Red Sox weekend gets even better, as Blue Jays & Yankees keep losing
Big hits, boys!
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals)
Nathan Lukes and Addison Barger cut into Kansas City's lead with RBI singles in the bottom of the 10th, but Toronto (65-48) lost a home series for the first time since losing two of three to the White Sox from June 20-22. That allowed the Red Sox (62-51) — winners of eight of their last nine games — to pull within three games of first place, a 4½-game swing over the last nine days.
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Meanwhile, down in Miami, Kyle Stowers hit a three-run homer and the Marlins completed the first sweep of the Yankees in franchise history with a 7-3 victory.
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It's all
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While the Marlins (55-55) moved back to .500 for the first time since April 15 (becoming the first team to go from 16 or more games under back to even since the Rays in 2014), the Yankees (60-42) have gone 4-5 in their last nine. As a result, they went from two games ahead of the Red Sox the morning of July 26 to now 1½ games behind the now-second-place Sox.
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Stowers made it 6-1 when he connected on an 0-2 fastball from Brent Headrick, who entered in the fourth with two on after starter Luis Gil (0-1) was lifted 3⅓ innings into his season debut.
Gil, the reigning AL Rookie of the Year, struck out three and surrendered five runs and five hits while issuing four walks in his return from a high-grade lat strain. He threw 77 pitches.
The Yankees led off the game with Trent Grisham's solo homer, but Marlins starter Edward Cabrera gave up just one more hit over six innings, striking out seven while walking one. Jazz Chisholm Jr. launched a two-run homer that pulled New York within 6-3 in the seventh, but the Yankees got no closer.
The Red Sox will have to keep up their winning ways this week, though — and that won't be easy. The Red Sox welcome the streaking Royals, winners of nine series in a row, to Fenway for a three-game set starting Monday. They then head west for three at San Diego and three at Houston vs. an Astros team looking for vengeance.
Meanwhile, the Blue Jays head to Interleague Land — starting in Denver against the lowly Rockies in a three-game set, and then hopping over to Los Angeles to face the mighty Dodgers. The Yankees are off to the Lone Star State, first to play three in Arlington against the Rangers, followed by three in Houston.
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