Harvey exits, Yankees rally
The Yankees took advantage of Matt Harvey’s early departure, beating the Mets, 11-2, in interleague, intra-New York play at the National League team’s Citi Field.
Dustin Ackley hit a threerun homer after Carlos Beltran’s go-ahead double, and CC Sabathia (5-9) won for the first time since July 8 as the AL wild card-leading Yankees took 2-of-3 from the NL East-leading Mets.
Harvey was pulled after five scoreless, one-hit innings. The Mets are limiting Harvey’s workload down the regular-season stretch.
Also, the Yankees will skip a turn by Masahiro Tanaka (hamstring) in the rotation.
American League
Rays 7, Orioles 6 — In St. Petersburg, Fla., Pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer led off the ninth inning with a tying home run and Kevin Kiermaier beat out a two-out infield single that brought in the winning run as Tampa Bay came back to beat Baltimore, which had Chris Davis hit his majors-leading 43rd homer.
Mariners 9, Rangers 2 — In Arlington, Texas, Felix Hernandez (18-9) became the American League’s first 18game winner but left in the sixth inning with a stiff elbow, Robinson Cano drove in four runs and Seattle knocked off Texas, which saw its lead in the AL West drop to 11⁄ games over Houston.
Astros 5, Athletics 1 — Colby Rasmus homered twice and George Springer also went deep to back a solid start by Collin McHugh (177) and help host Houston, which holds the second AL wild card spot, top Oakland, which saw Barry Zito came on in relief for his first big league appearance since 2013.
Twins 8, Angels 1 — In Minneapolis, Tyler Duffey (4-1) allowed three hits in seven shutout innings, Eddie Rosario and Joe Mauer hit two-run homers, and Minnesota pulled even with Los Angeles in the chase for the second AL wild card with the lopsided victory.
Royals 10, Tigers 3 — Kendrys Morales homered three times, added a triple and set a team record with 15 total bases, Paulo Orlando also homered and Christian Colon collected four hits to help AL Central-leading Kansas City to the rout of host Detroit.
Indians 6, White Sox 3 — Josh Tomlin (6-2) struck out eight in 52⁄ scoreless innings, Lonnie Chisenhall had a tworun homer and three RBI, and Cleveland doubled up visiting Chicago, with Cody Allen notching save No. 31.
National League
Cardinals 4, Cubs 3 — Yadier Molina exited with a sprained left thumb suffered while catching as the Chicago ran itself out of late scoring chances, and NL Central-best St. Louis avoided a sweep with a win started by Carlos Martinez (14-7) and ended by Trevor Rosenthal (46th save).
Pirates 4, Dodgers 3 — Starling Marte hitting a tying home run, Pedro Alvarez had a go-ahead homer and NL wild card-leading Pittsburgh edged Los Angeles, which has a comfortable lead in the NL West.
Braves 2, Phillies 1 — A.J. Pierzynski’s single in the ninth drove in the winning run as Atlanta, whose Julio Teheran took a bid for a perfect game into the seventh, beat visiting Philadelphia.
Nationals 13, Marlins 3 — Stephen Strasburg (10-7) struck out 10 in an encore to his 14 K’s in the previous outing, and Yunel Escobar had four hits and four RBI as host Washington topped Miami.
Brewers 8, Reds 4 — Adam Lind drove in three runs, and Milwaukee capitalized on two errors to score five runs in the fifth inning in beating visiting Cincinnati, which got two homers from Jay Bruce.
Giants 5, Diamondbacks 1— Buster Posey hit a threerun homer, Tim Hudson (88) pitched six scoreless innings and host San Francisco downed Arizona.
Padres 10, Rockies 4 — In Denver, Matt Kemp homered and doubled twice, leading James Shields (13-6) and San Diego past Colorado.