MLB Roundup: Stowers’ homer in ninth ties it, Orioles high Cubs in further innings

BALTIMORE — Kyle Stowers hit his first main league homer to tie the sport with Baltimore right down to its final strike, and the Orioles went on to beat Chicago in 11 innings.

Anthony Santander gained it with an RBI single, nevertheless it was Stowers who saved it for Baltimore within the ninth. The 24-year-old outfielder, taking part in in his seventh profession recreation, despatched an 0-2 pitch from Liam Hendriks over the wall in right-centre discipline. Hendriks had transformed 19 save probabilities in a row earlier than that.

Félix Bautista (4-3) retired all six of his hitters within the tenth and eleventh, stopping the White Sox from even advancing an automated runner to 3rd. The Orioles blew a first-and-third, nobody-out likelihood within the tenth.

They had that chance once more an inning later when Adley Rutschman hit a leadoff single in opposition to Jake Diekman (5-3). Santander adopted with a line drive over the centre fielder. That was Baltimore’s third unearned run of the sport, together with Stowers’ solo homer.

Baltimore starter Jordan Lyles allowed one earned run and 9 hits in seven innings. Chicago’s Lance Lynn allowed one earned run and three hits in six innings.

CARDINALS 8, CUBS 3

CHICAGO — Paul Goldschmidt slugged his thirty second and thirty third homers and had 5 RBIs and Corey Dickerson set a franchise report for consecutive hits within the St. Louis Cardinals’ 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.

Goldschmidt, Dickerson and Tommy Edman collected three hits apiece because the NL Central-leading Cardinals gained for the tenth time of their final 12 video games and concluded a 6-2 journey. The Cardinals collected 16 hits even with out slugger Nolan Arenado, who returned to St. Louis to attend the start of his first little one.

St. Louis starter Dakota Hudson (7-6) pitched a season-high seven innings of five-hit ball. Neither Albert Pujols nor Yadier Molina had been within the lineup of their remaining go to to Wrigley Field.

Marcus Stroman (3-6) was tagged with the loss, giving up 11 hits.

Goldschmidt leads the NL in batting common (.339) and RBIs (105) and is second to Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies (35) in residence runs.

Dickerson set an expansion-era franchise report with 10 hits in 10 consecutive plate appearances.

PHILLIES 4, REDS 0

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola struck out 11 and allowed simply 5 hits in his second profession nine-inning shutout as Philadelphia closed out a four-game sweep of Cincinnati.

Edmundo Sosa had three RBIs, and Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading thirty fifth homer of the season.

Nola (9-10) cruised by means of the primary seven innings on solely 69 pitches whereas yielding solely a single to Donovan Solano. In the eighth, he allowed back-to-back singles to Aristides Aquino and Alejo Lopez earlier than getting three Reds to strike out swinging, ending the risk.

Nola struck out two within the ninth earlier than getting Aquino to bounce again to the mound to finish it on his a hundred and first pitch.

Schwarber received the scoring going with a blast off Reds starter Justin Dunn (1-2) that was measured at 456 ft; the eleventh participant in franchise historical past to hit 35 or extra homers in a season.

MARINERS 3, GUARDIANS 1

SEATTLE — Mitch Haniger hit a three-run residence run within the first inning to account for all of Seattle’s offence and Marco Gonzales tossed six sturdy innings in Seattle’s 3-1 win over Cleveland.

Haniger stayed scorching on the plate, taking Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie (9-10) deep to left-centre discipline simply three batters into the sport. Haniger has homered in three of the previous 4 video games and is hitting .313 in 17 video games since coming off the injured checklist.

Cleveland’s solely run off Gonzales (9-12) got here within the first when Steven Kwan doubled and scored on José Ramírez’s infield groundball. Gonzales retired 16 of his remaining 18 batters — together with 12 straight. Andrés Muñoz received his third save.

McKenzie retired 18 of the ultimate 20 batters he confronted, ending the day with 4 strikeouts and simply three hits allowed.

METS 3, ROCKIES 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob deGrom struck out 9 over six innings of one-run ball to steer New York over Colorado.

Pete Alonso hit his thirty first homer off the promoting signage in left discipline throughout a three-run third. The Mets elevated their NL East lead over the idle Atlanta Braves to 2 video games.

DeGrom (3-1) retired the primary 13 batters, ultimately permitting three hits and strolling one. Adam Ottavino threw an ideal ninth for his first save since Sept. 1, 2021, when he was a member of the Boston Red Sox.

Ryan Feltner (2-5) lasted 4 2/3 innings and was charged three runs on six hits. The right-hander walked two and struck out two.

RAYS 8, ANGELS 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Drew Rasmussen gained his third consecutive begin, Manuel Margot received 4 hits and Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles Angels to finish a four-game sweep.

Rasmussen (9-4) gave up one run, six hits and struck out 9 over 5 1 /3 innings.

Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer throughout a five-run third for Tampa Bay, which has gained 11 of 13 and holds the highest AL wild-card spot.

Taylor Ward hit a solo residence run within the fourth for the Angels, who’ve misplaced 9 of 10.

Patrick Sandoval (4-9) allowed 5 runs — one earned — and 5 hits over six innings in his first begin since a four-hit shutout of Detroit final Friday.

ASTROS 6, TWINS 3

HOUSTON — Trey Mancini homered for a second straight recreation, a three-run shot that led Houston to a three-game sweep of the slumping Minnesota.

Mancini, who hit a two-run homer Wednesday, has six residence runs and 16 RBIs in 18 video games since being traded from the Orioles.

The recreation was tied at 1 within the first when Mancini linked off Chris Archer (2-7) on his shot to the seats in left discipline. Jeremy Peña hit an RBI double with two outs within the Houston eighth to make it 6-3.

Luis Garcia (11-8) yielded 5 hits and three runs with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings for his third straight win. Rafael Montero earned his eighth save.

Jorge Polanco homered for Minnesota, which has misplaced a season-high six video games and completed 0-6 in opposition to the AL West-leading Astros this season.

BLUE JAYS 6, RED SOX 5, 10 INNINGS

BOSTON — Automatic runner Cavan Biggio slid beneath the tag to attain the go-ahead run within the tenth inning, and Toronto beat Boston to finish a three-game sweep and earn its eighth straight win at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox had a runner on third with no one out within the eighth and loaded the bases with no outs within the ninth, each occasions failing to attain. In the tenth, Biggio took third on a groundout after which rushed residence on George Springer’s grounder to brief, with the throw from Xander Bogaerts coming in too excessive.

Danny Jansen had three hits, together with a house run, for the Blue Jays, who’ve gained seven of eight.

Jordan Romano (5-3) pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam within the ninth after which retired the Red Sox so as within the tenth to earn the victory.

John Schrieber (3-3) didn’t permit a success within the tenth however took the loss on the unearned run that scored on a fielder’s alternative. Reese McQuire had three hits for Boston, which has misplaced 4 in a row and 6 of seven video games.