Kyle Schwarber doubled, homered and had five RBIs, while leadoff man Trea Turner had five of Philadelphia’s 20 hits as the Phillies defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 11-2 on Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep.
Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo (12-6) allowed one run on three hits over six innings. The left-hander didn’t walk a batter and struck out 12 as the National League East-leading Phillies won for the fifth time in their past six games.
Turner finished 5-for-6 with a triple, three runs and two RBIs while Schwarber, who bats second, and Nos. 8 and 9 hitters Max Kepler and Bryson Stott each went 3-for-5. Schwarber now leads the majors with 109 RBIs.
Julio Rodriguez and Eugenio Suarez hit solo shots for the Mariners, who lost their fifth game in a row and went 2-7 on their nine-game trip.
Nationals 5, Mets 4
Josh Bell homered and drove in two runs as host Washington ended New York’s three-game winning streak.
Dylan Crews contributed an RBI double and two runs while Drew Millas added an RBI triple. Starter Brad Lord (4-6) allowed seven hits and four runs over 5 1/3 innings. Four Nats relievers combined to allow one hit and one walk over the final 3 2/3 innings.
Brett Baty cracked a solo homer while Jeff McNeil drove in two runs for the Mets. Kodai Senga (7-5) gave up six hits and five runs (four earned) in five-plus innings.
Pirates 2, Blue Jays 1
Johan Oviedo struck out six batters over five innings and combined with three relievers on a three-hitter, leading host Pittsburgh over Toronto. Oviedo (1-0) picked up his first win since Sept. 21, 2023, while making his second start of this season after coming back from Tommy John surgery. Dennis Santana retired the side in the ninth inning to record his ninth save.
Oviedo allowed a lead-off home run to George Springer, his 21st homer of the season. Pittsburgh answered immediately with a two-out rally in the bottom of the first, as Tommy Pham doubled in a pair off Jays starter Chris Bassitt (11-7).
Bo Bichette had two of Toronto’s three hits. Pham was the only Pirate to amass a pair of hits and an extra-base hit in an eight-hit attack.
Tigers 7, Astros 2
Dillon Dingler’s RBI triple highlighted a six-run first inning as host Detroit completed a three-game series sweep of Houston.
Dingler also doubled and scored two runs for the AL Central leaders, and Javier Baez contributed two hits and two RBIs. Charlie Morton (9-10) allowed two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out eight in six innings. Brenan Hanifee, Tyler Holton and Rafael Montero combined for three innings of scoreless relief. The Tigers have won nine of their last 11 games.
Mauricio Dubon’s two-run homer in the fourth inning ended the Astros’ 31-inning scoreless drought, but that was all Houston could muster. Houston starter Framber Valdez (11-7) was charged with all seven Detroit runs, giving up seven hits and four walks in five innings. Center fielder Taylor Trammell left the game in the first inning after crashing into the wall.
Diamondbacks 3, Guardians 2 (10 inn.)
Adrian Del Castillo singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered to tie the game in the ninth, as Arizona beat Cleveland in Phoenix.
Alek Thomas sacrificed Pavin Smith to third in the 10th before pinch-hitter Del Castillo looped a walkoff single into short left field off Matt Festa (3-3) in the rubber game of the series. The Diamondbacks’ comeback spoiled Cleveland left-hander Parker Messick’s major league debut.
Messick, recalled before the game from Triple-A Columbus, gave up one run in 6 2/3 innings in his major league debut and was in line for the victory until Gurriel’s 424-foot homer off Cade Smith leading off the ninth.
Marlins 6, Cardinals 2
Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings against the franchise that signed him as host Miami defeated St. Louis.
Alcantara (7-11), who signed with the Cardinals out of the Dominican Republic at age 17, allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk while registering a season-high nine strikeouts. It was one of the few times this year Alcantara (6.04 ERA) has lived up to his Cy Young Award form of 2022. Perhaps all Alcantara needed was to face his old team. In eight career starts against St. Louis, Alcantara owns a 1.66 ERA.
Marlins rookie shortstop Maximo Acosta — who had been hitless in his first eight MLB at-bats — broke that streak with a 418-foot homer to center in the sixth. Heriberto Hernandez, another Marlins rookie, went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Miami’s Joey Wiemer made his first start of the season in right field and, in the first inning, robbed Ivan Herrera of extra bases with a running catch on the warning track.
Braves 1, White Sox 0
Rookie Hurston Waldrep fired a career-best seven scoreless innings as host Atlanta beat Chicago in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series. The game was the complete opposite of the first two games in the series, when the teams combined for 43 runs and 58 hits. Both teams had four hits Wednesday.
Waldrep (4-0) allowed four hits, one walk and matched his career high with seven strikeouts. The Braves’ former No. 7 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, lowered his ERA to 0.73 with 24 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings. The Atlanta bullpen finished the job, as Pierce Johnson pitched a scoreless eighth inning and closer Raisel Iglesias worked a perfect ninth inning to earn his 21st save. The Braves have won seven of their last eight games.
Atlanta scored its only run in the fourth inning on a fielding error by White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery that allowed Marcell Ozuna to score. Chicago starter Martin Perez (1-3) was the hard-luck loser, throwing 5 1/3 innings and allowing one unearned run on three hits. The White Sox have lost six of their last seven games.
