AROUND THE HORN | Friday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 5, Yankees 4

BOSTON

Aroldis Chapman walked in the winning run without recording an out in the ninth inning, handing the Boston Red Sox a win. The Yankees hard-throwing closer gave up two runs in the ninth for his third blown save. Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia started the rally with consecutive singles and a successful double steal. Betts scored when second baseman Ronald Torreyes booted Xander Bogaerts’ groundball. After an intentional walk to Hanley Ramirez, Chapman walked Andrew Benintendi on five pitches to bring home Pedroia.

Blue Jays 7, Tigers 2

DETROIT

Aaron Sanchez pitched six strong innings for his first win of the season as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers. Steve Pearce and Jose Bautista homered for the Blue Jays, who won the first game of a 10-day, 10-game road trip. Sanchez (1-2) allowed one unearned run, seven hits and two walks to win for the first time since beating the Boston Red Sox on Oct. 2. He struck out four.

Mariners 4, White Sox 2

CHICAGO

Robinson Cano hit a three-run drive on his first swing since connecting for the winning homer in the All-Star Game, helping James Paxton and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox.

Jean Segura added two hits and scored twice as Seattle started a six-game trip with its third win in four games. Paxton (8-3) struck out nine while pitching six effective innings in his third straight victory.

Rangers 5, Royals 3

KANSAS CITY

Adrian Beltre hit a three-run homer, pinch-hitter Mike Napoli had a go-ahead two-run shot and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals. Matt Bush breezed through a perfect eighth and Alex Claudio handled the ninth for his second save.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Nationals 5, Reds 0

CINCINNATI

Gio Gonzalez pitched four-hit ball into the ninth inning, and Bryce Harper extended his mid-July tear with a pair of homers on Friday night, leading the Washington Nationals to a victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Gonzalez (8-4) snapped his streak of three straight tough-luck losses. Matt Albers gave up three singles, and Matt Grace escaped the bases-loaded threat for his first save.

Dodgers 6, Marlins 4

MIAMI

Yasiel Puig hit his second homer of the game with two out in the ninth inning Friday night, and the three-run shot helped the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Miami for their seventh consecutive victory. Corey Seager also homered for the Dodgers (62-29). The Marlins led 4-3 when Joc Peterson singled on a 1-2 pitch with two out in the ninth against A.J. Ramos (2-4). Puig fell behind 1-2 before pulling a 94-mph fastball into the home run sculpture. Josh Fields (5-0) pitched a perfect eighth, and Kenley Jansen followed with a 1-2-3 ninth for his 22nd save.

Mets 14, Rockies 2

NEW YORK

Jacob deGrom came out dealing once again, striking out 11 and winning his sixth straight start as the New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies. Michael Conforto and T.J. Rivera homered, Yoenis Cespedes got four hits and deGrom contributed two singles for the Mets, who trail Colorado by 91/2 games for the second NL wild card. Big-hitting Nolan Arenado exited early after slipping on the bases on a misty night. The Mets opened a string of 10 straight at Citi Field.

Braves 4, Diamondbacks 3

ATLANTA

Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves topped baseball’s comeback kings at their own game, scoring two runs in the eighth inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks lead the majors with 29 comeback wins and were in position for No. 30 when Chris Owings scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch in the eighth. The Braves answered quickly against Archie Bradley (3-2). Ender Inciarte beat second baseman Brandon Drury’s throw to first for an infield single and raced to third on Brandon Phillips’ double into the right-field corner. Freeman’s single to left easily scored Inciarte. Phillips tripped when rounding third base but then scored when the throw from the outfield went to second base. Freeman was credited with one RBI.

Brewers 9, Phillies 6

MILWAUKEE

Ryan Braun hit a grand slam off the scoreboard in center field and Orlando Arcia added a three-run shot in the Brewers’ eight-run second inning, helping Milwaukee beat the Philadelphia Phillies. Keon Broxton snapped an 0-for-14 skid with a run-scoring single, and Arcia hit his ninth home run. Braun crushed the first pitch for his sixth career grand slam, most in franchise history. Zach Davies (11-4) won his fourth straight start, but it was a struggle. He labored through the first and fifth innings before being pulled with one out and two on in the sixth. He was charged with six runs, five earned.

Associated Press