ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Richie Palacios hit a go-ahead single, Hunter Feduccia homered and used a four-run eighth inning to complete a sweep of with a 5-3 win on Wednesday.
Jonathan Aranda tied the game 3-3 in the eighth inning with a two-run double to centerfield that scored two runners. Palacios followed up with his single to take the lead before stealing second, which allowed Ryan Vilade to steal home and cap the scoring.
Feduccia had the game’s first run on a 421-foot shot to centerfield in the second inning. It was his first career homer in 182 plate appearances.
Jesse Scholtens (5-2) pitched four innings, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out four for the win.
The Orioles tied the game in the third on a Pete Alonso RBI single. Alonso then added his ninth home run of the year in the sixth, and Samuel Basallo followed with a homer of his own to put Baltimore ahead 3-1.
Anthony Nunez (2-1) took his first loss of the year after blowing his second save. He pitched 2/3 innings and surrendered four runs on three hits.
Ian Seymour got his second save of the season.
TWINS 4, ASTROS 1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Ryan matched his career high with 12 strikeouts over six innings, Ryan Kreidler hit a three-run home run and beat .
Ryan (3-3) retired his last 16 batters after an RBI single by his former catcher Christian Vázquez in the second, the only hard-hit ball the Astros managed against the All-Star right-hander. The other three hits Ryan allowed were a leadoff blooper by Jeremy Peña and two infield singles. He didn’t walk anybody while throwing 71 of 99 pitches for strikes.
Rookie Andrew Morris pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first career save for the Twins, who have won three of their last four series.
Victor Caratini hit a solo homer in the second for the Twins, the other catcher who teed off on his former team. Caratini, who signed a after playing the last two seasons with the Astros, has become the everyday backstop now that regular Ryan Jeffers is out for the next six to eight weeks with a .
RES 9, PHILLIES 4
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe doubled twice and drove in three runs, including a pivotal two-bagger in the seventh inning, and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia.
The Reds won two of three at Philadelphia, handing the Phillies their first series loss since Don Mattingly took over as interim manager. His record since replacing Rob Thomson fell to 16-6.
The Phillies had narrowed a four-run deficit to 5-4 when Lowe drove a 2-1 fastball from reliever Orion Kerkering off the wall in center field for a two-run double in the seventh.
Spencer Steer had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 11 games and Sal Stewart hit his 12th homer for the Reds. Andrew Abbott (4-2) allowed two runs, one earned, in 5 1/3 innings.
Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa homered for the Phillies, who were without major league home run leader Kyle Schwarber for a third straight game. Schwarber has been dealing with a stomach ailment. Aaron Nola (2-4) gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings.
DIAMONDBACKS 6, GIANTS 3
PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer, Geraldo Perdomo drove in three runs and Arizona finished a three-game sweep of San Francisco.
Merrill Kelly (4-3) gave up three runs on eight hits over six innings, striking out four, for his third straight quality start. The veteran right-hander in his previous start against the Rockies last week.
Arizona has won four in a row and five of six. Paul Sewald worked the ninth for his 11th save.
Casey Schmitt homered in the first to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. It was his ninth of the season.
The D-backs pushed ahead 3-2 in the third when Marte went deep for the second straight game, lining a two-run shot over the right-center fence. The three-time All-Star in the ninth on Tuesday.
Marte scored three runs and reached base four times, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Rookies Jose Fernandez and Ryan Waldschmidt each added two singles.
RANGERS 5, ROCKIES 4
DENVER (AP) — Josh Jung hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning, Jake Burger and Ezequiel Duran connected for back-to-back home runs, and Texas rallied past Colorado.
Joc Pederson reached on catcher’s interference with one out in the ninth. Consecutive singles loaded the bases, and Pederson scored the tying run on Brett Sullivan’s passed ball. Jung then singled off Juan Mejia, putting the Rangers up 5-4.
Jung scored on Duran’s two-run shot in the fourth, and Burger followed with another homer that gave Texas a 3-1 lead.
Jacob Latz (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. He allowed one hit and struck out four.
Brennan Bernardino (2-2) gave up two hits in the ninth. He was charged with a pair of unearned runs.
Texas took two of three games in the series at Coors Field.
MARINERS 5, WHITE SOX 4
SEATTLE (AP) — Jhonny Pereda hit his first MLB homer, Randy Arozarena also went deep and scored three runs, and beat .
Pereda, who last week when Cal Raleigh was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain, turned on a hanging breaking ball from White Sox lefty Sean Newcomb (0-1) in the seventh inning for a into Seattle’s bullpen. The backup catcher went 136 at-bats before hitting his first big league homer.
Pereda made a stand out play in the field, too, tagging Chase Meidroth in a rundown in the sixth after the Chicago second baseman took too big of a lead off third base. Pereda made a strong throw to third base trying to pick off the runner while Cooper Criswell (2-1) was pitching.
Randy Arozarena, who scored two runs earlier in the game, put Seattle up for good with . The homer was Arozarena’s fifth of the season, and gave the Mariners a three-run lead.
Chicago never led, but twice evened the score on RBI singles off Mariners starter Emerson Hancock, who increased his run of starts with at least five innings pitched to 10 games. Andrew Benintendi delivered a two-out RBI single in the third, and Munetaka Murakami added another in the fifth.
