In the Majors, Hanley Ramirez homered in the bottom of the 15th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a rain delayed game that ended early this morning……Tampa Bay remained two games back of Boston in the American League East after a 4-3 win over Oakland on a 9th inning rally…..The New York Yankees beat Minnesota 6-3. The Yankees acquired third baseman Todd Frazier along with relievers David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle from the Chicago White Sox for reliever Tyler Clippard and three prospects in a trade that was announced after the game.
The Detroit Tigers traded outfielder J-D Martinez to the Arizona Diamondbacks for three prospects. Martinez is batting .305 with 16 homers and can become a free agent after this season.
In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers won their tenth straight, 1-0 over the Chicago White Sox as Clayton Kershaw improves to 15 and 2……The Chicago Cubs won their fifth straight, 5-1 over Atlanta as Willson Contreras hit a three run homer. In other play, it was Washington 4 Los Angeles Angels 3….San Francisco 2 Cleveland 1….Colorado 9 San Diego 7….Detroit 9 Kansas City 3…..Philadelphia 5 Miami 2…..St. Louis 5 NY Mets 0….Arizona 11 Cincinnati 2…..Baltimore 12 Texas 1…..Houston 6 Seattle 2 and Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 3.
All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa of the A-L West leading Houston Astros is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of a torn ligament in his left thumb.
