Yarbrough throws complete game as Rays beat Yankees 9-2

NEW YORK (AP) – Ryan Yarbrough ended a 24-start winless skid with Tampa Bay’s first complete game in more than five years, and the Rays beat the New York Yankees 9-2 on Thursday. Austin Meadows homered off Gerrit Cole and drove in five runs for Tampa Bay. Yarbrough (3-3) hadn’t won a start since Aug. 11, 2019, when he threw a career-high 8 2/3 innings in a 1-0 win over Seattle. The AL East-leading Rays salvaged a four-game split, improving to 10-3 at Yankee Stadium since the start of last season. New York fell 4 1/2 games back of Tampa Bay. It has dropped seven of 10 entering a weekend series against the rival Red Sox. Brett Gardner and Miguel Andújar homered for the Yankees. Cole (6-3) matched a season worst by allowing five runs in five innings. Tampa Bay had not thrown a complete game since Matt Andriese’s two-hit shutout of Oakland on May 14, 2016, a major league-record streak of 731 games. BRAVES 5, NATIONALS 1 ATLANTA (AP) – Dansby Swanson kept up his power surge with a two-run homer in Atlanta’s four-run sixth inning. Braves left-hander Tucker Davidson, recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett for his second start this season, gave up one hit in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked five. with five walks and five strikeouts. Swanson extended his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games with his 10th homer this season. He has five homers in that stretch, including in back-to-back games against Washington. Josh Tomlin (3-0) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Nationals left-hander Patrick Corbin (3-5) permitted four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. ROCKIES 11, RANGERS 6 DENVER (AP) – Austin Gomber pitched six shutout innings, Charlie Blackmon homered and Colorado beat Texas to finish a franchise-worst 0-9 trip for the Rangers and extend their longest losing streak since 2003 to nine games. Texas fell behind 9-0 by the sixth inning and lost its 15th consecutive road game, one shy of the franchise record set by the 1961 Washington Senators, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Gomber (4-5) allowed three hits, struck out six and walked none. Garrett Hampson tied a career high with four of Colorado’s 16 hits. Khris Davis and Jose Trevino homered for Texas. Mike Foltynewicz (1-6) gave up five runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings. WHITE SOX 4, TIGERS 1 CHICAGO (AP) – Yoán Moncada and Jake Lamb homered for the White Sox, and Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa closed in on John McGraw for second on baseball’s career wins list. Yasmani Grandal and Tim Anderson also went deep for AL Central-leading Chicago. Lance Lynn (7-1) pitched six innings of one-run ball, and Liam Hendriks got three outs for his American League-leading 14th save. La Russa picked up career victory No. 2,762 to move within one of McGraw, and the White Sox won for the eighth time in 11 games. Willi Castro homered for Detroit. Casey Mize (3-4) gave up three runs and five hits in seven innings. BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4 MILWAUKEE (AP) – Christian Yelich hit his second home run of the season, a three-run shot in the third inning that helped power Milwaukee to the victory. Jackie Bradley Jr., Luis Urías and Avisaíl García also connected for the Brewers. Urías’ homer was his second in as many games and came on his 24th birthday. Carson Kelly hit a two-run homer for Arizona, which left 14 men on base. Jon Duplantier (0-1) allowed five runs in four innings. Brent Suter (6-3) got the win, and Josh Hader got three outs for his 13th save. RED SOX 5, ASTROS 1 HOUSTON (AP) – Martín Pérez pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, and Boston avoided a four-game sweep.