Surging Phillies hold on, edge Mets
NEW YORK — Alec Bohm’s sacrifice fly scored Bryson Stott with the go-ahead run in the tenth and the Philadelphia Phillies held on to edge the New York Mets 2-1 in ten innings on Friday night at Citi Field.
The Phillies, who hold the second NL wild-card spot, are 13-2 in their last 15 games and moved to within 9½ games of the first place Mets in the NL East. Stott finished with three hits and scored twice. Philadelphia starter Ranger Suárez allowed one run on three hits over seven innings.
White Sox 2, Tigers 0: Michael Kopech struck out a career-best 11 in six innings of no-hit ball and Andrew Vaughn hit a tie-breaking two-run single in the seventh inning, leading host Chicago over Detroit.
Kopech was lifted despite blanking the Tigers on 85 pitches throught six innings. Vaughn snapped the scoreless game with a two-out, bases-loaded blooper that landed just in front of right fielder Willi Castro’s glove.
Tigers reliever Alex Lange (4-3) pitched the seventh and took the loss as Detroit lost its fifth straight and eighth in nine games.
Kopech allowed three walks, including one to Miguel Cabrera, and all the balls hit into play by the Tigers were handled cleanly by Chicago fielders. Reynaldo Lopez (5-2) got a smattering of boos when he came to the mound to start the seventh, and they got louder after leadoff batter Javier Baez laced a single into the right-center field gap. Lopez retired the next three batters to end the inning.
Kendall Graveman pitched the eighth and Liam Hendriks worked the ninth for his 24th save in 27 chances.
Guardians 8, Blue Jays 0: Canadians Cal Quantrill and Josh Naylor crossed the border and led Cleveland to a rout of Toronto.
Quantrill pitched seven shutout innings and won his fifth straight decision, and Naylor hit a two-run home run as the surging Guardians won their sixth straight.
On Sitcom Night in Toronto, there was little for a big crowd of 41,677 to laugh at. Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez hit a three-run home run, his 22nd, and finished with four RBIs as the Guardians roughed up Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios.
Toronto has lost three straight and six of eight. Quantrill, whose father Paul pitched for the Blue Jays, is from Port Hope, about 60 miles east of Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario. Naylor is from Mississauga, the city immediately west of Toronto.
Quantrill (9-5) allowed one hit, walked none and struck out seven.
Eli Morgan gave up a two-out double in the eighth and Nick Sandlin pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth to complete the three-hitter.