Astros beat Rodríguez-less M’s
HOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI single with one out in the 10th inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Mauricio Dubón started the 10th as the automatic runner on second and the Mariners intentionally walked Jose Altuve. Dubón advanced to third on a sacrifice fly by Yuli Gurriel. Alvarez then laced a grounder off Brennan Bernardino (0-1), who was making his MLB debut, to left field to send Dubón home and start the celebration.
Hector Neris (4-3) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win.
The Mariners were playing without star rookie Julio Rodríguez, who was placed on the injured list with a bruised right wrist Sunday after being hit by a pitch a night earlier.
RANGERS 5, ANGELS 2
In Anaheim, Calif., Ezequiel Duran hit a three-run double in the ninth inning as Texas beat the Angels despite Los Angeles starter Reid Detmers throwing an immaculate inning.
Texas took three of four from the Angels and went 5-6 on its season-high, 11-game road trip.
Detmers became the first pitcher in seven years with a no-hitter and an immaculate inning in the same season, achieving the latter during the second inning when he struck out Duran, Kole Calhoun and Charlie Culberson on nine pitches. It is the fourth immaculate inning in the majors this year and the 109th in baseball’s recorded history.
ROYALS 8, YANKEES 6
In New York, Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Clay Holmes in the ninth inning, and Kansas City beat the Yankees to avoid being swept in the season series.
New York overcame a 4-0 deficit and took a 6-4 lead when Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer, his 25th of the season, in the seventh.
Hunter Dozier homered against Ron Marinaccio leading off the eighth, ending Marinaccio’s 19-inning scoreless streak and run of 56 consecutive batters without allowing a hit.
DODGERS 7, ROCKIES 3
In Denver, James Outman homered on the first swing of his first big-league at-bat and finished with three hits and three RBIs as Los Angeles beat the Rockies and closed out July with 21 victories.
Freddie Freeman added three hits and an RBI, passing teammate Trea Turner for the MLB lead in hits. Tony Gonsolin (12-1) bounced back from his first loss of the season as the Dodgers finished the month 21-5, tying the franchise record for most wins in July.
Outman became the eighth Dodgers player in franchise history — the fourth since the move to Los Angeles — to homer in his first career plate appearance. With a 1-1 count, he homered on a 95 mph fastball from German Marquez (6-9) to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the third inning. He had a single and scored in the seventh inning and drove in a run with a double to the wall in right-center in the eighth.
PADRES 3, TWINS 2
San Diego, Jurickson Profar homered for the second straight game and had a hand in the go-ahead rally as the Padres took two out of three from AL Central-leading Minnesota.
That sixth-inning rally backed left-hander Sean Manaea (6-5), who overcame home runs by Luis Arraez and Jose Miranda to get the win. Luis Garcia pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.
Profar homered off Dylan Bundy (6-5) with two outs in the third for a 1-0 lead. It was his 11th. Bundy gave up three runs and four hits in five-plus innings, struck out three and walked none.
CARDINALS 5, NATIONALS 0
In Washington, Paul DeJong homered for the second straight game after ending a minor league demotion, Andre Pallante pitched into the ninth inning and St. Louis Cardinals blanked the Nationals.
Corey Dickerson also homered for the Cardinals, who broke the game open in the fourth inning against starter Josiah Gray (7-7).
Washington star Juan Soto was 0 for 3 with a walk. Soto is one of several Nationals who could be dealt before Tuesday’s trade deadline. Washington has the worst record in the majors at 35-68 and went 6-19 in July.
Pallante (4-4) allowed five hits in eight-plus innings and earned his first road victory for St. Louis. He struck out a career-high eight and walked one.
Gray allowed four runs on five hits in five innings while striking out six.
PIRATES 8, PHILLIES 2
In Pittsburgh, Alec Bohm fell a triple shy of the cycle and matched a career best with four hits as Philadelphia completed a four-game sweep of the Phillies.
