Yankees rookie makes history with another home run
NEW YORK Gleyber Torres became the youngest American League player to homer in four straight games, Aaron Judge threw out a pair of runners from right field and the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Friday night.
Shohei Ohtani, the two-way Japanese rookie sensation, came up with the potential tying run on base and two outs in the eighth. New York brought in closer Aroldis Chapman to face Ohtani with Justin Upton at first. Chapman threw a wild pitch that advanced the runner, Ohtani sent a 100 mph pitch just foul of the leftfield pole, then grounded out on a 101 mph offering.
Torres broke a 1-all tie in the seventh against Jim Johnson (2-2) with a drive over the right-field scoreboard, his ninth homer since coming up to the Yankees on April 22 and his fifth in four games. At 21 years, 163 days, he became the fourth-youngest player to homer in four straight games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Only Miguel Cabrera (20 years, 362 days) in 2004, Andrew Jones (21-139) in 1998 and Albert Pujols (21-147) in 2001 were younger. All of them were in the National League.
RED SOX 6, BRAVES 2
BOSTON — Mookie Betts hit his major league-leading 17th home run, J.D. Martinez slugged his 16th and the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves, hours after a roster shakeup.
Boston got its fifth win in six games shortly after designating Hanley Ramirez for assignment. The move freed up a roster spot for Dustin Pedroia to be activated from the DL, and also created the chance for regular playing time at first base for Mitch Moreland, who had a solo homer in the eighth.
BREWERS 4, METS 3, 10 INNINGS
MILWAUKEE — A.J. Ramos walked consecutive batters to force in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, handing Milwaukee the victory over New York.
ORIOLES 2, RAYS 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — David Hess pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, helping Baltimore overcome a strong effort from Tampa Bay’s bullpen.
ASTROS 11, INDIANS 2
CLEVELAND — Jose Altuve tied it in the eighth inning with a two-run double off Andrew Miller and then scored the go-ahead run on Marwin Gonzalez’s squeeze bunt, and Houston scored 11 times in the final two innings to rout Cleveland.
BLUE JAYS 6, PHILLIES 5
PHILADELPHIA — Justin Smoak homered, Sam Gaviglio struck out six over six innings and Ryan Tepera escaped a ninth-inning jam for his first save to lead Toronto past Philadelphia.
Yangervis Solarte and Kevin Pillar added RBI doubles for the Blue Jays, who opened a nine-game road trip after going 1-6 and getting outscored 43-22 on a seven-game homestand against Oakland and the Angels.
Gaviglio (2-0) won for the second time in place of injured starter Marcus Stroman (right shoulder fatigue), allowing three runs on three hits — including the first career homer by Phillies starter Zach Eflin (1-1). Carlos Santana also homered for Philadelphia.
CUBS 6, GIANTS 2
CHICAGO — Kyle Hendricks limited San Francisco to one run and two hits over seven innings, and Ben Zobrist lined a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh for Chicago.
RANGERS 8, ROYALS 4
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ronald Guzman homered in his fourth straight start and drove in three runs, leading Texas past Kansas City.
NATIONALS 9, MARLINS 5
MIAMI — Max Scherzer was twice unable to hold a two-run lead and won anyway when Washington’s bullpen locked down Miami.
WHITE SOX 5, TIGERS 4
DETROIT — Jeimer Candelario had a go-ahead RBI bloop single during a three-run eighth inning and Detroit rallied past Chicago.