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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4

BOSTON

Gold Glove center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. made two key catches and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles, giving the World Series champions their first two-game winning streak of the season. Baltimore’s Chris Davis lined out as a pinch-hitter to end the game, extending his record hitless streak for a position player to 0 for 54. Andrew Benintendi homered and Xander Bogaerts had three hits, helping Eduardo Rodriguez (1-2) and the Red Sox improve to 5-9.

Rays 11, Blue Jays 7

TORONTO

Austin Meadows and Brandon Lowe each hit two home runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Blue Jays. The Rays won their fifth straight. Toronto trailed 8-0 before putting the tying run at third base in the eighth inning. Facing Luke Maile with the bases loaded, Tampa Bay’s Diego Castillo fell behind 3-0 but responded with three straight strikes, catching Maile looking to end the threat. Willy Adames gave the Rays some breathing room with a two-run homer off Javy Guerra in a three-run ninth.

White Sox 9, Yankees 6, called in 7th inning, rain

NEW YORK

Eloy Jimenez hit his first two major league homers, including a tiebreaking shot in the fifth inning, and the Chicago White Sox ended a five-game skid by beating the banged-up New York Yankees. Jimenez’s two-run drive off Jonathan Holder made it 7-5, and he added a 446-foot solo homer in the seventh. James McCann followed with his first homer of the season, and then umpires pulled the teams off the field with one out.

Athletics 8, Rangers 6

ARLINGTON, TEXAS

Khris Davis hit his major league-best 10th homer, his fifth in three games being a tiebreaking solo shot in the eighth inning, as the Oakland Athletics rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Texas Rangers. Ramon Laureano hit a game-tying homer to start the seventh for the A’s. Davis, coming off consecutive two-homer games in Baltimore, was 0 for 3 with a fielder’s choice RBI before his one-out 426-foot shot to center in the eighth off Chris Martin (0-1) made it 7-6. Elvis Andrus and Asdrubal Cabrera homered for the Rangers.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 9, Marlins 1

MIAMI

Jake Arrieta allowed one run in seven innings to earn his 100th career victory and the Philadelphia Phillies sent the Miami Marlins to their fifth consecutive loss. Arrieta (2-1) took a 6-0 lead into the seventh, when the Marlins ended a streak of 21 consecutive scoreless innings on Austin Dean’s sacrifice fly. The Phillies’ J.T. Realmuto hit into a double play with the bases loaded to end the first inning, but finished with two hits, two runs and an RBI. Andrew McCutchen had three hits, including a three-run homer in the eighth.

Mets 6, Braves 2

ATLANTA

Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run homer, Jeff McNeil added a two-run double and the New York Mets kept hitting even without Pete Alonso. New York has scored six runs in six straight games and got there against Atlanta with the rookie Alonso, the team’s hottest hitter, getting most of the night off. The first-place Mets, who have won three straight, scored four times in the fourth inning on McNeil’s hit and RBI doubles from Robinson Cano and Michael Conforto. Zack Wheeler (1-1) worked six solid innings. He allowed six hits, two runs and three walks, striking out eight.

INTERLEAGUE

Cubs 5, Angels 1

CHICAGO

Willson Contreras homered twice on a blustery day at Wrigley Field as Cole Hamels and the Chicago Cubs stopped the Angels’ six-game win streak. Anthony Rizzo and David Bote also connected to help Chicago win for the third time in four games. Hamels (2-0) pitched eight crisp innings in his second straight victory. Albert Pujols went deep for Los Angeles in its first trip to Wrigley since 2016.

Associated Press