The Yankees took their frustration from the weekend out on the Royals in their series opener on Tuesday, dropping 10 runs on them while Max Fried continued his dominating season. They’re now at 40 wins on the season, the second AL team to do so, and the win gave them the opportunity to gain ground on the field. Here’s how the rest of the American League did last night.

Detroit Tigers (44-24) 5, Baltimore Orioles (26-39) 3

The Tigers went with a long-relief opener to start this game, trusting Brant Hurter to get the ball rolling against Cade Povich and the Orioles. He did just that, tossing 2.2 innings and striking out three batters while giving up just two hits. Unfortunately for him, those two hits both came in the third inning and led to a run briefly tying the game.

However, the Tigers took command from there. The fourth inning saw a pair of two-out hits give Detroit the lead back, and in the fifth Dillon Dingler singled in a run before Spencer Torkelson drove a two-run homer to center. That was more than enough for Sawyer Gipson-Long, who delivered the bulk of the bullpen innings throwing 4.2 innings of one-run ball. The only damage against him came on a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and the O’s added one in the ninth on a solo homer from Jordan Westburg. It was too little, too late as the next three Orioles went down in order.

Chicago White Sox (23-44) 4, Houston Astros (36-30) 2

The White Sox have been living at the bottom of not only their division, but the entire league for the last two years. They’ve got a penchant for getting leads and blowing them, and they got one early in this one, going up 3-0 midway through the third. Luis Robert Jr. drove in the first run on an RBI double in the second, and Edgar Quero singled home two in the third to give the Southsiders a sparkle of hope.

Usually, these leads have collapsed, but this time the White Sox held strong. Houston got one back in the bottom of the third on a sac fly, but Robert brought it back to a three-run lead by leading off with a homer to left-center. From there, Chicago’s Shane Smith maneuvered through three more clean innings to give them six strong, and handed it off to a bullpen that has been suspect at best at times in the past. They held strong here as well, only briefly faltering in the eighth inning. Steven Wilson came on and loaded the bases on two singles and a walk, but only allowed another sac fly before striking out Christian Walker and getting Jake Meyers to line out to Robert, who made a dazzling sliding grab to end the rally.

Other Games

Boston Red Sox (33-36) 3, Tampa Bay Rays (36-31) 1: Roman Anthony made his highly anticipated MLB debut on Monday, and on Tuesday he got his first MLB hit and made it count. He laced a two-run double to left in the first inning to give Boston a lead they’d never surrender, adding an insurance run in the sixth on a Trevor Story solo shot. Lucas Giolito went six strong to earn the win, and Garrett Whitlock and Greg Weissert combined for three hitless innings out of the ‘pen.

Texas Rangers (32-36) 16, Minnesota Twins (35-31) 4: Tyler Mahle allowed four runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings, but he was never really in danger of losing this one. The Rangers’ stagnant offense exploded for 16 runs on just two home runs, getting three across in the fourth, five in the fifth, two in the sixth, and then driving the nail in the coffin with six runs in the eighth inning. Former Yankee Kyle Higashioka had himself a day, going 2-for-5 with five RBI and one run scored.

Cincinnati Reds (35-33) 1, Cleveland Guardians (34-32) 0: Andrew Abbott has been a solid pitcher for the Reds since debuting in 2023, but he’s put it all together in 2025 to the tune of a 1.87 ERA so far. He brought it down to that point by pitching a complete game shutout over the Guardians, getting a fifth inning Spencer Steer RBI single as his lone bit of a run support to back him up. Abbott scattered three hits and a walk along the way, striking out five as he cruised to his sixth victory of the year.

Arizona Diamondbacks (33-34) 10, Seattle Mariners (33-33) 3: Brandon Pfaadt wasn’t particularly effective, giving up a pair of homers and nine hits over five innings, but thankfully both long balls were of the solo variety and his offense came in hot. They scored five runs in the sixth to pull away, starting strong with Gabriel Moreno’s three-run homer. The Mariners only got outhit 12 to 13, but luck simply wasn’t on their side when runners got on base.