Oh, brothers: Naylors’ feats lift Cleveland
The Naylor brothers turned National Siblings Day into a family affair.
Bo Naylor and Josh Naylor delivered RBI hits in the 10th inning after both homered in the fourth as host Cleveland rallied past the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
Josh Naylor tied it in the 10th with a runscoring double before turning it over to his younger brother. With the bases loaded, Bo Naylor dropped a single into right off former Guardians reliever Bryan Shaw (0-1) as Cleveland came back after trailing 5-0.
“Playing games as kids prepared us for those moments,” said Josh Naylor, 26, a first baseman, who is 32 months older than Bo, a catcher.
The Naylors’ homers came off UNLV product Erick Fedde, who also yielded a solo shot in the fifth to Steven Kwan. Fedde allowed four earned runs on four hits over five innings.
Gavin Sheets hit a three-run homer and two RBI doubles for Chicago (2-10). Cleveland (9-3) is off to its best start since opening 11-1 in 2002.
The game marked the second time the Naylors have homered in the same inning, having done it July 14 last season at Texas. Before the Naylors connected last season, the last brothers to homer in the same inning were B.J. and Justin Upton for Atlanta in 2013.
■ Rangers 6, Athletics 2: At Arlington, Texas, Adolis Garcia went 3-for-3 with a two-run single, backing Cody Bradford (3-0), who allowed no earned runs in 6⅔ innings to halt Oakland’s threegame win streak.
■ Padres 10, Cubs 2: At San Diego, Jurickson Profar went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and an RBI double to back Dylan Cease (1-1), who allowed no earned runs in six innings.
■ Giants 5, Nationals 1: At San Francisco,
Nick Ahmed had three hits, drove in two runs and scored three to back Jordan Hicks (2-0), who allowed one run in six innings.
■ Marlins 5, Yankees 2: At New York, Jake Burger hit a three-run homer on his 28th birthday to back Ryan Weathers (1-1), who pitched five shutout innings.
■ Royals 11, Astros 2: At Kansas City, Mo., Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-3 with a homer, a double and five RBIS in Kansas City’s sixth straight win
■ Mariners 6, Blue Jays 1: At Toronto, Cal Raleigh hit a go-ahead two-run homer and Mitch Haniger a two-run single in Seattle’s five-run 10th.
■ Orioles 7, Red Sox 5: At Boston, Jordan Westburg hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh, capping Baltimore’s rally from a 5-0 deficit.
■ Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 3: At Denver, Eugenio Suarez blooped a go-ahead two-run double into left with two outs in the Arizona ninth.
■ Brewers 7, Reds 2: At Cincinnati, Christian Yelich hit a two-run homer and William Contreras a two-run single for Milwaukee.
■ Rays 4, Angels 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Tampa Bay scored three first-inning runs on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.
■ Twins 3, Dodgers 2: At Minneapolis, Edouard Julien went 3-for-4 with two homers and scored three runs.
■ Phillies 4, Cardinals 3: At St. Louis, J.T. Realmuto had two hits and scored twice for Philadelphia.
■ Mets at Braves, ppd., rain: The game was rescheduled for Sept. 26.
PCL
■ Bees 8, Aviators 1: At Las Vegas Ballpark, Jack Lopez hit a three-run homer in a five-run fourth by Salt Lake (5-6) in its third straight win. Brett Harris had an RBI single in eighth for the Aviators (2-8), who were outhit 10-8.