CLEVELAND (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 9-5 on Tuesday night.
Michael Conforto and Max Muncy also went deep for the Dodgers. Dustin May (3-4) won his second straight start. The right-hander had a season-high nine strikeouts and allowed three runs in five innings.
Daniel Schneemann had a three-run homer in the fourth inning as the Guardians dropped their third straight. José Ramírez extended his hitting streak to 20 games — the longest active run in the majors — with a base hit in the frame.
Ohtani drove a cutter from Tanner Bibee (4-5) into the left-field stands to extend the Dodgers’ lead to 4-0 in the fourth inning.
It was the second time this season and 10th since Ohtani came to the majors from Japan for the 2018 season he has homered in three straight games.
CARDINALS 7, ORIOLES 4
BALTIMORE (AP) — Nolan Arenado hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, and St. Louis topped Baltimore.
The Orioles were on , but they reverted to old habits, going 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position. The lone hit was a three-run homer by Ryan O’Hearn that gave Baltimore a 4-3 lead in the fifth, but the Cardinals responded with a run in the seventh and three in the eighth off the Orioles’ bullpen.
Bryan Baker (3-1) gave up Arenado’s solo shot with one out in the eighth, and then Nolan Gorman and Jordan Walker followed with consecutive triples that eluded Baltimore outfielders. Masyn Winn’s RBI single made it 7-4.
St. Louis took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on Lars Nootbaar’s two-run homer off Tomoyuki Sugano. The Orioles finally scored on Cardinals starter Andre Pallante in the fourth.
Defensive sloppiness in that inning allowed Baltimore to load the bases with nobody out. The Orioles nearly came away with nothing when Jorge Mateo struck out and Heston Kjerstad hit a potential double play ball to second, but first baseman Alec Burleson couldn’t handle Winn’s bouncing throw and Kjerstad was safe with an RBI fielder’s choice.
TIGERS 3, GIANTS 1
DETROIT (AP) — Wenceel Pérez homered in his first at-bat in his season debut, Jack Flaherty worked six scoreless innings and Riley Greene had three hits and two RBIs as the American League-leading Detroit beat San Francisco.
Pérez, who had missed the entire season due to a lower back injury, hit a 2-0 pitch 351 feet to right field in the second inning for his first homer since Aug. 7.
Greene has 22 RBIs in May, the first time in a calender month he has knocked in 20 runs, and has 38 RBIs overall. He is hitting .270 with six homers.
Flaherty (3-6) gave up two hits and a walk while striking out eight as the Tigers won their third straight and improved to 36-20. He retired the last 11 batters he faced. Will Vest pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Giants starter Logan Webb (5-5) allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk in six innings, striking out 10. San Francisco fell to 2-3 on their current nine-game trip.
PHILLIES 2, BRAVES 0
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ranger Suárez struck out eight over six shutout innings, and Philadelphia survived an to slugger Bryce Harper to beat Atlanta.
Harper left in the first inning after he was by a 95.3 mph fastball from Braves starter Spencer Strider (0-3). Harper sustained a bruise, and an X-ray was negative, the Phillies said.
A two-time NL MVP, Harper took a few steps from home plate, dropped to a knee and gripped his arm in pain. Phillies athletic trainers came out to check on Harper, and the slugger soon headed to the clubhouse.
Without their star first baseman, the National League-leading Phillies still won for the 10th time in 11 games.
Suárez (4-0) played a big role in this one, and continued to shine since his return from an early season back injury. He allowed seven runs in his first start of the season, and since then he has made three starts with at least six innings of shutout ball.
TWINS 4, RAYS 2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kody Clemens hit his fifth home run of the season, with father Roger Clemens watching from the stands, and Minnesota beat Tampa Bay to stop the Rays’ season-high, six-game winning streak.
A 29-year-old son of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, Kody Clemens extended his hitting streak to a career-high eight games when he homered off leading off the second against Taj Bradley (4-4).
Joe Ryan (5-2) won his fourth straight decision, allowing one run and five hits in six innings. Jhoan Duran worked around a walk in the ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances, throwing six of 21 pitches 100 mph or higher.
Carlos Correa had three hits for the Twins, who went ahead on Brooks Lee’s first-inning sacrifice fly. Lee hit into a run-scoring forceout in the sixth and Kameron Misner had a run-scoring groundout in the seventh.
Bradley (4-4) allowed three runs — two earned — and five hits in seven innings, matching his season high.
METS 6, WHITE SOX 4
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso and Jared Young each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and New York beat Chicago for their fourth consecutive comeback victory.
Tylor Megill (4-4) recovered from a shaky start, allowing two runs in 5 2/3 innings, to help the Mets (34-21) match a season high at 13 games above .500 with their 14th come-from-behind win.
Miguel Vargas homered and drove in three runs for the White Sox, hitting an RBI double off the top of the left-field fence that nearly tied the score in the seventh.
Megill gave up a two-run homer to Vargas in the first, but the Mets sent 10 batters to the plate against in the bottom half — even though a zany mixup on the bases cost Juan Soto a hit.
Alonso followed with his 11th homer and second in three nights after droughts of 16 games and 65 at-bats that were the longest of his career.
Brett Baty singled and Young gave New York a 4-2 lead with his third career homer. Young also doubled to set up Jeff McNeil’s sacrifice fly in the third.
Francisco Lindor added an RBI single in the eighth.
REDS 7, ROYALS 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —
Elly De La Cruz hit two long home runs, Brady Singer pitched seven strong innings against his former team and Cincinnati beat Kansas City.
De La Cruz hit a 436-foot shot to center in the fourth inning that tied the score at 2 against Jonathan Bowlan, then a go-ahead off Taylor Clarke (1-1). De La Cruz has 11 home runs this season. He tied Pete Rose’s team record for switch-hitters with five multihomer games, including two this year.
Singer (6-3), acquired from the Royals in November, allowed two runs and seven singles.
Tyler Stephenson homered in the second, but Kyle Isbel and Jonathan India had RBI single in the bottom half.
