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The New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in the 10th inning, but without any help from Alex Rodriguez in New York on Friday. |
It was the first home game for embattled third baseman Rodriguez since he decided to appeal his 211-game suspension for being involved with the Biogenesis clinic.
Rodriguez heard a mix of boos and cheers from the crowd and went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts that resulted in loud boos from portions of the 46,505 fans comprising the fourth sellout of the season at Yankee Stadium.
Rodriguez was not even in the game when the Yankees eventually won it, after he was replaced defensively in the ninth by Jayson Nix.
‘‘Well, I hope it jump-starts it a lot,’’ Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ‘’We need to win series. We need to win a lot of games moving forward
Brett Gardner singled with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Yankees overcame a second straight blown save by closer Mariano Rivera and ended the Detroit’s 12-game winning streak.
The Yankees were one strike from victory for the second straight game, but Miguel Cabrera drove a clutch two-run homer in the 9th inning to keep alive, at least for a few minutes, Detroit’s hopes of continuing their winning streak.
Elsewhere, Justin Morneau hit a go-ahead grand slam homer in the seventh inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 7-5 in the first game of a double-header in Chicago on Friday.
Morneau smacked another home run in the ninth, his 13th homer of the season to give the Twins a cushion.
The White Sox scored twice in the bottom of the ninth but it was too little, too late.
The Washington Nationals ended a four-game losing streak in style with a convincing 9-2 home victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Washington scored three runs in the second inning, as Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman homered to give the Nationals the lead for good.
A strong pitching performance from Bronson Arroyo helped the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 home win over the San Diego Padres.
Arroyo allowed one run on four hits in seven innings, and Brandon Phillips hit a two-run home run, while Todd Frazier emerged from his hitting slump to go 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, and he scored three times.
Padres starter Andrew Cashner (8-6) allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits over 107 pitches through five innings. The loss ended a personal three-game winning streak.
Josh Hamilton belted a three-run home run in the first inning as the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 and ended a four-game losing streak.
The Angels scored all their runs in the first inning and that was enough thanks to a dominant pitching performance by Jered Weaver, who condemned the Indians to their fifth successive loss.
The Atlanta Braves cruised to their 14th straight victory as pitcher Brandon Beachy allowed just three hits in eight innings against the struggling Miami Marlins.
Atlanta scored four runs in the first inning before they eased to the 5-0 win.
The win leaves the Braves, who are 39-15 at home, one short of the Atlanta record of 15 straight victories set in 2000.
The Marlins have lost six successive games.
The Oakland Athletics snapped a three-game losing streak in style with a dominant hitting performance in Toronto.
Josh Reddick hit three home runs and had five RBIs and Jarrod Parker won his sixth straight decision as the Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-6.
Parker (8-6) has not lost since May 22. He held the Blue Jays to six hits and three runs in six innings.