Rays belt 5 HRs, win fifth in a row
TORONTO — Austin Meadows and Brandon Lowe each hit two home runs, becoming the first teammates to hit upper deck homers at Toronto in the same game, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Blue Jays 11-7 on Friday night.
The Rays won their fifth straight and improved to 11-3 on the season.
Willy Adames gave the Rays some breathing room with a two-run homer off Javy Guerra in a three-run ninth. The Rays had a season-high 16 hits.
PIRATES 6, NATIONALS 3 (10): Colin Moran had a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the 10th inning and visiting Pittsburgh scored five runs off Washington's struggling bullpen to snap a four-game losing streak.
WHITE SOX 9, YANKEES 6: Eloy Jimenez hit his first two major league homers, including a tiebreaking shot in the fifth inning, and Chicago ended a five-game skid with a win at New York in a rain-shortened game. Jimenez’s two-run drive off Jonathan Holder made it 7-5, and he added a 446-foot solo homer in the seventh. James McCann followed with his first homer of the season, and then the umpires pulled the teams off the field ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 6: Khris Davis hit his major league-best 10th homer and Oakland rallied from a five-run deficit to win at Texas. Davis' fifth homer in three games was a tiebreaking solo shot in the eighth inning. Ramon Laureano hit a game-tying homer to start the seventh for the A's. CUBS 5, ANGELS 1: Cole Hamels tossed eight sparkling innings, Willson Contreras homered twice and Chicago cooled off short-handed Los Angeles. With the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field, Anthony Rizzo and David Bote also connected to help Chicago win for the third time in four games. RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 4: Gold Glove center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. made two key catches and host Boston beat Baltimore, giving the World Series champions their first two-game winning streak of the season. Andrew Benintendi homered and Xander Bogaerts had three hits.
PHILLIES 9, MARLINS 1: Jake Arrieta allowed one run in seven innings to earn his 100th career victory, and Philadelphia sent host Miami to its fifth consecutive loss.
ROYALS 8, INDIANS 1: Alex Gordon homered as host Kansas City snapped a 10-game losing streak.
METS 6, BRAVES 2: Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run homer, Jeff McNeil added a two-run double and New York won at Atlanta.
ODDS AND ENDS: Mike Trout has been ruled out for the Los Angeles Angels’ weekend series against the Chicago Cubs due to a strained his right groin. Trout visited Dr. Steve Yoon on Friday in Los Angeles. … Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez has a strained left calf and became the 12th New York player on the injured list.