AMERICAN LEAGUE
Alex Rodriguez drew loud boos on his return home and the New York Yankees overcame Miguel Cabrera’s crushing home run off Mariano Rivera, beating Detroit 4-3 in 10 innings on Friday night and snapping the Tigers’ 12-game winning streak.
Cabrera temporarily saved the Tigers by hitting a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth off Rivera that made it 3-3. The reigning Triple Crown winner connected while still hobbling after apparently fouling a ball off himself earlier in the at-bat.
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Brett Gardner grounded an RBI single with the bases loaded and two outs in the 10th to end New York’s four-game losing streak.
The AL Central-leading Tigers were trying for their best string since 1934, when they tied the team record of 14 straight wins.
Gardner singled just past Cabrera’s dive at third base. Al Alburquerque (2-3) took the loss and Shawn Kelley (4-1) got the win.
ROYALS 9, RED SOX 6
In Kansas City, Missouri, Justin Maxwell homered and singled twice in a six-run sixth and Kansas City rallied to beat Boston.
The Royals have won 15 of their past 17 games to move seven games above .500, matching their best record of the season.
Maxwell, who the Royals acquired on July 31 from the Houston Astros for a minor league pitcher, homered leading off the second.
With the Royals trailing 6-3 in the sixth, he led off the inning with a single. The Royals sent 11 men to the plate in the inning against Red Sox pitchers Jake Peavy, Drake Britton and Pedro Beato.
Peavy yielded singles to Maxwell, Mike Moustakas and Alcides Escobar to start the inning. Escobar’s RBI single finished Peavy.
ATHLETICS 14, BLUE JAYS 6
In Toronto, Josh Reddick broke out of a slump by homering in three consecutive at-bats, and Jed Lowrie and Yoenis Cespedes also connected in Oakland’s victory over Toronto.
Reddick was hitless in his previous 20 at-bats before connecting off Esmil Rogers with a solo blast in the second inning that hit the facing of the second deck in right. He hit another solo homer in the fifth, an opposite-field shot to left off reliever Neil Wagner, then smacked a three-run drive off Juan Perez in the sixth.
The home runs were the sixth, seventh and eighth of the season for Reddick, who has three career multihomer games. All three homers came with two outs.
ANGELS 5, INDIANS 2
Jered Weaver chalked up another win in Cleveland and Josh Hamilton hit a three-run homer as Los Angeles ended their four-game losing streak with a victory over Cleveland, who dropped their fifth in a row.
Weaver (7-5) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. The right-hander has dominated at Progressive Field, going 6-0 in nine career starts. According to the Angels, he entered the game as the first pitcher since 1916 to be 5-0 or better with an ERA of 1.52 or lower at any road ballpark.
Hamilton connected in the first inning when the Angels scored five off Scott Kazmir (7-5), who lost for the first time since June 10.
J.C. Gutierrez worked the eighth and rookie Dane De La Rosa had a 1-2-3 ninth for his first major league save.
In other games it was:
‧ Twins 7, White Sox 5, first game; Twins 3, White Sox 2 10 innings, second game
‧ Rangers 9, Astros 5
‧ Brewers 10, Mariners 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Justin Upton, Chris Johnson and Brian McCann homered, Brandon Beachy pitched eight strong innings, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 5-0 on Friday night for their 14th straight victory.
The Braves are one victory shy of tying their 2000 team for the longest winning streak since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966.
Beachy (1-0) scattered three hits, allowed one walk and struck out six in eight innings to win his third start back from elbow ligament replacement surgery on June 21 last year. He made 67 of 99 pitches for strikes.
With only 15 losses at Turner Field, Atlanta improved their home winning percentage to .722, the best in the majors.
The Braves now lead the division by 15-and-a-half games.
NATIONALS 9, PHILLIES 2
In Washington, Dan Haren earned his third consecutive winning start, while Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman homered to help the Nationals snap a four-game losing streak by beating Philadelphia.
Haren (7-11) limited the Phillies to two runs and four hits over seven innings for his first career win against Philadelphia in eight starts. He struck out seven without issuing a walk.
John Lannan (3-5) allowed eight runs, nine hits and five walks over five innings. The Phillies have lost seven of their last nine games.
Adam LaRoche snapped a 0-for-16 lifetime skid against Lannan with an RBI double in the fourth. Denard Span’s two-run single capped a four-run fifth inning. Bryce Harper added an RBI single.
REDS 7, PADRES 2
In Cincinnati, Ohio, Joey Votto drove in a pair of runs with a single and a triple, and Bronson Arroyo recovered from his roughest outing of the season to lead the Reds over San Diego.
Cincinnati have won three straight since being embarrassed by the St Louis Cardinals at home last weekend, dropping games by scores of 13-3 and 15-2.
Arroyo (10-9) took the loss in that first game against the Cardinals, giving up seven runs in a season-low 3 2/3 innings. He was back on his game against San Diego, allowing only four hits in seven innings, including Logan Forsythe’s solo homer.
Votto drove in the first two runs off Andrew Cashner (8-6), ending the right-hander’s streak of three straight victories. Brandon Phillips added a two-run homer off Tim Stauffer.
CUBS 3, CARDINALS 0
Anthony Rizzo had a two-run single, Chris Rusin pitched around seven hits in six innings, and Chicago recorded their first shutout in St Louis, Missouri in 16 years.
Rusin (2-1) twice worked out of bases-loaded jams and only set the Cardinals down in order in the first. He struck out a season-high five and issued two intentional walks.
Kevin Gregg recorded his 24th save to complete the Cubs’ first shutout in St Louis since Jeremi Gonzalez tossed one on June 23, 1997.
Lance Lynn (13-6), attempting to become the National League’s first 14-game winner, labored over 6 2/3 innings despite giving up just three hits. He threw 115 pitches and was charged with all three runs. He struck out five, walked five and hit two.
In other games it was:
‧ Rockies 10, Pirates 1
‧ Diamondbacks 5, Mets 4
INTERLEAGUE
AP, LOS ANGELES
Reliever Fernando Rodney’s throwing error allowed the winning run to score in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Los Angeles an improbable 7-6 victory over Tampa Bay.
Rodney (4-3) took the loss, allowing four runs and four hits while getting just one out.
Ronald Belisaro (5-6) got the victory in relief, helping the Dodgers extend their winning streak to three games.
Jerry Hairston Jr grounded into a fielder’s choice to first base and Adrian Gonzalez scored on Rodney’s throwing error. Gonzalez’s RBI double tied the game 6-6 after Mark Ellis’ RBI triple and Nick Punto’s RBI double sparked the Dodgers’ rally.
In the other Interleague game it was:
‧ Orioles 5, Giants 2
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