Padres pip Cubs on Torrens’ bases-loaded walk

Marlins rally past Nationals 2-1

CHICAGO, June 22, (AP): Chicago’s Japanese reliever Koji Uehara gave up an eighth-inning walk with bases loaded to help San Diego to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Cubs in Major League Baseball on Wednesday.

After the Padres’ Erick Aybar hit a tying home run in the sixth inning, Luis Torrens walked with the bases loaded against Uehara, and San Diego stopped a three-game losing streak.

Chicago rookie Ian Happ hit a tworun homer in the fourth against reliever Craig Stammen, going deep for the second straight game and third time in four.

Uehara (2-4), the fifth of six Cubs relievers, replaced Pedro Strop starting the eighth and allowed singles to Wil Myers leading off and Cory Spangenberg with one out. Aybar was intentionally walked, loading the bases, Matt Szczur fouled out and Torrens took a 3-1 fastball that sailed inside.

Phil Maton (1-0), the third of five Padres relievers, pitched a scoreless seventh for his first major league win, and Brandon Maurer got two outs for his 13th save.

Marlins 2, Nationals 1 In Miami, Max Scherzer’s bid for the third no-hitter of his big league career ended with one out in the eighth inning, and he then gave up two unearned runs as the Miami Marlins rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 2-1.

After backup catcher A.J. Ellis reached on an infield single for Miami’s first hit, an error by first baseman Adam Lind and a hit batter loaded the bases with two outs. Scherzer threw a wild pitch that scored the tying run, and Giancarlo Stanton lined an RBI single the Marlins’ only other hit to put them ahead.

Scherzer (8-5) threw no-hitters against the Pirates and Mets in 2015, and he seemed on his way to another when he began the eighth inning with a 1-0 lead.

He retired 18 in a row before Ellis hit a chopper that bounced in front of the plate and glanced off the tip of Scherzer’s glove as he reached overhead for it. The ball rolled to shortstop Trea Turner, who failed in his attempt to make a barehanded pickup and rush a throw.

Official scorer Ron Jernick immediately ruled the play a hit, and Scherzer knew it. He picked up the ball and angrily flung it to the dugout not as a

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souvenir.

Royals 6, Red Sox 4 In Kansas City, Missouri, Salvador Perez hit his first career grand slam, connecting in the eighth inning to rally Kansas City over Boston.

The Royals have won nine of 11 and moved within a game of .500.

Perez homered over the Kansas City bullpen in left field on the ninth pitch from Robby Scott (0-1). With Boston leading 4-2, reliever Matt Barnes started the inning by walking Jorge Bonifacio and Lorenzo Cain on 12 pitches.

Scott was summoned to face Eric Hosmer, but walked him on four pitches to load the bases for Perez. The All-Star catcher fouled off three full-count deliveries before hitting his 15th home run of the season.

Jorge Soria (3-2) worked a spotless eighth. Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his 17th save.

Rays 8, Reds 3 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Tampa Bay left fielder Mallex Smith rushed in to tag out speedy Billy Hamilton after a lengthy rundown, highlighting the Rays’ win over Cincinnati.

Hamilton stole his major leagueleading 31st base in the fourth inning. But he later got trapped when he thought about scoring from second base on a two-out grounder by Eugenio Suarez that shortstop Daniel Robertson bobbled.

It took five throws to nab Hamilton between home and third, with six Rays lined up ready to take part in the rundown. Smith dashed from the outfield and was stationed at third to take a throw and tag Hamilton.

Trevor Plouffe homered for his new team and Taylor Featherston also connected for Tampa Bay.

Erasmo Ramirez (4-2), who was 0-2 with a 10.06 ERA over his previous four starts, held the Reds hitless until Scott Schebler hit his 20th home run leading off the fifth.

Dodgers 8, Mets 2 In Los Angeles, Yasiel Puig riled the struggling Mets with a long look at his three-run homer, Yasmani Grandal added two solo shots and the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers took over first place in the NL West by battering New York pitching again.

Rich Hill (4-3) turned in his best five innings of the season for the Dodgers, who have won six straight and 12 of 13. They jumped a half-game ahead of Colorado, which had its six-game winning streak snapped by Arizona.

Outscored 30-8 in the first three games of this four-game series, the banged-up and frustrated Mets (3140) have dropped six of seven overall and are nine games under .500 for the first time since Sept. 2, 2014.

Puig posed at home plate and watched his fourth-inning drive off

Miami Marlins’ Dan Straily delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals on June 21, in Miami. (AP) San Diego Padres’ Wil Myers slides safely past Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant into third off a hit by Cory Spangenberg during the eighth inning of a baseball

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rookie Tyler Pill (0-3), irritating New York first baseman Wilmer Flores. He said something to Puig as the Cuban slugger rounded the bag. Puig looked back at Flores as he was trotting toward second and cursed at him, Flores said.

Mariners 7, Tigers 5 In Seattle, Jarrod Dyson’s bunt single broke up Justin Verlander’s bid for a perfect game in the sixth inning and sparked Seattle to a comeback win over Detroit.

Nelson Cruz had three RBIs and Mitch Haniger homered as the Mariners overcame a 4-0 deficit with three runs in the sixth and four in the seventh.

Verlander retired his first 16 batters but didn’t make it through the sixth. With one out, the speedy Dyson gave Seattle its first baserunner, beating out a drag bunt between the mound and first that Verlander was unable to reach. Mike Zunino walked and Jean Segura, just activated from the disabled list, followed with a broken-bat single to load the bases.

