Schwarber’s hr in 9th lifts nats

Ex-Cub Kyle Schwarber hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, helping the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks 1-0 on Friday night in Washington after Max Scherzer passed Cy Young on baseball’s career strikeouts list.

Schwarber connected on a 2-1 pitch from lefthander Alex Young (0-3), sending a drive to right that traveled 463 feet, the second-longest walk-off homer since 2015, according to Statcast. It was his first home run with the Nationals.

Brad Hand (1-0) worked a scoreless ninth for the win. The Nationals allowed just three hits.

Scherzer struck out the side in the seventh while passing Cy Young to move into 22nd place on baseball’s strikeout list. He finished with 10 on the day, giving him 2,808 for his career.

RAYS 8, YANKEES 2

Tampa Bay spurted to an 8-0, seventh-inning lead on the way to beating host New York for the 16th time in its last 21 meetings.

The game was stopped for about 2 minutes, 15 seconds with Clint Frazier batting in the bottom of the eighth when about a half-dozen balls were thrown on the field from the pandemic-limited crowd of 10,202.

REDS 10, INDIANS 3

Joey Votto hit a two-run homer to cap a sevenrun third inning, and host Cincinnati routed Cleveland in the weekend battle of Ohio.

Jeff Hoffman (2-1) allowed just a run and seven hits through six innings and helped himself with a looping RBI single in the third. Nick Castellanos homered in the sixth inning for the Reds.

PHILLIES 9, CARDINALS 2

Zach Eflin (1-0) allowed two runs, six hits, struck out six and walked none in seven-plus innings, J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and host Philadelphia beat St. Louis.

The Phillies jumped ahead 6-0 in the second. Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez (0-3) gave up six runs and five hits in five innings.

INJURY NEWS

Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger has a hairline fracture in his left fibula and there is no timetable for his return, manager Dave Roberts said.

♦ Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was activated from the 10-day injured list.

COMPLAINTS AGAINST METS STAFFERS NOT ACTED ON

Multiple employees within the Mets organization say their complaints about inappropriate workplace behavior were not acted on, according to a report from The Athletic. ✶