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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh took advantage of an uncharacteristically average performance by Cincinnati's Trevor Bauer to split a doubleheader on Friday.
The Reds took the opener behind Luis Castillo, who picked up his first victory in nearly a year when he worked six solid innings. Cincinnati, however, missed a chance to sweep a doubleheader for the third time this season when the Pirates scrounged up just enough offense against Bauer.
Recently acquired outfielder Anthony Alford hit a two-run triple off Bauer in the fourth and tied it when Bauer's second wild pitch of the season briefly skipped out of reach of catcher Tucker Barnhart.
Bauer (3-3) allowed four runs but his ERA actually dropped from 2.13 to 2.05 after an error by first baseman Joey Votto that opened up the door for three unearned runs to cross the plate in the fourth. Bauer surrendered six hits against two walks and seven strikeouts.
Sam Howard (2-1) picked up the win in relief. Richard Rodriguez worked a perfect seventh for his third save.
In the opener, Castillo (1-5) struck out eight and walked two to earn his first win since Sept. 13, 2019. A 15-game winner and an All-Star last season, he had dropped seven straight decisions. Nick Castellanos hit his 11th home run for the Reds, a solo shot off Steven Brault (0-2).
BREWERS 7
INDIANS 1
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Corbin Burnes pitched six strong innings, Keston Hiura hit an RBI double in Milwaukee's four-run seventh inning and the Brewers scored three times on two weak infield grounders.
Burnes (2-0) didn't allow an earned run and only three hits to offensively inconsistent Cleveland, which had just four hits. He recently returned to the rotation after a three-game relief stint and had his second straight solid outing.
Hiura added a two-run homer in the seventh for the Brewers.
Phil Maton (2-1) took the loss.
YANKEES 6
ORIOLES 5
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Miguel Andujar singled in the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees ran their winning streak against the Baltimore Orioles to 19 games with a victory in the opener of a doubleheader.
BLUE JAYS 8, RED SOX 7, 1st game
RED SOX 3, BLUE JAYS 2, 2nd game
Yairo Munoz had three hits and Boston salvaged a spit of their doubleheader as the "road" team at Fenway Park to end a five-game losing streak.
PHILLIES 5, METS 3
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jake Arrieta bounced back from the shortest start of his career by pitching seven solid innings to lead Philadelphia past New York for its fifth straight win.
Roman Quinn snapped a tie with a two-out, RBI single in the seventh.
CUBS 4
CARDINALS 1
CHICAGO (AP) -- Yu Darvish pitched seven dazzling innings in his seventh consecutive win and Chicago beat St. Louis in the opener of a big five-game series.
RAYS 5, MARLINS 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Rookie left-hander Josh Fleming won his third consecutive start, Michael Perez had a three-run double and AL East-leading Tampa Bay beat Miami.
BRAVES 7
NATIONALS 1
1st game
NATIONALS 10 BRAVES 9, 2nd game
ATLANTA (AP) -- Trea Turner gave Washington the lead with a sixth-inning home run off Will Smith and the Nationals held on in the seventh to beat Atlanta Braves and split a doubleheader.
TWINS 2, TIGERS 0 1st game
TWINS 3, TIGERS 2
8 innings, 2nd game
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Marwin Gonzalez singled home Willians Astudillo in the eighth inning, and Minnesota rallied to beat for a doubleheader sweep.
Astudillo started on second base with the eighth inning considered an extra inning due to the seven-inning doubleheader rule. Gonzalez hit a grounder up the middle and Detroit center fielder Derek Hill, making his major league debut, bobbled the ball, allowing Astudillo to score easily.
Sergio Romo (1-1) pitched a perfect seventh and Trevor May picked up his second save in four chances as Minnesota won its fourth straight game. Joe Jimenez (1-3) allowed Gonzalez's hit to take the loss after Gregory Soto blew a save in the seventh.
In the opener, Polanco and Josh Donaldson hit back-to-back homers to lead off the bottom of the first inning, and Randy Dobnak (6-2) bounced back with five scoreless innings. Matt Boyd (1-5) allowed consecutive leadoff homers for the third time in less than a month. He also gave up back-to-back home runs to the Chicago White Sox to start games Aug. 12 and 17.