Reds rally to beat Cardinals, 6-4
NEW YORK—CC Sabathia beat Rick Porcello in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners, and Chris Carter drove in four runs to lead the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 8-0 Wednesday night.
Sabathia (7-2) has won five straight starts for the first time since April 2012. He allowed five hits in eight innings in his longest outing since April 2015.
Jonathan Holder finished with a perfect ninth. Boston’s final 15 hitters went down in order.
Porcello (3-8) lost his third straight start, giving up six runs—five earned— and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings.
New York stopped Boston’s three-game winning streak and reopened a two-game lead over the second-place Red Sox in the AL East.
DODGERS 2, NATIONALS 1
LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw outdueled Stephen Strasburg with seven sharp innings, leading the Dodgers to the victory.
Kershaw (8-2) allowed three hits and struck out nine in his first win since May 17. Pedro Baez got two outs before Kenley Jansen finished for his 10th save.
Strasburg (7-2) struck out eight in six innings in his first loss since April 29. The ace right-hander was 5-0 with a 2.75 ERA in his previous six starts.
In a rematch of last year’s NL Division Series, won by Los Angeles in five games, the NL-leading Nationals took two of three from the Dodgers.
Ryan Zimmerman hit his 17th homer for Washington in the second.
Corey Seager went deep for Los Angeles, and Yasmani Grandal hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the Dodgers’ two-run sixth.
REDS 6, CARDINALS 4
CINCINNATI—St. Louis kept Scooter Gennett in check a day after his four-homer game, but Patrick Kivlehan had a pinch three-run shot that sparked Cincinnati.
The Cardinals have dropped six in a row. They let a 4-1 lead slip away when Kivlehan—another utility player like Gennett—and Joey Votto homered during a five-run seventh inning.
Gennett went 1 for 4 with a single a night after he became the first Reds player to homer four times in a game.
Kivlehan’s first career pinch-hit homer off Brett Cecil (0-2) tied it at 4. Votto’s two-run homer off Trevor Rosenthal finished the eight-batter rally.
Wandy Peralta (3-1) got the win in relief of Bronson Arroyo. Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth, staying perfect in 11 save chances.
MARLINS 6, CUBS 5
CHICAGO—Marcell Ozuna hit his 15th homer, J.T. Realmuto also went deep and the Marlins avoided a three-game series sweep.
Solo homers by Realmuto in a threerun fourth and Ozuna in the fifth against John Lackey (4-6) helped stake Miami to a 5-2 lead.
Dee Gordon added two hits and scored two runs, and the Marlins won for the eighth time in 11 games. They stopped the Cubs’ season-high win streak at five.
Kyle Schwarber homered and had two doubles for Chicago. Ian Happ also went deep.
Jose Urena (4-2) improved to 3-0 in his past four starts despite a 7.45 ERA in that stretch. A.J. Ramos got four outs for his ninth save.
BLUE JAYS 7, ATHLETICS 5, 10 INNINGS
OAKLAND, Calif.—Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning against his former club, helping the Blue Jays avoid a sweep.
Frankie Montas (1-1) plunked Kevin Pillar before Donaldson hit a drive over the wall in left-center. Justin Smoak added a two-out drive to center for his second homer of the game.
Ryan Tepera (4-1) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the win, and Roberto Osuna finished for his 14th save.
ROCKIES 8, INDIANS 1
DENVER—Kyle Freeland pitched 6 1/3 effective innings, Nolan Arenado drove in three runs and the Rockies earned their fourth straight win.
Charlie Blackmon added two RBIs for the Rockies, who lead the NL with 38 wins. Ian Desmond had three hits and scored two runs.
Freeland (7-3) allowed one run and six hits, struck out five and walked none while lowering his ERA to 3.34.
Cleveland right-hander Trevor Bauer (5-5), pitching on two days’ rest, allowed four runs and tied his season high with five walks in 3 1/3 innings. He threw just 30 pitches Sunday against Kansas City before rain halted the game and ended his appearance.
TIGERS 4, ANGELS 0
DETROIT—Buck Farmer outlasted Alex Meyer in an unexpected pitchers’ duel, and Justin Upton hit a three-run homer for Detroit in the eighth inning.
Farmer (2-0) allowed three hits in 6 2/3 innings. Detroit pushed across an unearned run in the third, and Upton gave the Tigers some insurance with a drive to left off Yusmeiro Petit. Detroit has won five of six. Meyer (2-3) permitted three hits in six innings. He walked four and struck out nine.