Masataka Yoshida hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning for Boston, and the visiting Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 12-10 on Friday night.
Rafael Devers, Jaren Doran and David Hamilton also played for the Red Sox, scoring in both games. Yoshida and Doran had three of Boston’s 14 hits. Yoshida had four RBIs and Duran had three runs scored. Ramon Urias went 3-for-3 with two home runs and five RBIs and Jackson Holiday had four hits for the Orioles, who fell one game behind the League-leading New York Yankees of America though collected 17 hits. .
OS starter Corbin Burns (12-5), who was the AL starter in the All-Star Game, pitched just four innings, allowing runs (eight) and hits (10 ) with three steps. He killed seven.
Cubs 6, Blue Jays 5 (10 innings)
Sia Suzuki scored 10 goals over Ian Happ as Chicago beat Toronto at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs led 5-2 in the ninth, but the Blue Jays loaded the bases with a single by Hector Neris. George Springer tied the game with a three-run double after Neris was called for a hit.
Chicago hit four homers in its first five runs, three of which came off Toronto starter Yariel Rodriguez. Tyson Miller (4-1) pitched a 10th inning.
Yankees, 3, Tigers, 0
Aaron Judge hit his 44th home run, Great Cole pitched six strong innings in New York’s loss to Detroit.
Judge, who hit his 300th career homer in the Yankees’ last game Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox, hit a solo shot in the eighth over the center field wall for 431 feet. . Oswald Peraza homered in his first major league game of the season, while Cole (4-2) held the Tigers to four hits and struck out eight. Kelly Holmes struck out two in the ninth to pick up her 26th save.
Royals 7, Reds 1
Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 25th home run, Michael Lorenzen allowed a single in his return to Cincinnati, and Kansas City opened a three game series with the Reds.
Witt added a double and a single to raise his league batting average to .352. The All-Star shortstop also drove in three runs for Kansas City, which has won for the first time since a five-game stretch from July 29-Aug. 2. Vinny Pasquntino added a three-run home run in the ninth.
On his 28th birthday, Tyler Stephenson doubled twice and had the only RBI for Cincinnati in the fourth game. Nick Martinez (6-6) allowed three runs on eight hits and walked none while striking out four over six innings.
5 rays, 4 back diamonds
Johnny DeLuca scored from first base on a single and an error in the bottom of the ninth inning. On first base with two outs against Justin Martinez (5-3), DeLuca advanced to third after Brandon Lowe’s single to shallow center was dropped by second baseman Blaise Alexander. . Jake McCarthy couldn’t catch the ball with his bare hands, and DeLuca struck out to end the Rays’ three-game losing streak and the Diamondbacks’ six-game winning streak.
With the Diamondbacks’ last score in the top of the ninth, Corbin Carroll hit his twelfth homer, a two-run double to right field, to tie the game.
Phillies 3, Nationals 2
After Washington broke through for two runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game, Terry Turner took a four-hit performance with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame to give Philadelphia the win.
The Phillies loaded the bases before Turner plated Brandon Marsh with an RBI single to left field. Turner delivered his second outing after collecting three hits, two runs and two RBIs on Thursday against the Nationals in Philadelphia.
Carlos Steves (2-4) was credited with the win despite giving up two runs on three hits in one inning. Phillies starter Aaron Nola threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing four hits, striking out seven and walking two.
Pirates 5, Mariners 3
Pittsburgh got six effective innings from Paul Skenes and scored five unanswered runs to help snap a 10-game skid with a win against visiting Seattle.
Skenes (7-2) allowed two runs on three hits, struck out six and walked four to earn his first win since July 11. Pirates reliever David Bednar gave up a leadoff home run to Jorge Polanco in the ninth but recovered to earn the save.
The Mariners, who have lost four straight, jumped ahead on Luke Raley’s two-run homer in the fourth. Oneil Cruz had two RBIs before exiting with left ankle discomfort, while Pirates teammate Andrew McCutchen collected an RBI before leaving with left knee discomfort.
White Sox 5, Astros 4
Luis Robert Jr. went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs to carry visiting Chicago to a victory over Houston, snapping the Astros’ eight-game winning streak in the opener of a three-game series.
Robert smacked a two-run home run to left field off Astros rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti (5-11) in the third inning and homered again off Arrighetti in the fifth to extend the White Sox to a 4-1 advantage. Garrett Crochet, who allowed one run on four hits in four innings, struck out nine and leads the majors with 12.71 strikeouts per nine innings.
Arrighetti, who amassed 33 strikeouts over his last three starts, allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings for the Astros.
Mets 7, Marlins 3
Sean Manaea tossed seven solid innings as New York topped Miami in the opener of a three-game series.
Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo homered in the fourth inning for the Mets, who won for the second time in seven games to ensure they’d remain no more than two games back of the NL’s third wild card. Manaea (9-5) allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four. He retired eight in a row between the first and the third innings.
Jake Burger homered for the Marlins, who have lost seven of 10. Marlins rookie Roddery Munoz (2-7) took the loss after allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits and three walks while striking out five in 3 1/3 innings.
Brewers 5, Guardians 3
Aaron Civale threw six shutout innings and Willy Adames connected on a three-run homer to push Milwaukee past Cleveland in the opener of a three-game series.
Civale (4-8) allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one, winning back-to-back starts for the first time since July of last season. Civale was drafted by the Guardians in 2016 and played his first 3 1/2 major league seasons with Cleveland. Joel Payamps pitched the ninth for his sixth save for the Brewers, who have won three in a row.
Jose Ramirez and David Fry homered and Will Brennan contributed three hits for the Guardians, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.
Twins 4, Rangers 3
Carlos Santana and Ryan Jeffers each homered, helping lead visiting Minnesota to a win over Texas.
Minnesota starter Simeon Woods Richardson (4-3) went five innings, allowing two runs on three hits to pick up the win. Santana finished with three RBIs for the Twins, who have won four of their last five games.
Wyatt Langford finished 1-for-4 with two RBIs for Texas, which has dropped eight of its last 10 games. Starter Andrew Heaney (4-13) took the loss after 4 1/3 innings of four-run, five-hit ball.
Dodgers 7, Cardinals 6
Kevin Kiermaier hit a three-run homer and an RBI single and Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts also homered as Los Angeles edged St. Louis.
The Dodgers erased a 4-2 deficit with a five-run sixth inning to win for the sixth time in eight games. Starter Justin Wrobleski (1-1) returned from the minors to allow four runs on four hits in five innings, and Michael Kopech struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his 10th save.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Pedro Pages hit a solo homer and an RBI single and Masyn Winn also hit a solo shot for the Cardinals, who lost their fifth straight game. Pages’ homer to center field traveled 462 feet, making it the longest homer at Busch Stadium this season.
Rockies 7, Padres 3
Charlie Blackmon homered among his two hits as Colorado cooled off a streaking San Diego squad in Denver.
Brendan Rodgers also went deep for the Rockies and rookie Jordan Beck had three hits to back starter Cal Quantrill’s solid start and end Colorado’s three-game losing streak.
Ha-Seong Kim and Xander Bogaerts homered and Jackson Merrill, Luis Arraez and David Peralta contributed two hits each for the Padres, who are 19-5 in the second half of the season with three of those losses to the two teams with the worst records in the NL, the Marlins and Rockies