ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout returned from his second straight All-Star MVP performance with a walkoff home run with two outs in the ninth Friday night, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox after they were no-hit through six innings by Wade Miley.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout returned from his second straight All-Star MVP performance with a walkoff home run with two outs in the ninth Friday night, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox after they were no-hit through six innings by Wade Miley.
Trout, who led off Tuesday’s All-Star Game with a home run against major league ERA leader Zack Greinke, drove an 0-1 pitch from Red Sox closer Koji Uehara (2-4) way over the fence in left-center for his American League-leading 27th homer.
The win went to Joe Smith (2-1), who pitched a perfect ninth.
Miley retired his first 16 batters before walking Chris Iannetta with one out in the sixth. Kole Calhoun broke up the no-hit bit in the seventh with a leadoff double over the head of center fielder Mookie Betts.
YANKEES 4, MARINERS 3
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez returned from the All-Star break with a boom, hitting a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning as the Yankees overcame two homers by Seattle’s Kyle Seager.
Left off the AL All-Star team, a rested A-Rod hit his 19th homer of the season and 673rd of his career. He connected 10 days before his 40th birthday.
Rodriguez’s shot came against Joe Beimel (0-1). Earlier in the game, Rodriguez singled for his 3,021st hit, moving past Rafael Palmeiro for 25th place on the all-time list.
Chris Young homered and doubled in helping the Yankees beat the Mariners for the seventh straight time.
Masahiro Tanaka (6-3) beat the Mariners for the second time this season, striking out seven in seven innings. All-Star Dellin Betances struck out Seager in a perfect eighth and Andrew Miller closed for his 19th save.
Game 1: ROYALS 4, WHITE SOX 2
Game 2: WHITE SOX 2, ROYALS 0
CHICAGO — John Danks pitched four-hit ball into the seventh of the second game, and Chicago earned a split of a day-night doubleheader.
The White Sox shook off a 4-2 loss in the opener to win for the 10th time in 14 games, with Danks (5-8) dominating on the mound.
Avisail Garcia tripled and scored on a single by Tyler Flowers in the second inning. Melky Cabrera doubled and came in from third on a wild pitch by Edinson Volquez (8-5).
Danks exited to loud cheers with a 2-0 lead after he walked Alex Rios leading off the seventh. David Robertson got the last three outs for his 20th save.
In the opener, Mike Moustakas hit a solo homer in the fifth on the 12th pitch of the at-bat to give the Royals a 2-1 lead, and Alex Rios capped a two-run sixth with his drive off Jeff Samardzija (6-5) after Chicago tied it.
Chris Young (8-5) gave up two runs and three hits, including solo homers to Geovany Soto and Adam Eaton, in five innings. Closer Greg Holland gave up a pinch-hit single to Emilio Bonifacio with one out in the ninth before finishing for his 20th save.
PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 3
PHILADELPHIA — Jeff Francoeur hit a pinch-hit three-run home run in Philadelphia’s four-run eighth inning.
Ryan Howard had an RBI for the Phillies, who snapped a five-game losing streak while winning for just the eighth time in their last 34 games. Philadelphia set a franchise record with 62 losses before the All-Star break.
J.T. Realmuto homered and Justin Bour had two hits for the Marlins, whose 38-51 mark entering the game was only better than Milwaukee and the Phillies.
Ken Giles (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to earn the victory.
Closer Jonathan Papelbon, the lone Phillies All-Star, gave up Realmuto’s homer while pitching in a non-save situation in the ninth.
BLUE JAYS 6, RAYS 2
TORONTO — Josh Donaldson hit a two-run home run, Justin Smoak added a three-run shot and Toronto beat Tampa Bay.
Both homers came in a five-run fifth, the ML-leading 36th time this season the Blue Jays have scored four or more in a single inning. Toronto has 19 five-run innings, also a league best.
Donaldson went 1 for 2 with two walks and raised his RBI total to 62, tying him with New York’s Mark Teixeira for the AL lead.
The Blue Jays won for the first time in five meetings with Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi (5-6), who came in 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA against Toronto. He allowed six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings, losing for the first time in four starts. He matched a career-high with five walks.
Drew Hutchison (9-2) allowed two runs and two hits in six innings, improving to 7-1 with a 2.21 ERA in nine home starts.
TIGERS 7, ORIOLES 3
DETROIT — J.D. Martinez made a terrific catch against the wall in right field, then homered two innings later to help Detroit beat Baltimore.
Victor Martinez and Jose Iglesias also went deep for Detroit, and Anibal Sanchez (9-7) worked in and out of trouble for six innings. It was the first meeting between the teams since Baltimore swept Detroit in last year’s AL Division Series.
With the Tigers up 3-1 in the third, J.D. Martinez reached up to catch Chris Davis’ drive when it looked like the ball might clear the wall in right. In the fifth, the All-Star hit a solo homer, his 26th of the year, moving him into a tie for the AL lead with Albert Pujols and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels.
Ubaldo Jimenez (7-5) allowed seven runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five.
BRAVES 4, CUBS 2
ATLANTA — Eury Perez drove in two runs with a bases-loaded, tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Atlanta snapped a five-game losing streak.
Perez punched the single to right field off Pedro Strop (1-5) to drive in Kelly Johnson, who doubled, and A.J. Pierzynski, who was issued an intentional walk.
Arodys Vizcaino (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth, and Jim Johnson earned his sixth save with three straight outs in the ninth.
Kyle Schwarber, the left-handed hitting rookie, had two singles and a double — all to right field — for the Cubs in his first start at catcher after being recalled earlier in the day.
NATIONALS 3,
DODGERS 2, susp.
