The Colombian Gio Urshela achieved his first grand slam in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the victory of the New York Yankees 5 × 2 against the Boston Red Sox, with which he extended his streak to five consecutive victories.
Against his archrivals, New York star Aaron Judge hit a home run for the fourth straight game, an unprecedented achievement in his career.
On his return from a concussion suffered on July 4, Japan’s Masahiro Tanaka allowed two runs (one won) and four hits in 2 2/3 innings.
With a record of 6 wins and 1 loss, the Yankees are making their best start since 2003 in a season that has been shortened to 60 games and is being severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Three MLB teams have registered COVID-19 cases in their ranks, which has led to the postponement of more than fifteen games for now.
Among them are three games of the day this Saturday: Philadelphia Phillies against Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals against Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins against Washington Nationals.
In their 11×5 win over the Kansas City Royals, the Chicago White Sox lined up four Cuban-born players for the first time in MLB history as the top four sluggers in their starting lineup: Luis Robert, Yoán Moncada. , José Abreu and Yasmani Grandal.
Robert had four hits in his first six at-bats, including a home run in the second inning and an RBI double in the fifth, in his eighth major league game. Moncada hit an RBI single in the fifth and Grandal hit a two-run double in the ninth.
In other results, the Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 5 × 4, the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 7 × 1, the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 3 × 0, the Baltimore Orioles. to the Tampa Bay Rays 5 × 4 and the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Arizona Diamondbacks 11 × 2. AFP (HN)