Diaz, Margot get key hits as Rays beat Yankees 3-1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Corey Kluber and Gerrit Cole dueled evenly for six impressive innings before the Tampa Bay Rays scored a pair of late runs to beat the Yankees 3-1 Saturday, ending New York’s four-game winning streak. Yandy Diaz had a tiebreaking infield single in the seventh, and Manuel Margot extended his hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI single in the eighth. Kluber allowed one run and three hits. Cole struck out 10, giving up one run and two hits. J.P. Feyereisen (4-0) got the win his 19th straight scoreless relief appearance. Colin Poche pitched the ninth for his second save in two tries. Anthony Rizzo hit a sacrifice fly for New York in the first. Lucas Luetge (1-2) got the loss. REDS 3, GIANTS 2 CINCINNATI (AP) – Right fielder Aristides Aquino threw out pinch-runner Joey Bart at the plate to end the game, and Cincinnati held off behind Kyle Farmer’s early three-run homer. Cincinnati extended its winning streak to a season-high four despite playing down a man following the suspension of outfielder Tommy Pham. The strong-armed Aristides saved this one, nailing Bart trying to score the tying run from second on Wilmer Flores’ two-out single in the ninth inning. Vladimir Gutierrez (1-6) picked up his first win of the season in his eighth start. Tony Santillan, Cincinnati’s fourth reliever, got four outs for his third save. Major League Baseball suspended Pham on Saturday for three games – retroactive to Friday – and fined him for slapping the Giants’ Joc Pederson during an altercation in the outfield before Friday’s game. Evan Longoria homered for San Francisco. Alex Wood (3-4) allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings. GUARDIANS 8, TIGERS 1 DETROIT (AP) – José Ramírez homered and drove in five runs, leading Shane Bieber and the Guardians to the win. Ramírez hit a three-run triple in the seventh inning and a two-run shot in the ninth for his 12th homer. The three-time All-Star is batting .297 with a major league-best 48 RBIs in 42 games. Bieber (2-3) allowed one run and eight hits in a season-high eight innings. The 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner struck out five and walked none. Josh Naylor added two hits and two RBIs for Cleveland, which had dropped three in a row. Detroit wasted another effective start for Alex Faedo (1-2), who allowed two runs and five hits in a career-high six innings. The Tigers had won two in a row. MARLINS 4, BRAVES 1 ATLANTA (AP) – Miami’s Sandy Alcantara matched his career high with 14 strikeouts, dominating Atlanta for the second time in a week. Alcantara (5-2) allowed four hits in eight innings while earning his third consecutive win. Cole Sulser finished the five-hitter for his second save. Miguel Rojas had three hits, including a homer off Darren O’Day in the sixth. Garrett Cooper’s two-run double off Collin McHugh in the seventh made it 4-1. Atlanta fell to 4-12 in day games, the worst record in the majors. Braves left-hander Tucker Davidson (1-2) permitted three hits and one run in five innings. RANGERS 11, ATHLETICS 4 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Marcus Semien hit a grand slam for his first home run after signing with Texas in the offseason. Corey Seager and Adolis García also homered for the Rangers, who collected 18 hits for the team’s highest total since Sept. 8, 2019. Taylor Hearn (3-3) pitched six innings of three-run ball. The Rangers matched their longest winning streak of the season with their fourth straight. Ramón Laureano hit his first home run for Oakland, a solo drive off Hearn. The A’s, who were managed by bench coach Brad Ausmus while Mark Kotsay attended his daughter’s graduation in San Diego, have lost 10 of 14. Oakland’s Zach Logue (2-4) allowed four runs and seven hits in 2 1/3 innings.

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