Mets top Phillies with 7-run ninth
The New York Mets erased a six-run deficit in the ninth inning, capping the rally with Starling Marte’s tiebreaking double to beat the flabbergasted Phillies 8-7 Thursday night in Philadelphia.
With the Mets trailing 7-1, Marte led off the inning with an infield single against James Norwood and scored on Francisco Lindor’s two-run homer. Mark Canha added an RBI infield single that clanked off pitcher Corey Knebel (0-2), and J.D. Davis had a pinch-hit RBI double to rally the NL East-leading Mets.
Brandon Nimmo then lined a tying, two-run single to center off Knebel. He came around to score when Marte ripped a double off the wall in center field. Marte also had a solo homer in the sixth.
It’s the first time New York trailed by at least six runs in the ninth and won since Sept. 13, 1997, when Carl Everett hit a tying grand slam with two outs in the ninth and the Mets went on to beat the Montreal Expos in extra innings.
Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos homered for the Phillies, and Aaron Nola pitched seven sharp innings. The Phillies have lost five of six.
It looked like Nola was going to earn his second victory when the Mets came to bat in the ninth having scored just one run on three hits.
Edwin Diaz pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save in seven chances. Adonis Medina (1-0) allowed one hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
GUARDIANS 6, BLUE JAYS 5 >> Steven Kwan hit the first homer of his breakout rookie season and Franmil Reyes had three hits and an RBI in host Cleveland’s win over Toronto.
Kwan’s two-run shot off José Berríos (2-1) tied it at 2 in the third, beginning a string of six straight runs by Cleveland. Reyes scored the go-ahead run on Amed Rosario’s grounder in the fourth.
ROCKIES 9, NATIONALS 7 >> Garrett Hampson and Brendan Rodgers each hit their first home runs of the season — both three-run shots — for Colorado in a win over Washington in Denver.
Randal Grichuk also homered for the Rockies, who took two of three in the series. Daniel Bard got three outs for his eighth save in nine chances. He has had six consecutive scoreless outings.
Washington outhit the Rockies 15-10, and Juan Soto and Keibert Ruiz had solo home runs. Maikel Franko added three hits, including an RBI double.
ASTROS 3, TIGERS 2 >> Kyle Tucker delivered a gameending single in the ninth inning, Jose Altuve and rookie Jeremy Peña hit solo homers, and host Houston beat Detroit.
Yordan Alvarez singled off Gregory Soto (1-2) with no outs in the ninth and was replaced by pinch-runner Chas McCormick. Yuli Gurriel walked before Tucker singled on a groundball to center field to score McCormick and give Houston its fourth straight victory.
Tucker’s hit helped the Astros bounce back after closer Ryan Pressly blew the save in the top of the inning in his return from the injured list. PADRES 2, MARLINS 1 >> Manny Machado, one of the hottest hitters in the majors, had two impressive home runs and Nick Martinez threw seven strong innings to lead host San Diego over Miami.
Both homers by the $300 million third baseman came off left-hander Jesus Luzardo. Machado homered to straightaway center field with two outs in the first inning and then hit a shot into the second deck in left field with one out in the fourth. It was his first multi-homer game of the season and 31st of his career.
RAYS 4, MARINERS 3 >> Mike Zunino hit a three-run homer against his former team, Shane McClanahan (2-2) held Seattle hitless into the fifth inning and visiting Tampa Bay beat the Mariners for its fourth straight win.