Pederson leaves game after frightening collision
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson left a game against the St. Louis Cardinals after a frightening collision with Yasiel Puig on the warning track Tuesday night.
Just before crashing into Pederson, Puig sprinted from right field to right-center and caught Yadier Molina’s long flyball to end the 10th inning. Puig’s left elbow appeared to knock Pederson on the side of his head, and Pederson’s hat and glove went flying as the center fielder slammed facefirst into the outfield wall.
Puig monetarily remained on his feet, raising his glove to show he had caught the ball before grabbing his chest and dropping to the track.
Both players stayed down for a few moments, and Pederson appeared to have blood on his forehead when he finally stood. Pederson, who the Dodgers said suffered a neck sprain, was lifted for pinch-hitter Chris Taylor in the bottom of the inning, then replaced in center by Enrique Hernandez in the 11th. Puig returned to the outfield for the next inning.
• Red Sox 11, Rangers 6 — At Boston: Xander Bogaerts had three RBIs and twice scored on wild pitches, and Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run double for Boston.
Rick Porcello (3-5) won for just the second time at home despite allowing 11 hits in 6 2/3 innings. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner gave up four earned runs.
• Angels 4, Rays 0 — At St. Petersburg, Fla.: Cameron Maybin and Mike Trout hit back-to-back home runs to begin the game and Matt Shoemaker won his third consecutive start for Los Angeles.
Maybin led off by homering on a 3-1 pitch from Alex Cobb (4-4). Trout connected on the next pitch for his 15th homer, including seven in his last 11 games.
• Royals 6, Yankees 2 — At New York: Danny Duffy beat the Yankees for the second time in a week and rookie Jorge Bonifacio capped a three-run, seventh-inning rally with a go-ahead, tworun homer for Kansas City.
Lorenzo Cain, Whit Merrifield and Mike Moustakas also homered late for the Royals, who went deep four times in a span of nine batters.
• Astros 6, Tigers 2 — At Houston: Juan Centeno homered in his Houston debut and Yuli Gurriel also connected.
Centeno, who has played for the Mets, Brewers and Twins, filled in for catcher Brian McCann, later singled and scored.
• Nationals 10, Mariners 1 — At Washington: Anthony Rendon homered twice and drove in five runs, and Joe Ross returned from the minors to allow one run over a career high-tying eight innings for Washington.
Bryce Harper hit 14th home run and Jayson Werth almost homered off Chris Bergman (1-2), who allowed all of the Nationals’ runs and 14 of their 15 hits.
• Rockies 8, Phillies 2 — At Philadelphia: Charlie Blackmon hit a pair of tworun homers and German Marquez tossed six effective innings for Colorado.
Gerardo Parra also went deep to help the NL leadingRockies win their major league-best 17th road game.
• Indians 8, Reds 7 — At Cincinnati: Edwin Encarnacion hit two of Cleveland’s four homers off rookie Amir Garrett and scored the goahead run on a wild pitch.
The Indians split the twogame series in Cincinnati, and now the teams play twice in Cleveland. The Indians have won seven of the last eight between Ohio’s teams.
• Mets 9, Padres 3 — At New York: Michael Conforto homered twice and had a career-high four RBIs, including three on two hits during the Mets’ biggest first inning in 13 years, and Matt Harvey won his first home start since getting suspended.
Lucas Duda broke out of a slump with three hits and three RBIs, and manager Terry Collins earned his 500th victory with the Mets. His team got a leadoff homer and a two-run single from Conforto in a seven-run first against Jhoulys Chacin (4-4).
• Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3 — At Milwaukee: Kendrys Morales hit a two-run homer to lead Toronto.
Six of the first eight Blue Jays batters reached base against Jimmy Nelson (2-3).
• Diamondbacks 5, White Sox 4 — At Phoenix: Jake Lamb and Chris Herrmann homered and Arizona held off the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night for the Diamondbacks’ seventh win in eight games.
• Braves 6, Pirates 5 — At Atlanta: Matt Adams singled in the winning run with about 200 fans left in the stands for the ninth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves over the Pittsburgh Pirates 65 early Wednesday morning in a game delayed over three hours by rain.