AROUND THE HORN
Astros:
Trey Mancini homered in his first start for the Astros to back a sterling performance by Jose Urquidy in a 6-1 win over the Red Sox. Mancini was traded from the Orioles on Monday to bolster the offense. In his first at-bat, he knocked a pitch from Rich Hill into the seats in left field for a two-run shot that made it 4-0 with no outs in the second inning. Urquidy allowed two hits and tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in seven shutout innings . ... DH Yordan Alvarez was not called out after a third strike in the third inning. Alvarez led off the inning by taking a ball against Rich Hill. After that, home plate umpire Jim Wolf called strike one, and Alvarez fouled off a pitch for strike two. Wolf then called the third strike, but didn’t punch him out. No one appeared to notice the mistake, as Alvarez remained in the box and Hill went back to the mound. Alvarez grounded out on the next pitch.
Phillies: Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer in the eighth as the Phillies took full advantage of an overturned call to beat the Braves 3-1. The Phillies appeared down to their final three outs when J.T. Realmuto grounded into what was ruled an inning-ending double play. But the Phillies challenged, and the replay showed Realmuto’s foot getting to the bag ahead of the relay throw while the tying run scored. Collin McHugh then grooved one to Castellanos for the tiebreaking homer. Zack Wheeler claimed his 10th win of the season, giving up one run over seven innings.
Mariners: Luis Castillo pitched five-hit ball into the seventh inning in his Mariners debut in a 7-3 win over Gerrit Cole and the Yankees. Eugenio Suárez, Carlos Santana and Jarred Kelenic homered against Cole during Seattle’s six-run first.
Lance Lynn threw four-hit ball over six innings and Jose Abreu homered for the second consecutive game in a 4-1 victory over the Royals. Lynn struck out eight for the third time this season while not walking a batter for the third time in his last four starts. Rookie Bobby Witt Jr. snapped Lynn’s shutout bid by hitting a home run with one out in the sixth. The White Sox (53-51) won for the third time in four games while remaining two games behind the Twins (55-49) and one behind the Guardians (54-50) in the AL Central.
Rays: Hits by newly acquired Jose Siri and David Peralta produced the winning run in the Rays’ 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Siri led off the sixth with a single off Adam Cimber. He stole second and scored on Peralta’s tiebreaking single. Peralta had two of of the Rays’ six hits after they managed just two hits Tuesday.
Guardians: Amed Rosario hit a mammoth 450-foot three-run homer and rookie Oscar Gonzalez added a solo shot, sending Cleveland to a 7-4 victory over Arizona.
Twins: Trade acquisition Jorge López earned his first save with his new team and newcomer Sandy León drove in two runs in a 4-1 win over the Tigers. Entering to a nice ovation, López, an All-Star acquired from Baltimore, earned his 20th save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Brewers: RHP Dinelson Lamet was designated for assignment, two days after being acquired in a trade that sent closer Josh Hader to the Padres. Limet came to Milwaukee on Monday as part of a package including closer Taylor Rogers and prospects Robert Gasser and Esteury Rodriguez. Lamet pitched in 13 games for the Padres this season, going 0-1 with a 9.49 ERA.