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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Astros 9, Mariners 0

HOUSTON

Aaron Sanchez looked like a reinvented pitcher in his Houston debut, throwing six stellar innings to start the Astros on a combined no-hitter. The 27-year-old right-hander teamed with Will Harris, Joe Biagini and Chris Devenski to shut down the Mariners.

Orioles 6, Blue Jays 4

BALTIMORE

Trey Mancini homered and drove in four runs, Jonathan Villar also went deep and the Baltimore Orioles beat Toronto to end the Blue Jays’ five-game winning streak. After Toronto pulled even with two runs in the top of the seventh, Baltimore restored its lead in the bottom half. The first two batters reached against Buddy Boshers (0-1) before Hanser Alberto hit an RBI single off Justin Shafer and Mancini added a run-scoring groundout. Mychal Givens (2-5) worked 11/3 scoreless innings and Paul Fry got three outs for his third save.

Yankees 9, Red Sox 2

NEW YORK

DJ LeMahieu homered twice off an enraged Chris Sale, who screamed and pointed at the plate umpire when he was removed during a seven-run fourth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Red Sox in a doubleheader opener that extended Boston’s longest losing streak since 2015 to six games. Sale was ejected soon after Red Sox manager Alex Cora and fell to 0-4 with a 9.90 ERA against the Yankees this season. The Red Sox have 53 defeats, one shy of their total en route to a World Series title last year, and dropped to 4-9 against New York this season. Domingo German (14-2) allowed five hits in seven innings, including homers to Andrew Benintendi in the second and Jackie Bradley Jr. in the fifth. He improved to 8-0 against the AL East this year and became the first Yankees pitcher to last seven innings since CC Sabathia on July 6. New York is 41-18 at Yankee Stadium and clinched its 28th winning home record, second among big league teams to a 47-year streak for the Yankees from 1918-64. LeMahieu homered on Sale’s fifth pitch and hit a three-run homer for a 7-1 lead. Sale (5-11) appeared to have lost his composure. He was 29-12 with a 2.56 ERA for the Red Sox when he signed a $160 million, six-year contract in March but has a 4.68 ERA since. After J.D. Martinez took a called third strike on a full-count pitch ending the top of the first — barking at Esterbrook — LeMahieu homered leading off the bottom half. Sale got increasingly agitated during the fourth, then the Yankees took a 2-1 lead on four singles, the last by No. 8 hitter Breyvic Valera. Cora, not pitching coach Dana LeVangie, went to the mound, talked to Sale and then cursed at Esterbrook. Immediately tossed, Cora pointed nearly two dozen times at various Yankees runners and the plate, accusing Easterbook between profanities of missing at least five strike calls. Left-handed-hitting Brett Gardner fell behind 0-2 against the 30-year-old left-hander, worked the count even and hit a two-run single up the middle. The Yankees nearly got another run on center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.’s overthrow because Sale forgot to back up the plate. Four pitches later, LeMahieu lined a changeup in the first row of the right-field seats for his career-best 17th home run and third multihomer game. Aaron Judge followed with a double, and when bench coach Ron Roenicke went to the mound to change pitchers, Sale shouted at Esterbrook from a distance. Edwin Encarnacion added a pair of RBI singles for the Yankees, then was hit on the right wrist by Josh Smith in the eighth.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cubs 4, Brewers 1

CHICAGO

Cole Hamels pitched five shutout innings after spending five weeks on the injured list, Albert Almora Jr. hit a tiebreaking home run and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers. Almora hit a solo homer in the seventh off reliever Junior Guerra (3-3) into the Wrigley Field basket just inside the left-field foul pole for a 2-1 lead. Almora added a sacrifice fly in a two-run eighth that included an RBI single by Javier Baez. In the second, Baez tripled and scored. Rowan Wick (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for his first major league victory. Closer Craig Kimbrel got his ninth save in 11 chances.

INTERLEAGUE

Rays 8, Marlins 6

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Eric Sogard homered twice and finished with a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins. Willy Adames and Austin Meadows also connected as Tampa Bay won for the seventh time in eight games. Nick Anderson (3-4), who was acquired in a trade with Miami on Wednesday, pitched a perfect eighth for the win, and Emilio Pagan finished for his ninth save.

Associated Press