Markakis homers in 10th, Braves rally to beat Mets, 5-4
NEW YORK—Nick Markakis hit a go-ahead home run in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves, helped by pitcher Julio Teheran’s first big league homer, rallied to beat New York.
Markakis finished with four hits and took over the NL lead from teammate Freddie Freeman.
Ender Inciarte also homered as the Braves posted their sixth victory in seven games. The NL East contenders took three of four at Citi Field for their first winning road series in more than a month.
Devin Mesoraco hit a tying home run in the Mets ninth—he was standing at second base when a replay review showed the ball cleared the wall, making it 4-all.
A.J. Minter (4-2), who had been 8 for 8 in save chances this year, got the win despite giving up Mesoraco’s solo drive. Braves rookie Jesse Biddle worked around Wilmer Flores’ leadoff double in the 10th for his first big league save.
Tyler Bashlor (0-1) was tagged for Markakis’ 13th homer. The Mets have lost five of six, and fell to 4-12 against Atlanta this season.
Ronald Acuna Jr. hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth that put Atlanta ahead 4-3.
Teheran hit his first professional home run to begin the Braves’ comeback from an early 3-0 deficit.
NATIONALS 2, REDS 1
WASHINGTON—Matt Wieters homered to back Tanner Roark, who went seven innings to win his third straight start.
The Nationals took three of four from the Reds and have won eight of 11 overall.
Roark (6-12) allowed a run on seven singles and got a nice ovation when he made a diving stop on Billy Hamilton’s comebacker to end the seventh. In his last three outings, Roark has allowed two earned runs in 22 innings (0.82 ERA) with 20 strikeouts and a walk.
Washington’s Bryce Harper had two hits including an RBI double and is batting .367 since the AllStar break.
Kelvin Herrera worked the ninth for his third save with the Nationals.
Cincinnati’s Luis Castillo (6-9) allowed two runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings.
INDIANS 4, ANGELS 3
CLEVELAND—Jose Ramirez hit a three-run homer, rookie Shane Bieber picked up his sixth win and Cleveland beat Los Angeles.
Ramirez’s home run in the first inning—his 33rd of the season—came against Deck McGuire, called up from Triple-A Salt Lake to start in place of the injured Tyler Skaggs.
Before the game Angels manager Mike Scioscia dismissed a report that he’s stepping down after this season. Scioscia, who has managed the Angels since 2000, said before Sunday’s game that he won’t talk about his future with the club until the season ends.
The Angels were missing outfielder Mike Trout for the fourth straight game with a lingering right wrist injury.
McGuire (0-2) retired only one batter, allowed three runs and was pulled with the bases loaded in the first.
Bieber (6-2) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings.
WHITE SOX 8, RAYS 7
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Daniel Palka hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning and Chicago completed its first three-game sweep in a year.
It was Chicago’s first three-game sweep since Aug. 8-10, 2017 against Houston. The White Sox’s last three-game road sweep occurred April 25-27, 2016 at Toronto.
Palka had struck out in each of his first four at-bats before connecting on his 17th homer off Diego Castillo (2-2) with two outs.
Hector Santiago (4-3) went the final 1 1/3 innings for the win.
C.J Cron had a leadoff double in the ninth off Santiago and scored one out later on Kevin Kiermaier’s two-base hit. After Brandon Lowe walked, Jesus Sucre hit into a double play.
Tampa Bay tops the majors in one-run losses (26) and one-run games (46).
CARDINALS 2, PIRATES 1
PITTSBURGH—Jack Flaherty cruised through six innings, Matt Carpenter hit another homer and St. Louis held on to beat Pittsburgh.
Completing six innings for the first time since July 3, Flaherty (5-6) allowed three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
Carpenter hit a solo home run in the fifth and Jedd Gyorko singled to drive in a run later that inning to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
St. Louis took the final two games of the three-game series against Pittsburgh to move past the Pirates into third alone in the National League Central.
Bud Norris retired the side in order with two strikeouts in the ninth for his 21st save.
Trevor Williams (9-8) had a streak of 21 1/3 innings without allowing a run end on Carpenter’s 29th homer to right with one out in the fifth.
GIANTS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2
PHOENIX—Evan Longoria’s solo home run in the eighth inning led San Francisco past Arizona.
Longoria drilled Diamondbacks reliever Archie Bradley’s 2-2 fastball with one out into the outcropping of seats in left-center field to break a tie. It was Longoria’s 12th home run of the season.
The Diamondbacks’ loss and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ win Sunday created a tie for first place atop the NL West between the two teams.
Bradley (3-3) entered the game leading the NL in holds with 30. He had not allowed a run to the Giants in 12 straight games against them.
Right-hander Ray Black (1-0) earned his first career major league win with a scoreless seventh inning.
Will Smith retired the Diamondbacks in order with two strikeouts in the ninth for his seventh save.
TWINS 6, ROYALS 5
MINNEAPOLIS— Rookie Jake Cave hit his first career grand slam and closer Fernando Rodney survived a chaotic ninth inning as Minnesota beat Kansas City.
Rodney gave up Whit Merrifield’s fourth hit of the game leading off the ninth, but catcher Mitch Garver threw him out trying to steal second. Rodney then allowed two more base runners, but with the tying run 90 feet away he retired Rosell Herrera on a ground ball to earn his 24th save in 30 chances.
Royals starter Danny Duffy (7-10) had allowed just two earned runs over 19 innings in three starts against the Twins this season. But the fourth time around, the Twins roughed him up for six runs in six innings, the biggest blow being Cave’s grand slam in the second inning.
Lefty Gabriel Moya (2-0) got the Twins out of a two-on, one-out jam in the fifth and earned his second career victory. He picked up career win No. 1 in Friday’s series opener.