BALTIMORE: Chris Young stole home in his latest surprising September performance, and the New York Yankees beat AL East-leading Baltimore 3-2 Saturday, ending the Orioles' longest winning streak of the season at six.
The Yankees bounced back after being swept in a doubleheader Friday. New York stayed on the fringe of the wild-card race while Baltimore's magic number for clinching the division remained at five.
Cut by the New York Mets earlier this year as an extended slump, Young has seemed to deliver for the Yankees on a daily basis this week.
Young added his to recent bunch of extra-base hits when he doubled during a three-run second off Miguel Gonzalez (9-8). Speedy Antoan Richardson followed with an RBI single and then took off for second, beating the throw while Young scampered home without a return toss.
Shane Greene (5-3) improved to 4-0 in seven road starts this season, including a victory at Camden Yards in July. David Robertson earned his 36th save.
Angels 5 Astros 2: In Anaheim, Calif., Jered Weaver earned his AL-leading 17th win, Mike Trout homered twice and the Angels reduced their magic number for clinching the AL West to four with a victory over the Astros.
The Angels extended their winning streak to 10 games — one off the franchise record set in 1964 — improving to a major league-best 93-55.
Weaver (17-8) allowed a run and four hits through seven innings with a season-high 12 strikeouts.
Huston Street pitched for the first time since Sept. 6, working a scoreless ninth for his 14th save after missing five games with a hamstring problem.
Rangers 3 Braves 2: In Arlington, Texas, Rougned Odor's go-ahead double gave fellow rookie Lisalverto Bonilla a win in his first major league start, and the last-place Rangers handed the Braves another setback in their push for an NL wild-card spot.
Atlanta's Julio Teheran (13-12) was working on a no-hitter before a one-out single by Luis Sardinas in the sixth inning.
An error by left fielder Justin Upton kept the inning alive, and Elvis Andrus had an RBI single before Odor doubled to the warning track in left-center field, scoring Leonys Martin and Andrus.
Bonilla (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. Neal Cotts pitched the ninth for his first save this season.
Blue Jays 6 Rays 3: In Toronto, Adam Lind hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning for Toronto, and Edwin Encarnacion also went deep.
Lind connected off Brad Boxberger (5-2) for his first homer since June 23 against the New York Yankees. He finished 2 for 3 with a walk and three RBIs.
Encarnacion then drove the first pitch he saw from Steve Geltz into the second deck in left for the eighth time this season the Blue Jays have hit back-to-back home runs.
R.A. Dickey (13-12) allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings to win his fourth straight decision. Casey Janssen got three outs for his 23rd save.
White Sox 5 Twins 1, Game 1: In Chicago, Jose Quintana struck out a career-high 13 in seven-plus innings and Alexei Ramirez homered for the White Sox in the opener of a doubleheader.
Quintana (8-10) allowed a run and three hits with two walks.
Minnesota's Phil Hughes had a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven-plus innings. He became the first Twins pitcher to have double-digit strikeouts in an outing since Francisco Liriano on July 18, 2012, against Baltimore.
White Sox 7 Twins 6, Game 2: In Chicago, Dayan Viciedo hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the White Sox to a win over the Twins and a sweep of their doubleheader.
Jose Abreu started the winning rally with a leadoff walk against Glen Perkins (3-3).
Trevor Plouffe and Oswaldo Arcia homered for Minnesota. Pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki had a tiebreaking RBI double in the top of the ninth against Jake Petricka (1-4).
In the first game, Jose Quintana struck out a career-high 13 and Alexei Ramirez homered to lead the White Sox.
Quintana (8-10) allowed a run and two walks in seven innings.
Cubs 6 Pirates 4: In Pittsburgh, Rookies Javier Baez and Matt Szczur homered, and the Cubs snapped a seven-game losing streak with a victory over the Pirates.
Felix Doubront (2-1) pitched six scoreless innings for the Cubs in his third start since he was acquired in a trade with the Boston Red Sox.
Yankees end Orioles’ 6-game winning streak



