Reds overcome record-tying third cycle by Brewers’ Yelich
Christian Yelich hit for a record-tying third cycle — all of them vs. Cincinnati — but the Milwaukee Brewers’ rally fell short in the ninth inning in a 14-11 loss to the host Reds on Wednesday.
Tyler Stephenson drove in four runs with a pair of doubles and Colin Moran hit a three-run homer for Cincinnati. The Reds, with the worst record in the majors, won their second straight series by topping the NL Central leaders.
Yelich became the sixth player in major league history to hit at least one home run, triple, double and single in the same game three times. He joined Trea Turner, Adrián Beltré, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly in accomplishing the feat.
Yelich doubled in the first, hit a three-run homer in the third, singled in the fifth and tripled during a six-run ninth.
Hunter Renfroe hit two solo homers for the Brewers. YANKEES 5, BLUE JAYS 3 >> Gleyber Torres drove in all host New York’s runs with a go-ahead, threerun homer off José Berríos in the fourth inning and a two-run single, leading the surging Yankees their 15th win in 17 games. Torres has four home runs in his past 11 games. New York won its
Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich hit for the cycle Wednesday against Cincinnati. It’s the third time he’s done it against the Reds.
seventh straight series and improved to a major leaguebest 22-8, its best 30-game start since 2003.
MARLINS 11, DIAMONDBACKS 3>> Jacob Stallings hit a goahead single in the ninth, Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a three-run homer in Miami’s eight-run final inning in Phoenix.
CUBS 7, PADRES 5 >> Alfonso Rivas, who grew up in Chula Vista, hit a tiebreaking two-run single against his hometown team in the eighth inning for Chicago in San Diego.
PHILLIES 4, MARINERS 2 >> Rhys Hoskins homered for the third straight game and provided all of visiting Philadelphia’s offense with the second grand slam of his career.
NATIONALS 8, METS 3 >> Juan Soto and Nelson Cruz homered
as the host Nationals sent Mets right-hander Tylor Megill (1 1/3 innings) to the earliest exit of his career.
GIANTS 7, ROCKIES 1 >> Brandon Crawford homered leading host San Francisco to its 10th straight win over the Rockies. Crawford drove in three runs and scored twice as San Francisco extended its overall winning streak to five.
ATHLETICS 9, TIGERS 0 >> Zach Logue pitched seven sharp innings in his second major league start and Oakland spoiled the debut of pitcher Joey Wentz by thumping the floundering Tigers in Detroit. Sean Murphy and Kevin Smith each drove in two while Christian Bethancourt supplied three hits, two runs scored and an RBI for the A’s.
ASTROS 5, TWINS 1 (SUSPENDED) >> Houston and Minnesota’s game was suspended when a severe thunderstorm rolled through and halted play in the top of the fourth inning in Minneapolis with the Astros leading on Jeremy Peña’s three RBIs and Jose Altuve’s home run. The teams will pick up where they left off this afternoon and play the last six innings, before staging the series finale at Target Field about a half-hour after the first game concludes.
BRAVES 5, RED SOX 3 >> Orlando Arcia hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift host Atlanta. Arcia lined his first homer of the season over the left-field wall off Ryan Brasier with one out in the ninth for his third hit of the game.
CARDINALS 10, ORIOLES 1 >> Juan Yepez homered and Miles Mikolas pitched seven strong innings, leading the Cardinals in St. Louis. Paul Goldschmidt drove in three runs for St. Louis, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
ROYALS 8, RANGERS 2 >> Local high school star Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run double and had his first three-RBI game in the majors, Whit Merrifield homered for the first time since last August and Kansas City breezed in Arlington, Texas, to snap a three-game losing streak.