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Urshela takes shard in eye, hits Yanks’ go-ahead HR

NEW YORK — Six innings after a shard of his broken bat hit Gio Urshela in the right eye, he saw a fastball clearly enough to hit a go-ahead home run.

Urshela’s eighth-inning drive off Jesus Luzardo landed in the netting above Monument Park beyond center field and helped the New York Yankees rally from a threerun deficit in a 7-5 victory Saturday that stopped the Oakland Athletics’ seven-game winning streak.

Urshela’s bat splinted as he grounded into a double play in the second inning.

“Obviously, a scary moment there, but they got with him underneath, whether it was drops or whatever, and got the little fraying [out],” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Obviously, one of those scary situations initially. But he was OK.” Urshela jogged to first.

“I saw just the piece of wood coming to my eyes,” he said. “I don’t even see the ball and I don’t even see where I was running. Just my eyes started feeling like a little pain, but thank God, I’m good.”

Urshela’s presence turned the game.

He singled in New York’s first run in the fourth and put the Yankees ahead 5-4 when he turned on a 98.6 mph fastball from Luzardo (2-4). DJ LeMahieu added a two-run single against Sergio Romo.

“Luzardo’s a pitcher who throws really hard,” Urshela said. “So I’m trying to stay short and trying to swing [at] a ball in the zone.”

Of Urshela’s 36 homers since he joined the Yankees in April 2019, 16 have tied a game or provided a lead.

PADRES 7, REDS 5

In San Diego, rookie Kim Ha-seong hit a tiebreaking, tworun home run with two outs in the eighth — three innings after he replaced injured star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. — and the Padres beat Cincinnati.

Tatis left after apparently hurting his left shoulder diving for Tyler Naquin’s RBI single in the fifth. He was replaced by Kim, a rookie from South Korea.

Kim homered off Heath Hembree (1-2) to bring in Tommy Pham. Nabil Crismatt (2-1) got the win.

San Diego will go for a fourgame sweep on Sunday. The Padres entered the series after losing 13 of 17 games. The Reds came in on a six-game winning streak.

Jake Cronenworth hit a tying, two-run homer in the third for the Padres, his eighth.

PHILLIES 13, GIANTS 6

In San Francisco, Rhys Hoskins broke out a 2-for-40 slump with a pair of home runs and a careerbest six RBIs, leading Philadelphia over the Giants.

Ronald Torreyes also homered and drove in three runs as the Phillies won at San Francisco for the second time in nine games since 2018. Bryce Harper doubled and scored. Alec Bohm had three of Philadelphia’s 16 hits and had two RBIs.

Brandon Belt and Mike Yastrzemski homered for San Francisco. Jarlin García (0-2) took the loss.

Ranger Suárez (3-1) struck out three and retired eight batters.

MARLINS 11, CUBS 1

In Chicago, Adam Duvall homered twice for the second straight game, and Pablo López (3-4) pitched one-hit ball over seven innings.

The Marlins have outscored the NL Central leaders 21-3 through the first two games.

Duvall remained locked in after hitting a grand slam and two-run drive in Friday’s 10-2 romp. He had two-run shots in the first and third against Jake Arrieta (5-8). Jesús Sánchez added his first big league homer, and Lewin Díaz went deep.

PIRATES 6, INDIANS 3

In Pittsburgh, Michael Perez and Bryan Reynolds hit three-run home runs during the seventh inning and the Pirates rallied past Cleveland.

Perez homered to right off Bryan Shaw (1-2) to put the Pirates ahead. Four batters later, Reynolds hit a 98-mph fastball from James Karinchak into the Allegheny River.

Pittsburgh has won the first two games of the series after entering on a 10-game losing streak.

Chris Stratton (2-0) pitched two scoreless relief innings for the win.

TWINS 3, RANGERS 2

In Arlington, Texas, Max Kepler scored the go-ahead run on a second consecutive wild pitch from Texas reliever John King (5-5) in the seventh inning, and Minnesota beat the Rangers.

Former Texas slugger Nelson Cruz hit a tying two-run homer in the fourth, his team-leading 15th for Minnesota and the 432nd of his career to pass Cal Ripken Jr. for 49th place.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run homer for the Rangers.

Caleb Thielbar (2-0) claimed the win. Taylor Rogers earned his seventh save.

BLUE JAYS 10, ORIOLES 7

In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major-league leading 23rd homer and capped a ninth-inning rally with a go-ahead, two-run double as Toronto ended a fivegame skid.

Marcus Semien homered twice for Toronto, which scored six runs in the ninth off relievers Paul Fry (0-2) and Tyler Wells to stun the Orioles.

Ryan Mountcastle recorded his first career three-homer game and Cedric Mullins had his second consecutive multihomer game for Baltimore, which hit six homers in a game for the first time since Aug. 18, 2016 against Houston.

Jordan Romano (4-1) pitched two scoreless innings for Toronto.

RED SOX 7, ROYALS 1

In Kansas City, Mo., Light-hitting Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run homer andhad three RBIs, finishing a double short of a cycle, and J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer in Boston’s win over the Royals.

Martín Pérez (5-4) allowed one run and three hits in five innings. Garrett Whitlock, Hirokazu Sawamura and Brandon Workman combined for four innings of fourhit shutout relief.

Brad Keller (6-7) lost his third straight start, giving up five runs, five hits and three walks in five innings.

ASTROS 7, WHITE SOX 3

In Houston, rookie Robel Garcia tied a career high with three RBIs, Carlos Correa homered and the Astros beat Lance Lynn and Chicago.

Framber Valdez (4-0) had another strong start to help the Astros to a sixth consecutive victory, tying their longest winning streak this season. He yielded six hits and three runs — two earned — in seven innings to extend his career-best streak by winning his sixth consecutive decision dating to last season.

The Astros tagged Lynn (7-3) for eight hits and six runs — both season highs — in four innings in his shortest start of the season.

METS 5, NATIONALS 1, 1ST GAME; NATIONALS 6, METS 2, 2ND GAME

In Washington, Jon Lester pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning to gain his first win for Washington, Kyle Schwarber backed him with four RBIs on a pair of home runs and the Nationals split a doubleheader with New York.

Francisco Lindor had five RBIs on a pair of two-run homers and run-scoring single for his first big offensive game with the Mets.

Lester (1-2) was within three outs of his first shutout in seven years before José Peraza hit a two-run homer in the seventh. He gave up two runs and seven hits in six-plus innings with six strikeouts and no walks. Brad Hand earned his 14th save in 16 chances.

Robert Gsellman (0-1) took the loss in his first start of the season.

Trea Turner homered in the third, his 11th this season but first since May 17.

In the opener, Lindor homered in the first on a sinker from Joe Ross, singled in the third on a changeup for a 3-0 lead and homered in the fifth on a slider for his 12th multi-homer game. The five RBIs were his most since his careerhigh seven for the Indians on July 2, 2018, at Kansas City.

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