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Orioles stay in hunt for wild-card spot
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Chris Tillman allowed just three hits into the eighth inning as the Baltimore Orioles moved within 1 1/2 games of idle Tampa Bay for the second American League wild card spot by beating the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday.
The Yankees fell three games behind Tampa Bay after a game that featured an on-field confrontation between the teams’ managers.
Both dugouts emptied briefly after the first inning, when Orioles manager Buck Showalter angrily exchanged words with Joe Girardi after the Yankees manager apparently said something to Baltimore third base coach Bobby Dickerson. Showalter had to be restrained by home plate umpire Ed Hickox.
Alex Rodriguez hit his 652nd career home run for the Yankees.
In Miami, Atlanta (86-57) passed Boston (87-58) for baseball’s best record after Evan Gattis drove in two runst to help the Braves break a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Marlins.
Cleveland’s Ubaldo Jimenez struck out 10 batters in seven innings and Asdrubal Cabrera, Yan Gomes and Carlos Santana each hit solo homers to lead the Indians to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals in a matchup between two teams in the thick of the AL wild-card chase.
The Indians, who won despite having only five hits, stayed even with Baltimore, 1½ games behind Tampa Bay for the second wild-card spot. The Royals dropped to four games behind the Rays.
The Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1, trimming Detroit’s (82-62) American League Central lead to 4.5 games over Cleveland.
In other games, the Minnesota Twins downed the Los Angeles Angels 6-3, and the Houston Astros defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-4. The Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the Texas Rangers 1-0.
Tthe Chicago Cubs shut out the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 and the Washington Nationals trounced the NY Mets 9-0. The San Francisco Giants beat Colorado 3-2 in 10 innings and the LA Dodgers thrashed the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-1.
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