UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees now have their longest winning streak since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris combined for 115 homers in 1961, but the still trail Tampa Bay by four games in the AL East.
Giancarlo Stanton homered for a fourth straight game and Aaron Judge hit a three-run shot in the Yankees’ 13th win in a row, 8-2 at Oakland. Luke Voit and Kyle Higashioka also homered as the Yankees improved to 76-52.
Gerrit Cole struck out nine with two walks over six scoreless innings, allowing six hits to win his third straight start.
Meanwhile, the Rays are the first AL team to reach the 80-win mark.
Tampa Bay earned its sixth consecutive victory as Shane McClanahan won his fifth consecutive start in a 6-3 downing of the Orioles. McClanahan allowed two runs and eight hits with four strikeouts over six innings to move to 9-4.
Mike Zunino hit a three-run homer that gave Tampa Bay a 6-2 lead. It was his 27th home run.
Austin Hays hit his 14th homer for the Orioles, who had won two consecutive games after losing 19 straight.
The Rays are 16-1 versus the Birds this season.
Checking the rest of Friday’s major league schedule:
— The Astros erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to turn a 4-0 deficit into a 5-4 victory against the Rangers. Michael Brantley hit a tying, two-run single when he was the sixth consecutive Houston batter to reach base at the start of the inning. Jake Meyers had a two-run double and Yuli Gurriel supplied the tiebreaking run with an RBI grounder, allowing the AL West leaders to move 6 1/2 games ahead of the A’s.
— The Red Sox rallied for a 4-3 win over the Indians as Jonathan Araúz smacked a three-run homer in the eighth inning. Araúz was recalled before the game and made the three-hour drive from Buffalo, arriving shortly before the first pitch. The Red Sox were down 3-1 and had managed only one hit through seven innings off Cleveland starter Logan Allen and reliever Alex Young before storming back in the eighth off James Karinchak.
— The White Sox surrendered six runs in the top of the first, then took the lead with an eight-run third in a 17-13 win over the Cubs. Yasmani Grandal returned to the White Sox’s lineup with vengeance, homering twice and tying a career high with eight RBIs to help the AL Central leaders move 10 games ahead of Cleveland. Patrick Wisdom homered twice and drove in four runs for the North Siders on his 30th birthday.
— The Royals stormed back from an early 5-1 deficit before Edward Olivares hit a two-run home run in the 12th inning of an 8-7 decision over the Mariners. Kansas City tied it on Salvador Perez’s second grand slam in as many days. Olvares also drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th with a sacrifice fly before Luis Torrens tied it in the bottom half.
— Pinch-hitter Victor Reyes delivered a tiebreaking, inside-the-park home run in the eighth inning to give the Tigers a 2-1 win against the Blue Jays. Detroit said Reyes is the first major leaguer since the expansion era to have a pinch-hit go-ahead inside-the-park home run. Detroit’s Matt Manning and Toronto’s Steven Matz both allowed one run over six innings.
— The Braves won a matchup of NL division leaders as Jorge Soler hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning of their 6-5 downing of the Giants. Joc Pederson made a leaping catch at the wall for the final out after Wilmer Flores led off the ninth with a homer to get San Francisco within a run. Buster Posey hit a two-run homer in his return to San Francisco’s lineup and the Giants led 4-2 before the Braves rallied with four runs in the seventh.
— The Giants kept their 2 1/2-game lead in the NL West when the Dodgers lost for just the third time in 19 games, 4-2 to Colorado. C.J. Cron snapped a sixth-inning tie with a 482-foot homer that landed above the Dodgers bullpen. Cron leads the majors with 30 RBIs this month.
— Atlanta still tops the NL East by 5 1/2 games after Jean Segura singled with one out in the 11th inning to give the second-place Phillies a 7-6 triumph versus the Diamondbacks. Brad Miller hit a tying two-run homer in the 10th for Philadelphia, a half-inning after Ketel Marte two-run blast. Bryce Harper also went deep for the Phils, who snapped a three-game skid and won for the third time in 11 games.
— Josh Donaldson’s two-run home run in the first inning stood up as the Twins blanked the Brewers, 2-0. Andrew Albers threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his first major league start in four seasons, limiting Milwaukee to three hits and one walk. The Brewers fell to 44-22 on the road and saw their lead in the NL Central trimmed to 7 1/2 games over Cincinnati.
— Wade Miley doubled home a run and pitched six-hit ball over seven innings of the Reds’ 6-0 shutout of the Marlins. Tyler Naquin was 3-for-4 to stretch his hitting streak to 16 games, the longest current run in the majors. Mike Moustakas also went deep and had an RBI double for the Reds, who continue to lead the Padres by two games for the second NL wild card.
— San Diego’s four-game skid is over after Joe Musgrove fired a three-hitter in a 5-0 shutout of the Angels. It was Musgrove’s second career complete game and first since tossing a no-hitter earlier this season. Jurickson Profar had an early two-run triple to back Musgrove, who is the lone Padres hurler to get through eight innings this season.
— The Cardinals posted a 4-3 win over the Pirates as Tommy Edman hit a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly. J.A. Happ allowed two runs and three hits over 5 2/3 innings. Jacob Stallings had three hits and Yoshi Tsutsugo poked an RBI triple for Pittsburgh.
— The Nationals were 2-1 winners over the Mets as Paolo Espino struck out a career-high seven while also singling and scoring a run for the first time in the majors. Espino allowed three hits and walked none over five innings. Only two players got beyond first base against Espino and four relievers as New York fell for the 12th time in 14 games.
