BALTIMORE — Jonathan Schoop hit a game-winning solo homer with two outs in the ninth inning as the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night. ADVERTISING BALTIMORE — Jonathan Schoop hit a game-winning solo homer with
BALTIMORE — Jonathan Schoop hit a game-winning solo homer with two outs in the ninth inning as the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night.
Adam Jones also homered for the Orioles, who trailed 2-1 in the eighth before coming back to earn their third win in the last 11 games.
Schoop drove a 2-2 pitch from Tanner Roark (4-4) into the seats in left field. Schoop has two homers in five games since being activated from the 60-day disabled list on Sunday.
Zach Britton (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for Baltimore.
YANKEES 5, RED SOX 1
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez hit his 17th home run in the first inning, Michael Pineda had another impressive start and the Yankees took advantage of Clay Buchholz’s early exit and Boston’s shoddy defense to snap the Red Sox’s five-game winning streak.
Buchholz (7-7), who had won his previous four starts to spur Boston’s recent turnaround, left with elbow tightness with one out in the third. The Yankees scored three unearned runs after his departure thanks to infield errors by Mike Napoli and Brock Holt.
Pineda (9-5) gave up only Mookie Betts’ solo home run over 6 2/3 innings in his second start at Fenway Park since he was ejected early last year for having pine tar on his neck.
PIRATES 5, CARDINALS 2
PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings to become the major leagues’ first 13-game winner and Neil Walker had a two-run homer among his three hits as the Pirates beat the Cardinals.
Cole (13-3) allowed two runs — both on Matt Carpenter’s third-inning home run — and six hits while striking out three and walking two.
Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless ninth for his National League-leading 29th save.
The Pirates (51-35) won for the sixth time in seven games and drew within 4 1/2 games of the Cardinals (56-31) in the NL Central.
Lance Lynn (6-5) lasted just four innings as he lost for the first time in seven starts. He was tagged for five runs and nine hits.
METS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2
NEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard struck out a career-high 13 in eight overpowering innings, and the Mets got consecutive homers from slumping sluggers Lucas Duda and Michael Cuddyer to beat the Diamondbacks.
Syndergaard (4-4) gave up a sacrifice fly in the first to All-Star bopper Paul Goldschmidt and then dominated the Diamondbacks, allowing only one run for the third consecutive start.
Syndergaard yielded four hits and walked two, reaching double digits in strikeouts for the third time in 11 major league games.
After a single by Ruben Tejada and a two-out walk to Wilmer Flores in the first, Duda drove a 2-0 pitch from Chase Anderson (4-3) over the 408-foot sign in straightaway center field for a three-run shot. It was the first homer since June 18 and second since May 29 for a player who had 30 last season.
INDIANS 5, ATHLETICS 1
CLEVELAND — Danny Salazar scattered five hits while allowing an unearned run in 8 2/3 innings and the Indians used a four-run sixth inning to beat the Athletics.
Salazar (8-4), who came within one out of his second career complete game, struck out eight.
Kendall Graveman (6-5) allowed four runs in 6 2/3 innings for his first loss since June 13.
Graveman’s 19-inning scoreless streak ended on Yan Gomes’ RBI double in the fourth that tied the score.
Cleveland has won four straight and nine of 12.
The Athletics have dropped nine of 14.
REDS 1, MARLINS 0
MIAMI — Mike Leake allowed three hits and struck out 10 in eight innings, and Jay Bruce homered in the second inning to help the Reds beat the Marlins.
Leake (6-5) walked one and threw 102 pitches. All-Star Aroldis Chapman gave up a single to Adeiny Hechavarria on a 103-mph fastball in the ninth but struck out the side to earn his 18th save in 19 chances.
Bruce’s 13th homer was the only run allowed by David Phelps (4-5), who pitched six innings.
WHITE SOX 1, CUBS 0
CHICAGO — Pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck drove in Emilio Bonifacio with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cubs for their eighth win in 10 games.
Neither starter allowed a run, with the Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks going seven innings in his third straight scoreless start while Carlos Rodon lasted six innings for the White Sox.
The rally started when Bonifacio, also a pinch-hitter, got hit by Hector Rondon (3-2) leading off the eighth.
Jake Petricka (3-2) worked the seventh.
RAYS 3, ASTROS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Erasmo Ramirez pitched six innings of four-hit ball to get his sixth win in seven starts, Brandon Guyer homered, and the Rays beat the Astros.
Ramirez (8-3) gave up a solo homer to Colby Rasmus, his 11th, in the second inning and struck out five. It was Ramirez’s eighth straight start giving up two runs or fewer.
Houston starter Colin McHugh (9-5) retired 13 straight batters before Rene Rivera opened the sixth with a single and John Jaso followed with a double. David DeJesus and Evan Longoria had run-scoring grounders to give the Rays a 2-1 lead.
ROCKIES 5, BRAVES 3
DENVER — Carlos Gonzalez homered and Colorado used a group approach that featured two newcomers to make up for a gap in the rotation to beat Atlanta.
Daniel Descalso had a run-scoring triple and Nolan Arenado and D.J. LeMahieu added RBI doubles for the Rockies.
