Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

Frazier, Henderson power 8-run 7th, Orioles win

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NEW YORK >> Adam Frazier hit a three-run homer and pinch-hitter Gunnar Henderson had a go-ahead, tworun double in an eight-run seventh inning that rallied the Baltimore Orioles over the Yankees 9-6 on Wednesday night, stopping New York’s season-high winning streak at five games.

Gleyber Torres homered twice and drove in three runs, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa tripled and homered as the Yankees built a 5-1 lead against Tyler Wells.

BREWERS 4, ASTROS 0

MILWAUKEE >> Adrian Houser allowed two hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings and Milwaukee homered three times in its win over Houston.

Willy Adames hit a tworun blast in the first inning to put the Brewers ahead for good. Owen Miller and Brian Anderson added solo shots in the seventh.

The Astros mustered four hits, two off their season low and went scoreless in the last two games of the series.

Houser struck out three and walked one in his fourth appearance of the season, which followed six shutout innings in a 1-0 loss at Tampa Bay.

The Brewers got all the offense they would need in the first inning against Astros

starter Brandon Bielak (1-2). After Christian Yelich led off with a double to left, Willy Adames delivered a 429-foot blast over the center-field wall.

CUBS 4, METS 2

CHICAGO >> Marcus Stroman had his longest outing of the season, pitching eight efficient innings in Chicago’s win over New York.

Nico Hoerner homered in Chicago’s second straight victory since coming home after a 2-7 trip. Seiya Suzuki also drove in a run with a double off Japanese countryman Kodai Senga.

Stroman (4-4) threw just 88 pitches, 59 for strikes. The right-hander allowed four hits, struck out three and walked two. Mark Leiter Jr. worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.

Francisco Álvarez hit a two-run shot in the third, but that was it for the Mets. Senga (4-3) labored through five innings for New York, allowing three runs and six hits.

BRAVES 4, DODGERS 3

ATLANTA >> Ozzie Albies’ sacrifice fly drove in Austin Riley in the bottom of the ninth and Atlanta avoided a three-game sweep against Los Angeles.

Austin Riley doubled to left field off Phil Bickford (12) to lead off the ninth. Riley moved to third on Travis d’Arnaud’s grounder to first. Following an intentiona­l walk to Eddie Rosario, Albies’ fly to deep right field allowed Riley to score easily.

Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin’s 14-inning streak of scoreless innings ended with Matt Olson’s 456-foot home run with one out in the fourth inning for Atlanta’s first hit. Gonsolin allowed three runs on three hits, including two homers, in 5 2/3 innings.

Mookie Betts answered with a line-drive homer, his 11th, which tied the game at 1 to open the fifth inning. Marcell Ozuna’s two-run shot to left field in the fifth followed Gonsolin’s walk to Albies.

Raisel Iglesias earned the win. (1-1)

TWINS 7, GIANTS 1

MINNEAPOLI­S >> Edouard Julien returned to the leadoff spot and hit a home run, drove in two runs and scored twice as Minnesota snapped a three-game skid with a win over San Francisco.

Joe Ryan (7-1) gave up six hits, struck out four and allowed a run in five innings. Four relievers finished up in a game in which San Francisco left 15 runners on base and went 2 for 16 with runners in scoring position.

Julien went 1 for 3 as a slew of injuries forced manager Rocco Baldelli to juggle his lineup more than normal.

Three of the Twins’ seven runs came off Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani (3-4) in five innings were unearned. The 33-year-old right-hander was the victim of three errors and hit a batter who came around to score.

RANGERS 3, PIRATES 2

PITTSBURGH >> Martín Pérez pitched seven strong innings, Marcus Semien hit the 16th leadoff homer of his career and Texas held off Pittsburgh to win for the fifth time in six games and move 13 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2016 season.

Pérez (6-1) allowed two runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts to win his fifth straight decision. The 32-year-old lefthander inducing 12 groundball outs, including a pair of inning-ending double plays. Will Smith earned his ninth save.

Semien hit the second pitch of the game from Johan Oviedo (3-4) for his eighth home run of the season. Josh Jung and Nathaniel Lowe had two hits each for Texas.

Rodolfo Castro and Jason Delay had two of Pittsburgh’s eight hits.

WHITE SOX 6, GUARDIANS 0

CLEVELAND >> Michael Kopech struck out nine and allowed two hits over seven dominant innings, Romy González had a two-run double and Chicago dealt Cleveland its sixth shutout loss.

Kopech (3-4) did not allow a baserunner until Josh Naylor singled leading off the fifth. The right-hander walked one and extended his shutout streak to 15 innings in his last two outings. Reynaldo López and Jimmy Lambert wrapped up the combined four-hitter.

González’s drive into the right-field corner highlighte­d a five-run fourth against Guardians starter Cal Quantrill (2-3). Jake Burger and Seby Zavala added sacrifice flies in the inning.

RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 3 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Shane McClanahan became the first eight-game winner in the majors and Tampa Bay rebounded from a 19run loss to beat Toronto.

McClanahan (8-0) allowed one run, four hits and struck out seven in seven innings. Tampa Bay is 10-1 when the left-hander takes the mound.

Luke Raley and Jose Siri hit solo homers off Yusei Kikuchi (5-2) in the second inning. The major leaguebest Rays (36-15) lead the big leagues with 97 homers.

Toronto, which lost for the eighth time in 10 games, got a pinch-hit homer by Cavan Biggio during a tworun eighth.

REDS 10, CARDINALS 3

Ben Lively earned his first victory as a starter since 2017, Kevin Newman drove in three runs and Cincinnati had its highest hit total in almost a year in a win over St. Louis.

Rookie shortstop Matt McClain hit the second homer of his big league career and Spencer Steer had a career-best four hits with two RBIs for Cincinnati, which pounded out 18 hits, the team’s highest total since posting 20 against the Chicago Cubs last May 26.

Lively (2-2) last won as a starter came as a member of the Phillies on Sept. 29, 2017, against the Mets. The 31-yearold right-hander worked six innings, allowing five hits and two walks while striking out eight.

CINCINNATI >> NATIONALS 5, PADRES 3

WASHINGTON >> Alex Call had a two-run double in Washington’s four-run second inning and the Nationals held off San Diego.

Call also singled to help the rebuilding Nationals improve to 11-11 in May and 21-28 overall.

Washington starter Trevor Williams (2-2) went 5 2/3 innings. Carl Edwards Jr. and Hunter Harvey combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings and Kyle Finnegan worked a perfect ninth for his 10th save.

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