Puig’s double in 9th lifts Dodgers past White Sox
LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig’s two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Wednesday night for their second comeback win in as many games.
Puig sent a 3-2 pitch from Jake Petricka (1-1) into center field, scoring Logan Forsythe and Austin Barnes.
The victory salvaged the much-anticipated home debut of Yu Darvish, who didn’t figure in the decision while pitching on his 31st birthday.
• Red Sox 5, Cardinals 4 — At Boston: Mookie Betts lined a two-run double off the left-field wall with two outs in the ninth inning, capping a three-run rally that lifted the Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Xander Bogaerts hit a solo homer for the AL East-leading Red Sox, who won for the 12th time in 14 games and maintained their 4 1/2-game lead over the second-place New York Yankees.
• Rangers 12, Tigers 6 — At Arlington, Texas: Elvis Andrus had the go-ahead home run among his four RBIs, Cole Hamels won again despite a shaky outing and Texas swept a three-game series from Detroit.
Ian Kinsler led off the game with a homer for Detroit, then after taking his position at second base in the bottom of the first received an on-field handshake from the longtime umpire who he said should get another job.
• Cubs 7, Reds 6 — At Chicago: Anthony Rizzo hit a grand slam in the first inning and Javier Baez scored on a wild pitch in the ninth as Chicago beat Cincinnati.
Baez opened the bottom of the ninth with a double off Wandy Peralta (3-3) and pinch-hitter Jon Jay walked. Then, Ben Zobrist moved the runners with a groundout.
• Angels 3, Nationals 2 — At Washington: Luis Valbuena and Kole Calhoun homered, Ricky Nolasco bounced back from a rocky first inning before exiting with an injury and Los Angeles split the two-game series with NL East-leading Washington.
The Angels won for the seventh time in eight games.
• Yankees 5, Mets 3 — At New York: Aaron Judge launched a titanic homer, Didi Gregorius snapped a seventh-inning tie with a tworun double and the New York Yankees beat the Mets for their third straight victory in the Subway Series.
Judge enjoyed his first game at Citi Field, hitting a solo drive into the rarely reached third deck in left. Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes never even budged as Judge’s AL-leading 37th home run, projected at 457 feet, soared way over his head.
• Brewers 7, Pirates 6 — At Milwaukee: Manny Pina hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift Milwaukee over Pittsburgh.
Keon Broxton homered twice and Neil Walker and Travis Shaw also went deep as the Brewers completed a sweep of the two-game series with their fourth straight win after an extended offensive slump.
• Blue Jays 3, Rays 2 — At Toronto: Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1/3 innings, Steve Pearce homered and scored twice and Toronto beat Tampa Bay.
• Astros 9, Diamondbacks 5 — At Houston: Josh Reddick hit a two-run homer in a four-run eighth inning as Houston defeated Arizona.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and J.D. Martinez followed with a home run as the Diamondbacks pulled within 5-4 in the eighth.
• Mariners 7, Orioles 6 — At Seattle: Recently acquired Yonder Alonso hit his first homer for Seattle and drove in three runs, and Marc Rzepczynski struck out Chris Davis with the bases loaded to end a win over Baltimore.
• Padres 3, Phillies 0 — At San Diego: Clayton Richard pitched a three-hitter for his first shutout since 2012 and Wil Myers stole three bases in an inning as San Diego completed a threegame sweep of Philadelphia.
Richard (6-12) struck out six and walked one and ended his four-game losing streak.
• Rockies 17, Braves 2 — At Denver: Trevor Story had two homers and a careerhigh six RBIs, Jon Gray pitched six strong innings and Colorado routed Atlanta.
Mark Reynolds also homered and drove in four runs, and DJ LeMahieu had a double and RBI single in his fifth four-hit game of the season for the Rockies.