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NEW YORK (AP) -- Logan Gilbert pitched six innings and combined with three relievers on a four-hitter as the Seattle Mariners ended a six-game skid with a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday.
Weston Wilson homered in the second inning off Max Fried (4-4) to send the Mariners to just their sixth win in 21 games. Seattle (57-65) moved within five games of the AL West-leading Astros heading into a weekend series at Houston.
Gilbert (9-7) held the Yankees to four hits in his fifth scoreless start this season. The right-hander struck out seven and walked one.
Two of Gilbert’s strikeouts were successful ABS challenges in the sixth. He retired Trent Grisham and Spencer Jones on pitches originally called ball four by plate umpire Rob Drake.
Gilbert ended his outing by striking out Luis García Jr. on a splitter and pounded his glove in celebration as he walked off the mound.
Eduard Bazardo stranded two by striking out pinch-hitter Amed Rosario on a successful ABS challenge. Jose A. Ferrer retired pinch-hitter Heliot Ramos to end the eighth and Andrés Muñoz struck out two for his 21st save.
The Mariners avoided losing seven straight for the first time since 2020 and got their first 1-0 victory at Yankee Stadium since Félix Hernández’s two-hitter on Aug. 4, 2012.
Fried allowed five hits in five innings. The left-hander stranded two in the third and was aided by rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. starting a pair of double plays in the fourth and fifth.
A day after scoring 10 runs for the first time since July 9, the Yankees were blanked for the seventh time.
TIGERS 3, GUARDIANS 0
DETROIT (AP) -- Keider Montero pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers blanked the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 on Thursday despite failing to record a strikeout.
The Tigers became the first team to blank an opponent without a strikeout since Rick Porcello did it to the Athletics on July 1, 2014. The feat has only been accomplished seven times since 2000.
Montero (9-7) allowed one walk over 6 1/3 innings, holding the Guardians scoreless despite not recording a strikeout. Tyler Holton worked 1 2/3 strong innings, and Kenley Jansen earned his 15th save in a perfect ninth.
Dillon Dingler drove in the game’s first run with an RBI groundout in the third before Eduardo Valencia added his fifth homer of the season on a ball that sailed into the left-field seats.
Spencer Torkelson capped the scoring with a one-run single in the eighth.
Parker Messick (9-7) worked 5 2/3 innings for the Guardians, allowing two runs and three hits while fanning six.
Cleveland’s Steven Kwan had his career-high on-base streak of 27 games snapped, finishing 0 for 4.
RED SOX 7, BLUE JAYS 0
TORONTO (AP) -- Standout rookie Payton Tolle allowed two hits over eight innings, Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam and the Boston Red Sox ended their five-game skid with a 7-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Tolle (8-6) struck out four, threw 91 pitches and retired his last 17 batters while matching the longest outing of his career. Greg Weissert worked the ninth.
Boston’s skid matched its worst of the season, but the Red Sox remain comfortably in position for an AL wild-card playoff berth. They also lost five straight after losing their season opener.
Boston had won nine straight before dropping two at home to the Athletics and the first three of the series at Toronto.
The Red Sox led 1-0 before Durbin broke the game open in the eighth, hitting a 1-0 sweeper from Chase Lee into the Blue Jays’ bullpen in left. Durbin also had an RBI single in the ninth on his 3-for-5 day.
Willson Contreras had an RBI single in the first inning against Max Scherzer (1-5), who surpassed 3,000 career innings. The 42-year-old worked five innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out four. Scherzer and Justin Verlander are the only active players in the majors to pitch 3,000 innings.