X-Man Leads Red Sox

Minneapolis — Xander Bogaerts matched a career high with four hits, including a three-run home run, and Steven Wright pitched into the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox topped the Minnesota Twins 8-1 on Friday night.

Bogaerts opened the scoring with his homer in the fifth inning off Twins starter Tyler Duffey. Bogaerts’ seventh homer of the season landed in the bullpens in left-center field for a 3-0 lead. The home run was one of 16 hits by the Red Sox.

Bogaerts’ chance to homer was the result of Minnesota’s inability to turn a double play earlier in the inning. Mookie Betts hit a grounder to third baseman Trevor Plouffe, who threw to second base. But Minnesota’s Brian Dozier lost the handle on the ball and couldn’t make the throw to first for an inning-ending double play.

Minnesota didn’t have much of an answer for Wright (7-4) and his knuckleball. The Twins’ best threat came when they loaded the bases in the fifth. Wright escaped the jam when Joe Mauer grounded out to end the inning.

Wright had tossed complete games in his previous three road starts before Friday. He left in the eighth inning after allowing a one-out single to Mauer.

Wright surrendered one unearned run in 7 innings. In his last five starts, the right-hander is 3-0 with a 0.99 ERA in 36 innings.

Boston added three runs off Duffey (2-5) in the sixth inning. Christian Vasquez drove in Jackie Bradley Jr. for a 4-0 lead. Travis Shaw came around to score on Dustin Pedroia’s RBI double, and Bogaerts’ single to left scored Vasquez.

Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 16 games, the longest active streak in the majors. He finished 3 for 5 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI.

Duffey was knocked out after 5 innings and surrendered six runs and 10 hits. He has an ERA of 8.36 in his last five starts.

Minnesota’s run came in the eighth inning. Eduardo Nunez reached on an error by first baseman Hanley Ramirez and scored on Robbie Grossman’s groundout.

Nationals 9, Phillies 6

Washington — Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 and won his 13th straight decision despite a rocky beginning, and Washington overcame a four-run deficit to beat Philadelphia.

The Nationals scored in five straight innings after trailing 4-0 in the third. Wilson Ramos, Stephen Drew and Danny Espinosa homered off Jeremy Hellickson (4-4), and Daniel Murphy drove in three runs.

Yankees 4, Tigers 0

New York — CC Sabathia kept up his recent resurgence with seven sharp innings, Brett Gardner sparked another scoring burst and New York beat Detroit for its fifth straight victory.

Carlos Beltran and Didi Gregorius each added two hits to help the Yankees (31-30) move over .500 for the first time since they were 4-3. The Tigers began a 10-game trip by losing for the second straight time following a five-game winning streak.

Sabathia (4-4) gave up five singles, walked two and struck out four. He hasn’t allowed more than two runs in his last six starts and left with a 2.28 ERA — his lowest after 10 starts or more in any season.

Chris Parmelee has become the fourth Yankees first baseman on the disabled list, joining Mark Teixeira, Greg Bird and Dustin Ackley.

Parmelee went on the DL Friday, a day after injuring his right hamstring while stretching to grab shortstop Didi Gregorius’ throw in a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Parmelee, who had homered twice Wednesday in his first Yankees start, fell into a split while catching the ball for an inning-ending out.

Blue Jays 4, Orioles 3 (10)

Toronto — Edwin Encarnacion homered in the 10th inning to lift Toronto past Baltimore, snapping the Orioles’ winning streak at five.

Encarnacion hit an opposite field shot off Brad Brach (5-1) to begin the 10th and end an 0-for-19 slump. Drew Storen (1-2) pitched one inning for the win.

Chris Davis hit a two-run homer and Jonathan Schoop added a solo blast for the Orioles.

Braves 5, Cubs 1

Atlanta— Bud Norris pitched seven strong innings, Adonis Garcia and Tyler Flowers hit home runs and Atlanta beat Jason Hammel and Chicago.

Making his second start since returning to the rotation, Norris (2-7) allowed one run on four hits and no walks with six strikeouts. He gave up only one hit in his last four innings.

Reds 2, Athletics 1

Cincinnati — Adam Duvall doubled home the tying run in the seventh and scored on Sonny Gray’s second wild pitch of the inning, rallying Cincinnati past Oakland for its first interleague victory of the season.

The Reds had dropped their first seven interleague games and didn’t manage a hit off Gray (3-6) through the first five innings. Gray let a 1-0 lead slip away in the seventh.

The Reds placed center fielder Billy Hamilton on the seven-day concussion list Friday.

Hamilton was hit in the head while sliding into third base on Wednesday and sat out the final game of a series against St. Louis. He’ll be eligible to return next week in Atlanta.

Rays 4, Astros 3

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Steve Pearce had three hits and two RBIs in Tampa Bay’s victory over Houston.

Pearce had a two-run double in the first inning, and Logan Forsythe and Brad Miller drove in runs with two-out hits off Lance McCullers (3-2) in the second to give Matt Andriese (5-0) a four-run lead.

White Sox 7, Royals 5

Chicago — Alex Avila hit two of Chicago’s season-high four home runs and the struggling White Sox beat Kansas City to give a shaky Chris Sale his major league-leading 10th win and the Royals their eight straight loss.

The defending champions matched their longest losing streak since May 2013, while the White Sox opened the weekend series with their second straight win after dropping 20 of 26.