Red Sox rebound to defeat Yankees
NEW YORK — J.D. Martinez hit a tiebreaking home run against Dellin Betances leading off the eighth inning, just beyond Aaron Judge's reach at the rightfield wall, and the Boston Red Sox rebounded after wasting a four-run lead to beat New York 5-4 Thursday night and send the Yankees to only their second loss in 19 games.
In another dramatic game before a sellout crowd, Boston moved back into a tie with the Yankees for the AL East lead at 26-11, the best record in the major leagues. The rivals have 13 more games this year but don't meet again until June 29 in the Bronx.
PHILLIES 6, GIANTS 3: Vince Velasquez recovered from a slow start to strike out 12 in six innings, Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer, and host Philadelphia rallied past San Francisco to complete a four-game sweep. Odubel Herrera added three hits and drove in two runs, extending his on-base streak to 39 games for the Phillies, who improved to 15-5 at home.
MARINERS 9, BLUE JAYS 3: Kyle Seager hit two home runs, including his fourth career grand slam, and Jean Segura had four hits as Seattle won at Toronto. Seager hit a two-out grand slam off lefthander J.A. Happ in the first inning and a leadoff shot against Jake Petricka in the fifth, his seventh career multihomer game. Seager's homers were his fifth and sixth of the season.
BRAVES 9, MARLINS 2: Ozzie Albies hit Atlanta's first grand slam of the season to highlight a seven-run sixth inning, Freddie Freeman had a career-high five hits, and the NL East-leading Braves won at Miami.
BREWERS 5, ROCKIES 2: Lorenzo Cain homered on the first pitch of the game, Jhoulys Chacin kept his former team in check into the sixth inning, and Milwaukee won at Colorado.
ORIOLES 11, ROYALS 6: Adam Jones homered, scored three runs and had three RBIs, and Baltimore outslugged visiting Kansas City to emerge with just its second winning streak of the season.
CARDINALS 2, PADRES 1: Miles Mikolas worked 6 2 ⁄3 strong innings on his way to improving to 5-0, and Tommy Pham homered as St. Louis won the opener of a four-game series at San Diego.