Diamondbacks keep rolling with ninth-inning rally
By The Associated Press
Christian Walker hit a key double with two outs in a four-run ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks won at Detroit 7-5 on Sunday for a threegame sweep that extended their winning streak to five games and stretched the Tigers’ losing streak to nine.
Detroit led 5-2 in the eighth before Corbin Carroll doubled, stole third and scored on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s RBI grounder.
Jason Foley (2-2) gave up a one-out single in the ninth to Emmanuel Rivera and then walked Ketel Marte.
NL West first-place Arizona, which leads the Dodgers by 31/2 games, had been 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position before Carroll had an RBI single for his third hit. Walker doubled to left on a 1-2 slider that scored Marte to tie it, and Carroll came home for a 6-5 lead when left fielder Kerry Carpenter allowed the ball to skip off his glove for an error. Geraldo Perdomo followed with a run-scoring single.
Shane Mcclanahan became the
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Mcclanahan (10-1) allowed three runs and four hits over seven innings.
Wander Franco homered off Martín Pérez (6-2) in the fourth inning for Mlbleading Tampa Bay (48-20), which is now 31-7 at home. .
Robbie Grossman homered for the AL West-leading Rangers (41-23).
Pérez lasted a seasonlow 3 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs and 10 hits.
Andrew Mccutchen got his 2,000th career hit, Jack Suwinski hit his 12th home run and Pittsburgh sent visiting New York to its eighth loss in nine games.
Mccutchen became the 291st player and fifth active player to reach 2,000 hits when he laced a slider from Carlos Carrasco (2-3) to left leading off the first.
Mitch Keller (8-2) allowed two hits in seven innings for the Pirates, who went 6-3 on the homestand to move into first place in
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Christian Walker celebrates with Diamondbacks teammates after scoring during a four-run ninth against the Tigers.
the NL Central (34-30).
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Dominic Smith and Jeimer Candelario hit two-run homers in the sixth as visiting Washington stopped a six-game skid and Atlanta’,s seven-game winning streak.
The Nationals’ Trevor Williams (3-4) allowed two runs, seven hits and one walk in five innings with six strikeouts.
Bryce Elder (4-1) allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
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Ryan Mcmahon hit a tying homer off Tom Cosgrove
in heavy rain just before a 1-hour, 25-minute delay in the ninth inning and Nolan Jones hit a game-ending 472-foot drive off Brent Honeywell (2-4) just after the resumption in Colorado’s win over San Diego.
The Rockies’ Coco Montes homered in his big league debut for the lone run off Blake Snell, who struck out 12 in seven innings.
Gunnar Henderson and Ryan O’hearn homered and host Baltimore dealt Kansas City its sixth straight loss.
Kyle Gibson (8-3) earned
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Seth Brown and Brent Rooker hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning and Oakland completed its first series sweep of the season, beating host Milwaukee for its fifth straight win.
Since falling 5-4 at Pittsburgh on Monday for their 15th straight road loss, the A’s have gone 5-0 on the road against the NL Central’s top two teams — the Pirates and Brewers.
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Kiké Hernández hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th and Boston edged New York at Yankee Stadium.
Justin Turner homered and Brayan Bello allowed three hits in seven efficient innings for the last-place Red Sox, who took two of three low-scoring games in the first series this season between the longtime rivals.
Cavan Biggio hit a go-ahead, threerun homer in the bottom of the eighth inning and Toronto overcame a five-run deficit to beat Minnesota.
Biggio’s homer came off
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Emilio Pagán (3-1), who began the eighth by giving up singles to Alejandro Kirk and Santiago Espinal.
Matt Chapman added a two-run homer and had three RBIS for the Blue Jays, who are 8-3 in June.
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Shane Bieber (5-3) gave up three hits and struck out nine over seven innings as Cleveland won at home over Houston.
Andrés Giménez hit a two-run homer in the second off Brandon Bielak (33) for the Guardians.
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Rookie Elly De La Cruz had two hits, reached base four times and scored the goahead run on an eighth-inning grounder, helping Cincinnati win at St. Louis.
Joc Pederson and Thairo Estrada each hit two-run homers and drove in four runs as San Francisco and rolled past visiting Chicago.
Blake Sabol added two hits and two RBIS for a Giants offense that banged out 15 hits less than 24 hours after being no-hit for 7 2/3 innings by Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks in a 4-0 loss.