Mets’ deGrom unhittable but exits with injury
Mets ace Jacob deGrom left his start Wednesday night with right shoulder soreness after three perfect innings, yet another injury scare for the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner amid a historic start to this season.
One start after being pulled from a gem against San Diego with right flexor tendinitis, deGrom went directly down the clubhouse tunnel after finishing the third against the Chicago Cubs. He struck out eight of his nine batters, including his final seven.
DeGrom apeared to grimace after a thirdinning pitch to Eric Sogard. He threw 51 pitches, the last a 99 mph fastball to strike out pitcher Robert Stock.
The right-hander lowered his ERA to 0.54, the best ever by a pitcher through 11 starts.
Rockies 8, Padres 7: Pinch-hitter Charlie Blackmon singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and host Colorado shook off a monster homer by Fernando Tatis Jr. to beatstumbling San Diego.
Tatis hit a 477-foot homer, the longest of his career and his NL-leading 21st. He also doubled, but the Padres lost for the 13th time in 17 games.
The gametime temperature was 99 degrees at Coors Field, and the hot weather contributed to a big offensive day. The teams combined for five home runs and 23 hits and neither starter made it out of the fourth inning.
Reds 2, Brewers 1: Tyler Mahle tied his career high with 12 strikeouts, Tucker Barnhart drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the seventh inning, and Cincinnati finished a threegame sweep at Milwaukee
Cincinnati has won six in a row and 11 of 13. The Brewers dropped three straight for the first time in nearly a month.
Nationals 3, Pirates 1: Paolo Espino got his first major-league win at age 34, Josh Bell hit a two-run homer against his former team andWashington completed a three-game sweep. The Pirates have lostt 10 in a row.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox 8, Rays 7: Yasmani Grandal hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning andChicago took two of three at home from the Rays in a matchup of division leaders.
Rays and White Sox are tied along with the Oakland Athletics for most wins in the major leagues with 43.
Athletics 8, Angels 4: Ramón Laureano hit a home run and made a homer-robbing catch in his return from the injured list, and host Oakland for its sixth consecutive win.
Shohei Ohtani homered for the second straight day, giving him 19 for the Angels. He also neatly bunted against the shift for a single and stole his team-leading 10th base, a day before he was scheduled to start on the mound.
Laureano, who missed 17 games with a strained right hip, perfectly timed his jump to reach over the fence and catch Justin Upton’s flyball in the fourth. The acrobatic center fielder was credited with the fifth homersaving grab in his career.
Tigers 6, Royals 5: Willi Castro homered during a three-run rally in the seventh inning andDetroit completed its first sweep in Kansas City since 2014.
The Royals have lost six in a row and 11 of 12. Kansas City starter Brady Singer was removed after just three innings with tightness in his pitching shoulder.