Homers by Martinez, Dalbec power Red Sox past Mariners
J.D. Martinez homered for the first time in nearly a month, Bobby Dalbec snapped a tie with a solo shot and the Boston Red Sox won for the eighth time in nine games, beating the Mariners 4-3 on Friday night in Seattle.
Boston opened the final leg of its West Coast swing with a bounce-back victory after seeing its seven-game win streak snapped a day earlier.
Martinez homered for the first time since May 17, hitting a solo blast off Seattle starter Marco Gonzales to give Boston a 2-0 lead. It was Martinez’s sixth home run.
After the Mariners pulled even at 2-all, Dalbec opened the seventh inning with his fourth home run off Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz (1-3). Muñoz had allowed one run over his previous six outings.
Jake Diekman (2-0), one of five Boston relievers, earned the win. Seattle pulled within 4-3 on Cal Raleigh’s two-out RBI single in the eighth, but Matt Strahm got a flyout from Jesse Winker with the tying run at third to end the threat.
Tanner Houck had trouble in the ninth, but picked up his first save of the season and second of his career.
Yankees 2, Cubs 1 (13):
At New York, pinch-hitter Jose Trevino finally broke a stalemate with a game-winning single. Gleyber Torres homered for New York in the fourth, but neither team managed a hit in extra innings until Trevino came off the bench and delivered with two outs and runners at second and third.
Batting for fellow catcher Kyle Higashioka, Trevino lined a 1-1 pitch from Alec Mills (0-1) over shortstop to give the major league-leading Yankees (42-16) their ninth victory in 10 games.
Jason Heyward hit his first home run this season for the Cubs, making their first visit to Yankee Stadium since April 2014. Chicago (23-34) dropped its fourth straight.
At Anaheim, Calif., Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha both had two hits and three RBIs as New York bounced back after two straight losses. Every Mets starter had at least one hit as the NL East leaders had 13 in the game. It’s the third time on this California road trip New York has had at least 13 hits.
David Peterson (3-0), the second of six Mets pitchers, allowed one run in 2 ⅔ innings of relief to get the win.