Bohm hit his seventh homer of the season in the sixth, a solo shot that gave him four hits on just five pitches and extended Philadelphia’s lead to seven runs. Nick Castellanos also had four hits, with his fourth single coming in the ninth. Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading 33rd homer.
Aaron Nola (7-8) allowed one run and six hits with eight strikeouts in six innings.
WHITE SOX 4, ATHLETICS 1
In Chicago, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez homered, Dylan Cease threw six strong innings and the White Sox won for the 10th time in 15 games and moved about .500.
Abreu and Leury García had two hits apiece for the White Sox, who trailed first-place Minnesota by three games entering the day.
Cease (11-4) allowed a run and four hits, striking out seven and walking one in winning his fourth straight start. Liam Hendriks picked up his 20th save in 23 opportunities.
RED SOX 7, BREWERS 2
In Boston, Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez each had an RBI double as the Red Sox won for the fourth time in 17 games.
Boston, which had a season-high eight doubles, was 3-7 on a season-long homestand and 8-19 in July.
Ex-Red Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run homer over the Green Monster for the second straight day and went 4 for 4 for NL Central-leading Milwaukee, which lost for only the second time in nine games since the All-Star break.
BRAVES 1, DIAMONDBACKS 0
In Atlanta, Austin Riley hit a run-scoring double off Mark Melancon in the ninth inning and the Braves completed a three-game sweep of Arizona.
Max Fried, Dylan Lee and Kenley Jansen (5-0) combined on a four-hitter for the Braves.
Matt Olson singled with one out in the ninth against Melancon (3-9) and scored when Riley’s double hit the fence in right-center on two hops. Olson slid headfirst, easily beating the throw.
GUARDIANS 5, RAYS 3
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Austin Hedges had a tiebreaking two-run single in the fifth to help Cleveland beat All-Star Game starter Shane McClanahan and Tampa Bay.
Cleveland won its first series against the Rays since August 2017 and ended a long stretch of games on the road with a 6-5 record.
Reliever Kirk McCarty (2-2) allowed one run, four hits and two walks in 3⅓ innings. Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth to get his 23rd save.
METS 9, MARLINS 3
In Miami, Francisco Lindor had three hits and New York pounded trade deadline target Pablo López and swept the Marlins and handed Miami its seventh straight home loss.
Jeff McNeil singled twice and doubled, and Mark Canha also had three hits for the NL East leaders, who won their sixth straight and finished with a season-high 19 hits — 12 against López.
New York starter Taijuan Walker gave up three runs in 5⅔ innings. Walker (9-2) allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out four.
BLUE JAYS 4, TIGERS 1
In Toronto, Matt Chapman hit a two-run home run, José Berríos pitched seven strong innings to win his third straight decision and the Blue Jays beat error-prone Detroit.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette had RBI doubles as the Blue Jays have won 12 of 15 overall after taking three of four from the Tigers.
Berríos (8-4) allowed three hits, including a solo home run to his brother-in-law, Tigers shortstop Javier Báez. Berríos walked one and struck out six. Jordan Romano finished for his AL-leading 24th save in 27 chances.
GIANTS 4, CUBS 0
In San Francisco, Carlos Rodón struck out 10 over seven dominant innings amid speculation he could be traded, and the Giants beat Chicago.
Rodón (9-6) got plenty of defensive help. He yielded two hits, none after the third inning. It was the 18th double-digit strikeout performance of his career and his sixth this season.
San Francisco scored all its runs in the fourth inning by rallying with two outs against starter Adrian Sampson (0-2). Eighth-place hitter Jason Vosler roped an RBI single, followed by No. 9 hitter Austin Wynns’ bases-loaded triple.
REDS 3, ORIOLES 2
In Cincinnati, Brandon Drury reached 20 homers for the first time in his big league career when he hit a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning to give the Reds a win over Baltimore.
Drury entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning and broke a 2-all tie in the eighth with his homer off Felix Bautista (3-3).