Phillies’ Hoskins, Wheeler upstage Cards’ Wainwright
Zack Wheeler took a one-hit shutout into the ninth inning and Rhys Hoskins homered twice as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the host St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Monday night.
Hoskins’ seventh career multi-homer game and second this season helped the Phillies improve to 3-1 against St. Louis.
Wheeler (2-2) struck out nine and edged Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright in a classic pitchers’ duel that took just 2 hours, 22 minutes.
Wheeler retired his first 14 batters until Paul DeJong’s opposite-field single to right ended the streak in the fifth.
Wheeler was lifted after issuing a leadoff walk to Matt Carpenter in the ninth on his 114th pitch. Héctor Neris got the save, but not before Carpenter scored on a groundout by Dylan Carlson.
Wainwright (0-3) tossed a complete game on 107 pitches, allowing six hits and striking out eight. His only costly mistakes came to Hoskins in the seventh and ninth as the Cardinals’ winning streak was snapped at three. INDIANS 5, TWINS 3 (10) >> Jordan Luplow hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning off Alex Colomé, giving Cleveland a win over Minnesota.
Luplow’s second career game-ending homer was a leadoff shot that easily cleared the wall in left field.
ORIOLES 4, YANKEES 2 >> Cedric Mullins hit two home runs and a double, Matt Harvey pitched six impressive innings and Baltimore defeated visiting New York.
Harvey (2-1) allowed one run and three hits, striking out five and walking three.
BRAVES 8, CUBS 7 >> Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer and Atlanta woke up offensively after a grim doubleheader, overcoming a grand slam by Kris Bryant to beat Chicago.
The Braves were coming off two shutout losses to Arizona the previous afternoon — managing just a single hit over 14 innings. ROYALS 3, TIGERS 2 >> Jarrod Dyson doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and Kansas City held on to beat Detroit and complete a four-game road sweep.
The AL Central-leading Royals (14-7) have won a season-high five straight and own the best record in the league.
Detroit (7-16) has the worst record in the majors after losing 10 of its last 11 games.