Yelich hits for cycle, but Reds get victory
Christian Yelich hit for a record-tying third cycle — all of them against Cincinnati — but the Milwaukee Brewers’ rally fell short in the ninth inning in a 14-11 loss to the Reds on Wednesday.
Tyler Stephenson drove in four runs with a pair of doubles and Colin Moran hit a three-run homer for Cincinnati. The Reds, with the worst record in the majors, won their second straight series by topping the NL Central leaders.
Yelich became the sixth player in major league history to hit at least one home run, triple, double and single in the same game three times. He joined Trea Turner, Adrian Beltre, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly in accomplishing the feat.
Yelich doubled in the first, hit a three-run homer in the third, singled in the fifth and tripled during a six-run ninth.
Cubs 7, Padres 5: Alfonso Rivas hit a tiebreaking two-run single against his hometown team in the eighth inning, and banged-up Chicago beat San Diego.
Rays 4, Angels 2 (10): Vidal Brujan got an RBI double leading off the 10th inning for his first hit of the season, and Tampa Bay rebounded from its no-hit loss with a victory over Los Angeles.
Phillies 4, Mariners 2: Rhys Hoskins homered for the third straight game and provided all of Philadelphia’s offense with the second grand slam of his career, and the Phillies beat Seattle.
Giants 7, Rockies 1: Brandon Crawford homered, leading Alex Cobb and San Francisco past Colorado for its 10th straight win over the Rockies.
Marlins 11, Diamondbacks 3: Jacob Stallings hit a go-ahead single in the ninth, Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a three-run homer and Miami used an eight-run final inning to beat Arizona.
Pirates 5, Dodgers 3: Daniel Vogelbach hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, and Pittsburgh took a series from Los Angeles for the first time in nearly five years.
Athletics 9, Tigers 0: Zach Logue pitched seven sharp innings in his second major league start and Oakland spoiled the debut of Joey Wentz by thumping floundering Detroit.
Notes: Houston and Minnesota had their game suspended Wednesday night when a severe thunderstorm rolled through and halted play in the top of the fourth inning with the Astros leading the Twins 5-1 on Jeremy Pena’s three RBIS and Jose Altuve’s home run. The teams will pick up where they left off Thursday afternoon and play the last six innings, before staging the series finale at Target Field about a half-hour after the first game concludes. Both clubs will be allowed an extra player on the roster for the second game . ... The Guardians are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined manager Terry Francona and several of the team’s coaches, leading to the postponement of Wednesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Shortly after Francona’s positive test became known, Major League Baseball said there were “multiple positive COVID-19 tests” in Cleveland’s organization and called off Wednesday’s series finale to allow for more testing and contact tracing. No makeup date has been announced . ... Braves catcher Manny Pina will have seasonending surgery after tests revealed ligament and cartilage damage in his left wrist . ... A former athletic trainer for the White Sox is alleging in a lawsuit that he was fired by the team because of his sexual orientation, age and disability. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. In a team statement, the White Sox described Ball’s allegations as “baseless” and promised to vigorously defend the organization’s reputation . ... Atlanta beat third baseman Austin Riley ($3.95 million) and St. Louis defeated outfielder Tyler O’neill ($3.4 million) in the first salary arbitration decisions this year.