Orioles blow huge lead, but rebound to beat Rays, 6-5
LA, Brewers win high-profile matchups
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ryan O’Hearn had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles rebounded after blowing a fiverun lead to beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the second time in three days, 6-5 on Saturday.
The Orioles, who have won 11 of 14, took a one-game lead over the second-place Rays. Baltimore started July 6½ games behind Tampa Bay, which dropped to an AL-worst 4-13 in July.
The four-game series concludes Sunday.
Rays All-Star Shane McClanahan was bidding to become the majors’ first 12-game winner but lasted just four innings, allowing five runs, five hits and three walks.
DODGERS 16, RANGERS 3: In Arlington, Texas, Freddie Freeman hit two more home runs, Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez also went deep and NL West-leading Los Angeles dealt AL West-leading Texas its most lopsided loss of the season.
The Dodgers, who won for the 10th time in 12 games, matched their season highs with 18 hits and five homers. Their last long ball was Jonny Deluca’s three-run shot in the ninth off Texas utility player Brad Miller, who pitched the final two innings.
YANKEES 5, ROYALS 2: In New York, DJ LeMahieu hit the go-ahead home run in the 7th inning, Gerrit Cole struck out 10 and the Yankees defeated Kansas City.
Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs and Anthony Volpe doubled and stole a base for the Yankees, who won their second straight game and picked up their first series win in July. New York has won 17 of the last 21 meetings with Kansas City.
CUBS 8, CARDINALS 6: In Chicago, Cody Bellinger drove in four runs and Nico Hoerner had three of Chicago’s 15 hits in a win over NL Central rival St. Louis.
Chicago trailed 1-0, 3-1, 5-3 and 6-5 before moving in front for the first time with three runs in the sixth inning. Bellinger yanked a two-run single into right field and Seiya Suzuki followed with an RBI single, giving the Cubs an 8-6 lead.
REDS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2: In Cincinnati, TJ Friedl, Matt McLain and Jake Fraley hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning and the Reds beat Arizona for their fourth straight victory.
Diamondbacks rookie righthander Brandon Pfaadt (0-4), just recalled from Triple-A Reno, retired 16 in a row after Spencer Steer led off the first with a single before Friedl started the power spree.
The Reds last hit three consecutive homers on July 13, 2022, when Kyle Farmer, Mike Moustakas, and Stuart Fairchild went deep at Yankee Stadium.
ROCKIES 4, MARLINS 3: In Miami, Nolan Jones hit a threerun homer in the seventh inning and Randal Grichuk hit a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth as Colorado rallied from an early three-run deficit.
MLB-batting leader Luis Arraez hit a ground-rule double in the third and an RBI triple in the fifth that gave the Marlins a 2-0 lead. His batting average rose from .373 to .375.
METS 5-6, RED SOX 4-8: In Boston, Triston Casas had his first career multihomer game, and Yu Chang and Jarren Duran also went deep off Max Scherzer in the nightcap as the Red Sox and New York split a doubleheader.
Brandon Nimmo and Daniel Vogelbach each hit a two-run homer for the Mets before the rains came on Friday night, when the series opener was suspended in the fourth inning. After they picked things up there on Saturday afternoon, the teams traded runs and the New York held on to take the day game 5-4 for its fourth win in five games.
Casas had four hits on the day, and Masataka Yoshida had three in the night game, knocking an RBI single in the seventh just before Justin Turner’s two-run homer gave Boston an 8-3 lead.
James Paxton (6-2) struck out seven in six innings to snap Boston’s three-game losing streak. Scherzer was charged with five runs while striking out seven; it’s the first time he’s allowed four homers in an outing since his 2021 season debut.
Grant Hartwig (3-1) picked up the win in the opener, while Boston’s Kutter Crawford (4-5) took the loss.
MARINERS 9, BLUE JAYS 8: In Seattle, J.P. Crawford and Teoscar Hernández had two-run doubles as part of a five-run seventh inning and the Mariners rallied to beat Toronto.
The teams combined for seven home runs, including each side having a three-homer inning. Seattle led 3-0, watched Toronto rally for leads of 5-3 and 7-4, before the Mariners finally took control with their big seventh inning.
GUARDIANS 1, PHILLIES 0: In Cleveland, rookie Tanner Bibee struck out eight in seven dominant innings and Amed Rosario scored from first on a misplayed pop-up in the sixth inning for the Guardians.
Bibee (6-2) limited Philadelphia to two hits and one walk in his second-longest start in the majors.
NATIONALS 10, GIANTS 1: In Washington, CJ Abrams hit a two-run homer on his bobblehead night, Josiah Gray earned his first win since June 30 and the Nationals routed San Francisco and moved into a position to complete its first series sweep since August 2021.
With a victory Sunday, Washington can claim its first sweep since taking both games from Toronto in August 2021.
San Francisco has lost four in a row since a seven-game winning streak.
BREWERS 4, BRAVES 3: In Milwaukee, Sal Frelick went 3 for 3, drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and made two outstanding catches in his major league debut as the Brewers rallied to beat Atlanta.
Austin Riley homered for the fifth straight game in a losing cause to tie a Braves franchise record. Riley has gone 10 for 21 with six homers, 16 RBIs and nine runs over his last five games.
PADRES 14, TIGERS 3: In Detroit, Luis Campusano had a homer among his four hits and San Diego beat Detroit for the 4,000th victory in franchise history.
Manny Machado and Ha-Seong Kim also homered for the Padres, who trailed 3-0 after two innings.
TWINS 3, WHITE SOX 2: In Minnesota, Christian Vásquez drove in the tying run and Michael A. Taylor followed with an RBI single, all in the seventh inning, in Minnesota’s win over Chicago.
Jordan Balazovic (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning and earned his first big league victory. Jhoan Duran pitched a scoreless ninth for his 17 save of the year.