Ohtani’s 12th homer lifts Angels over Red Sox 6-5

<p>BOSTON &mdash; Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Sunday, ending a four-game losing streak.</p>
<p>Matt Barnes (1-1) retired the first two batters in the ninth before giving up a bloop single to Mike Trout.</p>
<p>Ohtani followed with his 12th homer, tying for the major league lead, a drive tucked just inside the Pesky Pole in right field. It was Ohtani’s second homer of the series and stopped Boston’s three-game winning streak.</p>
<p>Raisel Iglesias (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Mike Mayers got his second save.</p>
<p>BLUE JAYS 10, PHILLIES 8</p>
<p>DUNEDIN, Fla. &mdash; Television cameras showed a confrontation in the dugout between Phillies manager Joe Girardi and second baseman Jean Segura, who committed two errors.</p>
<p>Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette hit consecutive first-inning homers, and Randal Grichuk had a two-run double in a five-run second as Toronto burst to an 8-0 lead. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 11th homer.</p>
<p>Bryce Harper entered in the sixth, popped up a bunt in the eighth and stranded two in the ninth with a game-ending strikeout against Jeremy Beasley.</p>
<p>Toronto starter Robbie Ray (2-1) allowed four runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>Chase Anderson (2-4) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 1 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>ORIOLES 10, YANKEES 6</p>
<p>BALTIMORE &mdash; Maikel Franco homered and drove in three runs, rookie Bruce Zimmermann (2-3) came out of the bullpen to allow one run and two hits over 5 2/3 innings as Baltimore avoided rallied from a four-run deficit to avoid a three-game sweep.</p>
<p>Aaron Judge homered for the third straight game and went 6 for 10 with four home runs and five RBIs in the series.</p>
<p>Jordan Montgomery failed to hold leads of 4-0 in the first and 5-2 in the third.</p>
<p>Trey Mancini put the Orioles ahead for good at 6-5 with an RBI double off Michael King (0-1) in the fourth. </p>
<p>RAYS 7, METS 1</p>
<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &mdash; Manuel Margot, Willy Adames and Brandon Lowe homered off Marcus Stroman (3-4) as Tampa completed a three-game sweep and extended its winning streak to four.</p>
<p>Two-run homers by Margot in the fourth and by Adames in the fifth built a 4-0 lead, and Lowe led off the sixth with his seventh home run this season.</p>
<p>Josh Fleming (3-3) allowed up one hit in five scoreless innings and four relievers completed a two-hitter.</p>
<p>Stroman (3-4) dropped to 0-4 in his last five starts. He allowed five runs and six hits in six innings as his ERA rose from 2.01 to 2.72.</p>
<p>CUBS 5, TIGERS 1</p>
<p>DETROIT &mdash; Kyle Hendricks (3-4) allowed one run and eight hits in eight-plus innings, and struck out a season-high eight.</p>
<p>Ian Happ had three hits, including a homer, and was aggressive on the bases as the Cubs won for the second time in six games.</p>
<p>Matthew Boyd (2-4) gave up four earned runs in six inning, dropping to 0-3 in his last five starts.</p>
<p>GIANTS 4, PIRATES 1</p>
<p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; Alex Wood (5-0) gave up one run and eight hits in six innings as NL West-leading San Francisco gained a four-game split.</p>
<p>Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the ninth off David Bednar. Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save.</p>
<p>Mitch Keller (2-5) allowed two runs and six hits in five-plus innings.</p>
<p>ASTROS 6, RANGERS 2</p>
<p>HOUSTON (AP) —Yuli Gurriel broke a 2-2 tie with a sacrifice fly off Joely Rodríguez (1-2) in a four-run eighth, Chas McCormick added a two-run single and Houston won its sixth straight game.</p>
<p>Lance McCullers Jr. allowed five hits in six scoreless innings and Brooks Raley (2-2) struck out the side in the eighth.</p>
<p>WHITE SOX 4, ROYALS 3</p>
