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Blue Jays beat Boston 5-3 in 12th on Maile’s 2nd HR of game

 TORONTO (AP) — Luke Maile hit two home runs, including a two-run shot in the 12th inning that gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
Maile’s drive off Boston’s Brian Johnson (1-2) improved the Blue Jays to 5-0 in extra innings after they overcame an impressive outing by Red Sox starter Chris Sale.
Curtis Granderson walked to begin the 12th before Maile went deep to right. Maile also hit a game-tying homer off Sale in the seventh. It was the first multihomer game of his career.

METS 3, PHILLIES 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Philadelphia closer Hector Neris for New York’s second win in 10 games.
Phillies starter Jake Arrieta allowed five hits over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, and they led 1-0 until Neris allowed a one-out single, Conforto’s third homer and a homer to Devin Mesoraco on the next pitch. It was the second blown save in six days for Neris (1-3), both costing Arrieta a victory.

CUBS 11, WHITE SOX 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Willson Contreras had two homers, two doubles and drove in a career-high seven runs on his bobblehead day to lead the Cubs over the crosstown White Sox.
Contreras capped a five-run first against Carson Fulmer (2-3) with his second career grand slam. He has three doubles, two triples and two homers in his past 10 at-bats. Kris Bryant homered for the fourth time in five games and Tyler Chatwood (3-3) improved to 3-0 in his past four starts.

RANGERS 1, ASTROS 0
HOUSTON (AP) — Cole Hamels allowed one hit over six innings to narrowly outduel Justin Verlander, leading Texas over Houston.
Hamels (2-4) cruised through the first four innings without allowing a hit before Evan Gattis led off the fifth with a single. He entered the game having lost six of his previous seven decisions. Keone Kela earned his eighth save.

NATIONALS 3,
DIAMONDBACKS 1
PHOENIX (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out 11 over seven innings of four-hit ball and Trea Turner led off the game with a home run to lead Washington over Arizona.
Scherzer (7-1) retired 15 in a row after giving up a home run to David Peralta leading off the third inning. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner also hit an RBI double, and remained unbeaten since April 4.
Anthony Rendon also homered for the Nationals, who have won five of six. Sean Doolittle earned his second save in two nights and eighth of the season. Matt Koch (2-1) went eight innings and allowed three runs and seven hits.

ORIOLES 9, RAYS 4
BALTIMORE (AP) — Manny Machado hit two home runs, including his eighth career grand slam, as Baltimore won its third straight. Machado ripped a two-run shot in the first inning off Jake Faria (3-2) and made it 8-1 in the seventh with a drive off Ryne Stanek. Machado has three home runs in his last two games and 12 for the season.

MARLINS 6, BRAVES 3
MIAMI (AP) — J.T. Realmuto had three hits, including his fifth homer, and Miami broke a four-game losing streak. Starlin Castro hit his second homer and drove in two runs for the Marlins.
Ozzie Albies moved into a tie for the NL lead in homers, connecting for his 12th in the third inning for Atlanta, which had won eight straight on the road.

ROYALS 10, INDIANS 9
CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrew Miller, activated from the disabled list before the game, gave up Salvador Perez’s two-run homer in the seventh inning and Kansas City rallied from a 9-4 deficit to beat Cleveland.
Miller (1-1) entered the game in the seventh with a one-run lead, but walked Jon Jay on a 3-2 pitch. Jorge Soler and Mike Moustakas struck out before Perez hit a 1-1 pitch onto the home run porch in left field.

REDS 6, DODGERS 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Harvey tossed four innings of one-hit ball in his Reds debut, Scooter Gennett homered and drove in three runs, and Cincinnati defeated the scuffling Dodgers, extending their season-high winning streak to four games.

TWINS 5, ANGELS 4
ANAHEIM (AP) — Eddie Rosario homered twice, Bobby Wilson hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and the Twins rallied for a victory over the Angels.
Rosario’s solo shot to right pulled Minnesota to 4-2 in the sixth and his drive in the ninth cut the deficit to 4-3. Logan Morrison then doubled to left, and pinch-hitter Mitch Garver drove him in on a single down the first base line to tie it at 4. Wilson’s sac fly scored pinch-runner Max Kepler to cap the three-run ninth.

BREWERS 11, ROCKIES 10, 10 innings
DENVER (AP) — Manny Pina hit a tying two-run homer with two outs in the ninth and Travis Shaw delivered a two-out RBI single in the 10th, lifting the Brewers to a victory over the Rockies.

CARDINALS 9,
PADRES 5
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Paul DeJong homered and drove in a career-high four runs, and Jedd Gyorko, Marcell Ozuna, Harrison Bader and Tommy Pham also went deep to lead the Cardinals to a victory against the Padres.
The Cardinals scored all but one run on the homers. Four of the five long balls were off Padres rookie Eric Lauer (1-2), who lasted only 2 1/3 innings.