MAJOR LEAGUES
Bud Norris pitched seven innings of three-hit ball as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees 5-0 on Friday night to become the first team since 2006 to sweep a doubleheader from New York.
In the first game of the day-night twinbill, Jimmy Paredes hit a two-run double with two outs in the 11th inning for a 2-1 victory.
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Orioles slugger Chris Davis began a 25-game suspension without pay for a positive test for an amphetamine. The suspension will cover the final 17 games of the regular season and run into the playoffs, or perhaps into next year.
Undeterred, Baltimore extended their winning streak to a season-high six games, moved a season-best 29 games over .500 (88-59) and increased their lead over second-place Toronto in the American League (AL) East to 11.5 games. The Orioles lowered their magic number for clinching the division to five.
New York are five games back for the second AL wild card and appears in danger of missing the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 1992-1993.
Norris (13-8) struck out 10 and walked two. He outpitched Bryan Mitchell (0-1), who allowed two runs over five innings in his first big league start.
In the opener, after Chris Young homered off Brad Brach (7-1) in the top of the 11th, Baltimore countered in the bottom half against Adam Warren (3-6).
GIANTS 9, DODGERS 0
In San Francisco, Madison Bumgarner struck out eight and took a share of the major-league lead with 18 wins, and San Francisco moved within one game of National League (NL) West-leading Los Angeles.
Pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa splashed a three-run homer into McCovey Cove, while Brandon Crawford hit a two-run drive in the fifth to help Bumgarner win his fifth straight start. Buster Posey and Crawford hit RBI doubles in the first as the Giants jumped on Ryu Hyun-jin (14-7).
The Dodgers’ left-hander exited after only one inning because of irritation in his pitching shoulder.
San Francisco, who lead the NL wild-card race, is one game back of Los Angeles for the first time since Aug. 4. The Giants have won a season-best 10 straight home games.
Bumgarner (18-9) reached 200 strikeouts for the first time in his career.
RED SOX 4, ROYALS 2
In Kansas City, Missouri, Allen Webster pitched six solid innings, while Jemile Weeks stroked a pair of doubles and scored two runs as Boston beat the sputtering Royals.
Kansas City lost for the fourth time in five games and fell out of first place in the AL Central for the first time since Aug. 10. The Royals, who are 0-5 against the last-place Red Sox, dropped a half-game behind Detroit.
Webster (4-3), hit hard in his previous three starts, limited the Royals to four hits — including Eric Hosmer’s two-run homer in the fourth.
Tommy Layne, Burke Badenhop, Koji Uehara and Edward Mujica held Kansas City hitless for the final three innings. Mujica earned his sixth save.
Yordano Ventura (12-10), who had won his past three starts, gave up four runs — three earned — and seven hits in seven innings.
In other play, it was:
‧ Tigers 7, Indians 2
‧ Mariners 4, Athletics 2
‧ Angels 11, Astros 3
‧ Cardinals 5, Rockies 1
‧ Pirates 7, Cubs 3
‧ Rays 1, Blue Jays 0
‧ Phillies 3, Marlins 1, 10 innings
‧ Mets 4, Nationals 3
‧ Brewers 3, Reds 2
‧ Rangers 2, Braves 1
‧ Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5
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