Davis homers as Athletics beat Rays
Mike Fiers pitched six effective innings, Matt Olson and Khris Davis hit consecutive homers, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Fiers (6-3) allowed two runs and three hits, and is 4-0 in seven starts beginning with his no-hitter against Cincinnati on May 7.
Liam Hendriks, Lou Trivino and Blake Treinen, who gave up Willy Adames’ RBI single in the ninth en route to his 15th save, combined to strike out six and complete the four-hitter.
Tommy Pham homered for the Rays, who are 16 games over .500 despite an 18-15 record at home.
After Matt Chapman reached on shortstop Adames’ throwing error in the sixth, Olson hit a two-run homer and Davis then went deep two pitches later off Emilio Pagan (1-1) as Oakland took a 4-2 lead.
Pagan, acquired by Tampa Bay from the Athletics in a threeteam trade in December, had allowed just one run over 19 innings in his previous 18 appearances.
Pham put the Rays up 1-0 on a first-inning homer. He had been 1 for 17 in five games since returning June 6 from lower right leg injury.
Adames walked with two outs in the fourth, went to third on Kevin Kiermaier’s single and scored to make it 2-0 on a double steal. YANKEES 12-4, METS 5-10: Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first inning off an ineffective James Paxton, J.D. Davis and Carlos Gómez also went deep, and the Mets beat the Yankees for a split of their day-night Subway Series doubleheader. Jason Vargas (3-3) wasn’t sharp early but got stronger as the night wore on, helping the Mets to only the fifth win in their last 23 road games. Luke Voit hit a three-run homer off Zack Wheeler in a five-run fourth inning as the Yankees overcame a three-run deficit to win the opener 12-5. Alonso’s home run was his 22nd, the second-most for a rookie before the All-star break, trailing only Cody Bellinger’s 25 for the Los Angeles Dodgers two years ago. PHILLIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4: Scott Kingery hit a three-run homer, Jake Arrieta threw six effective innings and Philadelphia beat Arizona. Arrieta (6-5) allowed three runs and six hits for his second win in eight starts. Hector Neris pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 14 tries. Ketel Marte went deep for the Diamondbacks and the teams combined for only two homers a night after setting a major league record with 13. Arizona lefty Jon Duplantier (1-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in three innings. The Diamondbacks’ five-game winning streak ended. Kingery gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the second with a drive to left, his seventh homer and third in two games. Bryce Harper ripped an RBI double to right to make it 4-0.