Burns extends personal win streak to 8
New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger (35) steals second base against Cincinnati Reds' Edwin Arroyo, left, during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday in New York. (AP Photo)
NEW YORK (AP) — Chase Burns pitched five innings of one-run ball and survived six stolen bases for his eighth straight win, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Sunday. Tyler Stephenson hit a three-run homer in the fourth off New York rookie Elmer Rodríguez (0-2) as the Reds withstood allowing six steals for the second time this season. Noelvi Marte added an RBI double in the ninth. Burns (9-1) allowed one run and five hits. He struck out seven and walked three to become the first Reds player to win eight straight decisions since Tom Browning in 1989. The Yankees stole six bases in a game for the first time since Sept. 5, 2013. Jasson Domínguez, Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. stole two apiece for the Yankees, who lead the American League with 80 steals. New York also went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position and went hitless in its final 24 at-bats with runners in scoring position in the series. José Caballero was also caught stealing in the second and Anthony Volpe was picked off first base by Burns in the third. Ben Rice homered in the third inning as the Yankees lost for the third time in four games. Rodríguez allowed three runs and four hits in four-plus innings. He made his fourth career start since the Yankees pushed back Gerrit Cole and the rest of their starters a day. Domínguez and Bellinger pulled of a double steal in the first and Burns retired Chisholm on a popup. Bellinger stole second in the third and was stranded when Burns struck out Spencer Jones. Austin Wells popped out after Chisholm stole two bases in the fourth. ASTROS 2, GUARDIANS 1 HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit his American League-leading 25th home run, Kai-Wei Teng threw six solid innings and the Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Sunday. Alvarez hit a solo shot to right-center off Slade Cecconi in the first inning. It was his first home run since he hit two at Kansas City on June 12, snapping a streak of seven games without a homer. Isaac Paredes, who had three hits, had an RBI single in the fourth, but the Guardians cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth on an groundout by Travis Bazzana that drove in Petey Halpin, who had tripled. Teng (4-6) yielded one run and four hits with four strikeouts to snap a three-start losing streak. Teng had allowed at least three runs in each of his previous four starts. Steven Okert pitched a scoreless seventh, Bryan King threw a perfect eighth and Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his fifth save. The Astros have won four of their last five games and are 17-11 since dropping to a season-worst 11 games under .500 (20-31) on May 20. Cecconi (3-6) surrendered two runs and six hits in six innings. Cecconi has allowed three runs or fewer in nine straight outings since the Athletics tagged him for five runs on May 2, but he is 2-2 over that span. The 26-year-old right-hander hasn’t earned a win since an 8-2 victory over the Tigers on May 18. The Guardians have lost four of their last six games.