UNDATED (AP) — Down to their last out, the Los Angeles Angels were bailed out by Shohei Ohtani as they avoided a three-game sweep in Fenway Park.
The Angels coughed up a 4-0 lead and trailed 5-4 until Ohtani smacked a two-run homer around the Pesky Pole to give Los Angeles a 6-5 win over the Red Sox. It was his second home run of the series and major league-leading 12th of the season.
Drew Butera’s two-run single put the Halos ahead by four. But Rafael Devers slammed a three-run drive and Kevin Plawecki added a blast in a four-run fifth that put Boston ahead.
In other major league action:
— Kyle Hendricks struck out eight and took a shutout into the ninth inning of the Cubs’ 5-1 victory over the Tigers. Ian Happ’s three hits included a homer as Chicago won for just the second time in six games.
— Rookie Ivan Castillo’s first big league hit was an RBI single in a four-run fourth that put the Padres ahead in a 5-3 win versus the Cardinals. The Padres are 5-1 since Tuesday, when Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive before a game at Colorado and right fielder Wil Myers and first baseman Eric Hosmer were pulled from the game.
— The Rays completed a three-game sweep of the Mets as Manuel Margot, Willy Adames and Brandon Lowe homered off Marcus Stroman in Tampa Bay’s 7-1 victory. Ji-Man Choi had three hits, including an eighth-inning RBI double, in his first game after recovering from arthroscopic right knee surgery.
— Matt Chapman had three hits and three RBIs and Ramón Laureano scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the ninth inning as the Athletics defeated the Twins 7-6. Andrelton Simmons tied it for Minnesota in the eighth with a two-out, two-run homer off reliever Jake Diekman.
— Mitch Haniger doubled twice and the Mariners ended Shane Bieber’s record strikeout streak while beating the Indians, 3-2. Bieber had fanned at least eight in 20 straight games, but the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner fell short with seven over just 4 2/3 innings.
— Wade Davis bounced a wild pitch that allowed José Abreu to dash home with the game-ending run, giving the White Sox a 4-3 triumph over the Royals. Kansas City led 3-2 in the ninth until Tim Anderson doubled and and scored on Yoán Moncada’s single.
— Avisail Garcia homered and the Brewers blew most of an 8-0 lead before holding on to beat the Braves,10-9. Freddy Peralta struck out eight over six scoreless innings, and Lorenzo Cain furnished a two-run single after Atlanta pulled within 8-7.
— Maikel Franco homered and drove in three runs as the Orioles dumped the Yankees, 10-6 to avoid a three-game sweep. Yanks outfielder Aaron Judge homered for the third straight game and went 6 for 10 with four home runs and five RBIs in the series.
— Alex Wood is 5-0 after allowing a run and eight hits over six innings of the Giants’ 4-1 win at Pittsburgh. Mike Yastrzemski smacked a two-run homer and Buster Posey provided three of San Francisco’s nine hits, leaving him with a .382 average.
— Adam Duvall slammed a three-run homer and then threw out Mookie Betts at the plate during a busy fifth inning, leading the Marlins past the Dodgers, 3-2. Pablo López gave up seven hits and two runs over five innings in his first victory of the season.
— Erick Fedde pitched seven scoreless innings and Yadiel Hernandez snapped a scoreless tie with a pinch-hit homer that sparked a three-run eighth in the Nationals’ 3-0 shutout of the Diamondbacks. Fedde had his best outing of the year, using 97 pitches to navigate seven innings while allowing just three hits.
— The Reds scored ninth-inning runs on a passed ball and a wild pitch to rally past the Rockies, 7-6. Cincinnati trailed 6-1 in the eighth before Tyler Naquin singled home a pair in a four-run rally.
— Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette hit consecutive first-inning homers before Randal Grichuk had a two-run double in a five-run second that pushed the Blue Jays past the Phillies, 10-8. Semien finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went deep for the third game in a row.
— Chas McCormick singled home a pair as part of a four-run eighth that carried the Astros to their sixth straight win, 6-2 against the Rangers. Lance McCullers Jr. had to settle for a no-decision after limiting Texas to five hits over six shutout innings.