WASHINGTON — A game delayed three times because of a lighting malfunction was suspended after five innings Friday night with Washington leading Los Angeles,
No announcement was made on the day and time the game would be completed.
On each occasion, the delay was caused by a bank of lights on the third-base side going out. The first stoppage occurred in the fourth inning and lasted 1 hour, 22 minutes. Play resumed for nine minutes before the lights went out again.
Los Angeles led 2-1 in the middle of the fifth inning when the second delay occurred. It lasted 40 minutes.
Once the lights went back on, pitcher Tanner Roark doubled and Yunel Escobar homered off Chin-Hui Tsao for a 3-2 lead.
After the half inning ended, the Nationals were in the field, poised to start the sixth when the same bank of lights went out.
TWINS 5, ATHLETICS 0
OAKLAND, Calif. — Trevor Plouffe hit a grand slam against All-Star Sonny Gray in the sixth inning after Brian Dozier led off the game with his 20th home run, and Minnesota beat Oakland.
Plouffe connected for his second career grand slam, both this year, to back 7 2-3 strong innings from Ervin Santana (1-0).
It was Dozier’s fifth homer leading off a game this season and 12th of his career. Gray (10-4) surrendered just his sixth and seventh homers of 2015. Dozier also hit No. 20 at Oakland last season.
Santana worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the third and won in his third start since returning from an 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.
PADRES 4, ROCKIES 2
SAN DIEGO — James Shields won for the first time in six weeks, and Matt Kemp, Jedd Gyorko and Justin Upton homered to lead San Diego over Colorado.
The Padres, who have underperformed despite making several big offseason acquisitions, have won three straight following a six-game losing streak.
Shields (8-3) won for the first time since beating the New York Mets 7-0 on June 3. He had four no-decisions and a three-start losing streak in his last seven starts. He allowed one run and seven hits in five innings, struck out six and walked four.
Shields, who signed a $75 million, four-year free-agent contract in February, allowed a homer to Charlie Blackmon leading off the fifth that made it 3-1. Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save.
Jorge De La Rosa (6-4) took the loss.
BREWERS 4, PIRATES 1
MILWAUKEE — Mike Fiers scattered three hits over seven solid innings and Gerardo Parra had two hits to lead Milwaukee.
Parra doubled in the first off Charlie Morton (6-3) and scored on a groundout. His double in the fifth scored Scooter Gennett, who had been hit by a pitch and advanced on a sacrifice by Fiers (5-7).
Fiers allowed Jung Ho Kang’s homer in the seventh, walked one and struck out seven. Will Smith pitched the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez closed it out with his 20th save in 20 chances.
CARDINALS 3, METS 2
ST. LOUIS — Jhonny Peralta hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning, Lance Lynn outpitched Noah Syndergaard and St. Louiss held on to beat New York.
Peralta, one of six St. Louis All-Stars, barely cleared the left-field fence on a two-out drive for his 14th homer. Kirk Nieuwenhuis made a leaping effort and his glove ticked the ball that landed in the Mets’ bullpen.
Curtis Granderson hit his fifth leadoff homer of the season for the Mets, who won four in a row before the All-Star break.
Trevor Rosenthal gave up Ruben Tejada’s RBI infield hit in the ninth, and the Mets had two on before he struck out pinch hitter John Mayberry Jr. for his 27th save.
Lynn (7-5) allowed a run and three hits in seven innings. Syndergaard (4-5) also worked seven innings, allowing two runs and five hits.
ASTROS 3, RANGERS 2
HOUSTON — Jose Altuve and rookie Carlos Correa drove in a run apiece to help Houston to an early lead and the Astros held on to snap a six-game skid.
The Astros were up by one with no outs in the third when Jake Marisnick and Altuve hit back-to-back doubles to push Houston’s lead to 2-0. Marwin Gonzalez singled, but Altuve couldn’t beat the throw home that allowed Gonzalez to advance to second. Correa’s single sent Gonzalez home to make it 3-0.
Houston starter Collin McHugh (10-5) tied a career high by allowing 11 hits in six innings, but they were all singles and amounted to just one run. Luke Gregerson pitched a scoreless ninth for his 19th save.
Texas starter Martin Perez (0-1) yielded nine hits and three runs in five innings in his return from Tommy John surgery.
REDS 6, INDIANS 1
CINCINNATI — Mike Leake pitched six effective innings and drove in three runs to lead Cincinnati.
Marlon Byrd had a homer among his four hits and Joey Votto added a solo shot for the Reds, who lost their last two games and three of four before the All-Star break.
Leake (7-5), who can become a free agent after the season and is considered by many to be trade bait for the struggling Reds, allowed one run and four hits with two walks and two strikeouts while improving to 4-1 over his last six starts.
Ryan Mattheus, J.J. Hoover and Burke Badenhop all pitched one scoreless inning in relief for Cincinnati.
Giants 6, Diamondbacks 5
PHOENIX — Arizona shortstop Chad Pennington’s throwing error allowed the go-ahead run to score in the 12th inning and San Francisco beat the Diamondbacks 6-5 on Friday night, the Giants’ fourth straight victory.
With the bases loaded and one out, Pennington — who entered the game in the 11th inning — fielded Angel Pagan’s bouncer and threw home to try and get the forceout. But the throw bounced in front of the plate and got past catcher Welington Castillo.
Hunter Pence of the Giants had tied the game with a two-run homer in the three-run seventh and added a double and single. Joe Panik and Matt Duffy also had three hits apiece for the Giants.
Ryan Vogelson (7-6), the last of 10 pitchers used by the Giants, threw two scoreless innings to get the victory.