Brawl results in 8 ejected as Angels edge Mariners
When the Los Angeles Angels made a late decision Sunday to go with little-used reliever Andrew Wantz as their opener on the mound, the Seattle Mariners suspected they might be about to get payback for a fastball that got awfully close to Mike Trout’s head the previous night.
The Angels insist that wasn’t their intent — and yet Wantz threw a pitch behind Julio Rodriguez’s head in the first inning and then hit Jesse Winker in the hip to start the second.
A wild, angry brawl ensued, resulting in the ejections of six players and both managers. The fracas will be remembered by both teams a whole lot longer than Los Angeles’ 2-1 victory over visiting Seattle.
“That probably shouldn’t happen in the game, what happened out there today,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Emotions running high, but it was pretty clear what was going on. They switched, put an opener in there to throw some balls at us. Got out of hand from there, and kind of a black eye.”
Luis Rengifo homered and David MacKinnon drove in the tie-breaking run with a single in the seventh for the Angels, who avoided a series sweep with just their fourth win in their past 18 home games.
Yankees 6, Astros 3:
Aaron Judge drove a three-run homer in the 10th inning for his second walk-off hit against visiting Houston in four days, and New York recovered after being no-hit a day earlier.
Phillies 8, Padres 5:
Kyle Schwarber hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh as host Philadelphia rallied.
Red Sox 8, Guardians 3:
Trevor Story drove in two runs to reach 500 career RBIs, Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez each had three hits and visiting Boston finished a three-game sweep.
Marlins 3, Mets 2:
Rookie Nick Fortes homered with two outs in the ninth, leading host Miami.
Rays 4, Pirates 2: Shane McClanahan struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run and four hits to lead host Tampa Bay.
White Sox 4, Orioles 3: Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings for the win, Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer in the second and host Chicago beat Baltimore.
Twins 6, Rockies 3: Byron Buxton had three hits, including an RBI triple for the second straight game, as host Minnesota triumphed.
Cubs 6, Cardinals 5:
Willson Contreras hit a tie-breaking single in the 10th to drive in his third run of the game, and visiting Chicago overcame a 5-0 deficit.
Brewers 10, Blue Jays 3:
Rowdy Tellez hit two two-run homers against his former team, going deep in the first and second innings, and Milwaukee pounded visiting Toronto. Nationals 6, Rangers 4: Jackson Tetreault allowed one run in six-plus innings in his third major-league start, Josh Bell had three hits and Nelson Cruz drove in three runs for visiting Washington.
Diamondbacks 11, Tigers 7:
Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits with three RBIs and host Arizona stopped a fivegame losing streak.