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Tuesday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 8, Orioles 3

BALTIMORE

Brett Gardner and Matt Holliday each homered twice, Aaron Judge drove in two runs and the New York Yankees received a solid pitching performance from Luis Severino in a win over the Baltimore Orioles. Gardner set the tone for the AL East leaders by connecting on the third pitch from Chris Tillman (1-2), who had not allowed a home run in his previous four starts this season. Holliday went deep in the first inning and again in the third, his 22nd career multihomer game. Gardner’s second solo shot sparked a three-run fourth that made it 8-0. Severino (4-2) gave up one run and seven hits over 61/3 innings, striking out eight and walking one. Although the right-hander’s run of 17 consecutive scoreless innings ended in the sixth, he has gone four straight starts without allowing a home run for the first time in his career.

Royals 1, Tigers 0

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Eric Skoglund pitched 61/3 innings of two-hit ball in his major league debut, helping Kansas City beat Justin Verlander. Skoglund, a 2014 third-round draft pick out of Central Florida, struck out five and walked one. The left-hander was promoted from Triple-A Omaha when the Royals placed Danny Duffy on the disabled list Monday with an oblique strain.Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 14 opportunities. Verlander (4-4) left after seven innings, allowing one run and six hits.

Rangers 9, Rays 5

ARLINGTON, TEXAS

Elvis Andrus had a career-high five RBIs, including a tying three-run homer in the seventh inning, Jared Hoying hit a tiebreaking single that missed going out by about a foot and Texas rallied to beat Tampa Bay. Andrus’ two-out drive deep into the visiting bullpen ended a stretch of five scoreless innings from the Tampa Bay bullpen after Matt Andriese left in the second with a mild groin strain.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Dodgers 9, Cardinals 4

ST. LOUIS

Chase Utley, Logan Forsythe and Chris Taylor combined to reach base 11 times and totaled six runs, helping streaking Los Angeles rally past St. Louis. Utley finished a homer shy of the cycle as the Dodgers won their season-high sixth straight game. Forsythe reached five times, including three walks, and Taylor reached three times.Adrian Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly and Utley’s RBI double started the Dodgers comeback in the third. Enrique Hernandez tied it at 3 with a single, and Paul DeJong’s throwing error on the same play scored Utley to give the Dodgers a 4-3 lead. Michael Wacha (2-3) needed 77 pitches to get through three innings, the shortest outing for a Cardinals starter this season. Three of the four runs he allowed were earned. Brandon Morrow (1-0) led a parade of six Dodgers relievers.

Marlins 7, Phillies 2

MIAMI

Giancarlo Stanton hit his third homer since moving into the No. 2 spot in the batting order, a change that has revived the Miami Marlins, who won their third game in a row by beating the Philadelphia Phillies. Marcell Ozuna also homered for the Marlins, whose modest winning streak is their longest since mid-April. Stanton hit a two-run homer, his 14th, in a five-run third. Since he moved up to the No. 2 spot, Stanton is 12 for 29 (.414) with three homers and seven RBIs in seven games, and the Marlins are 5-2 while outscoring opponents 48-22. Miami’s record before the change was 15-28.

INTERLEAGUE

Blue Jays 6, Reds 4

TORONTO

Kendrys Morales hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson added an upper deck drive and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cincinnati Reds. All six Toronto runs came on homers. Jose Bautista and Russell Martin also connected for the Blue Jays, who have hit 47 homers in May. Cincinnati’s Zack Cozart hit two solo home runs and Joey Votto had a third. Morales broke a 4-all tie with a two-run blast off Blake Wood (0-3), his 10th.

Mariners 10, Rockies 4

DENVER

Kyle Seager homered and drove in four runs, Robinson Cano also connected and the Seattle Mariners beat the Colorado Rockies. Jean Segura had four hits and Ariel Miranda (5-2) pitched five innings to help the Mariners sweep two games in Denver and pin a rare series loss on Colorado. It was just the Rockies’ third loss in 17 series and first since April 24-27 against Washington. Colorado can even the score when the home-and-home matchup moves to Seattle for two games starting Wednesday. Ben Gamel and Guillermo Heredia each had three hits.

Associated Press