AROUND THE HORN
Yankees: Yankees fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Guardians outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres got RBI hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Yankees over the Guardians 6-5 Saturday. Rather than a celebration, Aaron Judge and other Yankees players rushed toward the wall in right-center field, trying to calm the crowd as security personnel joined the effort. Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase (0-2) was one strike away from preserving a 5-4 lead when Kiner-Falefa hit a 100 mph fastball for a tying double. Rookie left fielder Steven Kwan ran hard into the wall chasing the ball and was shaken up, and trainer came out to check him. Before play resumed, Guardians right fielder Oscar Mercado pointed at the stands and center fielder Myles Straw climbed the chain-link fence in left to confront face-to-face at least one fan, while another fan nearby made a derogatory gesture. Torres followed by lining a single to right-center for the game-winner. As Mercado and Straw chased the ball in the gap, several fans began throwing objects at them. Yankees players ran to the spot to quell the disturbance.
Giants: Alex Wood pitched five effective innings and the Giants’ bullpen closed it out, leading the Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Nationals. Wilmer Flores and Joc Pederson each had two hits for the Giants, who won for the third time in four games. They beat the Nationals 7-1 in the series opener Friday night. Wood allowed two runs and four hits. The left-hander struck out five and walked one.
Blue Jays: George Springer hit a leadoff homer in the first game against his former team, and Santiago Espinal homered for the second straight game Saturday to lift the Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Astros. The Astros lost their fourth in a row. The game was tied at 2 with one out in the seventh inning when Espinal, who hit his first homer this season in a win Friday night, connected off Blake Taylor (0-1). The Blue Jays lead the majors with 20 home runs after clubbing four in the first two games of this series. Alek Manoah (3-0) allowed seven hits and two runs while fanning five in six innings. Kyle Tucker hit a leadoff single in the Houston ninth, but Adam Cimber struck out Nico Goodrum before pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz lined into an unassisted double play. Cimber picked up his first save.
Rangers: Brad Miller hit a key single in the eighth inning that drove in two runs after a replay review initiated by the umpires, and the Rangers beat the Athletics 2-0. The winning rally started when Adolis Garcia and Willie Calhoun chased Frankie Montas with consecutive one-out singles. After Domingo Acevedo retired pinch-hitter Jonah Heim on a groundout, Miller lined a 1-1 pitch to left. Garcia scored easily but pinch-runner Eli White was thrown out at home by a strong throw from Tony Kemp. The umps initiated a crew chief review and overturned the initial call, ruling A’s catcher Sean Murphy illegally blocked the plate.
Cardinals: Dakota
Hudson pitched 6 ⅔ innings of one-hit ball, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs with a sixth-inning double and the Cardinals beat the Reds 5-0. It is the 11th straight loss for the injury-plagued Reds. The Reds have lost 11 straight for the first time since 2016.