Red-hot Ramos raises up Rays
Wilson Ramos hit a three-run homer, five Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a five-hitter and the Rays beat the Detroit Tigers, 5-2, last night in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Rays moved three games above .500 for the first time since Aug.6 last year after posting their 13th win in the last 14 home games.
Tampa Bay lost its bid for a third shutout in four games when the Tigers scored twice in the ninth.
Ramos, elected to start at catcher for the AL in next week’s All-Star Game, keyed a five-run third when he connected off Matthew Boyd (4-8) for his 14th homer. That tied John Flaherty (1999) for the most in a season by a Tampa Bay catcher.
In the final year of his contract and expected to be dealt before the July 31 trade deadline, Ramos has five homers and 15 RBI over his last 12 games.
In other news, the Rays unveiled an elaborate plan for a new domed stadium that would take them across Tampa Bay to the Ybor City section of Tampa at a cost of nearly $900 million. The 30,842seat stadium would be the smallest in Major League Baseball and would be covered by a fully enclosed and translucent roof, not a retractable dome.
Orioles 6, Yankees 5 — Manny Machado hit two home runs, Jonathan Schoop singled in the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and host Baltimore rallied past New York.
Machado brought the Orioles back from deficits of 3-2 and 5-3 before Schoop won it in the ninth against Dellin Betances.
National League
Brewers 8, Marlins 4 — Christian Yelich had three hits and four RBI, Travis Shaw homered and visiting Milwaukee beat Miami. Shaw and Tyler Saladino had two RBI each, and Milwaukee won for the seventh time in nine games.
Phillies 7, Mets 3 — Enyel De Los Santos won his major league debut and Philadelphia got home runs from Maikel Franco and Odubel Herrera in a victory over host New York. Franco drove in four runs for the Phillies, who won for the 10th time in 13 games.
Interleague
Reds 7, Indians 4 — Joey Votto hit a goahead three-run double during a sevenrun ninth inning and Cleveland’s bullpen wasted a gem from Trevor Bauer in a loss to visiting Cincinnati.
Indians closer Cody Allen allowed six runs after getting two outs in the ninth, the last three charged on Votto’s sharp hit to right off Dan Otero. Adam Duvall also doubled in two in the ninth, while Jose Peraza and Eugenio Suarez each hit an RBI single. Cincinnati had seven straight batters reach with two outs, and the inning didn’t end until Scooter Gennett ran into the third out at third base on Suarez’s single.
Blue Jays 6, Braves 2 — Russell Martin’s sharp single in Toronto’s fiverun eighth drove in the go-ahead run, Marcus Stroman allowed pitched seven strong innings, and Toronto beat host Atlanta to knock the Braves out of first place.