August 3, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners right fielder Mitch Haniger (17, right) celebrates after drawing a walk-off during the tenth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at T-Mobile Park. Philadelphia Phillies catcher JT Realmuto (10) reacts in left field. Mandatory credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Mitch Haniger drew a base walk with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Saturday night.
Haniger hit a solo homer in the fifth inning to pull it back. It was the sixth win in the past eight games for the Mariners, who are tied for sole possession of the American League West.
Alec Bohm drove in three runs for the National League-leading Phillies, who have lost their sixth straight and dropped to 3-11 since the All-Star break.
With Randy Arozarena a runner on second to start the bottom of the 10th, the Phillies intentionally walked Cal Raleigh. With two outs, Carlos Estevez (1-4) hit Dylan Moore with a pitch to open the bases, then missed high on a 3-2 count against Haniger to bring home the winning run. Mariners right-hander Collin Snyder (2-1) pitched 10 scoreless innings to earn the win.
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 3
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning to increase his major-league-leading total to 41 as host New York beat Toronto.
After reaching 40 homers for the third time in his career in the opening inning on Friday, Judge blasted his 16th first-inning homer of the season on Thursday off Jose Berrios (9-9), tying the team record set by Hall of Famer Babe Ruth. in 1927. It was Judge’s sixth homer in the past eight games.
Trent Grisham and Anthony Volpe also hit two-run homers as the Yankees won for the sixth time in seven games. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and went 3-for-3 against New York’s Carlos Rodon (12-7). Guerrero also singled in the fourth and doubled in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.
Orioles 7, Guardians 4
Zach Eflin allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and Adley Rutschman delivered a pinch-hit, two-run triple during a breakout eighth inning for visiting Baltimore, which snapped Cleveland’s five-game winning streak.
Gunnar Henderson had three hits and an RBI for the Orioles, who recorded 15 hits after totaling nine hits and seven runs in the first two losses of this four-game stretch. Eflin (7-7) won its second straight since being acquired from Tampa Bay as Baltimore won twice in seven road games.
Jose Ramirez clubbed a two-run homer, his 29th, in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians, who have won eight of their previous 10. Making his second career start for Cleveland, Joey Cantillo (0-1) drove in three runs. and six hits in four-plus innings.
Rays 6, Astros 1
Josh Lowe clubbed a pair of home runs while Zack Littell pitched effectively into the sixth inning as visiting Tampa Bay evened the three-game series against Houston.
Lowe, who went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, erased a 1-0 deficit with his sixth home run, a two-run shot in the top of the fifth against Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco (9-6). Blanco allowed two walks on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over five innings.
Littell allowed one run on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings, and four Rays relievers stifled the Astros the rest of the way by combining to retire the final 10 batters.
Padres 3, Rockies 2
Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single scored the seventh run and San Diego relied on its new-look bullpen to win in Colorado.
The Padres added another run in the seventh and scored the winner off reliever Jason Adam (5-2), who was playing in his second game for San Diego after being acquired Sunday from Tampa Bay. Tanner Scott, a trade-deadline acquisition, worked the eighth inning, and closer Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 27 chances.
Peter Lambert (2-5) absorbed the loss in Tanner Gordon’s opener, his best in four major league starts. Gordon allowed just one hit and one run over six innings, walking one and striking out four.
Nationals 6, Brewers 4
Washington hit Milwaukee starter Aaron Civale early and held off a late game push for the win.
Luis Garcia Jr. finished 3-for-4 with his 12th home run, a solo shot off Civale (2-8) in the third for a 5-0 lead. Starter DJ Herz (2-4) earned his first win since June 15 and Kyle Finnegan got the final four outs for his 29th save as Washington snapped a five-game skid.
Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run, his 19th of the season, in the seventh. In the eighth, Jackson Chourio scored on a wild pitch and Gary Sanchez followed with a two-out RBI single to cut the deficit to 6-4.
Twins 6, White Sox 2
Max Kepler hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Minnesota pulled away in Minneapolis to send Chicago to a franchise record 19th straight loss.
Ryan Jeffers also homered for Minnesota, which will go for a three-game sweep Sunday afternoon. Willi Castro and Brooks Lee drove in two runs each in the win. Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (11-5) allowed two walks on two hits in seven innings.
Rookie Brooks Baldwin hit his first career home run for the White Sox, their longest losing streak since Baltimore lost 19 straight in 2021. Korey Lee tripled and drove in a drive for Chicago. Right-hander Touki Toussaint (0-1) gave up two runs on three hits in three innings out of the bullpen.
Tigers 6, Royals 5 (11 innings)
Wenceel Perez’s RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning was the winner for host Detroit, which rallied in three straight innings to finally take down Kansas City.
