Dodgers fend off Colorado, 5-3
Thompson’s 3-run HR keys Los Angeles offense
LOS ANGELES — Trayce Thompson hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the fifth inning, when the Dodgers finally broke though against Kyle Freeland, and Los Angeles beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Monday night.
Julio Urías (7-6) won his fourth consecutive start, allowing one run and five hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out seven and walked one to beat the Rockies at Dodger Stadium for the first time.
The Rockies cut their deficit to 5-3 in the ninth and had runners at the corners before falling short.
Reyes Moronta gave up a leadoff homer to C.J. Cron, who was hitless in his first three at-bats with two strikeouts. After two flyouts, José Iglesias singled off the glove of third baseman Hanser Alberto, and Elías Díaz walked. Yency Almonte came in to face pinch-hitter Charlie Blackmon, who drove in Iglesias with a single. But then Almonte struck out Connor Joe swinging for his second career save. The other one came in 2020 with Colorado.
BRAVES 6, CARDINALS 3: In Atlanta, Dansby Swanson hit a three-run double in a five-run second inning and Atlanta held off St. Louis in a game delayed more than 2½ hours by rain.
St. Louis loaded the bases for a couple of big hitters in the ninth, but Will Smith struck out Nolan Arenado and retired Albert Pujols on a grounder back to the mound for his fifth save.
Matt Olson had two RBI singles for the Braves, driving in Swanson both times.
MARINERS 8, PADRES 2: In San Diego, Seattle’s prized rookie, Julio Rodriguez, sent a drive almost to the top of the brick warehouse in the leftfield corner and pointed to the relievers in the bullpen who were also watching his monster two-run homer sail out of Petco Park as the Mariners rolled past the Padres.
Cal Raleigh drove in four runs — including a bases-clearing double — and Chris Flexen helped pitch the Mariners to their third straight win and sixth in seven games. San Diego lost for the eighth time in 11 games.
ASTROS 7, ROYALS 6: In Houston, Yordan Alvarez homered with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Astros beat Kansas City for their seventh straight win.
Led by Kyle Tucker and Alvarez, AL West-leading Houston erased a five-run deficit on the way to its 15th victory in its last 18 games. Tucker sparked the Astros’ three-run eighth with a two-run single, and Alvarez hit a drive to leftcenter against Scott Barlow (2-2) for his 24th homer.
RED SOX 4, RAYS 0: In Boston, Trevor Story hit a solo homer, Kutter Crawford pitched 5 ⅓ innings of two-hit relief and Boston won its eighth straight Fourth of July game, beating Tampa Bay.
Franchy Cordero added an RBI single for the Red Sox, who won their second straight game and improved to just 9-16 against AL East rivals.
ATHLETICS 5, BLUE JAYS 1: In Oakland, Calif., Stephen Vogt hit a home run and a sacrifice fly as Oakland beat Toronto.
Ramón Laureano also went deep and Elvis Andrus had an early two-run double for the A’s, who drew a season-high 24,403 fans on fireworks night.
TWINS 6, WHITE SOX 3 (10 inn.): In Chicago, Luis Arraez had three hits, including a tiebreaking RBI single in Minnesota’s four-run 10th inning.
Arraez’s leadoff grounder against Joe Kelly (0-2) drove in pinch-runner Gilberto Celestino. Jorge Polanco added a sacrifice fly, and Alex Kirilloff made it 6-2 with a two-run single.
TIGERS 4-5, GUARDIANS 1-3: In Detroit, Jonathan Schoop had two singles to close out a six-hit day, Eric Haase had his sixth home run and Tyler Alexander pitched three-plus scoreless innings of relief to lead the Tigers to a 5-3 win in the second game on Monday night for a sweep of the day-night doubleheader against Cleveland.
Schoop, who entered the day hitting .191, had four singles in four at-bats and scored two runs in a 4-1 Tigers win in the opener. He made it six straight with a leadoff double in the third inning of the second game, scored a run and added an RBI single in the fourth.
In the opener, Garrett Hill won his major league debut by pitching six impressive innings and Miguel Cabrera delivered a key two-run single for Detroit.
ORIOLES 7, RANGERS 6 (10 innings): In Baltimore, Jorge Mateo limped to first base when former Moriarty star and Texas reliever Matt Moore (3-1) hit him near the left knee with the bases loaded in the 10th.
Baltimore got its sixth walkoff win and reached the season’s midpoint at 37-44, a vast improvement from 27-54 at the halfway point last year.
MARLINS 3, NATIONALS 2 (10 innings): In Washington, Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer off the foul pole in the 10th, a drive off Tanner Rainey (1-3), as Miami stayed hot.
Miami beat the Nationals for the 12th time in 13 games this year, including seven in a row. They extended their winning streak to five.
BREWERS 5, CUBS 2 (10 innings): In Milwaukee, Victor Caratini hit a threerun homer off Scott Effross (1-4) with two outs in the 10th after striking out in his four previous at-bats as the Brewers beat Chicago.
Seiya Suzuki, playing for the first time since May 26 after recovering from a sprained left ring finger, hit a go-ahead, inside-the-park homer in the ninth for the Cubs. The drive against Josh Hader ricocheted off an angled portion of the wall, bounced past center fielder Jonathan Davis and rolled along the warning track back toward right.
DIAMONDBACKS 8, GIANTS 3: In Phoenix, Madison Bumgarner posted a win against his former team and Arizona beat San Francisco, handing the Giants their fifth straight loss.
Buddy Kennedy drove in a pair of runs and Cooper Hummel scored twice for Arizona. The Giants have lost 11 of 14.
METS 7, REDS 4: In Cincinnati, Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor homered, helping New York beat the lowly Reds.
Taijuan Walker (7-2) struck out nine in six innings as New York earned its second straight win after a stretch of four losses in five games.
Notes
WHITE SOX: In Chicago, the White Sox talked to Major League Baseball on Monday about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people.
After speaking with MLB and contact with local authorities, the game was slated to begin on time. The postgame fireworks show was canceled, and the team planned to observe a moment of silence before the first pitch.
“Our hearts are with the Highland Park community,” the White Sox said in a statement. “The entire Chicago White Sox organization expresses our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the innocent victims of today’s horrific shooting and all of those who have been affected by this tragedy.”
Said White Sox closer Liam Hendriks: “Something needs to change. Something needs to be done, something needs to happen because there’s too many people losing their lives.”
BLUE JAYS: The 17-year-old daughter of Toronto first base coach Mark Budzinski died in a boating accident in Virginia over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Julia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a boat on the James River in Richmond on Saturday.