Astros are immaculate times 2 against Texas
Yankees win 13th straight home game
ARLINGTON, Texas — Astros starter Luis Garcia and reliever Phil Maton each threw an immaculate inning — nine pitches, three strikeouts — and Martín Maldonado keyed a six-run first inning that sent Houston over the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Wednesday.
Maldonado hit a two-run double in the first and later homered for the AL West-leading Astros.
Garcia (4-5) struck out nine without a walk over six innings while limiting Texas to two runs and four hits. He had a span of five consecutive strikeouts that began with an immaculate second inning — when he threw only nine pitches to strike out Nathaniel Lowe, Ezequiel Duran and Brad Miller.
Those were the first three batters Maton faced after replacing Garcia to start the seventh. And Maton also recorded a nine-pitch, three-strikeout inning.
Astros and Rangers officials said it was the first time in MLB history to have two nine-pitch, three-strikeout innings in the same game — either both by one team, or each team recording one.
The Astros sent 11 batters to the plate in the first inning. The first nine faced fill-in starter Tyson Miller (0-1).
YANKEES 4, RAYS 3: In New York, Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 25th home run, No. 9 batter Kyle Higashioka followed an intentional walk with a threerun drive and New York beat Tampa Bay for its 13th straight win at home.
The Yankees have won six in a row and 13 of 14 overall. New York’s 46-16 record is its best after 62 games since 1998. The team’s 13-game winning streak at home is its longest since 1973.
DODGERS 4, ANGELS 1: In Los Angeles, Tyler Anderson of the Los Angeles Dodgers lost his no-hit bid in the ninth inning, giving up a one-out triple to Shohei Ohtani in a victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Anderson (8-0) threw a careerhigh 123 pitches, 78 for strikes. He struck out eight and walked two in lowering his ERA to 2.82. The left-hander was pulled after Ohtani sent a line drive into right field that eluded a diving Mookie Betts.
Anderson walked off to a standing ovation from the crowd of 50,812 and tipped his cap. The 32-year-old struck out threetime MVP Mike Trout to open the ninth before Ohtani got his lone hit in four at-bats. Anderson fanned the reigning AL MVP in his first two plate appearances.
PADRES 19, CUBS 5: In Chicago, Manny Machado lined a single for his 1,500th hit and hit a tworun homer in a four-RBI night to help the San Diego Padres beat the reeling Chicago Cubs.
Machado was one of five Padres with three hits as San Diego routed the Cubs. Jorge Alfaro added a two-run homer and three RBIs as San Diego improved to 40-24 in winning its third straight and seventh in nine.
BRAVES 8, NATIONALS 2: In Washington, Austin Riley homered twice, rookie Spencer Strider allowed one hit over 5⅔ innings, and Atlanta beat Washington for its 14th straight victory.
Orlando Arcia had a homer, three singles and a walk for the Braves, who swept a three-game series at Washington.
The Braves are one win away from tying the franchise’s post1900 record, a 15-game streak from April 16-May 2, 2000.
Strider (3-2) didn’t allow a hit until Luis Garcia homered with two outs in the fifth.
Washington starter Erick Fedde (4-5) went 5⅓ innings, allowing three runs on seven hits.
GUARDIANS 7, ROCKIES 5: In Denver, José Ramírez got four more hits, Steven Kwan made a remarkable diving catch in the seventh inning to preserve the lead, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Colorado Rockies for their 12th win in 15 games.
Josh Naylor delivered the goahead double in the fifth and Amed Rosario added four hits, including his first home run, as Cleveland (31-27) moved four games above .500 for the first time this season.
PHILLIES 3, MARLINS 1: In Philadelphia, Garrett Stubbs hit a three-run homer with two out in the ninth inning, sending Philadelphia past Miami.
Alec Bohm sparked the winning rally with a one-out single against Tanner Scott (2-2). Pinchhitter J.T. Realmuto walked before Yairo Muñoz struck out swinging.
That brought Stubbs to the plate, and he drove a 2-2 fastball deep to right for his third homer.
Kyle Gibson pitched eight-plus innings for Philadelphia before Connor Brogdon (2-0) got three outs.
WHITE SOX 13, TIGERS 0: In Detroit, Yoán Moncada had five hits and five RBIs and Chicago completed a three-game sweep of Detroit.
Moncada, Danny Mendick and Seby Zavala homered for Chicago. The White Sox finished with 22 hits, compared to four for the Tigers.
RED SOX 10, ATHLETICS 1: In Boston, Rafael Devers homered in his fourth straight game and Alex Verdugo hit his first home run in almost two months as Boston beat Oakland.
Rookie Josh Winckowski (1-1) earned his first major league win in his second start. The 23-yearold righty allowed four hits, struck out three and walked one in five scoreless innings.
Boston has won 11 of its last 13 games, outscoring opponents 65-27 in that span. The A’s have lost 13 of their last 14 and are in a 6-23 rut.
BREWERS 10, METS 2: In New York, Corbin Burnes bounced back from his two shortest outings of the season to pitch six innings of two-run ball, Willy Adames got two of his three hits in a seven-run fifth and Milwaukee routed New York.
Manager Craig Counsell got his 564th victory with the Brewers, breaking the franchise record. Counsell passed Phil Garner, who managed 1,180 games for the team from 1992-99.
New York’s nine-game home winning streak ended.
BLUE JAYS 7, ORIOLES 6, 10 INNINGS: In Toronto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 16th homer, then singled home the winning run in the 10th inning to lift Toronto over Baltimore.
Orioles rookie Adley Rutschman hit his first career home run and got his first two RBIs. Ryan Mountcastle homered twice, but Baltimore lost for the eighth time in nine meetings against Toronto.
Leading off the 10th against Félix Bautista (2-2), Guerrero lined a single to left that scored automatic runner Bo Bichette from second base.
DIAMONDBACKS 7, REDS 4: In Phoenix, Zac Gallen pitched seven effective innings despite an early bout of wildness, and Arizona used a four-run eighth inning to top Cincinnati.
Geraldo Perdomo hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks, who avoided a three-game sweep.
TWINS 5, MARINERS 0: In Seattle, Ryan Jeffers hit an RBI single off the center-field wall to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning Minnesota beat Seattle.
Twins starter Sonny Gray, making his first appearance since going on the injured list with a strained pectoral muscle on June 2, threw five shutout innings.
ROYALS 3, GIANTS 2: In San Francisco, Whit Merrifield broke a 2-2 tie with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly and Kansas City edged San Francisco to avoid a threegame sweep.
Brandon Belt homered for the Giants, whose five-game winning streak ended.
PIRATES 6, CARDINALS 4: In St. Louis, Bryan Reynolds hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and Pittsburgh ended a nine-game skid by beating St. Louis.
Reynolds hit his 11th homer of the season after Tucupita Marcano singled with two outs off reliever Andre Pallante (2-1).