Wil Myers hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning to give the San Diego Padres a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

Manny Machado drew a walk from Pirates right-handed reliever Duane Underwood Jr. (0-1) to open the eighth and moved to second on Eric Hosmer’s ground-ball single through the right side. Myers then dropped a single into center to score Machado.

Right-hander Nabil Crismatt (3-0) picked up the win with a perfect eighth, and lefty Taylor Rogers earned his 17th save with a 1-2-3 ninth that lowered his ERA to 0.44.

The Pirates built a 3-0 lead against Padres starter Sean Manaea, but the Padres got all three back with the help of a reversed call ahead of a three-run homer by Luke Voit in the sixth.

Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the first when Bryan Reynolds homered into the left field seats on a high Manaea changeup with one out. They added two runs in the fourth when Manaea issued back-to-back walks to Ben Gamel and Josh VanMeter with one out, and they both scored on Diego Castillo’s double into the left field corner.

Pirates starter Jose Quintana allowed only three singles through five innings, but he didn’t survive the sixth.

Jurickson Profar singled to open the inning, and Hosmer reached first after he topped a ball in front of the plate. Pirates catcher Tyler Heineman scooped up the ball and made what appeared to be a perfect throw to first for the second out in the inning. But the Padres challenged the call and the replay showed VanMeter’s foot was off the bag.

VanMeter had moved to first base from second to start the inning when Michael Chavis left with a sore elbow. Quintana departed the game after VanMeter’s error.

The Pirates paid for the miscue one out later when Voit launched a three-run homer into the left field seats off right-hander Wil Crowe.

Quintana was charged with two unearned runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. Manaea gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.

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Andy Ibanez’s pinch-hit single with two out in the ninth inning drove in two runs as the visiting Texas Rangers came from behind to beat the Oakland Athletics 8-5 on Friday in the second game of their four-game series.

Ibanez’s big hit off Athletics closer Dany Jimenez brought home Kole Calhoun and Nathaniel Lowe and broke open a tie game. Marcus Semien followed with a single to plate Ibanez and provide a key insurance run for Texas, which has taken the first two games of the series and has won three straight overall.

Matt Moore (2-0) struck out three in two perfect innings to earn the win, while Dennis Santana pitched the ninth to earn his first major league save. Jimenez (1-2) took the loss, getting just two outs in the ninth while surrendering three runs on three hits and a walk.

Cole Irvin and Jon Gray started for the Athletics and Rangers, respectively, but neither was involved in the decision.

Irvin pitched into the seventh, surrendering three runs (two earned) and six hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out four without a walk. Gray allowed five runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six innings.

Texas jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a one-out single by Jonah Heim that drove home Semien and Adolis Garcia.

Oakland responded in the third. Ramon Laureano singled home Sheldon Neuse, and Seth Brown’s groundout plated Tony Kemp, with Laureano moving to second base. Laureano then gave the Athletics the lead when he stole third base and came home when Heim’s throw went into left field.

Sean Murphy and Chad Pinder followed with back-to-back home runs, both to deep center field, to push Oakland’s lead to 5-2.

The Rangers cut their deficit to 5-4 in the seventh. Calhoun’s one-out single (the 1,000th hit of his career) chased Irvin, who was replaced by Justin Grimm. Sam Huff’s single moved Calhoun to second before Lowe doubled him home and advanced Huff to third. Huff then scored on groundout by Brad Miller.

Garcia’s one-out double to the left-center field gap scored Semien all the way from first base with the tying run in the eighth off Zach Jackson, the third Oakland pitcher.

–Field Level Media

Mookie Betts, Edwin Rios and Trea Turner homered as the Los Angeles Dodgers continued their dominance over the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 6-4 victory on Friday in Phoenix.

Turner drove in two runs for the Dodgers, who improved to 23-5 against the Diamondbacks over the past two seasons.

Los Angeles starter Ryan Pepiot allowed one run on three hits over 4 1/3 innings. Reliever Brusdar Graterol (1-2) earned the victory after pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

Josh Rojas had three hits and three RBIs for Arizona, which trailed 6-2 before scoring two runs in the ninth against Craig Kimbrel. David Peralta grounded out with a runner at third to end the game.

