Astros beat the Tigers, extend win streak to 6 games
HOUSTON >> Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a seasonbest six games with an 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
The win was manager Dusty Baker's 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for 11th on the alltime list.
The Astros trailed 2-1 in the eighth when Altuve singled with one out and scored on a triple to right field by Brantley to tie it. The Tigers intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez with two outs before Michael Fulmer (1-1) walked Yuli Gurriel to load the bases. Another walk to Kyle Tucker scored Brantley to put Houston up 3-2.
BRAVES 3, BREWERS 2 >> Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a fifth-inning homer for the game's first run, Max Fried outpitched Corbin Burnes and Atlanta held off Milwaukee.
Fried (4-2) allowed one run on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in seven innings to end Milwaukee's four-game winning streak. Closer Kenley Jansen earned his eighth save.
WHITE SOX 3, RED SOX 1, 10 INNINGS >> José Abreu hit a go-ahead double in the 10th after Chicago tied it an inning earlier, helping the White Sox beat Boston for their fifth straight win.
Leury García had two singles and a game-tying sacrifice fly in the ninth for the White Sox (13-13), who reached .500 for the first time since April 21.
GUARDIANS 8, BLUE JAYS 2, 2ND GAME >> Owen Miller delivered a two-run double and Franmil Reyes homered and had two RBIs, helping Cleveland beat Toronto and earn a doubleheader split.
Miller's double was part of a three-run first. Reyes hit a solo shot in the third and singled home Amed Rosario in the fifth. The Guardians were playing in their MLB-high third doubleheader, all at Progressive Field.
DODGERS 7, CUBS 0, 1ST GAME
DODGERS 6, CUBS 2, 2ND GAME >> Clayton Kershaw dominated over seven innings in the opener, Mookie Betts drove in five runs in the nightcap, and Los Dodgers swept a doubleheader against Chicago.
Betts smacked a threerun double in the second inning of Game 2 against Keegan Thompson to cap a four-run rally, and he added a two-run homer in the ninth. Los Angeles' only other hit was a single in the ninth by Freddie Freeman. The NL Central leaders drew nine walks on the way to their 17th win in 22 games.
REDS 9, PIRATES 2, 1ST GAME PIRATES 8, REDS 5, 2ND GAME >> Pittsburgh emergency catcher Josh VanMeter had a rough time in his first try behind the plate since he was a teenager, and Cincinnati took advantage to end a ninegame losing streak in the opener of a doubleheader.
In the nightcap, Ke'Bryan Hayes hit a two-run homer and Yoshi Tsutsugo and Diego Castillo had back-toback home runs as Pittsburgh earned a split.
ROCKIES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1>> Yonathan Daza, José Iglesias and Connor Joe hit consecutive, two-out, run-scoring singles in the ninth inning to help Colorado rally past Arizona.
Colorado trailed 1-0 entering the ninth and pieced together four runs off Arizona closer Mark Melancon (0-3), who had a 1.08 ERA coming into the game. C.J. Cron and Ryan McMahon led off the inning with singles but Melancon retired the next two batters, bringing up Daza, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh.