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Sat May 5 201800:06Bryce Harper hit two more homers from the leadoff spot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper hit two more homers from the leadoff spot and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Friday night for their sixth straight win.Harper opened the Washington first by lining a fastball from Nick Pivetta (1-2) to the opposite field in left. With a runner on first in the third inning, Harper crushed a changeup 473 feet to dead center for his 12th homer this season — including four games from the leadoff slot.Gio Gonzalez (4-2) allowed two hits in five scoreless innings.YANKEES 7, INDIANS 6NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Miguel Andujar flared an RBI single off Cody Allen with two outs in the ninth and New York, after blowing 5-0 and 6-5 leads, won for the 13th time in 14 games.Gleyber Torres, at 21, became the youngest Yankees player to hit a home run since John Ellis in 1969. Aaron Judge homered, doubled and drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth that put the Yankees ahead 6-5. Cleveland tied it in the ninth, scoring on the second wild pitch of the inning by Aroldis Chapman (1-0).Giancarlo Stanton doubled off Alexi Ogando (0-1) to begin the Yankees ninth.GIANTS 9, BRAVES 4ATLANTA (AP) — Jose Bautista doubled in his first at-bat of the season and Atlanta set a SunTrust Park attendance record with 41,807 on hand as 20-year-old Ronald Acuna Jr. went 0 for 4 in his home during. San Francisco snpped the Braves' five-game winning streak.Gregor Blanco hit a two-run triple during a six-run second inning against Mike Foltynewicz (2-2),Chris Stratton (3-2) gave up three runs, six hits and two walks in six innings.Bautista, who signed a minor league contract on April 18, was called up went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts in his Atlanta debut.ROCKIES 8, METS 7NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Blackmon homered as Colorado raced to a big early lead, and Antonio Marquez (2-3) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and no walks.Hours after the Mets said they are cutting ties with former ace Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler (2-2) allowed eight runs and 10 hits in six innings, raising his ERA to 5.79. New York has lost four in a row and 12 of 18 after an 11-1 start.Down 8-2, the Mets closed with two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth. With runners on second and third, Wade Davis struck out Michael Conforto for his 12th save.RED SOX 5, RANGERS 1ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mookie Betts hit his MLB-best 13th homer — his fifth in three games, and Rick Porcello (5-0) struck out eight in six innings, allowing one run and three hits.Rafael Devers hit two of the four solo homers off 44-year-old right-hander Bartolo Colon (1-1). J.D. Martinez also went deep for the Red Sox, whose 23-9 record is the best in the majors.RAYS 6, BLUE JAYS 2ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Relief pitcher Ryan Yarbrough (2-1) made his case for a spot in Tampa Bay's injury-depleted rotation by giving up just one hit in five scoreless.,Johnny Field homered off J.A. Happ (4-2) and Brad Miller added a two-run shot. Wilson Ramos, Denard Span and Adeiny Hechavarria also drove in runs for the Rays, who have won 10 of 13 after a slow start.ROYALS 4, TIGERS 2KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth inning.Detroit took a 2-0 lead in the eighth when the ball boy down the first-base line mistakenly picked up a fair ball, resulting in a ground-rule double. Blaine Boyer (1-0) walked Victor Martinez and allowed JaCoby Jones' two-run double.Francisco Liriano walked Cheslor Cuthbert starting the bottom half, Daniel Stumpf (1-1) gave up a pair of singles and Joe Jimenez threw a run-scoring wild pitch, then gave up Whit Merrifield's sacrifice fly.Kelvin Herrera worked a perfect ninth, getting some help from Soler's spectacular catch in foul territory down the right-field line, for his sixth save.CARDINALS 3, CUBS 2ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas (4-0) allowed seven hits in seven shutout innings and Tommy Pham hit a three-run homer in the second off Jose Quintana (3-2) as St. Louis won its third straight.Bud Norris got his seventh save despite allowing three hits and a pair of runs.TWINS 6, WHITE SOX 4CHICAGO (AP) — Eduardo Escobar hit two home runs and Brian Dozier broke out of a 3-for-42 slump with a triple in the first, homer leading off the third and single in the seventh. Logan Morrison homered in his second straight game.Jose Berrios (3-3) gave up four runs and six hits over six innings for his first win since he dominated the White Sox at home on April 12. Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.Carson Fulmer (2-2) gave up season highs with five runs, seven hits and four homers over 3 2/3 innings.PIRATES 6, BREWERS 4MILWAUKEE (AP) — Starling Marte hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer, and rookie Nick Kingham (2-0) won his second straight big league start despite allowing four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Pittsburgh stopped a four-game losing streak.Junior Guerra (2-2) gave up five runs and six hits in five innings.Milwaukee stranded the potential tying run at stranded in both the seventh and eighth innings. Felipe Vazquez struck out Orlando Arcia to end the eighth, allowed Jett Bandy's leadoff single in the ninth, then got a double play and strikeout for his sixth save.