Niese hit hard as Mets drop 2nd in row to Marlins
NEW YORK—Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and Christian Yelich snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single, sending the Marlins to a 9-5 victory over the Mets.
J.T. Realmuto and Jeff Baker also went deep as Miami dinged a struggling Jonathon Niese, who lasted only four innings.
The Marlins had lost 14 of 17 before taking the first two games of this series.
Mike Dunn (1-3) escaped a sixth-inning jam by striking out Duda and retiring Daniel Murphy with runners at the corners.
Yelich singled to right off rookie Hansel Robles (0-1) to give the Marlins a 7-5 lead.
Reds 8, Nationals 5
CINCINNATI—Joey Votto hit a tworun homer—his second in two days— and Zack Cozart doubled with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, rallying the Reds to a victory over the Nationals.
Cozart’s double highlighted a fourrun inning off Casey Janssen (0-1). Billy Hamilton followed with a two-run single.
The Reds have won consecutive games for the first time in more than two weeks, ending Washington’s club-record streak of winning nine consecutive series.
J.J. Hoover (3-0) retired all three batters on grounders in the eighth. Aroldis Chapman walked two while getting his ninth save.
Rays 3, Orioles 0
BALTIMORE—Erasmo Ramirez threw three-hit ball over seven innings, and the Rays beat Wei-Yin Chen and the Orioles to end a six-game losing streak.
Steve Souza Jr. and Joey Butler homered for the Rays, who staked Ramirez to an early lead in a matchup of AL East clubs with struggling offenses.
Ramirez (3-2) struck out seven and walked one in his longest outing since last July.
Chen (1-4) gave up three runs and six hits in seven innings. It was the ninth time in 10 starts the left-hander permitted three earned runs or fewer, but he’s got only one win to show for it.
Diamondbacks 7, Brewers 3
MILWAUKEE—Paul Goldschmidt outslugged the Brewers with two homers and four RBIs, leading the Diamondbacks to a win.
The left-handed first baseman led off the third with a homer before hitting a long three-run shot for a 7-2 lead in the fourth. That drive caromed off the scoreboard high above the 400-foot sign in deep straightaway center, chasing starter Kyle Lohse (3-6) from the game.
Even Arizona starter Jeremy Hellickson (3-3) got in on the fun at the plate with two hits, including an RBI single through a drawn-in infield in the second.
The Brewers lost their seventh straight to drop to a major league-worst 16-34.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 2
MINNEAPOLIS—Brian Dozier drove in the tiebreaking run with a triple in the seventh inning, lifting the Twins past the Blue Jays.
Blaine Boyer pitched a perfect ninth for his first save, giving major league leader Glen Perkins a break after the All-Star closer gave up a go-ahead, tworun homer to Chris Colabello the night before.
Kyle Gibson got the Blue Jays to hit into a double play in each of the first three innings. Ryan Pressly (2-1) picked up the victory with a scoreless seventh.
Aaron Loup (1-3) relieved Aaron Sanchez in the seventh and gave up a leadoff single to Aaron Hicks before the line drive by Dozier that glanced off diving right fielder Ezequiel Carrera’s glove.
Rockies 5, Phillies 2
PHILADELPHIA—Nolan Arenado, Michael McKenry and Ben Paulsen each homered, leading the Rockies to a victory over the slumping Phillies.
Eddie Butler (3-5) tied his career high by going six innings, allowing one run and four hits. He struck out three and walked one in an emergency start, helping the Rockies win for the sixth time in seven games.
Cesar Hernandez homered and Ryan Howard had an RBI double for Philadelphia, which lost its sixth straight and fell a season-worst 13 games under .500.
Jorge De La Rosa was scheduled to start for the Rockies, but the left-hander was scratched Saturday morning because of a cut on his left middle finger that cost him his second straight start.
Aaron Harang (4-5) gave up two runs on four hits in six innings.