Suarez helps Phillies continue win streak
Ranger Suárez allowed two hits in seven innings and Kody Clemens hit a three-run homer as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to seven games with a 7-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
Suárez (4-0) ran his scoreless streak to 22 innings. He's won his last four starts. This time, he yielded two singles, struck out five and walked one.
Gregory Soto and Jeff Hoffman completed the two-hitter for Philadelphia's fourth shutout this season.
Clemens, promoted from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday to play first base when Bryce Harper went on paternity leave, homered to right off Casey Legumina in the ninth. BRAVES 3, MARLINS 0 >> Travis d'Arnaud hit his fifth home run in four games and Bryce Elder pitched 6 2/3 spotless innings in his return from the minors as Atlanta won at home over Miami.
David Fletcher capped a three-run fourth with an RBI single to help the Braves win for the seventh time in eight games.
Elder (1-0) scattered eight hits in his first major league start this season. The righthander struck out four and walked none.
In the fourth, d'Arnaud launched a two-run homer to open the scoring. He hit three home runs Friday, another on Saturday and one on Monday — all in a span of eight at-bats. PIRATES 4, BREWERS 2 >> Oneil Cruz broke out of a slump with three hits, Jared Jones allowed one run in six innings and host Pittsburgh ended its skid at six games while stopping Milwaukee's four-game winning streak.
Cruz capped a three-run sixth with a twoout, two-run single. He also singled in the second and doubled in the fourth. The 6-foot-7 shortstop was 4 for 44 in his previous 12 games.
Jones (2-2) gave up four hits and two walks. The 22-year-old rookie struck out seven and has 39 strikeouts through five starts. TIGERS 7, RAYS 1 >> Tarik Skubal struck out nine over six scoreless innings, Mark Canha and Parker Meadows homered, and Detroit improved to 9-3 on the road this season by beating Tampa Bay.
Skubal (3-0) scattered three hits in winning his seventh consecutive decision, dating to last September.
FORMER GIANT JUNIS HIT BY LINER >> Jakob Junis of the Milwaukee Brewers was taken away in an ambulance after being hit in the neck by a line drive during batting practice at Pittsburgh on Monday.
The right-hander, who pitched for the Giants in 2022 and '23, was standing in the outfield when he was struck by the hard-hit ball off the bat of Pirates infielder Alika Williams. Junis remained down for about 20 minutes while being treated by medical teams. He was alert while being loaded onto an ambulance and taken from PNC Park.
The teams said in a joint statement that Junis was “conscious, alert and responsive” and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Junis, 31, went on the 15-day injured list on April 6 because of a shoulder impingement. He has made one start this season, April 2 against the Minnesota Twins.