The Yankees have truly fallen on their faces in the first two games of this pivotal series against the Red Sox. Rather than ride a wave of positive momentum coming off the back of consecutive sweeps, the Yankees first committed three errors to lose the series opener before managing a paltry three hits in their shutout loss on Friday. With the loss and a Blue Jays victory, the Yankees slip in the standings after having gained valuable ground.
Houston Astros (71-58) 10, Baltimore Orioles (59-69) 7
The Astros did all of their scoring in bunches, plating four in the third and three in the fifth and eighth. Mauricio Dubón walked and Cam Smith reached on an error to lead off the third, and after a sac bunt resulted in a throwing error and Dubón scoring, Jeremy Peña demolished a hanging curveball to left for a three-run shot.
The Orioles responded by scoring three in the fourth, Alex Jackson getting them on the board with an RBI single before Jeremiah Jackson narrowed the deficit to one with a two-run double. However, Houston nullified those three runs the following inning, Carlos Correa walking and Jose Altuve singling with two outs to set up a Christian Walker three-run tank.
The Orioles hung around in the later innings, scoring two in the sixth before Colton Cowser and Vimael MachÃn chipped in with solo shots in the seventh and eighth, respectively. However, the Astros made sure that those would remain purely consolation runs thanks to a two-run double from Victor Caratini and an RBI double from Peña.
Detroit Tigers (77-53) 7 , Kansas City Royals (66-63) 5
It looked like the Royals would stymie the Tigers as they make a valiant push to sneak into the Wild Card race, but Detroit scored six in across the sixth and seventh innings to hold off their AL Central foes. Kansas City opened the scoring in the third scoring three on a Bobby Witt Jr. RBI single and Salvador Perez two-run double. Detroit grabbed one of those runs back in the bottom half on a Zack McKinstry solo shot before leveling the score at three apiece courtesy of a two-run no-doubter off the bat off Riley Greene.
Royals reliever Bailey Falter entered for the seventh and promptly served up a four-spot. McKinstry, Javier Báez, and Andy Ibáñez led off the frame with three straight singles. Gleyber Torres slugged an RBI double and Wenceel Pérez an RBI single to create a comfortable cushion.
Vinnie Pasquantino crushed a two-run shot in the ninth to make it interesting — giving him a home run in five straight games — but Maikel Garcia struck out to end the game.
Toronto Blue Jays (75-54) 5, Miami Marlins (60-68) 2
Shane Bieber made his debut for the Blue Jays after joining from Cleveland at the Trade Deadline and he looked back to his vintage best. He allowed just two hits and no walks against nine strikeouts in six innings, the only blemish a Javier Sanoja solo home run in the second.
It helped that his offense staked him a three-run lead before he had even stepped onto the mound, Daulton Varsho slugging an RBI double to open the scoring and Ty France following with a two-run single. Varsho wasn’t finished, adding a two-run homer in the sixth as his red-hot tear after missing all of June and July to injury continues. Maximo Acosta led off the eighth with a home run to make it a three run game, but Miami went quietly from there.
Texas Rangers (64-66) 4, Cleveland Guardians (64-63) 3
In what’s been a lost season, Joc Pederson provided another walk-off win. Nathan Eovaldi was brilliant yet again, twirling seven innings of one-run ball on four hits and no walks with nine strikeouts as he tries to rack up innings to qualify for the ERA title and make a late push in the AL Cy Young race. José RamÃrez smacked a two-run double in the eighth to put his team up, 3-2. However, the Rangers came out swinging in the ninth, Wyatt Langford leading off with a double, Corey Seager driving him home with a single, and Pederson winning the game with a double.
Seattle Mariners (69-60) 3, Athletics (59-71) 2
This was a good old fashioned pitchers’ duel, Luis Morales tossing six innings of one-run ball allowing two hits and no walks with six strikeouts while Bryan Woo extended his MLB record streak to 25 straight starts to open a season of at least six innings and two or fewer walks, tossing seven innings of one-run ball on a hit and two walks with seven punchouts. Josh Naylor, Eugenio Suárez, and Jorge Polanco all hit solo shots for the Mariners; Geno’s was the 40th of his excellent 2025. The Athletics drew within one in the ninth, three straight singles and a walk with one out loading the bases, but Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz steadied the ship just in time.