Pinch hitter Travis d’Arnaud drove in the game’s only run with a 10th-inning sacrifice fly and the Atlanta Braves pulled out a 1-0 road win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday.
The contest began with a brilliant pitchers’ duel featuring left-handers Chris Sale of Atlanta and Blake Snell of San Francisco. Sale fanned 12 in seven innings while Snell struck out 11 in 6 1/3 innings.
The Braves’ Marcell Ozuna doubled and singled in a game that featured only seven hits, four by Atlanta.
Raisel Iglesias (2-1), who threw a 1-2-3 ninth to force extra innings, retired the Giants in order with a runner at second in the bottom of the 10th to complete the shutout. Taylor Rogers (1-4), the fifth Giants pitcher, took the loss.
White Sox 12, Yankees 2
Gavin Sheets went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, Andrew Vaughn added four hits and Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin homered to lead host Chicago past New York.
The White Sox out-hit the Yankees 18-9 as Chicago interim manager Grady Sizemore earned his first win since assuming the role after the team fired manager Pedro Grifol on Thursday.
Chicago collected a season-high 10 extra-base hits en route to its first home win since July 10. New York stranded 16 runners and finished 2-for-18 with men in scoring position. The Yankees fell a half-game behind the idle Baltimore Orioles for the American League East lead.
Astros 6, Rays 1
Yainer Diaz’s three-run homer to cap a four-run third inning helped Houston top Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla., for its sixth straight.
Alex Bregman added a solo home run to back Framber Valdez (12-5), who allowed a run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Tampa Bay was held to four hits as Taj Bradley (6-7) struggled with his command. He allowed eight hits and six runs in 4 1/3 innings, with two walks and six strikeouts.
Red Sox 5, Rangers 4 (10 innings)
Rob Refsnyder hit a walk-off single to center field with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as Boston beat visiting Texas.
The Red Sox overcame leaving 15 runners on base, striking out 15 times and going just 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position to break a four-game skid. Refsnyder and Nick Sogard each had two hits and an RBI for Boston, helping to make a winner out of Josh Winckowski (3-1), who allowed an unearned run in the top of the 10th.
Corey Seager went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer for Texas, which has lost five of its past six games. Tyler Mahle permitted two runs on three hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Dodgers 5, Brewers 2
Mookie Betts went deep in his return from the injured list and Shohei Ohtani took over the National League home run lead to lift visiting Los Angeles to a victory over Milwaukee.
Clayton Kershaw (1-2) allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings, striking out six and walking two in an 83-pitch outing. Betts, who hadn’t played since June 16 due to a fractured left hand, struck out in his first at-bat, but he put the Dodgers up 2-0 in the third with a two-run homer.
Freddy Peralta (7-7) surrendered both Los Angeles homers, allowing four runs on five hits in six innings.
Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 4
Corbin Carroll and Kevin Newman scored on consecutive wild pitches in the seventh inning as Arizona rallied from a three-run deficit to beat Colorado in Phoenix.
Jake McCarthy had two hits and two RBIs for Arizona, which won its fourth straight game. Brandon Pfaadt (7-6) matched his career high with 11 strikeouts and allowed four runs in seven innings. Justin Martinez earned his third save.
Brendan Rodgers hit a solo homer for Colorado, which lost for the fourth time in six games. Anthony Molina (1-1) took the loss thanks to the wild pitches by Tyler Kinley scoring inherited runners.
Reds 6, Cardinals 1
Spencer Steer hit two home runs and drove in a career-high five runs and Elly De La Cruz homered and doubled to lead host Cincinnati past St. Louis.
It was the first multi-homer game of Steer’s career. Jake Fraley singled, walked and stole two bases and also scored twice for the Reds, who won their second straight game. Paul Goldschmidt doubled and singled for the Cardinals, who lost their second game in a row.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott (10-9) allowed one run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings. Cardinals starter Sonny Gray (11-7) permitted six runs on five hits in five innings.
Guardians 9, Cubs 8
Josh Naylor hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Jhonkensy Noel homered twice as host Cleveland cooled off surging Chicago.
Noel clubbed a three-run homer off Cubs All-Star Shota Imanaga during a four-run fourth inning and Steven Kwan delivered a two-run shot to highlight a three-run fifth for Cleveland, which has won three straight after losing seven in a row. Emmanuel Clase recorded his 36th save, his third in three days, to help halt the Cubs’ four-game winning streak.
Cubs outfielder Ian Happ hit a two-run homer and Pete Crow-Armstrong also went deep. Julian Merryweather (1-1) took the loss.
Twins 8, Royals 3
Willi Castro hit a three-run homer, Royce Lewis hit a two-run shot and Minnesota pulled away for a win over Kansas City in Minneapolis.
Bobby Witt Jr. homered for the Royals, ripping a 401-foot shot to left-center field in the first inning for his 23rd homer. The Royals dropped to 2-6 against the Twins this season.
Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez (11-8) gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits in six innings. Minnesota erupted against Royals starter Brady Singer (8-8) for six runs in the bottom of the second inning, then added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh.
Padres 2, Pirates 1
Xander Bogaerts knocked in the go-ahead run with a single in the seventh inning and five San Diego pitchers teamed up for a win as the Padres edged visiting Pittsburgh.
Jeremiah Estrada (4-2), the third Padres pitcher, worked out of a two-on, two-out jam in the top of the seventh for the win. Robert Suarez allowed a run in the ninth but still logged his 26th save in 29 chances this season.
Pirates starter Jake Woodford (0-4) lasted six-plus innings, the longest outing of his 86 major league games, but absorbed a tough-luck loss. The right-hander allowed just three hits and a run. Andrew McCutchen had a run-scoring single for Pittsburgh.
Blue Jays 4, Angels 2
Bowden Francis retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced in seven innings and Will Wagner had a sparkling major league debut, leading Toronto to a victory over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Outside of allowing a third-inning solo shot by Mickey Moniak, Francis (5-3) was perfect, striking out eight without issuing a walk. Wagner, the son of former major league closer Billy Wagner, doubled in his first major league at-bat and finished 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
The Blue Jays’ Leo Jimenez hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, during a four-run third. The Angels finished with just two hits, solo home runs by Moniak and Jo Adell (against Chad Green in the ninth). Green still got his 12th save.
–Field Level Media