The Dodgers, who set season highs in runs and hits (24) on Thursday in a 14-1 win over the Diamondbacks, took control early on Friday with four runs in the second inning against Madison Bumgarner (2-3).

Rios belted a three-run homer with two outs and Betts followed with his National League-leading 13th homer, a 409-foot blast to left field.

Betts is batting .347 (34-for-98) with 10 home runs this month for Los Angeles, which has won 11 of its past 13 games.

The Diamondbacks got on the board in the fifth after loading the bases with one out against Pepiot. Graterol replaced Pepiot and allowed Rojas’ sacrifice fly before Ketel Marte grounded out to end the inning.

Turner hit a leadoff homer in the sixth against Bumgarner, who allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings. The left-hander walked two and struck out three.

The Dodgers extended their lead to 6-1 in the seventh on Turner’s one-out RBI single off J.B. Wendelken. Turner, who finished 2-for-4, is batting .365 (27-for-74) with three homers and 17 RBIs during a 19-game hitting streak.

The Diamondbacks pushed a run across in the bottom of the seventh when Rojas’ two-out single off Alex Vesia scored Jose Herrera from second base.

Herrera had a career-high three hits for the Diamondbacks, who went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Arizona designated hitter Daulton Varsho exited the game in the fifth inning due to right shoulder soreness.

–Field Level Media

Jordan Romano struck out pinch hitter Shohei Ohtani for the final out as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Ohtani was not in the starting lineup because of a stiff back, but he was sent to the plate after Romano struck out the first two batters in the ninth inning. Romano got Ohtani to swing through a 96-mph fastball up and out of the zone to end it, earning his 15th save of the season.

The game was tied 3-3 going into the top of the ninth, and the Angels brought in closer Rasiel Iglesias (1-3).

Alejandro Kirk led off with an infield single and took second on a sacrifice bunt by Bradley Zimmer. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. followed with a single to right field, and when Juan Lagares misplayed the ball for an error, the slow-footed Kirk, Toronto’s catcher, was able to score the go-ahead run.

Blue Jays reliever Trevor Richards (2-0) got the victory.

The Blue Jays took a 1-0 lead against Angels starter Chase Silseth in the second inning. Bo Bichette led off with a double, went to third on an infield single by Teoscar Hernandez, then scored when Kirk grounded into a double play.

The Angels tied the game against Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah in the bottom of the second. Luis Rengifo led off with a single and took second when center fielder Raimel Tapia misplayed the ball for an error.

One out later, Andrew Velazquez singled to drive in Rengifo, trying the game at 1-1.

Manoah struck out Taylor Ward and Mike Trout to begin the third, but Jared Walsh followed with a home run, his 10th of the season, to put the Angels up 2-1.

The Blue Jays tied the game at 2-2 on Gurriel’s RBI double in the fifth, and were in position to add to the lead when Silseth was removed from the game with runners on second and third and one out.

But Angels reliever Jimmy Herget escaped the jam, getting George Springer on a pop out and Santiago Espinal on a strikeout.

The Angels got that run right back when Tyler Wade homered leading off the bottom of the fifth for a 3-2 lead, but the Blue Jays tied the game again in the seventh on Matt Chapman’s RBI infield single.

–Field Level Media

After they were shut down by the New York Yankees’ starting pitching through two games, the Tampa Bay Rays won’t find Saturday afternoon’s matchup with the division rival any easier.

Fresh off Friday’s 2-0 shutout victory, the American League East-leading Yankees will send out Gerrit Cole with the chance to win the four-game set with the Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Through the first two games, the Yankees — who won their fourth straight and moved to 20 games over .500 — saw starting pitchers Nestor Cortes and Jameson Taillon craft eight strong innings innings.

On Friday, Taillon won for the fifth time in six decisions by facing just one batter over the minimum, allowing two hits and no walks over eight innings. He was replaced by Clay Holmes, who fired a perfect ninth for his sixth save.

