Best of MLB: Naquin Hits Game-ending Inside-the-park HR, Indians Top Jays

CLEVELAND -- Once his long drive caromed into no man's land, Tyler Naquin kept going. And going. And going.

Naquin sprinted around the bases, stumbled toward home plate and scored with a head-first dive.

Then he was mobbed by his Cleveland teammates - they all wanted to celebrate a game-winning inside-the-park home run in the ninth inning.

Even by walk-off standards, the Indians' 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night was a stunner.

"That was a pretty cool moment," Naquin said. "I almost fell down there for a second. I wanted to just keep running."

Naquin's mad dash capped a two-run rally. Toronto took a 2-1 lead into the ninth in a matchup of AL division leaders.

Closer Roberto Osuna (2-2) retired the first batter, but Jose Ramirez tied it with a home run (see full recap).

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BALTIMORE -- Stunned by an early barrage of home runs, the Houston Astros put on an offensive show of their own to emphatically end a five-game losing streak.

Jose Altuve homered and had five RBIs, and Houston rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 15-8 on Friday night despite allowing four homers in the first inning.

George Springer went 4 for 5 with a home run for the Astros, who also got long balls from Evan Gattis and Teoscar Hernandez.

Early on, Houston appeared destined to drop to .500 for the first time since June 1.

The Orioles became the first team in the modern era (since 1900) to open a game with four home runs before making an out, according to STATS. Adam Jones hit Collin McHugh's first pitch into the seats in left field and Hyun Soo Kim singled before Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo homered in succession.

Houston answered with a five-run second to go up 6-5. Altuve capped the surge with a two-run double with two outs to chase Wade Miley, who matched the shortest start of his career (see full recap).

Beltre homers twice in Rangers' 6-2 win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Cole Hamels flirted with a no-hitter until the sixth inning Friday night, but Adrian Beltre upstaged him in the Texas Rangers' 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Beltre had four hits, including leading off consecutive innings with home runs that gave him 434 for his career, moving him into a tie with Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 45th place all-time.

"That's who he is, that's what he means to us," Texas manager Jeff Banister said. "He's obviously a future Hall of Famer ... and we've seen this type of performance before."

Several of those efforts have come against the Rays. Beltre has homered in four of his last five games against Tampa Bay, and he hit three homers at Tropicana Filed in Game 4 of the 2011 ALDS. Beltre's 20th and 21st home runs of the season Friday night marked the 30th multi-homer game of his career.

But Hamels was the story until Beltre's power surge. Hamels had retired 15 straight, striking out seven, when Corey Dickerson singled with two outs in the sixth for Tampa Bay's first hit (see full recap).

Andino, Marlins hold off Pirates in 9th inning
PITTSBURGH -- Robert Andino hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning, then the Miami Marlins got Andrew McCutchen to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to hold off the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 Friday night in a matchup of NL wild-card contenders.

JT Realmuto, who homered in going 3 for 3, drew a leadoff walk in the Miami ninth from Neftali Feliz (4-1). Realmuto moved up on a sacrifice bunt and scored when Andino lined his single into left field.

Christian Yelich and Miguel Rojas also each had three hits and a homer as the Marlins won for just the third time in nine games. The Pirates' loss was their second in eight games.

Fernando Rodney wound up with his 22nd save in 24 opportunities. He issued an intentional walk to load the bases for McCutchen, but the former NL MVP stayed stuck in a season-long slump when he bounced into a double play.

Nick Wittgren (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth (see full recap).

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