Venezuelan pitchers Montero and De Jesus combine for a 5-hitter as the Tigers beat the Astros

DETROIT (AP) — Keider Montero and Emmanuel De Jesus combined for a five-hitter while both Venezuelans wore hats embroidered with “VZ” after this week’s earthquakes, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 8-0 on Friday night.

James Outman hit a three-run homer, and Kerry Carpenter and Colt Keith also homered for the Tigers.

Montero (4-5) took the mound shortly after a moment of silence for the victims of the earthquakes that struck Wednesday and left more 920 dead and more than 51,000 missing as of Friday night. He pitched seven innings and gave up five hits, struck out three and walked one.

De Jesus pitched the final two innings, striking out one and walking one.

ORIOLES 3, NATIONALS 1

BALTIMORE (AP) — Trevor Rogers pitched into the seventh inning and Blaze Alexander hit a two-run single to lift Baltimore to a victory over Washington.

Washington has lost four straight and seven of nine.

Rogers (5-7) followed up his seven one-hit innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers last weekend by allowing a run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings Friday. He struck out seven without a walk.

Tyler Wells finished the seventh, Grant Wolfram struck out two in the eighth and Ryan Helsley worked a perfect ninth for his eighth save in nine chances.

Andrew Alvarez (1-1) permitted two runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

RAY 6, DIAMONDBACKS 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Cedric Mullins connected in the seventh — both off Zac Gallen — and Tampa Bay beat Arizona.

Caminero hit a 427-foot shot to center in the first after Yandy Díaz walked and Jonathan Aranda was hit by a pitch. Caminero has 20 homers this season, five in the last four games.

In the seventh, Mullins had a solo shot for his seventh of the year. Gallen (3-7) pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing five earned runs.

Nick Martinez (7-2) pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up five hits but only one earned run. He struck out three and walked one.

Geraldo Perdomo hit a solo home run on the seventh pitch of the game for the Diamondbacks.

RED SOX 6, YANKEES 1

BOSTON (AP) — Payton Tolle took a perfect game into the sixth inning and gave up only one hit over seven scoreless, Willson Contreras homered over the Green Monster and out of Fenway Park, and Boston beat New York.

Connor Wong added two RBIs as Boston posted its second straight victory over the Yankees.

Both dugouts and bullpens emptied after Contreras walked on an inside pitch. He said something to pitcher Will Warren as he was trotting to first and Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt got in front of him at the bag as he yelled toward the mound.

PHILLIES 2, METS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Hill robbed Juan Soto of a two-run homer with a spectacular catch that helped Zack Wheeler and Philadelphia beat New York Mets.

Trea Turner drove in Hill with a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and Philadelphia spoiled Andy Green’s debut as Mets interim manager by handing New York its seventh consecutive defeat.

MARINERS 3, GUARDIANS 1

CLEVELAND (AP) — Colt Emerson homered, J.P. Crawford singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and Seattle beat Cleveland.

Luis Castillo (3-7) allowed a run on four hits in six innings for his first victory since May 31. Andrés Muñoz retired the Guardians in order in the ninth for his 15th save in 20 opportunities.

Kahlil Watson had his seventh RBI in eight games for the Guardians, who fell to 3-7 since All-Star third baseman José Ramírez was placed on the injured list after he broke a bone in his left hand June 13 against Detroit.

RANGERS 5, BLUE JAYS 4

TORONTO (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi struck out nine in seven shutout innings to win his third straight start, Justin Foscue homered and drove in three runs, and Texas held on to beat Toronto.

Jacob Latz pitched the ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances as Texas survived a late Toronto rally to win for the fifth time in eight games.

Eovaldi (8-7) walked Daulton Varsho in the second and didn’t allow a hit until Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in the fourth. Eovaldi allowed five hits.

The Rangers led 5-0 after seven, but after Robby Ahlstrom retired one of the three batters he faced in the eighth, Jakob Junis came on and gave up Guerrero’s two-run single that made it 5-2. Kazuma Okamoto followed with a two-run homer to make it 5-4.

