FRIDAY’S MLB ROUNDUP

NATIONAL LEAGUE PIRATES 6, REDS 5

PITTSBURGH — Kevin Newman hit a two-run homer with two out in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Jake Elmore set up Newman’s game-ending swing with a leadoff single against Raisel Iglesias (3-12). After Erik Gonzalez and Melky Cabrera grounded out, Newman hit a drive into the bleachers in left for his 12th homer.

Newman also hit a three-run homer in the fifth and is batting .310 this season. The shortstop and Bryan Reynolds are angling to become the first pair of qualified rookie teammates to each hit over .300 since 1975.

It was Iglesias’ sixth blown save opportunity. Yacksel Rios (1-0) worked a scoreless inning for his fifth career victory.

Michael Lorenzen put the Reds ahead with an RBI single in the eighth and pitched two innings of scoreless relief after moving to the mound from center field.

ROCKIES 11, BREWERS 7

DENVER — Ryan Braun exited early with calf trouble and the Milwaukee Brewers’ push for the NL Central title took a hit, their seven-game winning streak ending with an loss to the Colorado Rockies.

The Brewers began the day one game behind St. Louis for the division lead. Milwaukee dropped two games in back of Washington for the top NL wild-card spot with two games left.

Braun hit an RBI single in the first inning and played left field in the bottom half. The Milwaukee cleanup man was pulled with left calf discomfort in the second.

Lorenzo Cain homered, Keston Hiura had four hits and Brewers starter Zach Davies had a single before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the sixth. He allowed just one run on two hits before departing with a 2-1 lead.

Pinch-hitter Raimel Tapia connected for a grand slam to cap Colorado’s seven-run sixth inning that made it 8-2.

The Brewers allowed a total of 13 runs during their winning streak, but a bullpen that was 12-0 over the last 20 games imploded against Colorado.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 1

BOSTON — Renato Nunez hit a threerun homer, Asher Wojciechowski pitched six shutout innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox.

Wojciechowski (4-8) struck out six as the Orioles took the opener of the season-ending, three-game series for both clubs.

Baltimore also guaranteed that the Red Sox will finish with a losing record at Fenway Park, adding to the sting of missing the playoffs one year after winning the World Series. The Red Sox fell to 3740 at Fenway, where they last finished with a losing record in 2014 — when they were also coming off a World Series championship.

Boston will finish with a winning record overall but losing record at home for just the second time in franchise history.

TIGERS-WHITE SOX RAINED OUT

CHICAGO — The doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox scheduled for Friday night was rained out, and as a result the teams will play only 161 games this season.

The twinbill started almost an hour late because of thunderstorms, and Detroit led 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning in the first game when the downpour returned. Play was stopped and the game was called after a wait of 1 hour, 15 minutes.

TWINS 6, ROYALS 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Minnesota became the record fourth team in the major leagues to win 100 games this season, beating Kansas City behind two-run homers from Miguel Sano and Ryan LaMarre in a game shortened to 6½ innings because of rain.

Minnesota reached the century mark in wins for just the second time in franchise history. The 1965 Twins went 102-60, then lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games.

YANKEES 14, RANGERS 7

ARLINGTON, Texas — James Paxton was removed from his final start before the playoffs after one inning because of a tight muscle in his buttocks, overshadowing six home runs by the Yankees in a victory over the Texas Rangers that gave New York 103 wins for the first time in a decade.

Paxton had won 10 consecutive starts, a career best. He allowed Danny Santana’s two-run homer in a 21-pitch first. At the end of the inning Yankees manager Aaron Boone, pitching coach Larry Rothschild and head athletic trainer Steve Donahue conferred in the dugout, and Ben Heller relieved in the second.