Braves power past Phillies, 8-5

ATLANTA — Austin Riley hit a pair of monstrous homers and pinch-hitter Travis d’Arnaud came through with a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth inning that carried the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.

D’Arnaud, sent up for slumping Michael Harris II with the bases loaded, lined a one-out single to left field off Gregory Soto (1-4). Matt Olson added a sacrifice fly.

In the first meeting between the NL East rivals since the Phillies’ upset victory in the 2022 divisional round, both teams displayed plenty of power to open a four-game series.

Bryce Harper hit a mammoth homer for the Phillies, and Alec Bohm connected on a two-run shot. Marcell Ozuna went deep for the Braves, who became the first team in nearly four years to hit three homers off Aaron Nola. Nola lasted six innings, giving up five earned runs to match his season high.

GIANTS 5, BREWERS 0

MILWAUKEE — Michael Conforto went 4 for 4 with a homer, and six San Francisco pitchers combined on a four-hitter against Milwaukee.

In a designed bullpen game, Scott Alexander, Taylor Rogers, Jakob Junis (3-2), Sean Manaea, Tyler Rogers and John Brebbia teamed up to strike out 13 and walk two.

Conforto reached on each of his five plate appearances with three singles, a solo homer and a walk. LaMonte Wade Jr. went 3 for 5 with an RBI and Casey Schmitt was 2 of 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

The Giants’ triumph spoiled the return of Brewers starter Julio Teheran (0-1), who allowed only one run over five innings in his first major league appearance since April 2021, with the Detroit Tigers. The 32-yearold right-hander struck out five and gave up four hits and a walk.

PADRES 8, NATIONALS 6

WASHINGTON — Rougned Odor hit a three-run homer off Hunter Harvey with two outs in the ninth inning, giving San Diego the win over Washington, stopping a steak of five straight series losses.

Washington trailed 5-1 before a five-run seventh. Jake Cronenworth and Juan Soto singled leading off the ninth. Harvey (2-2) struck out Xander Bogaerts and Matt Carpenter, and Odor homered, lining the ball just inside the right-field foul pole.

METS 10, CUBS 1

NEW YORK — Pete Alonso launched his major league-leading 19th home run and Carlos Carrasco earned his first win this season as New York routed Chicago to avoid a three-game sweep.

CARDINALS 2, REDS 1

CINCINNATI — Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and scored on a wild pitch, helping St. Louis to its 13th win in 18 games.

Miles Mikolas (3-1) won his third straight decision, allowing five hits over seven scoreless innings, which matched his season high. He struck out five and walked none.

Giovany Gallegos earned his fifth save in six chances.

RAYS 6, BLUE JAYS 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Zach Eflin became major leagues’ third seven-game winner, and Tampa Bay beat struggling Alek Manoah and Toronto to take three of four from the Blue Jays.

ORIOLES 3, YANKEES 1

NEW YORK — Kyle Gibson allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings and Baltimore beat New York to take two of three games in the series.

ROCKIES 7, MARLINS 6

DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar singled through a five-man infield during a ninth-inning storm, lifting Colorado over Miami after the Rockies wasted a four-run lead in the top of the inning.

TIGERS 7, WHITE SOX 2

DETROIT — Alex Faedo struck out a career-high 10 batters in six innings and Detroit beat Chicago.