Nats stop Cubs
Matt Wieters (above, right) of hit a tiebreaking grand slam in a five-run eighth inning, helping the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Sunday.
CHICAGO — Matt Wieters hit a tiebreaking grand slam off Carl Edwards Jr. in Washington’s five-run eighth inning, helping the Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Sunday.
Bryce Harper started the winning rally with a one-out infield single against Mike Montgomery. Ryan Zimmerman doubled against Edwards and Daniel Murphy was walked intentionally to load the bases.
Washington then grabbed control in a span of two pitches. Edwards (3-3) hit Anthony Rendon, tying it at 4-4, and Wieters followed with a drive over the wall in center for his third career grand slam.
Wieters drove in five runs and Rendon also had an RBI double for the NL East-leading Nationals, who had dropped three of four.
Brian Goodwin hit a home run, drove in two runs and robbed Jon Jay of a hit with a terrific diving catch on a sinking liner to center in the seventh.
Willson Contreras hit two more home runs for Chicago, which stayed a half-game ahead of second-place Milwaukee in the NL Central. CARDINALS 13, REDS 4 Jose Martinez hit his first grand slam during the Cardinals’ nine-run fourth inning, and visiting St. Louis overcame Adam Wainwright’s rough return from the disabled list, beating the Reds. The Cardinals took two of three in the series. MARLINS 4, BRAVES 1 Jose Urena pitched six strong innings, Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run home run and visiting Florida avoided a threegame sweep with a victory over Atlanta.
PIRATES 5, PADRES 4 (12) Sean Rodriquez hit a home run in the 12th inning to give host Pittsburch a victory over San Diego. Rodriguez, acquired from Atlanta a day earlier, lifted a
1-1 pitch off Padres reliever Buddy Baumann (01) over the left-field wall. PHILLIES 3, ROCKIES 2 Cameron Rupp hit a two-run double in the ninth inning, and visiting Philadelpia rallied to beat Colorado. Rupp drove the first pitch he saw from closer Greg Holland (2-2) into the gap in left-center field, scoring Maikel Franco and Hyun Soo Kim. . GIANTS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Jeff Samardzija pitched into the seventh inning to win his third consecutive start and host San Francisco beat Arizona. DODGERS 8, METS 0 Justin Turner’s caught stealing turned into a two-out stolen base after a video review, sparking a three-run first inning to give Los Angeles its first season sweep of host New York.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YANKEES 8, INDIANS 1 Luis Severino overpowered Cleveland’s lineup into the seventh inning, Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run triple and Aaron Judge hammered a three-run home run, sending visiting New York over Cleveland.
ASTROS 7, BLUE JAYS 6 Juan Centeno hit an RBI single with two outs that capped a fourrun rally in the ninth inning, lifting host Houston over Toronto. Nori Aoki had a two-run home run, his first hit since being traded from Houston to Toronto last Monday, during a four-run seventh that gave the Blue Jays a 6-3 lead.
RED SOX 6, WHITE SOX 3 Chris Young hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking three-run shot after the batter in front was walked intentionally, to lift host Boston over Chicago. ORIOLES 12, TIGERS 3 Jonathan Schoop, Chris Davis and Trey Mancini hit home runs in succession during a four-run first inning that sent host Baltimore past Detroit. TWINS 6, RANGERS 5 Max Kepler, Brian Dozier and Eddie Rosario hit home runs to help host Minnesota dig out of a five-run hole and beat Texas. ATHLETICS 11, ANGELS 10 Bruce Maxwell’s two-run single completed a dramatic fiverun, two-out comeback in the eighth inning, and visiting Oakland stunned Los Angeles.
MARINERS 8-1, ROYALS 7-9 Rookie Jakob Junis pitched eight sharp innings and host Kansas City beat Seattle 9-1 to split their doubleheader. Nelson Cruz hit two home runs and drove in four runs as the Mariners won 8-7 in the first game.
INTERLEAGUE
RAYS 2, BREWERS 1 Steven Souza Jr. hit a home run off Milwaukee reliever Jacob Barnes leading off the ninth inning to lift the host Rays over Milwaukee.