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Yankees streak at 10 wins

By WJBD Staff May 3, 2022 | 6:45 AM

UNDATE (AP) — The Yankees’ winning streak is now at 10 games.

Gleyber Torres homered early, then hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning as New York Yankees beat the Blue Jays in Toronto 3-2.

Giancarlo Stanton singled off Yimi Garcia to begin the New York ninth, ending a streak of four perfect innings by Blue Jays relievers. Pinch-runner Tim Locastro stole second, but Josh Donaldson grounded out and Aaron Hicks struck out before Torres lined a single to center field.

Elsewhere in the majors:

— The Atlanta Braves cooled off the New York Mets with a 5-2 victory in the first of 19 meetings between the NL East rivals this season. Austin Riley homered, while Travis d’Arnaud had three hits and three RBIs against his former team. Max Fried settled in after a rocky start, outpitching Chris Bassitt as the defending World Series champions took the opener of a four-game series.

— Paul Goldschmidt hit an early home run and Steven Matz and the St. Louis bullpen made it stand up, leading the Cardinals over the Kansas City Royals 1-0. Goldschmidt got his first day off of the season Sunday and then connected with one out in the first inning against Zack Greinke. Matz scattered four hits, including a pair of doubles, in six innings. Greinke allowed only three hits in six innings but took the loss.

— Dylan Cease struck out 11 to match a career best and gave up just one hit in seven sparkling innings, propelling the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout struck out in all four at-bats, three against Cease.

— Yordan Alvarez hit a solo homer and rookie Jeremy Peña added a two-run shot to back up another solid start from Jake Odorizzi and help the Houston Astros to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners. The victory snaps a two-game skid for the Astros. Manager Dusty Baker is within one win of becoming the 12th manager in MLB history to reach 2,000.

— The Tampa Bay Rays used a balanced offense to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-1. Yandy Díaz led off the game with a home run to back right-hander Drew Rassmussen’s second straight winning start.

— Zac Gallen outpitched Pablo López as the Arizona Diamondbacks built a lead and held on to beat the Miami Marlins 5-4. David Peralta homered, singled twice and drove in three runs, and Daulton Varsho hit two doubles for the Diamondbacks.

— Chris Paddack pitched effectively into the sixth, and the Minnesota Twins got their 10th win in 11 games with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The right-hander allowed a run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings.