Colin Moran victimized his former team for a go-ahead grand slam and a two-run homer to rally the Cincinnati Reds past the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Down 2-0 entering the sixth inning, Moran’s grand slam came two batters after Tommy Pham worked a bases-loaded walk. It was the fifth bases-loaded home run of his career.

The come-from-behind victory gave Cincinnati its first series win in nine tries. The Reds split their season-opening series then lost their last seven series before taking two of three from Pittsburgh. It was Cincinnati’s third win in 24 games.

Moran followed up his sixth inning slam with a two-run homer in the eighth to give him a career-high six RBIs.

Michael Perez and Bryan Reynolds hit home runs for the Pirates, who ended their five-game road trip with a 2-3 mark and lost for the eighth time in 11 games.

Right-hander Art Warren (1-1) entered in the sixth for the Reds and pitched two scoreless innings for the second win by a Reds reliever this season.

The Pirates managed just one hit off Reds starter Tyler Mahle in five innings, but it was a big one. After a leadoff walk to Yoshi Tsutsugo in the second inning, Mahle retired the next two batters. Perez then ended a nine-pitch battle by driving a 94-mph fastball to the seats in right-center for a 2-0 Pittsburgh lead.

Perez was playing his first game since being promoted from Triple-A Indianapolis after Roberto Perez (hamstring) went on the injured list after he was hurt in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

Mahle was pulled after five innings and 106 pitches, keeping the Reds as the only team in the major leagues without a starter to go at least six innings this season. The right-hander struck out six while walking three.

Pirates starter Zach Thompson also was effective. He allowed just two hits while striking out six over five shutout innings with no walks. Still Pirates manager Derek Shelton chose to pull his starter after only 79 pitches.

Shelton went to lefty Dillon Peters (3-1), who had not allowed a run in 16 2/3 innings this season. The reliever, who didn’t allow a hit in the first 21 batters faced this season, yielded a bloop hit to right to Brandon Drury, and then walked the next three batters to force in the Reds’ first run. Peters did not retire a batter before Shelton went to former Reds closer Heath Hembree.

Hembree was brought on to face the bases loaded, none out jam and promptly struck out Kyle Farmer. But Moran drilled a 92-mph fastball into the seats in right for Cincinnati’s first grand slam this season.

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Gleyber Torres homered to lead off the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers in the opener of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Torres won it when he hit a 3-1 sinker from John King (1-1) into the right-field seats. The home run gave the Yankees their 12th win in 13 games.

New York ace Gerrit Cole allowed a run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out 10, walked one and threw a season-high 114 pitches.

Cole allowed three hits in the first two innings, when he threw 47 pitches. After allowing his only walk, Cole retired 14 of 15 hitters before Kole Calhoun homered in the seventh.

Texas’ Dane Dunning took a no-hitter into the sixth and wound up allowing one run and two hits in six innings. He struck out five, walked three and did not throw any of his 100 pitches over 90.8 mph.

Calhoun ended Cole’s bid for a third straight scoreless start when he lined a full-count 97.6 mph fastball to the short porch and just inside the foul line with one out in the seventh. It was the only fastball Cole threw in the inning.

Jonathan Loáisiga followed Cole with 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the Yankees, and Clay Holmes (3-0) stranded Mitch Garver in the ninth before Torres came through.

Dunning lost his no-bid in the sixth, on his 86th pitch, when Aaron Judge hit an infield single to third baseman Brad Miller and easily beat the throw. Anthony Rizzo’s single moved Judge to third, and Giancarlo Stanton’s fly ball to left gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead.

Before getting the first hit, the Yankees couldn’t capitalize on two errors in the fifth.

Joey Gallo reached when first baseman Andy Ibáñez committed a throwing error on the toss to Dunning. Three batters later, Kyle Higashioka reached when Miller bobbled his grounder on a ball that slightly hopped up on him, but Dunning struck out Aaron Hicks to end the inning.

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Michael Taylor’s RBI single in the ninth inning was the difference as the Kansas City Royals beat the host Baltimore Orioles 6-4 in the opener of a Mother’s Day doubleheader on Sunday.

Taylor’s single to left field off Baltimore’s Jorge Lopez with two outs scored Nicky Lopez with the go-ahead run. Salvador Perez’s single to right field off Cionel Perez then scored Taylor, padding the lead for Kansas City.

Taylor Clarke and Scott Barlow combined for two shutout innings to close the game for the Royals.

Jordan Lyles started on the mound for the Orioles, allowing seven hits and three earned runs while striking out five in 7 1/3 innings. He notched the 900th strikeout of his career in the first inning when he got Edward Olivares to swing and miss on a high fastball.

Olivares fared better in his next at-bat, though, singling to center to score Kyle Isbel in the top of the third, tying the game at 1-1. Cedric Mullins had driven in Jorge Mateo in the bottom of the second to open the scoring for Baltimore.

