Mark Teixeira homered and drove in four runs, and Adam Warren pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning as the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Tuesday to send the AL champions to their first three-game skid this season.
Warren (3-3) was perfect until Mike Moustakas beat out a hit to second baseman Stephen Drew on the outfield grass in right-center with one out in the fourth. The only other hit he allowed was Paulo Orlando’s first MLB homer in the sixth.
Lifted after 6 1-3 innings, Warren struck out five without walking a batter in the best of his 12 big league starts.
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Teixeira was the only Yankees’ starter without a hit during their 14-1 rout of Kansas City on Monday, which stopped a six-game losing streak. He more than made up as New York won consecutive games for the first time since May 10 and May 11.
CARDINALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4
Jaime Garcia won for the first time in nearly a year, working six solid innings, and Randal Grichuk homered to help St Louis beat Arizona.
Grichuk and Jhonny Peralta had two RBIs each for the Cardinals, who are an MLB-best 30-16. Garcia (1-1) had not won since June 15 last year at home against the Nationals.
Rookie Yasmany Tomas had two doubles and three RBIs for Arizona, but also made two big outs. He struck out against Matt Belisle with the bases loaded to end the seventh and hit a ground ball for the final out with the tying runs in scoring position against Seth Maness, who earned his third save in four chances.
Nick Ahmed homered for the Diamondbacks, who have lost eight of their last nine against St Louis.
GIANTS 6, BREWERS 3
Madison Bumgarner won another game this month and three San Francisco players homered in a 6-3 victory over Milwaukee.
Bumgarner (6-2) gave up four hits and three earned runs in six innings to improve to 5-1 in his last six starts. He is 9-1 in the month of May for the last two seasons.
Matt Duffy, Hunter Pence and Brandon Belt hit home runs and Santiago Casilla earned his 13th save for San Francisco, now 10-2 in their last 12 games.
Milwaukee lost their fourth straight and are 1-6 over the last seven.
Matt Garza (2-7) struggled again, allowing eight hits and five earned runs in five innings. The right-hander has lost his last four decisions, owns just one victory in his last eight starts and is 0-4 at Miller Park.
In other games, it was:
‧ Dodgers 8, Braves 0
‧ Astros 4, Orioles 1
‧ Padres 4, Angels 0
‧ Tigers 1, Athletics 0
‧ Cubs 3, Nationals 2
‧ Twins 2, Red Sox 1
‧ Mariners 7, Rays 6
‧ Pirates 5, Marlins 1
‧ Rangers 4, Indians 3
‧ Mets 5, Phillies 4
‧ Reds 2, Rockies 1
‧ Blue Jays 10, White Sox 9
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