Justin Turner hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the host New York Yankees 6-5 on Sunday afternoon to send their longtime rival to an eighth straight loss for the first time since 1995.Boston got its seventh straight win over the Yankees when Turner hit an 0-1 sinker from Clay Holmes (4-4) to the warning track in right field to easily score Pablo Reyes, who hit a leadoff single.Turner drove in four runs and gave the Red Sox a 5-2 lead in the seventh with a three-run homer off Michael King, but Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe hit a tying three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh.The Yankees appeared to take the lead in the eighth when Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored from first on Volpe's single.
The Red Sox challenged the play for obstruction and Kiner-Falefa's run was overturned. The Yankees then were unsuccessful in challenging that catcher Connor Wong blocked the plate.Mariners 7, Astros 6Eugenio Suarez clubbed a two-run home run while Dominic Canzone and Dylan Moore recorded four-hit games as visiting Seattle completed a three-game series sweep of Houston.The Mariners extended their winning streak to six games while completing their sixth series sweep of the season.
They did so by chasing Astros rookie right-hander Hunter Brown in the third inning after their own rookie right-hander, Emerson Hancock, departed after just two innings with a right shoulder strain.The Mariners are 16-4 over their last 20 games and pulled to within a half-game of Houston in the American League wild-card picture.
Houston fell to 2-8 against the Mariners this season.Brewers 6, Rangers 2Milwaukee handed ace Max Scherzer his first loss with Texas en route to sweeping the three-game series between