Torres sets NY Yankees home run mark in win over LA Angels
Betts hit a two-run blast for his 17th home run
NEW YORK: Rookie Gleyber Torres homered for the fourth straight game Friday night when he hit a tiebreaking solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. Torres electrified a sellout crowd when he lifted a 3-1 fastball by Jim Johnson (2-2) into the rightcenter field seats. It was his fifth homer in six games and ninth since making his major league debut April 22. At 21 years, 163 days, Torres became the youngest player in American League history to homer in four straight games and fourth youngest in the majors to do so, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Torres drove in both runs for the Yankees, who won for the 23rd time in 29 games and for the 14th time in their last 16 home games. Mike Trout homered for the Angels, who fell to 16-6 on the road. Shohei Ohtani, who spurned the Yankees to sign with the Angels in the offseason, heard boos before each plate appearance and went 0-for-3, though he narrowly missed hitting a go-ahead two-run homer off Aroldis Chapman in the eighth.
PIRATES 8, CARDINALS 1
Joe Musgrove, making his Pittsburgh and 2018 debut, pitched seven shutout innings and Francisco Cervelli hit a three-run double in a win over visiting St Louis. Josh Harrison was 2-for-5 with two RBIs for Pittsburgh, which had lost five of its previous six games. St. Louis fell to 4-8 in its past 12. Musgrove (1-0) had been on the disabled list because of a right shoulder strain dating to spring training. He was part of a trade that sent Gerrit Cole to Houston in the offseason. In his seven innings, Musgrove scattered five hits and needed just 67 pitches, 50 of them strikes.
RED SOX 6, BRAVES 2
Mookie Betts hit a two-run blast for his major league-leading 17th home run and Eduardo Rodriguez struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball as host Boston beat Atlanta. J.D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts and Mitch Moreland added solo homers for Boston, which has won seven of its last nine games. Martinez’s fourth-inning homer tied him with Betts before he went deep in the seventh. Nick Markakis drove in two runs for the Braves, who have lost two straight after dropping two of three games at Philadelphia. Atlanta’s three-game weekend series against Boston marks its first trip to Fenway Park since 2016.
Rosario hit solo homers for the Mets
ASTROS 11, INDIANS 2
What started as a matchup of recent Cy Young winners Corey Kluber and Dallas Keuchel was determined by the bullpens as Houston rallied in a big way to trounce host Cleveland at Progressive Field. Held scoreless by Kluber and reliever Andrew Miller for seven innings, the Astros erupted for four runs in the eighth and seven more in the ninth. The American League West-leading Astros won their fifth in a row and their 10th in 12 games. The Indians remained in first place in the AL Central, although they dropped one game below .500. The Astros also improved to 4-1 against the Indians this season, with two more games to play in this weekend’s series.
NATIONALS 9, MARLINS 5
Max Scherzer earned his major league-leading eighth win as Washington defeated Miami at Marlins Park. Scherzer (8-1) allowed season highs with seven hits and four earned runs while striking out just four as his ERA rose from 1.78 to 2.13. Fortunately for the Nationals, their offense came through with two-run homers by Michael A. Taylor and Matt Adams. Bryce Harper hit a two-run double in Washington’s gamewinning seventh-inning rally. Marlins starter Jose Urena earned a no-decision but continued his misery. After going 14-7 in a breakout 2017 season, Urena (07) leads the majors in losses, and the Marlins are 0-11 when he starts.
BREWERS 4, METS 3 (10 INNINGS)
Travis Shaw capped a big night by drawing a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning as host Milwaukee earned a win over New York at Miller Park. Shaw had three hits and reached base four times in five plate appearances for the Brewers. He hit a second-inning homer and a third-inning RBI single that scored Milwaukee’s final run until the 10th inning. The Brewers have won seven of nine. Michael Conforto and Amed Rosario hit solo homers for the Mets while Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits but was thrown out trying to extend his 10th-inning single into a double. The Mets lost for the third time in four games.
ROCKIES 5, REDS 4
Nolan Arenado homered, Noel Cuevas had a goahead pinch-hit triple and Colorado overcame an early deficit to beat visiting Cincinnati at Coors Field. Jon Gray (5-6) survived a shaky start to get his first win in three outings and Wade Davis pitched the ninth for his 18th save, tied for tops in the majors. The Rockies rallied from three runs down early to take the lead in the sixth. Tony Wolters led off with a walk and Cuevas hit a oneout triple into the right field corner to give Colorado the lead. Eugenio Suarez homered among his two hits for the Reds, who had won two of their last three.
TIGERS 5, WHITE SOX 4
Nicholas Castellanos had three hits and scored the go-ahead run during a three-run eighth as host Detroit edged Chicago. Castellanos scored two runs and knocked in another during his fifth consecutive multi-hit game. Leonys Martin had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Jose Iglesias added two hits, a walk and a run scored. Buck Farmer (1-3) pitched an inning of scoreless relief to get the win. Shane Greene pitched the ninth for his 12th save. Tim Anderson had three hits, including a solo home run, and drove in two runs for Chicago. Jose Abreu supplied two hits, a run scored and an RBI. White Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez gave up two runs on five hits over seven innings.