Turner, Gonsolin lead Dodgers over Yankees
Braves get best of Mets bullpen again
LOS ANGELES, Aug 25, (RTRS): Justin Turner hit a home run, and rookie Tony Gonsolin pitched five strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers held on for a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Yankees.
The Yankees loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen on consecutive singles by Gleyber Torres and Brett Gardner, as well as a fielder’s choice grounder by Gio Urshela when the Dodgers were late on the throw to second while trying to get Gardner.
Jansen then struck out Mike Tauchman and Gary Sanchez to earn his 27th save. It was a sort of redemption outing after he squandered his two previous save opportunities, including one Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays.
In his fourth career start, Gonsolin (2-1) gave up one run on two hits over five innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Turner’s two-run home run in the third inning scored Gonsolin, who had singled. Aaron Judge hit a home run in the fourth inning for the Yankees, his second in two games of the series.
Nationals 7, Cubs 2 In Chicago, Yan Gomes went 2-for5 with two RBIs, and Washington pulled away in beating hosts Chicago. Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on
Aug 24 in San Diego. (AP)
Pittsburgh Pirates’ Josh Bell hits a two-run home run off Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Kevin Gausman in the seventh inning of a baseball game on Aug 24 in Pittsburgh. (AP)
three-run homer in the fifth. It was the team record-tying 41st blast for Alonso, who shares the record with Todd Hundley (1996) and Carlos Beltran (2006).
Phillies 9, Marlins 3 In Miami, Corey Dickerson had four hits and five RBIs to help visiting Philadelphia even its three-game series against Miami.
Scott Kingery had two hits, including a three-run homer, to spark a six-run fourth inning for the Phillies, who had lost six of their past seven against the Marlins. Phillies starter Zach Eflin (8-11) went six innings, allowing two runs and six hits. Eflin helped himself out at the plate with two hits and a run scored.
Jorge Alfaro had three hits for Miami, including a solo home run. He’s 6-for-9 in the series. Miami starter Jordan Yamamoto (4-5) threw 90 pitches in 3-2/3 innings. He allowed six runs and six hits, striking out three and walking four.
Red Sox 5, Padres 4 In San Diego, Brock Holt greeted closer Kirby Yates with a home run into the right field seats on the first pitch of the ninth inning to snap a tie and give visiting Boston a victory over San Diego.
The homer, which was just beyond the leap of Padres right fielder Hunter Renfroe, was Holt’s third of the season. The win was the Red Sox’s second straight in the three-game interleague series.
Yates, who leads the major leagues with 36 saves, suffered the loss to fall to 0-4. Yates has been scored upon in five of his 10 non-save appearances this season.
Cardinals 6, Rockies 0 In St Louis, Paul Goldschmidt and Harrison Bader homered, Dakota Hudson pitched six innings of two-hit ball, and host St Louis shut out Colorado.
Marcell Ozuna finished with two hits for the Cardinals, who have won three straight and six of their last seven. The first-place Cards moved 1-1/2 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central. The Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.
Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 0 In Milwaukee, Chase Anderson and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and hosts Milwaukee beat Arizona.
The Brewers won their third straight game and beat the Diamondbacks for the fifth time in six meetings this season. Milwaukee (67-62) also moved to within two games of the Cubs for the NL’s second wild-card spot and tied the Mets.
Pirates 14, Reds 0 In Pittsburgh, Colin Moran’s pinchhit grand slam and a three-run shot by Josh Bell staked Pittsburgh to a blowout shutout over visiting Cincinnati.
Trevor Williams (6-6) pitched six innings, with an inning each from Richard Rodriguez, Kyle Crick and Parker Markel, in the seven-hit shutout to hand the Reds their second straight loss.
Twins 8, Tigers 5 In Minneapolis, Miguel Sano hit a three-run home run to highlight a fiverun fifth inning, and Max Kepler and Jake Cave also homered to lead Minnesota over Detroit.
Kepler also doubled and finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Cave scored twice and drove in two runs.
Indians 4, Royals 2 In Cleveland, Franmil Reyes belted a three-run homer, and Mike Clevinger tossed 5-2/3 strong innings as host Cleveland beat Kansas City.
Mike Freeman had an RBI infield single among his two hits for the Indians, who answered a four-run second inning in Friday’s 4-1 series-opening win with a four-run third on Saturday. Meibrys Viloria had an RBI double among his two hits for the Royals, who have lost four in a row and eight of their last 10.
Orioles 7, Rays 1 In Baltimore, Pedro Severino hit a grand slam, and John Means threw seven solid innings as Baltimore defeated visiting Tampa Bay.
Severino broke the game open with his slam off Austin Pruitt in the third inning. It was the Baltimore catcher’s first career grand slam.
Rangers 4, White Sox 0 In Chicago, Willie Calhoun and Danny Santana smacked two-run home runs to back 6-1/3 shutout innings from Kolby Allard and boost visiting Texas over Chicago.
The Rangers snapped Chicago’s three-game winning streak and will try to salvage a split of the four-game series on Sunday afternoon.
Blue Jays 7, Mariners 5 In Seattle, rookie Bo Bichette went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBIs as Toronto snapped a sixgame losing streak in beating host Seattle.
Teoscar Hernandez also homered, and Rowdy Tellez had a run-scoring double in the seventh inning to break a tie as the Blue Jays spoiled the return of longtime Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, who was making his first start since May 11.