Saturday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 6, Mariners 3

NEW YORK

Greg Bird reached base three times in his long-awaited return to the Yankees’ lineup and Jacoby Ellsbury homered and drove in four runs, leading Sonny Gray and New York over Seattle. Bird singled, walked twice and scored in his first game since May 1. Ellsbury hit a three-run homer and an RBI single. “It’s fun to be back in the stadium,” Bird said. “It’s exciting to be part of it. “It’s been a long interesting, unique journey.” Said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, after the win: “I think he can have a big impact.”

Blue Jays 10, Twins 9

TORONTO

Josh Donaldson had three hits, including a two-run home run, Kendrys Morales added a solo shot and Toronto held off a late rally by Minnesotay. Max Kepler hit a grand slam and Eduardo Escobar had a two-run shot for the Twins. Donaldson keyed a six-run fifth inning with his 23rd homer as the Blue Jays opened an 8-2 lead. After Kepler cut it to 8-7 with a grand slam off Ryan Tepera in the eighth, Donaldson’s RBI double off John Curtiss in the bottom half gave Toronto a two-run cushion.

Orioles 7, Red Sox 0

BOSTON

Kevin Gausman allowed four singles over 72/3 innings, Tim Beckham hit a three-run homer and Baltimore beat Boston easily for the second straight day. It was the third straight win for the Orioles. Jonathan Schoop added a solo homer and posted his 95th RBI.

Athletics 8, Rangers 3

OAKLAND

Chad Pinder homered twice to help Oakland end Cole Hamels’ five-game win streak. Jed Lowrie drove in three runs for the A’s. Adrian Beltre drove in three runs for the Rangers.

Tigers 6, White Sox 3

CHICAGO

Justin Upton and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back homers in Detroit’s three-run third inning, sparking the Tigers to a rainy win against the White Sox. Cabrera finished with three hits. With two outs and Jose Iglesias on second after a leadoff double, Upton connected against Carlos Rodon for his 28th homer. Cabrera followed with a drive to right that just cleared the glove of Avisail Garcia, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Nationals 9, Mets 4

WASHINGTON

Adrian Sanchez drove in three runs, including soon after he took a pitch to the chest, and made a diving defensive play to help bench-heavy Washington beat New York.Mets starter Robert Gsellman (5-6) allowed six runs (two earned) on nine hits in four innings. The Nationals also got two RBIs from Adam Lind.

Cubs 17, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA

Anthony Rizzo and Tommy La Stella each homered twice, Kyle Hendricks pitched seven strong innings as Chicago routed Philadelphia despite another home run from Rhys Hoskins. Kris Bryant and Ben Zobrist also went deep for the NL Central-leading Cubs, who tied their season high for homers and hits (17) while setting new marks for runs and margin of victory. Rizzo had five RBIs and La Stella added four. Hendricks (5-4) earned his first victory since May 24, limiting the Phillies to two runs and six hits with eight strikeouts and no walks.

Rockies 7, Braves 6

ATLANTA

Charlie Blackmon hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Arodys Vizcaino and Colorado held on to beat Atlanta. D.J. LeMahieu added two solo homers and Trevor Story had a two-run double. Vizcaino (3-3) allowed three runs and three hits and failed to record an out. Pat Neshek (4-3) pitched a perfect eighth to get the win.

Marlins 2, Padres 1

MIAMI

Miguel Rojas hit a one-out sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, and Miami won for the 12th time in the past 15 games by beating San Diego. He singled twice and struck out twice in four at-bats. Derek Dietrich led off the 11th with a double against Jose Torres (7-4). Dietrich advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and with the Padres deploying five infielders, Rojas hit a drive that forced right fielder Jabari Blash to retreat to make the catch, allowing Dietrich to score easily. Miami slugger Marcell Ozuna hit his 31st homer in the fourth.

INTERLEAGUE

Cardinals 6, Rays 4

ST. LOUIS

Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and St. Louis rallied for a victory over Tampa Bay. It was Pham’s first career walk-off homer and the fourth this season for the Cardinals. Matt Carpenter beat out an infield single before Pham hit a 2-2 pitch off Brad Boxberger (3-4) for his 17th homer of the season. Yadier Molina’s two-out, run-scoring single in the eighth off Tommy Hunter scored Pham, and singles by Jeff Gyorko and Stephen Piscotty loaded the bases. Boxberger relieved Hunter and gave up an RBI single to Kolten Wong.

Associated Press