Shohei’s bat heats up in time for LA
Bregman homers, Astros win 7 in row
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit a tying double in the ninth inning, Anthony Rendon followed with a game-ending single against his former team and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Sunday.
The Angels trailed 4-2 going into the ninth. Luis Rengifo drew a one-out walk and advanced to third on Taylor Ward’s hit. Mike Trout struck out, but Ohtani lined a two-run double off Tanner Rainey (0-1). The reigning AL MVP had been 1 for 11 during the series.
Rendon then lined a single to center field and Ohtani slid to avoid Victor Robles’ throw home.
Jack Mayfield also drove in two runs for the Angels. Jaime Barria (1-0) got the win.
DIAMONDBACKS 4, ROCKIES 0: In Phoenix, Zac Gallen pitched seven crisp innings, Jose Herrera hit a two-run double for his first big league RBIs and Arizona blanked Colorado.
Ketel Marte had three hits to boost his batting average to .206 and the Diamondbacks took advantage of another shaky start by Germán Márquez (0-3) to win for the ninth time in 12 games.
Gallen (2-0) allowed five hits and struck out seven.
YANKEES 2-2 RANGERS 1-4: In New York, Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s impressive scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, tworun homer in the seventh inning that lifted Texas over New York to salvage a doubleheader split.
The Yankees took the opener 2-1 on Gleyber Torres’ game-ending homer leading off the ninth. New York had three hits in the nightcap after getting just five in the early game.
King (2-1) had pitched 14⅓ consecutive innings without allowing a run before Miller smacked a fastball out to center field for a two-run lead. The right-hander hadn’t given up a run since an RBI double by Toronto’s George Springer on April 11. The rare ineffective outing raised King’s ERA from 0.51 to 1.42.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a tworun homer in the nightcap. New York lost for only the second time in 14 games.
PHILLIES 3-1, METS 2-6: In Philadelphia,Pete Alonso homered twice, had three hits and drove in five runs to lead New York over Philadelphia in the second game for a doubleheader split.
Chris Bassitt (4-2) allowed one run in 5⅔ innings to help the NL East leaders take two of three in a rain-shortened series. Jean Segura homered for the Phillies.
In the opener, Bryce Harper homered again off Max Scherzer and Philadelphia became the first team to beat the new Mets ace, snapping a four-game skid.
Scherzer (4-1) gave up three runs and 10 hits in six innings. It was his first loss since last May 30, ending a string of 24 straight starts without a defeat.
ASTROS 5, TIGERS 0: In Houston,
Aledmys Díaz hit a grand slam and Jake Odorizzi combined with two relievers on a one-hitter as Houston finished a four-game sweep of Detroit for its seventh straight win.
Díaz’s second home run of the season came in the third inning off reliever Drew Hutchison (0-3). Albuquerque native Alex Bregman later added a solo homer off Joe Jimenez.
The Astros completed a 7-0 homestand against Seattle and Detroit.
WHITE SOX 3, RED SOX 2: In Boston, Dallas Keuchel halted his three-start losing streak with six solid innings, José Abreu hit a two-run double and Chicago topped Boston for its season-high sixth straight victory.
Leury García added an RBI single for the White Sox (14-13), who moved over .500 for the first time since April 20 and completed a 5-0 road trip, including three wins at Fenway Park.
GUARDIANS 4, BLUE JAYS 3: In Cleveland, Franmil Reyes lumbered home on Óscar Mercado’s tiebreaking, two-out single in the eighth inning to lift Cleveland over Toronto. The Blue Jays took a 3-2 lead into the eighth, but Owen Miller’s one-out homer off Tim Mayza tied it.
Adam Cimber (4-2) relieved with two outs. He allowed Reyes’ single and walked Andrés Giménez before Mercado came through.
TWINS 4, ATHLETICS 3: In Minneapolis, Jorge Polanco delivered another key hit and Minnesota’s bullpen combined for 6⅔ shutout innings as the Twins sent Oakland to its ninth consecutive defeat.
The Twins have swept three of their last five series and won 14 of 17 since beginning the season 4-8.
The Twins allowed only four runs over three games against the Athletics. The bullpen threw 11⅔ scoreless innings during the series.
MARINERS 2, RAYS 1, 10 INNINGS: In Seattle, Abraham Toro hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Ty France singled home the winning run in the 10th and Seattle edged Tampa Bay to snap a six-game losing streak.
Manuel Margot hit his third home run of the series for the Rays, who had won six straight overall and eight in a row on the road. Prized prospect George Kirby pitched six shutout innings in his major league debut for the Mariners.
PADRES 3, MARLINS 2: In San Diego, pinch-hitter Jorge Alfaro connected for a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning against his former team to lift San Diego over Miami.
Alfaro went deep to center field on the first pitch he saw from Cole Sulser (0-1), sending Petco Park into a frenzy and earning him a curtain call. He was purchased from the Marlins for cash in December.
Until the ninth, it appeared the Padres were headed for a second straight shutout. But then Trent Grisham and CJ Abrams got on base ahead of Alfaro’s second homer.
GIANTS 4, CARDINALS 3: In San Francisco, Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking home run into McCovey Cove in the sixth inning, and San Francisco only struck out once while beating St.
Louis.
Giants closer Camilo Doval whiffed slugger Nolan Arenado with the potential tying run on second base for his fifth save.
ROYALS 6-2, ORIOLES 4-4: In Baltimore, Bruce Zimmermann threw six effective innings and Baltimore beat Kansas City to earn a doubleheader split.
The Royals won the opener when Michael A. Taylor hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth after a pair of two-out errors by the Orioles.
BRAVES 9, BREWERS 2: In Atlanta, Duvall and William Contreras homered to help Charlie Morton win for the first time in five starts as Atlanta cranked up its bats against Milwaukee.
REDS 7, PIRATES 3: In Cincinnati, Colin Moran hit a grand slam and a two-run homer against his former team, powering Cincinnati past Pittsburgh.
DODGERS 7, CUBS 1: In Chicago, Walker Buehler pitched seven sparkling innings in his 100th career start, and Los Angeles beat sliding Chicago for its sixth consecutive victory.
Buehler (4-1) improved to 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA over his last three outings. The right-hander allowed one run and four hits, struck out six and walked two.