Kyle Tucker became the sixth major-leaguer this season to homer three times in a game, driving in four runs in the process and powering the visiting Houston Astros to a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
Jeremy Pena, Tucker and Alex Bregman, the Astros' 2-3-4 hitters, combined to score all six runs and drive in all six. They had seven of the team's nine hits, including four homers.
Playing his first game against his former team, Rangers shortstop Corey Seager went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, but he exited in the eighth inning with a sprained right thumb. Seager was hurt diving headfirst into second base on a double.Zach Eflin scattered two hits over seven scoreless innings and Isaac Paredes and Jose Siri each belted a solo homer to lift Tampa Bay to a shutout victory over Baltimore in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Yusei Kikuchi tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his return to Seattle and Danny Jansen homered for the Blue Jays, who took their third loss in four games. Kikuchi, a left-hander who pitched for the Mariners from 2019-21 before signing with Toronto before last season, allowed five hits, walked one and struck out eight, one shy of his season high.
Henry Davis hit two home runs and Ji Man Choi and Jack Suwinski also went deep for Pittsburgh, which fell for the 13th time in 16 games.Juan Soto hit a pair of homers and drove in three runs and visiting San Diego held off Detroit. The rookie star shortstop fell behind hard-throwing reliever Justin Martinez two strikes before driving the third pitch -- a 100.9-mph fastball -- to the seats in right in the fifth inning for his ninth home run of the season. Another rookie -- Spencer Steer -- drove in three runs as the Reds won their third straight after a six-game losing streak.
Alex Kirilloff homered, doubled and drove in four runs for the Twins. Ryan Jeffers also hit a home run for Minnesota, which improved to 6-2 since the All-Star break. Joe Ryan picked up just his second win in his past 10 starts, allowing four runs over six innings while striking out 10, matching his season high.
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