The Yankees got the day of rest traveling back home from a successful journey that saw them go 5-2 versus the Red Sox and Pirates. Regardless Of the Red Sox winning their game over the Rangers, the Bombers still hold a 1.5 video game lead to prevent the distinction of ending up last in the division. Boston wasn't the only AL rival to take the field Monday so let's see how everybody else did.Cincinnati Reds 7, Minnesota Twins 3Reds rookie Connor Phillips obtained his very first preference of success at the big league degree in simply his 3rd big league start, holding the Doubles to 2 runs on three hits versus 7 strikeouts in 7 innings. His crime offered him a nice 4-1 padding through 4, racking up a pair in the second on a Noelvi Marte RBI single and Will Benson sac fly that would certainly have left the lawn if not for a robbery at the wall by Michael A. Taylor adhered to by one more pair in the fourth on a two run blast by Benson to provide him his 2nd and third RBIs on the evening. They would certainly place the video game out of reach scoring three in the 7th on a Spencer Steer RBI singlehis 3rd hit of the contestand a two-run Joey Votto solitary. Minnesota scored their work on a Royce Lewis solo shotthe rookie's 15th in simply 57 gamesan Alex Kirlioff solo shot, and a pinch-hit RBI double from Kyle Farmer, however it wasn't sufficient to prevent the 7-3 defeat.Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 2Kutter Crawford complied with up his effective evening versus the Yankees with one more against the Rangers Wyatt Mills Jersey, restricting them to two operate on four hits with seven strikeouts. His contrary number Jordan Montgomery shoved for 7 innings, holding Boston to an operate on five hits with 8 strikeouts, just for his replacement Will Smith to give it all back and after that some in the eighth. He divulged 3 operate on two hits and 2 strolls while just tape-recording one bent on squander his starter's gem.Marcus Semien represented every one of his team's racking up, leading off the very first with a crowning achievement prior to singling Evan Carter home after the left fielder's triple to lead off the sixth. Every video game is critical for the Rangers as they all at once jockey with Houston and Seattle for initially in the West and with Toronto and Seattle for the last Wild Card spot.Baltimore Orioles 8, Houston Astros 7This messy affair began with respectable getaways from the startersJohn Means' five innings of one-run ball versus Justin Verlander's 6 innings of three-run ballonly for the game to really obtain transformed on its head with the intro of the reducers. Baltimore's trade acquisition Shintaro Fujinami gave up 3 work on three hits in the Astros' four-run sixth while tape-recording only one out, only for Houston reducer Rafael Montero to provide 2 of them back on four hits in the seventh.Jose Altuve had was the large factor for the Astros with two RBI on a set of doubles while Jos Abreu and Martin Maldonado both added solo shots. As for the Orioles, Gunnar Henderson went 3-for-5 Bobby Doerr Jersey, and Ryan O'Hearn 5-for-5, yet it was Cedric Mullins who won the day with his dual, home run, and 4 RBI. Tracking 7-5 in the ninth, O'Hearn and Hays singled with one out off Astros better Ryan Pressly, enabling Mullins to win the video game with a looming three-run blast to maintain a 2.5 video game lead over the Rays atop the AL East.Seattle Mariners 5, Oakland Athletics 0Seattle newbie Bryan Woo kipped down his third scoreless performance in his last 4 begins, throwing 5 nothing innings permitting 3 hits and 4 strolls versus 6 strikeouts to decrease his period period below four. His crime filled the bases versus JP Sears without racking up in the very first, however from that factor onward he constantly looked reliant cough up a handful of runs. Those can be found in the form of a J.P. Crawford RBI single in the second, a Jos Caballero two-run blast in the 4th and a Luis Torrens RBI double in the sixth. Seattle would rack up one even more run in the nine on an Eugenio Surez RBI solitary while their bullpen tossed four scoreless innings to lock down the nothing of the A's, 5-0, to tie the Rangers for the final Wild Card spot Zack Kelly Jersey, though Texas do hold the benefit in the neck and neck match.