Swanson’s single caps Braves’ 6- run rally in 9th
Dansby Swanson struck out to begin the ninth inning, but he made up for it when he got another chance to bat in the inning after the Braves batted around.
Swanson’s two- run single capped a six- run inning, and the Braves rallied to stun the Marlins 10- 9 on Sunday.
The Braves, who moved 11 games over .500 for the first time since July 5, 2014, have a National League- best 88 runs in the seventh inning or later.
The Braves started the ninth with three runs off closer Brad Ziegler on Ronald Acuna Jr.’ s single, a throwing error by first baseman Justin Bour and a single by Nick Markakis.
Taylor Guererro ( 0- 2) came on with two outs and allowed four consecutive batters to reach. He walked Tyler Flowers, gave up an RBI single to Kurt Suzuki, walked Johan Camargo and gave up the winning single to Swanson.
The Braves released Jose Bautista a month after picking him up and will make Camargo their starting third baseman.
Dodgers sweep Nationals
Kike Hernandez and Yasiel Puig hit two- run homers, and the Dodgers beat the Nationals 7- 2 to complete a three- game sweep.
After losing six consecutive games, the Dodgers have won four in a row overall and five of six against the Nationals this season.
The Nationals’ Juan Soto, at 19 the youngest active player in the majors, made his debut in the eighth inning as a pinch hitter and struck out against Erik Goeddel.
He became the first 19- year- old to make his major- league debut since Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias in 2016. The only previous Nationals player to reach the big leagues at 19 was Bryce Harper in 2012.
Cardinals’ Flaherty fans 13
Jack Flaherty allowed two hits and struck out a career- high 13 in 7⅔ innings to earn his first major- league win in his ninth start as the Cardinals beat the Phillies 5- 1.
Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks hit 105 mph on the radar gun twice, becoming the first pitcher to throw multiple pitches at that speed in the same game in the last 10 seasons, the only span in which verifiable data has been kept, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
The Phillies’ Odubel Herrera’s onbase streak ended at 45 games. He went 0- for- 4 with three strikeouts. Though he reached on a dropped third strike, the streak ended because he technically made an out.
Ohtani helps Angels snap skid
Shohei Ohtani struck out nine in 7⅔ innings and retired 12 in a row in one stretch, and the Angels snapped a five- game skid with a 5- 2 victory over the Rays.
Reliever Sergio Romo started for the Rays for the second consecutive day. He faced the Angels’ first six batters and got four outs while becoming the first pitcher in 38 years to last at least one inning in back- to- back starts.
Indians call up ex- Sox Cabrera
The Indians called up veteran outfielder Melky Cabrera from Class AAA Columbus. Cabrera, who played for the White Sox from 2015 to ’ 17, agreed to a minor- league contract with the Indians in April.