Phillies win on Hoskins’ late home run

Fan walks to the plate to greet Philadelphia’s Miller

PITTSBURGH — A fan casually walked to home plate and approached Philadelphia hitter Brad Miller for a handshake before being apprehended, and the Phillies later beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Sunday on Rhys Hoskins’ home run in the 11th inning.

Moments after Bryce Harper argued a called third strike and Hoskins spiked his bat after being hit by a pitch, things turned bizarre in the sixth inning at PNC Park.

That’s when a man carrying a cellphone came out of the crowd and strolled toward Miller in the batter’s box. Miller backed away and the man kept walking, leisurely getting near the Phillies’ dugout on the first base side, where he was handcuffed by security personnel and led away.

Miller then grounded into an inningending double play.

Hoskins hit his 21st home run, connecting off Chris Stratton (1-3). The drive came right after Harper again seemed displeased with plate umpire Ben May when striking out looking to start the inning.

ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 0: In Baltimore, Asher Wojciechowski took an unlikely nohitter into the seventh inning, Trey Mancini homered twice off Andrew Cashner and Baltimore beat Boston to win its first series from the Red Sox in 11 tries since 2017.

Making his 15th career start, Wojciechowski (1-3) came in with a 6.49 career ERA and was facing the highestscoring team in the majors. The 30-yearold responded with the best outing of his life, allowing one hit over 7⅓ innings and finishing with a career-high 10 strikeouts.

Rafael Devers led off the seventh with a double off the right-field wall to break up Wojciechowski’s bid.

DODGERS 9, MARLINS 0 : In Los Angeles, Walker Buehler struck out 11 over seven innings and Los Angeles hit a trio of home runs to complete a three-game sweep of

Miami.

Max Muncy, Joc Pederson and A.J. Pollock went deep as the first-place Dodgers won for the sixth time in nine games since the All-Star break. Buehler recorded his third double-digit strikeout game this season.

ANGELS 9, MARINERS 3: In Seattle, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout homered, Brian Goodwin connected twice and Los Angeles beat Seattle.

Pujols sliced a second-inning solo drive into the right field seats for his 648th career homer.

ROCKIES 8, YANKEES 4: In New York, James Paxton allowed a leadoff home run for the second straight outing when Charlie Blackmon shook out of a slump and started Colorado to a win over New York that halted a six-game losing streak.

On the second consecutive day with a 94-degree temperature at game time, DJ LaMahieu homered on the first pitch from German Márquez (9-5) in the bottom half. But Márquez rebounded from his worst big league start and cooled the Yankees’ bats after that. Colorado took a 5-1 lead in the third, knocked out Paxton (5-5) in the fourth and ended New York’s five-game winning streak.

CARDINALS 3, REDS 1: In Cincinnati, Yairo Munoz celebrated a rare start with a home run and a triple to help St. Louis beat Cincinnati.

Munoz, making his 16th start among 55 games, also singled to finish with three of the six hits for the Cardinals, who improved to 7-3 since the All-Star break.

PADRES 5, CUBS 1: In Chicago, Francisco Mejía homered, Fernando Tatis Jr. drove in three runs and San Diego avoided the sweep in Chicago.

Mejía and Tatis had two hits apiece for the Padres, who scored three runs in the ninth and have won just two of their last nine.

BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4: In Phoenix, Tyler Saladino had his first career grand slam, Mike Moustakas hit a go-ahead run-scoring single in the eighth inning and Milwaukee beat Arizona.

Saladino broke out of a season-long slump with his first homer of the year, a grand slam off Alex Young in the fourth inning after Milwaukee fell behind 4-0.

INDIANS 5, ROYALS 4: In Cleveland, Francisco Lindor homered after originally being scheduled to get the day off, José Ramírez hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth and Cleveland beat Kansas City.

Lindor talked his way into the lineup at designated hitter after manager Terry Francona planned on resting the All-Star shortstop. TIGERS 4, BLUE JAYS 3, 10 INNINGS: In Detroit, Nicholas Castellanos led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run, and Detroit snapped its six-game losing streak.

The Tigers won for only the eighth time in their last 41 games. Closer Shane Greene allowed a tying, two-run homer by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the ninth, but Castellanos connected on the first pitch thrown by Tim Mayza (0-1) for his 11th homer of the season. RAYS 4, WHITE SOX 2: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Blake Snell struck out 10 in six scoreless innings, Travis d’Arnaud hit his first grand slam and Tampa Bay stopped its longest losing streak of the year at five games by beating Chicago. ASTROS 5, RANGERS 3: In Houston, Michael Brantley homered twice, Jose Altuve also went deep and Houston beat Texas for its fifth straight victory.

TWINS 7, ATHLETICS 6: In Minneapolis, Max Kepler drove in four runs, including the game-winner to cap a two-run rally in the ninth inning, and Minnesota beat Oakland. BRAVES 7, NATIONALS 1: In Atlanta, Kevin Gausman pitched into the eighth inning after missing more than a month, Josh Donaldson and Ronald Acuña Jr. homered, and Atlanta beat Washington to protect its NL East lead. GIANTS 2, METS 2, 12 INNINGS: In San Francisco, Mike Yastrzemski homered with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give San Francisco a victory over New York.