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Mitch Haniger drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Saturday night.
Haniger hit a solo homer in the fifth inning to spark the comeback. It was the sixth victory in the past eight games for the Mariners, who regained sole possession of first place in the American League West.
Alec Bohm drove in three runs for the National League East-leading Phillies, who lost their sixth in a row and dropped to 3-11 since the All-Star break.
With Randy Arozarena the runner at second to start the bottom of the 10th, the Phillies intentionally walked Cal Raleigh. With two outs, Carlos Estevez (1-4) hit Dylan Moore with a pitch to load the bases, then missed high on a 3-2 count against Haniger to bring home the winning run. Mariners right-hander Collin Snyder (2-1) pitched a scoreless 10th to earn the victory.
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 3
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning to increase his major-league-leading total to 41 as host New York beat Toronto.
After reaching 40 homers for the third time in his career in the opening inning Friday, Judge blasted his 16th first-inning homer of the season on Saturday off Jose Berrios (9-9), tying the team record set by Hall of Famer Babe Ruth in 1927. It was Judge’s sixth homer in his past eight games.
Trent Grisham and Anthony Volpe also hit two-run homers as the Yankees won for the sixth time in seven games. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and went 3-for-3 against New York’s Carlos Rodon (12-7). Guerrero also singled in the fourth and doubled in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.
Orioles 7, Guardians 4
Zach Eflin allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and Adley Rutschman delivered a pinch-hit, two-run triple during a breakout eighth inning for visiting Baltimore, which snapped Cleveland’s five-game winning streak.
Gunnar Henderson had three hits with an RBI for the Orioles, who recorded 15 hits after totaling nine hits and seven runs in losing the first two of this four-game set. Eflin (7-7) won his second straight start since being acquired from Tampa Bay as Baltimore won for the second time in seven road games.
Jose Ramirez clubbed a two-run homer, his 29th, in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians, who had won eight of their previous 10. Making his second career start for Cleveland, Joey Cantillo (0-1) yielded three runs and six hits in four-plus innings.
Rays 6, Astros 1
Josh Lowe clubbed a pair of home runs while Zack Littell pitched effectively into the sixth inning as visiting Tampa Bay evened its three-game series against Houston.
Lowe, who went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, erased a 1-0 deficit with his sixth home run, a two-run shot in the top of the fifth against Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco (9-6). Blanco allowed two runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over five innings.
Littell allowed one run on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings, and four Rays relievers stifled the Astros the remainder of the way by combining to retire the final 10 batters.
Padres 3, Rockies 2
Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single snapped a seventh-inning tie and San Diego relied on its new-look bullpen to eke out a win over visiting Colorado.
The Padres added another run in the seventh and made a winner of reliever Jason Adam (5-2), who was pitching in his second game for San Diego after being acquired Sunday from Tampa Bay. Tanner Scott, a trade-deadline acquisition, worked the eighth inning, and closer Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 27 chances.
Peter Lambert (2-5) absorbed the loss in relief of rookie starter Tanner Gordon, who had the best outing of his four major league starts. Gordon allowed just one hit and one run over six innings, walking one and striking out four.
Nationals 6, Brewers 4
Washington pounced on Milwaukee starter Aaron Civale early and held off a late-game push to hang on for a win.
Luis Garcia Jr. finished 3-for-4 with his 12th home run, a solo shot off Civale (2-8) in the third for a 5-0 lead. Starter DJ Herz (2-4) earned his first win since June 15 and Kyle Finnegan got the last four outs for his 29th save as Washington snapped a five-game skid.
Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run, his 19th of the season, in the seventh. In the eighth, Jackson Chourio scored on a wild pitch and Gary Sanchez followed up with a two-out RBI single to cut the deficit to 6-4.
Twins 6, White Sox 2
Max Kepler hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Minnesota pulled away in Minneapolis to send Chicago to its franchise record 19th straight loss.
Ryan Jeffers also homered for Minnesota, which will go for a three-game sweep Sunday afternoon. Willi Castro and Brooks Lee drove in two runs apiece in the win. Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (11-5) allowed two runs on two hits in seven innings.
Rookie Brooks Baldwin hit his first career home run for the White Sox, whose losing streak is the longest since Baltimore lost 19 straight in 2021. Korey Lee tripled and drove in a run for Chicago. Right-hander Touki Toussaint (0-1) gave up two runs on three hits in three innings out of the bullpen.
Tigers 6, Royals 5 (11 innings)
Wenceel Perez’s RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning was the winner for host Detroit, which rallied in three straight innings to eventually take down Kansas City.
