Diamondbacks beat Yankees 3-1 as CC Sabathia hits 3,000 strikeouts

CC Sabathia became the 17th pitcher in major-league history and third left-hander to reach 3,000 career strikeouts, but was outpitched by Arizona’s Zack Greinke in the Diamondbacks’ 3-1 win over the Yankees in Phoenix on Tuesday night.

Sabathia arrived in the desert needing three strikeouts to hit 3,000 and got them in the third inning.

The milestone whiff came when he got John Ryan Murphy swinging, sending the Yankees pouring out of the dugout. The crowd roared and continued cheering until the big left-hander tipped his cap before hugging his kids in the front row.

Sabathia became the first pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts since Atlanta’s John Smoltz in 2008, and joined Randy Johnson and Steve Carlton as the lefties to do it.

Wilmer Flores hit a solo homer and an RBI single off Sabathia, who allowed two runs and five hits, and struck out five before being lifted with two on and one out in the sixth inning.

Greinke (5-1) allowed one run on five hits in 7 ⅔ innings. He struck out seven and has 2,481 to move past Jack Morris (2,478) for 38th all-time.

Angels 4, Blue Jays 3: Brian Goodwin hit a tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning, and Griffin Canning struck out six while pitching into the fifth inning of his major-league debut for Los Angeles.

Brewers 4, Rockies 3: Jesus Aguilar homered again after going deep twice Monday, and host Milwaukee produced late to beat Colorado.

Cubs 6, Mariners 5: Visiting Chicago blew two leads before Kyle Schwarber hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning.

Astros 11, Twins 0: Gerrit Cole allowed one hit in seven innings, and visiting Houston backed him with three homers to beat Minnesota.

Cardinals 3, Nationals 2: Adam...