Turner’s slam, 8 RBIs fuel Nationals’ historic rally

>> WASHINGTON: Trea Turner hit two homers, including a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth, and drove in a career-high eight runs as the Washington Nationals rebounded from a nine-run, fourth-inning deficit to stun the Miami Marlins 14-12 on Thursday.

It was the biggest comeback for a victory in the franchise’s history.

Turner hit his first homer of the night, a solo shot, in the fourth before driving in a run on a forceout in the fifth. Washington added five more runs and took a 10-9 lead in the sixth on Turner’s first career grand slam, and then pushed the advantage to 14-9 in a four-run seventh.

Shawn Kelley (1-0) got the win after throwing a scoreless sixth. Miami sliced the deficit to 14-12 when Brian Anderson hit a three-run, eighthinning homer off Kelvin Herrera, but Washington’s Sean Doolittle pitched a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save.

Yuli Gurriel slapped a basesloaded, walk-off single to right-center field, and host Houston rallied for a 4-3 victory over Chicago.

With the White Sox ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, George Springer blooped a single to centre off Joakim Soria (0-3), scoring Tony Kemp and pulling the Astros even.

Kemp had opened the ninth with a pinch-hit walk and advanced to third base when Marwin Gonzalez, also pinch-hitting, added a flare single to right field. Following Springer’s hit, Alex Bregman walked and Jose Altuve struck out before Gurriel plated Gonzalez with his hit.

Joey Gallo and Ronald Guzman hit two-run homers to begin and end a flurry of seven unanswered runs, and Texas hung on to win 7-5 at Detroit.

Gallo hit a two-run shot in the second inning and the Rangers eventually extended their lead to 7-0 in the fourth before the Tigers began mounting their comeback.

After Detroit trimmed the deficit to two runs in the bottom of the ninth, Texas’ Keone Kela induced pinch hitter Jeimer Candelario to hit into a fielder’s choice, struck out Nick Castellanos and retired Niko Goodrum to earn his 21st save in as many opportunities.

Jhoulys Chacin threw seven strong innings and helped hosts Milwaukee beat Atlanta 7-2 in the opener of a four-game series.

Chacin (7-3) tied his season high with seven strikeouts while recording his first win since June 13.