Diamondbacks 16, Rockies 5 In Denver, Taijuan Walker pitched six solid innings and slapped an RBI single during Arizona’s biggest inning ever on the road a 10-run fourth and the Diamondbacks went on to beat the Rockies.

Shaking off Tuesday’s tough loss in which Colorado rallied late for a one-run win, the Diamondbacks sent 14 men to the plate and pounded out nine hits, including a two-run double and RBI single by Brandon Drury in his two at-bats in the inning. Drury finished with four hits and career-high six RBIs and the Diamondbacks established season highs in run and hits (20).

David Peralta and Paul Goldschmidt also connected for two hits in the inning and combined for three RBIs, helping the Diamondbacks snap the Rockies’ winning streak at six games and setting up Thursday’s match between the NL West rivals as the decisive game in the series.

Astros 5, Athletics 1 In Oakland, California, Carlos Correa homered and Mike Fiers won his fourth straight decision as the major league-best Houston Astros won their ninth consecutive game in Oakland.

Evan Gattis hit a two-run single in the sixth to break a scoreless tie and back Fiers (5-2). The right-hander went six innings to win his seventh consecutive decision on the road for Houston (49-24).

Jake Marisnick added an RBI single in the decisive sixth inning of the Astros’ 14th victory in the last 15 overall against Oakland. Marisnick had a sacrifice fly in the eighth after the A’s got on the board with pinchhitter Stephen Vogt’s RBI groundout.

Correa connected for his 14th homer in the ninth. Cardinals 7, Phillies 6, 10 Innings In Philadelphia, Tommy Pham’s second solo homer off Hector Neris in the ninth inning tied it as St. Louis rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Philadelphia in 10 innings.

Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer and pinch-hitter Jose Martinez also connected for St. Louis.

The game went to extra innings after Freddy Galvis lined a double down the left-field line with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Odubel Herrera ran through a stop sign, around third-base coach Juan Samuel and was thrown out by around three meters. He didn’t even attempt to slide and was pulled from the game in a double switch.

Yankees 8, Angels 4 In New York, Didi Gregorius and Matt Holliday each hit a go-ahead homer and New York piled on from there, lifting the Yankees over Los Angeles to snap a season-high sevengame losing streak.

New York’s skid was its longest since 2007. The Yankees haven’t lost eight straight since August 1995. They moved back ahead of Boston for first place in the AL East a night after losing the division lead for the first time since mid-May.

Jordan Montgomery (5-4) pitched two-run ball over 5 2/3 innings. Relievers Chad Green and Dellin Betances got the ball to Tyler Clippard in the ninth, but Clippard allowed a two-run homer to Martin Maldonado, his second of the game. Aroldis Chap- man came on to close out.

Blue Jays 7, Rangers 5 In Arlington, Texas, Darwin Barney’s two-run homer capped a six-run first inning and the Blue Jays held on for a win over the Rangers.

Ryan Goins drove in three runs for Toronto, including a two-run double in the first that preceded Barney’s homer off Tyson Ross (1-1). Barney was 4 for 40 in his previous 15 games.

Joey Gallo hit his 19th homer for Texas, though it was off the wall instead of over it. His inside-the-park shot leading off the fifth was among his career-high three extra-base hits he also had two doubles and scored three runs.

Twins 4, White Sox 2 In Minneapolis, Jose Berrios won his fourth straight start for Minnesota and Miguel Sano homered for the second straight game as the Twins beat the White Sox behind two of their brightest young stars.

Berrios (7-1) finished eight innings for a second consecutive turn in the rotation where he’s quickly become the ace, striking out eight with just four hits and one walk against him. The White Sox had one single over their last 18 at-bats against the 22-year-old right-hander, who lowered his ERA to 2.67. Sano hit his 18th home run, tying the game to start the third inning against David Holmberg (1-1) with an opposite-field drive to right-center. The 24-year-old Sano, who took a break from third base to serve as the designated hitter, is third in the AL with 52 RBIs.

Braves 5, Giants 3 II Innings In Atlanta, Matt Kemp hit a tworun homer off Cory Gearrin in the 11th inning to lift the Braves to a win over the Giants.

The homer, the third of the game for Atlanta, was Kemp’s seventh game-ending shot of his career.

Gearrin (1-2) walked Nick Markakis

Tampa Bay Rays’ Steven Souza Jr lines an RBI single off Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Tim Adleman during the third inning of a baseball game on June 21, in St Petersburg,

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with one out before Kemp’s homer barely cleared the right field wall.

Brewers 4, Pirates 3 In Milwaukee, Domingo Santana hit a two-run home run off Pirates reliever Daniel Hudson in the seventh inning to lift the Brewers.

Pinch-hitter Eric Thames cut Pittsburgh’s lead to 3-2 with a run-scoring ground out in the seventh. Two batters later, Santana kept a 2-0 offering from Hudson (1-3) just fair down the rightfield line to give the Brewers the lead.

Indians 5, Orioles 1 In Baltimore, Carlos Carrasco struck out 10 and Francisco Lindor homered as the Indians defeated the skidding Orioles for their seventh win in eight games.

Carrasco (8-3) allowed seven hits and walked none over six-plus innings to win his third straight start. The right-hander struck out every Baltimore starter except Trey Mancini to reach double figures in strikeouts for the 11th time in his career.

Not only did the Orioles lose for the 10th time in 14 games, but they have allowed at least five runs in 18 consecutive games two short of the major league record set by the 1924 Philadelphia Phillies.

Cleveland held a 3-0 lead when Carrasco yielded three straight singles to open the seventh. Andrew Miller entered and got a force at the plate before striking out Caleb Joseph and Ruben Tejada.