Parker Meadows hit a grand slam with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Thursday night to lift the visiting Detroit Tigers to a stunning 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres.
Detroit avoided a three-game series sweep with a dramatic ninth-inning rally against closer Robert Suarez (8-3). Justyn-Henry Malloy led off the inning with a single and Jace Jung walked. After Spencer Torkelson popped out, Colt Keith drew a walk to fill the bases.
Suarez fanned Kerry Carpenter for the second out but Meadows turned on a 3-2 fastball and ripped it 361 feet into the left field seats for his sixth homer of the year.
San Diego missed a chance to gain ground on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West. The Padres trail the Dodgers by five games but stayed a half-game ahead of Arizona, which lost in San Francisco, for the NL’s first wild-card position.
Phillies 5, Marlins 2
Bryson Stott homered and drove in two runs as Philadelphia defeated host Miami for its fifth win in a row.
Stott went 2-for-4 for the National League East-leading Phillies in the opener of a four-game series. Kody Clemens contributed a two-run double as part of a four-run sixth inning.
Marlins starter Adam Oller (1-2) gave up four runs on five hits and five walks in 5 1/3 innings. He fanned six. Nick Fortes had two hits for Miami, which had won three of its previous four games.
Rangers 3, Angels 1
Cody Bradford pitched six quality innings and Adolis Garcia hit a three-run homer in the first, helping Texas beat Los Angeles in Arlington, Texas.
It was Bradford’s third straight start in which he threw six or more innings and surrendered two earned runs or fewer. The left-hander lowered his ERA to 3.05.
Josh Jung went 3-for-4 while Marcus Semien and Nathaniel Lowe each tallied two hits as the Rangers posted their eighth win in 10 games.
Reds 1, Astros 0
Ty France spoiled a pitchers’ duel with a go-ahead solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting host Cincinnati over Houston to complete a three-game series sweep.
Tony Santillan (2-2), who got the final two outs of the seventh, logged a scoreless eighth for the Reds. Alexis Diaz notched his 25th save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth. Bryan Abreu (2-3) gave up the homer and took the loss.
Both starters had to settle for no-decisions despite recording quality starts. Making his second career big-league start, Cincinnati right-hander Rhett Lowder gave up four hits across 6 1/3 scoreless innings. He walked four and struck out three. Astros righty Hunter Brown went six shutout innings, allowing four hits while walking one and fanning six.
Twins 4, Rays 3
Edouard Julien bashed a three-run home run as Minnesota earned a split of its four-game series against Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Matt Wallner also homered for the Twins, who snapped a two-game skid. Minnesota starter Pablo Lopez (14-8) yielded three runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He walked one and fanned nine.
Junior Caminero drove in two runs for the Rays, who trailed 4-0 after the third inning. Tampa Bay starter Taj Bradley (6-10) allowed four runs on six hits and a walk while striking out 10 over seven innings.
Mariners 6, Athletics 4
Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley each homered to help visiting Seattle beat Oakland and earn a split of the teams’ four-game series.
Raleigh added a sacrifice fly, Raley had three hits and Victor Robles contributed two hits and scored twice for the Mariners, who snapped a four-game skid with Wednesday’s 16-3 win. Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo (7-2) allowed two runs on eight hits in five innings, striking out six without a walk.
Brent Rooker hit his 34th and 35th home runs of the season and Seth Brown had two hits and an RBI for the Athletics.
Giants 3, Diamondbacks 2
Patrick Bailey hit a ground-rule double over the left-center field wall with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Tyler Fitzgerald and allow San Francisco to walk off visiting Arizona.
Bailey drove in all three runs for the Giants, whose starter Blake Snell — the National League Pitcher of the Month for August — was pulled after one laborious inning. The Diamondbacks did all their scoring while Snell was on the mound for 42 pitches in the first inning.
Arizona starter Merrill Kelly went seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits. He struck out eight without issuing a walk.
Pirates 9, Nationals 4
Nick Gonzales drove in three runs and Pittsburgh rallied from an early three-run deficit to beat visiting Washington.
Pirates starter Bailey Falter (7-7) allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings. He walked two and struck out three. Aroldis Chapman recorded the game’s final two outs for his sixth save.
Andres Chaparro homered for the Nationals, who have lost five of their past six games. Juan Yepez, Jose Tena and Nasim Nunez each had two hits in the opener of the four-game series.
Rockies 3, Braves 1
Austin Gomber pitched eight strong innings and Ezekiel Tovar had two hits, including a home run, to help visiting Colorado beat Atlanta and salvage a game in a three-game series.
Gomber (5-10) matched the longest outings of his career while allowing one run on five hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Tyler Kinley pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two, to earn his ninth save. Tovar went 2-for-4 while belting his 22nd home run. He had gone 1-for-14 in his previous four games.
Braves starter Reynaldo Lopez (8-5) pitched six innings and allowed two runs on five hits and no walks. He struck out a season-high 11.
–Field Level Media
