Nats put up 10 runs in fifth, rout Reds
WASHINGTON >> Anthony Rendon, Kurt Suzuki and Adam Eaton hit homers in a 10-run fifth that included an RBI single from Stephen Strasburg, and the Washington Nationals tacked on another six runs in the next inning of what became a
17-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, completing a threegame series sweep.
This marked the first time since the Nationals moved from Montreal in
2005 that every member of the team’s lineup scored in a single inning. The NL wild-card leaders broke loose against Trevor Bauer for their biggest inning of the season; they scored 11 in an inning at Colorado in 2017.
The sixth Wednesday wasn’t too shabby, either, as Washington batted around again, much to the delight of a crowd of 23,596 that showed up for the unusual 4:05 p.m. weekday start.
By the time that inning was done, the club’s eight position players each had scored twice and the score was
17-4.
Javy Guerra worked the final three innings in relief and was credited with a save, despite allowing homers to Aristides Aquino in the seventh and Freddy Galvis in the ninth.
Aquino is the first player since at least 1900 with nine homers in his first 14 career games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
ROCKIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 6 >> Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give Colorado a victory over Arizona.
After Trevor Story was hit by a pitch, Arenado launched a fastball from Archie Bradley (3-5) over the fence in left. It was Arenado’s third career walk-off homer and first since June 18, 2017, against San Francisco. WHITE SOX 13, ASTROS 9 >> James McCann hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning and Chicago outlasted Houston to win the season series from the runaway AL West leaders.
Rookie Eloy Jiménez hit his 20th homer and doubled, and Tim Anderson doubled twice among four hits for the White Sox.
Following a doubleheader split on Tuesday, Chicago (54-65) took two of three games from the Astros in a little over 24 hours and finished 4-3 against them this year.
RANGERS 7, BLUE JAYS 3 >> Kolby Allard pitched 5.2 innings to win for the first time with Texas, Elvis Andrus had four hits and two RBIs and the Rangers beat Toronto to avoid a three-game sweep.
YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 5 >> Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer and New York beat Baltimore for the 16th straight time this season, winning in their final meeting this year.
The Yankees went 17-2 against the O’s, their most wins versus any opponent in a season since going 17-5 over the Kansas City Athletics in 1959. RED SOX 5, INDIANS 1 >> Rafael Devers homered and singled, extending his robust hit streak to eight straight at-bats, and Xander Bogaerts connected twice to lead Boston over Cleveland.
Devers went 6 for 6 with four doubles Tuesday night in Boston’s 7-6, 10-inning win. A day later, he singled in the first inning and hit a solo home run in the third before being retired on a comebacker in the fifth.
The MLB record for consecutive hits is 12, last accomplished by Detroit’s Walt Dropo in 1952.
PADRES 7, RAYS 2 >> Cal Quantrill contributed with his arm and bat as San Diego beat Tampa Bay for the first time in over nine years. ATHLETICS 9, GIANTS 5 >> Matt Chapman homered twice, including a pivotal drive in the ninth inning that followed a late collapse by Oakland’s bullpen, and the Athletics held on to beat San Francisco.
BREWERS 6, TWINS 5 >> Rookie Trent Grisham hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, and Milwaukee rallied to beat Minnesota.