Braves beat Pirates 4-2, extend NL-best winning streak to 9
ATLANTA » Spencer Strider outpitched Roansy Contreras in a matchup of hardthrowing rookies, Dansby Swanson had three hits, including a two-run homer, and the Atlanta Braves stretched their winning streak to nine games with a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
It’s the longest winning streak in the National League this season. Houston and the New York Yankees have had 11-game streaks.
Atlanta’s winning streak is its longest since another nine-game run from Aug. 13-22, 2021.
Strider (2-2) allowed only four hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Strider, making his first home start and only his third overall, pitched into the sixth inning for the first time. Kenley Jansen got three outs in the ninth for his 17th save in 20 chances.
Contreras (1-1) had seven strikeouts in his fourth start. The 22-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic allowed four runs — three earned — and eight hits with one walk in 4 2/3 innings.
PHILLIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5 » Rhys Hoskins hit a pair of solo home runs and Kyle Schwarber added a threerun shot to lead Philadelphia to its eighth straight win.
The Phillies are 7-0 under interim manager Rob Thomson.
Hoskins staked Kyle Gibson (4-2) to an early lead with a one-out solo homer in the first inning. Schwarber hit a three-run shot in the second for a 5-0 lead.
Gibson gave up Daulton Varsho’s ninth homer of the year in the sixth. Corey Knebel worked the ninth for his 11th save.
Zac Gallen (4-2) gave up seven hits and six runs in just 1 1/3 innings and the shortest start of his career.
YANKEES 2, CUBS 1, 13 INNINGS » Pinch-hitter Jose Trevino broke a stalemate in the 13th inning with a game-winning single, giving New York a win over Chicago.
Gleyber Torres homered for New York in the fourth, but neither team managed a hit in extra innings until Trevino came off the bench and delivered with two outs and runners at second and third. Trevino lined a 1-1 pitch from Alec Mills (01) over shortstop to give the major league-leading Yankees (42-16) their ninth victory in 10 games.
Jason Heyward hit his first home run this season for the Cubs, making their first visit to Yankee Stadium since April 2014. Chicago (23-34) dropped its fourth straight.
Ron Marinaccio (1-0) worked a scoreless inning for his first major league win. Yankees reliever Clay Holmes worked the ninth, extending his shutout streak to 28 innings — the longest for New York since Mariano Rivera finished the 1999 season with 30 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.
TWINS 9, RAYS 4 » Byron Buxton had his second straight two-homer game and Minnesota sent Drew Rasmussen to an early exit.
Buxton moved into a tie for second in the major leagues with 17 homers in just 43 games. Carlos Correa tacked on a two-run shot in the eighth inning for the Twins.
Randy Arozarena and Vidal Bruján hit back-toback homers for the Rays in the seventh and Isaac Paredes went deep in the second against Twins starter Devin Smeltzer (3-0), who allowed only one other hit over six-plus innings and retired 10 straight batters at one point.
NATIONALS 11, BREWERS 5 » Josh Bell and Keibert Ruiz hit home runs on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning, and Washington sent Milwaukee to its seasonhigh seventh straight loss.
Nelson Cruz and Maikel Franco also homered for the Nationals, who snapped a three-game skid in the opener of a 10-day, 11-game homestand. Washington’s 19 hits were its most since posting a season-high 22 at San Francisco on April 29.
MARLINS 7, ASTROS 4 » Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesús Aguilar each hit two home runs to power Miami to its fourth straight win with an interleague victory over Houston.
Chisholm and Aguilar both had solo shots in the first inning before each hitting two-run blasts in the fifth to make it 6-1 in the first meeting between these teams since 2017. It was the fourth time in franchise history the Marlins have had two players hit multiple homers in a game and the first since Giancarlo Stanton and Garrett Jones did it on May 23, 2015.
BLUE JAYS 10, TIGERS 1 » Lourdes Gurriel Jr., George Springer and Bo Bichette homered in a four-run second inning, Jose Berrios pitched eight strong innings and Toronto routed Detroit.
Springer reached base four times while scoring three runs and knocking in a pair. Gurriel and Bichette added run-scoring doubles and the Blue Jays had eight extra-base hits during the first six innings. Toronto has won 12 of its last 15 games, scoring six or more runs in 11 of those victories.
WHITE SOX 8, RANGERS 3 » Yasmani Grandal hit a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and Chicago beat Texas.
Danny Mendick homered to cap Chicago’s fiverun eighth.
CARDINALS 2, REDS 0 » Andre Pallante took a shutout into the sixth inning in his second major league start, helping St. Louis snap a three-game skid with a win over Cincinnati.
Pallante (2-0) allowed four hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings and had three strikeouts. Génesis Cabrera and GIovanny Gallegos combined to pitch 2 2/3 scoreless innings before Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his fourth save in six chances.
ROYALS 8, ORIOLES 1 » Jonathan Heasley allowed one hit in a career-best seven sharp innings, Salvador Perez and MJ Melendez each homered and drove in three runs and Kansas City defeated Baltimore for its third straight win.
Michael A. Taylor also homered for Kansas City, which had a season-high eight extra-base hits — the Royals’ most in a game since April 2, 2021, against Texas.