Rainout strains Yanks
The New York Yankees have two games remaining against the Cleveland Indians before a crucial fourgame series with the AL East-leading Red Sox.
Those six games will now be played in a five-day span.
A steady rain and unseasonably cool temperatures led the Yankees to postpone their game yesterday against the AL Central leaders. A single-admission doubleheader is scheduled for today. The teams don’t have any common off days the rest of the season.
Manager Joe Girardi wasn’t looking forward to the potential toll a doubleheader might have on his team before the series with the Red Sox, who lead New York by four games in the AL East.
Left-hander Jaime Garcia (1-1, 5.47 ERA) will start game one for New York, while rookie Jordan Montgomery (7-6, 4.00 ERA) will be recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to start the second game.
CC Sabathia, originally scheduled to start today, will instead pitch tomorrow against the Red Sox.
Rangers 12, Astros 2 — Shin-Soo Choo homered and drove in four runs, helping Texas rout Houston in the opener of a series relocated to St. Petersburg, Fla., because of flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey.
The three-game series was moved from Minute Maid Park To Tropicana Field because of flooding in the Houston area, with the Astros serving as the home team after the Rangers declined a proposal to play the games in Arlington, Texas. Only 3,485 fans attended the game.
It’s only the fourth time in major league history that games have been relocated to neutral sites because of weather.
Orioles 4, Mariners 0 — Dylan Bundy threw a onehitter for his first career shutout, Manny Machado hit two homers, and host Baltimore extended its winning streak to six games by beating Seattle.
Royals 6, Rays 2 — Whit Merrifield, Jorge Bonifacio and Eric Hosmer homered as host Kansas City snapped a 45-inning scoreless streak, three shy of the MLB record, and beat Tampa Bay.
Twins 6, White Sox 4 — In Minneapolis, Jorge Polanco homered twice and Ervin Santana struck out seven while pitching into the seventh inning, leading Minnesota past Chicago.
Angels 8, Athletics 2 — In Anaheim, Calif., C.J. Cron hit two homers, including a three-run drive in the first inning, and Los Angeles beat Oakland.
National League
Nationals 8, Marlins 3 — Giancarlo Stanton tied a major league record with his 18th home run in August, but Anthony Rendon had four RBI and host Washington beat Miami.
Stanton’s August output matched the mark set by Rudy York with the Detroit Tigers in 1937. Sammy Sosa set the record for homers in a month when he hit 20 in June 1998. Stanton has two games left this month to catch Sosa.
Cubs 4, Pirates 1 — Jake Arrieta continued his dominant second half with six innings of two-hit ball, Ben Zobrist homered and host Chicago beat Pittsburgh.
Reds 14, Mets 4 — Scott Schebler hit his first career grand slam, and host Cincinnati ended a 14-game losing streak against New York. The Reds hadn’t beaten the Mets since Sept. 6, 2014.
Cardinals 10, Brewers 2 — Matt Carpenter hit a tworun homer and Luke Voit drove in four runs, backing Luke Weaver’s 10-strikeout night in visiting St. Louis’ rout of Milwaukee.
Padres 6, Giants 3 — Manuel Margot and Jabari Blash homered to back Luis Perdomo’s six innings of solid pitching as host San Diego beat San Francisco.
Diamondbacks 7, Dodgers 6 — In Phoenix, A.J. Pollock hit a two-run homer and Arizona roughed up Los Angeles’ Rich Hill in his follow-up to a near nohitter.
Braves, Phillies ppd. — The game between Atlanta and host Philadelphia was rained out. The game will be made up today as part of a single-admission doubleheader starting at 12:05 p.m.
Interleague
Rockies 7, Tigers 3 — In Denver, Nolan Arenado capped a four-run seventh inning with his 30th homer, and Colorado beat Detroit.