Yankees bash five home runs to win series at Tampa Bay
Catcher Jose Trevino stroked two of New
York’s five home runs as the Yankees bashed their way to a second series win over Tampa Bay, thumping the Rays 10-6 Sunday in St. Petersburg.
New York’s Jahmai Jones hit a solo shot, Aaron Judge (2-for-4, walk) had a two-run bash and Gleyber Torres swatted a three-run homer.
Starter Luis Gil (4-1) was masterful over six shutout innings. The right-hander recorded three strikeouts and two walks, yielded only three hits and lowered his ERA to 2.51.
Anthony Rizzo went 2-for-5 with two runs as the Yankees posted 11 hits and beat Tampa Bay for the fourth time in six games this season.
Diamondbacks 9, Orioles 2: Zac Gallen pitched six strong innings and Arizona finally got its offense going to avoid a three-game sweep in Baltimore. Adley Rutschman homered for the Orioles, who lost for only the second time in their last nine games.
Red Sox 3, Nationals 2: Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run double in the second inning to help the host Red Sox win the three-game series. Boston won for the second straight day despite striking out 11 times against three pitchers.
Boston’s Brayan Bello (4-1) was activated from the injured list (lat tightness) and made his first start since April 19. He gave up two runs on four hits in five innings.
Twins 5, Blue Jays 1: Minnesota’s Carlos Santana hit a three-run home run and right-hander
Bailey Ober struck out 10 in the easy win in Toronto. Minnesota’s Max Kepler hit a two-run double in the eighth to extend his career-best hit streak to 14 games in the rubber match of a three-game series. The Twins have won 17 of their past 20 games. They have won six straight series.
Astros 9, Tigers 3: Justin Verlander pitched seven dominant innings as Houston rolled in Detroit. Verlander, who pitched for Detroit from 2005-17, retired the first 14 batters he faced. He allowed two hits and recorded eight strikeouts for his 101st victory at Comerica Park.
Guardians 7, White Sox 0: Logan Allen tossed six scoreless innings and Andres Gimenez and David Fry each homered to help Cleveland avoid a four-game sweep in Chicago. Zach Remillard singled twice and walked once batting ninth for Chicago, which saw its season-high four-game winning streak snapped.
Cardinals 4, Brewers 3: Michael Siani doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh and struggling Paul Goldschmidt (.197) added a homer and RBI single as St. Louis rallied in Milwaukee to snap a seven-game losing streak.
Cubs 5, Pirates 4 (10 innings): Patrick Wisdom hit a solo homer during a three-run 10th inning as Chicago won the rubber match of a three-game series.
Adbert Alzolay allowed Connor Joe’s two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th before securing his fourth save. Hector Neris (3-0) earned the win after escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning.
LATE SATURDAY
Rookie Skenes’ debut: On Saturday, righthander Paul Skenes struck out seven over four-plus innings in his highly anticipated major-league debut, and host Pittsburgh hit five home runs in a 10-9 victory over the Cubs.
Skenes threw 17 pitches of 100 mph or more and gave up three runs on six hits and two walks while throwing 84 pitches in all. He was staked to a 6-1 lead before Chicago drew six bases-loaded walks off three Pirates relievers during a wild fifth inning that was interrupted by a rain delay of over two hours.
Near no-hitter for Atlanta: Left-hander Max Fried threw seven no-hit innings for the Braves, who came within one out of their first no-hitter in over 30 years in a 4-1 win at the New York Mets on Saturday.
Fried (3-1) issued three walks and struck out five. The Braves’ most recent no-hitter was thrown by Kent Mercker against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1994.
Fried threw 109 pitches, one shy of his career high.
“Frankly, I was not very good with my command at all,” Fried said. “I was just trying to keep us in the game as long as I possibly could.”
Braves reliever Joe Jimenez walked Harrison Bader to open the eighth before walking DJ Stewart with one out. Jimenez then fanned the next two batters.
Raisel Iglesias got the first two outs of the ninth before J.D. Martinez homered to right-center. Jeff McNeil walked and Bader singled before Brett Baty flied out to end the game.