Although Jacques Villeneuve won the F1 world championship and 11 races during his legendary career, a victory at his home Canadian Grand Prix was the one that got away.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ryan Mountcastle, Anthony Santander and Jordan Westburg homered, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Friday night.
Baltimore leads the majors with 98 home runs. The Orioles had lost the final two games of a four-game set at Toronto, but still won for the 11th time in 15 games.
Cole Irvin (6-2) allowed three runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. Craig Kimbrel, the third Baltimore reliever, worked the ninth to get his 14th save in 17 chances.
Tampa Bay, which had won three in a row, got a solo homer from Jose Siri in the second.
NATIONALS 2, BRAVES 1
WASHINGTON — Jake Irvin pitched six shutout innings, and the Washington Nationals dealt Atlanta ace Chris Sale his first loss in nearly two months on Friday night with a 2-1 victory over the Braves.
Washington snapped a four-game losing streak and won for only the second time in eight games since taking three of four at Atlanta late last month.
Sale (8-2) allowed two runs in seven innings in his first loss since April 13. The left-hander had won seven consecutive starts before giving up eight runs to Oakland in his previous outing on June 1.
The Braves were 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, in part because of Irvin’s ability to escape jams.
Irvin (4-5) loaded the bases in the third inning before ending the threat, then prevented Orlando Arcia from scoring after he doubled to lead off the fifth. But his trickiest inning was the sixth, when Austin Riley singled and moved to third on Marcell Ozuna’s double.
Irvin induced Matt Olson’s foul out, then got Ozzie Albies to ground back to the mound before Adam Duvall’s flyout ended the threat.
The right-hander allowed four hits and two walks while striking out four.
Kyle Finnegan handled the ninth for his 17th save in 19 opportunities.
PIRATES 3, TWINS 0
PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller pitched six scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start, Oneil Cruz homered for a second consecutive game and Pittsburgh defeated Minnesota.
Keller (8-3) scattered seven hits while striking eight and walking two. He also pitched at least five innings for the 44th straight time, the longest active streak in the major leagues.
During his winning streak, Keller has allowed five runs in 39 2/3 innings for a 1.13 ERA.
Aroldis Chapman, Colin Holderman and David Bednar each pitched one scoreless inning of relief to finish the eight-hitter. Bednar notched his 13th save in 16 opportunities as the Pirates recorded their third shutout of the season and won for the third time in their last four games.
BREWERS 10, TIGERS 0