Heyward’s walk-off slam lifts Cubs over Phillies

Jason Heyward hit a game-winning grand slam with two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field.

Teammates mobbed Heyward near home plate after the towering, walk-off blast, which marked his third career grand slam. He drilled a high fastball into the right field bleachers to even the series at one game apiece.

Anthony Rizzo also homered for Chicago. The Cubs trailed by two runs before loading the bases in the ninth to set up Heyward’s heroics.

Yankees 3, Blue Jays 0 (13)

Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run in the 13th inning, and Giancarlo Stanton added a solo blast to give New York a victory at Toronto and a sweep of the two-game series.

Judge’s 17th homer of the season came against Joe Biagini (0-5), who had allowed a one-out single to Brett Gardner. Stanton hit his 13th homer of the season with two outs.

David Robertson (4-2) pitched a perfect 12th with two strikeouts to earn the win. Aroldis Chapman pitched around a double by Kendrys Morales – Toronto’s fourth hit of the game – in the bottom of the 13th to notch his 15th save of the season.

Angels 4, Royals 3

Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton hit home runs, and Los Angeles survived the early departure of starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani in a win over visiting Kansas City.

Ohtani gave up one run on four hits and three walks while making 63 pitches in four innings before leaving due to a blister on his right middle finger. He was also forced out of an April 17 start because of a blister on the same finger.

Kinsler’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie, and Upton added a solo shot in the seventh.

Orioles 1, Mets 0

Dylan Bundy tossed seven scoreless innings as Baltimore beat reeling host New York to sweep a twogame series.

Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth put Bundy in line for the win and gave the Orioles, who have the worst record in baseball, consecutive victories for just the fourth time this season.

The Mets fell to 0-6 on a ninegame homestand that concludes this weekend against the New York Yankees. The Mets have scored just seven runs in the six games and only two runs in their last four.

Rangers 8, A’s 2

Jurickson Profar homered twice and knocked in five runs as Texas routed visiting Oakland.

Joey Gallo and Ronald Guzman also went deep for the Rangers, who homered nine times in sweeping the two-game series from the A’s. Texas’ first 13 runs of the series scored exclusively on homers before Profar knocked in two with a single in the seventh inning.

Bartolo Colon (3-3) made his way through five innings to pick up his 243rd career win, permitting two runs on six hits. Colon earned his 243rd career win, tying him with Hall of Famer Juan Marichal for the most by a Dominican pitcher.