer. Manager Joe Girardi said the hard-throwing lefty, who gave up two runs in a non-save appearance in Friday’s 9-6 loss to Boston, is being taken out of that role to work through some location issues . ... The rebuilding Padres demoted one of their top young players, right fielder Hunter Renfroe, to Triple-A El Paso.