Choi, Rays walk off Tigers Interleague
Ji-Man Choi’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth completed a rally from a late three-run deficit and gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 victory against the Detroit Tigers yesterday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Rays trailed 4-1 after seven before coming back with two in the eighth and the winning hit in the ninth.
Travis d’Arnaud reached to open the ninth against Joe Jimenez (3-7) on shortstop Gordon Beckham’s throwing error and went to second when Willy Adames walked.
The Rays loaded the bases on Mike Brosseau’s oneout infield single before Choi singled to center.
Tommy Pham hit a tworun homer in the eighth that cut the lead to 4-3.
Mariners 7, Blue Jays 0 — Yusei Kikuchi pitched his first shutout in the major leagues, throwing a twohitter that led Seattle to a win in Toronto.
Kikuchi (5-8) struck out eight, walked one and retired the final 14 batters in his first win since beating Baltimore on June 23. Indians 8, Yankees 4 — Mike Clevinger struck out 10 in five shutout innings, Mike Freeman had three extra-base hits and wild card-leading Cleveland tamed host New York for a four-game split between AL pennant contenders. Twins 6, Rangers 3 — In Arlington, Texas, Jorge Polanco cleared the bases with a tiebreaking triple in the eighth inning, helping Minnesota to its first-ever four-game sweep of Texas. Astros 4, Athletics 1 — Zack Greinke threw seven smooth innings for his 200th win, pitching firstplace Houston past host Oakland to avoid a sweep.
Alex Bregman had a goahead, three-run homer among his four hits to back Greinke, who won his third straight start since joining the Astros at the deadline. Angels 9, White Sox 2 — Shohei Ohtani, Kole Calhoun, Matt Thaiss and Anthony Bemboom all homered to lead Los Angeles Angels to a rout of Chicago in Anaheim, Calif.
National League
Braves 5, Dodgers 3 — With All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. banished for his lack of hustle after believing he had hit a home run, Rafael Ortega stepped up with a sixth-inning grand slam to lift host Atlanta past Los Angeles.
Padres 3, Phillies 2 — Austin Hedges had four hits, including a tiebreaking homer in the seventh, and Joey Lucchesi pitched six strong innings to help San Diego score a narrow win against host Philadelphia.
Cubs 7, Pirates 1 — Nick Castellanos, Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo homered, Jose Quintana (11-7) spun seven innings and Chicago beat Pittsburgh in Williamsport, Pa.
Cardinals 5, Reds 4 — Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Tommy Edman added a solo shot among his three hits and St. Louis Cardinals held off host Cincinnati to split their fourgame series. Nationals 16, Brewers 8 — Host Washington matched a team record with eight home runs — including two by Juan Soto — in a blowout of Milwaukee as the Nats took 2-of-3 games from a fellow contender in the NL playoff race.
Rockies 7, Marlins 6 — Garrett Hampson hit a basesloaded single in the bottom of the 10th, Nolan Arenado homered twice and Colorado rallied to beat Miami in Denver, completing a threegame sweep. Diamondbacks 6, Giants 1 — Wilmer Flores and David Peralta homered, Merrill Kelly allowed just one run, and Arizona avoided a fourgame sweep by beating San Francisco in Phoenix.
Mets 11, Royals 5 — Pete Alonso hit his 40th home run to break the NL rookie record, helping New York win in Kansas City.