Cincinnati smacks LA second straight night
Mets batter Giants; Bregman lifts Astros
CINCINNATI — Brandon Finnegan took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and Adam Duvall and Jose Peraza hit home runs as Cincinnati beat Los Angeles 11-1 on Saturday night.
Adrian Gonzalez singled to center field leading off the seventh to break up Finnegan’s no-hit bid, and that was the only hit against the 23-yearold lefty.
This was the second time this season Finnegan flirted with a no-hitter. On April 11 at Wrigley Field, he lost a bid with two outs in the seventh on a single by Cubs catcher David Ross.
Finnegan (8-9) allowed two walks and had eight strikeouts, one short of tying his career high, while throwing 96 pitches over seven innings. He also doubled and scored twice, while the Reds extended their winning streak to a seasonhigh five games.
Finnegan did not return after the game was delayed in the middle of the seventh for 1 hour, 19 minutes.
Cincinnati had a seasonhigh 18 hits, including three each from Peraza and Eugenio Suarez.
Dodgers starter Brett Anderson (0-2) allowed six runs in three innings.
The Dodgers, who have lost three straight, remain half a game behind San Francisco in the NL West race. On Friday night, Cincinnati bashed LA 9-2.
METS 9, GIANTS 5: In San Francisco, Yoenis Cespedes hit two long home runs and an RBI double in his second game back from the disabled list, boosting Bartolo Colon (11-7) and New York over San Francisco.
The Mets had lost five of six before Saturday.
Cespedes’ shot off Matt Moore (7-10), a Moriarty High alum, in the third inning went 457 feet, according to Statcast.com. Cespedes added a 418-footer off reliever Jake Peavy in the seventh.
ASTROS 12, ORIOLES 2: In Baltimore, Jason Castro homered and drove in four runs to help Houston notch its second straight blowout victory over Baltimore.
Albuquerque’s Alex Bregman and George Springer also homered for the Astros, who defeated Baltimore 15-8 one night earlier to snap a fivegame losing streak.
Bregman got this rout started with a two-run homer in the first inning off Chris Tillman (15-5), who had been given an extended rest because of a sore shoulder. Houston increased its lead to 6-0 in the third and went up 10-1 in the sixth.
“We’ve had a lot of guys putting together quality at-bats, going up there trying to hit the ball hard,” Bregman said.
NATIONALS 11, BRAVES 9: In Atlanta, Ryan Zimmerman homered among his three hits in his return from the disabled list and Washington used an eight-run fourth inning to take control before holding on against Atlanta.
Daniel Murphy and Trea Turner hit homers in Washington’s big fourth inning against Tyrell Jenkins (2-4). The Nationals set a team record with nine hits in the inning.
BLUE JAYS 6, INDIANS 5: In Cleveland, Edwin Encarnacion homered and Roberto Osuna bounced back from a nightmarish outing to record the save as Toronto beat Cleveland.
The Blue Jays were stunned Friday night on Tyler Naquin’s game-ending inside-the-park home run off Osuna that gave the Indians a 3-2 win.
MARLINS 3, PIRATES 1: In Pittsburgh, Xavier Scruggs hit his first major league home run and David Phelps (7-6) pitched six scoreless innings to help Miami beat Pittsburgh.
Miguel Rojas scored on an error in the third, and Ichiro Suzuki doubled down the right-field line in the fourth ahead of Scruggs’ shot into the bleachers in left field.
PHILLIES 4, CARDINALS 2: In Philadelphia, Cesar Hernandez homered, doubled and singled, and Jeremy Hellickson (10-7) pitched seven strong innings as Philadelphia beat St. Louis.
Maikel Franco had two hits, including a double and the winning RBI, and Aaron Altherr homered for the Phillies. They have hit home runs in 14 straight games.
CUBS 9, ROCKIES 2: In Denver, Kris Bryant launched a long homer and drove in four runs, and Ben Zobrist had three hits and also went deep as Chicago beat Colorado.
Miguel Montero had three hits and drove in three for the Cubs, who spoiled the major league debut of Rockies starter Jeff Hoffman, just called up from Albuquerque.
RED SOX 3, TIGERS 2: In Detroit, David Ortiz homered to lead Boston past Detroit on a rainy night.
James McCann and J.D. Martinez homered for the Tigers, who have lost 10 of 13 games.
RAYS 8, RANGERS 2: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Evan Longoria and Luke Maile homered, and Jake Odorizzi (8-5) won his fifth game since the AllStar break as Tampa Bay ended Texas’ four-game winning streak.
Odorizzi (8-5) is 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA in seven starts since the All-Star break.
ROYALS 10, TWINS 0: In Kansas City, Mo., Alex Gordon hit two home runs and a double, and Ian Kennedy (8-9) pitched eight sharp innings as Kansas City extended its winning streak to seven games by beating Minnesota.
The Royals’ string is their best since they won seven straight in April 2015.
MARINERS 8, BREWERS 2: In Seattle, Felix Hernandez (8-4) pitched eight strong innings and Mike Zunino homered and drove in three runs to lift Seattle to a victory over Milwaukee.
The Mariners pulled one game behind Baltimore for the AL’s second wild card.
WHITE SOX 6, ATHLETICS 2 : In Chicago, Chris Sale pitched eight scoreless innings for his first victory in 49 days and Jose Abreu homered as Chicago beat Oakland.
Sale (15-6) was the majors’ first 14-game winner and the AL starter in the All-Star Game, but the lefty had gone 0-4 in six starts.
DIAMONDBACKS 2, PADRES 1: In San Diego, Robbie Ray (7-11) struck out a career-high 13 and gave up just one hit in seven innings, pitching Arizona past San Diego.
YANKEES 5, ANGELS 1: In Anaheim, Calif., Luis Cessa (3-0) pitched six scoreless inning as New York beat Los Angeles.