MLB roundup: Red Sox hand Yanks 8th straight loss

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 6

Eugenio 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 2

Milwaukee handed ace Max Scherzer his first loss with Texas en route to sweeping the three-game series between