Taillon tossed a season-high eight innings, the first time he has gone that long since June 1, 2018. The Yankees also became the first club to post consecutive eight-inning outings by a starter.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash praised the pitching of Taillon, who has walked just five in 50 2/3 innings.

“You’ve got to give Taillon a lot of credit,” Cash said. “He followed what Cortes did yesterday, and they’ve been doing it all season.”

Yankees skipper Aaron Boone agreed.

“I think they’ve been the best group, to this point, in the league,” Boone said of his rotation.

Over the two triumphs against the Rays, New York starters have yielded one run, six hits and one walk in 16 innings. They have fanned 10.

The Yankees’ No. 1 pitcher, Cole (4-1, 3.31 ERA) allowed five runs and seven hits in eight innings against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. He struck out 11 — his 49th time reaching double digits — and didn’t issue a walk.

But the final line is somewhat deceiving.

Baltimore tagged Cole for four runs in the fourth inning, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 advantage in the eventual 6-4 loss. The Orioles scored a single run in the sixth after the Yankees had evened the contest.

That made Cole the pitcher of record and saddled him with his first loss of the season.

By not issuing a base on balls, he posted the 20th time in his career that he reached at least 10 strikeouts without a walk — the second-most in baseball since 2014.

Owning a 2-1 record and a 3.58 ERA in May, the 31-year-old Cole is just 1-6 with a 4.46 ERA in 11 career starts against the Rays, who have hit .231 against the right-hander.

The Rays’ starter will be Corey Kluber (1-2, 4.42), a two-time Cy Young Award winner who signed a one-year deal with New York last season and went 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA across 16 starts in his lone season in the Bronx.

Included in those five wins was a masterpiece last May 19 against Texas. Kluber crafted the Yankees’ 12th no-hitter, striking out nine against the Rangers and using 101 pitches in a 2-0 win.

Kluber, 36, has been excellent against his 2021 club. Over eight starts, he sports a 5-2 mark with a 2.51 ERA. The Yankees have hit just .198 against the Birmingham, Ala., native.

However, May has been brutal for Kluber. He is 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA in four starts, with batters hitting .303 against him.

–Field Level Media

Brandon Drury clubbed his team-leading eighth homer and rookie Graham Ashcraft took a shutout into the seventh inning in his second big league start to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the visiting San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Friday night.

The hard-throwing Ashcraft (1-0) recorded his first major league win by holding the Giants to four hits and two walks in 6 1/3 scoreless innings. His fastball sat at 97 mph and reached 100 mph five times, and he had two more pitches at 99 mph in the first inning.

The game, delayed just over two hours by rain, was overshadowed by a pair of pregame controversies.

First, there was a confrontation between Cincinnati’s Tommy Pham and San Francisco’s Joc Pederson in the outfield during pregame. The Reds agreed to pull Pham from the lineup as Major League Baseball investigates, while Pederson was permitted to play.

Also, Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced that he would not participate in the national anthem to protest the country’s reaction to the elementary school shooting this week in Uvalde, Texas.

Kapler then made an embarrassing mistake by trying to insert reliever Jake McGee in the eighth inning.

McGee, activated off the injured list before Friday’s game, was not on the roster card Kapler exchanged before the game. That mistake was caught by Reds manager David Bell, who forced Kapler to take McGee out.

The Reds struck first against Giants starter and loser Carlos Rodon (4-4) in the third inning. Matt Reynolds drove home Alejo Lopez with a double to right, and Tyler Stephenson scored Reynolds from second on an infield single.

Drury launched a solo home run in the fifth to push the lead to 3-0 and extend his team-leading RBI total to 26.

Ashcraft held the powerful Blue Jays lineup to two runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings on Sunday in Toronto in his big league debut. With his family able to attend Friday’s home debut, Ashcraft was even better, lasting until he walked Evan Longoria with one out in the seventh.

Alexis Diaz got the next two hitters to end the inning but departed with two runners on and one out in the eighth. Art Warren surrendered a single to load the bases and hit Pederson with a pitch to force in a run. Warren escaped further damage by getting Brandon Crawford to hit into a double play.

