Dodgers sweep past Nationals, win streak at 9
Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead single as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers completed a sevengame season sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 5-1 win Sunday.
Los Angeles has won a season-high nine straight games since getting no-hit on June 24 by the Chicago Cubs, who have lost their following nine games.
The score was tied 1-1 when Gavin Lux doubled leading off the seventh inning.
Pujols hit for pitcher David Price (4-0) with one out and pulled a 1-2 Joe Ross slider into left field for a 2-1 lead.
Nationals manager Dave Martinez brought left-handed closer Brad Hand with two outs to face left-handed Max Muncy, who doubled for a 3-1 lead. Muncy added a two-run double off Wander Suero in the ninth.
PADRES 11, PHILLIES 1 >> Manny Machado drove in five runs with a pair of homers, and San Diego stopped a three-game losing streak by routing Philadelphia.
METS 10, YANKEES 5, GAME 1, 7 INNINGS >> Pete Alonso hit a tying home run off imploding Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman leading off the last inning, José Peraza lined a go-ahead two-run double and the New York Mets won the opener of a split doubleheader.
ANGELS 6, ORIOLES 5 >> Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 31st homer in the third, and Juan Lagares ended it with a two-run double off Cole Sulser in the ninth inning of Los Angeles’ comeback victory over Baltimore.
Cedric Mullins hit a tiebreaking homer for the Orioles in the top of the ninth. PIRATES2,BREWERS0>> Tyler Anderson pitched seven sparkling innings and Pittsburgh snapped Milwaukee’s 11-game winning streak.
Kevin Newman homered as the Pirates stopped a six-game slide.
BRAVES 8, MARLINS 7, 10 INNINGS >> Pinch-hitting pitcher Max Fried lined a bases-loaded single up the middle in the 10th inning, and Atlanta rallied from four runs down in the ninth for a wild victory over Miami.
RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 1 >> Austin Meadows had three hits, including two RBI doubles, and Tampa Bay ended its 10-game road losing streak.