Arozarena homers as Rays escape Yankees

Randy Arozarena homered in the first inning and then was hit by pitches in his next two plate appearances, leading to Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash being ejected as the MLB-best Rays beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the first meeting this season between the AL East rivals.

Arozarena homered to center field off Jhony Brito before the rookie right-hander plunked the outfielder on the elbow guard in the third. Yankees reliever Albert Abreu then hit Arozarena around belt high with a fifth-inning pitch.

Wander Franco put the Rays up 5-4 with an RBI double off Jimmy Cordero (1-1) in the seventh. Yandy Díaz was initially called out at the plate, but the call was changed after a replay review.

Red Sox 5, Phillies 3: At Philadelphia, Chris Sale struck out 10 in six innings, and Boston picked up its seventh consecutive victory. The game was delayed for about 10 minutes in the first inning when a spectator fell over a protective railing and into the Red Sox bullpen while reaching for a baseball.

Boston rookie Masataka Yoshida extended his hitting streak to 15 games.

Mets 1, Rockies 0: At New York, Kodai Senga pitched six innings of two-hit ball after a long layoff and the Mets avoided falling under .500 for the second time this year. Brandon Nimmo homered and made a diving catch in center field after committing a costly baserunning blunder Thursday in Detroit.

Drew Smith worked the seventh and David Robertson caught a break to strand two in the eighth.