Athletics defeat Yankees on two Healy home runs
OAKLAND, Calif. — Even as Ryon Healy tinkers with his plate approach, teammates think the Oakland third baseman deserves All-Star consideration.
Easy to see why on days like this.
Healy went deep twice for his third multihomer game in two weeks, Matt Joyce also hit a long ball and the Athletics beat the New York Yankees 5-2 on Saturday.
Healy hit a tying solo home run in the second inning, then
The slugger also had two home runs against Washington on June 3 and against Toronto on June 5.
It's the fifth time this season that Healy, who singled in the seventh, has had three hits or more in a game.
Joyce reached base five times, Jesse Hahn (3-4) pitched five innings to defeat New York for the first time in his career and Jed Lowrie had an RBI single to keep the A's rolling at home. Oakland has won six of its last eight at the Coliseum, including three straight against the Yankees.
Joyce homered leading off the game against Masahiro
first since Sept. 24, 2013 — also against the Yankees.
Austin Romine and Brett Gardner drove in runs for New York, which has lost a season-high five straight. The Yankees entered the day with a one-game lead over Boston in the AL East.
Hahn had an uneven outing but stuck around long enough to win his second straight. The right-hander allowed two runs and three hits and had six strikeouts, including two against home run leader Aaron Judge.
Four relievers pitched one inning apiece to complete the five-hitter. Sean Doolittle retired three batters for his second save.
Tanaka had an up-and-down day while losing to the A's for the second time this season. Tanaka struck out 10 but allowed five runs and eight hits — including three homers — over four innings.
Indians 9, Twins 3
MINNEAPOLIS — Jose Ramirez homered twice, doubled and drove in four runs as the Cleveland Indians pulled even with Minnesota atop the AL Central by beating the Twins in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Ramirez touched off a three-run first inning with a two-out homer off Adam Wilk (0-2). He chased the spot starter with a two-run double in the fourth and added another solo shot off Alex Wimmers in the sixth. It was the second multihomer game of Ramirez's career, both this season.
Zach McAllister (1-0) pitched two hitless innings, striking out three. He worked in relief of starter Ryan Merritt, who made his season debut. McAllister, Bryan Shaw and Dan Otero combined for five scoreless innings in relief.
Rangers 10, Mariners 4
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mike Napoli hit two home runs, connecting along with Rougned Odor and Shin-Soo Choo in the sixth inning to power Texas past Seattle.
Napoli's two-run drive capped a five-run first that sent the Rangers to their seventh win in eight games. Seattle lost its third in a row.
Martin Perez (3-6) won for the first time since May 18. He left with a 5-4 lead with one out in the sixth after giving up a 463-foot, three-run homer to straightaway center by Mike Zunino.
opening inning before giving up five straight hits.
Rays 3, Tigers 2
DETROIT — Chris Archer pitched six strong innings, Daniel Robertson drove in two runs and scored a third, and Tampa Bay bounced back to beat Detroit.
Detroit had won the first two games of the series,
Archer (5-4) gave up two runs, six hits and a walk, striking out eight. Two relievers finished, with Jesus Colome getting five outs for his 19th save.
Mikie Mahtook led off the Detroit ninth with an infield single and took second on Jose Iglesias's sacrifice, but Colome retired the next two batters.
Michael Fulmer (6-5) allowed three runs on six hits and four walks in 6 2/3 innings. He made his first start since receiving a cortisone shot to reduce inflammation in his pitching shoulder.
White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2
TORONTO — Todd Frazier and Matt Davidson hit consecutive home runs to lead Chicago over Toronto.
Jose Abreu also went deep to help the White Sox win their fourth straight series against the Blue Jays, beating them for the ninth time in the in the last 10 games.
Mike Pelfrey (3-5) earned his second road win of the season, limiting Toronto to one run and four hits in six innings. He retired 10 straight batters between the second and sixth innings.
David Robertson worked the ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances.
and three runs — all on the solo homers — in seven innings. He walked one and struck out five.
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BALTIMORE — Jonathan Schoop homered twice and drove in four runs, Manny Machado went deep in a sevenrun second inning against Adam Wainwright and Baltimore beat St. Louis.
Adam Jones and Mark Trumbo got Baltimore started with successive first-inning shots, and Schoop finished the longball display with drives in the fourth and seventh.
Wade Miley (3-4) picked up his second win since April 14 despite allowing six runs, five earned, in 5 2/3 innings.
including three home runs, over 1 2/3 innings — the shortest of his 268 career starts. The nine runs and three homers matched the most he's allowed in any outing.