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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 SPORTS NEW YORK: Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus (1) steals third base as New York Yankees third baseman Ronald Torreyes leaps to snag the throw wide during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Friday, in New York. Andrus later scored on a passed ball. — AP BASEBALL Yankees edge Rangers after Darvish-Tanaka duel NEW YORK: Ronald Torreyes hit a game- three hits and four RBIs. The homers games. Brad Hand pitched a scoreless Foltynewicz (5-5) gave up one run, four hits The Diamondbacks had scored 26 runs in winning single with two outs in the 10th helped provide a nice cushion for Rick eighth and Brandon Maurer retired the side and three walks in five innings with nine their previous two games, both wins, and inning after midnight, lifting the New York Porcello (4-9), who gave up four runs and in the ninth for his 14th save. strikeouts, improving to 4-0 with a 2.17 ERA had won nine of their previous 10 games Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-1 in struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings to earn in his last five starts at SunTrust Park. before Friday. They didn’t score until Daniel Major League baseball on a rainy Friday the victory. It was the 13th straight start TWINS 5, INDIANS 0 Brandon Phillips homered and drove in two Descalso’s one-out triple drove in Rey night for just their second win in 10 games. Porcello has gone at least six innings. Alex Adalberto Mejia combined with three runs, and Arodys Vizcaino earned his first Fuentes from first base in the eighth inning. Brett Gardner lined a tying home run with Meyer (3-4) allowed five runs and five hits relievers on a four-hitter, leading Minnesota save since last June 26. Eric Thames dou- one out in the New York ninth off closer in 3 1/3 innings. Los Angeles scored three in a matchup of the top two teams in the bled leading off the ninth, and Domingo MARINERS 13, ASTROS 3 Matt Bush. After Chasen Shreve (2-1) runs in the seventh, but cooled off after AL Central. Mejia (2-3) held Cleveland to Santana hit a two-hopper to the second- Felix Hernandez pitched six solid innings escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of Porcello exited. two hits in five innings, but had to work base side of Swanson, who spun and threw in his first start in nearly two months and the 10th, Torreyes kept the Yankees atop around five walks and two errors. The left- out Thames at third. Travis Shaw flied out to was backed by home runs from Mike the AL East. Yu Darvish and Masahiro RAYS 15, ORIOLES 5 hander got out of bases-loaded jams in the the left-field warning track as Santana Zunino, Ben Gamel and Kyle Seager as Tanaka kept it scoreless into the late Evan Longoria and Shane Peterson second and fourth and stranded nine advanced, and Manny Pina lined out to Seattle beat Houston. A day after climbing innings in the first major league meeting drove in four runs apiece to back the Indians runners on base. Cleveland was Swanson, who made a diving backhand over .500 for the first time this season, the between the Japanese pitching stars. Gary pitching of Chris Archer and lead surging coming off a 7-1 road trip, including a four- catch in the shortstop hole, for the final out. Mariners continued their June surge with Sanchez, whose passed ball gave Texas a 1- Tampa Bay past Baltimore. Peterson and game sweep at Target Field last weekend their sixth straight win thanks to an offense 0 lead in the ninth, singled with one out in Derek Norris hit two-run homers off that gave the Indians first place in the divi- PIRATES 4, CARDINALS 3 that knocked out Houston starter Joe the 10th off Bush (2-3). A single by Didi Ubaldo Jimenez (2-3) as Orioles pitchers sion. The Twins are now 1 1/2 back. Tyler Josh Bell and John Jaso homered as Musgrove (4-7) early. Jarrod Dyson’s RBI Gregorius put runners at the corners and allowed at least five runs for the 20th con- Duffey, Taylor Rogers and Trevor Pittsburgh snapped a seven-game skid in double in the second got Seattle started, after Chris Carter struck out, Torreyes lined secutive game, tying a major league Hildenberger combined to pitch the final Busch Stadium. Jaso, who entered as part a single to center field. record set by the 1924 