BOSTON — Catcher Russell Martin hit a go-ahead three-run triple as the Toronto Blue Jays scored nine runs in the top of the seventh inning and rallied from a seven-run deficit and extended their winning streak to nine games with a 13-10 victory over the Boston Red Sox Friday night.
Martin’s triple to deep center field highlighted an inning when the Blue Jays scored all their runs before an out was recorded. Toronto sent 12 batters to the plate and had nine hits in the inning against three Boston relievers, including two who did not get an out.
Second baseman and Ryan Goins began Toronto’s comeback with an RBI-double to center off Matt Barnes. Shortstop Jose Reyes singled to right to bring him home and right fielder Jose Bautista’s sharp single to left off Junichi Tazawa (0-2) scored Reyes to make it a one-run game.
Chris Colabello, reached safely at first and was credited with the tying RBI on Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval’s error.
First baseman Justin Smoak, who was a triple shy of the cycle, capped the inning with a two-run home run off Tommy Layne that gave Toronto a 13-8 lead.
The meltdown sent the Red Sox (27-35) to their fourth straight loss and they fell a season-high eight games under .500.
Boston scraped together a run in the eighth on shortstop Xander Bogaerts’ single to right and had the tying run at the plate after designated hitter David Ortiz loaded the bases, but first baseman Mike Napoli struck out to end the inning.
Center fielder Rusney Castillo’s ninth-inning, two-out double brought home the Red Sox’s final run, but second baseman Dustin Pedroia struck out to end the game.
Steve Delabar (2-0) earned the win after right-hander Drew Hutchison was torched for eight earned runs and nine hits in 2 1/3 innings
Left-hander Brett Cecil gave up one run on a hit in 1 1/3 innings but still earned his third save.
Right-hander Joe Kelly was charged with four runs and seven hits in six innings.
Before squandering the lead, the Red Sox sent 11 men to the plate and scored five times in the first. Ortiz had a two-run double ahead of back-to-back home runs by Sandoval and center fielder Mookie Betts’
Betts gave fans a scare when he collided with the wall in the center field triangle pursuing a second-inning fly ball Justin Smoak that turned into a one-run triple. Betts stayed in the game after being checked out, but was subbed out to start the third.
Pedroia added to the damage in the fourth with a three-run homer over the Monster to stretch Boston’s lead to seven.
Toronto scored three times in the fifth on a double by Goins, a groundout by Reyes and single by third baseman Josh Donaldson.
Orioles 11, Yankees 3
BALTIMORE — Chris Davis slammed a three-run homer and drove in four runs Friday night as the Baltimore Orioles extended their season-best winning streak to five games with an 11-3 victory over American League East rival New York.
Davis’ home run was his 12th of the season.
Davis, designated hitter Jimmy Paredes and catcher Caleb Joseph each had three hits and Joseph swatted his fifth homer of the year.
Every starter in the Orioles’ lineup had at least one hit as Baltimore collected 16 hits overall.
The Orioles had two four-run innings, the second coming in the sixth when the Yankees trailed just 6-3.
New York (33-27) lost for the second straight game after having a seven-game winning streak snapped June 10 by Washington.
The Orioles scored four times in the sixth. The inning started with Joseph’s homer and included a two-base throwing error, a run-scoring wild pitch, a run-scoring double by shortstop J.J. Hardy and an RBI single by right fielder Travis Snider.
The Orioles added a run in the seventh when second baseman Ryan Flaherty scored on a groundout by Paredes.
The Yankees’ bats could not keep up with the Orioles after the fourth. Five Baltimore pitchers, including starter Ubaldo Jimenez, blanked New York in the final five innings.
Jimenez (4-3) pitched into the sixth for the Orioles, allowing three runs and six hits while walking two and striking out six.
Tigers 4, Indians 0
DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera hit a monster three-run home run to deep center field in the sixth inning and added an RBI double in the eighth while David Price powered through Cleveland’s lineup for a seven-hit shutout Friday night to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 4-0 victory over the Indians.
The left-handed Price (6-2) threw all strikes to the first five batters he faced and got help from four double plays in his walk-free, eight-strikeout effort, his third complete game of the season. He threw just 93 pitches, getting 67 strikes as Detroit won for the fourth time in five games following an eight-game losing streak.
Right-hander Danny Salazar (6-2) nearly matched Price, allowing seven hits while walking one and fanning six in seven innings.
Cabrera blasted a 1-1 pitch from reliever C.C. Lee to the wall in right center to score Ian Kinsler, who had singled, from first with one out.
Before his double, Cabrera jumped on a first-pitch fastball and clubbed it to straightaway center field for a three-run homer in the sixth. Cabrera’s 13th home run of the season landed on the porch of the television stand in dead center.
Singles by center fielder Anthony Gose and designated hitter Rajai Davis preceded Cabrera’s blast.
In the top of the sixth, Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias went deep in the hole to snag a sharp grounder, flipped to second and Kinsler made the turn to get Carlos Santana at first to complete a double play.
Detroit center fielder Rajai Davis made a bold bid for the first run of the game in the opening inning. He tried to score from second on a tapper back to the pitcher by left fielder Yoenis Cespedes. But Santana was alert at first base and threw home so catcher Yan Gomes could tag out the sliding Davis and complete a double play.
The Tigers turned a double play in the third with runners on first and second and one out to keep the game scoreless.
Marlins 5, Rockies 1
MIAMI — Rookie right-hander Jose Urena earned his first big-league win, leading the Miami Marlins past the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Friday night at Marlins Park.
The Marlins hit two homers, including a three-run blast by rookie catcher J.T. Realmuto in the eighth inning. Realmuto pulled a 1-2 inside fastball to left for his third homer of the season.
Urena (1-2) pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing six hits, no walks and one run. After a slow start this season, Urena has allowed just five runs over his past 18 2/3 innings, lowering his ERA to 4.44.
The only blemish for Urena on Friday came on a seventh-inning home run by left fielder Carlos Gonzalez.
His homer, No. 7 for Gonzalez on the season, snapped Colorado’s 15-inning scoreless streak against Miami in this series.
Urena got scoreless relief help from Mike Dunn, Carter Capps and A.J. Ramos. Capps got out of a jam in the eighth, when he gave up a leadoff double and Ramos got his eighth save with a clean ninth inning.
Right-hander Kyle Kendrick (2-8) took the loss, allowing seven hits, two walks and two runs in 6 2/3 innings.
The Marlins (26-36) won their second game in a row.
Colorado (27-33) lost its third straight game. The normally high-scoring Rockies have posted a combined total of just three runs during the skid.
Miami opened the scoring in the fourth inning, thanks to the determination of center fielder Marcell Ozuna.
Left fielder Christian Yelich hit a one-out single, stole second and appeared to score on a two-run homer down the left-field line by Ozuna.
But the home run call was reversed after a video review. Ozuna then missed a would-be double down the left-field line, also by mere inches, before hitting an RBI single up the middle.
In all, it was a nine-pitch at-bat for Ozuna, who battled back from an 0-2 count to deliver on a 3-2 pitch.
Miami made it 2-0 in the sixth inning on a solo home run by third baseman Martin Prado. The home run came one pitch after Prado hit the deck, brushed back by an inside fastball from Kendrick.