Stanton leads Marlins over Phillies

NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton hit a massive two-run, tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning to lead the red-hot Miami Marlins to a 6-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies Friday night at Marlins Park. The Marlins (16-12) have won 11 of their past 12 games, passing the Phillies (16-14) for third place in the NL East. Stanton’s homer, off an 87 mph off-speed pitch from reliever Hector Neris, was his 10th of the season. The blast was measured at 475 feet. Over the past 11 games, Stanton is hitting .395 with 11 walks, three doubles, seven homers and 14 RBIs. He has raised his batting average from .193 to .274. Yankees 3, Red Sox 2: Aaron Hicks led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a tiebreaking home run and Andrew Miller survived a bases-loaded jam in the ninth as New York opened a 10-game homestand with a victory over Boston. On the first pitch that Hicks saw from Rick Porcello (5-1) in the seventh, he turned on a fastball and drove it into the right-center field seats for his fourth hit in 35 at-bats this season. It was Hicks’ first home run with the Yankees and his first since a solo shot off Los Angeles Angels reliever Joe Smith on Sept. 17 for the Minnesota Twins, a span of 86 at-bats. David Ortiz’s two-run homer in the first inning off Michael Pineda accounted for Boston’s runs. The Red Sox were unable to capitalize on their opportunities after Ortiz’s 452nd home run with the team and 510th of his career. Indians 7, Royals 1: Jose Ramirez had three hits and a career-high five RBIs and Danny Salazar pitched 7-2/3 scoreless innings to lead Cleveland to a victory over slumping Kansas City at Progressive Field. The win was the Indians’ fourth in a row and they’ve allowed five runs in their last three games. The defending World Series champion Royals have lost eight of their last 10, and have been shut out in three of those 10 games. Ramirez, getting a start at third base in place of Juan Uribe, had three hits, including a three-run double in the third inning and a two-run double in the fifth. Francisco Lindor also had three hits for Cleveland. Mike Napoli had two hits and two RBIs. Rangers 5, Tigers 1: Cole Hamels allowed a bloop leadoff single to Ian Kinsler in the bottom of the first but held scuffling Detroit hitless through the rest of his seven innings and Rougned Odor added a two-run double to a solo home run as part of Texas’ victory over the Tigers in a matchup of two teams on three-game losing streaks. Hamels (4-0) is now 5-0 in five starts following Texas losses. He struck out nine and walked two, largely with precision breaking stuff, in his seven innings to best Detroit’s Jordan Zimmermann (5-1). Lefty Jake Diekman worked the eighth, striking out two, and Sam Dyson finished the game for Texas. In other games it was: Blue Jays 5, Dodgers 2; Reds 5, Brewers 1; Cubs 8, Nationals 6; Diamondbacks 7, Braves 2; Astros 6, Mariners 3; White Sox 10, Twins 4; Pirates 4, Cardinals 2; Rockies 6, Giants 4; Rays 5, Angels 2; Padres 2, Mets 0; Orioles-Athletics (postponed). — Reuters