Reds put a halt to Phillies’ seven-game winning streak
Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run homer, Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds ended the visiting Philadelphia Phillies’ seven-game win streak with an 8-1 victory on Tuesday night.
Cincinnati’s Santiago Espinal also had three hits including a solo homer.
The Phillies’ seven-game win streak was the franchise’s fourth-longest in April. They haven’t won eight straight games in April since 1953. The Phillies played without Bryce Harper, who’s expected to return from the paternity list on Thursday.
J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm hit back-to-back doubles in the first for the Phillies’ run. Philadelphia’s five hits matched a season low.
Phillies starters have been on a roll, but Christopher Sánchez (1-3) lasted only three innings on Tuesday, allowing five runs, one earned. The Phillies’ defense made three errors.
BRAVES 5, MARLINS 0 » Max Fried pitched a three-hitter for Atlanta’s first nine-inning complete game since 2022, Adam Duvall had a two-run homer and the host Braves blanked Miami for the second night in a row.
After a dismal start, Fried (2-0) has recaptured the form that makes him one of baseball’s top starters. It helped to be facing the struggling Marlins, who dropped to 6-19 and have gone 20 innings without scoring a run.
Fried struck out six, didn’t walk anyone and needed only 1 hour, 54 minutes to dispatch the Marlins in the major leagues’ fourth complete game this season.
Fried had Atlanta’s previous complete game last April 28 but that one lasted only five innings before it was called because of rain.
The last Braves starter to go the full nine innings was Bryce Elder in an 8-0 victory over Washington on Sept. 26, 2022.
GUARDIANS 4, RED SOX 1 »
Tyler Freeman and Bryan Rocchio had RBIs in the seventh inning when Cleveland finally scored against Boston’s Tanner Houck, and José Ramírez homered as the Guardians kept up their scorching start with the home win.
Houck (3-2) threw a three-hit shutout against the Guardians last week. He held them scoreless for six more innings before Freeman hit a run-scoring single and Rocchio added a sacrifice fly off reliever Brennan Bernardino.
The Guardians won their fifth straight to improve the major leagues’ best record to 17-6, matching the club’s best start through 23 games. Cleveland also was 17-6 in 1999 and 1966.
Ben Lively allowed one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked none and struck out seven. DIAMONDBACKS 14, CARDINALS 1 » Pavin Smith hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs to help Arizona win at St. Louis.
Christian Walker and Kevin Newman also homered for the Diamondbacks, who lead the majors with 148 runs.
Tommy Henry (1-1) tossed six effective innings in his first win in five starts this season. The 26-yearold left-hander gave up one run on five hits and struck out six with one walk.
Willson Contreras homered for St. Louis, which has lost five of six.
Smith, recalled from Triple-A Reno on Friday, hit his second career grand slam in the sixth inning. He also had a two-run double in the fifth.
PIRATES 2, BREWERS 1 » Andrew McCutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game, Bailey Falter took a shutout into the eighth and Pittsburgh edged visiting Milwaukee.
McCutchen hit the first pitch of Tobias Myers’ major league career down the left-field line for his 12th career leadoff homer and his 100th long ball at PNC Park.
Falter (2-1) was lifted after Gary Sánchez’s leadoff home run in the eighth — one of just three hits off the left-hander, who had eight strikeouts and two walks.
TIGERS 4, RAYS 2 » Riley Greene went deep twice for his first multi-homer game, Mark Canha added a homer and Detroit won at home over Tampa Bay.
With the Tigers trailing 2-1 in the eighth, Greene hit a two-shot off Colin Poche (0-1) and Canha added a solo drive to make it 4-2.
Greene put the Tigers ahead 1-0 in the third inning with a 426-foot homer to center off Ryan Pepiot, who gave up one run and three hits over six innings.
Detroit starter Kenta Maeda allowed three hits in five scoreless innings.
YANKEES 4, ATHLETICS 3 »
Anthony Rizzo snapped a lengthy power drought with a two-run homer that capped a four-run first, and New York held on for a home win over Oakland.
The Yankees fell behind when Seth Brown hit an RBI double in the first off Marcus Stroman (2-1).
Giancarlo Stanton had a go-ahead double against Paul Blackburn (2-1) in the bottom half and Rizzo hit his second home run of the season and his first since April 7. He had just one extra base hit in 54 at-bats between homers.
Stroman (2-1) struck out nine. Shea Langeliers homered in the second and Lawrence Butler in the fourth.
MARINERS 4, RANGERS 0
» Logan Gilbert allowed only two hits pitching into the seventh inning, Julio Rodríguez hit his first homer and visiting Seattle knocked World Series champion Texas out of first place for the first time this season.
Gilbert (2-0) struck out six and walked four over 6 2/3 innings.
ROCKIES 7, PADRES 4 » Brendan Rodgers hit a go-ahead grand slam in a five-run fourth, and Colorado downed visiting San Diego.
Colorado trailed 4-1 before Rodgers’ first career slam, a drive into the leftfield bleachers on an upand-in fastball from Michael King (2-2) with an 0-2 count.