Phillies walk-off Pirates 4-3
PHILADELPHIA — Nick Castellanos hit a walk-off, bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, Kyle Schwarber homered and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Saturday.
Alec Bohm added an RBI for the Phillies, who moved over .500.
Oneil Cruz homered for Pittsburgh.
REDS 5, WHITE SOX 0
CHICAGO — Nick Lodolo struck out 10 in 5 2/3 solid innings in his first big league start in almost a year, and Cincinnati beat Chicago.
Cincinnati scored five runs in the second against Garrett Crochet, and Lodolo took over from there. The 6-foot-6 left-hander allowed one hit — Robbie Grossman’s infield single leading off the sixth — and walked one. He also hit two batters.
YANKEES 3, GUARDIANS 2, 1ST GAME YANKEES 8, GUARDIANS 2, 2ND GAME
CLEVELAND — Oswaldo Cabrera hit a tworun homer and New York beat Cleveland in the first game of a split doubleheader to match the best start in their famed history.
TWINS 11, TIGERS 5, 12 INNINGS, 1ST GAME TWINS 4, TIGERS 1, 2ND GAME
DETROIT — Minnesota took advantage of a based-loaded walk, a three-run error by Detroit third baseman Zach McKinstry and three-run homer by Matt Waller in the 12th inning to beat Detroit in the first game of a doubleheader.
ROYALS 11, METS 7
NEW YORK — Salvador Perez had four RBIs on two hits and Bobby Witt Jr. scored four times to lead Kansas City to a win over New York.
The four-run game was the second of the week for Witt, who scored four times in Thursday’s 13-3 win over the Houston Astros. He just missed scoring a fifth run in the sixth inning.
BLUE JAYS 5, ROCKIES 3
TORONTO — Daulton Varsho hit his second career grand slam, Yariel Rodríguez struck out six over 32/3 innings in his major league debut and Toronto beat Colorado.
MARLINS 5, BRAVES 1
MIAMI — Josh Bell homered, Max Meyer
allowed one run over six innings, and Miami beat Atlanta for their first home win of the season.
Bell hit a fly ball off Braves starter Chris Sale that sneaked over the left-field wall of a windy loanDepot in the first inning. It was Bell’s second home run of the season.
GIANTS 11, RAYS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Logan Webb allowed one run over seven innings, Thairo Estrada homered twice and San Francisco cruised past Tampa Bay.
Webb (1-1) scattered six hits in his fourth start of the season. The 2023 NL Cy Young Award runner-up lowered his ERA from 4.86 to 3.80.
RED SOX 7, ANGELS 2
BOSTON — Triston Casas hit a long two-run homer in a four-run first inning and Boston cleaned up their season-long defensive problems in a victory over Los Angeles Angels for their first home victory of the season.
Masataka Yoshida added two RBI singles for the Red Sox.
They opened 0-4 at home while committing eight errors that led to nine unearned runs. For the season, they made 14 accounting for 15 unearned.
NATIONALS 3, ATHLETICS 1
OAKLAND, Calif. — MacKenzie Gore tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, CJ Abrams hit an RBI triple and Washington beat Oakland.
ASTROS 9, RANGERS 2
HOUSTON — Kyle Tucker doubled twice and had three RBIs and Jose Altuve added three hits and drove in two runs as Houston used a seven-run seventh inning to break a tie and coast to a victory over Texas.
The Astros snapped a four-game skid and bounced back after allowing the Rangers to score their season high in a 12-8 win in the series opener.
BREWERS 11, ORIOLES 5
BALTIMORE — Jake Bauers hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fourth inning and Milwaukee slugged their way to a victory over Baltimore.
The Brewers have scored 58 runs in their last six games, with at least seven in each of them. That streak ties a franchise record set in 1982 and 1989.
DIAMONDBACKS 4, CARDINALS 2
PHOENIX — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homer, Ryne Nelson threw six solid innings and Arizona beat St. Louis.
CUBS 4, MARINERS 1
SEATTLE — Shota Imanaga allowed one unearned run over 51/3 innings, Michael Busch homered in his third straight game and Chicago beat Seattle.
Seiya Suzuki and Miguel Amaya also hit solo home runs for the Cubs.