UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Red Sox were winners in the first of their 19 meetings with the New York Yankees this season.
Rafael Devers banged out a three-run homer in the first inning and Nathan Eovaldi won his third straight start as the Red Sox earned a 5-2 victory in the Bronx. Marwin González added a two-run double to help the Sox end an 11-game losing streak in the Bronx since June 2019.
Eovaldi blanked his former team until the sixth. He allowed one earned run and eight hits over six frames, including Aaron Judge’s solo homer.
Yankees hitters struck out 15 times, four by Gary Sánchez.
Elsewhere around the majors:
— The Rangers’ nine-game losing streak is over after Kyle Gibson returned from the injured list to pitch 5 1/3 scoreless innings to lead a 5-4 decision over the Rays. Joey Gallo hit in his 10th homer and Charlie Culberson drove in a run with a squeeze bunt to help Texas recover from an 0-9 road trip.
— The Astros blew out the Blue Jays, 13-1 as Zack Greinke scattered six hits in his first complete game since 2017. Carlos Correa homered twice, Martin Maldonado hit a grand slam and Aledmys Díaz also homered as Toronto lost for the first time in four games at Buffalo.
— The Orioles managed just one hit until Ryan Mountcastle slammed a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning to push Baltimore past Cleveland, 3-1. The Birds have won their first three games this month after dropping 14 in a row to end May.
— Rookie Yermín Mercedes hit a game-ending single after Yasmani Grandal homered twice in the White Sox’s 9-8 verdict over the Tigers. Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa tied John McGraw for second place on baseball’s career wins list with No. 2,763.
— Whit Merrifield capped a nine-run first inning with a three-run homer in the Royals’ fifth consecutive win, 14-5 over the Twins. Michael A. Taylor drove in three runs for Kansas City.
— The Angels were 3-2 winners over the Mariners behind Shohei Ohtani, who pitched six innings of four-hit ball with a season high-tying 10 strikeouts. Justin Upton hit a two-run homer and closer Raisel Iglesias escaped a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in the eighth before closing out Ohtani’s second win.
— Sean Murphy and Matt Canha homered off Jon Gray before the Rockies right-hander left with elbow soreness in the Athletics’ 9-5 win at Colorado. Murphy had three hits and three RBIs for Oakland, which has won seven of 10 road games and improved to 17-8 away from home.
— Chris Taylor lined a three-run double to cap the Dodgers’ eight-run fifth in a 9-5 win against the Braves. Julio Urias drove in a run with a bunt single and scattered four hits over five innings, including Freddie Freeman’s first-inning homer.
— Blake Snell took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Manny Machado hit a solo shot in the first inning of the Padres’ second straight win over the Mets, 2-0. Snell struck out 10 and pitched into the seventh inning for the first time this season.
— Steven Duggar and Alex Dickerson homered off Jake Arrieta as part of a six-run second that fueled the Giants’ 8-5 win against the Cubs. Jason Vosler and LaMonte Wade Jr. added back-to-back shots in the fourth, helping San Francisco win for the eighth time in 10 games.
— Freddy Peralta carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning on his 25th birthday before the Brewers completed a 5-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Opponents are hitting .133 this season versus Peralta, who has allowed more than three hits in just three of his 11 starts.
— Max Scherzer outpitched Zack Wheeler and Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the Nationals’ 2-1 downing of the Phillies. Scherzer struck out nine in 7 2/3 dominant innings, allowing one run on five hits.
— Rookie Ke’Bryan Hayes homered for the second game in a row since being activated from the injured list and drove in three runs to lead the Pirates to a 9-2 thrashing of the Marlins. NL hits leader Adam Frazier had two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored for Pittsburgh.
— Rookies Tyler Stephenson and Jonathan India homered to power the Reds to a 6-4 win over the Cardinals. Luis Castillo picked up his first win since early April by allowing one run and three hits with five strikeouts over six innings.
