Lester, Schwarbs help Nats in split
Jon Lester pitched scoreless ball into the seventh inning to gain his first win for the Nationals, Kyle Schwarber backed him with four RBI on a pair of home runs and the Nats beat the Mets 6-2 on Saturday to split a day-night doubleheader.
Francisco Lindor had five RBI on a pair of two-run homers and a run-scoring single for his first big offensive game with the Mets, who won the opener 5-1.
The Mets started an all-righthander batting order against Lester (1-2), who was within three outs of his first shutout in seven years before Jose Peraza hit a two-run homer in the seventh. Lester asked Nationals manager Davey Martinez to go back out for the seventh.
Lester gave up two runs and seven hits in six-plus innings with six strikeouts and no walks. He’s 8-1 in his last 11 regular-season starts against the Mets, winning his last six decisions.
Yanks’ Urshela overcomes shard of bat in eye
Gio Urshela stayed in the game despite a shard of a broken bat hitting his right eye in the second and hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth as the host Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit in a 7-5 victory that stopped the Athletics’ seven-game winning streak.
“I saw the piece of wood coming to my eyes,” said Urshela, whose bat splinted as he grounded into a double play in the second inning. “I don’t even see the ball, and I don’t even see where I was running. Just my eyes started feeling like a little pain, but thank God, I’m good.”
Urshela put the Yankees ahead 5-4 when he lifted a 98.6 mph fastball from Jesus Luzardo (2-4) into the netting above Monument Park in center. DJ LeMahieu added a two-run single against Sergio Romo.
Tatis’ sub hits tiebreaking HR for Padres
Kim Ha-seong hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run with two outs in the eighth — three innings after he replaced injured shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. — and the host Padres beat the Reds 7-5. Tatis left after apparently hurting his left shoulder diving for Tyler Naquin’s RBI single in the fifth.
In other games ...
Michael Perez and Bryan Reynolds hit three-run home runs in the seventh, and the host Pirates rallied for a 6-3 victory over the Indians. Perez homered to right off Bryan Shaw. Four batters later, Reynolds cracked a 98-mph fastball from James Karinchak that sailed over the stands in right.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major-league leading 23rd homer and capped a ninth-inning rally with a go-ahead, two-run double as the Blue Jays ended a five-game skid with a 10-7 victory against the host Orioles. Ryan Mountcastle hit three homers for the O’s.