SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonah Heim’s RBI single tied the game, Lawrence Butler followed with a go-ahead RBI hit and the Athletics scored four times with two out in the ninth inning Thursday, rallying for a 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.
Henry Bolte opened the ninth with an infield single off Caleb Kilian (2-4). After Bolte advanced to second on a wild pitch, Kilian got two outs before walking Tyler Soderstrom. Heim then singled down the left-field line to score Bolte and tie the game at 6. Butler put the Athletics ahead with a single to right that scored Soderstrom. After Butler stole second, Max Muncy’s bloop single to left scored two more runs and gave the Athletics a 9-6 edge.
The A’s had led 2-1 in the sixth before Jung Hoo Lee hit a go-ahead, three-run triple with two outs and Victor Bericoto followed with a two-run homer, his third, to put San Francisco ahead 6-2.
Bericoto had hit a game-ending solo homer in the Giants’ 2-1 win Wednesday night.
In Thursday’s series finale, the Athletics got a two-run single from Shea Langeliers in the seventh and an RBI single from Jeff McNeil in the eighth to set up their comeback in the ninth. McNeil had three of the Athletics’ 15 hits.
Geoff Hartlieb (1-0) threw two hitless innings of relief for his second career victory. Mason Barnett worked a perfect ninth and picked up his second save.
RAYS 13, ROYALS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero hit three home runs and drove in six runs, Victor Mesa Jr. added a three-run homer and three pitchers combined for 8 1/3 no-hit innings to lead Tampa Bay to a victory against Kansas City.
Opener Casey Legumina retired the first four batters before Ian Seymour (4-1) took over in the second inning. The pair combined to retire the first 16 Kansas City batters before Starling Marte drew a one-out walk in the sixth off Seymour.
Craig Kimbrel started the ninth with a walk to Marte, then struck out Tyler Tolbert before allowing a two-run home run to Carter Jensen to the right-field stands for the Royals’ only hit of the game.
The Rays salvaged a split of the four-game series after dropping the first two games.
Tolbert, who started at shortstop for Kansas City, moved to the mound for the eighth inning, allowing five runs on six hits.
Caminero tied a franchise record with his three home runs and registered his sixth career multi-homer game and second this season. He hit a two-run home run in the first inning and added a solo shot in the fifth, both off Seth Lugo (3-5), before going deep off Tolbert in the ninth. Mesa hit a three-run shot to right field in the fourth.
Tampa Bay’s Yandy Diaz extended his hitting streak to nine games with a seventh-inning double.
PIRATES 5, MARINERS 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as Pittsburgh beat Seattle.
Lowe’s homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the scoring. He added an RBI single in a two-run eighth. Lowe also leads the Pirates with 51 runs batted in after being acquired from Tampa Bay in an offseason trade.
Davis entered the game with a .136 batting average. However, the catcher’s two-run home run, his sixth, in the third inning pushed the Pirates’ lead to 3-1. Davis finished 2 for 3 to raise his average to .148.
Miller (3-2) tied his career high with 11 strikeouts in just 5 2/3 innings. Miller also had no walks as the American League West leaders lost two of three in the series.
Rookie Bubba Chandler (3-7) pitched 5 1/3 innings for the win, allowing one run and five hits while striking out four and walking three. Evan Sisk, Yohan Ramirez, Mason Montgomery and Gregory Soto combined for 3 2/3 scoreless relief innings.
ASTROS 2, TIGERS 1
DETROIT (AP) — Tatsuya Imai struck out 10 in six scoreless innings and Taylor Trammell homered to lead Houston to a victory over Detroit.
Imai (5-3) allowed two hits and a walk and threw 63 of his 96 pitches for strikes in the opener of the four-game series. AJ Blubaugh struck out three in two innings, and Enyel De Los Santos gave up Dillon Dingler’s 19th home run in the ninth on the way to his fifth save.
Detroit starter Troy Melton took a perfect game into the sixth inning before Trammell hit a one-out, 0-1 pitch 422 feet to right field for his second home run and a 1-0 lead.
