AROUND THE HORN | Friday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Twins 4, Red Sox 3

MINNEAPOLIS

Joe Mauer hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift Minnesota over Boston. Mauer’s first career walk-off home run landed in the bullpen in left-center field and backed a strong start from Phil Hughes in the Twins’ fifth win in six games. Hughes gave up one run and six hits in 62/3 innings while struck out four in his deepest outing of the season for the Twins. Chris Young’s pinch-hit, two-run single in the top of the ninth tied the game at 3-3 for the Red Sox, who were fresh off of an exhausting four-game series against the Orioles that included beanballs, ejections and a fan hurling racial epithets at O’s outfielder Adam Jones.

Orioles 4, White Sox 2

BALTIMORE

Gabriel Ynoa pitched six sharp innings after Orioles starter Wade Miley was forced out of the game by the impact of two line drives, and Baltimore got a home run from Chris Davis in a victory over the Chicago White Sox. Miley left after being drilled by successive batters. First, he was struck in the left wrist by a shot off the bat of Jose Abreu. Two pitches later, Avisail Garcia ripped a comebacker that hit Miley in the left thigh and knocked him off his feet. That ended Miley’s night after 12 pitches. He got only two outs, the shortest outing of his career. The Orioles later announced his injury as a left wrist contusion. Ynoa (1-0) gave up six hits, walked none and struck out five.

Blue Jays 8, Rays 4

ST. PETERSBURG

Kendrys Morales had two late homers and drove in five runs, helping Toronto rally from a three-run deficit to beat Tampa Bay. Morales hit a two-run shot during the seventh inning and completed his 18th career multihomer game with a three-run drive off Jumbo Diaz (0-2) in a five-run eighth that put Toronto ahead 8-4. Justin Smoak added a solo homer in the decisive eighth and finished with two RBIs for Toronto, which avoided becoming the major league’s first 20-loss team (10-19). Aaron Loup (1-0) limited the Rays to one run after Tampa Bay loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Mets 8, Marlins 7

NEW YORK

T.J. Rivera homered early and hit a two-run double to tie the score in a five-run seventh inning that rallied New York past Miami. Wilmer Flores drew a four-pitch walk from Kyle Barraclough with the bases loaded and two outs to force in the go-ahead run. New York opened the inning with six straight hits off normally reliable reliever Brad Ziegler (1-2), who did not retire a batter. The right-hander had a 1.35 ERA when he was summoned to protect a four-run lead in the seventh. The Mets trailed 7-1 after Miami scored six times with two outs in the fourth, highlighted by two-run doubles from Justin Bour and Miguel Rojas. Curtis Granderson launched a two-run homer off starter Tom Koehler in the bottom half, and New York came all the way back on a rainy night to hand the Marlins their eighth loss in 10 games.

Nationals 4, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA

Stephen Strasburg hit his second major league home run and pitched 52/3 scoreless innings, leading Washington over Philadelphia. Strasburg (3-1) allowed five hits, struck out five and walked four, leaving after 119 pitches and failing to go seven innings for the first time this season. Strasburg homered in the second on a 93 mph fastball from Nick Pivetta (0-2) for a 2-0 lead. He had been 0 for 10 at the plate this season and entered with a .151 career average. Ryan Zimmeman hit his 12th homer, doubled and raised his average to .433 with a three-hit game. Anthony Rendon homered and had three hits, and Jayson Werth also had three hits for the Nationals, who won their third straight and improved the major leagues’ best record to 20-9.

Cardinals 10, Braves 0

ATLANTA

Tommy Pham doubled and hit a two-run homer after his recall from the minors, Matt Carpenter also hit a two-run homer and St. Louis overcame injuries to two starting outfielders to beat Atlanta. Lance Lynn (4-1) allowed four hits in six innings, and has given up just two runs while winning four straight starts. Aledmys Diaz had three hits and three RBIs, including a two-run double in the Cardinals’ four-run third and a run-scoring single in the sixth. Pham started in center field after outfielder Stephen Piscotty was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain. Dexter Fowler also was held out with a strained right shoulder suffered in Thursday’s 5-4 loss to Milwaukee. Mike Foltynewicz (0-4) gave up seven runs and nine hits with two walks in four innings.

Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 3

DENVER

Paul Goldschmidt homered twice and drove in five runs, helping Zack Greinke and Arizona beat Colorado. Goldschmidt hit a solo shot in the first and a three-run homer in the third for his 10th career multihomer game. He later added an RBI single to continue his feast on Colorado pitching. Goldschmidt has reached safely in 57 of his last 58 games against the Rockies. Greinke (3-2) baffled Colorado all night, allowing two runs over seven innings to help the Diamondbacks pull within a half-game of the Rockies. His biggest mistake was a belt-high fastball to Mark Reynolds, who lined it to left-center for his ninth homer.

Associated Press