Sean Manaea threw seven scoreless innings in his latest strong start and Francisco Lindor homered leading off the fourth inning Sunday afternoon for the visiting New York Mets, who completed a sweep of the reeling Chicago White Sox with a 2-0 win.
The defeat was the 10th straight for the White Sox, who set a franchise record with their 107th loss of the season. At 31-107, Chicago is on pace to break the modern records for most losses (120 by the 1962 Mets) and lowest winning percentage (.235 by the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics) in a season.
Starling Marte added an RBI double in the ninth for the Mets, who went 7-3 on a 10-game road trip against the White Sox, San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks. New York entered Sunday two games behind the Atlanta Braves in the race for the final National League wild-card spot.
Manaea (11-5) allowed two hits and walked two while striking out five in going seven innings for the seventh time in his past 12 starts dating back to July 2. He is 6-2 with a 2.78 ERA in that span, during which he’s lowered his overall ERA from 3.89 to 3.35.
Phillies 3, Braves 2 (11 innings)
Nick Castellanos drove in all three runs, including the game-winner with two outs in the 11th inning, to give host Philadelphia a win over Atlanta and extend the Phillies’ lead in the National League East to seven games.
Philadelphia (81-56) won three of four in the final regular-season meeting between the teams. Atlanta’s lead over the New York Mets for the final NL wild-card spot shrunk to one game.
Carlos Estevez (3-4) retired the Braves in order in the 10th and 11th innings, striking out two. Aaron Bummer (4-3) suffered the loss after giving up one unearned run in the 11th.
Reds 4, Brewers 3 (11 innings)
Santiago Espinal drove in the game-winning run and Jonathan India had three hits and threw out the go-ahead runner at the plate in the 10th as host Cincinnati edged Milwaukee.
Espinal, a pinch hitter, drove home automatic runner Rece Hinds from third with a one-out comebacker that pitcher Bryse Wilson couldn’t handle as the Reds won for just the second time in seven games on their 10-game homestand in salvaging the final game of a four-game series with the Brewers.
The Brewers’ Willy Adames, who finished a spectacular weekend series with his fourth homer in as many games, popped out against Diaz with the go-ahead run at third.
Cardinals 14, Yankees 7
Lars Nootbaar hit a tiebreaking, bases-clearing double in the seventh inning as visiting St. Louis blew a five-run lead before beating New York.
Jordan Walker had a career-high five hits, hitting four singles and a two-run homer in the fifth that gave the Cardinals a 7-2 lead. Walker set up Nootbaar’s clutch hit with a base hit to right field on Kahnle’s fastball.
Anthony Rizzo hit an RBI double and Alex Verdugo and Gleyber Torres hit run-scoring singles for the Yankees.
Padres 4, Rays 3
Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer to help San Diego take the rubber game of its three-game series against Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Xander Bogaerts had two hits and the game-winning RBI in the ninth for San Diego (78-61), which had lost three of four. The home run gave Merrill 79 RBIs on the season, tying the Padres rookie record set by Benito Santiago in 1987.
San Diego’s Dylan Cease breezed through five innings but could not record an out in the sixth. He allowed three runs on two hits in his five-plus innings against the Rays (67-69), striking out four and walking three.
Orioles 6, Rockies 1
Zach Eflin took a perfect game into the sixth inning, James McCann homered and doubled, and Baltimore beat Colorado in Denver to take two of three in the series.
Eflin retired the first 15 Colorado batters, needing just 49 pitches to get through five innings, before Jake Cave led off the sixth and singled on a dribbler down the third base line. Eflin (10-7) is 5-0 in five starts since Baltimore acquired him from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 26.
Anthony Santander and Gunnar Henderson had two hits each for Baltimore (79-59), which moved within a half-game of the American League East-leading New York Yankees. Michael Toglia had two hits for Colorado (51-87), which lost a home series for just the second time since dropping two of three to Washington on June 21-23.
Cubs 14, Nationals 1
Dansby Swanson had four hits, Isaac Paredes had two hits and drove in three runs, and visiting Chicago beat Washington for its sixth straight win.
Pete Crow-Armstrong added three hits and scored twice for the Cubs, who scored 26 runs in sweeping the three-game series.