Gonzalez Germen, claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs earlier this week, was added to the big league roster and made his first major league start in place of injured David Hale. On a strict pitch limit, Germen was lifted after three scoreless innings in favor of Aaron Laffey, whose contract was selected earlier in the day by the Rockies from their Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque.
Laffey (1-0) went 2 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and three runs, all on Kelly Johnson’s homer.
Shelby Miller (5-5), the Braves’ lone NL All-Star, lost a career-high fourth straight decision. He allowed five runs, matching a season-high, 11 hits and struck out seven.
RANGERS 4, PADRES 3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Prince Fielder and Adrian Beltre hit back-to-back home runs, helping Texas snap a five-game skid.
Fielder led off the fourth inning against Ian Kennedy (4-9) with his 14th home run. Beltre followed with his seventh to help the Rangers end an eight-game home losing streak, one shy of the franchise record.
Fielder also drove in a first-inning run with a sacrifice fly to third baseman Will Middlebrooks in short left-center field. When Middlebrooks hesitated, Delino DeShields raced home.
Wandy Rodriguez (6-4) won in Arlington for the first time in 9 years. In 5 1/3 innings, he allowed three hits and one run on Melvin Upton Jr.’s leadoff homer in the sixth.
Shawn Tolleson pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 13th save.
TWINS 8, TIGERS 6
MINNEAPOLIS — Brian Dozier hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to cap a seven-run rally and give Minnesota the win.
After missing out on an All-Star nomination earlier in the day, Dozier had two hits and four RBIs, and hit his second game-winning homer of the week. Dozier homered off Detroit closer Joakim Soria (3-1), who blew his third save in 23 chances.
The Twins scored seven times in the ninth off Soria and Bruce Rondon after being limited to one run by Justin Verlander, who went 7 2/3 innings.
Trevor May (6-7) pitched a scoreless ninth, giving up two hits.
DODGERS 3, BREWERS 2
LOS ANGELES — Pinch-hitter Andre Ethier had a tying two-run single in the seventh inning and rookie Joc Pederson drove in the go-ahead run moments later with a double to lead Los Angeles.
Jimmy Nelson (6-9) took a 2-0 lead and a two-hitter into the seventh inning before the Dodgers went with three unearned runs. Hernan Perez, who replaced Aramis Ramirez at third at the start of the inning, booted a two-out grounder by Alex Guerrero, and Jimmy Rollins singled to put runners at the corners.
Rollins stole second, and Ethier followed with his single to center while batting for reliever Chin-hui Tsao (1-0). Pederson followed with an opposite-field drive into the left field corner to bring home Ethier.
Tsao earned his first victory as a Dodger with a scoreless seventh. J.P. Howell pitched the eighth and Kenley Jansen got three outs for his 15th save in 16 attempts.
ANGELS 7, MARINERS 3
SEATTLE — Mike Trout and C.J. Cron both homered twice and Hector Santiago survived a shaky start to lead Los Angeles past Seattle.
Trout’s three-run homer in the third inning off Mike Montgomery (4-3) erased a 1-0 deficit. He opened the seventh with a solo shot, tying him for the league lead at 26 with teammate Albert Pujols.
Cron opened the fourth with his fourth home run and then hit the first pitch from reliever Danny Farquhar for a two-run shot in the sixth to make it 6-1.
Santiago (6-4) gave up one run and eight hits in seven innings.
Mark Trumbo hit a two-run homer for Seattle in the ninth off Vinnie Pestano, called up from Triple-A Salt Lake earlier in the day.
The Angels won for the sixth time in seven games to pull within a half-game of first-place Houston in the AL West.
ROYALS 3, BLUE JAYS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Danny Duffy pitched six sharp innings to pick up his first victory in more than two months as Kansas City beat Toronto.
Duffy (3-4) shut down a Blue Jays offense, which leads the majors with 470 runs. He gave up four singles while walking three and hitting a batter to earn his first victory since beating Detroit on April 30.
The Royals have won six straight to improve to an American League-best 51-34.
Eric Hosmer went 4 for 4, his first four-hit game of the season and his eighth career game with at least four hits. Salvador Perez, Alex Rios and Alcides Escobar each had two hits and an RBI.
Marco Estrada (6-5) gave up a season-high nine hits and lost for the first time since May 27. The Blue Jays, 3-7 in July, dropped below .500 for the first time since June 8.
GIANTS 15, PHILLIES 2
SAN FRANCISCO — Hunter Pence hit a grand slam as part of an eight-run fourth inning against former All-Star Cole Hamels, and San Francisco cruised past Philadelphia.
Joe Panik had four hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three runs. Justin Maxwell, who also had four hits, tripled and doubled in runs and was a home run shy of the cycle. Matt Duffy recorded a career-high four hits as the Giants accumulated 22 hits, their most in AT&T Park history.
All-Star Madison Bumgarner (9-5) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits. He failed to finish six innings in back-to-back starts for the first time this season.
Hamels (5-7) got the first out of the fourth and then surrendered seven hits and walked a batter before Jake Diekman came in to finish the inning.
