Arenado charges hill as Pods, Rocks throw down
DENVER — Rockies star Nolan Arenado charged the mound after a fastball from Luis Perdomo sailed behind him, setting off a heated brawl that resulted in five ejections during a testy game in which Colorado beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Wednesday.
Pedromo flung his glove at the rushing Arenado and missed. The big-hitting Arenado then threw a couple of huge punches at the backpedaling Perdomo, but didn’t land anything squarely. The tension between these two NL West teams started boiling a night earlier when Padres outfielder Manuel Margot got hit in the ribs by a pitch, putting him on the disabled list. The problems festered early on in the series finale, with Colorado’s Trevor Story being plunked in the first and San Diego’s Hunter Renfroe in the second.That set the stage for Arenado, who didn’t take kindly to a pitch that nearly grazed his back.
TWINS 9, ASTROS 8: Max Kepler hit his second homer of the game, connecting for a solo drive with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Minnesota bounced back from a late collapse.
ANGELS 7, RANGERS 2: Shohei Ohtani had an RBI single that put the visiting Angels ahead to stay and was later picked off first base by one of his former Japanese teammates. After Ohtani drew a leadoff walk in the eighth, Chris Martin came on. The two played together with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters the last two seasons. Ohtani was called out on an attempted pickoff by Martin, but the call was overturned on a replay challenge. Martin then got Ohtani out on another move to first.
PHILLIES 4, REDS 3: Scott Kingery hit a game-ending sacrifice fly in the 12th, two innings after Odubel Herrera robbed the Reds of a home run to complete a three-game sweep in Philly.
WHITE SOX 2, RAYS 1: Matt Davidson hit a two-run homer in the eighth as Chicago rallied for its first home win.
BRAVES 5, NATS 3: Peter Bourjos drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the 12th as visiting Atlanta’s bullpen finally made a lead stand up.
ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 3: Jonathan Schoop drove in two runs as host Baltimore avoided a three-game sweep.
CUBS 13, PIRATES 5: Javier Baez homered twice for the second straight day and scored the go-ahead run on a daring dash around the bases at Wrigley Field.