ASTROS 2, ORIOLES 0
HOUSTON -- Jake Marisnick and Carlos Beltran each homered to back a solid start by Joe Musgrove, and the Houston Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 on Friday night.
Marisnick went deep with one out in the third inning, and Beltran's shot to the second deck in right field came with two outs in the sixth.
Musgrove (4-4) allowed four hits in seven innings before the bullpen closed it out to send the Orioles to their season-high fifth consecutive loss.
Musgrove bounced back after allowing 8 hits and a season-high 7 runs in a season-low 3-plus innings in an 8-6 loss to Cleveland in his last start.
The Orioles weren't able to string any hits together until the eighth inning when a double by Hyun Soo Kim and singles by Jonathan Schoop and J.J. Hardy loaded the bases with no outs. But Chris Devenski struck out Seth Smith before retiring Adam Jones and Manny Machado on fly balls to escape the jam.
Ken Giles struck out one in a perfect ninth for his 14th save.
Kevin Gausman (2-4) yielded 8 hits and 2 runs in 6 2/3 innings for the Orioles, who have dropped 7 of their last 9.
Machado had 2 hits, but the other three batters at the top of Baltimore's order went 0 for 12 with 7 strikeouts, including 4 by Smith.
Marisnick homered in his second consecutive at-bat after hitting the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning of a 7-6 victory over the Tigers on Thursday night. George Springer followed with a single and Josh Reddick reached on an error by Schoop. But the Astros were unable to add on after Gausman retired the next two batters to end the inning.
Marisnick has six home runs so far this season after hitting just five last year.
The Orioles have moved struggling right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez to the bullpen and will move reliever Alec Asher into the rotation to start on Sunday. Jimenez is 1-2 with a 7.17 ERA in nine appearances with eight starts this season. Asher has started two games this season but has worked mostly as a reliever and is 1-2 with a 2.17 ERA.
ATHLETICS 4, YANKEES 1 Masahiro Tanaka struck out a career-high 13 to rebound from the worst stretch of his major league career but wound up a hard-luck loser when reliever Tyler Clippard's wild pickoff throw sparked a go-ahead, two-run eighth inning in Oakland's victory over host New York.
BLUE JAYS 7, RANGERS 6 Devon Travis hit his second career grand slam, and Toronto beat visiting Texas for its fourth consecutive victory.
ROYALS 6, INDIANS 4 Jorge Bonifacio's two-run double off Andrew Miller broke an eighth-inning tie and lifted Kansas City past host Cleveland.
RED SOX 3, MARINERS 0 Eduardo Rodriguez pitched six scoreless innings and Boston took advantage of a sloppy performance by visiting Seattle to earn its season-high fifth consecutive victory.
RAYS 5, TWINS 2 Chris Archer struck out 11 while pitching into the eighth inning and Tampa Bay hit three home runs in a victory over host Minnesota.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
REDS 5, PHILLIES 2 Tim Adleman tossed eight innings of one-hit ball, Adam Duvall and Scott Schebler homered and visiting Cincinnati beat Philadelphia.
METS 8, PIRATES 1 Neil Walker homered twice in his return to his hometown, Jacob deGrom gave New York's bullpen a needed rest and the Mets beat host Pittsburgh.
NATIONALS 5, PADRES 1 Max Scherzer allowed three hits over 8 2/3 innings, Bryce Harper and Michael A. Taylor hit two-run home runs and Washington defeated visiting San Diego.
DIAMONDBACKS 4, BREWERS 2 (10) Jake Lamb homered in the fourth inning and hit an RBI double in Arizona's two-run 10th, and the Diamondbacks extended their winning streak to five games with a victory over host Milwaukee.
ROCKIES 10, CARDINALS 0 Rookie Antonio Senzatela threw eight sharp innings to grab a share of the major league lead in victories, Charlie Blackmon had a home run and a run-scoring single as part of an eight-run eighth, and Colorado beat visiting St. Louis.
INTERLEAGUE
MARLINS 8, ANGELS 5 Giancarlo Stanton homered off the retaining wall behind the center field fence, a shot estimated at 460 feet, and host Miami beat Los Angeles.
Sports on 05/27/2017