ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski drove in the tiebreaking run with a pinch-hit double in the eighth inning, and Mauricio Dubón finished off Chicago with a two-run homer that carried the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
The Braves extended baseball’s best record to 30-13 and made it two in a row over the Cubs, who arrived in Atlanta with the NL’s second-best mark but now have lost a season-high four in a row.
Shota Imanaga (4-3) was the hard-luck loser for Chicago. He pitched into the eighth, surrendering a homer to Drake Baldwin but left with the score tied at 1 after giving up an infield single to Michael Harris II leading off the decisive inning.
Ha-Seong Kim followed with his first hit of the season, a single to left against Phil Maton. Pinch-hitter Dominic Smith struck out, but manager Walt Weiss got the hit he needed when he sent up Yastrzemski to bat for José Azócar.
Robert Suarez (4-0) earned the win with a scoreless eighth and Raisel Iglesias remained scoreless on the season with his eighth save.
GUARDIANS 4, ANGELS 2
CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martinez’s leadoff homer got Cleveland started and rookie Parker Messick had another strong outing as the Guardians beat Los Angeles to finish a three-game series sweep.
Martinez homered off Reid Detmers (1-4) and the Guardians improved to 30-4 against the Angels at Progressive Field since 2015. Cleveland’s home record over Los Angeles in that 11-year span is the best by any major league team.
Messick (5-1) allowed two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings. The left-hander settled in after walking two in the first two innings. Eric Sabrowski struck out the side in the eighth, and Cade Smith did the same in the ninth for his 13th save.
Zach Neto hit a two-run homer for the Angels, who have dropped 11 of 12 on the road.
Batting first with Steven Kwan getting a day off for rest, Martinez, who hit one homer in Tuesday’s win and just missed hitting a second, connected on Detmers’ fourth pitch. It was the first career leadoff homer for Martinez, who gives manager Stephen Vogt an option up top with Kwan struggling.
The Guardians added another run in the first on David Fry’s infield groundout, and Cleveland made it 3-0 in the third on rookie Chase DeLauter’s sacrifice fly.
ORIOLES 7, YANKEES 0
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kyle Bradish pitched six one-hit innings, Adley Rutschman homered and Baltimore beat New York after .
Fried (4-3) was pulled after only three innings with the score 3-0. He is expected to be examined by the team physician Thursday.
The Yankees outscored the Orioles 39-10 while sweeping four straight from them earlier this month, but Baltimore rebounded by taking two of three in this series. Wednesday was the first shutout of the season for the Orioles, who were the final team to pitch one.
New York has lost five of six games.
Blaze Alexander had three hits for Baltimore and scored twice at the bottom of the order.
Coby Mayo opened the scoring for the Orioles with an RBI double in the second. Alexander led off the bottom of the third with a bunt single and went to second when Fried threw wildly to first for an error. Rutschman’s sacrifice fly made it 2-0, and Pete Alonso followed with a run-scoring single.
Bradish (2-5) took a no-hitter into the fifth in his second straight impressive start after striking out 10 against the Athletics last week. He fanned seven against New York and walked three.
RED SOX 3, PHILLIES 1
BOSTON (AP) — Pinch-hitter Ceddanne Rafaela had a tiebreaking, two-run homer over the Green Monster and Boston beat Philadelphia while ending the home run streak of the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber at five games.
Rafaela hit a fastball from Orion Kerkering, who replaced Tanner Banks (0-3) with two outs in the sixth.
Making his second start after missing a couple of weeks due to right on April 20, Sonny Gray (4-1) gave up one run and two hits over six innings with six strikeouts and one walk.
Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth, working around a pair of walks, and finished a three-hitter to remain perfect in nine save chances.
Slumping Trevor Story hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, who had lost three of their previous four games. He entered hitting .203 with two homers.
Justin Crawford went deep for the Phillies, who dropped to 11-4 since Don Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson as manager after a 9-19 start.
Schwarber went 0 for 2 after tying a franchise-record by
ROCKIES 10, PIRATES 4
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled, and homered on his 28th birthday, Jake McCarthy by a left fielder in the majors since 2013, and Colorado beat Pittsburgh.
The Rockies ended a three-game losing streak and snapped a five-game skid against the Pirates dating to last Aug. 3.
