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Holliday homer hands Yankees crazy win

Los Angeles, Boston are among day’s other winners

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Matt Holliday hit a threerun homer in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees completed a stunning rally from an eight-run deficit, outsluggin­g the Baltimore Orioles 14-11 on Friday night.

In a game of home run derby, Starlin Castro tied it with a two-run drive that capped a three-run burst in the ninth off Brad Brach. Then in the 10th, Holliday hit the eighth home run of the evening — five by the Yankees — with one out off Jayson Aquino (1-1).

Down 9-1 in the sixth, the Yankees pulled off their biggest comeback since overcoming a 9-0 gap to beat Boston 15-9 in 2012.

On the first true spring-like day in New York, the ball was flying. Featured were all kinds of monster shots — cleanup men Jacoby Ellsbury and Mark Trumbo connected for grand slams, and Yankees fan favourite Aaron Judge homered twice.

Manny Machado launched a 470-foot homer, the longest in the majors this year, and Welington Castillo also homered for Baltimore. Aroldis Chapman (1-0) pitched the 10th as the Yankees won their third straight and tied Baltimore at 14-7 for the AL East lead.

In Los Angeles, Japan’s Kenta Maeda found his form during seven solid innings to lead

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S.FRANCISCO LA DODGERS Colorado ST. LOUIS Minnesota Atlanta HOUSTON LA Angels BOSTON C. White Sox Pittsburgh Seattle Tampa Bay YANKEES (10 innings) NY Mets 4 5 3 7 6 10 9 6 5 7 12 3 7 14

7 San Diego Philadelph­ia ARIZONA Cincinnati KANSAS CITY MILWAUKEE Oakland TEXAS Chicago Cubs DETROIT MIAMI CLEVELAND TORONTO Baltimore

WASHINGTON 3 3 1 5 4 8 4 3 4 3 2 1 4 11

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Los Angeles 5-3 past Philadelph­ia. Maeda (2-2) entered with an 8.05 ERA and had failed to reach the sixth inning in any of his four previous starts.

Andrew Benintendi hit a solo homer off Jake Arrieta during a five-run first inning as Boston held on to beat Chicago 5-4.

 ?? AFP ?? Matt Holliday of the New York Yankees watches a game winning 3-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles.
AFP Matt Holliday of the New York Yankees watches a game winning 3-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles.

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