Adams’ HR lifts Cards over Dodgers in 16
Trumbo, Machado power O's over Indians Duffy dominant as Royals defeat Darvish, Rangers
Matt Adams’ one-out homer in the bottom of the 16th inning early Saturday morning lifted St. Louis over Los Angeles at Busch Stadium.
Adams ripped an 0-1 pitch from Bud Norris, the Dodgers’ ninth pitcher of the game, 444 feet over the Cardinals bullpen in right-center to end the 5-hour, 10-minute marathon.
Seth Maness worked a clean 16th for the win as the Cardinals won their fifth straight, tying a season high, and tied Miami for the second wild card spot in the National League.
Phillies 4, Pirates 0
Rookie right-hander Zach Eflin pitched a three-hitter Friday to lift Philadelphia past Pittsburgh at PNC Park.
Eflin struck out six and walked none in his first career shutout and second career complete game. He threw 100 pitches and faced just two Pirates batters over the minimum. He has a string of six starts in which he hasn’t given up more than three earned runs while going at least six innings.
Orioles 5, Indians 1
Mark Trumbo hit a three-run homer in the first and Manny Machado added a solo shot in the third as Baltimore scored victory over Cleveland.
Trumbo’s blast was his 29th of the season and Machado’s solo shot – his 20th – stretched the lead to 5-0. Both homers came off Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer.
Padres 5, Nationals 3
Matt Kemp hit two home runs and had four RBIs and Luis Perdomo, in the longest start of his short career, allowed just two runs in seven innings as San Diego beat Washington.
Kemp, who has 22 homers, now has nine multi-homer games in his career and two this season. He has six homers in the last five games and is one homer shy of the 23 he hit last season.
Mets 5, Marlins 3
Jose Reyes, playing his first game in Marlins Park since 2012, had a major role in three New York rallies in a win over Miami.
James Loney added a two-run homer in the ninth, turning on a 95-mph fastball from reliever Fernando Rodney and pulling it to the upper deck in right field. He drove in Yoenis Cespedes, who was hit by a pitch with two outs.
Reyes, 33, played like his younger self, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Yankees 3, Giants 2
Chase Headley scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning on a throwing error by shortstop Brandon Crawford as New York overcame a hiccup by part of its late-inning relief trio and picked up a win over San Francisco.
The winning run scored on what seemed a certain double play when Austin Romine hit a chopper off Josh Osich over the mound and Crawford easily stepped on second to get the force on Mark Teixeira. Headley advanced to third on the force and when Crawford’s throw sailed off first baseman Brandon Belt’s glove, Headley raced home and got his left foot on the plate just ahead of the tag.
Reds 6, Diamondbacks 2
Joey Votto hit a three-run homer and Tucker Barnhart added a solo shot, lifting Cincinnati over Arizona at Great American Ball Park.
Jean Segura got Arizona off to a good start with a home run leading off the game. But the D’backs couldn’t hold the early lead.
Reds right-hander Dan Straily allowed two earned runs and five hits through six innings.
Royals 3, Rangers 1
Danny Duffy threw 6-plus solid innings and Cheslor Cuthbert homered as Kansas City bested struggling Texas.
Duffy, who did not move into the rotation until May 15, yielded one run on four hits. He is 5-0 in his past eight starts and has pitched into the seventh inning in his last five starts.
Yu Darvish gave up three runs, one unearned, on seven hits, while striking out 11 and walking one in six innings, throwing a season-high 91 pitches. Darvish is 0-2 in two starts since coming off the disabled list July 16.
Rockies 4, Braves 3
Colorado hit two rapid-fire two-run homers in a win over Atlanta.
Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the sixth, and two batters later, Trevor Story hit a two-run shot.
The Rockies survived a late Braves charge. Jace Peterson hit a two-run homer in the eighth to make it a one-run game, but struck out with the bases loaded in the ninth against closer Carlos Estevez to end it.