Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit solo home runs, while Aaron Sanchez pitched a career-high seven innings as Toronto beat the struggling Boston Red Sox 7-0 on Friday night, the 3,000th win in Blue Jays history.
Donaldson connected off the facing of the third deck in the first inning, while Colabello added an opposite-field shot in the second. Both homers came off Wade Miley (1-4), who lost his third straight start.
Sanchez (3-2) allowed two hits, walked five and struck out three to win for the third time in four starts.
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The Red Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games. They came in having scored just 15 runs in their previous six, posting a team batting average of 0.214 in that span.
Things did not go much better against the Blue Jays. Dustin Pedroia’s one-out single in the first was their only hit through the first seven innings and he was immediately erased on a double play.
TIGERS 6, ROYALS 5
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In Detroit, Michigan, reliever Yohan Pino, called up earlier in the day by Kansas City, threw wildly to first base, allowing Anthony Gose to score the winning run in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers beat the Royals.
Gose led off the ninth with a double on Pino’s first pitch and on the next delivery Ian Kinsler bunted down the third-base line. Pino (0-1) fielded the ball, but had a bad throw to first.
Joakim Soria (2-0) earned the win with a scoreless ninth inning.
Tigers starter David Price allowed five runs and a career-high 13 hits before leaving the game in the seventh inning with a fluke injury. On the single by Alex Gordon that gave Kansas City a 5-4 lead, Price stepped on a discarded bat and appeared to injure his ankle.
PHILLIES 3, METS 1
Ryan Howard homered and drove in two runs, while Cole Hamels outpitched Matt Harvey as the Philadelphia Phillies playing at home beat the New York Mets.
Hamels (2-3) gave up one run and four hits in seven innings.
Harvey (5-1) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings for his first career loss before June and first in seven starts against Philadelphia. The hard-throwing righty was 10-0 in 16 starts in April and May.
Philadelphia’s Freddy Galvis was 3 for 3 with a walk, raising his team-best batting average to 0.351.
In other games on Friday, it was:
‧ Nationals 9, Braves 2
‧ Yankees 5, Orioles 4
‧ Angels 2, Astros 0
‧ Twins 9, Indians 3
‧ Rays 8, Rangers 2
‧ Giants 6, Marlins 0
‧ Cardinals 8, Pirates 5
‧ Cubs 7, Brewers 6
‧ Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5
‧ Dodgers 2, Rockies 1
‧ Mariners 4, Athletics 3
‧ Reds, White Sox: postponed
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