NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge became the second fastest player in major league history to hit 200 career homers as the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Saturday.
Judge’s 200th homer came in his 671st career game, behind only Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard, who accomplished the feat in 2009 in 658 games. The 6-foot-7 slugger has 42 home runs this season.
DJ LeMahieu hit a homer and had an RBI single, and Matt Carpenter hit a homer for the 15th time in 40 games for New York, who won their third straight game after losing two games to the New York Mets.
Yankees All-Star Nestor Cortes (9-3) allowed two runs in five innings. He batted five and walked two for the AL-leading Yankees
Jonathan Heasley (1-6), who was recovered from the pre-game injury list after missing 17 games with right shoulder tendinitis, allowed six runs over 3 1/3 innings in his first start since July 9 .
MARINERS 5, ASTROS 4
HOUSTON (AP) — Abraham Toro scored a pinch hit for All-Star Julio Rodriguez and delivered a two-run, two-out single in the ninth inning as Seattle drove past Houston on AL-West.
Rodriguez was hit in the hand while throwing in the top of the eighth inning. He struck out but played on the field in the bottom half of the inning before being raised in the ninth. There was no immediate word on Rodriguez’s condition.
Astros closer Ryan Pressly (3-3) had his first missed save since June 23, which came against the New York Yankees.
Erik Swanson (2-0) threw a scoreless eighth inning and earned the win, and Paul Sewald recorded his 13th save in 16 attempts.
Aledmys Diaz led the fifth with a solo homer for Houston, finishing 3 for 3 with two RBIs.
Houston trailed 3-2 in the seventh and rebounded with back-to-back doubles from Martin Maldonado and Jose Altuve and a singles from Yuli Gurriel for a 4-3 lead.
METS 4, MARLINS 0
MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Carrasco earned his 100th career win by throwing a four-hit ball in the eighth inning as New York beat Miami for a fifth straight season.
Francisco Lindor had three hits, including his 17th homer, while Jeff McNeil and JD Davis also went deep for the NL East leaders.
Carrasco (11-4) walked two and hit seven in 7 2/3 innings, becoming the eighth Venezuelan pitcher to have 100 major league wins. Seth Lugo replaced Carrasco and got four outs to end the four-hitter.
The Marlins lost their sixth straight home game. They haven’t had a home game at home since July 5 – an 11-game stretch.
Miami starter Nick Neidert (0-1) allowed two runs, five hits and knocked out three in five innings.
BLUE JAYS 5, TIGER 3
TORONTO (AP) — Teoscar Hernandez hit a three-run go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored twice and Toronto beat Detroit for its 11th win in 14 games.
Guerrero stayed in the game after being hit in the left wrist by a throw by Detroit’s Derek Law in Toronto’s sixth run of four.
Trevor Richards (3-1) hit two outs to secure the win and Jordan Romano finished his AL-leading 23rd save with 26 chances.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added an RBI single and Bo Bichette added a sacrificial fly for Toronto.
Law (0-1) allowed four runs, all unearned, in an innings. Riley Green and Kody Clemens each drove a run in the fifth and Jonathan Schoop added an RBI single for the Tigers in the sixth.
RAYS 6, GUARDIANS 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe and Yandy Diaz hit a homer as Tampa Bay made a two-game sled with a win over Cleveland.
Corey Kluber (7-6) allowed four runs and eight hits with a season-high 10 strikeouts in six innings. Pete Fairbanks earned his second save.
Andres Gimenez hit a homer for the Guardians, who are 5-5 on an 11-game road trip.
Zach Plesac (2-9), winless in his last nine starts, gave up five carries and seven hits in five innings. Cleveland rookie Steven Kwan extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a double in the fifth inning.
BREWERS 6, RED SOX 4
BOSTON (AP) — Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run homer over the Green Monster, Eric Lauer threw five innings with one ball for his first win in over a month and Milwaukee sent Boston to its 13th loss in 16 games.
Omar Narvaez and Tyrone Taylor each added a solo shot, and Rowdy Tellez had three hits and drove in one run for the NL Central-leading Brewers, who are 7-1 since the All-Star break.
Christian Vazquez and Xander Bogaerts each had an RBI single for Boston, the last in the AL East and has lost seven of nine in a season-long 10-day home game.
TWINS 7, PADRES 4
SAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star Byron Buxton hit a tie homer in front of Joe Musgrove in the fourth inning, and Carlos Correa gave Minnesota some breathing room with a two-run shot during a five-run eighth in a win over San Diego .