In the first inning, McCarthy caught a sinking line drive from Bryan Reynolds on a full sprint for the second out. He then stepped on second base to double off Oneil Cruz. It was the first unassisted double play by a left fielder since Boston’s Jonny Gomes on July 31, 2013, according to Elias Sports Bureau.
Kyle Karros, McCarthy and Ezequiel Tovar each drove in runs in the fifth before Moniak’s two-out homer that put Colorado ahead 6-3.
Moniak added a double in the eighth and a two-run triple in the ninth. His 26 RBIs lead the Rockies.
Colorado’s TJ Rumfield finished 3-for-4 with a double and a homer. His .277 batting average ranks fourth among qualified rookies.
WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 5
CHICAGO (AP) — Jarred Kelenic had two hits and two RBIs, and Chicago beat Kansas City for its fourth straight win.
Colson Montgomery homered during a three-hit performance, helping Chicago improve to 15-8 in its last 23 games. Tyler Davis (1-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for his first major league win.
At 21-21, the White Sox reached .500 for the first time since they were 2-2 on March 31, 2025.
Kansas City finished with five hits in its fifth loss in seven games. Seth Lugo (1-3) permitted five runs and eight hits in five innings.
The Royals trailed 6-3 before Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run homer off Seranthony Domínguez with two out in the ninth. But Domínguez struck out pinch-hitter Jac Caglianone for his 10th save in 12 chances.
The White Sox had a 3-0 lead before the Royals rallied in the fourth. Noah Schultz walked the bases loaded, and Nick Loftin hit a sacrifice fly. Vinnie Pasquantino followed with a shallow flyball that went off the glove of a diving Sam Antonacci in left-center for a two-run single.
BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 3
TORONTO (AP) — Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam with one out in the 10th inning to give Toronto a victory over Tampa Bay.
Varsho sent a 2-2 pitch from Aaron Brooks (0-1) into the Toronto bullpen in left to end the Blue Jays’ three-game losing streak. Varsho has six career gland slams and has a .321 career average (18 for 56) with the bases loaded.
After Ben Williamson and Yandy Díaz singled in runs for Tampa Bay in the top of the 10th against Jeff Hoffman (2-2), Toronto loaded the bases for Varsho when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto walked with one out. The Rays matched their season high by walking 10.
Okamoto tied it at 1 for Toronto in the eighth with a sacrifice fly. Richie Palacios had an RBI single for Tampa Bay in the seventh.
Toronto starter Dylan Cease struck out nine over seven innings, allowing a run on three hits and three walks. The Rays’ Griffin Jax allowed four hits and four walks over five scoreless innings.
NATIONALS 8, REDS 7, 10 INNINGS
CINCINNATI (AP) — Daylen Lile hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the 10th inning, Keibert Ruiz also went deep and Washington rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat Cincinnati.
at Great American Ball Park, Lile hit a 409-foot drive to right-center off Tony Santillan (1-2) to score automatic runner CJ Abrams. It was the third homer in two games and sixth of the season for the 23-year-old Lile, a second-year player from Louisville, Kentucky.
In the bottom of the 10th, Spencer Steer hit a line drive to the wall in left field that was caught by a fan. Umpires ruled that the fan had reached over the wall and called fan interference, giving Steer a double that scored automatic runner Sal Stewart. PJ Poulin then recorded the final two outs for his second save.
Tyler Stephenson in the first inning that gave Cincinnati a 5-0 lead, but Washington tied the game two innings later. Joey Wiemer had an RBI double and Ruiz hit a two-run homer in a four-run second, and Wiemer drew a bases-loaded walk in the third.
In the bottom half, the Reds went ahead 6-5 on a throwing error by shortstop Abrams. The Nationals tied it again in the sixth on an RBI grounder by Luis García Jr.
Gus Varland (1-1) pitched a scoreless ninth.
MARLINS 9, TWINS 5
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Leo Jiménez had three hits and Xavier Edwards doubled, tripled and scored three runs as Miami beat Minnesota.
Owen Caissie hit a two-run homer for the Marlins, and Liam Hicks drove in three runs to give him an MLB-leading 38 RBIs on the year. Max Meyer (3-0) gave up four runs and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win.
