NEW YORK (AP) — Vidal Nuno rebounded from two awful starts to pitch two-hit ball into the sixth inning,
Kelly Johnson and Brett Gardner hit consecutive homers, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox
6-0 Friday night in the opener of a series between struggling powers.
Brian McCann added a two-run homer for New York, which has won six of the eight meetings with Boston this
season.
In his first at-bat as a 40-year-old, Derek Jeter fisted a single to right field with one out in the
first. His birthday was on Thursday, the Yankees’ final day off before playing 17 straight going into
the All-Star break.
After Jacoby Ellsbury doubled, Jeter scored on Mark Teixeira’s sacrifice fly off Brandon Workman (1-1)
for the early lead. The Yankees captain also singled in the fourth for hit No. 3,390 and went 2 for 4 in
New York’s second win in six games.
ASTROS 4, TIGERS 3, 11 INNINGS
HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Castro hit a solo homer in the 11th inning to send Houston to victory and snap
Detroit’s seven-game winning streak.
Castro launched a pitch from Blaine Hardy (0-1) into the seats in right field with one out.
The Tigers tied it when Eugenio Suarez scored on an error in the eighth inning. Jake Buchanan (1-1)
pitched a perfect 11th for his first major league win.
Jose Altuve had four hits, an RBI and two steals, including one of home, for the Astros. It was the
MLB-leading 33rd multi-hit game this season for Altuve, who leads baseball with 111 hits. He also leads
the American League with 32 stolen bases.
MARINERS 3, INDIANS 2
SEATTLE (AP) — Endy Chavez homered for the first time in more than a year and Chris Young and five
relievers held Cleveland in check.
Chavez singled and scored in the first inning, then ended the night for Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer
with a solo home run into the right-field seats with one out in the seventh. It was Chavez’s first homer
since May 30, 2013, at San Diego, a span of 265 plate appearances.
Kyle Seager had two hits, including an RBI single, to continue his hot hitting at home. Brad Miller also
added an RBI single as Seattle won for the sixth time in seven games.
Seager is hitting .613 in his past eight home games.
REDS 6, GIANTS 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billy Hamilton and Jay Bruce drove in two runs apiece to power Cincinnati.
Johnny Cueto (8-5) pitched a three-hitter over 8 1-3 innings and the Reds won their third straight and
sixth of seven overall.
Cueto walked two and struck out three, allowing both runs and raising his majors-leading ERA from 1.86 to
1.88.
Aroldis Chapman got the final two outs for his 16th save in 17 chances.
The NL West-leading Giants lost for the 13th time in 17 games. Their once commanding 9 1/2 game lead has
dwindled to two after losing for the 10th time in 12 home games.
CARDINALS 3, DODGERS 1
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jhonny Peralta hit a tiebreaking two-run double and Yadier Molina homered for St.
Louis.
Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez couldn’t make it out of the fifth inning despite the two-run lead.
Manager Mike Matheny pulled him after a one-out single by Dee Gordon and a walk to Yasiel Puig, but Seth
Maness (3-2) retired Adrian Gonzalez on a double-play grounder. Maness allowed one hit through 2 1-3
innings with two strikeouts.
Maness got a huge assist from center fielder Jon Jay, who robbed Juan Uribe of a potential RBI double in
the sixth when he sprinted toward the warning track and made a diving backhanded grab. Pat Neshek
retired Matt Kemp on a grounder with a runner at second in the eighth, and Trevor Rosenthal got three
outs for his 24th save in 27 chances.
WHITE SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 4
TORONTO (AP) — Jose Abreu hit two solo home runs, Alexei Ramirez added a two-run blast and Chicago
survived a shaky ninth inning to win for the second time in nine games.
Dayan Viciedo also went deep as the White Sox won for the second time in 12 road games and connected four
times off Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (6-7).
Abreu led off the fifth with his 24th home run and began the seventh with his 25th, tying Toronto’s Edwin
Encarnacion and Baltimore’s Nelson Cruz for most in the majors.
Encarnacion also homered, going back to back with Dioner Navarro in the sixth, but that was all the Blue
Jays would manage against left-hander John Danks (7-6), who won for the fourth time in five starts.
Jake Petricka got out of a jam in the ninth inning to notch his second save.
RAYS 5, ORIOLES 2, 1ST GAME
ORIOLES 4, RAYS 1, 2ND GAME
BALTIMORE (AP) — Nelson Cruz and Nick Hundley homered to back a commanding performance by starter Chris
Tillman and Baltimore split a doubleheader with Tampa Bay.
In the opener, rookie Alex Colome gave up two hits over 5 2-3 innings and Brandon Guyer hit three doubles
to lift Tampa Bay to a 5-2 victory.
Tillman (7-4) gave up one run and four hits over eight innings to earn his first win in seven home starts
this season. He was 0-4 with a 2.78 ERA.
Zach Britton got three outs for his 10th save.
Hundley connected in the sixth off Juan Carlos Oviedo (3-3) for a 2-1 lead, and Cruz hit his 25th home
run — tied for the major league lead — in the seventh off Joel Peralta after Adam Jones led off with his
fourth hit of the game.
In the first game, Baltimore mustered only one hit after the second inning, a seventh-inning homer by
Manny Machado.
Added to the roster for the doubleheader as the 26th man, Colome (1-0) gave up one run and walked four in
his second big league victory. The first came against Miami in his debut on May 30, 2013.
