Taillon leads Pirates over Rockies in comeback game
PITTSBURGH: Jameson Taillon pitched five scoreless innings on his return from treatments for testicular cancer to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 in Major League Baseball on Monday night.
Taillon (3-1) allowed five hits, walked two and struck out five. The 25-year-old had surgery May 8, four days after losing to the Reds at Cincinnati, then made three rehab starts in the minor leagues.
Josh Harrison hit a two-run home run, his eighth, in the first inning off Kyle Freeland (7-4). Harrison, David Freese and Jose Osuna each had two hits for the Pirates.
METS 6, CUBS 1: Jacob deGrom pitched a five-hitter and Asdrubal Cabrera atoned for an embarrassing error by lining two home runs and turning four double plays as the Mets beat the Cubs.
DeGrom (5-3) threw the Mets’ first complete game of the season as New York won its fourth in a row.
Still under .500 but getting healthier, the Mets started a key two-week stretch where they face 14 straight games against teams that reached the NL playoffs last year.
The Cubs dropped to 31-32 with their ninth straight road loss — the World Series champions have not won away from Wrigley Field in a month during their worst road skid since 2012.
BRAVES 11, NATIONALS 10: Tyler Flowers hit a go-ahead threerun home run off Matt Albers in the ninth inning as Atlanta came from three runs down to beat Washington and snap a threegame skid.
Flowers had been hitless in his first four at-bats before he took Albers’ fastball to the opposite field and into the Nationals bullpen.
RED SOX 6, PHILLIES 5, 11 innings: Dustin Pedroia singled home the winning run in the 11th inning to lift the Red Sox to a win over the Phillies.
Pablo Sandoval opened the inning with a single off Casey Fein (0-1). Deven Marrero pinch-ran and moved up on a sacrifice. After Mookie Betts was intentionally walked, Pedroia hit a ground single to right and Marrero beat the throw from Aaron Altherr with a headfirst slide on a close play.
WHITE SOX 10, ORIOLES 7:
Kevan Smith hit his first career home run, Avisail Garcia celebrated his 26th birthday with three RBIs and the White Sox beat the Orioles.
The White Sox opened a fourgame series on a strong note after dropping nine of 11 and handed the Orioles their fifth straight loss.
Smith set the tone with a tworun drive in the second against Wade Miley (2-4) and finished with a career-best three RBIs.
14, TWINS 3:
Nelson Cruz drove in four runs and Mitch Haniger had four hits as the Seattle Mariners started a series against Minnesota with a football score for the second time in a week to beat the Twins.
Danny Valencia and Mike Zunino hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning, the fifth such feat for the Mariners this season. Yovani Gallardo (3-6) sailed through six innings with the excess support, allowing three runs and seven hits.