Marte hits 150th career home run; Mets rout Pirates
NEW YORK >> Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering the New York Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of a threegame series.
Marte, who spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Pirates, hit the milestone two-run homer off the railing beyond the left-center field fence to give the Mets a 2-1 lead in the third inning.
Tyrone Taylor hit a tworun single in the sixth and Harrison Bader homered on the next pitch for the Mets, who are 10-3 since an 0-5 start. Brandon Nimmo's two-run single capped a three-run eighth.
The sweep was the first for the Mets at Citi Field since they won three straight from the Philadelphia Phillies from May 30 to June 1, 2023.
BREWERS 1, PADRES 0 Blake Perkins hit a single in the eighth inning to crack a scoreless game and lead Milwaukee to a win over San Diego.
The hit spoiled a stellar start by Padres righthander Michael King (21), who pitched a no-hitter through 6 2/3 innings.
King didn't allow a runner past first base until the eighth inning, when Brice Turang stole second after hitting a single. King was charged with a run when Turang scored on Perkins' single off Wandy Peralta.
King went 7 2/3 innings on the day, throwing 109 pitches. He struck out 10 batters and walked two.
ORIOLES 4, TWINS 2 >> Cedric Mullins hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Baltimore a victory over Minnesota and a three-game sweep of the Twins.
Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander also went deep for the Orioles, their fifth straight game with at least three home runs. Baltimore had a streak that long only twice before in franchise history, in 1996 and 1987.
PHILLIES 7, ROCKIES 6 >> Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs, including the 250th of his career, Cristopher Sánchez pitched six strong innings and Philadelphia completed a three-game sweep of Colorado.
Trea Turner homered, doubled and singled for the Phillies, who moved a seasonbest three games over .500. Philadelphia has won 13 of its last 15 against the Rockies.
Ezequiel Tovar had three hits and drove in two runs for Colorado.
RED SOX 2, GUARDIANS 0 >> Tanner Houck pitched a three-hitter with nine strikeouts for Boston's first complete-game shutout at Fenway Park in nearly seven years, and the Red Sox beat Cleveland.
Connor Wong homered in the fourth, one inning after Boston scored its first run on a balk by Cleveland starter Ben Lively.
RANGERS 5, TIGERS 4 >> Josh Smith's pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth drove home the winning run and Texas beat error-prone Detroit.
With one out, Ezequiel Duran singled, went to second on an error first baseman Spencer Torkelson and scored on Smith's clutch hit to right-center field.
Kirby Yates (2-0) got the final four outs, striking out the side in the ninth, to get the win. Detroit's Shelby Miller (3-1) took the loss as the Tigers committed three errors, leading to two unearned runs.
ROYALS 4, WHITESOX 2, 1ST GAME
WHITE SOX 2, ROYALS 1, 2ND GAME >> Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the eighth to put the Royals ahead, and Kansas City beat struggling Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader.
Perez socked his fifth homer of the season off Michael Kopech to left center for a 3-2 lead. Kansas City's eight-time All-Star catcher started Wednesday after missing Monday with a groin injury.
• Gavin Sheets homered, Erick Fedde pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning and Chicago edged Kansas City in the second game to end a six-game slide.
BRAVES 5, ASTROS 4, 10 INN. >> Marcell Ozuna hit his major league-leading eighth homer and Orlando Arcia's RBI single in the 10th inning lifted Atlanta to a win over Houston.
It completes a threegame sweep of the struggling Astros and is Atlanta's fourth straight victory.
NATIONALS 2, DODGERS 0 >> CJ Abrams homered in the first at-bat of the game and Washington beat Los Angeles to take the series.
Nationals starter Jake Irvin (1-1) threw six scoreless innings to get his first win of the season and gave up just four hits. Landon Knack (01) made his major league debut for the Dodgers.
YANKEES 6, BLUE JAYS 4 >> Aaron Judge broke a 4-all tie with a two-run single in the ninth inning, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit solo home runs and the New York Yankees rallied to beat Toronto, avoiding their first sweep of the season.
Daulton Varsho hit two home runs for the Blue Jays, but Toronto's fourgame winning streak was snapped.
CUBS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 >> Cody Bellinger hit a goahead solo homer in the sixth inning, Mike Tauchman added an RBI double and Chicago beat Arizona.
The Cubs took two of three in the hard-fought series, which included two extra-inning games.
MARINERS 5, REDS 1 >> Bryce Miller and three relievers combined on a one-hitter, Cal Raleigh, Mitch Garver and Josh Rojas all hit solo home runs, and Seattle beat the Cincinnati to complete a three-game sweep.
ANGELS 5, RAYS 4 >> Anthony Rendon and Taylor Ward hit run-scoring singles off struggling closer Pete Fairbanks in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat Tampa Bay.
Fairbanks (0-2) has 9.00 ERA in eight games this season with seven earned runs allowed in seven innings.