BOSTON (AP) – Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Sunday, ending a four-game losing streak. Matt Barnes (1-1) retired the first two batters in the ninth before giving up a bloop single to Mike Trout. Ohtani followed with his 12th homer, tying for the major league lead, a drive tucked just inside the Pesky Pole in right field. It was Ohtani’s second homer of the series and stopped Boston’s three-game winning streak. Raisel Iglesias (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Mike Mayers got his second save. BLUE JAYS 10, PHILLIES 8 DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) – Television cameras showed a confrontation in the dugout between Phillies manager Joe Girardi and second baseman Jean Segura, who committed two errors. Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette hit consecutive first-inning homers, and Randal Grichuk had a two-run double in a five-run second as Toronto burst to an 8-0 lead. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 11th homer. Bryce Harper entered in the sixth, popped up a bunt in the eighth and stranded two in the ninth with a game-ending strikeout against Jeremy Beasley. Toronto starter Robbie Ray (2-1) allowed four runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. Chase Anderson (2-4) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 1 1/3 innings. PADRES 5, CARDINALS 3 SAN DIEGO (AP) – Rookie Ivan Castillo had a pinch RBI single for his first big league hit to cap a go-ahead, four-run rally in the fourth inning and San Diego beat NL Central-leading St. Louis for a three-game sweep. The Padres continue to play well despite having five players on the COVID-19-related injured list, including star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. Dinelson Lamet (1-0) allowed one run in two relief innings. Mark Melancon pitched the ninth for his big league-leading 14th save in as many chances. Three of the runs allowed by Kwang Hyun Kim (1-1) in the fourth were unearned. He departed after 3 1/3 innings. ORIOLES 10, YANKEES 6 BALTIMORE (AP) – Maikel Franco homered and drove in three runs, rookie Bruce Zimmermann (2-3) came out of the bullpen to allow one run and two hits over 5 2/3 innings as Baltimore avoided rallied from a four-run deficit to avoid a three-game sweep. Aaron Judge homered for the third straight game and went 6 for 10 with four home runs and five RBIs in the series. Jordan Montgomery failed to hold leads of 4-0 in the first and 5-2 in the third. Trey Mancini put the Orioles ahead for good at 6-5 with an RBI double off Michael King (0-1) in the fourth. RAYS 7, METS 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Manuel Margot, Willy Adames and Brandon Lowe homered off Marcus Stroman (3-4) as Tampa completed a three-game sweep and extended its winning streak to four. Two-run homers by Margot in the fourth and by Adames in the fifth built a 4-0 lead, and Lowe led off the sixth with his seventh home run this season. Josh Fleming (3-3) allowed up one hit in five scoreless innings and four relievers completed a two-hitter. Stroman (3-4) dropped to 0-4 in his last five starts. He allowed five runs and six hits in six innings as his ERA rose from 2.01 to 2.72. CUBS 5, TIGERS 1 DETROIT (AP) – Kyle Hendricks (3-4) allowed one run and eight hits in eight-plus innings, and struck out a season-high eight. Ian Happ had three hits, including a homer, and was aggressive on the bases as the Cubs won for the second time in six games. Matthew Boyd (2-4) gave up four earned runs in six inning, dropping to 0-3 in his last five starts. GIANTS 4, PIRATES 1 PITTSBURGH (AP) – Alex Wood (5-0) gave up one run and eight hits in six innings as NL West-leading San Francisco gained a four-game split.
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