Alex Rodriguez singled twice to raise his career hits total to 2,997, while Michael Pineda carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning before allowing Christian Yelich’s home run as the New York Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 Wednesday night.
On a night when Yankees manager Joe Girardi was spared having to decide whether to lift Pineda with a high pitch count and New York benefited from an overturned call at home plate that prevented the tying run in the eighth inning, A-Rod closed in on becoming the 29th player to reach the 3,000 mark.
Rodriguez lined an RBI single to center in the first inning, singled softly to center in the fifth, walked twice to reach in all four plate appearances and also was thrown out at home plate. With New York starting an eight-game homestand, he has a good chance to get No. 3,000 at home.
REDS 8, TIGERS 4, 13 INNS
In Cincinnati, Ohio, Todd Frazier hit an early solo homer and a grand slam with two outs in the 13th inning, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a rain-delayed victory over the Detroit Tigers.
The Reds twice rallied from one-run deficits in the late innings, turning it into the longest game this season for both teams.
Ian Krol (1-0) escaped a two-on threat in the 12th inning and stayed in the game. Skip Schumaker opened the 13th with a single and Billy Hamilton walked. Joakim Soria took over and gave up a single by Brandon Phillips that loaded the bases with one out. Frazier connected for his fourth homer in two days, ending it at 1:20am.
Burke Badenhop (1-2) retired the side in the 13th.
Jay Bruce had a career-high five hits — the first Reds player do so since Willy Tavares in 2009.
TWINS 3, CARDINALS 1
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tommy Milone gave up one run in seven innings as the Minnesota Twins squeaked out a victory over St Louis.
Milone (3-1) gave up five hits and struck out five, while Eduardo Nunez had two hits and two RBIs to help the reeling Twins, who had lost seven of their previous eight games.
Carlos Martinez (7-3) gave up two runs — one earned — on five hits and struck out six in 6-2/3 innings for the Cardinals, who are embroiled in a federal investigation into allegations that members of the team’s baseball operations hacked into the Houston Astros’ personnel database.
The Cardinals had two runners on with no outs in the ninth, but Glen Perkins struck out Mark Reynolds and Randal Grichuk and got Yadier Molina to ground out to improve to 23 for 23 in save tries.
MARINERS 2, GIANTS 0
In Seattle, Felix Hernandez pitched eight innings of four-hit ball, Austin Jackson delivered a go-ahead RBI triple in the sixth, and Seattle beat San Francisco.
In other MLB action, it was:
‧ Athletics 16, Padres 2
‧ Astros 8, Rockies 4
‧ Diamondbacks 3, Angels 2
‧ Blue Jays 8, Mets 0
‧ Royals 10, Brewers 2
‧ Cubs 17, Indians 0
‧ Rays 5, Nationals 0
‧ Pirates 3, White Sox 2
‧ Braves 5, Red Sox 2
‧ Orioles 6, Phillies 4
‧ Rangers 5, Dodgers 3
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