Mariners beat Rays for the 6th straight game this season

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Yusei Kikuchi went six effective innings, Abraham Toro and Jarred Kelenic homered, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night. Kikuchi (7-6) allowed two runs and six hits. The lefty had gone 0-3 in his previous four starts. Diego Castillo, the third Mariners reliever, worked the ninth to get his first Seattle save and 15th overall. The right-hander was acquired from Tampa Bay on Thursday. Seattle has won the first two games of the three-game series and is 6-0 overall against the defending AL champion Rays this season. Randy Arozarena homered for the Rays. Luis Patiño (2-3) took the loss. YANKEES 13, ORIOLES 1 NEW YORK (AP) – Luis Gil pitched six scoreless innings in his major league debut, Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in four runs, and New York routed Baltimore. Gil (1-0) started in place of All-Star ace Gerrit Cole, who was put on the COVID-19 injured list before the game after testing positive for the virus Monday. The 23-year-old right-hander allowed just four singles. He struck out six and walked only one. Gleyber Torres hit an RBI double in the second off Alexander Wells (1-2). Aaron Judge added his 22nd homer in the eighth. MARLINS 5, METS 4 MIAMI (AP) – Newly acquired Alex Jackson hit his first career home run, Nick Neidert earned his first big league win and Miami beat NL East-leading New York. Isan Díaz also homered, Bryan De La Cruz had three hits and Lewis Brinson had two hits and scored twice for the last-place Marlins, who have won the first two of the four-game series. The Mets were limited to five hits by Neidert (1-1) and four relievers. New York has lost five of six. Neidert allowed three runs and three hits, struck out five, walked four and hit a batter in 5 2/3 innings. Taijuan Walker (7-6) took the loss. He lasted 5 2/3 innings and allowed four runs, eight hits, struck out four and walked two. BLUE JAYS 7, INDIANS 2 TORONTO (AP) – Hyun Jin Ryu pitched seven solid innings in his first start for Toronto on Canadian soil, George Springer and Teoscar Hernandez homered in a win over Cleveland. Ryu waited more than a year and a half to take the mound as a home player in Toronto after signing an $80 million, four-year contract in December 2019. The Korean left-hander retired the first six batters and struck out eight to help the Blue Jays win for the fifth time in six games since moving back north of the border on Friday. Ryu (11-5) allowed two runs and seven hits, and walked none. Right-hander Rafael Dolis worked a perfect eighth and left-hander Ryan Borucki finished with a 1-2-3 ninth. Cleveland right-hander Zach Plesac (6-4) lost for the first time since April 20. He matched a season high by giving up six runs while allowing a career-worst 10 hits. He walked none and didn’t have any strikeouts. Bobby Bradley and Harold Ramirez hit RBI doubles for the Indians. ANGELS 11, RANGERS 3 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Top prospect Jo Adell drove in three runs while reaching base four times in his season debut, Phil Gosselin had three RBI singles and Los Angeles ended Texas’ three-game winning streak. Jack Mayfield homered for the Angels, who won for only the second time in six games. Adell had a tiebreaking two-run double in the third inning that made it 3-1 and put the Angels ahead to stay, then added an RBI double in a four-run seventh. The 10th overall pick of the 2017 draft walked in his first at-bat and his third hit was another double in the ninth. José Suarez (5-4) struck out six with one walk while allowing three runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings. Jordan Lyles (5-8) struck out six, walked three and gave up nine hits.