MLB: Rockies blow late lead but recover with walkoff win against Giants.
DENVER — Raimel Tapia hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies recovered from blowing a late lead to beat the San Francisco Giants 10-9 on Thursday night.
Nolan Arenado doubled three times and drove in four runs, while D.J. LeMahieu added four hits and an RBI for the Rockies. They won for the 10th time in 14 games this month despite allowing the Giants to come back from an eight-run deficit earlier in the game.
Mark Reynolds began the tiebreaking rally by singling off Hunter Strickland (1-2) to start the ninth. After Ian Desmond popped out, pinch-hitter Carlos Gonzalez walked and Tapia followed with a sharp single to right, scoring Reynolds.
Buster Posey connected for his ninth home run, a two-drive in the seventh off reliever Scott Oberg, but then left the game with ankle soreness.
PHILLIES 1, RED SOX 0
In Philadelphia, pinch-hitter Ty Kelly doubled home the only run in the eighth inning of a duel between the Phillies’ Nick Pivetta and Chris Sale to lead Philadelphia over Boston.
Sale (8-3) was cruising until a one-out single by Andrew Knapp and Kelly’s hit, which ended an eight-game losing streak.
Sale allowed four hits with 10 strikeouts, upping his major league-leading total to 136.
NATIONALS 8, METS 3
In New York, Bryce Harper hit a solo homer that sailed over right fielder Jay Bruce and landed about a dozen rows deep. Harper’s 17th home run left the bat at 116.3 mph, his hardest-hit ball since Statcast began tracking in 2015.
Daniel Murphy added three more hits against his former team and Michael Taylor hit the Nationals league-leading 100th home run to cap a five-run fifth. Manager Dusty Baker won on his 68th birthday, while Gio Gonzalez (6-1) improved to 10-1 at Citi Field, giving up two runs and five hits in seven innings
BREWERS 6, CARDINALS 4
In St. Louis, Eric Thames hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth off Seung Hwan Oh (1-3), Thames’ 18th home run this season.
Keon Broxton tied the score 2-2 in the second with a 489-foot drive to left, the longest home run in Busch Stadium III’s history and the second-longest this season in the major leagues behind the Yankees’ Aaron Judge at 495 feet.
TIGERS 5, RAYS 3
In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Tommy Hunter (0-2).
Justin Wilson (3-2) won with a scoreless inning. Justin Verlander pitched seven innings, allowing two runs, six hits and five walks.
INDIANS 12, DODGERS 5
In Cleveland, pinch-hitter Lonnie Chisenhall connected for a three-run homer and had five RBIs, stopping the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak.
Chisenhall’s 415-foot drive in fifth inning on the second pitch from Ross Stripling opened up a four-run lead for Josh Tomlin (4-8), who struggled after being staked to a 5-0 lead. Chisenhall added a tworun single in the sixth.
TWINS 6, MARINERS 2
In Minneapolis, Chris Gimenez homered twice for the first time in his big league career, and Eduardo Escobar sparked a five-run first inning for the Twins with a two-run shot.
WHITE SOX 5, ORIOLES 2
In Chicago, rookie Matt Davidson homered for the fourth straight game, then doubled and scored in a four-run sixth to send Baltimore to its seventh loss in eight games.
Davidson hit a solo homer in the fourth, his 14th home run this season.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE ISOTOPES 12, GRIZZLIES 11 (10 INNINGS)
ALBUQUERQUE — Rafael Ynoa drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning to score the winning run, as the Albuquerque Isotopes beat the Fresno Grizzlies 12-11 on Thursday.
Derrik Gibson scored the gamewinning run after he reached base on a walk, advanced to second on a single by Cristhian Adames and then went to third on a sacrifice bunt.
After Fresno’s Teoscar Hernandez hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth, Albuquerque tied the game 11-11 in the bottom of the inning when Mike Tauchman hit an RBI single, scoring Ynoa.
Reliever Carlos Estevez (1-2) picked up the win after he struck out one and walked one over one scoreless inning. Jordan Jankowski (1-2) went one inning, allowing two runs and four hits in the Pacific Coast League game. He also struck out three and walked two.
Ryan McMahon homered twice and singled twice, driving home four runs and scoring a couple in the win. Tauchman tripled and singled three times, driving home three runs.
Albuquerque took advantage of some erratic Fresno pitching, drawing a season-high eight walks in its victory.
Hernandez homered twice and singled, driving in four runs and scoring a pair for the Grizzlies. Reid Brignac hit two solo homers.