Meyer, 2 relievers throw 1-hitter in Angels’ win
ANAHEIM — Right-hander Alex Meyer allowed only one hit in seven innings, and Mike Trout and C.J. Cron hit tworun homers to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-0 victory Wednesday night that snapped the Washington Nationals’ sixgame winning streak.
The 6-foot-9 Meyer (4-5) had a perfect game until he walked Anthony Rendon with two outs in the fifth. He lost his nohitter with two outs in the sixth when Brian Goodwin doubled down the rightfield line.
Meyer, Rendon and Goodwin were all first-round draft picks by the Nationals in 2011.
• Rockies 18, Padres 4 — At Denver: Nolan Arenado lined three homers as part of his five-hit afternoon and tied a career-high with seven RBIs, helping the Colorado Rockies complete a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres.
Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon also homered on a scorching day when the Rockies had a season-high 21 hits. Gerardo Parra ran his streak of reaching base to 10 straight plate appearances over three games before flying out in the fifth. He finished with four singles.
• Cubs 8, Braves 2 — At Atlante: Mike Montgomery hit his first home run and allowed two hits and one run in six innings to lead streaking Chicago over Atlanta.
Javier Baez hit a three-run homer in the eighth for Chicago, which stretched its season-best winning streak to six games since the All-Star break. The Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the Braves.
• Pirates 3, Brewers 2 in 10 innings — At Pittsburgh: Max Moroff got his first career game-ending hit with a single in the 10th inning, lifting Pittsburgh over Milwaukee.
Moroff raised his right arm and ran to first base while his seventh big league hit scored Josh Harrison. Teammate Gregory Polanco hoisted the rookie into the air as the Pirates celebrated in the infield.
• Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 1 — At Boston: Dustin Pedroia drove in three, Drew Pomeranz pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning and Boston beat Toronto.
Pomeranz (10-4) allowed an unearned run over 6 2/3 innings to win his fourth straight decision.
• Twins 6, Yankees 1 — At Minneapolis: Miguel Sano hit a three-run home run, Jose Berrios went strong into the seventh inning and Minnesota beat New York to win its first home series against the Yankees in nine years.
Berrios (9-3) allowed only one run, his fewest in 11 starts, on a two-out single by Brett Gardner in the seventh before being removed.
• Phillies 10, Marlins 3 — At Miami: Daniel Nava tied a career high with four hits and Philadelphia had a season-best 20 hits to beat Miami and win a road series for only the third time this season.
Nava singled in each of his first four at-bats, drove in two runs and increased his average to .300.
• Mariners 4, Astros 1 — At Houston: James Paxton had another strong start against Houston and rookie Ben Gamel powered the offense with a two-run homer to give Seattle a win over the Astros.
Paxton (9-3) allowed six hits and one run in seven innings, after not allowing a run in his previous two starts against Houston this season. It’s the fourth straight win for Paxton, who struck out seven.
• Orioles 10, Rangers 2 — At Baltimore: Kevin Gausman pitched six innings of four-hit ball, Adam Jones homered and scored three runs and Baltimore beat faltering Texas.
Trey Mancini contributed two hits in a seven-run seventh inning, including a bases-loaded triple, and Jonathan Schoop finished with three hits and three RBIs.
• Mets 7, Cardinals 3 — At New York: Jacob deGrom pitched into the seventh inning and won his career-best seventh straight start and New York beat St. Louis.
New York jumped on Mike Leake (6-8) for seven runs in the first two innings and cruised from there behind deGrom (11-3) to snap a three-game losing streak.
• Reds 4, Diamondbacks 3 in 11 innnings — At Cincinnati: J.D. Martinez bruised his left hand, forcing him out of his debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Cincinnati Reds ended their five-game losing streak with a victorycapped by Adam Duvall’s basesloaded single in the 11th inning.
The Reds had lost all five games since the All-Star break, including Arizona’s 11-2 victory on Tuesday night that featured nine extra-base hits by the Diamondbacks. The Reds broke their slump by rallying off T.J. McFarland (4-2) to snap a 3-3 tie.
• Dodgeres 9, White Sox 1 — At Chicago: Kike Hernandez had two home runs to lead the surging Los Angeles Dodgers to a win in a rain-shortened game, spoiling the Chicago White Sox debut of top prospect Yoan Moncada.
Hernandez broke out of a 1-for-23 slump with home runs in his first two atbats, lifting the Dodgers to their 11th straight win and 31st victory in 35 games.
• Royals 4, Tigers 3 — At Kansas City, Mo.: Brandon Moss doubled off the wall in the ninth to score the tying run, and Alex Gordon drove him home with a sacrifice fly to bail out closer Kelvin Herrera and give the Kansas City Royals a victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Moss homered in the third inning before coming through against Tigers closer Justin Wilson (3-4) in the ninth — shortly after Mikie Mahtook’s two-run shot off Herrera had given Detroit the lead.