Yankees win home-run derby with Orioles in 10th
AMERICAN LEAGUE YANKEES 14, ORIOLES 11 (10)
NEW YORK — Matt Holliday hit a three-run home run 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).
“I was all nervous with Adam Jones out there,” Holliday said of the Orioles’ Gold Glove center fielder. “Just enough to get it over the fence.”
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 favorite Aaron Judge homered twice, including a drive tracked at 119.4 mph off the bat, the hardest-hit ball since Statcast began counting in 2015.
Manny Machado launched a 470foot home run, the longest in the majors this year, and Welington Castro also homered for Baltimore.
Aroldis Chapman (1-0) pitched the 10th as the Yankees won their third consecutive and tied Baltimore at 14-7 for the AL East lead.
Ellsbury hit his 100th career home run and first slam, tagging Vidal Nuno and drawing New York to 11-8 in the seventh.
Brach had started the season with 12 scoreless innings before the Yankees got him. A leadoff walk and a double by Holliday set up Ellsbury’s grounder for his fifth RBI, and Castro followed with a shot far into the leftfield seats.
MARINERS 3, INDIANS 1 Ariel Miranda allowed two hits and pitched into the sixth inning, Robinson Cano and Ben Gamel homered, and visiting Seattle defeated Cleveland.
RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 4 Logan Morrison hit a two-run home run, Evan Longoria and Corey Dickerson added solo shots, and Tampa Bay connected three times in the eighth inning to beat struggling host Toronto.
WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 3 Geovany Soto broke open a tie game with a two-run single in the eighth inning, helping visiting Chicago beat Detroit at Comerica Park.
ANGELS 6, RANGERS 3 Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking three-run home run in the eighth inning for Los Angeles in a victory over host Texas.
ASTROS 9, ATHLETICS 4 Charlie Morton struck out a career-high 12, George Springer singled home the tying run and Houston rallied past visiting Oakland.
TWINS 6, ROYALS 4 Miguel Sano and Joe Mauer hit consecutive two-run doubles in the eighth inning and Minnesota rallied for a victory over host Kansas City.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
METS 7, NATIONALS 5 Josh Edgin relieved New York closer Jeurys Familia with the bases loaded in the ninth inning and got Bryce Harper to hit into a game-ending double play, finishing a victory over host Washington.
PIRATES 12, MARLINS 2 Francisco Cervelli drove in three runs and Pittsburgh scored eight times in the second inning in a victory over host Miami.
BRAVES 10, BREWERS 8 Freddie Freeman’s two-run home run snapped a tie in the ninth and visiting Atlanta rallied from a four-run deficit in the final three innings to beat Milwaukee.
CARDINALS 7, REDS 5 Dexter Fowler and Jedd Gyorko homered and Yadier Molina short-circuited a rally with a bases-loaded pickoff to lead host St. Louis to a victory over Cincinnati.
INTERLEAGUE
RED SOX 5, CUBS 4 Former Arkansas Razorback Andrew Benintendi hit a solo home run off Jake Arrieta during a five-run first inning and Boston held on to beat visiting Chicago.