Philadelphia four innings. Jorge Polanco’s two-run of a double switch in the eighth inning, but it was a six-run third inning that blew Phillies. Longoria had a two-run single homer highlighted Minnesota’s four-run drove a 3-2 pitch from Seung Hwan Oh (1- the game open. Danny Valencia’s two-run MARLINS 2, CUBS 0 during Tampa Bay’s four-run first inning, second off Trevor Bauer (6-6) and gave the 4) over the wall in right-center to break a 3- single dribbled past the diving attempt of Giancarlo Stanton hit his 19th home run and Peterson and Norris both went deep Twins only their third win in 11 games 3 tie in the ninth. Jameson Taillon threw Alex Bregman and two batters later Zunino and Jose Urena scattered five hits over six in the third to chase Jimenez, who yielded against the Indians this season. Brian 104 pitches in six innings, both highs since hit a three-run shot for his 10th home run innings as Miami topped defending cham- nine runs, seven hits and four walks in 2 Dozier was 3 for 4 with two RBIs. coming back from testicular cancer surgery of the season. Hernandez (3-2), pitching for pion Chicago. Christian Yelich added a sac- 1/3 innings. Logan Morrison also had a big on June 12. Only one of the four hits the the first time since April 25, gave up a pair rifice fly for the Marlins, who won for the night for the Rays, hitting his 22nd homer NATIONALS 6, REDS 5, 10 INNINGS Pirates righty allowed left the infield. Felipe of solo home runs to Bregman and Jose second time this week with no more than and finishing with three RBIs. Archer (6-4) Bryce Harper singled in the winning run Rivero (3-1) pitched the Pirates out of a Altuve, but walked just one batter and three hits. Stanton had two hits and Dee wasn’t especially sharp. But the right-han- in the 10th inning, Brian Goodwin homered two-on, one-out jam in the eighth. Rivero pitched out of the one major jam he faced. Gordon the other for Miami, which got der didn’t have to be, with the Rays posting twice and Washington got a solid perform- worked around a ninth inning walk to only two hits in a 2-1 win over Washington a season-high for runs. ance from its bullpen. Anthony Rendon and secure the win. METS 11, GIANTS 4 on Wednesday. Urena (6-2) won his fifth Daniel Murphy also homered for the Yoenis Cespedes had three hits includ- straight decision. A.J. Ramos pitched the PADRES 1, TIGERS 0 Nationals, who trailed 5-2 in the sixth ROYALS 5, BLUE JAYS 4 ing a two-run homer and Lucas Duda had ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances. Luis Perdomo pitched two-hit ball over before coming back to deal the Reds their Whit Merrifield hit a two-run, two-out three hits including a solo blast to help the Javier Baez and Ian Happ each had two six innings and Austin Hedges had an RBI 12th loss in 13 games. Trea Turner singled double that capped a four run rally in the Mets snap a four-game losing streak. Along hits for the Cubs. John Lackey (5-8) gave double as San Diego handed Detroit its sev- off Raisel Iglesias (2-2) with one out in the ninth inning as Kansas City reached .500 for with Cespedes and Duda, Asdrubal up just three hits and two runs - one enth straight loss. Perdomo (2-4) out- 10th and took third on a single by Goodwin the first time since April. With their 10th Cabrera, Wilmer Flores and Michael earned - in six innings, yet still fell to 1-5 in worked Detroit’s Michael Fulmer and did before Harper hit a liner that struck the win in 12 games, the Royals improved to Conforto all had three hits for New York, his last seven starts. not allow a hit until the fifth. Perdomo right-field wall on one bounce. Matt Albers 36-36. They were 6-6 before play on April which had lost seven of eight. The Giants struck out six and walked five in his first (3-1) pitched the 10th to cap an impressive 20, then went on a nine-game losing streak have lost 10 of their last 11 games, 12 of RED SOX 9, ANGELS 4 scoreless outing of the season. Hedges night for the Nationals’ bullpen, a maligned that night and dropped as low as 10-20, Hanley Ramirez and Sandy Leon hit two- doubled to the right-center gap in the sec- group that blanked the Reds on one hit seven games out of first place. They trail AL their last 14 and 19 of their last 24. After run homers and the Red Sox won on the ond to drive home Cory Spangenberg, who over the final five innings.