Indians extend winning streak over Tigers to 18

INDIANS 10, TIGERS 5

DETROIT — Franmil Reyes homered and drove in three, and the Cleveland Indians beat Detroit for a club-record 18th consecutive time, topping the Tigers 10-5 on Friday night.

The Indians’ previous longest winning streak against one opponent was a 17-game run against the Baltimore Orioles in 1954.

Aaron Civale (2-2) improved to 3-0 in four career starts against the Tigers, allowing 4 runs, 8 hits and a walk in 6 innings.

Ivan Nova (1-1) allowed 8 runs, 5 hits and 2 walks in 31/3 innings for Detroit.

The Indians took a 2-0 lead in the second on Reyes’ drive over the Indians bullpen and onto the second level of shrubs behind the left-center field fence. The home run was estimated at 462 feet.

Willi Castro’s sacrifice fly made it 2-1 in the bottom of the inning, and Detroit went ahead on Niko Goodrum’s two-run home run in the third. Victor Reyes followed with a triple, but Civale retired the next three batters to get out of the inning.

Cleveland took an 8-3 lead with six runs in the fourth, including five before Nova could get an out. Fran- cisco Lindor singled, Carlos Santana walked and Reyes tied it with a single. After a wild pitch moved the runners to second and third, Santana beat first baseman Jeimer Candelario’s throw to the plate on a ground ball.

Domingo Santana hit Nova’s next pitch for a three-run home run to put Cleveland ahead 7-3. Nova got one out in the inning but was removed after Delino DeShields’ single. Daniel Norris allowed a base hit to Cesar Hernandez, and DeShields scored on a groundout.

BLUE JAYS 12, RAYS 4

Teoscar Hernandez hit two of Toronto’s six home runs, Bo Bichette connected for the fourth consecutive game, and the Blue Jays kept knocking balls out of their new Buffalo park, beating Tampa Bay. Along with their seven home runs in a 14-11 loss to Miami on Wednesday night at Sahlen Field, Toronto became the fourth team in major-league history to hit at least six home runs in back-to-back games. The Blue Jays joined the Dodgers (1996), Angels (2003) and Washington (2012).

YANKEES 10, RED SOX 3

Gerrit Cole posted his 20th consecutive regular-season win, becoming the sixth pitcher to ever reach the mark by throwing seven sharp innings to lead host New York over Boston.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MARLINS 8, BRAVES 2

Jesus Aguilar drove in three runs, Jon Berti stole home, and NL East-leading Miami won its coronavirus-delayed home opener. Miami returned to Marlins Park after a 23-day road trip, interrupted when 18 players and two coaches tested positive for the virus. Pablo Lopez (2-1) allowed 2 runs, 7 hits and struck out a career-high 8 in 6 innings.

PHILLIES 6, METS 5

Bryce Harper’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Philadelphia to a victory over visiting New York. Roman Quinn led off the inning with a single off Seth Lugo (1-2), and Andrew McCutchen followed with a single. After Rhys Hoskins struck out, Harper ripped an 0-2 pitch to right. Quinn slid headfirst ahead of Michael Conforto’s throw. The Phillies had to wait for a video review to confirm it before they celebrated.

REDS 8, PIRATES 1

In Cincinnati, Jesse Winker had his first career two home run game, and Sonny Gray continued his torrid strikeout pace as the Reds defeated Pittsburgh.

INTERLEAGUE

ORIOLES 6, NATIONALS 2

Baltimore successfully finished what it started, beating Washington in a game suspended five days earlier because of a tarp malfunction at another ballpark. Baltimore led 5-2 in the top of the sixth Sunday at Nationals Park when rain halted play. The grounds crew failed to get a tangled-up tarp out in time to prevent the infield from becoming an unplayable quagmire that could not be dried.