Red Sox rally past Yankees in 8th
BOSTON >> Held hitless into the eighth inning by Domingo Germán and looking feeble, Alex Verdugo and the Boston Red Sox suddenly erupted for five runs and stormed past the New York Yankees 5-4 Sunday.
Verdugo opened the eighth with a long double for Boston’s first hit. Later, Kiké Hernández slid home headfirst on Xander Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly with the go-ahead run to cap the rally.
The Red Sox won for the 10th time in 13 games against the Yankees and reclaimed first place in the AL East, a game ahead of Tampa Bay. New York fell nine games behind Boston. PHILLIES 2, BRAVES 1 >> Aaron Nola came within one out of a shutout, and Philadelphia splits its fourgame series with Atlanta.
Nola allowed four hits and struck out nine in 8 2/3 innings. Ranger Suarez got the final out for his fourth save of the season.
ORIOLES 5, NATIONALS 4 >> Ryan McKenna scored on a sharp grounder by Ramon Urías for the winning run as Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of Washington.
Trey Mancini, Maikel Franco and McKenna hit solo homers for the Orioles, who improved to 1-51 when trailing after eight innings.
CARDINALS 10, REDS 6 >> Harrison Bader and Dylan Carlson homered during a seven-run burst in the fourth inning and St. Louis beat Cincinnati.
Nolan Arenado hit his 20th home run and tripled, and Tyler O’Neill also connected for the Cardinals.
INDIANS 3, RAYS 2 >> Bobby Bradley’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning capped Cleveland’s comeback and ended the Indians’ 11-game losing streak to Tampa Bay.
The Indians managed just one run in seven innings against Tampa Bay starter Ryan Yarbrough.
METS 5, BLUE JAYS 4 >> Pete Alonso homered, pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil broke a tie with a two-run double and New York beat Toronto in a successful debut for new starter Rich Hill.
MARLINS 9, PADRES 3 >> Deven Marrero and Brian Anderson homered off Yu Darvish, who allowed four runs in five innings, and Miami earned a split of its fourgame series against San Diego.
ROYALS 6, TIGERS 1 >> 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 as Kansas City beat Detroit for its fifth straight win.
ASTROS 3, RANGERS 1 >> Zack
Greinke threw six solid innings, Abraham Toro homered and Houston sent Texas to its 12th straight loss.
ANGELS 6, TWINS 2 >> Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 35th home run and Los Angeles beat Minnesota.
CUBS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1 >> Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and David Bote homered, Trevor Williams pitched effectively into the seventh inning, and Chicago beat Arizona.
DODGERS 3, ROCKIES 2 >> Will Smith hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning and Los Angeles beat Colorado.
WHITE SOX 3, BREWERS 1 >> Lance Lynn allowed one run over six innings and hit a two-run single to lift Chicago to a victory over Milwaukee as the White Sox avoided a sweep in this series between division leaders.