In his 51st career start, Garrett Crochet accomplished two feats in one dominant outing: his first career complete game and first career shutout. And that was all the Boston Red Sox needed to walk away with a 1-0 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

Crochet threw 100 pitches, allowed just three hits and struck out nine while walking none to lead the Red Sox to their ninth straight win. It also marked the ninth straight appearance in which he fanned at least seven batters.

Roman Anthony supplied Boston with the only run of the game, a one-out double that scored Carlos Narvaez in the fourth inning. Trevor Story and Jarren Duran also doubled for the Red Sox.

Yandy Diaz, Curtis Mead and Taylor Walls recorded the lone hits for the Rays, who dropped their fifth game in six tries.

Padres 5, Phillies 4

Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly snapped a tie in the bottom of the seventh inning as San Diego clinched a series win over visiting Philadelphia.

Machado’s drive to deep right field scored Fernando Tatis Jr., who started the rally with a one-out single off Tanner Banks (2-1) and raced to third on Luis Arraez’s single to center. Jackso Merrill provided much of the firepower for the Padres, hitting a pair of home runs and driving in three. He entered the game on a 5-for-53 skid that dropped his average to .258.

Rookie David Morgan (1-1) pitched an inning of scoreless relief for his first career win. Jeremiah Estrada, pitching for the third straight night, got the last three outs for his third save of the year.

Cubs 5, Yankees 2

Matthew Boyd allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings to reach double-digit victories for the first time in his career as Chicago won in New York. Boyd improved to 5-0 over his past six starts and allowed two runs or fewer for the ninth straight time.

Yankees’ ace Max Fried (11-3) exited with a blister on his left index finger after three innings. Fried allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits in his shortest outing of the season.

Aaron Judge homered in the ninth to reach 35 homers this season and 350 for his career to end the shutout bid for Chicago.

Mariners 15, Tigers 7

Both Randy Arozarena and Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with a home run as visiting Seattle put up a season-high 15 runs in a rout of Detroit.

Luke Raley blasted a three-run homer for the Mariners, who tagged newly dubbed All-Star Casey Mize for 15 runs a day after plating 12 against Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. Cal Raleigh remained at 38 home runs, one shy of tying the record for most homers prior to the All-Star break.

Riley Greene homered and drove in four runs for the Tigers, who dropped their third straight, while Zach McKinstry belted a two-run home run.

Astros 5, Rangers 4 (11 inn.)

Zack Short hit an opposite-field, walk-off single in the 11th inning and Houston snapped a four-game skid with a victory over visiting Texas.

Short plated Cam Smith from second base with his single to right field off Rangers reliever Hoby Milner. Robert Garcia (1-5) walked Smitha and Kenedy Corona and ultimately took the loss after being charged with both 11-inning runs.

Texas pulled ahead 4-3 when Adolis Garcia ripped a single to left in the top of the 11th that scored Marcus Semien. Bennett Sousa (3-0) allowed the Adolis Garcia single but held the line there. The Astros got three solo home runs with two outs in the game.

Guardians 6, White Sox 2

Kyle Manzardo put Cleveland in front for good with a solo homer in the sixth inning and the Guardians added three more to run away from host Chicago.

Tanner Bibee held the White Sox to two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings to record his first win since May 22. Carlos Santana was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Guardians, who have won five of six, while Steven Kwan added a single and two RBIs.

Kyle Teel drove in both runs on a fourth-inning single for Chicago, which has dropped five of seven.

Reds 4, Rockies 3

Will Benson smacked a triple to left field to plate the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth, then scored the winning run on a fielding error two batters later to help Cincinnati escape with the win over visiting Colorado.

Noelvi Marte homered and Gavin Lux added a single and a double for the Reds, who rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the seventh inning. Austin Hays contributed two hits and an RBI.

Ryan Ritter blasted a two-run home run for the Rockies, who narrowly missed out on their third series win of the season, and Yanquiel Fernandez added an RBI double.

Twins 12, Pirates 4

Byron Buxton became the first player to hit for the cycle at Target Field — and the 12th in Minnesota history — to lead the host Twins to a victory over Pittsburgh in Minneapolis.

Buston went 5-for-5 with two RBIs for his first career cycle and accomplished the feat on his own bobblehead promotional giveaway. Willi Castro was 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Twins, while Kody Clemens added a home run and three RBIs.

