LA, Cubs split; Astros win streak ends at 12
Yankees overpower Mariners; Atlanta routs Blue Jays in Toronto
CHICAGO — Albert Almora Jr. hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning as the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Tuesday night to salvage a split of their day-night doubleheader.
Kris Bryant sparked the winning rally with a leadoff triple against Brock Stewart (0-1). After Javier Baez was walked intentionally, Almora hit a liner into right field.
Rob Zastryzny (1-0), the fifth Cubs reliever, got Yasmani Grandal to fly out with the bases loaded in the top of the 10th to earn the win.
Los Angeles opened the doubleheader with a 4-3 victory on pinchhitter Kyle Farmer’s two-run double in the ninth.
The rematch of the last two NL Championship Series was set to begin on Monday night, but the opener was postponed because of a mixture of poor weather and a limited power outage at Wrigley Field. It’s the only scheduled visit for Los Angeles, leading to the day-night doubleheader.
RAYS 2, ASTROS 1: In Houston, C.J. Cron homered early and Wilson Ramos hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth inning to lift Tampa Bay to a win that snapped a 12-game winning streak by Houston.
Blake Snell (9-4) allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings, but had to pitch around a career-high seven walks for his fifth straight win. Sergio Romo pitched for the third straight game, taking over with one out in the ninth and allowing one hit for his third save a night after blowing the save in Houston’s 5-4 win.
“We didn’t hit enough and we were shut down by a pretty good pitcher,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “We kept putting up pretty decent at-bats, but that big hit just eluded us again. We kept fighting until the end but just didn’t have enough offense.” YANKEES 7, MARINERS 2: In New York, Domingo German pitched two-hit ball over a careerhigh seven innings and Giancarlo Stanton hit one of New York’s four home runs in the Yankees’ victory against Seattle.
Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks each belted a two-run shot off Marco Gonzales in the fifth. Hicks homered for the third straight day and finished with three hits from the leadoff spot as the Yankees boosted baseball’s best record to 48-22, moving a season-best 26 games above .500.
BRAVES 11, BLUE JAYS 4: In Toronto, Johan Camargo hit his first career grand slam and went 4-for-5 with five RBIs as Atlanta beat the Blue Jays to snap Toronto’s home winning streak at seven games.
Camargo hit his seventh home run off Jaime Garcia (2-6) in the second, singled in the fourth, hit an RBI single in the fifth and doubled and scored in the eighth. He struck out in the ninth. BREWERS 3, PIRATES 2: In Pittsburgh, rookie Freddy Peralta allowed two hits in six stellar innings, and Jesus Aguilar hammered his 14th home run of the season as Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh and regained first place in the NL Central.
Peralta (2-0) struck out seven without issuing a walk, surrendering only singles to Corey Dickerson and Colin Moran in the fourth but otherwise keeping the Pirates firmly in check.
TWINS 6, RED SOX 2: In Minneapolis, Eduardo Escobar had two go-ahead hits, including an RBI single that launched a fourrun eighth inning, as Minnesota defeated Boston.
Robby Scott (0-1), just recalled from Triple-A to make his season debut, relieved Chris Sale to start the eighth and walked the first two batters. Joe Kelly entered, and Escobar’s one-out line drive bounced in front of Jackie Bradley Jr. and skipped past the center fielder for an error as two runs scored. Robbie Grossman broke the game open with a two-run triple. INDIANS 6, WHITE SOX 3: In Cleveland, Mike Clevinger struck out 10 and allowed one run in 7⅔ innings as Cleveland defeated Chicago.
Clevinger (6-2) beat Chicago for the third time this season and was in command after giving up a first-inning run. The right-hander retired 13 straight between the second and sixth while allowing five hits. NATIONALS 9, ORIOLES 7: In Washington, Trea Turner went 4-for-4 with a homer and Anthony Rendon drove in three runs as Washington extended its recent domination of Baltimore.
Adam Eaton had two hits and two RBIs for the Nationals, who trailed 5-1 in the fifth inning before rallying to make it six straight wins over Baltimore. Washington is 4-0 against its neighboring interleague rival this season, outscoring the Orioles by a combined 20-8.
CARDINALS 7, PHILLIES 6: In Philadelphia, Matt Carpenter hit a tie-breaking solo homer with two out in the ninth, helping St. Louis edge Philadelphia.
Carpenter also had a tying tworun double in St. Louis’ four-run seventh. Tommy Pham homered and singled for the Cardinals, and Kolten Wong also went deep.
REDS 9, TIGERS 5: In Cincinnati, Joey Votto hit his third career grand slam to power Cincinnati to a victory that ended Detroit’s longest winning streak in two years — five straight.
Sal Romano (4-7) had a second straight solid outing, limiting the Tigers to four singles over seven shutout innings. Billy Hamilton also homered as the Reds pulled away to a 9-0 lead. RANGERS 4, ROYALS 1: In Kansas City, Mo., Cole Hamels allowed four hits over seven innings and Delino DeShields doubled home two runs as Texas beat Kansas City to extend its winning streak to a season-high four games. GIANTS: San Francisco closer Hunter Strickland broke his pitching hand punching a door in frustration after blowing the save and taking the loss in a 5-4 defeat to the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
The right-hander had surgery Tuesday and is expected to be out six to eight weeks, manager Bruce Bochy said.
An X-ray after the game revealed the break of Strickland’s pinkie, similar to what sidelined lefty ace Madison Bumgarner to begin the season after he was hurt in his final spring training start.