Yankees beat Mariners 5-4 for 5th straight victory

NEW YORK (AP) – DJ LeMahieu and Kyle Higashioka made savvy baserunning moves, turning a double-play grounder into the go-ahead run, and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory. Aaron Judge and Rougned Odor homered and the Yankees capitalized on a three-base error by right fielder Mitch Haniger to win for the 10th time in 12 games. New York erased a 4-1 deficit by scoring four times in the sixth inning. The Yankees have won the first three in a four-game series against Seattle in a matchup of teams in the playoff chase. The Mariners fell to 3-6 on a 10-game trip and each loss has been decided by no more than two runs. Odor hit a two-run drive inside the right field foul pole to pull the Yankees to 4-3 in the sixth. With one out, pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres hit a fly and Haniger raced back, appeared to overrun it and then slipped, allowing the ball to get to the warning track. Higashioka delivered a tying, pinch-hit double with one out and took third on LeMahieu’s single off Casey Sadler (0-2). Anthony Rizzo followed with a sharp grounder to first baseman Ty France, who stepped on the bag. Higashioka broke for home while France focused on LeMahieu, who alertly stopped first and second. LeMahieu forced a rundown and was tagged out after Higashioka had crossed the plate for the tiebreaking run. Andrew Heaney (7-8) settled down after a rocky beginning for his first win since being traded from the Los Angeles Angels to the Yankees. Jonathan Loaisiga pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save in place of Aroldis Chapman, who was put on the injured list before the game with left elbow inflammation. Kyle Seager homered for Seattle. BLUE JAYS 1, RED SOX 0, 1ST GAME RED SOX 2, BLUE JAYS 1, 8 INNINGS, 2ND GAME TORONTO (AP) – Jonathan Araúz singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and Boston beat Toronto to split a doubleheader. Matt Barnes (6-3) worked one inning for the victory Adam Ottavino finished for his eighth save. The Red Sox won for the second time in their past 10 games. Facing right-hander Adam Cimber (2-3), Araúz grounded a leadoff single past shortstop Bo Bichette to score Franchy Cordero. Toronto won the opener when Marcus Semien led off the bottom of the seventh by connecting on the first pitch from Barnes (5-3). It was Semien’s 26th home run of the season and the first game-ending homer of his career. Jordan Romano (5-1) pitched a perfect seventh for the win. Before the opener, Boston put slugger J.D. Martinez on the COVID-19-related injured list. The Red Sox have scored five runs or fewer in 15 consecutive games. GIANTS 9, BREWERS 6, 11 INNINGS MILWAUKEE (AP) – Brandon Belt hit his second homer of the night during a four-run outburst in the 11th inning and San Francisco beat Milwaukee in a wild game between division leaders. Each team scored three runs in the 10th inning – with Luis Urías and Willy Adames homering for Milwaukee – after the Giants tied it on two-out triple in the ninth. LaMonte Wade put the Giants ahead for good in the 11th with a one-out single that scored Austin Slater. Belt followed with a two-run shot to right. Kris Bryant capped the rally with an RBI double. All four of the Giants’ 11th-inning runs came off Sal Romano (0-1) in his Brewers debut. Belt also hit a solo shot in the fourth and has three homers over the last two nights. Jake McGee (4-2) pitched the 11th with a 9-5 lead and was credited with the win after allowing only one run on Lorenzo Cain’s two-out single. PHILLIES 5, METS 3 PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Brad Miller homered twice and first-place Philadelphia withstood a ninth-inning rally for its seventh straight victory, beating New York.