Yankees strike late on offense, defense to win
NEW YORK — Gleyber Torres homered in the seventh inning and singled home the winning run in the ninth as the New York Yankees — moments after a turning a clutch triple play — beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 Friday following one of the most overpowering displays of starting pitching in major league history.
White Sox left-hander Carlos Rodon and counterpart Jordan Montgomery combined for 24 strikeouts during the first game since 1900 in which both starters had at least 10 punchouts while permitting no walks or runs.
After arriving with the American League’s best record, Chicago put two runners on to open the ninth against closer Aroldis Chapman (3-0).
Rookie Andrew Vaughn hit a sharp grounder toward third, where Gio Urshela stepped on the bag and went around the horn to end the inning.
Judge singled leading off the bottom half against Evan Marshall (0-2), who pitched out of a jam in the eighth by getting a line-drive double play. Judge went to second on Urshela’s single and slid safely across the plate after Torres ripped a sharp single to left.
Rodon struck out 13 in six innings of two-hit ball. He became the first pitcher to strike out the first five Yankees batters in a road game since Dodgers great Sandy Koufax in the 1963 World Series opener.
Montgomery struck out 11 and scattered four hits over seven innings.
■ Mets 6, Marlins 5: At Miami, New York rookie Khalil Lee hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the 12th for his first hit after strikeouts in his first eight at-bats, a major league record.
■ Rockies 7, Diamondbacks 1: At Denver, Ryan Mcmahon hit a two-run homer and a solo shot to back German Marquez (3-4), who pitched seven shutout innings.
■ Dodgers 2, Giants 1: At San Francisco, Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer in the third to back Trevor Bauer (5-2), who struck out 11 in 6⅓ innings.
■ Athletics 8, Angels 4: At Anaheim, Calif., Ramon Laureano went 4-for-4 with a home run and made a home run-saving catch in center for Oakland.
■ Rangers 7, Astros 5: At Arlington, Texas, Adolis Garcia hit a two-run double in the fourth and a walk-off three-run homer in the 10th for Texas.
■ Tigers 7, Royals 5: At Kansas City, Mo., Miguel Cabrera hit a solo home run in the second and a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh for Detroit.
■ Nationals 4, Orioles 2: At Washington, Stephen Strasburg (1-1) shut out Baltimore on one hit over 5⅓ in his injured-list return.
■ Braves 20, Pirates 1: At Atlanta, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Ehire Adrianza each hit a grand slam, and Austin Riley homered twice.
■ Cubs 12, Cardinals 3: At St. Louis, Joc Pederson homered on the first pitch, and Ian Happ had two hits in Chicago’s eight-run eighth.
■ Red Sox 11, Phillies 3: At Philadelphia, Rafael Devers and Danny Santana homered for Boston, whose batters struck out 17 times.
■ Rays 9, Blue Jays 7: At Dunedin, Fla., Francisco Mejia hit a grand slam in the 12th for Tampa Bay, which won its eighth straight.
■ Twins 10, Indians 0: At Cleveland, Max Kepler and Alex Kirilloff each drove in two runs in a nine-run fourth.
■ Reds 9, Brewers 4: At Cincinnati, Jesse Winker went 4-for-4 with three solo home runs for Cincinnati.