Joey Loperfido hit a tiebreaking home run in the 11th inning and the Houston Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-7 on Tuesday.
Loperfido’s first home run of the season came off former Toronto teammate Braydon Fisher (3-3).
With automatic runner Jose Altuve at second base to begin the 11th, the Blue Jays intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez. Fisher struck out Christian Walker and Isaac Paredes before Loperfido connected.
Yainer Diaz, Cam Smith and Taylor Trammell hit consecutive home runs for Houston in the fourth. All three homers came off Toronto starter Shane Bieber.
Logan VanWey (1-0) gave up Kazuma Okamoto’s RBI single in the ninth and worked two innings for his first career win.
MARINERS 3, PIRATES 2
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cole Young hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in his first major league game in his hometown to lift Seattle to a victory over Pittsburgh.
The 22-year-old second baseman’s drive into the right-field bleachers kept the Mariners in first place in the AL West with a 41-39 record. Young grew up in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs and starred at North Allegheny High School.
The Mariners’ other run came in the fourth inning when Cal Raleigh led off with a solo shot off Mitch Keller (5-5). That ended a streak of 64 plate appearances since Raleigh’s last homer on April 27.
Young’s home run enabled George Kirby (6-7) to end a five-game losing streak and win for the first time in eight starts. Kirby allowed two runs (one earned) in six innings, allowing eight hits, striking out five and walking two.
Andrés Muñoz pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save.
The Pirates took a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by Marcell Ozuna in the second inning and a throwing error by third baseman J.P. Crawford in the third.
YANKEES 4, TIGERS 3
DETROIT (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered, drove in two runs and scored twice and New York beat Detroit.
Chisholm scored on Jose Caballero’s RBI groundout in the fourth inning before hitting a two-run homer in the sixth as New York ended a three-game losing streak and stopped Detroit’s four-game winning streak.
Carlos Rodón (4-2) picked up the win, allowing three runs and six hits with two walks in 5 1/3 innings. Three relievers finished, with David Bednar getting the final four outs for his 15th save.
Casey Mize (2-5) gave up four runs and eight hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six while giving the Tigers their 27th straight game in which the starting pitcher allowed four or fewer runs.
MARLINS 6, RANGERS 4
MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara set the franchise career record for strikeouts and won his fifth consecutive start in June, leading Miami to a victory over Texas.
Alcantara (8-4), who allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings, struck out Kyle Higashioka in the seventh inning to surpass Ricky Nolasco for the most strikeouts in club history with 1,002.
Alcantara allowed five hits through the first 3 2/3 innings then retired 11 straight. After allowing eight runs and 10 hits in a loss at Toronto on May 26, Alcantara has completed at least seven innings in three of his five starts in June.
Heriberto Hernández homered and doubled, while Joe Mack and Owen Caissie also went deep for the Marlins, who built a 6-1 lead before the Rangers mounted a comeback attempt.
Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff homer in the eighth and down to their last out in the ninth, the Rangers chipped away against Marlins closer Pete Fairbanks. Joc Pederson hit a solo homer and Wyatt Langford was hit by a pitch. Nimmo cut the margin with an RBI triple. Fairbanks got the last out when Josh Jung hit a drive that was caught at the warning track by center fielder Jakob Marsee.
PHILLIES 14, NATIONALS 9
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryson Stott’s three-run homer highlighted Philadelphia’s eight-run outburst in the ninth inning and the Phillies rallied to beat Washington.
Trailing 8-6 heading into the top of the ninth, Brandon Marsh hit a tying two run homer off Brad Lord (5-1) with two outs. After Bryce Harper and pinch-hitter Derek Hill singled, Stott hit a towering 403-foot homer to right. Edmundo Sosa added a two-run double and Trea Turner had an RBI single to complete the comeback.
Washington’s Luis Garcia Jr. homered in the bottom half for the final margin.
Orion Kerkering (4-0) worked one inning and allowed three runs, yet earned the victory.
BREWERS 2, REDS 0
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Sproat pitched one-hit ball for six shutout innings and had a career-high 10 strikeouts, Hank Bauers and Andrew Vaughn drove in runs and Milwaukee beat Cincinnati.
Milwaukee (48-29) won a series at Great American Ball Park for the ninth straight time and has won 12 of the last 13.
The Brewers spoiled the return of Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz, who went 0 for 3 and struck out twice in his first game since May 31 after landing on the injured list with a strained hamstring for the first time in his career.
WHITE SOX 2, GUARDIANS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, Sean Burke struck out six in 6 1/3 innings, and Chicago claimed sole possession of first place in the AL Central with a win over Cleveland.
Burke (5-4) allowed one run on six hits and one walk to outduel Guardians starter Parker Messick. Sean Newcomb threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief for his second save.
The White Sox are 22-4 in their last 26 home games, 11-1 against the AL Central at home and have won nine straight home series after beating the Guardians 6-5 on Monday. Their 16 one-run wins are the most in the majors.
Messick (7-4) struck out a career-high 10 in 7 2/3 innings, walking one and allowing two runs on only three hits.
