Alex Rodriguez hit his 670th home run Sunday, but that was only 1 of 3 hits the Yankees got as they fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1.
Ivan Nova suffered the loss. He’s 1-2.
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Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, and Philadelphia beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 Sunday to stop a six-game losing streak.
Luis Garcia got the win. He’s 3-3.
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Steven Matz scattered two hits over six scoreless innings, Wilmer Flores went 4 for 5, and the New York Mets shut out the Dodgers 8-0.
Matz struck out eight and walked two in his follow-up to winning his major league debut a week ago against Cincinnati. His 14 strikeouts after two games are the second-most by any Met, trailing only Matt Harvey’s 18 in 2012.