Myers’ grand slam powers Padres
Wil Myers hit a first-inning grand slam and the San Diego Padres, with Fernando Tatis Jr. again leading the charge, beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 Tuesday for a twogame sweep.
Jurickson Profar added a two-run homer against his former team and five Padres relievers combined for six scoreless innings to close out the victory.
Tatis fueled a 14-4 rout Monday with a grand slam and seven RBIs. His homer came on a 3-0 pitch from Juan Nicasio in the eighth inning, rankling Texas manager Chris Woodward and the Rangers over what they perceived as breaking one of baseball’s unwritten rules. Rookie Ian Gibaut relieved after the slam and his first pitch was a fastball behind Manny Machado.
Gibaut was suspended three games by Major League Baseball and appealed the penalty, keeping him eligible. Woodward was suspended one game and sat out, with bench coach Don Wakamatsu running the team.
In a statement from the Rangers, Woodward said, “I respect that decision by MLB and I will move on and prepare for our series in San Diego.”
Astros 2, Rockies 1 — Myles Straw’s RBI single with one out in the 11th inning lifted Houston over Colorado, extending their winning streak to a season-high six games.
The back-and-forth finish came after the teams were scoreless going into extra innings, highlighted by splendid performances from starters Zack Greinke and Antonio Senzatela.
The right-handers had nearly identical lines: They both went eight innings, allowed just three singles and walked none. Greinke struck out seven for Houston, one more than Senzatela.
Giants 8, Angels 2 — Mike Yastrzemski and Pablo Sandoval homered, and San Francisco snapped a fivegame losing streak with a win over the Los Angeles Angels.
Yastrzemski hit his first leadoff homer when he drove Dylan Bundy’s fastball into the right-field stands
four pitches into the game. It was the right fielder’s teamleading sixth homer, with all but one coming with two strikes.
Yastrzemski also made a diving catch to rob David Fletcher of an RBI single to end the second inning.
Dodgers 2, Mariners 1 — Corey Seager singled home Austin Barnes with the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners for their seventh consecutive victory.
Barnes scored both runs for the Dodgers, who improved to an NL-best 18-7 and sent the Mariners to their seventh straight defeat.
The catcher walked and stole his first base of the season before Seager drove him in with a two-out drive through the shift in right.
Tony Gonsolin threw six scoreless innings of two-hit ball for the Dodgers. He had an impressive duel with Marco Gonzales, who struck out nine in seven innings of five-hit ball for the Mariners.
Diamondbacks 10, A’s 1 — Nick Ahmed homered and had five RBIs, Luke Weaver pitched five effective innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks stretched their winning streak to six games with a win over the Oakland Athletics.
The Diamondbacks put the game out of reach right away, batting around each of the first two innings to complete their first undefeated homestand since Aug. 25-31, 2017.
Ahmed hit a three-run homer off Frankie Montas (2-2) in the first inning and had a two-run single in the second.
Kole Calhoun also homered off Montas and Weaver (1-4) allowed a run on three hits, retiring the final 10 batters he faced.
The A’s had four hits — one after the second inning — and struck out 13 times.
American League
Rays 6, Yankees 3 — Brandon Lowe homered for the fifth time in six games, Austin Meadows also connected and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading New York Yankees.
Luke Voit hit his third homer in two days and Gary Sánchez also went deep, but New York ended a six-game winning streak and dropped to 10-1 at Yankee Stadium this season.
Kevin Kiermaier lined a one-out triple in the third inning and scored on a hit by nine-hole hitter Michael Perez. Meadows followed with a base hit, and then Lowe drilled a three-run shot to center off Masahiro Tanaka (0-1) for a 4-0 lead.
Lowe is batting .500 with 11 runs and 13 RBIs over his last seven games.
Tanaka had difficulty locating his pitches and was hit hard, charged with six runs — five earned — and eight hits over four innings.
Blake Snell (2-0) entered the night 1-5 with a 5.82 ERA in 11 career starts at Yankee Stadium.
The 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner worked around leadoff runners in the first three innings and got through the fifth, allowing three runs, four hits and two walks.
National League
Mets 8, Marlins 3 — Brandon Nimmo had three hits and two RBIs, leading New York to a win over Miami.
Nimmo went 3-for-5 and finished a double short of hitting for the cycle. He hit the first of three solo homers for New York, which had four home runs on Monday. The Mets have scored 19 runs in their last two games.
The Marlins (9-8) lost their fourth straight and for the seventh time in nine games since their 7-1 start.
J.D. Davis and Amed Rosario also homered for the Mets (11-14), who broke the game open with four runs in the eighth inning.
Nationals 8, Braves 5 — Victor Robles denied a homer with a brilliant catch above the center-field wall and the Washington Nationals bounced back from a stunning loss to beat the Atlanta Braves.
With every starter contributing to a 17-hit attack and Eric Thames driving in three runs, the Nationals overcame a 5-2 deficit with a four-run fifth inning.
This time, the bullpen made it stand up — one night after closer Daniel Hudson surrendered a three-run lead in the ninth, giving up a pair of homers including Dansby Swanson’s two-run, two-out shot.