Tribe comes through in pinch
Chisenhall helps end LA win streak; Pivetta dazzles for Phillies
CLEVELAND — Pinch-hitter Lonnie Chisenhall connected for a three-run homer and had five RBIs, stopping the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak.
Chisenhall’s 415-foot drive in fifth inning on the second pitch from Ross Stripling opened up a four-run lead for Josh Tomlin (4-8), who struggled after being staked to a 5-0 lead. Chisenhall added a two-run single in the sixth.
Edwin Encarnacion added a homer off LA’s Rich Hill (3-3), who gave up seven runs and eight hits in four innings.
Chisenhall added a two-run single in the sixth, making him the third Cleveland player since 1913 to come off the bench and record five RBIs or more.
“Tito finds those good situations for guys and you try to not read his mind,” Chisenhall said of manager Francona.
PHILLIES 1, RED SOX 0: In Philadelphia, pinch-hitter Ty Kelly doubled home the only run in the eighth inning of a pitchers’ duel between Philadelphia’s Nick Pivetta and Boston’s Chris Sale to lead the Phillies to a victory over the Red Sox.
Sale (8-3) was cruising until a one-out single by Andrew Knapp set the stage for Kelly’s game-winning hit that ended the Phillies’ eight-game losing streak.
Sale allowed four hits with 10 strikeouts, upping his major league-leading total to 136.
Pat Neshek (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning of relief of Pivetta and Hector Neris earned his sixth save in seven tries.
Pivetta, a New Mexico Junior College alum, worked seven innings. He gave up four hits and struck out a season-best nine. BREWERS 6, CARDINALS 4:
In St. Louis, Keon Broxton and Eric Thames homered to lift Milwaukee to a victory over St. Louis.
Thames’ 18th of the season, which came off Cardinals closer Seung Hwan Oh (1-3) in the
ninth, barely skimmed over the right field wall and broke a 4-4 tie as the Brewers won their second straight series against the Cardinals. Milwaukee had gone 0-15-2 in the previous 17 series. TWINS 6, MARINERS 2: In Minneapolis, Chris Gimenez homered twice for the first time in his big league career and Eduardo Escobar sparked a five-run first inning for Minnesota in a win over Seattle.
Jose Berrios (6-1) pitched a career-best eight innings to win his third straight start. He struck out six and yielded two runs and five hits.
WHITE SOX 5, ORIOLES 2: In Chicago, rookie Matt Davidson homered for the fourth straight game, then doubled and scored in a four-run sixth inning to lead Chicago over Baltimore, the Orioles’ seventh loss in eight games.
Davidson hit a solo homer in the fourth, his 14th home run this season. He became the first White Sox player to go deep in four straight games since Alex Rios in April 2013.
NATIONALS 8, METS 3: In New York, Bryce Harper hit his 17th home run of the season to lead Washington past New York. The ball was hit so hard that it twice sailed over the head of Mets right fielder Jay Bruce.
Harper’s drive in the first inning reached about a dozen rows deep into the seats. The ball ricocheted out of the stands in a hurry and Bruce couldn’t catch the rebound, the carom flying far onto the grass.
The ball left the bat at 116.3 mph, Harper’s hardest-hit ball since Statcast began tracking in 2015. ROCKIES 10, GIANTS 9: In Denver, Raimel Tapia hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to give Colorado a win over San Francisco.
The Giants had rallied from a 9-1 deficit with two runs in the seventh, five in the eighth and one in the ninth inning before tumbling.
ROYALS 7, ANGELS 2: In Anaheim, Calif., Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon hit solo home runs as Kansas City picked up its fifth consecutive victory.
TIGERS 5, RAYS 3: In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera’s two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning gave Detroit a victory over Tampa Bay.