Storm remain unbeaten on road
DeGrom exits with elbow injury in Mets’ victory over Padres
NEW YORK, June 12, (AP): Jacob deGrom was pulled from a do-it-all gem with right flexor tendinitis, a troubling diagnosis for the New York Mets that clouded a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.
DeGrom (6-2) faced the minimum over six innings and ripped a two-run single, giving him five RBIs this season - compared to four earned runs allowed. He struck out 10 in the abbreviated outing.
DeGrom left after 80 pitches and extending his scoreless streak to 22 innings. He had a no-hit bid until Wil Myers beat the shift with a weak grounder in the fifth.
Billy McKinney drove in a run with the first of his two doubles in the fifth, and deGrom followed with his two-run hit.
San Diego dropped its third straight. Blake Snell (2-3) allowed three runs in four-plus innings, and the Padres couldn’t do enough damage against New York’s bullpen.
Cubs 8, Cardinals 5
In Chicago, Anthony Rizzo hit a tying home run in the sixth inning on the 14th pitch of his at-bat against Daniel Ponce de Leon. and Joc Pederson and Willson Contreras also went deep to lead Chicago over St. Louis.
With Wrigley Field allowed 100% capacity for the first time since 2019, the Cubs rallied from a 5-1 deficit before a crowd of 35,112.
Pederson drove in three runs and gave the Cubs a 7-5 lead in the seventh with a two-run double against Génesis Cabrera (1-2).
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Tommy Nance (1-0) threw two innings to win his first major league decision. and Craig Kimbrel retired three batters for his 16th save.
Giants 1, Nationals 0
In Washington, Washington ace Max Scherzer left after just 12 pitches because of groin inflammation, Buster Posey homered and San Francisco beat the Nationals on Anthony DeSclafani’s career-best two-hitter.
A crowd of 18,029 attended the first game at Nationals Park without capacity limits since the 2019 World Series.
Scherzer retired leadoff batter LaMonte Wade Jr. on a fly ball to left and had a 3-2 count on Brandon Belt when he stretched his body. He took a warmup toss before exiting.
DeSclafani (6-2) struck out eight and walked on his his third career shutout and complete game.
Angels 6, D-backs 5, 10 Innings In Phoenix, Shohei Ohtani struck out eight, hit two doubles and pushed through an injury scare to lead Los Angeles past slumping Arizona.
Max Stassi’s RBI groundout scored Jared Walsh in the top of the 10th to put the Angels ahead for good. Extra innings were needed after Arizona’s Eduardo Escobar hit a two-out, tying homer off Raisel Iglesias (4-2) in the ninth.
Alex Claudio earned his first save of the season.
Arizona lost its eighth in a row and has lost 31 of its last 36. The team’s 20-44 record is the worst in the big leagues.
D-backs starter Merrill Kelly gave up three runs over five innings.
Dodgers 12, Rangers 1
In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw bounced back from two bad outings with six sharp innings, Gavin Lux drove in four runs and hit one of five Dodgers homers as Los Angeles routed Texas.
Max Muncy, Justin Turner and Lux homered in the first inning. Albert Pujols and Will Smith also went deep as Los Angeles won its fourth in a row and sent Texas to its 16th straight road loss.
Kershaw (8-5) gave up only one unearned and three hits. He struck out
nine and walked none.
Mike Foltynewicz (1-7) fell behind 6-0 in the first.
Athletics 4, Royals 3
In Oakland, Calif., Elvis Andrus hit a winning single in the ninth inning after making pair of fielding gaffes, and Oakland beat Kansas City.
Seth Brown homered to snap a long funk for the A’s. Matt Chapman had three hits including an RBI double.
Salvador Pérez hit solo homers in the seventh against Cole Irvin and the eighth against former teammate Jake Diekman.
Kansas City has lost six of seven. Lou Trivino (3-2) retired four batters. Scott Barlow (2-2) took the loss.
Indians 7, Mariners 0
In Cleveland, Aaron Civale gave up a single to start the game before dominating Seattle’s light-hitting lineup for eight innings, leading the Cleveland to the win in front of the largest crowd at Progressive Field since 2019.
Civale (9-2) allowed J.P. Crawford’s leadoff hit and nothing else to become the first AL pitcher with nine wins. He struck out a career-high 11 and retired 22 in a row after loading the bases in the first. Blake Parker worked the ninth to complete the two-hitter.
Rays 4, Orioles 2
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Ryan Yarbrough pitched six solid innings and Tampa Bay became the first team to reach 40 wins this season.
