


Shea Langeliers smashed a three-run homer in his first plate appearance since coming off the injured list, and Lawrence Butler broke a ninth-inning tie with a two-run triple that lifted the visiting Athletics over the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Monday night.
The A’s made two key defensive plays in the bottom of the eighth to keep it tied at 4.
The Rays had runners on first and second with no outs when Junior Caminero hit a hard grounder to third, but Max Muncy stepped on the bag and threw to first for a double play. Josh Lowe then singled to left field but Colby Thomas threw a dart to home plate to get Brandon Lowe.
Butler sent a shot to the wall in left-center field to score runners from second and third.
Brent Rooker had an RBI single for the Athletics, who had lost six of eight.
Phillies 4, Padres 0: Zack Wheeler struck out 10 in eight innings, Nick Castellanos homered and Philadelphia defeated visiting San Diego in Bryce Harper’s return to the lineup.
Harper was hit by a pitch on the left foot, walked and lined into a double play as part of a 0-for-2 night in his first game for the Phillies since June 5. Harper returned from a nearly month-long layoff with right wrist inflammation.
Wheeler (8-3) tossed six-hit ball and did not walk a batter.
Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. broke a tie with a two-run single in the sixth inning and host Toronto edged New York.
Guerrero went 2 for 4 with three RBIs as the Blue Jays won for the fourth time in five games.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run homer and Cody Bellinger added a solo shot for the Yankees, who squandered a 3-1 lead.
Making his second start since returning from injury, Max Scherzer allowed two runs and three hits in five innings for Toronto. He struck out seven and walked none.
Pirates 7, Cardinals 0: Andrew Heaney carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Spencer Horwitz homered and drove in three runs as Pittsburgh cruised past visiting St. Louis for its fourth straight victory.
Heaney (4-7) allowed three hits and struck out seven with one walk on 95 pitches through 6 2/3 innings. After a 71-minute rain delay, he walked Brendan Donovan to start the game before retiring the next 16 batters.
Victor Scott II spoiled the no-hit bid with two outs in the sixth, lining the eighth pitch of his at-bat to left field for a single.
Red Sox 13, Reds 6: Wilyer Abreu hit a grand slam and an inside-the-park solo home run for Boston, Trevor Story hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Red Sox beat visiting Cincinnati.
Boston knocked Reds phenom right-hander Chase Burns out of the game with a seven-run first inning during his second major league start.
Austin Hays had a two-run triple for the Reds, who had won five of seven.
The 22-year-old Burns (0-1), selected second overall in July’s amateur draft, was charged with seven runs, five earned, and got just one out. In his debut last week, he became the first starting pitcher since the expansion era to strike out the first five batters he faced.
Boston starter Garrett Crochet (8-4) retired the first 10 batters he faced before the Reds scored three runs in the fourth. He gave up five runs, four earned, in six innings with nine strikeouts.