Braves rally for extra-inning win over Guardians
>> Austin Riley knocked in Ronald Acuña Jr. with a 10th inning single Sunday and the Atlanta Braves rallied late to beat the Guardians 4-3 and win a three-game series between the top two teams in the majors.
A.J. Minter (4-1) picked up the win by throwing a scoreless 10th inning.
Emmanuel Clase (1-0) took the loss.
The win was the 11th in the last 13 games by the Braves, who handed the Guardians their first loss in a road series in five tries.
The Guardians ran themselves out of the 10th inning. Stephen Kwan was picked off trying to steal third with one out, and José Ramírez ended the ending when he overran second trying to steal a base.
Riley was 2-for-4 with a walk and Ozzie Albies was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The Braves tied the game 3-3 in the eighth on an RBI double by Albies and an RBI single by Matt Olson.
BLUE JAYS 3, DODGERS 1 >> Kevin Gausman pitched seven solid innings for his first victory of the season, and Toronto stopped Los Angeles' six-game win streak with a 3-1 victory.
Alejandro Kirk went 3 for 3 for Toronto, hitting his first homer of the season in the second. He was mired in an 0-for-11 slide coming into the day.
TIGERS 4, ROYALS 1 >> Wenceel Pérez hit a tworun drive for his first major league homer, and Detroit beat Kansas City.
Jake Rogers also homered for the Tigers, who have won five of seven. It was Detroit's 10th comefrom-behind win of the season.
WHITE SOX 4, RAYS 2 >> Erick Fedde pitched seven-hit ball into the ninth inning, and Chicago beat Tampa Bay for a sweep of their three-game series.
Chicago improved to 6-22. It outscored Tampa Bay 21-13 this weekend.
Gavin Sheets and Eloy Jiménez each had three hits for the White Sox in the finale.
Issac Paredes homered for the Rays, who have dropped six of seven.
METS 4, CARDINALS 2, 11 INN. >> Mark Vientos hit a tworun homer in the 11th inning on his second day in the majors this season to give New York a comeback victory over St. Louis that prevented a three-game sweep.
New York was 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position and down to its last strike when Harrison Bader singled home automatic runner DJ Stewart from third base with the tying run.
Vientos, who singled as a pinch hitter in the ninth, then drove a 1-2 pitch from Matthew Liberatore (0-1) just beyond the glove of a leaping Michael Siani at the right-center fence.
NATIONALS 12, MARLINS 9 >> Nick Senzel homered twice and drove in five runs as Washington erased an early seven-run deficit to beat reeling Miami.
Trey Lipscomb had three hits while Alex Call reached base five times on two singles, two walks and a hit by pitch for the Nationals.
The Marlins lost their sixth straight and fell to an NL worst 6-23. Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit his second grand slam homer of the season for Miami, which is 2-14 at home.
YANKEES 15, BREWERS 5 >> Aaron Judge homered in the first inning and played a central role as a baserunner during a seven-run rally in the sixth as New York defeated Milwaukee.
Anthony Rizzo went 4 for 4 and hit his 300th career homer. Anthony Volpe added a three-run shot on his 23rd birthday. Judge went 3 for 4 with three RBIs, including a 441-foot solo shot.
New York grabbed a one game lead in the AL East over the Baltimore Orioles, who lost 7-6 to Oakland.
RANGERS 4, REDS 3 >> Wyatt Langford and Adolis García homered during Texas' four-run first inning, helping Dane Dunning and Texas beat Cincinnati.
Dunning (3-2) struck out a season-high 10 in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed two runs, one earned, and three hits.
García golfed an 0-2 curve from Andrew Abbott (1-3) deep to left for a tworun homer with two out in the first inning. After Jonah Heim singled, Langford went on a memorable dash around the bases for his first career homer.
The 22-year-old Langford drove a 3-2 fastball toward the gap in right-center. The ball caromed off a small portion of the wall that is angled toward the foul line in right, and it got away from right fielder Jake Fraley.
DIAMONDBACKS 3, MARINERS 2 >> Brandon Pfaadt had a career-high 11 strikeouts, Ketel Marte broke a tie with am RBI double in the eighth inning, Christian Walker homered and Arizona beat Seattle.
Marte doubled off reliever Trent Thornton (01), scoring Kevin Newman from second to help end Arizona's three-game losing streak.
Arizona relievers retired all nine batters they faced. Joe Mantiply (2-1) pitched the seventh for the victory, and Kevin Ginkel picked up his fifth save in seven opportunities.
ASTROS 8, ROCKIES 2 >> Kyle Tucker, Jose Altuve and Jeremy Peña each hit a solo homer, helping Framber Valdez and Houston beat Colorado in Mexico City.
Tucker and Yainer Diaz each drove in two runs as Houston swept the twogame series at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium.
Valdez (1-0) pitched five innings of two-run ball in his first big league start since April 2. The lefthander allowed five hits, struck out six and walked none.
PHILLIES 8, PADRES 6 >> Bryson Stott hit two tworun homers, J.T. Realmuto also connected and Taijun Walker made a slick behind-the-back catch in his season debut to help Philadelphia beat San Diego for their first road sweep of the season.
The Phillies overwhelmed the Padres with nine homers and terrific starting pitching in becoming the first team to sweep San Diego this year. The Padres haven't seemed to recover from blowing a late five-run lead at Colorado on Thursday and losing 10-9. Although they briefly had the lead Sunday, the Padres lost their season-high fourth straight game.
TWINS 11, ANGELS 5 >> Austin Martin and Alex Kiriloff drove in two runs apiece, and Minnesota stretched their winning streak to seven games while completing a weekend sweep of struggling Los Angeles.