Kansas City took a 5-4 lead in the 11th on an RBI single by Hunter Renfroe off Jason Foley (3-3), but Detroit tied the game with an RBI triple by Parker Meadows won it on Perez’s winner off James McArthur (4-5).
Down 3-1 in the ninth, the Tigers scored twice off Kansas City reliever Hunter Harvey to tie the game and force extra innings. Then down 4-3 in the 10th, Detroit tied it again on an RBI double down the right field line by Justyn-Henry Malloy.
Reds 6, Giants 4
Hunter Greene struck out 11 and allowed one hit over six shutout innings and Tyler Stephenson homered twice and drove in four runs to lead Cincinnati past visiting San Francisco.
Jonathan India crushed a 417-foot homer to the upper deck in left, and Stuart Fairchild drilled a line drive homer off the left field foul pole for the Reds, who were no-hit the night before by Blake Snell. Alexis Diaz earned his 22nd save in 24 chances despite allowing a 423-foot solo homer to Matt Chapman to open the ninth.
San Francisco starter Kyle Harrison (6-5) could not repeat the complete-game shutouts posted by Logan Webb and Snell in the club’s previous two starts.
Cardinals 5, Cubs 4
Lars Nootbaar lofted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning for visiting St. Louis, which overcame a three-run deficit to edge Chicago.
Tommy Pham led off the ninth with a triple against Hector Neris (8-4) and trotted home on Nootbaar’s fly to center. In the eighth, Alec Burleson, who hit a solo shot in the first, scored on an error and Nolan Arenado followed with a game-tying two-run single.
The Cubs’ Michael Busch hit a two-run shot in the first before Pete Crow-Armstrong laced an RBI triple in the second and scored on a safety squeeze by Miguel Amaya for a 4-1 advantage.
Marlins 4, Braves 3
Jesus Sanchez finished 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI doubles, including a go-ahead hit in the seventh inning, as visiting Miami defeated Atlanta.
Jake Burger homered and also drove in two runs as the Marlins snapped a two-game skid. Matt Olson went 2-for-4 with one RBI for Atlanta and Marcell Ozuna hit a solo home run, but the Braves had their four-game winning streak snapped.
With the score tied 3-3, Pierce Johnson (4-3) entered in the seventh and ran into immediate trouble, giving up a single to Nick Fortes and a walk to Xavier Edwards. Burger grounded into a double play, but Sanchez slashed a double, scoring Fortes.
Rangers 7, Red Sox 4
Jonah Heim and Leody Taveras hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning to help Texas end its three-game losing streak by beating Boston.
Heim hit a three-run shot against Boston starter Tanner Houck (8-8) that tied the game at 3. Taveras followed with a homer off Houck to put Texas up 4-3. Josh Smith had three of the Rangers’ 13 hits. Closer Kirby Yates recorded four outs to earn his 20th save.
Boston’s Rob Refsnyder had two solo shots, an RBI double and a single, during a four-hit game. Refsnyder went deep in the first inning, then collected homer No. 7 in the fourth. It was the first multi-homer game of his career.
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 2
Bryan Reynolds broke a tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning to help Pittsburgh down visiting Arizona for its fourth win in its last six games.
Joey Bart went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs for Pittsburgh, which handed Arizona its second loss in its last 10 games.
Andrew McCutchen led off the sixth with a single off reliever Slade Cecconi (2-7) but left the game with what the team called left quad tightness. Ji Hwan Bae replaced McCutchen on first and Reynolds then knocked a 405-foot shot to center field for a 3-1 lead.
Dodgers 10, Athletics 0
Jack Flaherty made a splashy Los Angeles Dodgers debut, Gavin Lux provided an early cushion with a two-run single and the National League West leaders rebounded from a series-opening loss to thump host Oakland.
Acquired earlier in the week from the Detroit Tigers, Flaherty worked six innings and combined with three relievers for the Dodgers’ 10th shutout of the season. The right-hander limited the A’s to five hits and one walk while striking out seven.
A’s rookie Mitch Spence matched zeroes with Flaherty for two innings before a walk and a two-out double by Teoscar Hernandez set the stage for Lux’s two-run single.
Angels 5, Mets 4
Zach Neto’s go-ahead three-run homer capped a wild seventh inning as Los Angeles edged New York in the middle game of their interleague series in Anaheim, Calif.
J.D. Martinez hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh against Hunter Strickland before the Angels built a two-out rally against Huascar Brazoban (1-3).
The right-hander opened the bottom half of the inning by striking out Jo Adell and Matt Thaiss. Michael Stefanic singled and Nolan Schanuel walked before Neto won an eight-pitch battle with Brazoban by homering over the left field wall.
–Field Level Media
