Red Sox pitcher Sale picks up victory in his first game in two years

Chris Sale got the win in his first big league game in two years, and the Boston Red Sox hit five homers in a 16-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.

The 32-year-old Sale (1-0) completed his return from Tommy John surgery by pitching five innings, giving up two runs on consecutive homers by Austin Hays and Trey Mancini in the third.

Sale last pitched in the majors when he started on Aug. 13, 2019. The seven-time All-Star had surgery on his 31st birthday — March 30, 2020 — and missed last year’s pandemic-shortened season.

The Orioles dropped their 10th straight game.

YANKEES 7, WHITE SOX 5 >> Joey Gallo hit a two-run shot in the 10th inning for his second homer of the game, Aaron Judge went deep again and had four RBIs, and New York Yankees outlasted Chicago. Judge’s solo shot off Craig Kimbrel put New York ahead 4-3 in the eighth, but Jose Abreu tied it with two outs in the ninth with a solo drive against Chad Green. BRAVES 12, NATIONALS 2 >> Ozzie Albies homered for the fourth straight game for Atlanta, and Dansby Swanson had two homers and six RBIs. Atlanta won for the ninth time in 11 games. It is tied with Philadelphia for the top spot in the NL East.

PHILLIES 6, REDS 1 >> Matt Moore and the Phillies bullpen took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. Moore (2-3) threw six scoreless innings but was pulled after 76 pitches. Héctor Neris pitched a 1-2-3 seventh with two strikeouts before Archie Bradley allowed Tyler Stephenson’s homer leading off the eighth.

Andrew McCutchen and Ronald Torreyes homered for the Phillies.

TIGERS 6, INDIANS 4 >> Miguel Cabrera is still looking for his 500th career homer, but his leadoff walk sparked Detroit’s two-run eighth inning. Eric Haase’s bloop tworun single against Bryan Shaw (5-6) put the Tigers ahead to stay in the eighth.

TWINS 12, RAYS 0 >> Kenta Maeda pitched six effective innings for Minnesota, and Luis Arraez hit a two-run homer. Tampa Bay entered the game having scored at least eight runs in seven straight games on its road trip, just the third team to accomplish that feat in the modern era, according to STATS. It was shut out for the first time since July 17.

ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 3 >> Third baseman Matt Chapman hit two of Oakland’s five solo homers and made a spectacular diving catch running into the outfield. Matt Olson hit his 30th homer before Mitch Moreland and Seth Brown also went deep for the A’s, who won for the 12th time in 15 games. CARDINALS 9, ROYALS 4 >> Nolan Arenado homered and drove in four runs, leading St. Louis to its fifth straight win.