Harper’s 2 HRs carry Nats to win
WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper hit two more homers from the leadoff spot, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 on Friday night for their sixth straight win.
Harper opened the Washington first by lining a fastball from Nick Pivetta to the opposite field for his 11th homer of the season. With a runner on first in the third inning, Harper crushed a changeup 473 feet to dead center.
He has four homers in four games as the leadoff batter.
YANKEES 7, INDIANS 6: Miguel Andujar flared an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning, and New York, after blowing two late leads, beat Cleveland at Yankee Stadium for its 13th win in 14 games.
PIRATES 6, BREWERS 4: Starling Marte hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer, and rookie Nick Kingham won his second straight big league start as Pittsburgh defeated host Milwaukee.
GIANTS 9, BRAVES 4: Jose Bautista doubled in his first at-bat of 2018 and Atlanta set a SunTrust Park attendance record in Ronald Acuna Jr.’s home debut, but San Francisco ended the Braves' five-game win streak.
RAYS 6, BLUE JAYS 2: Relief pitcher Ryan Yarbrough made his case for a spot in Tampa Bay's injury-depleted rotation by throwing five scoreless innings in a win over visiting Toronto. RED SOX 5, RANGERS 1: Mookie Betts hit his MLBbest 13th homer, and Rick Porcello struck out eight in six innings while matching the AL lead with his fifth victory to help Boston win at Texas. ROYALS 4, TIGERS 2: Jorge Soler drove in the goahead runs with a two-out single in the eighth inning, giving Kansas City a victory over visiting Detroit. ROCKIES 8, METS 7: Charlie Blackmon homered, and Colorado hung on to win at New York. TWINS 6, WHITE SOX 4: Eduardo Escobar hit two home runs, and Minnesota beat host Chicago. REDS 4, MARLINS 1: Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer, leading Cincinnati over host Miami. CARDINALS 3, CUBS 2: Miles Mikolas threw seven shutout innings in host St. Louis’ win over Chicago. ATHLETICS 6, ORIOLES 4: Khris Davis and Matt Olson homered, and Oakland defeated visiting Baltimore.