Marte’s 11th-inning single rallies Pirates to win over Cardinals
PITTSBURGH » Starling Marte’s game-ending single in the 11th inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
David Freese drew a one-out walk from rookie Jordan Hicks (11), advanced to second on a wild pitch, moved to third on Gregory Polanco’s groundout. Marte then delivered a liner into center field, giving the Pirates their in four games.
Cardinals closer Greg Holland started the ninth with a 5-2 lead, but failed to retire a batter. ROCKIES 1, MARLINS 0 » Antonio Senzatela entered for injured starter Tyler Anderson, hit an RBI double and allowed one hit over 3.2 innings to lift Colorado over Miami. DIAMONDBACKS 5, NATIONALS 4 » A.J. Pollack homered and scored three runs to help Arizona beat third victory Washington. CUBS 3, BREWERS 2 » Yu Darvish bounced back from a pair of poor outings to allow only an unearned run in six innings, Addison Russell scored the go-ahead run on shortstop Eric Sogard’s seventh-inning error, and Chicago beat Milwaukee. RAYS 4, RED SOX 3 » Blake Snell worked into the eighth inning and struck out nine, and Tampa Bay held off Boston for the Rays’ seventh consecutive victory. INDIANS 6, MARINERS 5 » Corey Kluber struck out 10 in 8.2 innings and Cleveland hit five solo home runs, including three in the first inning, to beat Seattle. RANGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 4 » Ronald Guzman hit a tiebreaking tworun single in the sixth inning, and Texas beat Toronto. ORIOLES 6, TIGERS 0 » Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of one-hit ball for his first victory since last May, Pedro Alvarez went deep twice and Baltimore snapped a five-game skid. ATHLETICS 8, ASTROS 1 » Sean Manaea followed up his no-hitter with seven solid innings, three Athletics homered and Oakland beat Houston for its fifth win in six games. WHITE SOX 7, ROYALS 4 » Matt Davidson homered twice, including a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the 11th inning, and set a record for home runs in a season by a visiting player at Kauffman Stadium as Chicago beat Kansas City.