<p>CHICAGO &mdash; Wade Davis (0-2) bounced a wild pitch that allowed José Abreu to dash home with the game-ending run, capping a two-run rally in the ninth that included Yoán Moncada’s RBI single.</p>
<p>Matt Foster (2-1) struck out two in a perfect ninth. completing a six-hitter that gave Chicago a four-game split. Adam Eaton homered for AL Central-leading Chicago, which has not lost consecutive games since April 15-17.</p>
<p>ATHLETICS 7. TWINS 6</p>
<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —Matt Chapman had three hits and three RBIs and Ramón Laureano scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the ninth inning by Taylor Rogers (0-2) as Matt Chapman struck out.</p>
<p>Lou Trivino (2-1) got four outs for the win as Oakland finished 4-2 on a trip that started in Boston.</p>
<p>Andrelton Simmons tied it for Minnesota in the eighth with a two-out, two-run homer off Jake Diekman. </p>
<p>BREWERS 10, BRAVES 9</p>
<p>MILWAUKEE &mdash; Freddy Peralta (4-1) struck out eight and allowed two hits over six scoreless innings for Milwaukee, which took an 8-0 lead and held on.</p>
<p>Avisaíl García homered for the Brewers, who withstood Freddie Freeman’s grand slam off Brent Suter in a seven-run seventh.</p>
<p>Dansby Swanson hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth off Josh Hader, who struck out William Contreras with two on for his ninth save.</p>
<p>Huascar Ynoa (4-2) allowed a season-high five runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. </p>
<p>NATIONALS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 0</p>
<p>PHOENIX &mdash; Erick Fedde (3-4) allowed three hits in seven innings with four strikeouts, Daniel Hudson pitched a one-hit eighth and Brad Hand struck two for is fourth save, finishing a four-hitter.</p>
<p>Yadiel Hernandez hit a go-ahead, pinch-hit homer in the eighth off Stefan Crichton (0-2), who allowed Trea Turner’s RBI double and Kyle Schwarber’s run-scoring single.</p>
<p>REDS 7, ROCKIES 6</p>
<p>DENVER &mdash; Dom Nunez’s passed ball allowed home the tying run in the ninth inning and Jordan Sheffield’s wild pitch scored the go-ahead run.</p>
<p>Mychal Givens (1-2) hit Jonathan India with a pitch leading off the ninth, and shortstop Trevor Story’s bad throw prevented a double play. Then the Rockies wasted a chance to retie the game by when Conor Joe committing a baserunning blunder in the bottom half and failed to score from second on Ryan McMahon’s single.</p>
<p>Sean Doolittle (3-0) struck out two in a one-hit eighth. Tejay Antone got his second save when Garrett Hampson grounded into a game-ending double play.</p>
<p>MARLINS 3, DODGERS 2</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Adam Duvall hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning off Edwin Uceta (0-2) for three unearned runs in a rally that began with fill-in second baseman Sheldon Neuse’s fielding error. </p>
<p>Duvall then threw out Mookie Betts at the plate from right field in the bottom half trying to score from second on Matt Beaty’s single.</p>
<p>Pablo López (1-3) gave up two runs and seven hits in five innings as Miami won for the third time in nine games. Yimi García got his seventh save when he retired Betts a groundout with a runner on first, ending the Dodgers’ four-game winning streak.</p>
<p>Gavin Lux took over at shortstop for Kyle Seager, who broke a bone in his right hand when hit by a Ross Detwiler pitch on Saturday night.</p>
<p>MARINERS 3, INDIANS 2</p>
<p>SEATTLE &mdash; Mitch Haniger hit two doubles and ended the record streak of Shane Bieber (4-3), who struck out seven, ending a string of 20 games with eight or morw.</p>
<p>Bieber was pulled after his fourth walk, finishing his shortest outing of the season at 4 2/3 innings trailing 3-0.</p>
<p>The victory was Seattle’s third straight following a season-high five-game losing streak. Cleveland has lost three in a row.</p>
<p>Paul Sewald (1-0) pitched two innings for his first win since 2019, and Kendall Gravemen worked the ninth for his fifth save.</p>
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