Yarbrough (4-3), the first Rays’ pitcher to go the distance in five years in his previous start, gave up two unearned runs and three hits, striking out six.
Brandon Lowe homered for the Rays, who are 21-5 since May 13.
Baltimore got a home run from Trey Mancini. Keegan Akin (0-1) took the loss.
Marlins 4, Braves 3
In Miami, Jazz Chisholm’s two-out, two-run single in the fourth inning put
ATLANTA, June 12, (AP): Jewel Loyd scored 20 points, Breanna Stewart pitched in with a double-double and the Seattle Storm remained unbeaten on the road with an 86-75 victory over the Atlanta Dream in WNBA action.
Loyd, who came into the game tied for third in the league with 25 made 3-pointers, hit 2 of 5 from beyond the arc as the Storm (9-2) shot 47.6% from distance (10 of 21). Stewart scored 11 of her 18 points in the first half to help
Miami ahead to stay, and the Marlins beat Atlanta for the fourth time in five meetings this year.
Sandy Alcantara (4-5) allowed two runs in six innings. Yimi García, the Marlins’ fifth pitcher, earned his 11th save in 14 chances.
The Braves have lost three consecutive games by a run each.
Reds 11, Rockies 5
In Cincinnati, Joey Votto’s threerun blast highlighted a five-homer effort as Cincinnati extended Colorado’s road woes.
Nick Castellanos, Scott Heineman, Kyle Farmer and Tyler Stephenson also went deep against Kyle Freeland (0-2), who set a career high for home runs allowed in a game. The Reds fell one short of matching their singlegame season high for homers.
The Rockies fell to 5-25 away from Coors Field and have lost every road series this season.
Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5
In Boston, Alex Verdugo hit a line drive off the Green Monster to drive in the game-winning run in the ninth inning and Boston rallied from a fourrun deficit to beat Toronto.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three of Toronto’s 16 hits, including his major league-leading 19th homer of the season, to help the Blue Jays open a fourrun lead in the sixth inning. The Red Sox scored three in the bottom half and tied it on Christian Arroyo’s towering solo home run.
Verdugo’s single off the wall in left was his third hit, and pinch-runner Danny Santana scored easily for Boston’s major league-best 23rd comeback win of the season.
Astros 6, Twins 4
In Minneapolis, Martín Maldonado hit a go-ahead double in the ninth and Houston beat Minnesota.
Jose Altuve and Yuli Gurriel homered and Alex Bregman drove in two runs for Houston, which won for the fourth time in five games. Michael Brantley added three hits for the Astros.
Ryne Stanek (1-1) allowed a tying homer to Josh Donaldson in the eighth but earned the win in relief of starter José Urquidy. Ryan Pressly notched his 10th save in 11 chances.
Seattle take a 45-35 lead. Stewart finished with 13 rebounds as Seattle improved to 4-.0 away from home.
Courtney Williams had 19 points on
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7-of-20 shooting - and 11 rebounds to pace the Dream (4-6), who lost their fourth straight game and fell to 1-4 at
Brewers 7, Pirates 4
In Milwaukee, Christian Yelich hit a bases-loaded double that broke a tie and Pittsburgh relievers issued three consecutive bases-loaded walks in a five-run seventh inning that helped fuel Milwaukee’s win.
Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a two-run homer, and Ben Gamel and Gregory Polanco added solo shots for the Pirates, who lost their fifth straight. Pittsburgh pitchers issued a total of 11 walks. Clay Holmes (2-1) took the loss.
Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff (5-2) gave up the homers to Gamel and Polanco. He allowed two other hits in seven innings, striking our five with no walks.
White Sox 5, Tigers 4, 10 Innings
In Detroit, Liam Hendricks angrily threw a wet ball into foul territory after his first pitch of the ninth inning, leading to a lengthy rain delay, then gave up a tying two-run homer to Daz Cameron before Chicago beat Detroit in 10 innings.
Chicago led 4-2 when Hendriks entered to start the ninth, seeking his ALhigh 17th save.
Hendriks (3-1) had entered with 14 straight scoreless appearances and had retired 26 of his previous 28 batters. home. Candace Parker scored 17.
Seattle shot 58% in the first half, hitting 6 of 10 from distance. Atlanta made just 10 of 37 shots (27%), including 2 of 10 from beyond the arc, in the first half but kept within striking distance by making 13 of 14 free throws.
Epiphanny Prince came off the bench to score 11 for the Storm, who won their second straight and sport the best record in the league. Prince sank 3 of 4 from beyond the arc.