Verdugo tops bash of Astros
Alex Verdugo homered and tied a career high with four rBIs, powering the Yankees past Justin Verlander and the skidding Astros, 10-3, on Tuesday in New York.
Anthony Volpe and Giancarlo stanton also went deep off Verlander as the Yankees won their fourth straight game. Volpe finished with three rBIs and Juan soto had three hits.
Verdugo accounted for New York's first four runs with a threerun homer in the first and an rBI single in the third against Verlander (1-1). The three-time Cy Young Award winner lasted five innings and gave up seven runs — the second-most he’s allowed in 37 regularseason and postseason starts versus the Yankees.
The four-rBI game was the second of the season for Verdugo and the fifth of his career.
Before the game, Gerrit Cole (right elbow) threw in the bullpen for the second time since the Yankees’ ace was injured in mid-march.
Harper hammers Jays
Bryce Harper hit a grand slam, Cristopher sánchez pitched seven strong innings, and the red-hot Phillies routed the Blue Jays, 10-1, in Philadelphia.
Kody Clemens homered, tripled, and drove in four runs for the Phillies, who have won seven straight games, 11 in a row at home, and 18 of 21 overall. Philadelphia is leading baseball with 26 victories.
harper, who had three hits, chased José Berríos (4-3) with a bases-loaded drive to right with two outs in the fourth. The two-time National League mVP has home runs in three consecutive contests.
Rangers’ perfect ‘10’
Marcus semien had four hits and five rBIs, and the rangers scored 10 times in the second inning of a 15-8 victory over the Athletics in oakland.
Jonah Heim added four hits and two rBIs as Texas extended its season-high win streak to four games, outscoring opponents, 37-16, during that stretch.
The rangers sent 16 batters to the plate in the second, their biggest inning since may 23, 2015. The 15 runs matched a season high, and the 19 hits set a new mark.
The game drew an announced attendance of 3,965 to oakland after monday night’s season-low 2,895.
Bellinger back big
Cody Bellinger had three hits, including a home run, in his return to the Cubs after he missed two weeks with broken ribs. The 2019 NL mVP batted third and was the Dh in a 3-2 victory over the visiting Padres, delivered when Michael Busch led off the ninth inning with a walk-off home run . . . rays starting pitcher Ryan Pepiot is expected to go to the injured list on Wednesday, three days after getting hit on his left calf by a 107.5-m.p.h. line drive by the mets' starling Marte ...Brewers lefthander Wade Miley was scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery in Cincinnati.