LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Scherzer was ejected in the fourth inning after the umpires’ customary check of his glove, but New York’s bullpen came through and Brandon Nimmo went 5 for 5 in the Mets’ 5-3 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
Nimmo hit a two-run homer off Noah Syndergaard (0-3) in the fifth inning, and he singled and scored on Mark Canha’s two-run double in the ninth to complete his second career five-hit game.
Five Mets relievers filled in resourcefully for Scherzer, who was furious when umpire Phil Cuzzi tossed him following the inspection of his glove. Scherzer yelled “It’s rosin!” at umpires when was ejected after three scoreless innings of one-hit ball.
Jimmy Yacabonis (2-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings of two-hit ball after getting the abrupt call to the mound following Scherzer’s ejection. Adam Ottavino got his third save.
YANKEES 3, ANGELS 2, 10 INNINGS
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge robbed Shohei Ohtani of a homer just before hitting a two-run shot in the first.
Gleyber Torres, in a 1-for-21 slide, had a sacrifice fly in the 10th off Matt Moore (1-1).
Gio Urshela tied it 2-all for the Angels in the eighth with a two-out RBI single against his former team — one pitch after Wandy Peralta balked Hunter Renfroe to second base. Brandon Drury followed with a slicing drive to deep right-center that would have knocked in the go-ahead run if Judge hadn’t made a sensational catch just shy of the warning track.
Angels manager Phil Nevin was ejected in the ninth for arguing after Mike Trout was called out to end the inning on a full-count check swing with two on against Clay Holmes. Ian Hamilton (1-1) worked a scoreless inning for his second major league win.
GIANTS 5, MARLINS 2, 11 INNINGS
MIAMI (AP) — Michael Conforto and Mike Yastrzemski hit two-run homers off Devin Smeltzer (0-1) in the 11th inning as San Francisco stopped a five-game losing streak. Miami had won six of its previous seven games
Camilo Doval (1-2) got three outs in the 10th around intentional walks to Luis Arraez and Jorge Soler. Doval struck out Bryan De La Cruz and Avisail Garcia to end Miami’s threat. Taylor Rogers entered with two on and one out, struck out Jazz Chisholm Jr. and hit Garrett Cooper with a pitch. Rogers then retired Arraez on a groundout for his first save this year.
RAYS 8, REDS 0
CINCINNATI (AP) — Yandy Díaz homered on the third pitch of Levi Stoudt’s big league debut to spark a six-run first inning, and Tampa Bay improved to a major league-best 16-3.
Tampa Bay pitched its second straight shutout and has six this season, more than half the Rays total of 10 for all of last year.
Drew Rasmussen (3-1) allowed three hits and three walks in five innings with seven strikeouts.
Cincinnati dropped to a season-worst four games under .500 at 7-11 and was held scoreless in consecutive games for the first time since April 2019.
Stoudt (0-1), a 25-year-old right-hander acquired from Seattle in last summer’s trade that sent Luis Castillo to the Mariners, allowed seven runs, nine hits and one walk in four innings with three strikeouts.
CARDINALS 14, DIAMONDBACKS 5
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Edman had a three-run homer with a career-best five RBIs and Nolan Gorman hit his first big league grand slam as St. Louis Cardinals avoided a three-game sweep.
Madison Bumgarner (0-3) allowed seven runs, seven hits and four walks in three innings. The 33-year-old left-hander’s ERA rose from 7.90 to 10.26 in four starts.
St. Louis set a season high for runs, scoring three or more runs in four innings.
Jake Woodford (1-2) earned his first win as a starter since last Aug. 23, allowing four runs and eight hits in five innings.
GUARDIANS 3, TIGERS 2
DETROIT (AP) — José Ramírez a three-run homer off Spencer Turnbull (1-3) in the sixth inning. Detroit had won five straight after a 2-9 start
Paul Quantrill (1-1) allowed four hits over six shutout innings, then left after Kerry Carpenter’s line drive hit him on a leg. Emmanuel Clase pitching the ninth for his sixth save.
RANGERS 12, ROYALS 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jonah Heim hit a three-run homer, Marcus Semien had three hits and drove in a pair of runs. Texas won its fourth straight.
Martin Pérez (3-1) allowed three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Kansas City has been outscored 52-15 while losing six straight games and is 4-15 under first-year manager Matt Quatraro. Brady Singer (1-2) allowed five runs, six hits and three walks in five innings.
PHILLIES 5, WHITE SOX 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Trea Turner hit his first home run for Philadelphia after leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers for a $300 million, 11-year contract, then singled and scored in the third and capped a two-run fourth with an RBI double. Brandon Marsh also went deep.
Taijuan Walker (2-1) gave up two runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings, and José Alvarado pitched the ninth for his second save.
Mike Clevinger (2-1) gave up three runs and six hits in three innings as the White Sox lost for the sixth time in eight games.
PIRATES 14, ROCKIES 3
DENVER (AP) — Rodolfo Castro hit a 458-foot homer and drove in four runs as Pittsburgh completed a three-game sweep in which it outscored Colorado 33-9.
Colorado has lost eight straight games and is a National League-worst 5-14. The game drew 18,511, the smallest crowd for a Coors Field game with unrestricted ticket sales since 18,341 on April 18, 2013.
Andrew McCutchen put the Pirates ahead in the first with an RBI double off Austin Gomber (0-4) and hit a 442-foot home run in the second as Pittsburgh took a 9-0 lead. Johan Oviedo (2-1) gave up one run and three hits in six innings.
CUBS 12, ATHLETICS 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dansby Swanson scored the tiebreaking run standing up on an infield grounder to spark a four-run sixth inning, and Chicago finished a three-game sweep. The A’s have lost seven straight and at 3-16 are mired in their poorest 19-game start since the 1951 Philadelphia A’s.
Eric Hosmer hit his first home run since last July 29 for San Diego, and Patrick Wisdom had a two-run triple.
Justin Steele (3-0) struck out five in six innings, allowing two runs — one earned — and four hits.
Mason Miller made his major league debut and allowed two runs, four hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.