MAJOR LEAGUES
Jacoby Ellsbury hit a home run with two outs in the 10th inning as the New York Yankees ended an eight-game losing streak at the Chicago White Sox with a 4-3 victory on Saturday.
The Yankees scored three times in the ninth against Ronald Belisario and then grabbed their first lead of the day when Ellsbury hit a drive to right off Zach Putnam (2-1) for his second homer.
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Dellin Betances (3-0) pitched a perfect inning for the win and David Robertson finished for his 10th save in 11 chances, bouncing back nicely after yielding Adam Dunn’s game-ending homer in Chicago’s 6-5 victory on Friday night.
Also in the American League, Toronto pitcher A. Dickey won for the third time in four starts and Brett Lawrie homered as the Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2.
The AL East-leading Blue Jays (28-22), who won for the 10th time in 12 games, have not been atop the division this late into the season since July 6, 2000, when they were 46-40.
Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer equaled a season high with four hits and pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson scored the go-ahead run in the 13th inning off a throwing error by rookie reliever Mike Morin as the Royals won a 4 hour, 53-minute marathon 7-4 over the Los Angeles Angels .
In other AL games, the Cleveland Indians blanked the Baltimore Orioles 9-0, the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 9-4, the Texas Rangers downed the Detroit Tigers 12-2 and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-5 over 15 innings.
In Atlanta, Michael Cuddyer and Troy Tulowitzki each hit home runs as the Colorado Rockies beat the Braves 3-1 in the National League.
The Rockies were without some of their big bats.
Carlos Gonzalez missed his third straight start with a swollen finger and Nolan Arenado was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a broken finger.
Also in the NL, Josh Harrison had a tiebreaking, two-out single in the seventh inning after Jose Tabata hit a sacrifice fly as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 for their fourth straight win.
Philadelphia pitcher David Buchanan threw five effective innings in his major league debut and Chase Utley hit a two-run homer to power the Phillies past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3, while the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 after Jacob Turner pitched 6-1/3 scoreless innings.
In other games, the St Louis Cardinals downed the Cincinnati Reds 6-3, the Chicago Cubs edged the San Diego Padres 3-2 and the Arizona Diamondbacks were 3-2 winners over the New York Mets.
The San Francisco Giants beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 in an interleague game.
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