It took far more drama than should’ve been necessary, but the Yankees beat the Rays 6-4 on Wednesday night to extend their win streak to five games. Giancarlo Stanton was the hero once again, hitting a tie-breaking homer in the top of the 10th, and Devin Williams then somehow managed to escape a jam in the bottom of the inning to seal a win, which started way back with Cam Schlittler dominating.

Elsewhere around baseball, the Yankees got some help in the standings, so let’s look back on what happened on Wednesday with today’s Rivalry Roundup.

Pittsburgh Pirates (54-74) 2, Toronto Blue Jays (74-54) 1

Johan Oviedo and the Pirates’ bullpen did the Yankees a big favor, as they combined to hold the Blue Jays to just one run on three hits.

It seemed like it might be a long day for Pittsburgh when George Springer led off the game for Toronto with a home run, but as it turned out, that would be the only real blemish on the Pirates’ day. Having put himself in the center of a hubbub between Pittsburgh and Toronto, Tommy Pham gave the Pirates the lead with a two-RBI double in the bottom of the first, and then the pitching took over.

After the home run, Oviedo only allowed one hit, one walk, and one hit by pitch the rest of the way, exiting after five innings. The only base runners Pittsburgh’s bullpen allowed the rest of the way came on a Bo Bichette single and another HBP, but the former was immediately erased by a double play, and no Toronto runner even made it into scoring position.

Detroit Tigers (76-53) 7, Houston Astros (69-58) 2

The Tigers dropped a six spot on Framber Valdez and the Astros in the first inning, which carried them to a series sweep of Houston.

With last night’s game having ended on a walk-off walk giving the Tigers the win, Valdez started this one with two walks, and some wildness in general. Between those two walks, four hits, and two run-scoring wild pitches, the Tigers jumped out to a very quick 6-0 lead in the first inning, and the game was never really in question after that.

Meanwhile, on the mound for Detroit was Charlie Morton, who put in a perfectly good performance. In six innings, he allowed just two runs on three hits, while he struck out eight Astros’ batters. He was almost immediately given a large cushion to pitch with, but the Tigers never really had to worry at any point of this game. Other than Mauricio Dubón’s homer to score Houston’s only runs, the Astros had a runner in scoring position on only two other occasions in the game.