NEW YORK -- Dallas Keuchel remained unbeaten by pitching six effective innings, and Carlos Correa hit an early homer as the Houston Astros held on for a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.Keuchel (6-0) allowed an unearned run on five hits and a walk, and tied a season high with nine strikeouts to become the first six-game winner in the majors. Including his showing in the 2015 wild-card game at Yankee Stadium, Keuchel is 5-2 with a 1.42 ERA in eight career starts against the Yankees.Keuchel cruised through the first four innings by getting the Yankees to swing early in counts and constantly hit ground outs. He then successfully navigated through trouble in his final two innings.Chris Devenski pitched two scoreless innings for Houston, and Ken Giles held on for his 10th save. Giles put two on in the ninth and gave up an RBI single to Gary Sanchez.Blue Jays 7, Mariners 2TORONTO -- Justin Smoak had four RBIs, Steve Pearce hit a three-run homer, and Marco Estrada struck out eight in six innings as Toronto defeated Seattle.Smoak had three hits, including a solo home run, and a walk for the Blue Jays, who have won two games in a row for only the third time this season. Estrada (2-2) allowed four hits, three walks and two runs.Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer for the Mariners, who had a four-game winning streak stopped. Seattle starter Chase De Jong (0-3), a former Toronto minor-leaguer, gave up six runs, seven hits and three walks in five innings.Red Sox 4, Brewers 1MILWAUKEE -- Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Neftali Feliz as Boston salvaged the finale of its three-game series with Milwaukee.Betts reached base in four of his five plate appearances and went 7-for-11, with two home runs, two doubles and eight RBIs in the series. Betts opened the game with a double and scored on an error by Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar.The Red Sox put pressure on Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson early, but he limited Boston to a run over 6 2/3 innings thanks to a pair of double plays and eight strikeouts. Boston's Craig Kimbrel (2-0) struck out the side in the ninth after fanning a pair in the eighth.Royals 6, Rays 0ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jason Vargas pitched seven innings and allowed three hits to lead Kansas City past Tampa Bay.Whit Merrifield homered and drove in two runs and Salvador Perez also knocked in two for the Royals. Vargas (5-1) lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.01. It was his fourth start of at least six scoreless innings.Rays starter Jake Odorizzi (2-2) allowed one run and four hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two in a 114-pitch outing.Orioles at Nationals, ppd.WASHINGTON -- The interleague game between Washington and Baltimore was postponed because of rain.The game will be made up June 8, the day after the Nationals return from the west coast. The Orioles are at home June 7 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and begin a series at the New York Yankees on June 9.