KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Brian McCann delivered a sacrifice fly in the 13th inning and Dellin Betances shut down the Kansas City Royals in the bottom half to give the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory Wednesday night.
Royals reliever Chris Young (3-9) gave up a single to Didi Gregorius and a double to Starlin Castro to lead off the decisive frame. Matt Strahm came in against McCann for a lefty-lefty matchup, and the New York designated hitter lofted a fly ball to left to score the go-ahead run.
Ben Heller (1-0) pitched a perfect 12th to earn his first major league victory.
The Royals appeared to have quickly erased the memories of their rain-delayed, 5-4 loss in 10 innings the previous night when Morales homered for the second consecutive game with two outs in the first.
Kansas City added another run off Luis Cessa in the second on an error by third baseman Chase Headley and a timely double by Alcides Escobar, then made it 4-0 when Eric Hosmer homered to left in the third.
Ian Kennedy was cruising along for Kansas City until the sixth, when Gregorius lofted a sacrifice fly to left field. Castro followed moments later with his two-run shot.
Kennedy's night was done when he walked Aaron Hicks with one out in the sixth. Scott Alexander came in and gave up a single to Brett Gardner and Jacoby Ellsbury's tying sacrifice fly to center.
RANGERS 14, MARINERS 1 Rougned Odor homered twice and Carlos Gomez connected for a grand slam off Felix Hernandez, sending Texas to a romp over visiting Seattle.
TIGERS 3, WHITE SOX 2 JaCoby Jones doubled twice, then dashed home for the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Collins in the ninth inning to lift host Detroit over Chicago.
RED SOX 8, RAYS 6 Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam, and Aaron Hill later sliced an RBI single to break an eighth-inning tie to help Boston beat visiting Tampa Bay.
ASTROS 4, ATHLETICS 3 Evan Gattis hit an RBI single to cap a three-run rally in the eighth inning keyed by a wild pitch on a strikeout, leading host Houston over Oakland.
BLUE JAYS 5, ORIOLES 3 Jose Bautista homered on the game's first pitch and Russell Martin went deep four batters later, leading visiting Toronto to a victory over Baltimore.
INDIANS 8, TWINS 4 Corey Kluber struck out a season-high 11 to lead host Cleveland to a victory over Minnesota.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CUBS 6, PIRATES 5 Kris Bryant hit his 36th home run and made three solid plays at third base, helping Jason Hammel and Chicago top visiting Pittsburgh.
ROCKIES 7-8, DODGERS 0-10 Left-hander Tyler Anderson (5-5) threw 61/3 innings as host Colorado cruised to its first home shutout this season in a victory over Los Angeles in the early game. Andrew Toles hit a grand slam with two outs in the ninth, helping Los Angeles overcome a late six-run deficit in a victory over Colorado for a doubleheader split.
GIANTS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2 Matt Moore struck out seven over 51/3 innings for his first career victory at AT&T Park, and San Francisco beat visiting Arizona.
NATIONALS 2, PHILLIES 1 Jayson Werth homered and Gio Gonzalez pitched six strong innings to lead Washington over host Philadelphia.
METS 5, MARLINS 2 Kelly Johnson's three-run double in the eighth inning broke a tie and lifted New York to a victory over visiting Miami.
BRAVES 8, PADRES 1 Gordon Beckham drove in two runs with a pinch-hit bases-loaded double in the sixth as host Atlanta beat San Diego.
BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 1 Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered and Matt Garza pitched into the eighth inning, leading Milwaukee to a victory over visiting St. Louis.
INTERLEAGUE
ANGELS 3, REDS 0 Ricky Nolasco pitched a four-hitter for his first victory for host Los Angeles in a sweep of Cincinnati.
Sports on 09/01/2016