Warren also pitched a perfect ninth to earn his third save in five chances this season.

–Field Level Media

Paul Goldschmidt hit an early two-run home run and the St. Louis Cardinals tacked on two runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Friday night, snapping the visitors’ three-game winning streak.

Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 as St. Louis rebounded from back-to-back losses. His third-inning blast gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead, and they added runs on Edmundo Sosa’s pinch-hit RBI triple and Lars Nootbaar’s fielder’s-choice grounder in the seventh.

Cardinals starter Dakota Hudson gave up five hits and walked four but managed to hold the Brewers scoreless through 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three.

The St. Louis bullpen took it from there, although the Brewers’ Keston Hiura hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to trim the deficit.

Ryan Helsley entered out of the bullpen to get the final two outs and earn his third save.

Drew VerHagen (2-0) picked up the win, and Genesis Cabrera was particularly impressive, striking out two in two shutout innings. He allowed just one hit and did not surrender any walks.

St. Louis’ Harrison Bader had two singles and a run.

The Brewers left eight runners on base and were 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position.

Milwaukee had a chance to get its offense going early, but left a pair of runners stranded in the second, and with the bases loaded in the third, Andrew McCutchen grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Omar Narvaez and Tyrone Taylor went 2-for-4 and Kolten Wong went 2-for-5 to account for six of the Brewers’ eight hits.

Losing pitcher Brandon Woodruff (5-3) kept Milwaukee in contention but exited the game prior to the bottom of the fifth due to an ankle injury. He said postgame that he believed the ailment was minor, but there is a chance he could miss a start.

In four innings, the right-hander allowed two hits and two runs. He walked one and struck out four.

Luis Perdomo took over for Woodruff and pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts.

–Field Level Media

Jorge Polanco’s two-run home run keyed a four-run first inning as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals 10-7 Friday night in Minneapolis.

The Royals tied the game in the fourth inning, but the Twins answered immediately to retake the lead and then pulled away late with another four-run inning.

Bobby Witt Jr. finished a double shy of completing the Royals’ first cycle since George Brett had one in 1990.

Minnesota reliever Trevor Megill (1-1) came into the game with the bases loaded and one out in the fourth and induced an inning-ending double play to keep the game tied. He then completed two more scoreless innings to earn the win.

Emilio Pagan got the final out in the ninth for his seventh save.

Kansas City starter Brad Keller (1-5) gave up six runs on 11 hits in four innings. He has allowed at least four runs in his last two starts against the Twins after never giving up more than three earned runs in nine previous career starts against Minnesota.

Luis Arraez led off the Minnesota first with a single. With one out, Polanco launched a home run to right, his fifth of the season. Later in the frame, Gio Urshela and Nick Gordon each drove in a run with a two-out single.

The Royals got back into the game in the third on a two-out, two-run triple from Witt. Hunter Dozier followed with an RBI single.

Minnesota starter Bailey Ober lasted just three innings after throwing 31 pitches in the third. He gave up three runs on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

The Royals then tied it in the fourth on an excuse-me single by Nicky Lopez that scored Ryan O’Hearn.

The Twins responded in the bottom of the fourth. Carlos Correa led off with a home run to left, his third. Polanco and Gary Sanchez singled, Sanchez’s fourth straight hit over the past two games. Trevor Larnach drove home Polanco with a sacrifice fly.

Witt homered leading off the seventh to draw Kansas City within 6-5. It was his sixth long ball of the year.

The Twins scored four runs in the eighth on an Urshela RBI single, a Gordon two-run double and an Arraez run-scoring single.

The Royals scored twice in the top of the ninth on a solo homer from MJ Melendez, his fourth, and an RBI double from Emmanuel Rivera. Pagan then replaced Yennier Cano on the mound and struck out Lopez to end the game.

–Field Level Media

The Colorado Rockies are getting used to a sudden shift in their schedule — especially on Friday nights.

Last week Colorado had a game postponed against the New York Mets because of snow in Denver. On Friday, the Rockies’ scheduled road game against the Washington Nationals was rained out. And, like last week, the Rockies will play a split doubleheader on a Saturday.

