Nola gets 10 straight strikeouts to tie Seaver’s MLB mark
Shohei Ohtani led off by homering for the seventh time in nine games, a long drive off an overhanging catwalk, but the host Tampa Bay Rays edged the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 Friday night when pinch-hitter Brandon Lowe was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Moved up to the leadoff spot, Ohtani hit a drive estimated at 453 feet off the D-ring in right field at Tropicana Field, only the 39th ball to reach that spot since the park opened in 1998.
It was Ohtani’s 24th homer, extending a career high. He began the night one behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the major league lead. Guerrero also homered in his game against Baltimore.
Lowe was hit by Steve Cishek’s pitch with the score 3-all in the seventh inning. Yandy Díaz and Ji-Man Choi walked to start the inning against José Suarez (2-1).
After Wander Franco flied out, Austin Meadows’ pop to shallow left dropped between three defenders and loaded the bases.
Cishek entered and hit Lowe. BRAVES3,REDS2>> Guillermo Heredia homered and made a spectacular catch late while Drew Smyly continued his June resurgence with six solid innings as visiting Atlanta held on to beat Cincinnati.
Dansby Swanson added a solo homer for the Braves.
Smyly (5-3) won his third straight start, allowing just one run and six hits, and now has a 3-0 mark with a 3.16 ERA over five June starts. BREWERS 5, ROCKIES 4, 11 INNINGS >> Willy Adames hit a tying, two-run homer in the ninth inning and singled to set up Keston Hiura’s sacrifice fly in the 11th as Milwaukee beat visiting Colorado to cap a return to full capacity at American Family Field.
Hiura hit a solo homer in the seventh. Rockies closer Daniel Bard failed to protect a 4-2 lead as the Brewers tied it in the bottom of the ninth. Bard walked Omar Narváez and Adames followed with a drive into the Brewers’ bullpen.
The Rockies fell to 6-29 on the road; they’re 25-16 at Coors Field.