Bote comes up big again
Rookie David Bote struck again, connecting in the 10th inning for another game-ending home run that sent the Chicago Cubs over the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 yesterday for their third straight victory.
Bote got behind 0-2 before driving Raisel Iglesias’ next pitch deep to left field with one out. The infielder hit a bottom-of-the-ninth, two-out grand slam that beat Washington 4-3 on Aug. 12.
Iglesias (2-2) had made seven straight scoreless appearances. Jesse Chavez (42), the sixth Cubs reliever, pitched a scoreless inning for the win.
Daniel Murphy homered in the eighth for NL Central-leading Chicago, and Javier Baez had a run-scoring single in the sixth. Alec Mills pitched 52⁄3 innings of one-run ball in his first major league start.
Last-place Cincinnati wasted a terrific start by Matt Harvey in its fourth loss in five games. Harvey struck out six in 51⁄3 innings after he was reportedly claimed off waivers by the contending Brewers and remained with the Reds when they couldn’t work out a deal.
Mets 3, Nationals 0 — Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer in his return from a long stint on the disabled list, Jason Vargas tossed six stellar innings and New York beat visiting Washington to hand the Nationals their second consecutive shutout.
Wilmer Flores had an early RBI single and the Mets got spotless relief work from Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman to finish the four-hitter.
Marlins 1, Braves 0 —Dan Straily combined with three relievers on a three-hitter, and Miami snapped a ninegame losing streak against visiting Atlanta.
Straily (5-6) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out four in six innings for his first win since June 20. He retired the final nine batters he faced after Freddie Freeman’s leadoff single in the third.
That was Atlanta’s final hit of the game.
American League
Yankees 7, Orioles 5 — Luke Voit connected in the 10th inning for his second home run of the game, and Zach Britton marked his return to Camden Yards by working the bottom half to preserve New York’s victory over Baltimore.
The Yankees made up two-run deficits in the fourth and eighth innings before Neil Walker homered off rookie Cody Carroll (0-2) in the 10th to give New York its first lead. Voit added a two-run shot, capping his first career multihomer game.
Britton spent his entire career in Baltimore before being traded by rebuilding Orioles on July 24. Working as the closer for the injured Aroldis Chapman, the lefthander gave up a home run to longtime teammate Chris Davis before securing his first save with New York.
Chad Green (7-2) pitched the ninth to help New York win for the 12th time in 17 games.
White Sox 6, Tigers 3 — Yoan Moncada and Tim Anderson each hit a tworun double in the eighth, and visiting Chicago scored six runs in the inning, rallying for a victory over Detroit in manager Rick Renteria’s return to the White Sox dugout.
Renteria had missed four games after experiencing lightheadedness on Monday in Minnesota. He was back at the helm for the White Sox, but his team did almost nothing offensively until the eighth.
Then Chicago broke through against All-Star reliever Joe Jimenez (4-3) and closer Shane Greene. With one out, Moncada hit a bases-loaded double that made it 3-2 and chased Jimenez. Greene came on and allowed an RBI single by Avisail Garcia, an RBI double by Daniel Palka and Anderson’s double that made it 6-3.
Interleague
Blue Jays 4, Phillies 2 — Kendrys Morales homered for the fifth straight game, Billy McKinney hit a tworun shot and host Toronto handed slumping Philadelphia its fifth loss in six games.
Ryan Borucki (3-3) allowed two runs and seven hits in 61 ⁄3 innings as Toronto won its fourth straight.
Morales connected off Jake Arrieta (9-9) in the second, matching Jose Bautista (2014) for the Blue Jays’ second-longest streak of games with a home run. Jose Cruz Jr. connected in a team-record six straight in 2001.
McKinney homered for the second time in three games with a two-run drive to left in the third.