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Yankees slug 3 HRS, beat Braves to extend win streak to 11
Yankees slug 3 HRS, beat Braves to extend win streak to 11
Wandy Peralta retired Freddie Freeman with the bases loaded for the final out, and the New York Yankees held off the Atlanta Braves . . .
ATLANTA >> Wandy Peralta retired Freddie Freeman with the bases loaded for the final out, and the New York Yankees held off the Atlanta Braves 5-4 Tuesday night to extend their longest winning streak in 36 years to 11 games.
DJ Lemahieu’s two-run homer in the fifth inning gave New York the lead. Giancarlo Stanton and Roughned Odor also went deep for the Yankees.
New York closer Aroldis Chapman, trying to preserve the lead, gave up two hits and two walks in the ninth. Chapman’s bases-loaded walk to Jorge Soler cut the margin to one, and manager Aaron Boone pulled Chapman for Peralta.
The Yankees remained four games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.
The 11-game winning streak is New York’s longest since Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1985.
Charlie Morton (12-5) allowed four runs and six hits in five innings. He had nine strikeouts.
Clay Holmes (2-0), the third of six Yankees relievers, earned the win.
DODGERS 5, PADRES 2
SAN DIEGO >> AJ Pollock hit a two-run single and robbed
Manny Machado of a tworun homer to lead Los Angeles past sinking San Diego in a series opener between NL West rivals headed in opposite directions.
Will Smith homered for the Dodgers and Julio Urías (14-3) allowed one hit over five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list to match Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks for most wins in the majors.
The Dodgers have won 10 of 11. San Diego has lost 10 of 12.
Urías, who missed his previous turn with a bruised left calf, held the Padres hitless until Eric Hosmer doubled with one out in the fifth.
GIANTS 8, METS 0
NEW YORK >> Brandon Belt hit two of San Francisco’s four home runs to push his career-best total to 19 and rookie Sammy Long pitched into the sixth inning in a win over slumping New York.
Lamonte Wade Jr. and Mike Yastrzemski also connected in the first four innings as the Giants jumped to a 7-0 advantage against rookie Tylor Megill (1-3).
Giants catcher Buster Posey was removed with left knee discomfort in the fifth.
Belt ended a 2-for-30 skid with two homers and a single in his first three plate appearances and added an RBI infield single in the eighth for his season-high fourth hit.
Long (2-1) tossed threehit ball over 5 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking one.
Megill was clobbered for a career-worst seven runs on 11 hits and five walks over 3 2/3 innings.
RED SOX 11, TWINS 9
BOSTON >> Hunter Renfroe homered twice, the second during a five-run fifth inning that gave Boston a sixrun advantage, and the Red Sox beat last-place Minnesota.
Alex Verdugo had three hits, and Renfroe drove in five runs with his 14th career multi-homer game. Kiké Hernández added a two-run homer.
Jorge Polanco hit a tworun homer for Minnesota, and Josh Donaldson added a solo shot in the ninth.
Josh Taylor (1-0) earned the win. Ex-twin Hansel Robles picked up his 11th save — his first for the Red Sox.
Griffin Jax (3-2) allowed nine runs on seven hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings.
BREWERS 7, REDS 3
MILWAUKEE >> Omar Narváez hit a tiebreaking double in a four-run seventh inning, Kolten Wong added a tworun homer in the eighth and Milwaukee rallied past Cincinnati.
Milwaukee shortstop Willy Adames exited early with a leg injury, but the first-place Brewers hit a trio of sacrifice flies to win the opener of a three-game series between the top two teams in the NL Central.
Hunter Strickland (3-1) pitched a scoreless inning
in relief of starter Corbin Burnes to help Milwaukee win for the 11th time in 14 games. Josh Hader earned his 27th save in 28 chances.
Cincinnati starter Tyler Mahle held Milwaukee to one run before getting lifted in the sixth.
ASTROS 4, ROYALS 0
HOUSTON >> Luis Garcia pitched into the seventh inning and two relievers completed a four-hitter as Houston blanked Kansas City.
Garcia (10-6) struck out seven and scattered four hits across 6 2/3 sharp innings. Ryne Stanek got the next four outs before Kendall Graveman worked a perfect ninth.
Carlos Correa had two hits and two RBIS to help the Astros snap a two-game skid.
Royals starter Brady Singer (3-9) permitted seven hits and four runs in five innings, but just one was earned.
RAYS 3, PHILLIES 1
PHILADELPHIA >> Nelson Cruz returned from the COVID-19 list, played first
base for the first time in his career and hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning as Tampa Bay beat Philadelphia.
The 41-year-old Cruz, Tampa Bay’s designated hitter who had never played first, handled all his chances cleanly in his first action anywhere on defense since he played right field for Seattle in 2018. He singled in the first and sixth innings before his big hit in the eighth, a line drive off Archie Bradley (7-2) that scored Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena.
JT Chargois (2-0) struck out the only batter he faced to end the seventh, and Andrew Kittredge worked the last two innings for his third save.
Brandon Lowe also drove in a run for the AL Eastleading Rays, who have won seven of eight. Tampa Bay upped its Al-best record to 78-48.
NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 1
MIAMI >> Tres Barrera had three hits, including a
homer, and Washington sent Miami to its eighth straight loss.
Yadiel Hernádez singled and tripled, while Ryan Zimmerman also went deep for the Nationals.
Erick Fedde (6-8) struck out a career-high 10 in 6 1/3 innings. He allowed one run, six hits and walked one. The Marlins struck out 15 times against Washington.
The Nationals broke a scoreless tie in a threerun fourth against Miami starter Jesús Luzardo (4-7).
ANGLES 14, ORIOLES 8
BALTIMORE >> Baltimore staggered to its 19th consecutive loss, allowing 19 hits and falling behind Los Angeles by 11 runs early.
Baltimore’s streak is the major leagues’ longest skid since Kansas City dropped 19 straight in 2005.
After Ryan Mountcastle homered in the first inning for a 1-0 lead, things soured quickly for Baltimore. No. 8 hitter Jo Adell tripled in two runs off rookie Spenser Watkins (2-6) and Juan Lagares followed with a two-run homer.