George Springer hit a three-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays cruised to a 7-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.
The right fielder capped a four-run third inning with his ninth home run of the season.
“That’s kind of what we’ve been missing lately: a big hit that’s going to pay off with guys on base,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.
Spencer Horwitz had homered three batters earlier, with two outs.
In the first inning, Justin Turner gave the Jays the lead with an RBI single, again with two outs. Toronto added two runs in the fourth on a passed ball and an RBI double by Addison Barger.
Jose Berrios (8-6) allowed five runs and five hits in five innings. Nate Pearson and Trevor Richards connected for Chad Green’s third save.
Green allowed a double to leadoff hitter Jeremy Pena in the ninth. He responded with two swinging strikeouts before retiring Jose Altuve on a fly out.
Altuve had three singles in the game.
“We fought hard,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “We gave ourselves a chance at the end.”
Yordan Alvarez hit a three-run homer in a losing effort. Spencer Arrighetti (4-7) allowed seven runs and six hits in four innings.
The Astros had won three straight games, while the Blue Jays had lost their last two meetings.
Among the crowd was Ontario’s Shaedon Sharpe of the Portland Trail Blazers.
De La Cruz’s first game at Yankee Stadium
Playing in her first game at Yankee Stadium, Elly De La Cruz hit a triple and a home run to help the Cincinnati Reds win 5-4 over the New York Yankees.
It’s already a fifth game with a triple and a home run for De La Cruz. The 22-year-old Dominican was in his game number 183 in the big leagues.
He and Will Benson hit two-run homers in the fifth. It was De La Cruz’s 15th home run.
De La Cruz led off the fourth with his sixth three-base hit of the season, a NL lead tied with Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Yankees Aaron Judge hit his 32nd home run among three hits. He leads major league baseball in home runs, RBIs (83) and batting average (.321).
Graham Ashcraft (5-4) allowed three runs and four hits in five innings. Alexis Diaz collected his 18th save.
Luis Gil (9-4) gave up four runs, two hits and three walks in four innings. He also walked two batters. After going 9-1 with a 2.03 ERA in 14 starts, Gil is 0-3 with a 14.90 ERA in his last three starts.
Elsewhere in Major League Baseball:
Boston 8 – Miami 3
BOS: Ceddanne Rafaela (9) hit a three-run homer. Jarren Duran (10) had a solo homer.
MIA: Jake Burger (8) and Jesús Sánchez (8) each stretched the balls once.
White Sox 6 – Cleveland 7
CHW: Luis Robert (10) homered and drove in four runs. Andrew Vaughn (11) also homered.
CLE: Daniel Schneemann (3) and Tyler Freeman (7) hit home runs.
St. Louis 7 – Pittsburgh 4
STL: Nolan Gorman (17) hit a gran slam, his second of his career. Alec Burleson (13) also stretched his arms. Ryan Helsley earned a MLB-high 31st save.
PIT: Jack Suwinski (7) and Andrew McCutchen (12) had home runs.
NY Mets 7 – Washington 2 (10 innings)
NYM: The Mets scored five times in the 10th, including two on Pete Alonso’s (18) homer. Francisco Lindor (14) also had a home run.
WAS: Reliever Robert Garcia (0-3) took the loss, giving up five runs, four earned, on four hits in one inning.
San Francisco 5 – Atlanta 3
SF: Jorge Soler (10), LaMonte Wade Jr. (3) and Heliot Ramos (11) each hit a home run.
ATL: Austin Riley (10) and Sean Murphy (4) each had a home run.
Detroit 3 – Minnesota 5
DET: Justyn-Henry Malloy (4) and Ryan Kreidler (1) drove in all of the Tigers’ runs with home runs.
MIN: Manuel Margot (3) and Carlos Correa (10) each had one home run.
Philadelphie 6 – Cubs 4
PHI: Two-homer game for Trea Turner who hit three hits and drove in 4 runs.
CHI: Seiya Suzuki produced three points and finished the game with a long ball.
San Diego 0 – Texas 7
SD: Dylan Cease allowed six runs and eight hits in just three and two-thirds innings.
TEX: Nathaniel Lowe hit two home runs and drove in four runs.
Milwaukee 4 – Colorado 3
MIL: Christian Yelich had 3 hits. Bryce Turing scored the winning run when Brys Hoskins was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
COL: Brenton Doyle homered and had a double to give the Rockies a brief lead in the eighth inning. Nick Mears and Justin Lawrence drove in two runs in the ninth to escape the save.
Angels de LA 5 – Oakland 7
LAA: Nolan Schanuel had 2 hits and drove in 4 runs for LA, which had won 6 of its last 7 games.
OAK: Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker hit home runs.
Baltimore 2 – Seattle 0
BAL: Grayson Rodriguez allowed 2 hits and 4 walks with 8 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
SEA: Josh Rojas had his team’s only 2 hits.
Airzone 5 – LA Dodgers 6
ARI: Joc Pederson hit his 11th home run of the season, and Christian Walker his 18th.
LAD: Shohei Ohtani hit a 2-run homer on 3 hits. Freddie Freeman drove in the tying run before going on to score for the win in the 9th inning.
2024-07-03 02:12:38
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