UNDATED (AP) — Baseball’s tightest division race just got a little tighter.
Tampa Bay is within a half-game of the AL East-leading Red Sox after homers by Yandy Díaz, Mike Zunino and Randy Arozarena powered the Rays to a 7-3 win against Boston. Wander Franco added a two-run double while the Rays built a 6-2 lead by the fourth inning.
Four Rays relievers limited Boston to two hits in four scoreless innings.
In other major league action:
— The Blue Jays won their first game in Toronto since 2019 as Bo Bichette hit a two-run home run and Teoscar Hernandez added a solo shot in a 6-4 victory over the Royals. George Springer had three hits and an RBI in his first home game north of the border.
— Newly acquired Anthony Rizzo homered, singled and walked in his debut with the Yankees, a 3-1 decision over the Marlins. Rougned Odor had two RBI and All-Star outfielder Joey Gallo went 0-for-4 with a walk in his first game since being sent to New York by the Rangers.
— Yoán Moncada homered among his three hits as the White Sox beat the Indians, 6-4 to take a nine-game lead in the AL Central. Chicago scratched its two runs in the eighth as Tim Anderson delivered a tiebreaking single and José Abreu was hit in the head by a pitch with the bases loaded.
— Chris Bassitt became the AL’s first 11-game winner of the season as he scattered six hits over seven innings of the Athletics’ 2-0 shutout of the Angels. Matt Chapman was mired in a 7-for-56 slump before his eighth-inning home run.
— The Astros won a battle of division leaders as José Altuve hit a grand slam in the sixth, one inning after putting Houston ahead with a solo homer in a 9-6 downing of the Giants. Aledmys Diaz also homered and Framber Valdez struck out six over five innings for as Houston retained its 5 1/2-game lead over Oakland in the AL West.
— San Francisco’s lead in the NL West remains three games after the second-place Dodgers absorbed a 6-5 loss to the cellar-dwelling Diamondbacks on Asdrubal Cabrera’s RBI double in the bottom of the 10th. Chris Taylor supplied a solo homer and a two-run triple after Arizona took a 3-0 lead.
— Logan Gilbert won his fifth straight decision and fellow rookie Jarred Kelenic hit a three-run homer in the Mariners’ 9-5 win against the Rangers. Gilbert allowed four runs and six overs over 5 2/3s innings to help Seattle win for the fifth time in seven games.
— Matt Harvey extended his shutout streak to 18 1/3 innings, and Pedro Severino homered twice as the Orioles downed the Tigers, 4-3. Harvey allowed six hits in 6 1/3 innings without walking a batter.
— The Reds downed the Mets, 6-2 as Joey Votto homered for the seventh straight game, one off the major league record. Votto’s two-run shot snapped a 1-1 tie and prevented New York from adding to its 3 1/2-game lead in the NL East.
— The Pirates’ four-game skid is over after Wil Crowe and two relief pitchers combined on a one-hitter in a 7-0 rout of the Phillies. Gregory Polanco and Kevin Newman each had two hits and two RBIs as Pittsburgh prevented Philadelphia from cutting into their 3 1/2-game deficit in the NL East.
— Avisaíl García, Willy Adames and Eduardo Escobar hit home runs to help the Brewers overcome Corbin Burnes’ worst start of the season in a 9-5 win over the Braves. One of García’s three hits was a three-run homer in Milwaukee’s fourth consecutive win, leaving the NL Central leaders seven games ahead of the Reds.
— Tommy Edman laced a three-run double and Wade LeBlanc tied a season high by tossing 5 2/3 innings to send the Cardinals past the Twins, 5-1. Edman’s bases-clearing double off Tyler Duffey broke a 1-all tie in the sixth.
— Josh Bell and Luis García homered for the Nats in a 4-3 decision over the Cubs. Paolo Espino pitched a career-high 5 1/3 innings, yielding his only run on Rafael Ortega’s double in the third.
— The Padres finished up a 9-4 loss to the Rockies after losing shortstop Fernando Tatis to a partially dislocated left shoulder in the first inning. Ryan McMahon belted a grand slam and Jon Gray allowed two runs on four hits in seven innings, including Manny Machado’s two-run blast.
