Nats win in walk-off fashion
WASHINGTON — Ryan Raburn drove in the gamewinning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and Washington survived another bullpen collapse for a 3-2 victory over New York on Monday night.
Curtis Granderson tied the game with a two-out, two-run homer off Washington reliever Matt Albers (4-1). Granderson’s heroics came after Michael Taylor’s two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth broke a scoreless tie.
Matt Wieters opened the ninth with a walk against Paul Sewald, moved to second following a sacrifice bunt and took third on Adam Lind’s deep fly ball. Following Stephen Drew’s walk, Raburn’s slow, looping liner to left field off Fernando Salas fell in front of a diving Yoenis Cespedes, scoring Wieters.
Washington left fielder Brian Goodwin kept the game scoreless in the top of the eighth by throwing out Brandon Nimmo trying to score from second on Jose Reyes’ base hit.
Washington’s Stephen Strasburg and New York starter Steven Matz each tossed seven scoreless innings in their respective no-decisions.
YANKEES 6, BLUE JAYS 3: Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven sharp innings for his second straight win following a long slump, and New York beat visiting Toronto. Tanaka turned in his third consecutive strong outing, a big positive for the banged-up Yankees as they chase AL East-leading Boston.
BREWERS 8, ORIOLES 1: Travis Shaw started the rout with a go-ahead single in a four-run first, then left after he was hit by a pitch during Milwaukee’s win over visiting Baltimore.
ROCKIES 5, REDS 3: Rookie Raimel Tapia finished a single shy of the cycle, Charlie Blackmon lined a solo shot, and Colorado beat visiting Cincinnati.
CARDINALS 14, MARLINS 6: Rookie Luke Voit hit his first major league homer and drove in four runs, Tommy Pham reached base five times, and St. Louis beat visiting Miami.
PHILLIES 4, PIRATES 0: Aaron Nola struck out eight in seven solid innings, Freddy Galvis and Maikel Franco hit two-run homers, and Philadelphia beat visiting Pittsburgh.
TWINS 9, ANGELS 5: Max Kepler tied a career high with four hits, including a home run, Adalberto Mejia earned his third straight win, and Minnesota beat visiting Los Angeles.