In the Majors, the Toronto Blue Jays got by the Boston Red Sox 4-3….Marcus Stroman took a three hit shutout into the seventh inning and left the game without allowing an earned run. Steve Pearce hit a solo homer and then drove in the winning run on a single in the eighth inning……The New York Yankees lost to Minnesota 4-2. Aaron Judge of the Yankees went 0 for 3 with an intentional walk and is 1 for 21 since winning the All-Star Home Run Derby…..Tampa Bay is now just two games back of Boston in the American League East after a 3-2 win over Oakland with Steven Souza and Evan Longoria hitting home runs.
In the National League, the Chicago Cubs won their 4th in a row behind Jon Lester, 4-3 over Atlanta. In other play, it was Washington 6 Cincinnati 1…..Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 2….Baltimore 3 Texas 1….St. Louis 6 NY Mets 3….Miami 6 Philadelphia 5 (10 innings)…..Seattle 9 Houston 7 (10 innings)…..Detroit 10 Kansas City 2….Colorado 9 San Diego 6 and Cleveland 5 San Francisco 3.
New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery.