The Twins handed Musgrove (8-4) his fourth straight loss. Musgrove, who received his first All-Star selection this year, and the Padres are close to finalizing a five-year, $100 million deal that would begin next year.
The Twins got an RBI single from Jose Miranda and a run-scoring double from Nick Gordon.
San Diego’s Jurickson Profar hit a triple homer in the ninth, his tenth.
Sonny Gray (6-3) allowed Manny Machado a solo home run with two outs in the third. He allowed five hits while striking five and walking one.
ROCKIES 5, DODGERS 3
DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland beat Clayton Kershaw, and Brendan Rodgers had three hits as Colorado slipped to Los Angeles in six games.
Freeland (6-7) allowed three carries and six hits in six innings. He struck out six without walking a batsman. Daniel Bard, who agreed to a two-year deal with the Rockies earlier in the day, gave up a two-out double in the ninth but earned his 22nd save.
Trea Turner homered for the Dodgers to extend his hitting streak to 17 games.
Kershaw (7-3) was tagged for the second time this season in Denver. The three-time Cy Young Award winner gave up five runs — three earned — in 5 1/3 innings.
RED 8, ORIOLS 2
CINCINNATI (AP) — Tyler Mahle bounced back from a rocky start to place well at a potential trade date audition, and Joey Votto hit one of Cincinnati’s three home runs in a win over Baltimore.
Jonathan India and Jake Fraley have also linked with Cincinnati, which is selling pieces to competitors, after it brought Luis Castillo to Seattle on Friday night. Mahle could be the next player out before Tuesday’s deadline.
Mahle’s outing got off to a rocky start as he conceded three straight singles and prevented a run, giving the Orioles a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Those were the only runs Mahle (5-7) allowed. He hit seven and walked no batter. He retired his last 13 batters.
Dean Kremer (3-3) allowed six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.
BRAVES 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2
ATLANTA (AP) — William Contreras netted twice, Ian Anderson allowed one in six scoreless innings and Atlanta defeated Arizona.
The win was Atlanta’s second straight win and defending World Series champion Braves stayed three games behind the New York Mets in NL East.
Matt Olson hit his 21st homer, a 415-foot shot to left center. Contreras homered in the second and fourth innings. Eddie Rosario added an RBI triple and Orlando Arcia added an RBI single.
Corbin Martin (0-1) gave up the three homers and allowed six hits and four runs in four innings.
Anderson (9-6) finished the first 14 batters he faced with one walk and nine strikeouts.
PHILLIES 2, PIRATES 1, 10 ININGS
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Didi Gregorious was racing home as an ambitious first-to-third throw by Pittsburgh’s Michael Chavis, leading from the top of the 10th inning, sailed wide of the target and helped the Phillies win their fourth straight .
Corey Knebel (3-5) earned the win by working through two scoreless innings. He started the 10th-place spike by defeating Pirate rookie Oneil Cruz at second base and then retiring the last two batsmen.
JT Realmuto had two of Philadelphia’s six hits, including his 10th home run of the season topping sixth.
Pittsburgh’s Cal Mitchell tied the game in seventh place with his fourth home run. Yerry De Los Santos took the defeat (0-3). Limited to four hits, the Pirates have lost six straight games and 11 of 13.
WHITE SOX 3, ATHLETICS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Gavin Sheets hit a two-run tie homer in the seventh inning and hit the winning run on a wild pitch in the ninth inning in Chicago’s win over Oakland.
Sheets laid down a leadoff double against Zach Jackson (2-3) in ninth position and moved up to third with Josh Harrison’s Sacrifice Bunt before Jackson slammed a slider with Tim Anderson to the plate.
Liam Hendricks (2-3) worked around Elvis Andrus’ double in the top of the ninth for the win.
Seth Brown hit a long solo shot for his third homer in two days and Paul Blackburn played five shutout innings, but Oakland’s season-best four-game winning streak ended. Sean Murphy also went deep into the A’s.
NATIONALS 7, CARDINALS 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Bell hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Washington rallied past St. Louis.
Bell, who is likely on his way out as Major League Baseball’s trade deadline nears, hit his 14th homer of the season ahead of Genesis Cabrera (3-2).
Juan Soto, who could be the biggest name before next week’s deadline, finished 1-1 with three walks and scored two goals for Washington, who have the worst record in baseball at 35-67.
Erasmo Ramirez (3-1) deserved the win. Kyle Finnegan got the last five outs for his fourth save of the season.
The Cardinals’ Nolan Arenado hit his 19th homer of the season in the second. It was his first since July 13.
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