REDS 6, PIRATES 4

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Noelvi Marte hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning after Cincinnati scored four runs off Paul Skenes in the second, and the Reds beat Pittsburgh.

Given a 1-0 lead on Konnor Griffin’s homer leading off the first, Skenes allowed RBI singles to Spencer Steer and Tyler Stephenson and sacrifice flies to Blake Dunn and Elly De La Cruz. After the singles put the Reds ahead 2-1, Cincinnati loaded the bases with no outs when a called third strike by umpire Jeremie Rehak against Matt McLain on a full-count pitch was changed to a ball in an ABS appeal.

Skenes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, gave up four runs, six hits and two walks while striking out seven in five innings. His ERA rose from 2.86 to 3.10.

With the score 4-4, Sal Stewart singled off Mason Montgomery (2-3) with one out in the eighth and Marte followed with a 405-foot homer.

WHITE SOX 22, ROYALS 1

CHICAGO (AP) — Tristan Peters hit a grand slam and had six RBIs, Miguel Vargas had a three-run homer and an RBI double in Chicago’s 10-run third inning, and the White Sox routed Kansas City.

The White Sox, who have won five straight against the Royals, set or tied season highs for runs, hits (23), homers (five), margin of victory (21) and runs in an inning (10 in the third). Chicago scored its most runs since a 22-13 win at Boston on May 31, 1970.

David Sandlin (2-1), who was called up from Triple-A Charlotte earlier Friday, allowed one run and had six strikeouts in six innings. The 25-year-old rookie gave up three hits and walked three.

Jacob Gonzalez, Andrew Benintendi and Kyle Teel also homered for the White Sox. Gonzalez and Vargas drove in five runs apiece, Teel had three RBIs and Chase Meidroth went 4 for 5 with two RBIs.

BREWERS 6, CUBS 2

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski threw a 105.5 mph pitch, tying for the third-fastest since tracking began in 2008, winning for the eighth time in nine decisions to lead Milwaukee over Chicago for their fifth straight win.

The 24-year-old right-hander reached 105.5 mph with his third pitch of the game, which Pete Crow-Armstrong fouled off to the third-base side. Misiorowski matched the 105.5 mph of the Los Angeles Angels’ Ben Joyce on Sept. 3, 2024, behind only 105.8 mph by Aroldis Chapman for Cincinnati on Sept. 24, 2010, and 105.7 mph by Chapman for the New York Yankees on July 18, 2016.

Misiorowski (9-3) didn’t allow a hit until Seiya Suzuki’s leadoff home run in the sixth. He allowed one run, two hits, two walks and two wild pitches over six innings while striking out eight.

Misiorowski threw 55 pitches of 100 mph or higher, including 40 of 101 mph or more.

TWINS 9, ROCKIES 8, 10 INNINGS

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis slipped an RBI single up the middle in the 10th inning and Minnesota beat Colorado after blowing a seven-run lead.

Lewis had his first career walk-off hit and Minnesota’s first of the season.

Pinch-running for Josh Bell at second, Kyler Fedko advanced to third base on a wild pitch by Jimmy Herget (0-2) before Lewis hit a grounder past a diving Ezequiel Tovar at shortstop. The Twins won for the seventh time in 11 games.

Hunter Goodman hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run ninth inning and give the Rockies, who trailed 7-0 after seven innings, an 8-7 lead. Jake McCarthy hit a three-run shot two batters earlier off Eric Orze.

MARLINS 4, CARDINALS 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Max Meyer gave up two hits in seven innings, leading Miami over St. Louis to improve his record to 9-0.

The Marlins scored two runs in the eighth when Graham Pauley and Kyle Stowers each drove in a run. Jakob Marsee’s two-out single off Max Rajcic in the ninth scored the final two runs.

