ANDY Ibanez hit a three-run homer, Casey Mize pitched six strong innings and the host Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to four games with a 6-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
Justyn-Henry Malloy supplied a two-run single for Detroit, which has won six of its last seven games. Jake Rogers and Colt Keith scored two runs apiece.
Mize limited the Yankees to one run and four hits in six innings while recording six strikeouts. Tyler Holton, Beau Brieske and Tommy Kahnle each tossed an inning of scoreless relief.
Yankees starter Carlos Rodon gave up six runs, five earned, on four hits with eight strikeouts in six-plus innings. Aaron Judge had an RBI single for New York, which managed just one extra-base hit in the chilly conditions.
In other games, it was the Reds 2, Giants 0; Nationals 6, Dodgers 4; Royals 4, Twins 2; Mets 2, Marlins 0; Pirates 8, Cardinals 4; Padres 5, Athletics 4; Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 2; Cubs 7, Rangers 0; Mariners 4, Astros 3; and Orioles 5, Diamondbacks 1.
Reds 2, Giants 0
Hunter Greene came within one out of a complete-game shutout, Blake Dunn ended a scoreless deadlock with a two-run double in the eighth inning, and Cincinnati ended host San Francisco’s seven-game winning streak with a victory in the opener of a three-game series.
Greene (1-1), who had never previously pitched more than 7 1/3 innings in his career, allowed just three hits and no walks until Jung Hoo Lee singled with two outs in the ninth and Matt Chapman followed with a full-count walk. Reds manager Terry Francona pulled his right-hander at that point. The combined shutout was the fourth of Greene’s career. He struck out seven.
Logan Webb matched Greene zero for zero until getting pulled after seven innings. Webb allowed just four hits, all singles. He struck out 10 without issuing a walk.
