Mauro Gomez and Pedro Ciriaco were the unlikely heroes for Boston on Saturday night as the <strong>Red Sox</strong> secured a split of their day-night double-header against the American League East-leading <strong>New York Yankees</strong> with a 9-5 win at Fenway Park. The pair, summoned from Triple-A affiliate team Pawtucket earlier this week due to injuries, combined for four runs, seven hits and five RBI to help the Red Sox snap their five-game skid. New York had earlier strolled to a comfortable triumph in the afternoon matchup, Andruw Jones smashing two of the Yankees' four homers in a 6-1 success. The AL Central-leading <strong>Chicago White Sox</strong> stretched their winning run to five games with a 2-0 victory over the <strong>Toronto Blue Jays</strong>, while Prince Fielder and Delmon Young each had two-run homers in the <strong>Detroit Tigers</strong>' 8-7 win against the <strong>Kansas City Royals</strong>. In other AL games, the <strong>Seattle Mariners</strong> toppled the <strong>Oakland Athletics</strong> 7-1, the <strong>Cleveland Indians</strong> overcame the <strong>Tampa Bay Rays</strong> 7-3, the <strong>Texas Rangers</strong> edged the <strong>Minnesota Twins</strong> 4-3 in 10 innings and the <strong>Los Angeles Angels </strong>saw off the <strong>Baltimore Orioles</strong> 3-0. The National League East-leading <strong>Washington Nationals</strong> picked up their fifth win in six games by beat the <strong>Colorado Rockies</strong> 4-1, Gio Gonzalez throwing six solid innings and Ryan Zimmerman driving in the go-ahead run in the sixth James McDonald struck out 10 and gave up one run in seven innings to lift the NL Central-leading <strong>Pittsburgh Pirates</strong> to a 3-1 win against the <strong>San Francisco Giants</strong>. JD Martinez and Jose Altuve each had three hits as the <strong>Houston Astros</strong> ended their nine-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the <strong>Milwaukee Brewers</strong>. Tony Cruz blasted a go-ahead two-run triple and Kyle Lohse pitched seven strong innings for St Louis as the <strong>Cardinals</strong> edged Miami 3-2 to snap the <strong>Marlins</strong>' three-game winning run. Finally, the <strong>New York Mets</strong> defeated the<strong> Chicago Cubs</strong> 3-1, the <strong>Atlanta Braves</strong> beat the <strong>Philadelphia Phillies</strong> 6-3, the <strong>Arizona Diamondbacks</strong> were 5-3 winners against the <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers</strong> and the <strong>Cincinnati Reds</strong> prevailed 6-5 against the <strong>San Diego Padres</strong>. sports@thenational.ae Follow us