Miami has won seven of its last eight games and is 17-5 this month. The Cardinals have lost six of their last eight.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Enmanuel de Jesus throws against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 26, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

NEW YORK (AP) — Roberto Martínez knows that in his younger days coaching at the World Cup, he would have placed a high priority on his team finishing first in its group.

“You sit down and you are so inexperienced, you want to plan everything,” Martinez said.

Now in his third World Cup and first with Portugal, he has realized those plans do not always materialize — and he is not alone. Norway's Ståle Solbakken also put a priority on rest and avoiding injuries to key players rather than going all-out to win Group I on Friday, which would have taken beating tournament favorite France.

Without standout striker Erling Haaland and nine other starters in the lineup, Norway lost 4-1 but with no coaching regrets about load management now that the knockout stage has arrived and with a Round of 32 game against Ivory Coast on Tuesday.

“The break that we had from the last game to this game is the shortest of any team, and we have another match in just a couple of days, so it’s a no-brainer,” Solbakken said. “Fans around Norway and also in the arena would have liked to see Erling, but that is not really the issue here. We want to proceed as long as we can here in the tournament, so that’s what we focus on.”

The loss sends Norway to Arlington, Texas, to face Ivory Coast, in a bracket with the winner of Brazil versus Japan up next in the Round of 16. Unbeaten France is set to play the same day in East Rutherford, New Jersey, against an opponent — likely Sweden — to be determined, followed by a potential showdown against European rival Germany.

Solbakken thinks his team will be better off after getting an extra day of rest.

“I think it’s smart,” midfielder Patrick Berg said. “It’s hopefully for us a long tournament. Being able to rest somebody and, at the same time, give somebody who has been here for some weeks now training really hard — give them the opportunity to perform against one of the best teams, I think it was a win-win situation for us.”

France went with its regular lineup, and the result was a first-half hat trick by Ousmane Dembélé on the way to the convincing win. Assistant coach Guy Stéphan understood what Solbakken was thinking and, as a result, was not surprised by Norway's lineup with an eye toward the future.

“We will see the result in four days,” Stéphan said after filling in for Didier Deschamps, who returned to France for his mother's funeral.

Martinez, who coached Belgium at the World Cup in 2018 and ’22, wants Portugal to beat Colombia in the teams' Group K finale on Saturday, though it was not clear exactly how he would he approach his lineup. Portugal is all but certainly assured a spot in the Round of 32.

“I believe that the focus should be trying to win every game, trying to create the best possible atmosphere in your dressing room, forget about the opponent,” Martinez said. “Respect the opponent, but if you want to do well in the tournament, you have to be able to beat everybody and anybody.”

Colombia coach Néstor Lorenzo did not want to leave anything to chance. Asked whether he had a preference for being first or second in the group, Lorenzo said: “Depending on your position, you play against one team or another. Some think that maybe you could meet a tougher opponent later on.”

Going into the World Cup, Spain's Luis de la Fuente downplayed the standings, and his thinking has not changed.

“I believe that to reach the final you have to play against all the great teams, and it will always be difficult,” de la Fuente said. “I can’t approach a match thinking about winning, losing or drawing. I only know how to prepare to win, win and win. It’s always about trying to be better.”

AP Sports Writers Alanis Thames in Miami Gardens, Florida, Kyle Hightower in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Tales Azzoni in Guadalajara, Mexico, and AP freelance writer Jimmy Golen in Foxborough contributed to this report.

See more of AP’s World Cup coverage here

Norway head coach Stale Solbakken arrives before the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Portugal coach Roberto Martinez speaks to the players during the World Cup Group K soccer match between Portugal and Uzbekistan in Houston, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Portugal head coach Roberto Martinez speaks during a press conference on the eve of the team's Group K World Cup soccer match against Colombia, in Miami Gardens, Fla., Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Norway's Erling Haaland (9), foreground, and his teammates sing the national anthem before the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Norway's Erling Haaland sits on the bench during the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)