Torres, Judge spark Yankees to 11-8 win

BOSTON — Gleyber Torres’ two-run double capped a three-run 10th inning, Aaron Judge hit his 37th homer as he reached base a career-high six times and the New York Yankees rallied past the Boston Red Sox 11-8 on Saturday night.

In a game that was tied five times, matching the most in the major leagues this season, New York led 3-0 and 4-3, and Boston went ahead 5-4, 6-5 and 8-6.

Judge homered for the second straight night to raise his big league-leading total, had four RBIs and tied a career best with his 10th four-hit game.

Juan Soto combined with Judge in the first inning for back-to-back homers for the third time this season, hitting his 27th. Trent Grisham tied the score 8-8 with two outs in the ninth with a double that clanked off the Green Monster on a 2-2 pitch from Kenley Jansen.

Austin Wells hit a sacrifice fly off Chase Anderson (0-2) in the 10th and Torres, who had been 0 for 5, doubled off the base of the Green Monster.

Clay Holmes (2-4) worked around a walk in the 10th, retiring Masataka Yoshida on a game-ending grounder with two on for his 22nd save and ending a 3-hour, 38-minute game. Holmes blew his seventh save on Friday night, allowing Wilyer Abreu’s tying double and Yoshida’s two-run single in the eighth inning of a 9-7 loss.

New York had 16 hits, nine for extra bases, and Boston had 13 hits.

Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo homer for the Yankees, who had lost five of six. The Yankees are 11-23 after opening the season 50-22.

BRAVES 4, METS 0

NEW YORK — Spencer Schwellenbach struck out a career-best 11 over seven dominant innings of two-hit ball, and the Atlanta Braves stopped a six-game losing streak Saturday with a 4-0 victory against the New York Mets.

Marcell Ozuna and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers in the fourth after Mets starter Tylor Megill, just brought back from the minors, retired his first 11 batters.

Orlando Arcia added an RBI single in the fifth after a leadoff walk to Sean Murphy, and Eddie Rosario went deep against Megill (2-5) leading off the seventh.

Atlanta moved back ahead of the Mets for second place in the NL East and the league’s top wild card. The banged-up Braves halted their longest skid since a six-game slide in September 2017 — the final week of Brian Snitker’s first full season as manager. They haven’t dropped seven in a row since August 2016.

Schwellenbach (4-5) completely shut down a red-hot Mets lineup as the Braves ended New York’s five-game winning streak. He walked none and threw 62 of 89 pitches for strikes in his 10th major league start.

The rookie right-hander retired his final 10 batters. The only hits he permitted were doubles by Jeff McNeil in the second and Pete Alonso in the fourth.

PADRES 9, ORIOLES 4

BALTIMORE — Michael King pitched brilliantly into the seventh inning, Manny Machado hit a three-run homer in his old ballpark and San Diego extended their winning streak to seven games with a 9-4 rout of sloppy Baltimore.

Three of San Diego’s four runs off Baltimore starter Dean Kremer (4-7) were unearned as the Orioles lost for the 18th time in their last 30 games. They’re still in first place in the AL East only because the New York Yankees have slumped badly as well.

King (9-6) allowed two hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings, striking out nine. He exited with two men on base, and they both eventually scored on a double by Cedric Mullins. But that came after the Padres had already built an 8-0 lead.

Mullins also hit a two-run homer in the ninth.

With men on second and third and two outs in the second, Kyle Higashioka lifted a popup behind third base. Shortstop Gunnar Henderson appeared to be calling for it, but third baseman Ramón Urías backed under the ball and the two eventually came together. Both reached for the ball and neither caught it, and both runners scored on the error, which was charged to Urías.

RAYS 4, REDS 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Jackson and Yandy Díaz hit consecutive home runs in a three-run fifth inning to back Zack Littell, and Tampa Bay beat Cincinnati to stop their three-game winning streak.

Jackson, who was 10 for 100 this season going into the plate appearance, hit a 407-foot homer to left on an 0-1 sweeper from Andrew Abbott (9-7) at the bottom of the strike zone, his third home run this season.

Díaz drove an 0-2 fastball to right-center for his ninth home run. Díaz returned Friday after missing seven games for personal reasons and went 1 for 5 with a single.

Amed Rosario and Brandon Lowe followed with consecutive doubles that chased Abbott, who gave up four runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.

Littell (4-7) allowed three hits and matched his season high of seven innings, striking out five and walking one. He had been 0-2 in his previous three starts.

PHILLIES 8, GUARDIANS 0

PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Phillips tossed a four-hit shutout in his third-big league start, and the right-hander from South Jersey who grew up a diehard Philadelphia fan pitched them to a win over Cleveland.

Bryce Harper, Brandon Marsh and Kyle Schwarber all homered in a seven-run fourth inning. Nick Castellanos went deep in the sixth and the Phillies acquired closer Carlos Estévez as part of an eventful night at Citizens Bank Park.

The Phillies landed the 2023 All-Star Estévez hours after they placed All-Star lefty Ranger Suárez on the 15-day injured list because of soreness in his lower back.

It’s the kind of move Phillips would have approved of as a Phillies fan from Lumberton, New Jersey.