MLB roundup

Rest assured, British fans: Most baseball games are not like this, not even the crazy ones between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

Major League Baseball arrived in Europe on Saturday with Ye Olde Slugfest. Each team scored six runs in a first inning that lasted nearly an hour, with Aaron Hicks hitting the first European homer.

Brett Gardner had a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the third, Aaron Judge went deep to cap a six-run fourth and the Yankees outlasted their rivals 17-13 in a game in London that lasted 4 hours, 42 minutes — 3 minutes shy of the record for a nine-inning game.

"Well, cricket takes like all weekend to play, right? So, I'm sure a lot of people are used to it," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "We should remind them there's not 30 runs every game."

Before an announced sellout crowd of 59,659 at Olympic Stadium, the teams combined for 37 hits. DJ LeMahieu, the AL batting leader, had four hits and five RBI, including a three-run double in the fourth and a two-run single in the fifth that opened a 17-6 lead for New York. Luke Voit had four hits, including three doubles, before leaving because of a left abdominal injury in the fifth. Red Sox rookie Michael Chavis hit a pair of three-run homers.

No British reserve with these offenses. Hicks was especially proud to hit the first homer.

"That's something they can never take from me," he said.

New York won for the 12th time in 13 games, maintained a seven-game lead over Tampa Bay in the AL East and reached the halfway mark at 53-28, one fewer win than at last year's midpoint. Defending champion Boston fell a season-high 10 games back at 44-39.

Baltimore 13, Cleveland 0: Andrew Cashner pitched seven innings, Renato Nunez had two home runs and the host Orioles clinched their first series win since April by becoming the first major league team ever to record back-to-back shutouts while scoring at least 13 runs.

Tampa Bay 5, Texas 2: Brendan McKay took a perfect game into the sixth inning of his major league debut and the host Rays beat the Rangers.

Houston 6, Seattle 5 (10): Yuli Gurriel had his second consecutive 10th-inning walkoff hit for the Astros, this time beating the Mariners with an RBI double.

Toronto 7, Kansas City 5: Danny Jansen hit a walkoff home run as the Blue Jays won after starter Marcus Stroman exited early.

Chicago 6, Cincinnati 0: Javier Baez hit his first grand slam of the season and the visiting Cubs won a game that saw a late dust-up after the Reds' Yasiel Puig was hit by a pitch from Pedro Strop.

Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 1: Brandon Woodruff cruised to his 10th victory, Eric Thames homered and tripled and Josh Hader earned his 20th save as the host Brewers beat the Pirates.

Colorado 5, Los Angeles 3: Jon Gray pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Charlie Blackmon homered as the host Rockies beat the Dodgers.

Miami 9, Philadelphia 6: Neil Walker homered and drove in three runs to help the host Marlins rally and beat the Phillies for the fifth consecutive time.