Fraley rallies Reds late vs. Rockies for 11th straight

Jake Fraley hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the host Cincinnati Reds extended their majors-best winning streak to 11 games, rallying past the Colorado Rockies, 5-3, on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

Rookie sensation Elly De La Cruz hit a one-out bloop to left that fell for a double against Daniel Bard (3-1), and Fraley hit the next pitch over the wall in right, sending the Reds to their majorsbest 12th comeback win of the season and the Rockies to their season-worst eighth straight loss. Cincinnati trailed, 3-0, after four innings.

“It is fun when its your turn, but I’d argue that it is just as fun watching other guys do it, too,” said Fraley, whose homer was his ninth this season. “I think every guy in that clubhouse would say the same thing. I feel blessed to be a part of a team like this.”

The NL Central-leading Reds (40-35) have swept three straight three-game series and won five consecutive series overall. Their winning streak is the club’s longest since winning 12 straight in 1957.

Andrew Abbott — the first Reds pitcher since the mound was moved to its current spot in 1893 to begin his career with three straight scoreless starts of more than five innings — allowed the first run of his career when Brenton Doyle led off the game with a homer. But the rookie lefthander was solid from there, striking out a career-high 10 in six innings and giving up three runs, all on solo homers. Abbott struck out the side in the sixth.

Brito solid in return to Yankees

Jhonny Brito pitched a career-high 5„ scoreless innings in a successful return to the major leagues and the Yankees beat the visiting Mariners, 4-2. Brito allowed two hits, struck out three, walked one and reached the sixth for the first time as a starting pitcher.

Fill-ins Jake Bauers and Billy McKinney homered off Luis Castillo as the Yankees won a series for the first time since placing Aaron Judge on the injured list.

New York is 6-8 with Judge out of the lineup and had not won a series since taking two of three from the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Rays’ rookie stellar vs. Orioles

Rookie Taj Bradley allowed one run over a career-high six innings, Randy Arozarena and Isaac Paredes homered, and the Rays beat the visiting Orioles, 7-2, to split a two-game series between the top two teams in the AL East.

Bradley gave up three hits and struck out eight.

Arozarena and Paredes started a four-run second with consecutive homers against Tyler Wells, who also made two errors during the inning.

Ramón Urías and Gunnar Henderson homered for the Orioles, who are five back of the first-place Rays.

Blue Jays erupt in Miami

Matt Chapman homered and doubled, Kevin Gausman pitched six-plus innings of three-run ball and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the host Miami Marlins, 6-3.

Cavan Biggio stepped in for late scratch Bo Bichette at shortstop and doubled and singled off struggling Miami starter Sandy Alcantara.

Bichette, the AL hits leader, sat out because of left thumb discomfort.

Biggio had an RBI double during a five-run second inning against Miami starter Sandy Alcantara that put the Blue Jays ahead, 5-0.

Luis Arraez went 2 for 5 for the Marlins and is hitting a major league-leading .398.

Gausman scattered eight hits and struck out six in his 12th start of six or more innings. Alcantara, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, gave up five runs and 10 hits over seven innings.

Short, Tigers trounce Royals

Zack Short led off the fifth with a home run and drove in three runs overall, Javier Báez got his 1,000th career hit with an RBI single and the host Tigers beat the slumping Royals, 9-4, who lost for the 15th time in their last 18 games. Matthew Boyd (5-5) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings for Detroit. He struck out seven without a walk . . . Rookie Bo Naylor scored the goahead run in the eighth inning on a throwing error, Gavin Williams pitched 5„ innings in his major league debut, allowing four runs on four hits while striking out four, as the Guardians beat the Athletics, 7-6. Naylor singled for his first hit in the majors — snapping an 0-for-19 drought — and came home on Steven Kwan’s one-out double.

Myles Straw was the first to score on Kwan’s hit, which turned into a two-run play when right fielder Ramón Laureano wildly flung the ball back to the infield . . . Kyle Hendricks pitched effectively into the seventh inning, allowing three runs (one earned) on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts over six innings as the Cubs beat the host Pirates, 8-3, to complete a three-game sweep . . . Angels infielder Gio Urshela is likely to miss the rest of the season with a broken pelvis. The 31-year-old Colombian was enjoying a solid debut season for Los Angeles before he fell awkwardly at first base while trying to beat out his grounder June 15 at Texas. Urshela was batting .299 with two homers and 24 RBIs for the Angels, who acquired the former Yankees infielder from Minnesota last November.