NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka scattered three hits over six strong innings Sunday and struck out Shohei Ohtani twice as the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels, 3-1.
Brett Gardner had three hits for New York, which won 5 of 6 against the Angels this season.
Although Ohtani was pushed back from Sunday’s scheduled start due to what the Angels called workload management, Tanaka (6-2) held up his end up of the highly anticipated pitchers’ duel that never materialized.
Featuring his splitter, Tanaka struck out eight and allowed just Andrelton Simmons’ sixth-inning home run in his longest outing in nearly a month. One day after he homered and had three doubles in the first five-hit game of his career, Mike Trout went 0 for 4.
TIGERS 3, WHITE SOX 2: Blaine Hardy pitched seven strong innings to help Detroit win at home.
Hardy allowed one run and three hits, struck out six and walked one in his third start of the season.
RAYS 8, ORIOLES 3: Relievers Vidal Nuno and Austin Pruitt combined to throw 82/3 scoreless innings, Brad Miller had three RBI and Tampa Bay won at St. Petersburg, Florida.
Nuno (1-0) and Pruitt followed Sergio Romo, who was charged with three runs in one-third of an inning as the starter.
ROYALS 5, RANGERS 3: Jason Hammel struck out 10, Drew Butera and Salvador Perez homered, and Kansas City held on at Arlington, Texas.
INDIANS 10, ASTROS 9: Rookie Greg Allen homered on Brad Peacock’s first pitch in the 14th inning as Cleveland won at home.
MARINERS 3, TWINS 1: Ryon Healy doubled home two runs in the eighth inning and Alex Colome, in his first outing for Seattle, earned a save at home.
ATHLETICS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Matt Chapman hit a tiebreaking RBI single off Zack Greinke with two outs in the sixth inning, and Oakland won at home.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 2: Bryce Harper hit his NL-leading 16th home run and visiting Washington completed a three-game sweep by beating Miami for the 11th straight time, 5-2.
CARDINALS 6, PIRATES 4: Harrison Bader’s pinch-hit bloop single off closer Felipe Vazquez keyed an eighth-inning rally and helped St. Louis win at Pittsburgh.
BREWERS 8, METS 7: Domingo Santana’s two-run double highlighted a four-run seventh inning for Milwaukee at home.
ROCKIES 8, REDS 2: Carlos Gonzalez had a season-high four hits, including a third-deck homer off Matt Harvey, and Colorado won at Denver.
DODGERS 6, PADRES 1: Rookie Walker Buehler tied a career high with eight strikeouts, Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger homered, and Los Angeles won at home for its eighth victory in 10 games.
INTERLEAGUE
BLUE JAYS 5, PHILLIES 3: Devon Travis and Dwight Smith Jr. hit two-run doubles, J.A. Happ pitched neatly into the seventh inning and Toronto won at Philadelphia.
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