Wilmer Flores singled to cap a two-out, two-run rally in the 11th inning as the New York Mets ended Toronto’s team record-tying 11-game winning streak, beating the Blue Jays 4-3 on Monday.
The Blue Jays trailed 2-1 in the ninth inning before Jose Bautista tied it with his second home run of the game, connecting against Jeurys Famila.
Toronto took the lead in the 11th on Dioner Navarro’s sacrifice fly off Hansel Robles (1-1), who earned his first major-league win. The Mets then came back for their fourth win in five games.
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With Ruben Tejada on first and one out, Michael Cuddyer hit a potential game-ending double-play grounder to second baseman Danny Valencia. Tejada smartly slowed up and Valencia tagged him, but too late to throw to first for the second out.
Lucas Duda followed by slicing a single off Brett Cecil (1-3) to shallow left field and Cuddyer hustled all the way home.
Duda took second on the throw, Liam Hendricks relieved and Flores lined the first pitch up the middle.
MARLINS 2, YANKEES 1
In Miami, Alex Rodriguez pinch-hit and flied out to end the game in his homecoming as Miami beat New York.
Rodriguez drew a big ovation when he batted for Stephen Drew with a runner at first, but he lofted a fly to right field and remained five hits shy of 3,000.
Rodriguez was back in his hometown, but did not start because there was no designated hitter for the interleague game.
Tom Koehler (5-4) pitched seven innings for Miami and was helped by acrobatic defense.
Derek Dietrich, recalled from the minors last week, hit his first home run of the season in the seventh to put Miami ahead against Masahiro Tanaka.
Mark Teixeira hit his 18th homer for the Yankees in the second inning.
Tanaka (4-2) allowed nine hits and two runs in seven innings.
CARDINALS 3, TWINS 2
In St Louis, Missouri, Yadier Molina homered, while John Lackey worked eight strong innings for St Louis, who won their fourth in a row with a victory over Minnesota.
Mark Reynolds connected three pitches ahead of Molina in the fourth, giving the Cardinals back-to-back homers.
Randal Grichuk tripled, singled and scored for St Louis, who are 42-21 overall and 25-7 at home — both major-league bests. The Cardinals have won 15 of 20.
Twins rookie Byron Buxton tripled for his first career hit with one out in the eighth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brian Dozier that cut the gap to a run.
Buxton also slammed into the wall, but did not stay down long, after just missing a running catch on Grichuk’s triple leading off the third.
RANGERS 4, DODGERS 1
In Arlington, Texas, Yovani Gallardo pitched seven scoreless innings, while Rougned Odor had three hits with a two-run single in his return to the majors as Texas beat Los Angeles.
Gallardo (6-6) struck out four and walked three while allowing four hits. The right-hander has won all three of his decisions over his past five starts.
Odor was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock earlier on Monday when outfielder Delino DeShields was put on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring.
After singles in his first two at-bats off Carlos Frias (4-4), Odor greeted reliever Adam Liberatore with a two-run single in the sixth that put the Rangers up 4-0.
Shawn Tolleson worked the ninth for his ninth save in as many chances, a day after giving up a ninth-inning run in a tied game that became a 4-3 home loss to Minnesota.
RAYS 6, NATIONALS 1
In St Petersburg, Florida, Erasmo Ramirez pitched six scoreless innings as Tampa Bay beat Washington.
Ramirez (6-2) won for the sixth time in his past seven starts following a winless stretch of 25 games that included 15 starts.
Tampa Bay slugger Evan Longoria left with a bruised left wrist after being hit by a Taylor Hill pitch in the fifth inning. X-rays were negative.
Gio Gonzalez (4-4) gave up five runs and eight hits over 3-1/3 innings for the Nationals.
Washington slugger Bryce Harper returned to the lineup and went none for four with two strikeouts and a walk as the designated hitter.
In other games on Monday, it was:
‧ Royals 8, Brewers 5
‧ Astros 6, Rockies 3
‧ Tigers 6, Reds 0
‧ Pirates 11, White Sox 0
‧ Braves 4, Red Sox 2
‧ Diamondbacks 7, Angels 3
‧ Mariners 5, Giants 1
‧ Athletics 9, Padres 1
‧ Indians, Cubs: postponed
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