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Rays win again, down Nats

By WJBD Staff Jun 9, 2021 | 6:47 AM

UNDATED (AP) — The AL East leaders continue to swim above their division rivals.

Tyler Glasnow struck out 11 over seven strong innings of the Tampa Bay Rays’ 3-1 win over Washington. Glasnow gave up one run, six hits and walked one during a season-high 114-pitch start.

Manuel Margot hit a leadoff homer in the first off Jon Lester, who worked out of two-on, two-outs jams in the second and third.

In other major league action:

— The Red Sox’s five-game winning streak is over after Carlos Correa and Yordan Alvarez homered in Houston’s 7-1 victory against Boston. Framber Valdez allowed one run and five hits over 7 1/3 innings, striking out eight to pick up his second straight win over the Bosox.

— Gary Sánchez and Miguel Andújar homered and the Yankees ended a four-game slid with an 8-4 downing of the Twins. Aaron Judge drove in two runs for New York, which had lost eight of its previous 10 and won despite going 2 for 15 with runners in scoring position.

— Andrew Vaughn homered in the seventh inning and delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth, pushing the White Sox past the Blue Jays, 6-1. Leury García added a two-run triple and Garrett Crochet got three outs for the win as the AL Central leaders moved a season-high 14 games over .500 at 37-23.

— José Ramírez homered and drove in four runs, leading Shane Bieber and the Indians to a 10-1 pasting of the Cardinals. Bieber gave up one run and five hits in six innings, striking out five, sending St. Louis to its sixth consecutive loss.

— The Tigers earned a 5-3 win over the Mariners behind Matthew Boyd, who allowed an unearned run, six hits and a walk over six innings. Eric Haase hit a two-run homer while Detroit was building a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

— Mike Tauchman hit a go-ahead grand slam and Brandon Crawford homered twice in the Giants’ 9-4 thumping of the Rangers. Crawford appeared in his 1,326th game at shortstop to break Travis Jackson’s franchise record for the position.

— Athletics hurler Chris Bassitt struck out six over seven strong innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, 5-2 against the Diamondbacks. Christian Walker led off the second with a home run and Bassitt limited Arizona to two runs and four hits.

— Shohei Ohtani hit the longest homer of his major league career, a 470-foot blast in the first inning of the Angels’ 8-1 drubbing of the Royals. Max Stassi, José Iglesias and Justin Upton also homered off Kris Bubic before Taylor Ward added a two-run shot in the eighth.

— Ke’Bryan Hayes hastily missed first base and was called out after hitting a first-inning homer, sending Walker Buehler on his way to seven scoreless innings as the Dodgers beat the Pirates, 5-3. Chris Taylor smacked a two-run homer to back Buehler, who retired his last 13 batters and had two hits while allowing just two hits.

— Zach Davies allowed just one hit in six scoreless innings in pitching the Cubs to a 7-1 win over the Padres. Anthony Rizzo homered and drove in four runs, and Patrick Wisdom went deep again for Chicago.

— Avisail Garcia homered and singled home another run in the Brewers’ 10th win in 11 games, 5-1 versus the Reds. Milwaukee starter and winner Adrian Houser pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball.

— Maikel Franco become the sixth player to hit a home run into the second deck at Camden Yards, helping the Orioles post a 10-3 win over the Mets. Bruce Zimmermann allowed a two-run homer in the first inning to Pete Alonso, but the Mets managed only one more hit off him in five innings.

— Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr. and William Contreras each hit a solo homer to power the Braves past the Phillies, 9-5. Acuña also had a single, double and three RBIs as the reigning three-time NL East champions evened their record at 29-29.

— Pablo Lopez allowed only two runs in a career-best eight innings, and Corey Dickerson hit a two-run triple for the Marlins in a 6-2 win over the Rockies. Jesus Aguilar had two hits and two RBIs to help Miami bounce back from a 1-8 road trip.