MLB ROMINE LIFTS YANKS AS GREINKE GOES TO ASTROS

NEWYORK » Austin Romine hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning and the New York Yankees beat Arizona 7-5 Wednesday while the Diamondbacks completed a deal to send ace Zack Greinke to the Houston Astros.

The Yankees had been shopping for pitching and may have eyed Greinke ahead of the 4 p.m. trade deadline. The veteran righthander gave them an impressive first-hand look, striking out seven and pitching five innings of tworun ball. He was in line for the win before Romine’s shot off Yoshihisa Hirano (3-5).

Instead, the 35-year-old Greinke is off to Houston, where he’ll play for a rival AL pennant contender. The Diamondbacks got a quartet of prospects in return: right-handers Corbin Martin and J.B. Bukauskas, outfielder Seth Beer, and utilityman Joshua Rojas.

Romine’s homer brought a spark to theBronx ona gray, rainy day that started with the AL East leaders placing slugger Luke Voit on the injured list with a sports hernia that could require surgery. New York had lost four of five, and its only deadline move was to acquire Class A left-hander Alfredo Garcia from the Rockies for reliever Joseph Harvey. The rival Boston Red Sox come to town for a four-game series starting Friday .

Greinke allowed a two-run homer to Mike Tauchman in the second inning but settled after that. He got slick when rain began coming down in the fifth, throw

ing a 64 mph eephus curveball to Aaron Judge before striking him out with a 92 mph slider. A 36-minute rain delay followed, and that was Greinke’s last batter faced for the Diamondbacks.

Arizona took a 3-2 lead when Jake Lamb hit a bases-loaded sacrifice f ly off reliever Chad Green in the fifth and center fielder Aaron Hicks airmailed his throw to third base. The ball bounced into the visiting dugout, allowing a second run to score. Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela was shaken up on the play but remained in the game.

Green ended the inning when Nick Ahmed hit a ball to the warning track in left.

Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka made his first start since allowing 12 runs in 3 1/3 innings against Boston last Thursday.

FRANK FRANKLIN II — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka, of Japan, delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in New York.

FRANK FRANKLIN II — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder David Peralta watches as fans fight for a ball hit by New York Yankees’ Mike Tauchman for a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in NewYork.