McCutchen hits 300th homer as Pirates down Phils
Jack Suwinski hit a goahead grand slam and Andrew McCutchen belted his 300th career home run to power the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates past the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-2, on Sunday.
Pittsburgh trailed 2-1 entering the sixth inning before Ke’Bryan Hayes reached on Alec Bohm’s error, Rowdy Tellez walked and McCutchen singled to load the bases with nobody out. Suwinski then put Zack Wheeler’s 0-1 curveball into the rightcenter-field seats for his second career grand slam, putting the Pirates up 5-2.
Joey Bart added a solo home run in the sixth for Pittsburgh off Phillies reliever Seranthony Dominguez, who replaced Wheeler after Suwinski’s slam. Wheeler (0-3) pitched five-plus innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits. He walked three and tied his season high with 10 strikeouts.
McCutchen clubbed his milestone homer in the top of the ninth, a two-run shot that closed the scoring. McCutchen finished with two hits and three runs in addition to stealing home.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox 5, Angels 4:
Tyler O’Neill, Triston Casas and Masataka Yoshida all homered and host Boston held on to beat Los Angeles for its second straight win.
Astros 8, Rangers 5: Jose Altuve smacked two home runs as part of a three-hit game as host Houston topped Texas in the rubber match of a three-game series
Tigers 4, Twins 3:
Spencer Torkelson’s goahead single capped a four-run eighth as host Detroit rallied to beat Minnesota. Javier Baez hit his first homer of the season and Mark Canha supplied a two-run double for Tigers, who split the fourgame series with their Central Division rival.
Guardians 8, Yankees 7 (10): Andres Gimenez’s walk-off sacrifice fly capped a three-run 10th inning and sent Cleveland to a win over visiting New York. After Anthony Rizzo put New York up 7-5 with a two-run single in the top of the inning off Tyler Beede (1-0), the Yankees’ Caleb Ferguson (0-2) couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the frame.
INTERLEAGUE
Orioles 6, Brewers 4: Jackson Holliday picked up his first Major League hit as part of a two-run seventh inning and Baltimore rallied past visiting Milwaukee. Colton Cowser added his fourth home run in four games to provide an eighth-inning insurance run.
Blue Jays 5, Rockies 0: Right-hander Jose Berrios continued his stellar start to the season as Toronto defeated visiting Colorado. In his fourth start of the season, Berrios (3-0, 1.05 ERA) allowed only two hits, struck out seven, walked two and hit two batters. Justin Turner had two singles and a double in going 3 for 4 with three RBI as the Blue Jays won the rubber match of the three-game series. The Rockies fell to 1-11 at Toronto.
Reds 11, White Sox 4: Christian EncarnacionStrand and Nick Martini belted two-run homers to lead Cincinnati to a threegame sweep at Chicago.
Mets 2, Royals 1: Harrison
Bader snapped a scoreless tie with an eighthinning RBI single, and four pitchers combined on a three-hitter for host New York, which beat Kansas City in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series. The Mets have won seven of 10. The Royals lost for just the second time in 10 games.
Rays 9, Giants 4:
Amed Rosario and Rene Pinto swatted home runs off San Francisco starter Blake Snell to spoil his return to the Tampa area, leading Tampa Bay past the Giants.
ELSEWHERE
Pirates: Pittsburgh placed left-hander Marco Gonzales on the 15-day injured list with a left forearm muscle strain. The Pirates recalled right-hander Ryder Ryan from Triple-A Indianapolis to take the place of Gonzales, who has a 2.65 ERA without recording a decision in three starts this season, his first with Pittsburgh.
Twins: Minnesota reinstated left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar from the 15-day injured list. Thielbar started the season on the IL due to a left hamstring strain. He made two rehab appearances at Triple-A St. Paul, giving up one run on two hits in three innings with five strikeouts.
Phillies: Philadelphia returned right-hander Orion Kerkering from his rehab assignment with Single-A Clearwater and reinstated him from the 15-day injured list. Kerkering will slot into the roster spot previously held by right-hander Nick Nelson, who was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley following the Phillies’ 4-3 victory over the Pirates on Saturday.