The Yankees beat the White Sox, continuing to collect wins during a crucial stretch against below-average teams. The Brewers defeated the Blue Jays 7-4 as Freddy Peralta threw six scoreless innings, allowed one hit and struck out seven. Andruw Monasterio's solo home run began Milwaukee's five-run sixth, with run-scoring hits from Andrew Vaughn, Caleb Durbin and Isaac Collins pushing the lead to 5-0; Milwaukee added two more in the seventh. The Blue Jays scored twice late but remained short, reducing their division lead to three games. The Pirates rallied to beat the Red Sox 4-2 as doubles by Tommy Pham and Andrew McCutchen turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead behind Paul Skenes' strong start.
Milwaukee and Toronto each kept the other scoreless through five innings thanks to solid work from Shane Bieber and Freddy Peralta. It was the Brewers' talented righty who ended as the best of 'em, as he tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out seven. Andruw Monasterio's solo home run opened the Brewers' five-run sixth inning, which kicked off the scoring in this one.
That early lead came thanks to an RBI single from Ceddanne Rafaela, before Roman Anthony's eighth home run of the season in the following inning put the Sox up 2-0 against the uber-talented Skenes. Down a pair of runs in their half of the sixth, the Pirates battled back thanks to doubles from both Tommy Pham and Andrew McCutchen, which turned the game around and had Pittsburgh ahead 3-2.
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