Colorado will send Friday’s scheduled starter, Austin Gomber (2-4, 4.11 ERA), to the mound for the first game, and the nightcap will feature Chad Kuhl (3-2, 3.67). The Nationals will have Aaron Sanchez (3-3, 7.16) start the first game, keeping Friday’s matchup in place, and Joan Adon (1-8, 6.97) will start the second game.

Sanchez is slated to make his sixth career start against the Rockies. In the previous five, he went 1-2 with a 5.67 ERA. Gomber is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in two career starts against Washington.

Adon has never faced Colorado. Kuhl has made four career appearances, three of them starts, against the Nationals, going 1-2 with a 5.74 ERA.

The Rockies are trying to turn around their fortunes at the end of what has been a tough road trip. They have lost three of the first four games, including a 7-3 defeat in the series opener at Washington, and they have dropped 13 of 19 road games.

The bullpen has been an issue, but the relief corps took a step forward Friday with the return of Robert Stephenson, who was on the COVID-19 list. In seven of his nine appearances in May, Stephenson has not allowed a run.

“It’s a boost,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “I sense he’s on his way to becoming a consistent performer. It’s been interrupted a couple of times … it’s been a little bumpy. But the way he threw the ball last season, and when he’s been out there the last couple times, it’s been indicative of what we saw last year. I think he can continue that and help us.”

To make room for Stephenson on the roster, the Rockies optioned reliever Justin Lawrence to Triple-A Albuquerque.

Washington has won two straight for just the second time in a month, but it is a long way from the team that won the 2019 World Series.

The Nationals, and the rest of the major leagues, got a boost when the league announced Thursday that teams can carry 14 pitchers until June 19, extended from the deadline that was to end Monday. It helps manager Dave Martinez, who was in the process of planning for having just 13 pitchers to work with.

“I think it was a good decision,” he said. “I think they actually took (a look at) what was going on throughout the league and decided some more time definitely will help. So, for us, I thought it was a really good thing.”

The Nationals are awaiting the results of the second MRI on pitcher Joe Ross, who sprained a ligament in his pitching elbow during a rehab start. Ross underwent Tommy John surgery in 2017.

–Field Level Media

Sparked by a dramatic pinch-hit double from Ronald Acuna Jr., the Atlanta Braves rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to beat the visiting Miami Marlins 6-4 on Friday.

The Braves, who earlier blew a 3-0 lead, tied the game when Matt Olson drew a leadoff walk and scored on Acuna’s two-out double off Anthony Bass into left field. Acuna missed the previous two games due to a tight right quadriceps.

Dansby Swanson then walked, and Ozzie Albies hit a bloop double to left field. Acuna scored the go-ahead run, and Swanson ran through a stop sign at third to score without a throw.

Atlanta improved to 1-20 when trailing after six innings. By taking the opener of a three-game series, the Braves won for the third time in four games. The Marlins took their third straight defeat and fell for the sixth time in seven games.

Braves reliever Jackson Stephens (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings before A.J. Minter struck out the only man he faced in the eighth. Kenley Jansen worked around a hit in the ninth inning, striking out two and recording his 11th save.

Bass (1-2) allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in one-third of an inning.

Neither starting pitcher got a decision. Miami’s Trevor Rogers tossed five innings and allowed three runs on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Atlanta’s Ian Anderson pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up four runs on four hits and three walks. He fanned five.

Rogers retired the first 12 batters in faced, a streak that ended when Austin Riley hit a fastball 417 feet into the bleachers in left field. It was Riley’s 10th home run of the season.

Atlanta added two more runs in the inning. Travis d’Arnaud doubled and scored on a double by William Contreras. With two outs, Travis Demeritte ended a 0-for-34 streak by slapping an RBI single to center field, his first hit since May 14.

Miami answered with a pair of two-run homers in the sixth inning. Jon Berti singled before Garrett Cooper crushed a fastball 446 feet for his third long ball of the year. After Jorge Soler walked, Jesus Aguilar followed with his sixth homer.

Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna went 0-for-4, ending his 12-game hitting streak.

–Field Level Media