Torres lifts Yanks over Scherzer, Nats in 11th inning
NEW YORK >> Gleyber Torres’ tying single in the ninth inning and a winning infield single in the 11th helped the New York Yankees overcame Max Scherzer’s commanding 14-strikeout performance to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Saturday.
Scherzer allowed two hits in 7 1/3 innings, but the Yankees rallied three times.
Kyle Higashioka’s home run tied the score at 1 in the third, Torres made it 2-all against Brad Hand in the ninth and Mike Ford’s single evened it 3-3 against
Hand in the 10th.
With automatic runner DJ LeMahieu on second in the 11th, Tanner Rainey (0-2) walked Giancarlo Stanton on a full count and Aaron Judge on four pitches, loading the bases. CARDINALS 9, ROCKIES 8 >> Yadier Molina drove in three runs in his return from the injured list, Paul Goldschmidt homered and St. Louis beat Colorado.
Goldschmidt also had three RBIs and Nolan Arenado hit another double against his former team. The Cardinals have won eight straight and 14 of their last 15 games against
Colorado at Busch Stadium. CUBS 3, PIRATES 2 >> Pinchhitter Matt Duffy had a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, reliever Keegan Thompson pitched three scoreless innings for his first major league victory and Chicago beat Pittsburgh for its fifth straight win.
Willson Contreras and Eric Sogard each drove in a run for Chicago, which has won seven of nine.
Thompson (1-0) allowed two hits and a walk following starter Trevor Williams, who gave up two runs and five hits in four innings. Andrew Chafin worked a scoreless eighth and Craig
Kimbrel got the final three outs for his sixth save. TIGERS 7, TWINS 3 >> Slumping Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking single to key a five-run burst in the seventh inning that sent Detroit over Minnesota.
Cabrera had two hits, raising his batting average to .149. The longtime star now has 2,876 hits, tied with Mel Ott for 44th on the all-time list.
BREWERS 6, MARLINS 2 >> Adrian Houser struck out 10 in six innings and homered off Daniel Castano for the second time this season, and Milwaukee snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Miami.
INDIANS 9, REDS 2 >> César Hernández hit a three-run triple and Aaron Civale pitched seven strong innings to stay unbeaten as Cleveland struck back after being no-hit for the second time in 24 days by belting Cincinnati.
JAYS 8, ASTROS 4 >> Cavan Biggio hit his first homer at the ballpark where his dad closed out his Hall of Fame career, Marcus Semien added a three-run shot late and Toronto beat Houston. WHITE SOX 9, ROYALS 1 >> Danny Mendick hit a tworun homer during an eightrun first inning for Chicago, and the White Sox beat Kansas City.
METS 4, D’BACKS 2 >> Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor teamed up to produce all four runs a night after scuffling in the dugout and New York beat Arizona.
RED SOX 11, ORIOLES 6 >> Michael Chavis homered in his first start of the season, Xander Bogaerts also connected and Boston beat Baltimore.
RANGERS 9, MARINERS 8 >> Rangers rookie center fielder Adolis Garcia threw out Kyle Lewis at the plate on a wild, scrambly play for the final out, and Texas held off Seattle.