Freeman, Dodgers power past Padres
Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer and Amed Rosario and Mookie Betts also connected for the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat host San Diego 8-2 on Sunday to spoil Rich Hill's debut with the Padres.
Lance Lynn (8-9) had an impressive second start for the Dodgers as they defeated the Padres for the seventh time in nine games this season and kept them from reaching .500 for the first time since May 11.
Lynn allowed a homer to Gary Sánchez in the third inning but otherwise quieted the Padres offense. The 36-year-old Lynn, acquired from the Chicago White Sox on July 28, held the Padres to one run and four hits while striking out six and walking two in six innings.
Hill (7-11), a 43-year-old lefty obtained Tuesday from Pittsburgh, lasted only three innings. He allowed six runs and four hits. The Padres are Hill's 13th team.
CUBS 6, BRAVES 4 >> Cody Bellinger had his third straight multi-hit game, scored twice and drove in a run as Chicago beat MLB-leading Atlanta at Wrigley Field for its sixth straight series win.
Dansby Swanson added a double and two RBIs against his former team, helping the Cubs win for the 15th time in 19 games.
The Braves' Matt Olson hit his NL-leading 39th home run, a monster 453-foot blast, and finished with three RBIs.
TWINS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 >> Matt Wallner hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give Minnesota a three-game sweep of Arizona.
Christian Walker had put the Diamondbacks ahead 3-2 with a solo home run in the top of the ninth. Max Kepler led off the bottom half by hitting his third homer in three games. RANGERS 6, MARLINS 0 >> Nathaniel Lowe, Marcus Semien, Ezequiel Duran and Adolis Garcia homered while Andrew Heaney allowed four singles in 5 2/3 shutout innings as host Texas blanked Miami to sweep a six-game homestand. ORIOLES 2, METS 0 >> Kyle Bradish and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and Baltimore completed a three-game home sweep of New York, whick lost its sixth in a row.
Adley Rutschman and Ryan O'Hearn each drove in a run for AL-leading Baltimore, which won for the eighth time in 10 games. NATIONALS 6, REDS 3 >> Washington's CJ Abrams and Lane Thomas hit Lyon Richardson's first two major league pitches for home runs and the last-place Nationals finished a three-game road sweep of Cincinnati.
Over the last 50 seasons, Richardson, 23, is the only pitcher to allow a home run on each of the first two pitches of his big league career.