Cole fans 15 for AL-best 14th win, Yankees beat Angels 4-1

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Gerrit Cole racked up a season-high 15 strikeouts over seven innings to earn his AL-leading 14th victory, and the New York Yankees snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. Aaron Judge hit his 30th homer and Luke Voit had a two-run single for the Yankees, who had won 13 straight before their skid. Cole (14-6) yielded four hits and didn’t walk a batter while posting his biggest strikeout total since joining the Yankees. Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth for his 25th save. David Fletcher delivered an RBI double in the sixth for the Angels, whose three-game winning streak ended. Packy Naughton (0-1) yielded six hits and three runs while pitching into the fourth inning of his first major league start. MARINERS 1. ASTROS 0 SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle rookie right-hander Logan Gilbert and four relievers combined to shut out Houston for the second straight day and J.P. Crawford scored the lone run on a sacrifice fly. Seattle took two of three in the series from the AL West leaders. The Mariners managed just three hits off Houston starter Jake Odorizzi (6-7) and four relievers. Justus Sheffield (6-8) got the win in his first relief appearance in more than two years, and Paul Sewald got the last four outs for his eighth save. RED SOX 3, RAYS 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Jarren Duran had a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth and COVID-19-impacted Boston stopped AL East-leading Tampa Bay’s nine-game winning streak. Boston infielder Yairo Muñoz became the latest Boston player to test positive for the coronavirus. Eight Boston players and two coaches have either had a positive test or are considered close contacts since last Friday. Rafael Devers opened the ninth with a single off Pete Fairbanks (3-5) and went to second on Alex Verdugos one-out infield hit. After Christian Vázquez struck out, Duran made it 3-2 on his base-hit to right. Garrett Whitlock (7-2) went two scoreless innings before Adam Ottavino worked the ninth to get his 11th save. Rays rookie Wander Franco homered off Chris Sale. BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 4 TORONTO (AP) – Randal Grichuk hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and Toronto beat Baltimore. Marcus Semien hit a solo home run and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits and two RBIs to help the Blue Jays take two of three from the Orioles. Tim Mayza (5-2) worked one inning and Jordan Romano finished for his 15th save in 16 chances. Dillon Tate (0-5) took the loss. TIGERS 8, ATHLETICS 6 DETROIT (AP) – Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, No. 502 of his career, and drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the seventh inning as Detroit snapped a four-game skid with a win over Oakland. Akil Baddoo and Harold Castro homered and drove in two runs apiece for Detroit, which had lost 12 straight at home to Oakland. Joe Jimenez (5-1) tossed an inning of scoreless relief for the win, and Gregory Soto earned his 17th save. Matt Olson drove in three runs for the A’s, who had won three straight. Jed Lowrie had a pair of RBI doubles and Starling Marte hit a solo homer. A.J. Puk (0-2) took the loss. CARDINALS 5, REDS 4, 1ST GAME REDS 12, CARDINALS 2, 2ND GAME CINCINNATI (AP) – Nick Castellanos drove in six runs with a grand slam and a two-run shot in the first two innings, and Cincinnati earned a doubleheader split with St. Louis. Cincinnati rocked starter J.A. Happ (8-7) and regained a half-game lead over San Diego for second in the NL wild-card race. St. Louis slipped into a tie for fourth with Philadelphia.