The Royals continued to score in the fifth inning when Nicky Lopez hit into a fielder’s choice that was bungled by the Orioles. Ryan Mountcastle made a nice pick on the ground ball but rifled his throw into Isbel’s helmet. The error paved the way for Bobby Witt Jr. to score. Andrew Benintendi then hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Isbel to give the Royals a 3-1 lead.

Zack Greinke got the start for the Royals, striking out three while allowing 10 hits and two runs in 5 2/3 innings. Greinke (0-2) is winless in six starts this season.

Mountcastle doubled off Greinke in the bottom of the fifth, scoring Austin Hays and cutting the Royals’ lead to 3-2. When the ball left Mountcastle’s bat, many thought it was a home run. The ball banged off the top of Camden Yards’ new left-field wall and bounced back into play.

The Orioles briefly led 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh, after Rougned Odor’s double scored Mountcastle and Hays. The Royals responded a half-inning later with Benintendi scoring on Ryan O’Hearn’s sacrifice fly.

Hays went 4-of-4 and is 9-of-15 in his last four games. It was his ninth multi-hit game of the season.

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Bryce Harper hit a home run and drove in two runs to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the New York Mets 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

Harper, Jean Segura, Alec Bohm and Kyle Schwarber each had two hits each for the Phillies, who snapped a four-game losing streak as the teams played for the first time since Thursday after consecutive rain postponements.

The Phillies’ victory came three days after they blew a 7-1 lead in the ninth inning and fell 8-7 to the Mets.

Phillies starter Kyle Gibson (3-1) tossed six innings and allowed two runs on six hits with three strikeouts and no walks.

Corey Knebel pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his fifth save in six opportunities.

Francisco Lindor produced an RBI double, while Starling Marte and Brandon Nimmo had two hits apiece for the Mets.

Mets starter Max Scherzer (4-1) gave up three runs on 10 hits over six innings. Scherzer, who had a 15-game winning streak halted, struck out seven and walked none. Scherzer’s streak started in June of last season when he was a member of the Washington Nationals and carried over into his two-month stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Phillies went ahead 1-0 when Harper lined a solo homer to right field with two outs in the first inning.

Harper added an RBI single in the third for a 2-0 advantage.

Philadelphia’s Bryson Stott snapped an 0-for-19 slide and connected for an RBI single with two outs in the fourth for a 3-0 lead.

The Mets had two hits through the first five innings, singles from Marte and Nimmo.

The Mets placed runners on first and third with no outs in the sixth and closed within 3-1 when James McCann grounded into a 5-4-3 double play. After a Nimmo single, Lindor lofted an RBI double off the wall in right to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Seranthony Dominguez walked the first two Mets batters in the seventh and then struck out the side.

In the ninth, Alonso struck out, Escobar popped out to shortstop and Smith struck out to end the game against Knebel.

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The Seattle Mariners promoted their top pitching prospect, right-hander George Kirby, from Double-A Arkansas on Sunday.

Losers of 10 of their past 11 games entering the day, the Mariners hope Kirby can give them a boost.

Kirby, 24, started Sunday’s series finale against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.

Baseball America ranks Kirby as the No. 11 overall prospect, making him the highest-rated pitching prospect to debut with the Mariners since Felix Hernandez in 2005.

Hernandez, who won a Cy Young Award with the Mariners, was the No. 2 overall prospect, according to Baseball America.

Kirby, a native of Rye, N.Y., was scratched from his planned start in Arkansas on Saturday. He was the No. 20 overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft from Elon.

In five starts in the Texas League this season, Kirby is 2-0 with a 1.82 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings.

In a corresponding move, the Mariners optioned right-hander Riley O’Brien to Triple-A Tacoma. O’Brien, 27, made his Seattle debut in Saturday night’s 8-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, throwing one scoreless inning with one hit, a walk and a strikeout.

The Mariners recalled him from Tacoma on Thursday.

In another transaction, Seattle transferred right-hander Ken Giles to the 60-day injured list with a right middle finger sprain. The 31-year-old hasn’t pitched in a game since September 2020 with the Toronto Blue Jays.

He missed the 2021 season because of Tommy John surgery.

The Mariners close their series against Tampa Bay on Sunday and host the Philadelphia Phillies for three games beginning Monday.

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The New York Mets officially released veteran second baseman Robinson Cano on Sunday.

The eight-time All-Star was designated for assignment on May 2 with about $40 million remaining on his contract.

Cano, 39, passed through waivers unclaimed and now becomes a free agent.

He posted a video of himself in the batting cage and taking groundballs Sunday on Twitter with the caption: “Never stop. Never settle.”

