Major league roundup: Yankees stay hot, cling to win over Blue Jays

Chad Green struck out 11 in six dominant innings, Aaron Judge delivered again with an RBI double and Dellin Betances escaped a big ninth-inning jam, leading the New York Yankees over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Monday night.

Happ, who is seventh in the AL with a 3.05 ERA, yielded homers to Gary Sanchez, Starlin Castro and Chase Headley. But a cataclysmic unraveling by the NY relievers overshadowed Sanchez’s standout performance.

With four runs in the top of the sixth, the Jays cut the early lead to 6-4, then erupted for eight runs in the eighth, sending 13 men to the plate in the process. It was Sanchez’s third home run in two games and fifth in 48 big-league at-bats.

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CARDINALS 8, ASTROS 2: Carlos Martinez took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and Jeremy Hazelbaker and Brandon Moss homered in St. Louis’ victory over Houston. Devon Travis led off with a shot to the left of shortstop Didi Gregorius, who gloved it but slipped. Josh Donaldson then hit a grounder down the third-base line. Headley charged and collected the ball, but fired a wild, running throw that sailed wide of Mark Teixeira at first.

REDS 3, MARLINS 2 Brandon Phillips drove in two runs with his second double of the game and host Cincinnati rallied to beat Miami.

Travis scored easily to put the Jays on the board. That put Toronto up, 7-2.

RANGERS 5, ATHLETICS 2: Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam not long after Texas ended a 24-inning scoreless streak and Martin Perez pitched seven strong innings for his first win since late June, leading Texas to a win at home. But then it was Adam Warren’s turn.

The Yankees reacquired Warren in the Aroldis Chapman trade with the Cubs, and since that point, the 28-year-old righthander had been stellar, overcoming a bad start in Chicago to toss 11 straight scoreless innings to begin his second stint in NY.

SAN FRANCISCO – Andrew McCutchen capped a six-run fifth inning with a two-run home run as the Pirates overcame a 4-0 deficit to complete a sweep of the three-game series.

“The thing I’m most satisfied and happy with is I feel the hard work is paying off, getting to a place mentally where I feel comfortable”, Happ said. “It’s nice coming back here”.

In other American League East action on Tuesday night, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore by a score of five to three in Baltimore. Hosmer broke up Anibal Sanchez’s no-hit bid with a double in the seventh inning after spoiling his flawless game with a walk in the fifth. Ezequiel Carrera had an RBI double, Darwin Barney had a two-run double and Russell Martin added an RBI single as Toronto became the sixth team to win five straight series against the Yankees in New York.Happ (17-3) allowed three home runs for the second time this season and sixth time in his career.

Warren continued to implode by allowing a single to Tulowitzki and Martin’s second homer of the night. Chasen Shreve followed by throwing 22 pitches to record zero outs against five batters, and that was that. His opposite-field fly ball skimmed over right fielder Judges glove and into the first row of seats for his 21st homer of the year, a two-run shot. Others may look at that wild 10-9 victory on a insane Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre when the Jays scored six times in the last two innings to overcome an 8-4 deficit.

The decisive homer, Beltre’s 10th career slam, came three batters after Shin-Soo Choo fractured his left forearm when he was hit by a pitch.

After the Blue Jays turned heads when they persuaded Happ to return to Toronto, signing him to a three-year, $36-million (U.S.) free-agent deal in November, the left-hander has been a key figure in a top-notch Blue Jays rotation this season.

On a positive note, Pineda’s ERA is under 5.00 for the first time all season.

But Mother Nature probably doesn’t care about that, either.