Reds post 4th walk-off win in 8 games
Kyle Farmer scored the tying run on a wild pitch and Nick Senzel hit a game-ending single as the Cincinnati Reds rallied in the 10th inning for another walkoff win, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 Saturday.
A day after scoring the winning run on a 10th-inning balk, the Reds posted their fourth walk-off victory in their last eight games. They had none in their first 77 games.
Farmer started the 10th on second base as the automatic runner. He took third on Matt Reynolds’ single and Colin Poche (2-1) threw a wild pitch that made it 4-all. After Donovan Solano singled, Senzel won it.
Braves 4, Nationals 3: Austin Riley homered off Patrick Corbin, Kyle Wright pitched seven-plus innings to win his 10th game, and Atlanta held on to beat Washington. The defending World Series champion Braves, moving a season-high 16 games over .500, improved to 28-8 since June 1, best in the NL over that span. They are 2 1⁄2 games behind the first-place New York Mets in the NL East.
Rangers 9, Twins 7: Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking RBI triple in the eighth inning after earlier being part of backto-back homers with Corey Seager for the first time, and Texas beat AL Central-leading Minnesota.
Diamondbacks 9, Rockies 2: Madison Bumgarner pitched six effective innings, Josh Rojas had three RBIs, and Arizona beat Colorado. Bumgarner (5-8) gave up Kris Bryant’s third homer in two games in the first inning, but was sharp after that. He allowed two runs on six hits and struck out five to pass Catfish Hunter (84th) and Dan Haren (83rd) on baseball’s all-time strikeout list with 2,014.
Orioles 1, Angels 0: Dean Kremer combined with four relievers on a fivehitter, and Baltimore beat Los Angeles for its first seven-game winning streak in five years. Angels manager Phil Nevin returned following a 10-game suspension. He exchanged lineup cards before the game with son, Tyler, the Orioles’ rookie third baseman. Tyler went 1 for 2 with a walk.
Athletics 3, Astros 2: Oakland was held to four hits for a fourth consecutive game and made it hold up for rookie Zach Logue in a win over Houston. Logue pitched five innings of three-hit ball after being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and dealt the Astros their second loss in 12 games.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 0: Kyle Gibson kept the ball in the park this time against St. Louis, Alec Bohm broke a scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and Philadelphia edged the Cardinals. Gibson, tagged for four straight home runs by St. Louis in the first inning at Citizens Bank Park in his previous start, combined with a pair of relievers on a two-hitter.
Guardians 13, Royals 1: Jose Ramirez hit his first home run in nearly a month, rookie Nolan Jones connected for an impressive first homer of his career and Cleveland stopped a fivegame skid.
Pirates 4, Brewers 3: Ben Gamel hit a two-run homer to cap a four-run seventh inning and Pittsburgh rallied to beat Milwaukee.
Giants 3, Padres 1: Carlos Rodon retired 22 of the final 23 batters to finish a three-hitter for his third career complete game and Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for San Francisco.
White Sox 8, Tigers 0: Johnny Cueto allowed five hits over eight innings, Gavin Sheets hit a three-run homer and Chicago beat Detroit to end the Tigers’ season-high six-game winning streak.
Notes: The Rays acquired catcher and infielder Christian Bethancourt from the Athletics for a pair of minor leaguers. The A’s received right-hander Christian Fernandez and outfielder Cal Stevenson in the deal . ... Rangers catcher Mitch Garver will have season-ending surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his throwing arm.