Urías, Henderson power Orioles past Dodgers 8-5 and into 1st place in AL East
Ramón Urías drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and Gunnar Henderson homered and scored three runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Wednesday and moved into first place in the AL East.
The Orioles (58-37), who at .611 moved into front of the Rays (60-39), who dropped to .606 with a 5-1 loss at Texas. Baltimore is 50-30 following an 8-7 start while the Rays have lost 11 of 14.
Baltimore avoided its first series sweep in 14 months. The Orioles were last swept in a series in May 2022. Los Angeles (55-40) had won eight of nine after taking the first two games of the series.
Danny Coulombe (3-1) allowed one hit in 2 1/3 scoreless innings, while Julio Urías (7-6) gave eight runs, matching his career high.
ANGELS 7, YANKEES 3 >> Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo hit two-run homers, Chase Silseth struck out a career-high 10 in his first big league outing in seven weeks and Los Angeles completed a series sweep of New York.
The Halos swept a threegame series from the Yankees for the first time since 2009. Los Angeles has won four of five to get back over .500 at 49-48.
ATHLETICS 6, RED SOX 5 >> JJ Bleday, Cody Thomas and Jace Peterson each hit tworun home runs, and Oakland won its second straight following an eight-game skid by hitting three or more homers in a game for the 11th time this season.
Bleday’s homer was his second in as many days, while Thomas’ drive was the first of his career. Peterson connected for his sixth in the fourth inning.
PIRATES 7, GUARDIANS 5 >> Ji Man Choi and Jared Triolo hit two-run singles in a fiverun seventh inning helped by an overturned call, and Pittsburgh ended a five-game skid with a come-from-behind win over Cleveland.
Pittsburgh rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the fifth. The Pirates had been outscored 21-1 in the first two games of the series.
RANGERS 5, RAYS 1 >> Leody Taveras and Jonah Heim homered as AL West-leading Texas stretched its winning streak to six games with a win over slumping Tampa Bay, which slipped into second place in the AL East, percentage points behind Baltimore.
Taveras snapped an 0-for12 slide when he homered on the first pitch of the third inning against Zack Littell (0-2). He also added an RBI single.
CARDINALS 6, MARLINS 4 >> Nolan Gorman hit a three-run homer and had four RBIs to help St. Louis beat Mami for its second series sweep this season.
Nolan Arenado’s RBI single and Gorman’s 19th homer built a 4-0 lead in the first off NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara, and the Marlins’ losing streak reached a season-high six.
ASTROS 4, ROCKIES 1 >> Brandon Bielak pitched one-hit ball into the sixth inning, helping Houston split the two-game series with Colorado.
Chas McCormick hit his 12th homer of the season for Houston. Bielak (5-5) struck out four and walked three in 5 2/3 innings. Phil Maton, Rafael Montero, Ryne Stanek and Ryan Pressly then combined for 3 1/3 innings of onehit relief.
REDS 3, GIANTS 1 >> Will Benson hit a three-run homer, and Cincinnati ended San Francisco’s seven-game win streak.
Graham Ashcraft (5-7) pitched into the seventh inning as Cincinnati stopped a six-game slide that dropped the surprising Reds into second in the NL Central, trailing Milwaukee. It was a season-worst skid for Cincinnati.
METS 5, WHITE SOX 1>> Justin Verlander pitched eight innings and rookie Brett Baty homered as New York won its third straight and for the ninth time in 13 games.
Baty contributed an RBI groundout during a four-run fourth, turned in fine defensive plays at third and scored from first on Brandon Nimmo’s two-out double.
BREWERS 5, PHILLIES 3 >> William Contreras hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, and Milwaukee beat Philadelphia for its fifth win in six games.
Contreras had three hits and two RBIs for the NL Central leaders, and Blake Perkins also drove in two runs with a double. Five of Milwaukee’s 10 hits were doubles.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, BRAVES 3 >> Ryne Nelson allowed only three hits in seven innings, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tworun double and Arizona dealt Atlanta its fourth straight loss.
Nelson (6-5) allowed two runs with five strikeouts in seven innings. Kyle Nelson and Kevin Ginkel each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
Gurriel’s two-run double off Charlie Morton gave Arizona a 3-1 lead in the third. Nick Ahmed drove in two runs with two hits for the Diamondbacks.
Marcell Ozuna and Austin Riley homered for NL East-leading Atlanta, which matched its longest losing streak of the season. The Braves also had four-game skids from April 19-23 and May 10-14. After going 21-4 in June, the Braves are 7-6 in July.
Losses in the first two games assured the Braves of their second consecutive series loss following 11 straight series wins.