Ackley’s 3-run homer lifts Mariners over Red Sox

He gave up six runs on six hits and four walks in 2 2-3 innings.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie gave up a home run on his first pitch and not much else, leading Kansas City past Texas for its 24th win in 30 games.

Shin-Soo Choo hit a leadoff homer — after that, Guthrie blanked the Rangers on four more hits before leaving after the eighth.

Zack Greinke (13-8) allowed four runs — three earned — and nine hits in seven innings, throwing 105 pitches on seven days’ rest.

Boston designated hitter David Ortiz had his streak of reaching base four times in four straight games halted, but he did walk and was hit by a pitch before leaving with a bruised left elbow.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltran gave the Yankees’ struggling offence a jolt with a home run in his return to the lineup, and Martin Prado had another go-ahead hit against Chicago.

Hiroki Kuroda (9-8) worked in and out of trouble for six innings, allowing two runs and five hits in helping New York to its third straight win after a 2-7 stretch.

TORONTO (AP) — Jose Reyes singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, and Toronto beat Tampa Bay in a game the Rays played under protest.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Mike Leake pitched into the seventh inning and boosted Cincinnati’s struggling offence by hitting a double and scoring the only run as the Reds ended a seven-game losing streak by beating Atlanta.

It was the second big hit for Dickerson, who sent the game into extra innings with a home run to the third deck in the ninth.