Red Sox beat Yankees 5-2 in rivals’ 1st matchup this season

<p>NEW YORK &mdash; Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Michael King, Marwin González added a two-run double and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-2 Friday night in the first of the rivals’ 19 meetings this season.</p>
<p>Former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi (7-2) won his third straight start, and the Red Sox stopped their 11-game losing streak in the Bronx, winning at Yankee Stadium for the first time since June 2, 2019.</p>
<p>New York lost for the eighth time in 11 games. Yankees hitters struck out 15 times.</p>
<p>Matt Barnes picked up his 13th save in 14 chances.</p>
<p>Aaron Judge hit his 14th homer in the sixth. </p>
<p>King (0-3), replacing injured Corey Kluber in New York’s rotation, gave up four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. </p>
<p>ORIOLES 3, INDIANS 1</p>
<p>BALTIMORE &mdash; Ryan Mountcastle hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning that was upheld by video review and Baltimore kept up its June winning streak, defeating Cleveland.</p>
<p>The Orioles have won their first three games this month after dropping 14 in a row to end May. Baltimore’s winning string matches its longest of the season.</p>
<p>Cleveland had won three of four and fell to 20-2 when leading after six innings.</p>
<p>Baltimore had one hit in 6 1/3 innings against four Indians pitchers before Mountcastle stepped in with a runner on base against Bryan Shaw (1-1). Baltimore added an insurance run on Anthony Santander’s sacrifice fly in the eighth.</p>
<p>Cole Sulser (2-0) worked the seventh, and Paul Fry handled the ninth for his second save.</p>
<p>NATIONALS 2, PHILLIES 1</p>
<p>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Max Scherzer outpitched Zack Wheeler, Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking solo homer and Washington beat Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Scherzer (5-4) struck out nine in 7 2/3 dominant innings, allowing one run on five hits. The three-time Cy Young Award winner lowered his ERA to 2.22 with his seventh straight start yielding two runs or less. </p>
<p>Wheeler (4-3) gave up two runs and five hits, striking out eight in 7 1/3 innings. </p>
<p>Rhys Hoskins led off the bottom of the ninth off Daniel Hudson with a double. Travis Jankowski ran for Hoskins but got picked off after a 2-2 pitch in the dirt to J.T. Realmuto. Hudson then struck out Realmuto swinging and Brad Hand came in to get Brad Miller on a shallow fly for his 10th save in 12 chances. </p>
<p>ASTROS 13, BLUE JAYS 1</p>
<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash; Zack Greinke pitched his first complete game since 2017, Carlos Correa homered twice and Martin Maldonado hit a grand slam, leading Houston over Toronto.</p>
<p>Maldonado drove in five runs and Aledmys Díaz also homered as Houston handed the Blue Jays their first loss in three games at their temporary home in Buffalo.</p>
<p>Greinke (6-2) gave up six hits, walked one and struck out three, throwing 102 pitches as the Astros won for the fifth time in six games.</p>
<p>Randal Grichuk homered for Toronto, while starter Hyun Jin Ryu (5-3) allowed seven runs on seven hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. </p>
<p>PIRATES 9, MARLINS 2</p>
<p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; Rookie Ke’Bryan Hayes homered for the second game in a row since being activated from the injured list and drove in three runs to lead Pittsburgh over Miami.</p>
<p>Hayes hit a two-run home run in the first and an RBI single during a five-run sixth. NL hits leader Adam Frazier had two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored for Pittsburgh. Hayes, Bryan Reynolds and Erik Gonzalez also had two hits each.</p>
<p>Rookie Jose Devers hit two doubles for Miami and Sandy Leon had two hits. Miami rookie Cody Poteet (2-2) was removed with two outs in the third inning with a strained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. </p>
<p>Duane Underwood Jr. (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings in relief.</p>
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