WASHINGTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer during a six-run fifth inning, J.D. Martinez and Eduardo Nunez also went deep, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 11-4 on Tuesday.Martinez drove in four and leads the majors with 26 homers and 71 RBIs. Boston has won 17 of its last 19 interleague games.Washington has lost four straight and 16 of 21 to fall to 42-42, its first time at .500 since it was 17-17.Red Sox starter Brian Johnson allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings. Brandon Workman (1-0) pitched a perfect seventh.Nationals starter Tanner Roark (3-10) allowed a career-high nine runs in seven innings and is 1-8 with a 5.19 ERA in 12 appearances (11 starts) since May 5.YANKEES 8, BRAVES 5NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and Kyle Higashioka each homered and New York went ahead early and hung on to beat Atlanta.Aaron Judge had two hits and a walk, and he stole two bases for the first time in his career. Hicks also walked twice as New York drew eight... [More]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Yankees won't have All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez for at least a few weeks.Sanchez was put on the 10-day disabled list Monday because of a strained right groin. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before New York's game at Philadelphia that Sanchez is expected to miss up to four weeks with a Grade 1 strain.Austine Romine replaced Sanchez in the starting lineup.The Yankees also optioned outfielder Clint Frazier to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled catcher Kyle Higashioka and right-hander Giovanny Gallegos from the minors.Sanchez was hurt Sunday while running out a double-play grounder at Tampa Bay."Gary Sanchez out of your lineup, that's a big deal," Boone said. "But we'll take the positive out of it. Ro has done a great job obviously this year for us. It's an opportunity for Higashioka to get up here and hopefully everyone can pick up the slack a little bit in his absence, but we feel like will be OK offensively."The 25-year-old Sanchez is hitting .190 with 14 home runs and 41 RBIs, a season after he made the AL All-Star team while batting .278 with 33 homers and 90 RBIs.Frazier hit .350 in eight games after recently being promoted from the minors. The Yankees have the best record in the majors at 50-25.___More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Yankees have put All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained right groin.The Yankees made the move before playing at Philadelphia on Monday night. They also optioned outfielder Clint Frazier to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled catcher Kyle Higashioka and right-hander Giovanny Gallegos from the minors.Sanchez was hurt Sunday while running out a double-play grounder at Tampa Bay.The 25-year-old Sanchez is hitting .190 with 14 home runs and 41 RBIs, a season after he made the AL All-Star team while batting .278 with 33 homers and 90 RBIs.Frazier hit .350 in eight games after recently being promoted from the minors. The Yankees have the best record in the majors at 50-25.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — CC Sabathia was upbeat after allowing one run and four hits over four innings Thursday in the New York Yankees' 2-2, nine-inning tie against the Detroit Tigers."I felt great," the 37-year-old left-hander said. "If I feel like I felt today all year. I feel like I'll be pretty good. That's encouraging."Sabathia, who wears a brace on his surgically repaired right knee, was 14-5 with a 3.69 ERA in 29 starts last season in his best season since 2012. He has adjusted to decreased velocity."I feel pretty comfortable with the stuff that I have," Sabathia said.Sabathia walked one and struck out one during his 64-pitch outing, his second spring training appearance."Felt great about what I saw," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "I thought he commanded his pitches. A real nice step forward for him on his way.Sabathia likely will make his first regular-season start during the opening four-game series at Toronto."There's no doubt he's made that transition, and I think you're seeing... [More]

New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez was activated from the 10-day disabled list shortly before Friday's game against the Chicago Cubs.Sanchez missed the past 21 games with a right biceps injury suffered April 8 against the Baltimore Orioles.Sanchez had two hits on Thursday in the final outing of a three-game rehab stint."I'm happy to be back," Sanchez told reporters through an interpreter. "Hopefully I have the opportunity to contribute. The team has played great baseball and I just want to be part of that."Sanchez was a surprise late-season star when he was recalled from the minors last season and hit 20 homers in just 53 games. He finished second in American League Rookie of the Year voting.He was just 3-for-20 with one homer when he suffered the injury against the Orioles.While Sanchez returned for Friday's game, center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (elbow) sat out his third straight game.The Yankees optioned catcher Kyle Higashioka to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to open up the roster spot for Sanchez.