Gausman pitches 7 innings, Orioles top Jays to snap skid
TORONTO — Adam Jones had two hits and an RBI, Kevin Gausman pitched seven strong innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday night, snapping a six-game losing streak.
Kendrys Morales had three hits for the Blue Jays, whose four-game winning streak was halted.
• Angels 9, Astros 0 — The Los Angeles Angels scored five runs in the first inning and then rode left-hander Tyler Skaggs’ finest start of the season to beat the Houston Astros.
The victory kept the Angels two games behind the Minnesota Twins for the second AL wild-card berth, while the Astros’ magic number to clinch a playoff spot remained at five.
• Twins 3, Padres 1 in 10 innings — At Minneapolis: Eddie Rosario hit a two-run home run with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a victory over the San Diego Padres to maintain their cushion for the second AL wild card spot.
After Joe Mauer hit a oneout single off Phil Maton (31), Rosario sent a 2-0 pitch soaring into the right-field seats that stayed just inside the foul pole. He raced around the bases to find a mob of teammates waiting for him at the plate in celebration of the team’s fourth walk-off win this season, dumping a bucket of ice on his head after he hit his 23rd homer.
• Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 2 — At Phoenix: A.J. Pollock homered and drove in four runs to back another strong outing by Patrick Corbin, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies to expand their lead in the wild-card race.
Paul Goldschmidt had two hits for Arizona, including the 1,000th of his career. Pollock launched a three-run homer in the seventh inning and finished with three hits.
• Cubs 17, Mets 5 — At Chicago: Javier Baez homered and had four hits, Albert Almora Jr. also went deep and drove in six runs after coming off the bench in the seventh inning, and the Chicago Cubs routed the New York Mets.
Jon Lester (11-7) threw six solid innings to win his third straight start. The left-hander gave up two runs and six hits.
• Brewers 8, Pirates 2 — At Milwaukee: Eric Thames hit his team-high 30th homer , Chase Anderson pitched effectively on three days’ rest and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Center fielder Brett Phillips added two hits and three RBIs, and also threw out a runner at the plate for the Brewers. They have won five of their last six games as they try to keep pace with the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs.
• Mariners 8, Rangers 1 — At Arlington, Texas: Mike Zunino homered twice, Jean Segura also went deep and the Seattle Mariners won over Texas, jumping over the Rangers in the wild-card chase and handing Martin Perez his first loss in eight starts.
Zunino broke a scoreless tie with one out in the fifth with his 22nd homer, a rare shot into the second-level club deck in left field. It was only the 23rd homer to reach that section in the ballpark that is in its 24th season. His second solo homer, to rightcenter in the seventh for his third multihomer game this season, capped a five-run outburst by the Mariners that inning.
• Yankees 3, Rays 2 — At New York: A disappointed Jaime Garcia didn’t even look at manager Joe Girardi when the pitcher was removed one out shy of qualifying for his first win with the Yankees, and New York edged Tampa Bay to take two of three games in a series moved from Florida to Citi Field because of Hurricane Irma.
Making his first appearance since Aug. 30, Garcia allowed only Kevin Kiermaier’s solo homer in 4 2/3 innings. Chad Green (5-0) struck out three of his four batters and Aroldis Chapman got four outs for his 18th save in 22 chances. Chapman fanned four and earned his first save of more than three outs since Game 5 of last year’s World Series for the Chicago Cubs. The Yankees won their fourth straight series.
• White Sox 5, Royals 3 — Kansas City, Mo.: Jose Abreu hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and Chicago won a series in Kansas City for the first time since 2015.
Tim Anderson singled, went to second on a wild pitch by Scott Alexander (4-4) and stole third before scoring on Abreu’s fly ball. Avisail Garcia added an RBI single to make it 5-3.
• Reds 6, Cardinals 0 — At St. Louis: Rookie Tyler Mahle threw five innings, Eugenio Suarez hit a grand slam and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals.
Jesse Winker added a home run and Joey Votto had two hits and drove in a run for the Reds, who had lost four of their last five games.
• Braves 8, Nationals 2 — At Washington: Dansby Swanson smacked a basesloaded, two-run single off Washington ace Max Scherzer in the seventh inning, Matt Kemp hit a grand slam two batters later and the Atlanta Braves beat the Nationals.
• Phillies 8, Marlins 1 — At Washington: Giancarlo Stanton may be chasing the home run title but Philadelphia’s Rhys Hoskins is the one rewriting history on a nightly basis.
Hoskins, a Sacramento State product, continued his record home run pace, connecting on his 17th in just his 33rd major league game during the Phillies’ victory over the Miami Marlins.