Jeremy Peña singled leading off the ninth against Kenley Jansen and then stole second. Peña took third on a groundout by Yordan Alvarez and scored on a sacrifice fly by Isaac Paredes for an insurance run for Houston.
Melton (4-1) allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts in six innings for the Tigers, who have lost three straight.
Riley Greene’s two-out single off Imai in the fourth was the first hit by either team against the rookie starters.
RANGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 5
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TORONTO (AP) — Wyatt Langford hit a three–run home run, Jake Burger and Joc Pederson also went deep, and Texas beat Toronto.
Pederson went 2 for 3 with two walks and scored twice as Texas bounced back after losing the previous two.
Toronto’s Kazuma Okamoto cut the deficit to one with a two-run homer off Jacob Latz in the ninth, his 18th.
Latz recovered by retiring Alejandro Kirk on a grounder and striking out pinch hitter Brandon Valenzuela for his 15th save in 17 chances.
Rangers shortstop Corey Seager went 0 for 2 and walked twice after being activated off the concussion list. The two-time World Series MVP missed 12 games.
Texas left-hander MacKenzie Gore (5-6) allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings, snapping a four-start winless streak.
RED SOX 6, YANKEES 3
BOSTON (AP) — Caleb Durbin broke a tie with a two-run homer in the fifth inning, Connelly Early allowed two runs over six innings and Boston beat New York.
Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman bounced back after two losses for his 15th save of the season. Nate Eaton and Ceddanne Rafaela each drove in a run for Boston, which beat the Yankees at Fenway Park for the first time this season. New York swept a three-game series at Fenway back in April.
Durbin’s homer came off Yankees starter Cam Schlittler (8-4) and came one day after his left pinkie was dislocated against Colorado. The third baseman was in starting lineup and sent a shot into the first row of the Green Monster seats for his fifth homer this month.
Early (7-5) struck out a season-high nine. He allowed five hits and walked two.
Jose Caballero homered for New York.
Schlittler lowered his ERA from 1.71 to 1.62 but left with New York trailing 4-2. The right-hander allowed four runs — none were earned — on five hits while striking out nine.
PHILLIES 10, NATIONALS 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Derek Hill followed with a three-run shot as Philadelphia rallied from an early five-run deficit and beat Washington.
The Phillies came from behind for a third straight game, winning the series by scoring 15 runs in the ninth inning against the majors’ worst bullpen after dropping opener of the four-game series 4-1.
Harper homered off Gus Varland (1-2), scoring pinch-runner Garrett Stubbs after Kyle Schwarber singled to start the inning. It was Harper’s ninth career go-ahead homer in the ninth inning or later, and his 103rd homer at Nationals Park — where he played his first seven seasons.
Hill added his sixth home run, one night after winning the game with a pinch-hit shot.
The Phillies, who became the first team in history to win two straight games after being down to their last strike with the bases empty, trailed 5-0 after the Nationals scored four runs in the first off ace Cristopher Sánchez.
Curtis Mead homered for the third time in the series and 14th overall — a one-out solo shot off Sánchez to highlight the four-run first. Jacob Young’s two-out RBI single made it 5-0 in the third.
Sánchez allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings. Orion Kerkering (5-0) struck out two in a scoreless eighth for the win.
CUBS 4, METS 3, 10 INNINGS
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong laced an RBI double in the 10th inning, powering Chicago to a victory over sinking New York and a sweep of the four-game series.
The Cubs went 7-0 against the Mets, outscoring them 51-24.
The Mets suffered their sixth straight loss to fall a season-high 13 games under .500 — the furthest below .500 they’ve been since 2023.
Crow-Armstrong, a former first-round pick of the Mets who was sent to the Cubs in the Javier Baez deal in 2021, delivered the tiebreaking hit off Brooks Raley (2-3).
Michael Conforto, Alex Bregman and Ian Happ had RBI hits in the sixth, when the Cubs’ runs were unearned thanks to a pair of errors. Chicago’s final eight runs of the series were unearned.
Jacob Webb (2-2) worked around a walk in the ninth and Trent Thornton retired all three batters he faced in the 10th for his second career save.
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