Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy and Juan Uribe each homered, and closer Jeurys Familia shook off the Yankees’ best shot in the ninth inning to help the New York Mets to a 5-1 victory on Friday night in the opener of the Subway Series.
Rookie Steven Matz (4-0) outpitched Masahiro Tanaka (12-7), and Familia escaped his own bases-loaded jam by fanning Chase Headley for the final out at Citi Field.
This was the latest regular-season fixture between the teams, and the National League East-leading Mets held their eight-game lead over Washington with 15 to play.
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The Yankees fell 4.5 games behind American League East-leading Toronto.
DODGERS 6, PIRATES 2
Zack Greinke posted his career-high 18th victory and rookie sensation Corey Seager hit a two-run homer, leading Los Angeles over the Pirates.
The Dodgers’ magic number to close out San Francisco and clinch the NL West is eight.
The Pirates lost their fourth in a row. Their lead for the top NL wild-card slot was cut to one game over the Cubs.
Greinke (18-3) was charged with two runs and four hits in seven-plus innings. He leads the majors in ERA.
Greinke also got two hits, including a double that chased Jeff Locke (8-11).
Seager continued to make the most of his opportunity in place of injured shortstop Jimmy Rollins. The 18th overall draft pick in 2012 is 21 for 51 with two homers, six doubles and 10 RBIs since his promotion from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sept. 3.
MARINERS 3, RANGERS 1
Ketel Marte grounded a two-run double on a play that led to an early ejection of Texas manager Jeff Banister, and Seattle cooled off the AL West leaders.
The Rangers had a five-game winning streak snapped, a night after finishing off a four-game sweep of Houston.
Danny Farquhar (1-4) and four other relievers pitched 4-2/3 hitless innings. Tom Wilhelmsen struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his 12th save, including Josh Hamilton as a pinch-hitter a week after the Texas slugger had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
Yovani Gallardo (12-11) failed to get out of the sixth inning for the fifth consecutive start.
ATHLETICS 4, ASTROS 3
Danny Valencia homered twice, including a go-ahead, two-run shot in the eighth inning as Oakland sent Houston to itstheir fifth straight loss.
The Astros’ skid has cost them the AL West lead. They trail Texas by 2.5 games, but still hold the second wild-card spot.
Valencia homered in the fourth, then connected against Pat Neshek (3-6).
Drew Pomeranz (5-5) struck out two in a perfect seventh for the win. Ryan Dull worked the ninth for his first career save.
In other games, it was:
‧ Indians 12, White Sox 1
‧ Cubs 8, Cardinals 3
‧ Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 1
‧ Nationals 5, Marlins 4
‧ Tigers 5, Royals 4
‧ Braves 2, Phillies 1
‧ Reds 5, Brewers 3
‧ Rockies 7, Padres 4
‧ Rays 8, Orioles 6
‧ Diamondbacks 2, Giants 0
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