Athletics 4, Twins 2 (10 inn.)
Shea Langeliers belted a tiebreaking two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning and the Athletics held to beat Minnesota in Minneapolis, the club’s fourth win in five games.
Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and two runs for the A’s, who will go for a three-game sweep on Thursday afternoon. Langeliers hammered an outside fastball to the opposite field for his 28th homer of the season, his third in as many games and his American League-leading 16th in 30 games since the All-Star break.
A’s right-hander Michael Kelly (3-2) pitched two-thirds of an inning to earn the victory. He was one of five relievers to follow rookie starter J.T. Ginn, who allowed two runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two.
Rockies 8, Dodgers 3
Hunter Goodman had three hits and three RBIs, Jordan Beck also had three hits, and Colorado got six solid innings from Tanner Gordon to beat Los Angeles in Denver as the Rockies took advantage of a shaky night by Dodgers starter Shohei Ohtani to win for the fifth time in six games.
Teoscar Hernandez homered and Miguel Rojas had two hits and two RBIs for Los Angeles, which is 14-16 since the All-Star break. The Dodgers got a scare when a comebacker by Orlando Arcia hit Ohtani in the right thigh during Colorado’s three-run fourth inning. Ohtani stayed in the game after throwing one warmup pitch but left for a pinch hitter in the eighth.
Ohtani (0-1) allowed five runs on nine hits, both season highs, and struck out three over four innings. Gordon (4-5) fanned just three and scattered four hits. His only mistake was a one-out home run by Hernandez, his 21st, in the sixth inning.
Padres 8, Giants 1
Gavin Sheets homered twice and JP Sears earned his first win with San Diego as the Padres routed visiting San Francisco.
Sears (8-10), making his second start with San Diego after being traded there along with closer Mason Miller at the trade deadline on July 31, gave up only four hits and a run in six innings. Landen Roupp (7-7) absorbed the loss after giving up five runs on five hits over 2 1/3 innings. He left the game in the bottom of the third after Ramon Laureano smoked a 95.7 mph liner off the back of his left knee.
Sheets has 17 home runs, a career high. This was his fourth two-homer game in his career and his second of the year.
Yankees 6, Rays 4 (10 inn.)
Giancarlo Stanton hit a pinch-hit two-run homer in the 10th inning and Cam Schlittler retired the first 18 batters he faced as New York completed a perfect five-game road trip with a 6-4 win over Tampa Bay.
After homering twice on Tuesday, Stanton launched the winning drive to left off closer Pete Fairbanks (4-4) after the Rays scored twice in the ninth with two outs to force extras. Schlittler struck out eight and walked two in 6 2/3 innings, surrendering just one hit. David Bednar (4-5) blew his third save in the ninth.
Trent Grisham was 3-for-5 with two home runs and two RBIs as the Yankees hit 14 home runs over two nights.
Tampa Bay’s Bob Seymour had two hits, including his first career homer, and two RBIs.
Cubs 4, Brewers 3
Michael Busch hit a bases-clearing double and closer Daniel Palencia stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning as host Chicago beat Milwaukee.
Matt Shaw added a solo homer and Busch had two of four total hits for the Cubs, who have won five of their last six games. Colin Rea (10-5) gave up two runs on three hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Danny Jansen had a two-out RBI single in the ninth for the Brewers. Palencia then walked Sal Frelick and Isaac Collins to load the bases before retiring William Contreras on a liner to second baseman Nico Hoerner for his 18th save. Brice Turang had three hits for Milwaukee and Jacob Misiorowski (4-2) allowed three runs on one hit and three walks over four innings. The MLB-leading Brewers have lost three straight for the first time since May 7-10.
Angels 2, Reds 1
Luis Rengifo drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as Los Angeles snapped a 10-game losing streak to Cincinnati, emerging on top in Anaheim, Calif.
Yoan Moncada hit a home run and Mike Trout went 2-for-4 to extend his on-base streak to 21 games for the Angels. Reid Detmers (4-3) picked pitched one scoreless inning of relief and Luis Garcia tossed a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his first save.
Ke’Bryan Hayes had two doubles and scored a run and Noelvi Marte went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Reds, whose a three-game winning streak ended. Graham Ashcraft (7-5) allowed one run on three hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Rangers 6, Royals 3
Kyle Higashioka delivered a two-out, three-run double in the ninth inning and Texas earned a needed win over host Kansas City.
Hoby Milner (2-3) closed the door in the bottom of the frame and the Rangers prevailed after losing the first two of this four-game set. Marcus Semien had three hits with an RBI. After opener Caleb Boushley allowed a first-inning, three-run homer to Vinnie Pasquantino, Jacob Latz, Shawn Armstrong and Milner held the Royals to just three hits as Texas won for only the third time in 13 contests.
Kansas City rookie Noah Cameron labored while allowing two runs, three hits and three walks over 89 pitches through 4 2/3 innings for the Royals, who had won five straight and fell to 7-2 on their 10-game homestand. In the ninth, Sam Long (1-3) retired the first two batters, but a walk, a fielding error by first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and an infield single loaded the bases for Higashioka, who roped Long’s pitch down the left field line to clear the bases.
–Field Level Media
