ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gerrit Cole failed to hold a six-run lead, allowing his first two home runs of the season, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 8-7 Sunday on Isaac Paredes’ 10th-inning single to take 2 of 3 from New York.

Anthony Rizzo and Harrison Bader homered for the Yankees (18-17), who led 6-0 before Tampa Bay scored twice in the fifth and five times in the sixth to take an 7-6 lead.

Jose Siri and Christian Bethancourt homered as the major league-best Rays (28-7) improved to 19-3 home. Last-place New York has lost 10 of its last 16 games and at 18-17 trails the Rays by 10 games.

The announced crowd of 32,142 was the largest at Tropicana Field since 40,135 for a game against San Francisco on June 17, 2016, according to the Rays.

Paredes broke a 7-7 tie with a one-out hit to right off Albert Abreu (1-1) that scored automatic runner Brandon Lowe.

Aaron Hicks avoided Garrett Cleavinger’s tag attempt during a rundown between third and home on Gleyber Torres’ grounder to shortstop with one out in the 10th but was thrown at the plate. Cleavinger took a tumble on the play, pointed to a leg and left the game with a limp.

Jalen Beeks (1-2) replaced Cleavinger and struck out Rizzo on a 3-2 pitch.

Cole’s ERA rose to 2.09 from 1.35, which had been tied for the major league lead. He retired 13 of his first 17 batters but allowed seven of his last nine to reach.

MARINERS 3, ASTROS 2: Bryce Miller gave up two hits over six shutout innings for his first major league win, Justin Topa worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his first big league save and Seattle beat visiting Houston.

The Astros lost for the fourth time in five games. The Astros have lost three straight series and are 17-17.

GUARDIANS 2, TWINS 0: Cal Quantrill had a no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh and combined on a one-hitter, leading Cleveland over visiting Minnesota.

Alex Kirilloff got the lone hit with a two-out single in the seventh. Kirilloff hit a 1-0 change-up over second baseman Andrés Giménez, who attempted to make a leaping catch. The ball was picked up by right fielder Will Brennan.

ROYALS 5, A’S 1: Salvador Perez homered and Kansas City beat visiting Oakland to avoid being swept in the series between teams with the worst records in the major leagues.

Kansas City (9-26) lost 2 of 3 to the A’s (8-27) and dropped to 1-10 in series this season.

Perez went 3 for 4 with a 462-foot home run over the left-field fountains and scored three times.

RANGERS 16, ANGELS 8: Leody Taveras had a career-high four hits, Adolis García hit his team-leading ninth home run of the season, and visiting Texas routed Los Angeles.

INTERLEAGUE

BRAVES 3, ORIOLES 2: Michael Harris hit a game-ending single off Cionel Pérez in the 12th inning, and Atlanta beat visiting Baltimore to stop the Orioles’ streak of eight consecutive winning series.

Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. brought a roar from the sellout crowd of 40,800 at Truist Park in the 11th when he caught Adam Frazier’s 322-foot flyout and made a one-hop throw to third baseman Austin Riley, who tagged Austin Hays for a double play.

CARDINALS 12, TIGERS 6: Paul Goldschmidt homered three times, Brendan Donovan hit a three-run drive and St. Louis stopped an eight-game losing streak  by beating visiting Detroit.

Goldschmidt, had four hits and four RBIs in his third three-homer game, the first since March 29, 2019, against Milwaukee. He had solo home runs in the first and third innings and a two-run drive in the eighth.

BLUE JAYS 10, PIRATES 1: Whit Merrifield had four RBI, three on his first home run this season, and visiting Toronto routed Pittsburgh for a three-game sweep that extended the Pirates’ losing streak to seven.

WHITE SOX 17, REDS 4: Hanser Alberto had four hits, drove in a career-high four RBI and visiting Chicago scored 11 runs in the second inning to rout Cincinnati.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ROCKIES 13, METS 6: The skidding Mets fell under .500 for the first time since early April as Brenton Doyle’s first big league home run capped a seven-run fifth inning in Colorado’s win at New York.

The Mets are 3-11 since opening 14-7. New York didn’t spend a day under .500 last season on its way to winning 101 games, second-most in franchise history, and their only time with a losing record this year had been at 3-4.

MARLINS 5, CUBS 4: Garrett Hampson scored on Adbert Alzolay’s balk in the 14th inning, and visiting Miami stopped a five-game slide.

BREWERS 7, GIANTS 3: Willy Adames and William Contreras each hit two-run home runs and visiting Milwaukee defeated San Francisco to end a six-game losing streak.

NATIONALS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 8: Joey Meneses hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Miguel Castro and had four RBI, lifting Washington to a win at Phoenix.

DODGERS 5, PADRES 2: Mookie Betts hit a tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning and James Outman hit a two-run shot in the 10th to give Los Angeles a win at San Diego.

The Dodgers won 2 of 3 games in the series in the first meeting between the teams since the Padres stunned Los Angeles in the NL Division Series in October.

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