NATIONALS 8, METS 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Jacob Young added and Washington returned to .500 for the second time since the season’s first week with a victory over New York.
Andrew Alvarez earned the Nationals’ first four-inning save since they relocated from Montreal in 2005. Washington improved to 25-25 after getting to 23-23 on Saturday before consecutive losses.
Juan Soto homered twice for the last-place Mets (21-28). It was the 29th multi-homer game for Soto, who came up with the Nationals and has 12 home runs and 26 RBIs in 35 career games against Washington.
The $765 million slugger has five homers in his last seven games overall.
Washington pounced quickly on left-hander Zach Thornton, who made his major league debut for New York. After Curtis Mead singled with one out and Andrés Chaparro walked, just over the wall in right-center for his 10th home run.
Keibert Ruiz added an RBI single to beat a drawn-in infield in the second against Thornton (0-1), who allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings while striking out three.
BRAVES 9, MARLINS 1
MIAMI (AP) — Austin Riley and Dominic Smith hit three-run home runs, Chris Sale allowed just one run and struck out eight over seven innings, and Atlanta beat Miami.
Ozzie Albies and Michael Harris II singled twice and Ronald Acuña Jr added a base hit for the NL-leading Braves.
Sale (7-3) limited the Marlins to four hits and picked up his seventh win after losing his previous two starts. The 2024 Cy Young winner had not beaten Miami in three career starts entering Wednesday, previously going 0-2 with a 5.30 ERA.
Sale settled in after allowing a leadoff walk to Xavier Edwards — who scored for a 1-0 lead on Heriberto Hernández’s sacrifice fly. The left-hander did not allow a hit his final three innings.
Riley gave the Braves a 3-1 lead with a 415-foot drive off Janson Junk’s first-pitch sweeper, the third baseman’s first hit after starting the series 0 for 8.
Junk (2-5) retired 11 straight after Riley’s home run before Acuña’s leadoff single in the sixth, followed by consecutive base hits by Harris, Matt Olson and Albies to stretch the lead to 5-1.
Smith put the game out of reach with his 389-foot shot to center that ended a 12-pitch at-bat. Junk was lifted after allowing eight hits and striking out three over five innings.
GUARDIANS 3, TIGERS 2, 10 INNINGS
DETROIT (AP) — Angel Martínez hit a tiebreaking triple in the 10th inning, José Ramírez followed with an RBI double and Cleveland beat slumping Detroit.
Cleveland tied it at 1 in the ninth when Daniel Schneemann scored on Patrick Bailey’s groundout. Schneemann opened the inning with a single off Will Vest before advancing on Travis Bazzana’s single and Steven Kwan’s sacrifice bunt.
Detroit, which has lost five straight games and 13 of 15, had an opportunity to win in the bottom of the ninth with runners on first and second and no outs. Erik Sabrowski and Colin Holderman (2-0) combined to hold the Tigers scoreless with three consecutive strikeouts.
Martínez led off the 10th with a triple against Tyler Holton (0-4) that scored automatic runner Brayan Rocchio, giving the Guardians a 2-1 lead. Ramírez lined a double to center field to bring home Martínez.
The Tigers pulled to 3-2 in the bottom half when automatic runner Wenceel Pérez scored from second on Zach McKinstry’s single. Cade Smith then retired the final three batters for his 16th save.
Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee allowed four hits and struck out five in eight innings. The Guardians had dropped nine consecutive games he started.
BREWERS 5, CUBS 0
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Harrison struck out 11 in seven dominant innings and Milwaukee beat sloppy Chicago to sweep the first series this season between the NL Central rivals.
David Hamilton had three hits and scored two runs as division-leading Milwaukee improved to 14-4 in its last 18 games. Jake Bauers extended his hitting to a career-high 11 games with an RBI single in the third.
Harrison (5-1) allowed two hits and walked one in his fourth career game with double-digit strikeouts. The left-hander is 4-0 with a sparkling 0.96 ERA in his last five starts, striking out 41 batters in 28 innings.
Harrison and Hamilton were acquired by Milwaukee in with Boston that sent third baseman Caleb Durbin to the Red Sox.
Chicago committed three errors during its ninth loss in 11 games. Struggling reliever Phil Maton threw a wild pitch in the seventh that brought home Milwaukee’s final run.
Cubs right-hander Edward Cabrera (3-2) exited after three-plus innings because of on his right middle finger. He was charged with four runs, one earned, and four hits.
RED SOX 4, ROYALS 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jarren Duran’s opposite-field two-run homer in the seventh inning rallied Boston to a win over Kansas City.
With one on and one out in the seventh, Duran sent reliever Steven Cruz’s fastball 366 feet into the bullpen in left for his sixth homer, helping the Red Sox complete a series sweep of the faltering Royals. Boston’s three-game winning streak matched its season high.
Connelly Early (4-2) allowed three runs on two swings — Salvador Perez’s solo homer in the first and Elias Díaz’s two-run shot in the fifth. The 24-year-old left-hander allowed six hits and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings.
Willson Contreras had three of Boston’s 11 hits, including his second triple in four years. In the second inning, Contreras tripled into the right field corner before scoring on Nick Sogard’s single.
Aroldis Chapman recorded his 12th save and converted his 26th consecutive save chance.
Perez had three hits, including his 135th career home run at Kauffman Stadium. He is one shy of the record held by George Brett.
