Substances check makes Bumgarner mad
D-Backs rally after his early ejection
MIAMI — Pavin Smith hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 on Wednesday after left-hander Madison Bumgarner was ejected.
Bumgarner gave up a leadoff homer to Jon Berti in the first, and then retired the next three batters. As he was walking to the dugout, the pitcher gestured with his arm before holding his hand out for a foreign-substance check by first base umpire Dan Bellino.
Bumgarner said something to Bellino as the check was ending, and the umpire threw him out. Bumgarner then started yelling at Bellino and had to be restrained by some coaches.
Bellino told a pool reporter that Bumgarner was ejected for directing profanity at an umpire. Video of the foreign-substance check showed Bellino staring at Bumgarner while he repeatedly patted his hand, but Bellino said he didn’t think that was a factor in the ejection.
The Marlins scored two runs in the seventh and eighth to take a 7-6 lead. But the Diamondbacks rallied in the ninth, completing a three-game series sweep.
DODGERS 9, GIANTS 1: In Los Angeles, Mookie Betts and Max Muncy homered, Freddie Freeman added a two-run triple and the Dodgers swept a short series from San Francisco.
Trea Turner and Will Smith had RBI singles in the fourth inning for the Dodgers, who scored six runs in their final two at-bats. Los Angeles has won four of five and 15 of 20.
The Dodgers took the first two of 19 meetings this season between these NL West powers who won a combined 213 games last season.
WHITE SOX 4, CUBS 3: At Wrigley Field, Lucas Giolito struck out 10, Luis Robert made a game-saving catch and Matt Foster worked out of a major jam as the White Sox beat the Cubs.
José Abreu and Leury García homered for the White Sox, who overcame an early 3-1 deficit.
Giolito (1-1) reached double digits in strikeouts for the 14th time since joining the White Sox in 2017. He allowed three hits in 5⅔ innings, including home runs by Nico Hoerner and Patrick Wisdom in the second.
BLUE JAYS 2, YANKEES 1: In Toronto, Jordan Romano stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning, making Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s tiebreaking single stand up as the Blue Jays ended New York’s winning streak at 11.
Matt Chapman homered and Yusei Kikuchi (1-1) allowed a run over a season-high six innings for Toronto, which narrowly held on.
Romano leads the majors with 12 saves in 13 tries. Toronto avoided being swept in the threegame series.
New York’s 11-game run was its longest since a 13-game streak from Aug. 14 to 27, 2021.
ROCKIES 5, NATIONALS 2:
In Denver, Jose Iglesias had a two-run double and Connor Joe a two-run triple in consecutive at-bats in the fourth inning after a crucial error by shortstop Alcides Escobar, and Colorado rallied to beat Washington.
ANGELS 10, RED SOX 5 (10 inn.): In Boston, Los Angeles scored six runs in the 10th inning, including a two-run homer by Taylor Ward and a three-run shot from Jared Walsh.
All of the runs in the 10th came with two outs for the Angels. Ward drove in Max Stassi with a homer off Matt Barnes. Then Mike Trout singled and Shohei Ohtani walked, prompting Boston to put in right-hander Hirokazu Sawamura for Barnes.
Anthony Rendon then singled, scoring Trout before Walsh’s homer.
ORIOLES 9, TWINS 4: In Baltimore, Cedric Mullins and Ramón Urías each hit a tworun homer during Baltimore’s six-run third inning, and the Orioles sent the Twins to only their second loss in 13 games. Dylan Bundy (3-2) allowed nine runs and 11 hits in 3⅔ innings against his former team.
New Mexico State alumnus Kyle Bradish, traded for Bundy in 2019, gave up four runs and six hits in four innings, but the Baltimore bullpen was solid the rest of the way. Cionel Pérez (1-0) went two innings to earn the win.
BRAVES 9, METS 2: In New York, Adam Duvall hit a two-run double during Atlanta’s sevenrun sixth inning, the Braves’ biggest of the season.
Atlanta’s Ian Anderson (3-1), who grew up about three hours north of Citi Field in Clifton Park, pitched innings of onerun ball.
Luis Guillorme homered in the ninth for New York, which had won three of four.
Mets right-hander Tylor Megill (4-1) was charged with three runs and four hits in 5⅓ innings in his first start since he combined with four relievers on a no-hitter Friday night against Philadelphia.
PADRES 5-5, GUARDIANS 4-6: In Cleveland, San Diego’s Mike Clevinger had an impressive first start since undergoing elbow surgery in 2020, and Manny Machado hit a two-run homer in the first game of a doubleheader.
Machado connected in the third inning off Zach Plesac (1-3), and Austin Nola delivered a goahead RBI double in the sixth.
It was a solid return for Clevinger, who had Tommy John surgery not long after pitching in Game 1 of the NLDS two years ago. Facing his former team and Plesac, one of his closest friends, the right-hander allowed three runs and four hits.
Rookie Steven Kwan’s RBI single in the 10th inning gave the Guardians the win in the nightcap for a split.
ASTROS 7, MARINERS 2: In Houston, Justin Verlander pitched five-hit ball into the seventh inning, helping Houston close out a three-game sweep.
Alex Bregman had three hits and three RBIs for the Astros, and Michael Brantley drove in two runs.
Verlander permitted two runs in 6⅔ innings. He is 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA in five starts this season in his return from Tommy John surgery.
RANGERS 2, PHILLIES 1 (10 inn.): In Philadelphia, Brad Miller hit a two-run single in the 10th inning for the Rangers, who have won a season-high four in a row.
Nick Castellanos doubled and had three hits for Philadelphia. The Phillies have lost four of five since a four-game winning streak.
BREWERS 18, REDS 4: In Milwaukee, Rowdy Tellez homered twice and set a Brewers record with eight RBIs to extend his recent power surge in a blowout of reeling Cincinnati.
Tellez broke a 2-all tie and put the Brewers ahead for good with a 453-foot grand slam off Vladimir Gutiérrez (0-5) in the third inning. He had a two-run shot off Dauri Moreta that traveled 431 feet in the sixth. Tellez capped his big night with a two-run double off the right-field wall in the eighth against Matt Reynolds, an infielder who came in to pitch after the game got out of hand.
Tellez has homered four times in his last four games.
CARDINALS 10, ROYALS 0: In Kansas City, Mo., Adam Wainwright pitched seven sharp innings for St. Louis, and Nolan Arenado hit a three-run shot and finished with five RBIs.
Wainwright (3-3) allowed just a one-out single to Michael Taylor in the third against the weak-hitting Royals, whose only other baserunners against the 40-year-old right-hander came on a fielder’s choice, an error and a walk.
RAYS 3, ATHLETICS 0: In Oakland, Calif., Manuel Margot hit a two-run single in the eighth inning, and Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep.
Margot came up with the bases loaded and two outs against Zach Jackson (0-1) and served an opposite-field single to right, scoring Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena.
The Athletics finished their homestand 0-6, getting outscored 38-20.
TIGERS 3-2, PIRATES 2-7: In Detroit, Willi Castro and Akil Baddoo scored on third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes’ two-out error during Detroit’s three-run fifth inning, and the Tigers won the first game of a doubleheader.
The Tigers finished with just three hits, but they scored three unearned runs on their way to their second victory in nine games.
Bryan Reynolds doubled in Pittsburgh’s two-run seventh in the Pirates’ Game 2 win.
With the game tied at 2, Tigers reliever Drew Hutchinson (0-2) walked Ben Gemel to start the seventh and Reynolds hit a bloop double to left.