Arozarena, Rays slow down Yanks
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Randy Arozarena homered and drove in four runs, Yandy Díaz hit a leadoff shot, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 7-2 on Saturday.
Arozarena put the Rays ahead 4-2 with a three-run homer in the third inning off Nestor Cortes (1-4). The 2023 AllStar has struggled this season — he went 2 for 3 to raise his average to just .154 — but has gone deep four times in his last eight games.
Díaz homered on Cortes’ first pitch of the game. Díaz and Arozarena had RBI doubles in a threerun seventh.
Red Sox 4, Nationals 2: At Boston, Rafael Devers hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning to lift Boston over Washington.
Wearing their alternate bright-yellow jerseys with powder-blue lettering, numbers and caps, the Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with just their second victory in eight games.
Devers hit his two-out double over the head of left fielder Eddie Rosario off Robert Garcia (0-2) after Tyler O’Neill was intentionally walked with Rob Refsnyder on second. Orioles 5, D’backs 4 (11 inn.): At Baltimore, Jordan Westburg flicked a game-ending single inside the right field line in the 11th inning for his fourth hit of the day, and Baltimore beat Arizona. Gunnar Henderson tied the major league lead with his 12th homer of the season for the AL Eastleading Orioles, and Anthony Santander went deep in the eighth to tie the game at 4-all.
Craig Kimbrel (4-1) worked a scoreless 11th after a rough stretch in which the veteran closer failed to convert four of five save opportunities. He also worked a scoreless seventh in Friday night’s 4-2 win. Baltimore (26-12) has won seven of eight and has the secondbest record in the majors behind Philadelphia. Phillies 8, Marlins 3: At Miami, Bryson Stott hit a tiebreaking, bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning, and major league-best
Philadelphia beat Miami.
Stott finished with two hits and four RBIs. Catcher J.T. Realmuto had a run-scoring single and threw out two baserunners trying to steal for the Phillies, who have won 13 of 15 to improve to 28-12. Cristian Pache had three hits and an RBI and is 5for-9 through the first two games of the series.
Phillies starter Taijuan Walker (3-0) allowed one run in six innings. He gave up eight hits and struck out four.
Blue Jays 10, Twins 8: At Toronto, Ernie Clement broke an 8-all tie with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning and Toronto overcame a six-run deficit to beat Minnesota.
Danny Jansen hit a two-run home run while Bo Bichette and Davis Schneider each hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who came in having lost six of eight.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 4 for 5 with three RBIs in his 11th multihit game of the season as the Blue Jays used a seasonbest 16 hits to cool off the Twins, who had won 16 of 18.