Byron Buxton homered twice and Kody Clemens also went deep for the Twins, who had won three of their last four. Josh Bell stole his first base since Sept. 27, 2018. The 978-game gap between steals was the longest for a batter since at least 1900, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) gave up eight runs — six earned — on seven hits with four walks in three-plus innings pitched. After beginning the season with two strong outings, Woods Richardson has a 9.79 ERA in 30 1/3 innings over his past seven starts.
Buxton hit first-pitch solo homers in the first and third innings off Meyer, who otherwise held the Twins offense in check most of the night.
METS 3, TIGERS 2, 10 INNINGS
NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Carson Benge delivered his first big league walk-off hit, a 10th-inning single that atoned for a first-inning misplay and lifted the Mets past Detroit after New York star Juan Soto left the game with an ankle injury.
New York trailed 2-0 in the first after Benge dropped Dillon Dingler’s catchable fly ball near the right-field warning track, which fell for a double, and Riley Greene followed with a two-run single off Christian Scott.
Tyrone Taylor had an RBI grounder in the second off Framber Valdez, who made his first start since a for intentionally hitting Boston’s Trevor Story with a pitch. Bo Bichette tied the score with a bloop RBI single in the seventh against Kyle Finnegan.
, four innings after he fouled a pitch off the top of his right ankle. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said X-rays were negative.
Benge, who debuted on opening day, hit a sharp one-out single to center off Drew Anderson (1-1) easily scored automatic runner A.J. Ewing, who made his own debut Tuesday. Benge had been thrown own out at the plate by shortstop Zack Short on a delayed double steal for the final out of the seventh as catcher Dillon Dingler applied the tag.
Brooks Raley (1-1) walked Matt Vierling with two outs in the 10th before he retiring Wenceel Pérez on a flyout.
PADRES 3, BREWERS 1
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gavin Sheets hit a three-run homer off Abner Uribe with two outs in the ninth inning, and San Diego overcame Jacob Misiorowski’s third straight scoreless outing to beat Milwaukee and snap its five-game winning streak.
Misiorowski struck out 10 batters over seven innings while allowing four hits and walked none. He threw 40 pitches of 100 mph or higher, his third straight game with 40 or more.
Misiorowski retired 14 batters straight batters when he struck out Nick Castellanos with a 103.2 mph ending the seventh. Misiorowski went to the mound for the eighth, but he walked off with cramping in his right quadriceps after throwing one warmup pitch. He left a May 1 start at Washington after 5 1/3 innings of due to a
Over his last three outings, he has allowed six hits in 18 1/3 innings with 29 strikeouts and four walks, lowering his ERA to 2.12.
RANGERS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 5
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Danny Jansen had a game-ending single with two outs as Texas rallied for a win over Arizona in a frantic ninth inning that included three-run rallies by both teams.
Jansen capped the Rangers comeback when he grounded the only pitch thrown by Juan Morillo into the left-field corner. Morillo relieved Paul Sewald (0-4), who had converted his first nine save opportunities.
Ezequiel Duran had an RBI double and Jake Burger, whose three-run homer for Texas in the fifth produced the game’s first runs, tied the game with an RBI single and chased Sewald.
Arizona had gone ahead 5-3 in the top half. Nolan Arenado’s RBI double off Jacob Latz, the sixth of seven Texas pitchers, tied the game at 3 and Ildemaro Vargas lined a two-run single.
Cal Quantrill (2-0) took over after Latz failed to retire a batter.
Rangers shortstop Corey Seager struck out starting the ninth and finished 0 for 4, slipping into a career-worst slump.
ASTROS 4, MARINERS 3, 10 INNINGS
HOUSTON (AP) — Christian Walker homered and Zach Cole hit an RBI single in the 10th inning that lifted Houston to a win over Seattle.
Brice Matthews started the 10th as the automatic runner on second base and moved to third on a wild pitch by Alex Hoppe (0-1). Cole, who tied a career high with three hits, singled on a grounder to right field to send Matthews home.
Bryan Abreu (2-2) walked one in a scoreless 10th.
Jose Altuve added two RBIs to help the Astros snap a four-game skid overall and end a nine-game losing streak against the Mariners.
Houston loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth and took the lead on Altuve’s one-out sacrifice fly. Altuve became the fifth Astros player with 900 RBIs.
Julio Rodríguez’s bases-loaded walk against Bryan King tied it at 3-3 with two outs in the ninth.
J.P. Crawford and Luke Raley hit solo home runs for the Mariners.
