MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Late Tuesday Tigers 12, Yankees 11

Playing the worst team in the major leagues, the New York Yankees took a six-run lead in the second inning. Not enough. Jordy Mercer capped the comeback with a game-ending single off Chance Adams in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers overcame six home runs by the Yankees to beat New York on Tuesday night. “We've had a few of these games lately,” said Grayson Greiner, whose oneout double started the winning rally. “We gave up a bunch of homers to the Twins and won, and we were down 4-0 in Oakland and came back. This is a lot of fun for the young guys.” Brett Gardner and Didi Gregorius each homered twice, and Gleyber Torres and Edwin Encarnación also went deep for the Yankees, whose 276 homers tied Minnesota for the major league lead. “When a team hits six homers and gives you 11 runs, you have to win the game,” Yankees opener Nelson Cortez Jr. said. “We let those guys down. There's no way around it.” New York, with a 95-51 record to Detroit's 43-100, led 6-0. But the Tigers tied the score with six runs in the third, aided by an error by Torres at second base. With the Yankees ahead 6-2, Torres dropped a throw from Gregorius at shortstop on what appeared to be an inning-ending double play by Dawel Lugo off Luis Cessa, who had just replaced Cortes. Christin Stewart hit a sacrifice fly, Travis Demeritte added a RBI single and Greiner hit a two-run single. Greiner doubled with one out in the ninth off Chance Adams (1-1) and Mercer's single to the gap in right-center scored pinch-runner Willi Castro. Tigers closer Joe Jiménez (3-8) pitched a perfect ninth. New York built the lead off Edwin Jackson as Gardner had a solo homer in the first and hit a two-run drive to cap a five-run second that included Mike Ford's RBI single and Tyler Wade's two-run triple. Solo homers by Torres in the fourth and Gregorius in the fifth off Tyler Alexander put the Yankees ahead 8-6, but the Tigers burst to a 10-8 lead when Christin Stewart hit a solo homer off Cessa in the fifth, then Miguel Cabrera had a sacrifice fly against Cory Gearrin in the sixth and Jeimer Candelario followed with a two-run single. Encarnación tied the score in the seventh off John Schreiber, and Gregorius homered off Daniel Stumpf for an 11-10 lead. Mercer walked against Adam Ottavino in the bottom half, advanced on Gary Sánchez's seventh passed ball this season and scored on Harold Castro's single.

Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3

Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run home run, Cavan Biggio and Reese McGuire added solo shots and Toronto snapped a seven-game losing streak with a win over Boston. Biggio walked twice and scored twice, and McGuire had two hits. Mookie Betts homered for the Red Sox, who have lost four straight. Boston's three-year run atop the AL East ended with Monday's 5-0 home loss to the Yankees. Justin Shafer (2-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings as Toronto won for the first time since Aug. 31. After Houston's Justin Verlander no-hit the Blue Jays on September 1, Toronto lost twice at Atlanta and was swept in a four-game series at Tampa Bay. Derek Law pitched one inning, Tim Mayza got two outs in the eighth and Jordan Romano got the third, and Ken Giles finished in the ninth for his 19th save in 20 opportunities. Blue Jays rookie right-hander T.J. Zeuch followed opener Wilmer Font in his debut outing at Atlanta last week. This time, the right-hander gave up a solo home run to Betts on his first pitch of the game. The Red Sox slugger lined one off the foul screen in left for his 28th homer. It was Betts' 20th career leadoff homer. Toronto tied it on Biggio's homer in the third, his 13th, and took the lead on McGuire's blast in the fourth, his fifth. J.D. Martinez chased Zeuch with an RBI double in the fifth and Andrew Benitendi made it 3-2 with a two-out RBI single off Buddy Boshers, but Toronto answered in the bottom half when Tellez greeted reliever Josh Taylor (1-2) with 18th home run of the season and sixth in 10 games against Boston. Boston's Rafael Devers hit his 50th double in the fifth, becoming the youngest Red Sox player to reach the mark. It's the ninth 50-double season in Red Sox history.

Mets 3, Diamondbacks 2

Zack Wheeler pitched one-run ball over seven innings, Justin Wilson navigated four difficult outs for his first save since April and New York beat Arizona. New York has taken the first two games in the key four-game set between NL playoff contenders. Todd Frazier drove a pair of run-scoring doubles for the Mets, who began the day four games behind the Cubs. Diamondbacks rookie Zac Gallen (3-5) pitched three-run ball over six innings. Eduardo Escobar homered off reliever Brad Brach and drove in two for Arizona. He has 112 RBIs. Wheeler (11-7) struck out seven and allowed seven hits and two walks.

Brewers: No update yet on Yelich’s broken kneecap

The Milwaukee Brewers say there's no update yet on Christian Yelich's broken right kneecap. Yelich was back in Milwaukee on Wednesday for further tests, a day after the reigning NL MVP was hurt when he fouled a ball off himself during a game in Miami. “The hope is we can provide an update (Thursday),” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. The team said after Tuesday night's 4-3 loss that the star outfielder would miss the rest of the regular season. They didn't say whether Yelich might be able to return for the playoffs that begin Oct. 1 if they make it that far — Milwaukee is one game behind the Chicago Cubs for the second NL wild-card spot. Yelich hit .329 with 44 home runs and 97 RBIs along with 30 stolen bases.