Ozuna homers in 8th, Braves rally to beat Padres
ATLANTA >> Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreaking double during a four-run rally in the eighth inning in the Atlanta Braves' 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday.
The Braves tagged reliever Steven Wilson (3-1) for Ozzie Albies' RBI single, Ozuna's two-run homer and Riley's go-ahead hit.
The game appeared to turn in San Diego's favor in top of the eighth when first baseman Matt Olson misplayed Trent Grisham's grounder for a two-base error with one out. Grisham advanced on Will Smith's wild pitch and scored on Jorge Alfaro's single to tie it at 2.
After Jake Cronenworth doubled, Jurickson Profar drew a walk to set the stage for Braves closer Kenley Jansen (2-0) to face Manny Machado with the bases loaded. Machado hit a grounder to Riley at third base, but his throw to second sailed into shallow center field for an error that allowed two runs to score. San Diego added another run to make it 5-2 on Eric Hosmer's RBI forceout.
The defending World Series champion Braves have won four of six to improve to 16-18.
WHITE SOX 3, YANKEES 2 >> Luis Robert singled off Aroldis Chapman to drive home the winning run in the ninth inning and Chicago ended New York's winning streak at five.
The Yankees, with the best record in the majors, had slugged away for a total of 25 runs in taking the first two games of the series. They rallied for the tying run in the ninth inning, but a baserunning mistake cost them a chance to score more.
With one out in the Chicago ninth, Tim Anderson singled and Yoán Moncada walked against Chapman (0-1). Robert followed with his big hit to right, setting off a lively celebration on the field. Moncada homered and Dallas Keuchel threw five shutout innings for the White Sox, who have won eight of 11.
Liam Hendriks (1-2) was the loser. New York had won 19 of 22.
RED SOX 11, RANGERS 3 >> J.D. Martinez extended his onbase streak to 31 games with a first-inning homer, 42-year-old Rich Hill pitched into the seventh in his return from the COVID-19 list and Boston beat Texas for its first series victory in a month.
Rafael Devers also homered for Boston, which set a season high for runs and has won the first two in the three-game weekend series. Kiké Hernández drove in three runs — with a sacrifice fly in the second inning, a fielder's choice grounder in the fourth and a double in the fifth.
The Red Sox (13-20) had only won one of their first 10 series, taking two of three at Detroit from April 11-13 during the first week of the season. They had gone 0-6-2 in their series since.
BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 1 >> Teoscar Hernandez and Danny Jansen homered in the eighth inning and Toronto beat Tampa Bay to end a five-game skid.
Hernandez, who missed three weeks with a sore left oblique, hit his second homer of the season. Jansen was activated Saturday after being sidelined for more than a month with a strained left oblique. He hit his third homer in only his ninth at-bat this year.
TIGERS 3, ORIOLES 0 >> Tigers starter Michael Pineda exited early after being hit in the hand by a line drive and the Detroit bullpen did the rest, teaming on a fourhitter to beat Baltimore.
Pineda retired all four hitters he faced, but the righty had to leave after Ramon Urias' liner hit him in the pitching hand in the second inning. Wily Peralta replaced him, with the game delayed to give him time to warm up. Peralta (1-0) set down eight batters and four more relievers finished. Gregory Soto pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
PIRATES 3, REDS 1 >> Zach Thompson took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Daniel Vogelbach homered to lead Pittsburgh past Cincinnati.
Brandon Drury broke up the no-hit bid by lining a clean single to right field with two outs.
MARLINS 9, BREWERS 3 >> Jesús Aguilar, Jorge Soler and Brian Anderson homered to help Miami beat Milwaukee.
Miami starter Trevor Rogers pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball. Rogers (2-4) allowed five hits, struck out eight and hit a batter.
NATIONALS 13, ASTROS 6 >> Yadiel Hernandez and Maikel Franco homered and Washington ended Houston's winning streak at 11.
Manager Dusty Baker and the Astros fell one game short of matching the franchise record set in 1999 and matched in 2004 and 2018.
GUARDIANS 3, TWINS 2, 10 INNINGS >> Andrés Giménez ripped a go-ahead double in the 10th inning and scored after a collision on the bases in Cleveland's victory over Minnesota.
Giménez scored the automatic runner, but ran into Minnesota first baseman Jose Miranda as he turned the corner toward second. He was shaken up and met with an athletic trainer but remained in the game. Umpires awarded him second base, and he then scored on Myles Straw's single. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli argued the decision to award Giménez second base and was ejected.
ROCKIES 4, ROYALS 1 >> Charlie Blackmon, Sam Hilliard and Ryan McMahon hit home runs, Germán Márquez overcame a rough inning for his first victory this season and Colorado beat Kansas City to snap a five-game losing streak.
Salvador Pérez hit a tworun homer in the third, the only frame in which the Royals scored off Márquez (1-3), who went six innings and allowed three runs and three hits. He struck out six and walked one. In his previous six starts, Márquez was 0-3 with a 6.47 ERA.
CUBS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2 >> Yan Gomes hit a solo homer and added a goahead single in the ninth inning to lift Chicago over Arizona.
The Cubs have won three out of their past five games, which is welcome good news for the franchise after dropping eight of nine.