Jack Suwinski homered for the Pirates, and Joey Bart doubled and singled while driving in a run.

Braves 7, Cardinals 6

Sean Murphy’s three-run homer in the eighth inning helped visiting Atlanta grab a one-run lead, then Jurickson Profar drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Braves edged St. Louis.

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Marcell Ozuna each had a home run for Atlanta, which won for the third time in four games, while Profar added a double.

Nolan Gorman paced the Cardinals with two hits, including a two-run home run, while Yohel Pozo homered and doubled. Brendan Donavan also had two hits for the Cards, who suffered their third loss in four games.

Marlins 6, Orioles 0

Miami starter Janson Junk held Baltimore scoreless on five hits through seven innings as Miami ended a three-game losing streak with an impressive road win.

Miami’s Derek Hill drove in two runs, and Xavier Edwards hit a two-run homer as the Marlins scored all their runs across the final three innings. Dane Myers matched Hill and Edwards with two hits.

Gunnar Henderson had two doubles for the Orioles, who lost for the second time in their last eight games. Trevor Rogers (2-1), who was traded from the Marlins to Baltimore last summer, allowed only a lead-off single to Myers in the fifth and a two-out single to Myers in the seventh.

Dodgers 2, Giants 1

Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings, Alex Vesia emerged from a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and visiting Los Angeles snapped a seven-game losing streak with a victory over San Francisco.

Michael Conforto had three hits and scored both Dodgers runs, helping the defending champions end their longest losing skid since 2017.

Conforto singled then scored on a Tommy Edman infield out in the second and also came home on a Hyeseong Kim single in the sixth to produce the only scoring against Giants starter Landen Roupp and three relievers.

The loss was just San Francisco’s third in its past 10 games.

Mets 3, Royals 1

Frankie Montas allowed one run while pitching into the sixth inning, and Juan Soto clubbed a two-run homer, securing New York its first road series win in more than a month with a victory over Kansas City.

Making his fourth start of the season after missing roughly the first three months with a lat strain, Montas (2-1) was quite solid. He survived a 21-pitch first inning without yielding a run. For the game, he gave up four hits and struck out five; his only earned run came on Jonathan India’s RBI double in the sixth.

Kansas City won four straight entering this series, but is 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position the last two days. India’s two doubles accounted for half of the Royals’ hits Saturday.

Brewers 6, Nationals 5

Caleb Durbin’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth capped a three-run rally that lifted host Milwaukee past Washington.

Andrew Vaughn tied the game by lacing a two-run double to the wall in right-center, giving him 10 RBI in his first five games with the team, before Durbin fisted an inside fastball over first to cap Milwaukee’s sixth straight win.

The Nationals outhit the Brewers 11-9, with rookie third baseman Brady House starring in defeat, belting his first two MLB homers.

Angels 10, Diamondbacks 5

Mike Trout had two hits, including the 395th home run of his career, and drove in four runs to lead Los Angeles over slumping Arizona in Anaheim, Calif.

Nolan Schanuel went 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI the Angels, who finished with a season-high 15 hits. All-Star Yusei Kikuchi (4-6) picked up the win, allowing three runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five and left one batter after taking a 105-mph comebacker by Josh Naylor off his left shoulder.

Eugenio Suarez hit two home runs and James McCann had two hits for the Diamondbacks, who lost their third straight game and for the eighth time in 11 contests. Zac Gallen (7-10) suffered the loss, allowing six runs on eight hits over five innings. It was the seventh time this season that Gallen has allowed at least five runs in a game.

Athletics 4, Blue Jays 3

Brent Rooker hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth and drove in three runs to lead the Athletics past Toronto in West Sacramento, Calif., evening the series at one game apiece.

Lawrence Butler also drove and Mason Miller registered his 18th save for the Athletics. Leo Jimenez homered and Ernie Clement and Bo Bichette had two hits apiece for Toronto, which lost for just the second time in 13 games.

Jacob Lopez (3-5) gave up two runs and four hits over five innings for the A’s. He struck out five and walked two. It was a big turnaround for Lopez, who was pounded while lasting just 1 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays in Toronto on May 29. He allowed seven runs and six hits in the 12-0 loss.

–Field Level Media

The Detroit Tigers lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-3, on Wednesday, July 9.

Zach McKinstry, named an All-Star on Wednesday, went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Tigers.

Tigers right-hander Reese Olson allowed two runs on six hits and a walk over five innings.

The Detroit Tigers were the first MLB team this season to 30, 40 and 50 wins — but they’ll have to wait at least one more game to make the same true about 60.

A.J. Hinch’s club fell into an early hole Wednesday, July 9, and unlike the day prior, when they scored four unanswered to come back and win, their comeback effort was for naught.

The Tigers briefly took the lead in the fourth, but then surrendered it back to the Rays in the sixth to finish with a 7-3 loss in the three-game series’ finale.

The loss snapped a season-high five-game win streak for the Tigers (59-35).

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Rough relief for Chase Lee

The Tigers had a a 3-2 lead with two outs in the sixth when rookie sidearmer Chase Lee entered in relief with a runner on second.

It did not go as planned.

Ha-Seong Kim ripped a double deep to center, Taylor Walls followed with an RBI single to left, Danny Jansen added a double off the left-field wall and Yandy Diaz ripped an RBI single up the middle.

Three of the four balls left the bat at better than 98 mph, and in the span of just 11 pitches, a one-run Tigers lead turned into a 6-3 deficit.

It only got worse when Lee came back out to open the seventh; he allowed a 398-foot bomb to left by Junior Caminero, hit at 104.8 mph. That was the end for Lee, who entered with an ERA of 2.05 ERA and left with it at 3.19 after allowing five of six batters to reach and giving up four runs (three earned).

Left-hander Dietrich Enns relieved Lee and got through the final three innings unscathed.

Early rally not enough

The Tigers seemingly had the momentum before the sudden unraveling, having worked their way back from a 2-0 deficit with a rally of their own in the fourth inning.

Gleyber Torres doubled off the wall to start the frame (tying his career-best on-base streak at 22 games) before Wenceel Pérez reached on an infield single. Two batters later, Spencer Torkelson knocked Torres in with a 102.4 mph single to left field.

Pérez, meanwhile, showed the Tigers’ attention to baserunning, sprinting safely to third right in front of left fielder Jake Mangum.

Next up was a game-tying double by newly minted All-Star Zach McKinstry. The hit to right-center looked like a single but McKinstry was going full tilt and slid safely into second as Torkelson went first-to-third. That allowed Parker Meadows’ grounder to first to score Torkelson for a one-run lead.

But that was all the Tigers had, failing to capitalize on several other scoring chances.

First up, McKinstry hit his second double of the game in the sixth with two outs, but Matt Vierling popped out to second.

There was an even more promising rally in the seventh when Jake Rogers worked a walk and Colt Keith ripped a single with one out. After Torres fouled out, Jahmai Jones (pinch-hitting for Pérez) walked to load the bases for Riley Greene, 2-for-28 since the end of his two-homer game on July 2.

It became 2-for-29 as Greene swung through a down-and-away sweeper for strike 3.

Reese Olson grinds through five

The Rays jumped on starter Reese Olson early, getting runners on the corners in the first early. Torkelson then fielded a chopper to first; instead of trying for a 3-6-3 double play, he pumped home, then opted to settle for stepping on first for the second out of the inning.

Mangum, however, followed with an RBI single to left to put the Rays up, 2-0.

From there, however, Olson worked his way around trouble. Kim led off the second with a single before Olson retired the next three batters. In the third, Jonathan Aranda led off with a single, but Olson got out of the inning — this time Torkelson started a 3-6 double play — in just seven pitches.

After a single with one out in the fourth by Chandler Simpson, Olson got consecutive flyouts to keep the Tigers close. In his final inning, the 25-year-old walked a pair, prompting a mound visit from catcher Jake Rogers. Two pitches later, Olson induced a 6-4-3 double play from Caminero.

Olson left after five innings in line for the win after allowing six hits and two walks with one strikeout.

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Yandy Díaz’s RBI double starts 3-run 10th for Rays in 7-5 win over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Yandy Díaz delivered a clutch double in the 10th inning, sparking a three-run rally that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, helping Tampa Bay avoid a sweep in the three-game series.

With the game tied in extra innings, Díaz drove in automatic runner Danny Jansen with a double off Justin Topa (1-3). Moments later, Díaz came home on a throwing error by Topa, who misfired to first on a sacrifice bunt by José Caballero. Caballero later scored on a sacrifice fly by Junior Caminero, extending the Rays’ lead.

