Turner’s 2 homers fuel Dodgers’ win
LOS ANGELES — Justin Turner hit two home runs off Joe Musgrove and drove in all three runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres Thursday night in matchup of the two top teams in the National League West.
The Dodgers managed just five hits off Musgrove and reliever Nabil Crismatt, including three by Turner.
Phillies 14, Braves 4: Kyle Schwarber finished off the month with another June homer, Darick Hall went deep twice and Philadelphia avoided a three-game sweep with a rout of Atlanta at Philadelphia.
Rhys Hoskins and Nick Castellanos also homered for the Phillies, who reached a season high in runs without star Bryce Harper in the lineup for the fourth straight game. The 2021 NL MVP is out indefinitely after having successful surgery on his broken left thumb on Wednesday.
Adam Duvall and Michael Harris II went deep for the Braves, who ended June with a 21-6 mark to equal the most victories in a calendar month since the club moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966.
Schwarber connected on a three-run shot in the third for his 12th homer in June and 23rd of the season. The line drive to deep right also was Schwarber’s 47th in 458 career June at-bats.
Blue Jays 4, Rays 1: Teoscar Hernandez and Santiago Espinal each hit two-run home runs, Yuseki Kukuchi struck out a season-high eight over six innings to snap a seven-start winless streak and Toronto won at home.
Hernandez hit his eighth homer in the second, and Espinal went deep in the seventh, his sixth. Both homers came off Rays lefthander Ryan Yarbrough (0-4). Hernandez went 3 for 4, also with a double.
Guardians 5, Twins 3: Andres Gimenez hit a tworun homer in the ninth inning and host Cleveland beat Minnesota with a second straight walkoff win.
Gimenez went deep to center on a 3-2 pitch from Tyler Thornburg (0-2). Jose Ramirez drew a leadoff walk. Josh Naylor’s groundout moved Ramirez to second and Owen Miller flied out. Gimenez followed with his game-winner.
Pirates 8, Brewers 7: Backup catcher Michael Perez had three home runs, rookies Oneil Cruz and Jack Suwinski hit back-to-back shots and host Pittsburgh edged Milwaukee. Perez went 4 for 5 to set a career-high for hits.
Cubs 15, Reds 7: Patrick Wisdom hit a grand slam and a solo homer en route to a career-high six RBIs, rookie Christopher Morel had a career-high five hits and Chicago routed Cincinnati at Wrigley Field.
Mariners 8, Athletics 6: Dylan Moore and Julio Rodríguez homered and host Seattle won its third straight game.