Bellinger, Dodgers set season high for runs, rout Rockies 15-6 REDS 7, WHITE SOX 1
DENVER — Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts and Gavin Lux homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers set a season high for runs, romping past the Colorado Rockies 15-6 Friday night to move closer to clinching their eighth straight NL West title.
The Dodgers’ magic number for wrapping up the division dropped to four. They were already the first team to secure a playoff spot this season.
Bellinger had three of LA’s season-high 17 hits, including his first homer since Aug. 30 and a double. He also added an RBI single as part of a five-run fifth inning that broke open the game.
Betts delivered a solo homer in the sixth to increase the Dodgers’ major league-leading total to 98, and added a two-run triple in the seventh. Every starter in the lineup had a hit and all but AJ Pollock scored a run.
It was a bullpen game for the Dodgers, who started with Alex Wood and then used six relievers. Mitch White, who was recalled Friday, pitched two scoreless innings to earn his first big league win.
Josh Fuentes had a three-run homer for Colorado as part of his three-hit night. David Dahl added a two-run triple.
Ryan Castellani (1-3) struggled with his command in allowing eight runs, seven earned, over 4 1/3 innings. He walked three and hit Austin Barnes in the back/neck area.
Colorado fell to 11-17 at Coors Field this season. With two games left, the team will finish below .500 at home for the ninth time in franchise history.
CINCINNATI — Slumping Jesse Winker hit a three-run homer — one of four off White Sox starter Jonathan Stiever — and Cincinnati extended their surge into playoff contention with a win for their season-high sixth victory in a row.
Their momentum hit a snag as Stiever (0-1) got hit hard in his first major league road appearance. The 23-year-old right-hander allowed Winker’s shot and solo homers by
Joey Votto, Nick Castellanos and Tucker Barnhart.
CARDINALS 6, PIRATES 5; CARDINALS 7, PIRATES 2
PITTSBURGH — Cardinals rookie Dylan Carlson’s three-run homer capped a six-run outburst in the sixth inning against mistake-prone Pittsburgh, helping St. Louis to a doubleheader sweep.
The Cardinals took the opener behind home runs from Kolten Wong and Tyler O’Neill and just enough pitching to overcome four errors.
PHILLIES 7, BLUE JAYS 0; PHILLIES 8, BLUE JAYS 7
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper hit a tying, two-run double and scored the go-ahead run on an error following Alec Bohm’s infield single, helping Philadelphia rally to beat Toronto and earn their first doubleheader sweep in eight years.
Zach Eflin struck out nine in a four-hitter and Harper went deep in Philadelphia’s win in the opener.
NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 0; MARLINS 14, NATIONALS 3
MIAMI — Brian Anderson tied a franchise record with three homers and drove in seven runs to help Miami earn a doubleheader split with Washington.
Anderson’s third homer was a three-run shot in the sixth inning against infielder-outfielder Brock Holt, pitching in a mop-up role. Anderson also homered leading off the second and hit a three-run shot in the fifth, increasing his season total to nine homers.
RAYS 2, ORIOLES 1
BALTIMORE — Tyler Glasnow struck out 10 over five innings to help Tampa Bay beat Alex Cobb and Baltimore.
Glasnow (4-1) allowed one run, four hits and a pair of walks.
INDIANS 1, TIGERS 0
DETROIT — Zach Plesac pitched impressively into the eighth inning, and Brad Hand worked out of a jam in the ninth to send Cleveland past
Detroit.
Francisco Lindor drove in the game’s only run with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly, and Plesac (4-2) yielded five hits in 7 2/3 innings, lowering his ERA to 1.85. He struck out 11 with one walk.
BRAVES 15, METS 2
NEW YORK — Freddie Freeman added three more hits to his burgeoning MVP campaign, Ozzie Albies hit two of Atlanta’s six homers and the Braves battered Mets pitching in a rout that thrust them closer to a third consecutive NL East title.
Max Fried (7-0) breezed through five innings . The left-hander hasn’t allowed a home run since Sept. 10 last year.
CUBS 1, TWINS 0
CHICAGO — Kyle Hendricks tossed eight innings of three-hit, shutout ball to outduel Rich Hill, and the Cubs edged Minnesota for their fifth straight win.
Hendricks stuck out 10 and walked one before Jeremy Jeffress worked around two walks in the ninth for his eighth save.
DIAMONDBACKS 6, ASTROS 3
HOUSTON — Kole Calhoun hit two home runs to lead Arizona over former teammate Zack Greinke and Houston.
Calhoun connected on Greinke’s fastball in the fourth inning for an upper-deck shot to right. The threerun homer put Arizona ahead 3-2.
BREWERS 9, ROYALS 5
MILWAUKEE — Jacob Nottingham hit a grand slam and Orlando Arcia added a three-run shot as Milwaukee rallied from an early fourrun deficit and beat Kansas City.
Nottingham’s two-out blast to left off Danny Duffy (3-4) capped a sixrun rally in the fourth inning that put the Brewers ahead for good. The comeback had begun when Christian Yelich led off the fourth with his 150th career homer.
Kansas City’s Salvador Perez went 4 of 5 with a homer, double, two runs and four RBIs.