The Nationals’ Darren Baker, son of former Nationals manager Dusty Baker, was called up and singled in his first major league at-bat in the ninth inning.
Rangers 6, Athletics 4 (10 innings)
Josh Jung hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the 10th inning to lift Texas over visiting Oakland in Arlington, Texas.
With the Rangers trailing 4-2 and Oakland’s All-Star closer Mason Miller (1-2) on the mound, Adolis Garcia drove in automatic runner Marcus Semien with a two-out single to pull within one. After Travis Jankowski replaced Garcia as a pinch runner and Wyatt Langford drew a walk, Jung belted a shot into the right field seats.
Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker, the first two batters in the order, each went 4-for-5 for the Athletics.
Astros 7, Royals 2
Yordan Alvarez produced his sixth multi-homer game of the season and Ronel Blanco logged five scoreless innings as Houston completed a four-game sweep of visiting Kansas City.
Alvarez joined Jeff Bagwell as the only Astros with four consecutive 30-homer seasons as the Astros moved a season-best 13 games over .500 with their fifth consecutive victory. Blanco (10-6) gave up three hits and four walks while striking out three.
Royals starter Alec Marsh (7-8) allowed three runs on four hits in five innings. Bobby Witt Jr. became the first Kansas City player ever to record consecutive 30-homer seasons.
Diamondbacks 14, Dodgers 3
Randal Grichuk hit a three-run homer to cap an eight-run second inning as Arizona pummeled Los Angeles in Phoenix.
Eugenio Suarez also homered and had two RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who pounded out 17 hits and ended a three-game losing streak. Grichuk had three hits and four RBIs. Brandon Pfaadt (9-7) allowed three runs and fanned 10 in 5 2/3 innings.
Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski (1-2) yielded 10 runs on 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings. Austin Barnes had three hits.
Twins 4, Blue Jays 3
Royce Lewis hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and Minnesota defeated visiting Toronto.
Ernie Clement hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, who finished a 3-4 road trip.
Twins right-hander Bailey Ober allowed one run, one hit and three walks while striking out eight in six innings.
Angels 3, Mariners 2
Caden Dana allowed two runs and just two hits in six impressive innings in his major league debut, lifting Los Angeles over Seattle in Anaheim, Calif.
At 20 years, 8 months of age, Dana is the second youngest player currently in the majors, older only than Milwaukee’s Jackson Chourio (20 years, 5 months). He is the youngest pitcher to start a game for the Angels since Frank Tanana (20 years, 4 months) in 1973.
Luke Raley went 2-for-4 with a solo homer for the Mariners, who have lost three of their past five games.
Tigers 4, Red Sox 1
Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene hit two-run home runs and surging Detroit defeated visiting Boston.
Brant Hurter (3-1) picked up the victory in long relief. Hurter gave up one run and six hits in five innings while recording five strikeouts. Jason Foley got the last three outs to collect his 20th save.
The Tigers (70-68) have won eight of their last 10 games, including two of three from the Red Sox in the weekend series. Jarren Duran drove in the lone run for Boston (70-67).
Marlins 7, Giants 5
Jonah Bride doubled to tie the game then scored the go-ahead run in a two-run sixth inning as Miami defeated host San Francisco.
The Marlins (51-86) won the last two games of the three-game series, sending the Giants (68-70) to a fourth loss in their last five contests and leaving them two games under .500 with just 24 to go.
Kyle Stowers hit a three-run homer and four Marlins relievers protected a late lead with four shutout innings. Xzavion Curry (1-2) was credited with the win while Calvin Faucher, who struck out all three men he faced in the ninth, registered his sixth save.
Guardians 6, Pirates 1
Alex Cobb took a perfect game into the seventh inning and Kyle Manzardo clubbed the first two homers of his career as Cleveland beat visiting Pittsburgh.
Cobb (2-1) retired the first 18 batters after missing two starts before coming off the 15-day injured list due to a broken fingernail. The 36-year-old Cobb made his third start since debuting this season on Aug. 9 after recovering from hip surgery.
The Pirates were held to two singles and have lost five of their past six games.
–Field Level Media