Meadows helps Rays rally for wild 11-10 win over Red Sox

BOSTON (AP) – Austin Meadows hit a tying, inside-the-park homer in the ninth inning, Nelson Cruz had a go-ahead single in the 10th and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from a six-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 11-10 on Monday. The AL East-leading Rays took advantage of four errors, the biggest when center fielder Alex Verdugo appeared to lose Cruz’s high fly in the sun with bases loaded and two outs in the fourth. The ball glanced off Verdugo’s glove and Cruz wound up circling the bases on the play, scoring on second baseman Taylor Motter’s wild throw that let Tampa Bay close to 7-5 against ace Chris Sale. Cruz also homered and had a pair of RBI singles as the Rays increased their AL East lead to 8 1/2 games over New York. The Red Sox missed a chance to move ahead of the Yankees for the top AL wild-card spot. Wander Franco had four hits for the Rays. Collin McHugh (6-1) got the win. Hunter Renfroe had three hits and two RBIs for Boston. Garrett Whitlock (7-3) got the loss. BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 0 NEW YORK (AP) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 40th homer, Marcus Semien went deep twice and the Blue Jays beat the Yankees for their fifth straight win. Hyun Jin Ryu (13-8) pitched six effective innings as the Blue Jays won for the eighth time in nine games. Guerrero hit his 40th homer on Jameson Taillon’s 13th pitch. The slugger and his Hall of Fame father joined Cecil and Prince Fielder as the second father-son duo to hit 40 homers. Semien hit a solo drive in the first and his fifth career grand slam in the ninth. The Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games following their first 13-game win streak since 1961. Taillon (8-6) allowed three runs and three hits in seven innings. DODGERS 5, CARDINALS 1 ST. LOUIS (AP) – Max Scherzer struck out 13 in his hometown and Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer, leading the Dodgers to the win. Scherzer (13-4) permitted one unearned run and six hits in eight innings. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is six strikeouts away from becoming the 19th player in big league history to reach 3,000. The Cardinals lost for the fourth time in five games. They dropped 3 1/2 games back of idle San Diego for the second NL wild card. St. Louis right-hander Miles Mikolas (0-2) was charged with five runs, four earned, and five hits in five innings. Paul Goldschmidt had three hits for the Cardinals, and Tommy Edman scored the team’s only run on Austin Barnes’ passed ball in the sixth. GIANTS 10, ROCKIES 5 DENVER (AP) – Thairo Estrada hit two of San Francisco’s four home runs, and Kevin Gausman pitched seven solid innings. The major league-best Giants (88-50) remained one game ahead of the Dodgers in the NL West. Darin Ruf and Buster Posey also went deep for San Francisco. Gausman (13-5) allowed three runs and five hits, and he also singled and scored a run. Trevor Story hit a two-run homer for Colorado in the eighth. Ryan McMahon and Garrett Hampson also went deep. Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland was tagged for seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. PHILLIES 12, BREWERS 0 MILWAUKEE (AP) -Bryce Harper hit an early home run, Brad Miller connected twice and Jean Segura added a grand slam, leading Zack Wheeler and the Phillies to the win. Andrew McCutchen and Freddy Galvis also homered as Philadelphia won for the eighth time in the last 10 games to stay in the playoff chase. The Phillies have beaten the NL Central-leading Brewers five straight times this year. Wheeler (12-9) threw six crisp innings, outpitching Brandon Woodruff (9-8) in a rematch of All-Star righties. Harper gave the Phillies a quick lead with his 28th homer, a two-run drive in the first. Galvis connected in the second and Miller homered to lead off the fourth. CUBS 4, REDS 3