Goodwin’s homer in eighth lifts Nationals over Marlins 3-2
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Goodwin had two hits, including a home run leading off the eighth inning, and the Washington Nationals rallied past the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Thursday night.
Goodwin broke a 2-2 tie when he connected on a 1-0 fastball from Junichi Tazawa (1-2) for his 13th homer of the season and second RBI of the night.
Ryan Madson (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Sean Doolittle worked around a one-out double by Miguel Rojas in the ninth for his seventh save since coming to Washington.
Andrew Stevenson made a diving catch along the left field foul line with a runner on third to save a hit for the game's final out.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his Major Leagueleading 39th home run of the season for the Marlins.
Washington took three of four in the series and leads second-place Miami by 15 games in the NL East.
The Marlins, who led 2-0 early, stranded seven baserunners.
Washington starter Tanner Roark allowed two runs, four hits and five walks (two intentional) over six innings. Since the All-Star break, Roark is 3-1 with a 2.97 ERA.
Dan Straily of Miami had allowed only one baserunner before Adrian Sanchez led off the sixth with a double just inside third base.
After Roark bunted Sanchez to third, Goodwin smacked a single past a diving Dee Gordon to score Washington's first run. Goodwin stole second, and the Marlins elected to pitch to Bryce Harper with Ryan Zimmerman on deck. Harper doubled off the wall in right center to tie it.
After Gordon singled to open the third, Stanton homered to left on a 1-1 fastball to make it 2-0.
METS 10, PHILLIES 0
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New York's Jacob deGrom pitched brilliantly until leaving in the seventh inning due to a contusion on his right triceps after being hit on a line drive by Nick Williams, and the Mets homered four times in a rout of the Phillies.
DeGrom (13-5) gave up four hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. He improved to 9-2 with a 1.82 ERA in his last 11 starts while upping his career mark against Philadelphia to 6-0 with a 2.10 ERA in 10 starts.
The 29-year-old righthander initially smiled when manager Terry Collins came out to check on his star pitcher after Williams' hard shot drilled deGrom on the back of his right arm just above the elbow. But deGrom never threw a warmup pitch
nor appeared to protest Collins' decision to take him out.
The Mets got good news when X-rays were negative.
Wilmer Flores finished a triple shy of the cycle, Neil Walker had four hits with a homer and Michael Conforto and Curtis Granderson also went deep for the Mets.
Flores hit a three-run shot to straightaway center in the first off Vince Velasquez (2-7).
Velasquez didn't return after his shaky 32-pitch first inning due to numbness in his right middle finger.
REDS 10, PADRES 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Scooter Gennett hit a grand slam in the seventh inning, ending lefthander Brad Hand's long scoreless streak and rallying the Reds to a victory over the Padres.
The Reds won three of four in the series.
San Diego took a 3-2 lead into the seventh, leaving Dinelson Lamet in line for a fourth straight victory.
The Padres' best reliever of late let it get away.
The Reds loaded the bases against Kirby Yates (2-3) and Hand, who had a streak of 24 scoreless innings.
Gennett's third career grand slam made it 6-3, the first runs allowed by Hand since June 10.
Eugenio Suarez homered two pitches later.
Zack Cozart and Joey Votto added homers in the eighth, with Votto's solo shot extending his hitting streak to a season-high 15 games.
Drew Storen (3-2) escaped a two-on threat in the seventh.
PIRATES 7, TIGERS 5 DETROIT (AP) — Rookie Josh Bell hit his 20th home run and drove in three runs, leading the Pirates past the Tigers.
Gerrit Cole (10-8) allowed six hits and three earned runs in eight innings, his longest outing of the season.
He improved to 3-1 since the All-Star break and is 6-3 in his last 10 starts. Felipe Rivero closed for his 11th save. Drew Ver-Hagen (0-2) took the loss.
Sean Rodriguez of the Pirates had a run-scoring single in the second to make it 2-2.
Rodriguez hit a solo homer in the eighth for his fourth of the season.