Canha, Alonso rally Mets to 7-6 win over Rockies

NEW YORK (AP) – Mark Canha hit two clutch doubles and Pete Alonso singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 7-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Brett Baty launched his second major league homer and Starling Marte had a two-run triple for the NL East leaders, who have won the first two games of the four-game series. Canha put the Mets ahead 4-3 with an RBI double in the sixth. Elias Díaz laced a three-run double that gave Colorado a 6-4 advantage in the eighth, but Canha tied it with a two-run double in the bottom half. Brandon Nimmo worked a one-out walk in the ninth against Rockies closer Daniel Bard (3-4), who hit Marte with the next pitch. After Francisco Lindor lined out to a diving Sam Hilliard in shallow left field, Alonso fell behind 0-2 before grounding a single between third base and shortstop to score Nimmo. Edwin Díaz (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win. YANKEES 3, ATHLETICS 2 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Gerrit Cole struck out 11 on the way to his first win since July 17, Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer in the fifth for No. 49 on the season and New York beat Oakland. Cole (10-6) allowed one run on three hits over 7 1/3 innings to snap a six-start winless stretch in which he’d gone 0-4 since beating Boston last month. He reached double-digit wins for the eighth time in his career. Jonah Bride connected for his first career homer in the seventh against Cole. After Jonathan Loáisiga recorded the final two outs of the eighth, Wandy Peralta gave up an RBI single to pinch-hitter Dermis García but finished the 2-hour, 50-minute game for his third save. Left-hander JP Sears (5-1) faced his former team for the first time since joining Oakland in the Frankie Montas-Lou Trivino trade at the deadline. Sears allowed the three runs on Judge’s homer and eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and four walks. ORIOLES 2, ASTROS 0 HOUSTON (AP) – Rookie Kyle Bradish pitched eight strong innings before two relievers completed the four-hitter to lead Baltimore past Houston. Bradish (2-5) limited Houston’s powerful offense to just a pair of singles and struck out six in the longest outing of his career to get his second win – first since May 10 against St. Louis. Cionel Pérez allowed consecutive singles to Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman with one out in the ninth before retiring Kyle Tucker on a fly out. Dillon Tate took over and struck out former Oriole Trey Mancini to hand the American League-leading Astros their eighth shutout of the season and give him his third save. Mancini went 0 for 3 with a walk in the first game against his former team since a trade last month after spending his entire career with the Orioles. Ramon Urias provided the offense for the Orioles with a two-run shot off Cristian Javier (7-9) in the sixth to help them to their second straight win and the fourth in five games. RED SOX 9, RAYS 8 BOSTON (AP) – Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer, and Boston stopped Tampa Bay’s six-game win streak. Kevin Plawecki had three hits and two RBIs for the Red Sox, who had dropped four in a row. Michael Wacha (9-1) struck out six in six innings, settling down after a shaky start. Tampa Bay (69-56) began the day on top of the AL wild-card standings. Yandy Díaz, Jose Siri and Ji-Man Choi homered, but the Rays blew an early 4-1 lead. Boston (61-65) went ahead to stay with two in the fourth and fifth, and three more runs in the sixth. Francy Cordero connected for his seventh homer in the fourth, and Jarren Duran added a sacrifice fly against Ryan Yarbrough (1-8). Kiké Hernández singled home Bogaerts in the fifth, and Plawecki doubled in Bobby Dalbec.