Associated Press
Associated Press
NEW YORK — A.J. Pierzynski homered twice, Paul Konerko and Alexei Ramirez also connected and the Chicago White Sox pounded the Yankees so hard that New York brought in outfielder Dewayne Wise to pitch in a 14-7 romp Friday night.
A night after the White Sox rallied to win at Yankee Stadium on Dayan Viciedo’s three-run homer in the ninth, they made it a short and sour major league debut for Yankees starter Adam Warren.
By the end, the Yankees brought in Wise for his pro pitching debut. Throwing a 79 mph fastball, he retired Konerko and Alex Rios in order to close a four-run ninth inning.
Rookie Jose Quintana (3-1) fell behind 4-0 in the first inning, then hung in to give the White Sox their fourth straight win in a matchup of AL division leaders.
RAYS 4, TIGERS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay’s Desmond Jennings homered twice and David Price outpitched Justin Verlander to become the AL’s first 11-game winner.
The Rays beat the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner for the second time this season, ending a four-game losing streak.
BLUE JAYS 7, ANGELS 5
TORONTO — Adam Lind hit two home runs and Yunel Escobar had a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning for Toronto.
ROYALS 4, TWINS 3
MINNEAPOLIS — Luis Mendoza allowed one run over a career-high eight innings and Salvador Perez homered as Kansas City won its fourth straight.
RANGERS 4, ATHLETICS 3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Craig Gentry’s bases-loaded triple in the eighth capped a four-run rally and Matt Harrison pitched eight strong innings to win his 11th game, lifting the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics.
ORIOLES 9, INDIANS 8
BALTIMORE — Ryan Flaherty singled in the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning, Matt Wieters hit a three-run homer, and the Baltimore Orioles broke out of their scoring funk with a victory over the Cleveland Indians.
D-BACKS 9, BREWERS 3
MILWAUKEE — Aaron Hill hit for the cycle for the second time in 12 days and Ian Kennedy pitched seven strong innings, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ second baseman also singled, doubled, tripled and homered on June 18 against Seattle.
Brooklyn’s Babe Herman is the only other major leaguer to hit for two cycles in one season since 1900, according to STATS LLC. He accomplished the feat in 1931.
REDS 5, GIANTS 1
SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Leake pitched a nine-hitter for his first career complete game and homered off Matt Cain, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1.
Zack Cozart hit the first pitch of the game from Cain over the wall in left-center and, just like that, San Francisco’s franchise-record streak of four straight shutouts had ended.
METS 9, DODGERS 0
LOS ANGELES — R.A. Dickey allowed three hits over eight innings to become the major leagues’ first 12-game winner, Daniel Murphy drove in five runs and the New York Mets sent the Los Angeles Dodgers to their season-worst sixth straight loss with an 9-0 victory.
NATIONALS 5, BRAVES 4
ATLANTA — Michael Morse had four hits, including the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning after Washington had blown a four-run lead, and the Nationals beat Atlanta.
Andrelton Simmons’ two-run homer off Ross Detwiler capped Atlanta’s four-run seventh inning which erased the Nationals’ 4-0 lead.
Morse had a quick answer by hitting right-hander the first pitch from Chad Durbin (3-1) over the wall in right field leading off the eighth.
Sean Burnett (1-1) gave up one hit in 1 1-3 scoreless innings.
MARLINS 6, PHILLIES 2
MIAMI — Josh Johnson pitched six strong innings to help the Marlins win consecutive games for the first time in nearly a month and keep Cliff Lee winless.
CUBS 4, ASTROS 0
CHICAGO — Paul Maholm pitched into the ninth inning to earn his first win in seven weeks and the Cubs hit three homers in a victory over the Astros.
PIRATES 14, CARDINALS 5
ST. LOUIS — Clint Barmes, pinch-hitter Alex Presley and Garrett Jones each homered in a four-run sixth inning that snapped a tie, and Pittsburgh beat the Cardinals in a game that began in 101-degree heat.
Andrew McCutchen had four of the Pirates’ season-high 19 hits, the last a three-run homer off Marc Rzepczynski in the ninth. McCutchen also robbed Allen Craig of a third extra-base hit with a running catch near the center field wall in the fifth.
Carlos Beltran got his 2,000th career hit on an RBI single in the third against Kevin Correia (4-6).
Barmes and Presley connected to start the sixth and chase Adam Wainwright (6-8).
ROCKIES 10, PADRES 2
DENVER — Jeff Francis pitched six scoreless innings, and Rex Brothers bailed out newly recalled Tyler Chatwood before Colorado broke out for a victory over San Diego.
Michael Cuddyer and Wilin Rosario each hit two-run homers in the eighth inning to help secure the win for Francis.
Francis (1-1) became the first Rockies starter to win since June 4.
Former Rockies pitcher Jason Marquis (1-4) held Colorado to two runs through five innings before they scored four in the sixth.