NEW YORK

Rookie Tyler Austin hit a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees their season-high fifth straight victory, 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.

Brian McCann hit two homers for the Yankees, who moved a season-high nine games over .500 (74- 65).

Austin homered off Erasmo Ramirez (7-11) on a 3-2 pitch for his third homer since being called up Aug. 13.

New York moved within two games of Baltimore for the second AL wild card and four games of AL East-leading Boston.

Mariners 6, Rangers 3

SEATTLE (AP) — Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer and Dae-Ho Lee added a solo shot as Seattle handed Texas its fourth loss in five games.

Taijuan Walker (5-10), who lasted just two-thirds of an inning in his previous start, shook off two game-opening walks to finish five innings, giving up three runs and seven hits to win for the first time in six starts.

Padres 14, Rockies 1

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Schimpf hit a three-run homer and tied a career-high with four RBIs and Clayton Richard pitched seven scoreless innings for San Diego.

Schimpf, a rookie second baseman, hit his 18th home run of the season, all coming since July 1.

Pirates 4, Reds 1

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ivan Nova pitched a six-hitter to stay unbeaten with Pittsburgh and Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run double to key a three-run first inning as the Pirates extended the Reds’ losing streak to five games.

Nova (12-6) pitched his second complete game in seven starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade on Aug. 1. He struck out four, walked none, got 15 of his outs on ground balls and retired the first 12 batters while throwing 94 pitches.

Phillies 4, Nationals 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Howard hit a three-run homer and, Alec Asher pitched six innings of two-hit ball coming off a suspension for Philadelphia.

Peter Bourjos homered for the Phillies, who have won three of four.

Brewers 12, Cardinals 5

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Domingo Santana and Orlando Arcia hit back-to-back homers as Milwaukee continued its recent road dominance.

Hernan Perez had four hits and three RBIs for the Brewers, who won their season-high fifth straight on the road and have won seven of their last eight games.

Indians 10, Astros 7

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians scored two runs on a controversial bases-loaded wild pitch by David Paulino in the third inning that led to the ejection of Houston manager A.J. Hinch.

Cleveland led 2-1 when Lonnie Chisenhall attempted to check his swing on a pitch in the dirt. The ball bounced away from catcher Jason Castro and rolled toward the on-deck circle near the Indians dugout.