Santander’s 3-run HR in 9th leads Orioles over Yankees
Anthony Santander lined a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Lucas Luetge and the host Baltimore Orioles avoided a four-game sweep by beating the New York Yankees 9-6 on Thursday.
New York lost for just the second time in 11 games and is still a major-league best 28-10. The Yankees fell to 18-1 when scoring five runs or more this season.
The Yankees were down to their last out in the ninth when DJ LeMahieu hit an RBI single off closer Jorge Lopez that tied it at 6.
The Orioles answered when Austin Hays reached on a throwing error by third baseman Josh Donaldson, who had pinch-hit in the top half of the inning.
One out later, Trey Mancini singled and Santander followed with a drive to left field for his seventh homer of the season.
When Santander connected, it had plenty of distance — the only question was whether it would be fair or foul, and it easily was inside the pole at Camden Yards.
Giancarlo Stanton homered over the left field wall, which was moved back 26 feet since last year and was called “a travesty” by
New York sluggers Aaron Judge this series. Stanton became the first Orioles opponent to clear that fence. He has 11 home runs and he leads the league with 35 RBIs.
White Sox 7, Kansas City 4:
Luis Robert homered and drove in four runs as Chicago rallied past host Kansas City to win the five-game series.
Robert delivered a pair of RBI singles before hitting a two-run homer into the left field stands in the eighth. His sixth home run of the season capped Chicago’s sixth come-from-behind win.
Pinch-hitter Adam Engel gave the White Sox their first lead with an RBI single in the seventh off Gabe Speier that broke a 4-all tie.
Tim Anderson had two hits, two walks and two RBI, recording his 10th multi-hit outing in his past 18 games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Padres 2, Phillies 0:
Yu Darvish struck out five and walked none over seven shutout innings to lead San Diego at Philadelphia. Phillies slugger Bryce Harper missed a fourth straight game from the lingering effects of a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow. The Phillies hope Harper can return Friday against the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
Mets 7, Cardinals 6 (10): Hours after the Mets learned Max Scherzer will join fellow ace Jacob deGrom on the injured list, Pete Alonso kept host New York rolling with a two-run homer in the 10th inning against St. Louis.
Paul Goldschmidt tied the score 5-all with two outs in the ninth off Mets closer Edwin Díaz with his fourth RBI of the game. Albert Pujols hit a run-scoring double play grounder in the 10th of the Cardinals’ firstextra inning game this year.
With the automatic runner on second, Alonso drove the second pitch from Giovanny Gallegos into the left field second deck for his third career game-ending home run. It was the 10th home run of the season for Alonso, who leads the major leagues with 33 RBI.
INTERLEAGUE
Reds 4, Guardians 2:
Tyler Naquin homered in the fifth inning and scored on Kyle Farmer’s go-ahead single in the eighth, leading Cincinnati at Cleveland.
It was Cincinnati’s first series sweep of its Ohio neighbors since 2014. The Reds won both games in this rain-delayed interleague set, and are showing some positive signs after starting the season 3-21. They’re 8-5 since May 5.