BRAVES 4, PHILLIES 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered, doubled and drove in all four Atlanta runs to back Julio
Teheran’s strong pitching.
Teheran (7-5) allowed two runs — one earned — and six hits in seven innings. He struck out nine, walked
none and retired his final seven batters for Atlanta, which had lost six of 10 beginning with
Philadelphia’s three-game sweep at Turner Field last week.
Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save in 27 chances.
Ben Revere had three hits, including a triple, for the Phillies, who have lost five of seven.
CUBS 7, NATIONALS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Light-hitting catcher John Baker had three hits, a walk and four RBIs, and Chicago starter
Jason Hammel again mastered Washington.
Baker capped his big day with a bases-loaded, three-run double off reliever Jerry Blevins in the seventh
inning. He entered the game hitting .160 in 35 games. The four RBIs doubled his season total to eight.
He also had four RBIs against the Nationals on Sept. 4, 2009, in Washington.
Chris Coghlan, Justin Ruggiano and Ryan Sweeney each had a pair of hits in the 13-hit attack to help the
Cubs win for the 21st time in their last 38 games.
Hammel (7-5) allowed two runs on five hits and one walk in 6 1-3 innings en route to his seventh victory
in seven decisions against the Nationals.
ATHLETICS 9, MARLINS 5
MIAMI (AP) — Coco Crisp scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning on a replay reversal, and Oakland
bounced back after blowing a four-run lead.
Josh Reddick’s two-out RBI triple tied the game in the eighth, and the Athletics scored four times in the
ninth off Marlins closer Steve Cishek (4-3).
Crisp singled to start the ninth and took second on Alberto Callaspo’s single. When Yoenis Cespedes
followed with a single, right fielder Giancarlo Stanton made a strong throw home, and Crisp was ruled
out at the plate.
After a review that took 3½ minutes, the called was overturned, giving the A’s a 6-5 lead. Josh Donaldson
hit a sacrifice fly for his third RBI, and Stephen Vogt and Reddick followed with run-scoring singles.

PIRATES 3, METS 2, 11 INNINGS
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Harrison doubled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th
inning and Pittsburgh moved two games above .500 for the first time since April 10.
Jordy Mercer hit a two-run single for the Pirates (41-39), who won the first two games of the four-game
series.
Pinch-hitter Clint Barmes drew a one-out walk from former Pittsburgh reliever Vic Black (1-2) in the
11th. Mercer struck out before Harrison hit a drive to the 375-foot sign in right-center, scoring Barmes
without a throw.
Harrison entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and squirmed his way out of a rundown in the 10th on a
wild play that drew an argument from Mets manager Terry Collins, who thought Harrison should have been
called out for running outside the baseline.
ROYALS 8, ANGELS 6
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Omar Infante capped a seven-run inning with his first career grand slam, and
Kansas City won on a rough night for starting pitchers.
Jason Vargas and Angels counterpart Matt Shoemaker (5-2) combined to give up 14 runs on 20 hits — four of
them home runs. Neither got an out in the fifth inning.
Michael Mariot (1-0) picked up with his first career win with 1 1-3 innings of relief, and Greg Holland
earned his 23rd save by tossing a perfect ninth.
Salvador Perez had three hits while Lorenzo Cain, Billy Butler and Alex Gordon each drove in a run for
Kansas City, which ended the Angels’ six-game winning streak despite limping into the series having lost
six of seven.
RANGERS 5, TWINS 4
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrian Beltre homered, Shin-Soo Choo had three hits in his return to the leadoff
spot and Texas snapped its longest losing streak in nearly nine years.
Nick Tepesch (3-3) allowed only three singles over 7 1-3 scoreless innings for the Rangers, who entered
the series opener mired in an eight-game losing streak for the first time since August 2005.
Minnesota has lost its last nine road games, including a three-game sweep at the Los Angeles Angels
before getting to Texas.
Kevin Correia (4-9) allowed four runs and six hits over six innings. The right-hander, who struck out
three and walked two, had given up only two earned runs over 18 innings his previous three starts.
BREWERS 3, ROCKIES 2
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning that scored a run and had an RBI
single in the ninth that scored the game-winner for Milwaukee.
Mark Reynolds led off the ninth with a single off reliever Matt Belisle (2-3) and advanced on a sacrifice
by Jean Segura. Scooter Gennett pinch hit for Francisco Rodriguez (3-2) and was intentionally walked.
The runners advanced on a passed ball by catcher Michael McKenry. After Rickie Weeks went down swinging,
Braun drilled Belisle’s first pitch up the middle.
Josh Rutledge tied the game when he homered off Rodriguez with one out in the ninth.
Rodriguez was trying to help Kyle Lohse win his third straight start. Lohse has been victimized by five
blown saves this season.
DIAMONDBACKS 2, PADRES 1
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arizona’s Brandon McCarthy went seven innings and won for just the second time this
season for Arizona.
McCarthy (2-10) limited San Diego to one run and six hits. He struck out seven with no walks as he beat
the Padres for the second time this season and fourth in five career decisions.
Addison Reed pitched the ninth inning for his 18th save in 21 chances.
The Padres, who were no-hit by the Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants in their last game, were
again challenged offensively.
Tyson Ross (6-8) took the loss as the Padres continued a disturbing trend. In Ross’ last five starts the
Padres have scored one run.