Kansas City took a 5-4 lead in the 11th on an RBI single by Hunter Renfroe from Jason Foley (3-3), but Detroit tied the game with an RBI triple by Parker Meadows in Perez’s winner from James McArthur (4-5).
Down 3-1 in the ninth, the Tigers scored on a double off Kansas City reliever Hunter Harvey to tie the game and force extra innings. Then down 4-3 in the 10th, Detroit tied it again on an RBI double down the right field line by Justyn-Henry Malloy.
Red 6, Giant 4
Hunter Greene struck out 11 and allowed one hit over six shutout innings and Tyler Stephenson homered twice and drove in four runs to lead Cincinnati past visiting San Francisco.
Jonathan Indian smashed a 417-foot homer into the upper deck in left, and Stuart Fairchild drilled a line drive homer off the left field pole for the Reds, who were hitless the night before by Blake Snell. Alexis Diaz earned his 22nd save in 24 chances despite allowing a 423-foot solo homer to Matt Chapman to open the ninth.
San Francisco starter Kyle Harrison (6-5) couldn’t repeat the complete game shutout posted by Logan Webb and Snell in the club’s previous two starts.
Cardinals 5, Cubs 4
Lars Nootbaar lofted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning for visiting St.
Tommy Pham led off the ninth with a triple against Hector Neris (8-4) and drove in Nootbaar to center. In the eighth, Alec Burleson, who hit a solo shot in the first, scored on an error and Nolan Arenado followed with the game’s only run.
The Cubs’ Michael Busch hit a two-run shot in the first before Pete Crow-Armstrong laced an RBI triple in the second and scored on a safety squeeze by Miguel Amaya for a 4-1 advantage.
Marlins 4, Braves 3
Jesus Sanchez finished 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI doubles, including the go-ahead hit in the seventh inning, as visiting Miami beat Atlanta.
Jake Burger homered and also drove in two runs as the Marlins snapped a two-game skid. Matt Olson went 2-for-4 with one RBI for Atlanta and Marcell Ozuna hit a solo home run, but the Braves had their four-game winning streak snapped.
With the score tied 3-3, Pierce Johnson (4-3) entered the seventh and ran into the barrier immediately, giving up a single to Nick Fortes and walking Xavier Edwards. Burger grounded into a double, but Sanchez scored twice, scoring Fortes.
Rangers 7, Red Sox 4
Jonah Heim and Leody Taveras hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning to help Texas end a three-game losing streak by beating Boston.
Heim hit a three-run shot against Boston starter Tanner Houck (8-8) that tied the game at 3. Taveras followed with a homer off Houck to put Texas up 4-3. Josh Smith had three of the Rangers’ 13 hits. Closer Kirby Yates recorded four outs to earn his 20th save.
Boston’s Rob Refsnyder had two solo shots, an RBI double and a single, during a four-hit game. Refsnyder went deep in the first inning, then collected homer No. 7 in the fourth. It was the first multi-homer game of his career.
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 2
Bryan Reynolds broke a tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning to help Pittsburgh down visiting Arizona for their fourth win in their last six games.
Joey Bart went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs for Pittsburgh, which handed Arizona its second loss in its last 10 games.
Andrew McCutchen led off the sixth with one out off reliever Slade Cecconi (2-7) but left the game with what the team called left quad tightness. Ji Hwan Bae replaced McCutchen at first and Reynolds then hit a shot 405 feet into center field for a 3-1 lead.
Dodgers 10, Athletics 0
Jack Flaherty made a spectacular Los Angeles Dodgers debut, Gavin Lux provided an early cushion with a two-run single and the National League West leaders bounced back from a series-opening loss to beat Oakland.
Acquired earlier in the week from the Detroit Tigers, Flaherty worked six innings and combined with three relievers for the Dodgers’ 10 shutout season. The right-hander limited the A’s to five hits and one walk while striking out seven.
A’s rookie Mitch Spence matched zeroes with Flaherty for two innings before a walk and two-out double by Teoscar Hernandez set the stage for Lux’s two-run single.
Angel 5, Met 4
Zach Neto’s three-run homer capped a wild seventh inning as Los Angeles defeated New York in the middle game of the interleague series in Anaheim, California.
JD Martinez hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh against Hunter Strickland before the Angels put together a two-out rally against Huascar Brazoban (1-3).
The right-hander opened the bottom half of the inning by striking out Jo Adell and Matt Thaiss. Michael Stefanic singled and Nolan Schanuel walked before Neto won an eight-pitch battle with Brazoban by homering over the left field wall.
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