Orioles’ offense purrs in victory over the Yankees
In a game delayed for several minutes while a bevy of groundskeepers tried to corral a scaredy cat in the outfield, the Baltimore Orioles hit four solo homers off New York newcomer Andrew Heaney and beat the Yankees 7-1 Monday night.
The Orioles held a six-run lead in the eighth when the tabby emerged from the third base side as Yankees star Aaron Judge batted against Paul Fry.
The cat got on the warning track and dashed back and forth. The feline climbed up on the low padding along the wall and tried to scale the bullpen fence, but kept falling back down. Only after 3 1/2 minutes did the cat leave the field, darting into an open gate near the seating area along the third base line.
Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays hit back-to-back homers in the third off Heaney (6-8).
Ryan Mountcastle and Ramón Urías also went deep to spoil the debut of Heaney, who gave up four runs on six hits in six innings with the homers coming in a span of six batters in the third and fourth.
Jorge López (3-12) took a no-hitter into the sixth and allowed one run and one hit in six innings.
Joey Gallo started in left field and ended López’s no-hit bid with a clean double to open the sixth. MARINERS 8, RAYS 2 >> Jake Fraley had a two-run single during a fiverun third, Chris Flexen went 6 2/3 solid innings, and Seattle beat AL East-leading Tampa Bay.
Fraley, who was activated before the game after being on the COVID-19 injured list since July 18, also made a diving catch in left field on Brandon Lowe’s liner in the third. He went 2 for 4 with a walk and stole a base.
Flexen (10-5) gave up two runs and seven hits, helping the Mariners move within three games of Oakland, which currently holds the second AL wild card. The righthander struck out six and walked two.
Seattle’s Ty France had three hits with three RBIs, and came within a triple of hitting for the cycle.
Randy Arozarena homered as Tampa Bay saw its divisional lead over Boston drop to one game. PHILLIES 7, NATIONALS 5 >> J.T. Realmuto hit a go-ahead, two-run single to highlight a five-run rally in the ninth inning that carried Philadelphia over Washington.
Trailing 3-2, the Phillies started the winning rally when Ronald Torreyes and Travis Jankowski opened the ninth with singles off Gabe Klobosits (0-1). Jean Segura doubled off Wander Suero to tie the game and Realmuto singled to put the Phillies ahead.
Carter Kieboom hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth before Ian Kennedy recorded his 17th save and first with the Phillies.
Andrew Stevenson hit a pinchhit homer in the sixth for the Nationals.
MARLINS 6, METS 3 >> Lewis Brinson connected for a first-inning grand slam to back Jesús Luzardo in his Miami debut, and the lastplace Marlins beat NL East-leading New York. Miguel Rojas had two hits and scored twice for the Marlins, who ended a four-game losing streak.
INDIANS 5, BLUE JAYS 2, 10 INNINGS >> Jose Ramirez homered to cap a three-run 10th inning and Cleveland ended Toronto’s four-game winning streak.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 34th home run for the Blue Jays, who lost for the first time in four games since returning north of the border.
Brad Hand (5-6) endured a rocky 10th, opening the inning with a wild pitch that allowed automatic runner Myles Straw to advance to third. Amed Rosario lined Hand’s next pitch through the drawn-in infield for an RBI single. our pitches later, Ramirez homered off the left field foul screen, his 23rd. BREWERS6, PIRATES2>> Eduardo Escobar hit a three-run homer and an RBI triple to back up Eric Lauer’s five shutout innings in Milwaukee’s victory over Pittsburgh. Escobar’s two-out triple off Kyle Keller in the sixth extended the Brewers’ lead to 2-0. He followed that up by sending a 421-foot drive to right against Nick Mears in the seventh. He also walked twice to reach base on each of his four plate appearances.