Never stop. Never settle. #training pic.twitter.com/70aiwoRUNH

— Robinson Cano (@RobinsonCano) May 8, 2022

Cano, who missed the 2021 season following a suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, batted .195 with one homer and three RBIs in eight games this season.

Cano has 2,632 career hits, third among active players behind Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera, both members of the 3,000-hit club. A five-time winner of the Silver Slugger award, he has 335 career home runs and 1,305 RBIs in 2,246 games with the New York Yankees (2005-13), Seattle Mariners (2014-18) and Mets.

He signed a 10-year, $240 million deal with Seattle in December 2013, and the Mariners traded him to the Mets in December 2018 as part of a six-player swap.

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Dallas Keuchel enjoyed his best start of the season and Jose Abreu belted a key two-run double on Sunday afternoon as the visiting Chicago White Sox edged the Boston Red Sox, 3-2, to complete a three-game sweep.

Keuchel (2-3) allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one. Chicago extended its winning streak to six games and pushed Boston’s losing streak to five.

There was drama in the ninth inning when J.D. Martinez led off with a double off the wall in left field off Jose Ruiz. But with two outs, rookie left-hander Bennett Sousa came in and retired pinch-hitter Kevin Plawecki on a fly ball to center field for his first MLB save.

The White Sox turned to Sousa because closer Liam Hendriks had five saves in six days.

Keuchel kept the Red Sox off the board until the sixth inning. Rafael Devers, who had three hits, singled and scored on Martinez’s RBI groundout. With two outs, Christian Vazquez’s run-scoring single trimmed Chicago’s advantage to one run.

Chicago’s bullpen threw three shutout innings. In the eighth inning, right-hander Matt Foster struck out Trevor Story, Devers and Xander Bogaerts in order.

Tanner Houck started for Boston in place of Michael Wacha, who landed on the 15-day injured list with left intercostal irritation.

Houck made his first start since April 21, and his seventh appearance (four starts). Because Houck threw 2 1/3 innings on Thursday, the Red Sox made Sunday a “bullpen game.”

All the runs the White Sox needed came in the third inning. Reese McGuire singled to open the inning and scored on Leury Garcia’s RBI single, and Abreu laced a two-run, two-out double to left.

Houck (2-3) was charged with three runs in 2 2/3 innings.

The game was delayed 20 minutes with one out in the fourth inning due to an umpire injury. Home plate umpire Ron Kulpa was struck in the mask by a Jake Burger foul ball. Shaken, he was tended to by the medical staff before first base umpire Marty Foster replaced Kulpa behind the plate.

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The Minnesota Twins placed outfielder Trevor Larnach on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a right adductor strain.

Larnach, 25, is batting .313 with nine doubles and seven RBIs in 22 games this season. His designation is retroactive to Saturday.

The Twins recalled catcher Jose Godoy from Triple-A St. Paul to replace Larnach on the 26-man roster.

Godoy, 27, appeared in one game for Minnesota this season and went 0-for-3 with two walks and two runs against the Chicago White Sox on April 24.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks called up top prospect Alek Thomas from Triple-A Reno on Sunday.

The 22-year-old outfielder was set to make his major league debut Sunday against the visiting Colorado Rockies. He was in the lineup batting eighth and starting in center field.

Thomas is Arizona’s No. 1 prospect and rated No. 18 overall by MLB Pipeline. The 2018 second-round draft pick was the Diamondbacks’ 2021 minor league player of the year.

He is batting .277/.362/.495 at Reno this season with four homers and 14 RBIs in 24 games.

Thomas replaces catcher Carson Kelly on the active roster. Kelly was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Thursday, with a strained left oblique.

Kelly, 27, is batting .105 with one RBI and 20 strikeouts in 20 games this season.

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The Philadelphia Phillies placed right-handers Zack Wheeler and Zach Eflin on the COVID-related injured list Sunday.

Left-hander Cristopher Sanchez was named the 27th man for Sunday’s home doubleheader against the New York Mets and will replace Eflin as the starter in Game 2.

The Phillies recalled right-hander Connor Brogdon from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and right-hander Francisco Morales form Double-A Reading in corresponding transactions.

Wheeler, 31, is 1-3 with a 4.10 ERA through five starts this season. He made the All-Star team in 2021 and was runner-up in the National League Cy Young Award voting after finishing 14-10 with a 2.78 ERA and a league-leading 247 strikeouts.

Eflin, 28, is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA through five starts in his seventh season with the Phillies.

Sanchez, 25, is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in four appearances this season. He’s given up six runs on eight hits and five walks with 10 strikeouts in 10 innings.

Brogdon, 27, has made three relief appearances this season for the Phillies, allowing two runs on four hits in two innings. He has a 1.35 ERA with two saves in seven games for Lehigh Valley.

Morales, 22, is 1-0 with a 0.55 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 16 1/3 innings in nine relief appearances at Reading. He has yet to make his major league debut.

–Field Level Media