Braves top A’s, extend streak
Acuna Jr.’s two homers lift Atlanta over Oakland, which lost 7th straight
Guillermo Heredia gave Atlanta the lead with a home run to lead off the seventh, Ronald Acuna Jr. hit two homers and the streaking Braves beat the reeling Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Kyle Wright (6-3) recovered from a rocky first inning to allow two runs in eight innings — the longest start of his career. The Braves extended their season-best winning streak to six games.
Heredia pulled a pitch from Lou Trivino (1-4) over the left-field wall and into the Oakland bullpen to end a 2-2 tie.
Acuna homered in the first and third innings off Cole Irvin.
The A’s, making their first visit to Truist Park, suffered their seventh straight loss.
Marlins 12, Nationals 2: Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice, including a grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIS as Miami beat Washington. Nick Fortes and Jorge Soler also went deep while Avisail Garcia had three hits for the Marlins. Rookie right-hander Edward Cabrera allowed one run in six innings. In his second start since being promoted from Triple-a last week, Cabrera (2-0) limited Washington to two hits, walked two, struck out four and hit a batter. Chisholm snapped a 2-for-29 skid with his second-inning grand slam.
Orioles 9, Cubs 3: Cedric Mullins and Trey Mancini hit successive homers, sparking a power surge that carried Baltimore past Chicago. Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays and Ramon Urias also connected for the Orioles, who beat the Cubs for the first time in seven tries since 2008. Reliever Bryan Baker (2-3) allowed one run in 11⁄3 innings for the win. Christopher Morel homered on the game’s first pitch off rookie Kyle Bradish and has reached base safely in 21 consecutive games to begin his career, extending his Cubs record.
Guardians 6-3, Rangers 3-6: Cal Quantrill stayed unbeaten at home, Owen Miller drove in two runs and Cleveland beat Texas in the first game of a doubleheader. Quantrill (3-3) delivered his fourth straight quality start, allowing three runs in seven innings. Marcus Semien homered twice and tied a Texas franchise record for hits in a doubleheader as the Rangers hit four homers in the second game to earn a split.
Rays 4, Cardinals 2 (10): Taylor Walls hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and Tampa Bay beat St. Louis. Walls sent a 2-2 pitch from Drew Verhagen (3-1) into the right field seats. St. Louis loaded the bases with no outs in the 10th against Colin Poche (2-0) but scored just once for a 2-1 lead on Lars Nootbaar’s sacrifice fly.
Reds 14, Diamondbacks 8: Graham Ashcraft pitched six shutout innings to extend his impressive debut run, Joey Votto led an early homer barrage and Cincinnati beat slumping Arizona. Votto hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Brandon Drury and Matt Reynolds added two-run drives within the first three innings for a 9-0 lead.
White Sox 4, Dodgers 0: Michael Kopech pitched six innings of one-hit ball, pinch-hitter AJ Pollock delivered a two-run double against his former team and Chicago beat Los Angeles. Pollock’s clutch swing off the bench sparked a four-run sixth that sent the White Sox to their third consecutive victory. It was the fourth time Kopech went at least five this season.
Notes: The Los Angeles Angels’ free fall from having one of the best records in the American League to a 12-game losing streak cost Joe Maddon his job Tuesday. Third base coach Phil Nevin will be the interim manager for the rest of the season.