Orioles tie record for most HRs allowed, beat Royals
BALTIMORE >> The Orioles tied a major league record by allowing their 258th home run this season but hit four of their own in an 8-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday night.
Anthony Santander and Renato Núñez hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning for Baltimore, which won its first series since July 25-27 at the Los Angeles Angels.
Jonathan Villar opened the scoring with a two-run shot, while Hanser Alberto put the game away with a three-run blast in the sixth.
Whit Merrifield homered leading off the third for Kansas City. The 2016 Cincinnati Reds owned the previous record for home runs allowed in a season, but the Orioles have 35 games to surpass them. NATIONALS 11, PIRATES 1 >> Patrick Corbin pitched eight scoreless innings to remain unbeaten in more than two months, and Asdrubal Cabrera’s three-run home run capped a six-run third as Washington over Pittsburgh.
Corbin (10-5) struck out four and walked two while throwing just 93 pitches to help the Nationals maintain their lead atop the National League wild-card standings.
BRAVES 5, MARLINS 0 >> Adeiny Hechavarría and Ronald Acuña Jr. each hit a two-run homer, Julio Teheran struck out a seasonhigh nine and Atlanta beat Miami to continue the Braves’ mastery of the Marlins.
The Braves are 14-4 against Miami this year after winning the 2018 season series between the NL East rivals 14-5.
RAYS 7, MARINERS 6 >> Kevin Kiermaier drove in four runs, including a solo homer during a two-run ninth inning, and Tampa Bay avoided a sweep by beating Seattle.
Kiermaier tied it at 6-6 on a leadoff homer against Matt Magill (3-1). The Rays then loaded the bases on Willy Adames’ single, a double by Mike Brosseau and an intentional walk to pinch-hitter Ji-Man Choi with no outs before Magill’s wild pitch with Tommy Pham batting allowed Adames to score the winning run. WHITE SOX 4, TWINS 0 >> Lucas Giolito pitched a three-hit shutout of the second-highest scoring team in the major leagues, racking up 12 strikeouts as Chicago took the series from first-place Minnesota.
Giolito (14-6) allowed only runner past first base, a double by Jonathan Schoop in the eighth. The 25-year-old fanned Jake Cave to finish that inning and reach double-digit strikeouts for the third straight time, the first White Sox starter to do so since Chris Sale did so in eight consecutive turns in 2015. REDS 4, PADRES 2 >> Luis Castillo shook off his worst career start to pitch six solid innings and José Iglesias hit a solo home run to pace Cincinnati over San Diego.
Castillo (12-5), who allowed nine hits and eight runs on Friday against St. Louis, bounced back to limit San Diego to five hits and one run with four strikeouts.
Braves place McCann on IL
ATLANTA >> The Atlanta Braves have placed catcher Brian McCann on the 10-day injured list with a left knee sprain.
Catcher Alex Jackson was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett before the team’s game against the Miami Marlins.
McCann left Tuesday night’s 5-1 win over the Marlins after the third inning due to soreness in the knee. Tests on Wednesday revealed the sprain.
Rockies lose Gray for season
PHOENIX >> The Colorado Rockies Wednesday placed starting pitcher Jon Gray on the 60-day injured list because of a left foot fracture, ending his season.
The 27-year-old Gray is 11-8 with a 3.84 ERA this season.