The Twins made it interesting in the bottom of the 10th when Harrison Bader — who had tied the game with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the eighth — drove in Byron Buxton with a groundout. But that was all Minnesota could manage against reliever Eric Orze, who closed out the game for his third save.

Pete Fairbanks (4-2) earned the win, recording five key outs in relief. Tampa Bay opener Drew Rasmussen gave up a leadoff home run to Buxton — his 20th of the season and fifth career leadoff shot this year — before handing the ball off to Joe Boyle, who held the Twins to two hits and one unearned run over five strong innings.

Taylor Walls got the Rays on the board in the third with his third homer of the season off Joe Ryan, who pitched six innings and struck out eight, allowing two runs. Jose Aranda led the Tampa Bay offense with three hits and two RBIs, including an infield single in the eighth that pushed the Rays’ lead to 4-2 after Caminero broke a 2-2 tie with a swinging bunt RBI.

Boyle came up big in the third, entering with two on and one out before striking out Trevor Larnach and Carlos Correa to escape the jam.

What’s Next:

The Rays travel to Detroit for a three-game series starting Monday. Starting pitchers for both teams have yet to be announced.

The Twins will host the Chicago Cubs starting Tuesday, with right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson (4-4, 4.41 ERA) set to take the mound. The Cubs have not named their starter.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yandy Díaz doubled in the go-ahead run in a three-run 10th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yandy Díaz doubled in the go-ahead run in a three-run 10th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Díaz drove in automatic runner Danny Jansen on a 2-1 pitch from Justin Topa (1-3). Díaz scored when Topa threw wild to first on a sacrifice bunt by José Caballero, who scored on a sacrifice fly by Junior Caminero.

Harrison Bader, whose two-run pinch-hit homer off Mason Montgomery in the eighth tied it at 4-all, drove in automatic runner Byron Buxton with a groundout in the bottom of the 10th off Eric Orze, who finished for his third save.

Pete Fairbanks (4-2) got five outs for the win. Joe Boyle allowed two hits and an unearned run in five innings in relief of opener Drew Rasmussen.

Buxton drove Rasmussen’s second pitch of the game to left field for his 20th homer.

Taylor Walls led off the third against Joe Ryan with his third homer. Ryan allowed two runs in six innings while striking out eight.

Jose Aranda had three hits and drove in two runs for the Rays.

Caminero broke a 2-2 tie with a fielder’s choice on a swinging bunt in the eighth, and Aranda followed with an RBI infield hit for a 4-2 lead.

Key moment

Boyle entered in the third and had two on with one out but struck out Trevor Larnach and Carlos Correa to keep it tied.

Key stat

Five of Buxton’s 14 career leadoff homers have come this season.

Up next

The Rays begin a three-game series at Detroit on Monday. Neither team has announced a starter.

The Twins will start RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (4-4, 4.41 ERA) on Tuesday for the first of three against the visiting Cubs, who haven’t announced a starter.

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The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero, Danny Jansen and Christopher Morel each hit a solo homer, helping Ryan Pepiot and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Saturday.

Taylor Walls had two RBIs for Tampa Bay, and Yandy Díaz extended his hitting streak to 12 games. Pepiot (5-6) struck out seven while pitching five innings of one-run ball.

With its second straight win over AL Central-leading Detroit, Tampa Bay moved a season-best nine games over .500 at 43-34. The Rays are a major league-best 22-8 since May 20.

Jahmai Jones had an RBI double for Detroit, and Jake Rogers also drove in a run. Brant Hurter (2-3) recorded two outs as the opener and was charged with four unearned runs.

Caminero and Jansen connected in the fourth, giving Tampa Bay a 7-1 lead. Morel went deep in the seventh.

Paul Gervase, a 6-foot-10 prospect, made his major league debut in relief of Pepiot. He pitched two scoreless innings.

Key moment

Hurter actually retired the first three batters, fanning Lowe and Caminero. But Lowe reached on a third-strike passed ball by Rogers. The Rays proceeded to bat around and score four times, chasing Hurter on Walls’ two-run single.

Key stat

The Rays have scored a total of eight first-inning runs over the first two games in the series.