Red Sox invoke their late mojo, upend Yankees
Held hitless into the eighth inning by Domingo Germán and looking feeble, Alex Verdugo and the Boston Red Sox suddenly erupted for five runs Sunday to shake Fenway Park and storm past the New York Yankees 5-4.
The old ballpark was quiet for most of the afternoon until Verdugo opened the eighth with a long double for Boston’s first hit. By the time Kiké Hernández slid home headfirst on Xander Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly with the go-ahead run to cap the rally, fans were in a frenzy.
The Red Sox reclaimed first place in the American League East, a game ahead of Tampa Bay. It was their 10th win in 13 games this year against their longtime rivals, and erased a tough 4-3 loss on Saturday when New York scored four times in the eighth.
■ Indians 3, Rays 2: At Cleveland, Bobby Bradley’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning halted an 11-game losing streak against Tampa Bay.
■ Giants 6, Pirates 1: At San Francisco, Lamonte Wade Jr. homered twice and Wilmer Flores and Thairo Estrada also went deep as the majors-leading Giants avoided a three-game sweep.
■ Dodgers 3, Rockies 2: At Los Angeles, Will Smith hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, Chris Taylor added a pair of homers and College of Southern Nevada product Phil Bickford (1-1) worked a scoreless inning for the victory.
■ Marlins 9, Padres 3: At Miami, Deven Marrero and Brian Anderson homered off San Diego’s Yu Darvish (7-5), who is 0-3 over his past four starts with an ERA of 7.32.
■ Astros 3, Rangers 1: At Houston, Zack Greinke threw six solid innings and Abraham Toro homered in sending Texas to its 12th straight loss. The Rangers’ record for consecutive losses is 15, set in September 1972.
■ Mariners 4, Athletics 3: At Seattle, Kyle Seager hit a two-out, two-run single to highlight a four-run third inning as the Mariners pulled within 1½ games of the A’s for the second wild card in the AL.
■ Mets 5, Blue Jays 4: At New York, former Las Vegas 51s standout Pete Alonso homered for the fifth time since the All-star break and Rich Hill, acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade on Friday, made a successful debut with his 11th team in 17 major league seasons.
■ White Sox 3, Brewers 1: At Milwaukee, Lance Lynn (10-3) allowed one run over six innings and hit a two-run single to lift Chicago.
■ Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 1: At Chicago, Bonanza High product Kris Bryant and David
Bote hit two-run homers and Anthony Rizzo added a solo shot.
■ Cardinals 10, Reds 6: At Cincinnati, Harrison Bader and Dylan Carlson homered during a seven-run burst in the fourth inning, while Nolan Arenado hit his 20th home run and tripled, and Tyler O’neill also connected for the Cardinals.
■ Angels 6, Twins 2: At Minneapolis, Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 35th home run and Max Stassi had three hits and three RBIS.
■ Phillies 2, Braves 1: At Philadelphia, oncestruggling Aaron Nola came within one out of a shutout. He allowed four hits and struck out nine in8 ⅔ innings.
■ Orioles 5, Nationals 4: At Baltimore, Ryan Mckenna scored on a sharp grounder by Ramon Urías for the winning run in the ninth to cap a three-game sweep of Washington. It was the Orioles’ first victory in 52 attempts when trailing after eight innings.
■ Royals 6, Tigers 1: At Kansas City, Mo., Jorge Soler hit two home runs, Salvador Perez added a three-run blast and Daniel Lynch pitched eight scoreless innings for his first major league win.