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Kershaw dominates Padres in Dodgers 8-2 win
BALTIMORE, July 10, (AP): Brett Gardner had four hits, homered and drove in three runs to help the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-2 Monday night for a doubleheader split.
In the opener, Danny Valencia snapped an 0-for-25 skid with a three-run homer off C.C. Sabathia, and Baltimore ended a six-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory.
The split left the Yankees a 4-4 record against Baltimore and dropped them 2-1/2 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East.
The first game ended with Gardner grounding out as a pinch hitter with the potential tying run on third base. He returned in the nightcap to torment the Orioles at the plate and in center field, where he made several fine, running catches.
Gardner led off with a single off Jefry Ramirez (0-3) and scored on a double by Didi Gregorius. In the fourth, Gardner hit his seventh homer, a two-run drive that made it 3-0.
That was enough offense for Luis Cessa (1-1), who allowed three hits over six shutout innings.
Red Sox 5, Rangers 0 In Boston, J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 28th home run, Steve Pearce added a two-run shot and Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 5-2/3 innings to lead the Red Sox to a victory over the Rangers and their seventh straight win.
The Red Sox won for the 14th time in 17 games to end the day with their biggest lead over the Yankees in the AL East since April. Boston led New York, which lost the opener of a doubleheader in Baltimore, by three games pending the outcome of the nightcap.
Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on July 9, in San
Diego, California. (AFP)
In St Petersburg, Fla: Daniel Robertson hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Rays won for the 12th time in their last 13 home games by beating the Tigers.
Kevin Kiermaier had a one-out triple off Blaine Hardy (3-2) in the 10th. After Matt Duffy walked, Robertson won it on his hit to center.
Matt Andriese (2-3), the eighth Tampa Bay reliever, worked a scoreless 10th.
Twins 3, Royals 1 In Minneapolis, Eduardo Escobar had three hits and drove in the goahead run in the seventh to support Jose Berrios’ strong outing as the Twins beat the Royals.
Escobar plated Joe Mauer with a seventh-inning single as Minnesota took advantage of Kansas City’s struggling bullpen to win its fifth straight game.
Berrios (9-7), elected to his first AllStar game a day earlier, allowed one run on six hits in seven innings. He struck out eight while throwing a season-high 111 pitches.
Athletics 2, Astros 0 In Houston, Frankie Montas and two relievers combined for a five-hitter, Stephen Piscotty homered and hit an RBI single and the Athletics beat the Astros.
Houston starter Gerrit Cole struck out 11 and scattered three singles across six scoreless innings before Brad Peacock (1-4) took over for the seventh. Piscotty, who finished with three of Oakland’s six hits, greeted him with his home run to left field to make it 1-0. He added an insurance run with a single in the eighth.
Pirates 6, Nationals 3 In Pittsburgh, Gregory Polanco drove in four runs in the first two innings and the Pirates went on to a victory over the Nationals.
Polanco hit a two-run double in the first as the Pirates started the game with four straight hits, then added a two-run home run in the second, his 13th of the season to extend the lead to 6-1. Marlins 4, Brewers 3, 10 Innings In Miami, backup catcher Bryan Holaday hit a walk-off RBI single with one out in the 10th inning and the Marlins beat the Brewers.
Holaday, who came into the game batting .165, was in the lineup because the Marlins placed All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto on the paternity list before the game in anticipation of the birth of his first child.
Jesus Aguilar gave his All-Star candidacy a boost by hitting his NL-leading 23rd homer for Milwaukee. Mets 4, Phillies 3, 1st Game, 10
Innings Phillies 3, Mets 1, 2nd Game In New York, Aaron Nola allowed one hit in seven shutout innings and lashed a three-run double that sent the Philadelphia Phillies past the New York Mets 3-1 on Monday for a split of their twinight doubleheader.
One night after being named to his first All-Star team, Nola (12-2) struck out 10 and won his sixth straight decision to become the only 12-game winner in the National League. With his teammates scuffling at the plate, he took care of the offense himself by doubling his career RBI total in the fifth.
Mets rookie starter Corey Oswalt (0-2) took the loss.
In the opener, Wilmer Flores connected for a pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the 10th off Victor Arano (1-1) to give New York a 4-3 victory. Tim Peterson (2-1) pitched out of trouble in the 10th to get the win.
Miami Marlins’ Starlin Castro hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 9, in
Miami. (AP)