Benintendi rediscovers power stroke
Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning for his second homer of the game and the season, giving the White Sox an 8-7 victory over the Rays in Chicago on Saturday night.
Benintendi won it by smacking the first pitch he saw from Phil Maton (0-2) deep over the rightcenter wall.
Benintendi had three hits and six RBIs to help Chicago win its second straight and for just the fifth time this season. Chicago’s 5-22 start is its worst ever in 27 games.
Orioles rebound with Irvin gem
Cole Irvin scattered four hits over seven innings, Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle homered on successive pitches, and the Orioles blanked the Athletics, 7-0, on Saturday in Baltimore. Gunnar Henderson also went deep for the AL East-leading Orioles, who emphatically bounced back from a 10-inning loss in the series opener Friday night.
Baltimore has now gone 100 straight regularseason series of at least two games without being swept. That’s the fourth-longest streak in major league history, and 24 short of matching the record held by the 1942-44 Cardinals.
Irvin (2-1) retired the first nine batters he faced, did not allow a runner past first base, and yielded only four singles — none in the same inning.
Yankees erupt in rout of Brewers
Carlos Rodon pitched two-hit, one-run ball through six innings and the Yankees hit four home runs in a 15-3 rout of the Brewers in Milwaukee.
Alex Verdugo had a three-run homer in the first inning. Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo added two-run shots in the sixth that put New York up 11-1. It was Judge’s fifth homer of the season and Rizzo’s fourth. Giancarlo Stanton hit a threerun homer, his sixth, in the ninth.
Rodon (2-1) struck out eight and walked one. Milwaukee got two runs in the ninth off Yankees catcher Jose Trevino, who threw 11 of his 18 pitches for strikes.
New York posted season highs of 15 runs and 19 hits in snapping a two-game skid.
Dodgers win sixth in a rownd
Tyler Glasnow pitched six solid innings for his first victory in 10 career starts against Toronto,
Mookie Betts had three hits and an RBI, and the Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-best six games with a 4-2 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto.
Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Chris Taylor each drove in a run as the Dodgers won their second straight series after losing their previous three. Betts tripled and scored in the first inning, singled home a run in the fourth, and singled in the ninth.
Glasnow (5-1) allowed one run and two hits. the 30-year-old righthander walked three and struck out nine. Toronto has lost a season-high five straight.
Astros snap losing streak
Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs, Kyle Tucker added a solo shot, and the Astros beat the Rockies, 12-4, in the MLB World Tour: Mexico City Series to snap a five-game losing streak.
Alvarez hit a two-run homer to center field and Tucker followed with a shot to left field and the Astros took a 4-2 lead in the third. Alvarez hit his seventh home run of the season in the top of the ninth inning. Alvarez went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and two runs scored and Yainer Diaz had three hits and scored three runs.
Ronel Blanco (3-0) allowed two hits and five runs in 5‚ innings. He struck out eight and walked two.
Suarez’s scoreless streak halted
Ranger Suárez’s scoreless streak ended at 32 innings but he was otherwise brilliant through eight innings and Alec Bohm homered and drove in four runs for the Phillies, who beat the Padres, 5-1, in San Diego to win the weekend series.
Suárez’s scoreless streak, the longest in the majors this season and of his career, ended when he allowed Eguy Rosario’s two-out home run in the eighth inning. Suárez (5-0) allowed just three hits, struck out eight and walked one.