Cole stumbles, Yanks drop 1 1/2 games out
NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole stumbled when the New York Yankees needed an ace-like outing, allowing seven runs over 5 2/3 innings in a costly 11-1 defeat to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
After losing consecutive games by eight or more runs for the first time since May 2008, New York dropped 1 1/2 games behind Toronto for the second AL wild card and 2 1/2 games back of wild card leader Boston with 12 games left.
Harold Ramirez hit a pair of two-run singles and drove in a career-high four runs before leaving with a right shoulder injury.
CARDINALS 8, PADRES 7
ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Diego center fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. dropped Nolan Arenado's basesloaded popup and heaved the ball home, leading to a five-run first inning as St. Louis completed a three-game sweep and extended its winning streak to eight.
Tatis' brutal error and mental mistake — he chose not to make an easy throw to second or third for a forceout — came one day after his dugout dustup with teammate Manny Machado.
Jake Arrieta (5-14) left after six batters and 20 pitches because of a right adductor groin strain. He allowed five runs — four earned — three hits and a walk while getting one out.
Alex Reyes (9-8) allowed one run over two innings, and
Giovanny Gallegos struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
BLUE JAYS 5, TWINS 3
TORONTO (AP) — José Berríos (12-9) allowed three runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings to beat the team that traded him to Toronto on July 30.
Bo Bichette homered in a fiverun first inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits and an RBI as the Blue Jays improved to 15-3 in September and at 84-65 moved a season-best 19 games above .500.
Jordan Romano got three outs for his 19th save.
RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 6
BOSTON (AP) — Kiké Hernández's game-tying RBI single caromed off the secondbase bag and into shallow center field, sparking a three-run, seventh-inning rally that carried Boston to a three-game sweep and five-game winning streak.
J.D. Martinez had a solo homer and Kevin Plawecki added a tworun single for the Red Sox.
Trey Mancini had a three-run double for the Orioles, who lost 12 of the final 13 meetings against the Red Sox after sweeping a season-opening three-game series.
After Hirokazu Sawamura (5-1) gave up a two-run lead in the top of the seventh, Boston rallied against Conner Greene (1-1). Garrett Richards got three outs for his third save.
TIGERS 2, RAYS 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wily Peralta (4-3) gave up three hits in seven innings, Eric Haase homered off Shane McClanahan (9-6) and Dustin Garneau went deep against Nick Anderson.
Kyle Funkhouser pitched the ninth for his first save since college.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East by 6 1/2 games and is headed to its second straight division title.
ATHLETICS 3, ANGELS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 but went winless in consecutive starts on the mound for the first time since June.
Yan Gomes' second-inning home run and Matt Chapman's drive in the fourth built a 2-0 lead against Ohtani, who is is 9-2 with a 3.28 ERA along with a .257 average at the plate, 44 homers and 94 RBIs.
Jed Lowie hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th off Raisel Iglesias (7-5), and Oakland won its fifth straight to remain within two games of Toronto for the second AL wild card.