Sánchez’s 29 2/3-inning scoreless streak rolls on as Phillies beat Pirates 6-0

Philadelphia (23-23) improved to 14-4 since Don Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson as manager and made bench coach Dusty Wathan a winner during his managerial debut. Wathan filled in while Mattingly attended a son’s college graduation.

Bryce Harper hit a 457-foot three-run homer off the batter’s eye in the first inning off Bubba Chandler (1-5). Trea Turner and Alec Bohm had two hits apiece. Kyle Schwarber, baseball’s leading home run hitter, added an RBI single as the Phillies gave Sanchez an early five-run lead and cruised.

One night after the Phillies rallied from six down to stun Pittsburgh in extra innings, Sanchez made sure no comeback was needed. He retired the first 11 batters he faced and never really ran into trouble until the ninth inning, when the Pirates put runners on first and third with one out.

With a reliever warming up in the bullpen, Sanchez struck out Marcell Ozuna to reach 13 strikeouts for the first time and then retired Nick Yorke on a groundball to end it.

While Sanchez was crisp, Chandler was not. The hard-throwing 23-year-old, considered an important part of Pittsburgh’s future, continued to struggle with his command. Chandler issued four walks in his three innings of work, pushing his total on the season to a major league-leading 31.

BLUE JAYS 2, TIGERS 1, 10 INNINGS

DETROIT (AP) — Daulton Varsho drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the 10th inning and Yohendrick Pinango homered to lead Toronto to a victory over Detroit.

Varsho lined a 1-1 pitch from Tigers reliever Tyler Holton (0-2) into center field, allowing Vladimir Guerrero to score.

Blue Jays reliever Louis Varland (2-1) pitched the final two innings, allowing two hits and striking out two. Toronto used six pitchers who struck out 14.

The Tigers, who were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position, had a chance to win it in the ninth inning with Riley Greene on third and two outs, but Varland struck out Colt Keith.

The first five innings turned into a showcase of pitching and defense, with both teams turning in highlight-reel defensive plays. Toronto third baseman Kazuma Okamoto bobbled a catch in foul territory before recovering to snag the ball barehanded for a remarkable out.

Greene later raced toward the line and made a sliding grab on a foul ball, preserving the scoreless duel as neither offense could break through early.

CARDINALS 4, ROYALS 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alec Burleson drove in two runs and St. Louis beat Kansas City in the second game of the annual I-70 series, much to the delight of some boisterous and shirtless fans in the right-field seats.

The game was delayed by rain at the start by 46 minutes.

Kyle Leahy (5-3) pitched six innings in his first career start against the Royals. He allowed one run on five hits. George Soriano got his second save despite giving up a leadoff homer to Jac Caglianone in the ninth.

Noah Cameron (2-3) worked six innings, giving up three runs on five hits.

The Stephen F. Austin club baseball team attended Friday’s game and caused a sensation by the players took off their shirts and waved them like a helicopter. The team returned in the fourth inning Saturday after winning a game earlier in the National Club Baseball Division II World Series in nearby Alton, Illinois.

St. Louis has won four of its five games. Since Interleague play began in 1997, the Cardinals are 81-55 against Kansas City.

The Royals have lost six in a row. Kansas City has lost 17 of its first 23 road games, the second-worst mark in the majors.

ROCKIES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1

DENVER (AP) — Jake McCarthy singled twice and drove in a run against his former team, helping Colorado beat Arizona.

McCarthy, who played for Arizona from 2021-25, singled in the second inning to make it 3-1. He had at least one hit for the 14th time in Colorado’s past 18 games. Over that stretch, he’s hitting .375.

Hunter Goodman, Brenton Doyle and Willi Castro also had two hits apiece for the Rockies, and Mickey Moniak had his team-leading 27th and 28th RBIs. The Rockies had lost 11 of their previous 14 games, including five of their past six.

Moniak’s second RBI came on a hit-by-pitch from Arizona left-hander Brandyn Garcia in the eighth inning with the bases loaded.

Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) gave up two earned runs in five innings for the victory, while Eduardo Rodriguez (4-1) suffered his first loss of the season after allowing nine hits and three earned runs in 5 1/3 innings.

Antonio Senzatela finished for his third save. With two out and runners on first and second, Antonio Senzatela got Geraldo Perdomo to pop out to center field.

MARLINS 10, RAYS 5, 10 INNINGS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Liam Hicks had a two-run RBI single in an eight-run 10th inning and Miami ended Tampa Bay Rays’ 11-game home winning streak with a victory.

Jakob Marsee added three hits and Javier Sanoja had four RBI for the Marlins.

Hicks, who entered the game tied for the major league lead in RBIs, hit a single through a drawn-in infield off Hunter Bigge (1-1) to break a 2-2 tie.

Bigge gave up all eight runs, seven earned, with six hits and two walks in the 10th.

Tampa Bay lost its first home game since April 21.

With the game tied at 1 in the ninth inning, Sanoja hit a two-out double off Bryan Baker to score Marsee from first.

Miami’s Pete Fairbanks (1-2), who signed in December after seven seasons with Tampa Bay, got the win despite allowing the tying run in the bottom of the ninth. The former Rays closer gave up an RBI single to Nick Fortes that scored Cedric Mullins.

NATIONALS 13, ORIOLES 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cade Cavalli took a shutout into the seventh inning, Keibert Ruiz homered and drove in a career-high five runs and Washington reached the .500 mark for the first time in two years with a victory over Baltimore.

Jacob Young and Brady House also homered for the Nationals, who were 0-15 in games in which they were a win away from a .500 record after being 20-20 on May 14, 2024. They won the first game of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox that day, but lost the nightcap — and have been trying to reach .500 again since.

Cavalli (2-2) carried a shutout into the seventh inning before allowing back-to-back solo home runs to Samuel Bassallo and Tyler O’Neill. It was the second time in his 21 career starts, and first this season, that the right-hander pitched into the seventh. Cavalli allowed three runs, eight hits and struck out eight.

Ruiz, who was a triple shy of the cycle, hit a three-run homer off Chris Bassitt (3-3) to give the Nationals a 3-0 lead in the second. It was the Nationals catcher’s third home run in his last five games.

Clinging to a 4-3 lead entering the seventh, the Nationals broke it open with seven runs. House hit an RBI double and scored on a fielder’s choice. Ruiz added to his big day at the plate with a two-run double. Young hit a three-run homer to make it 11-3.

House added a two-run homer in the eighth to cap the big day for Washington’s offense.

Bassitt allowed four runs and six hits in five innings for Baltimore.

RED SOX 3, BRAVES 2

ATLANTA (AP) — Willson Contreras hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to help Boston beat Atlanta.

Red Sox rookie left-hander Payton Tolle (2-2) gave up two runs over a season-high eight innings, allowing four hits and striking out three. The Red Sox are 15-1 when their starters pitch at least six innings.

Aroldis Chapman moved into a tie for 10th place with his 377th career save. He survived a throwing error with two outs and the bases empty by shortstop Andruw Monasterio, who was in for the injured Trevor Story.

Chapman walked Mauricio Dubón and Michael Harris II to load the bases. Ha-Seong Kim then hit a hard ground ball off Chapman, who scrambled off the mound and tossed the ball to first to end it.

Contreras’ home run came off Bryce Elder (4-2), who gave up seven hits in eight innings and and threw a season-high 103 pitches. Contreras knocked in Wilyer Abreu, who doubled with two outs. Abreu was 2 for 4 with a run scored.

GUARDIANS 7, REDS 4

CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martínez hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, José Ramírez moved into sixth place in franchise history for hits, Cleveland beat Cincinnati.

Martínez hit a double in the sixth and Steven Kwan scored soon after on a wild pitch. Martínez added a 395-foot shot in the following inning to put Cleveland up 6-4.

Ramírez tied Lou Boudreau for sixth in franchise history in hits at 1,706 with a leadoff single in the fifth before claiming sole possession of sixth with another single in the eighth. Ramírez scored Cleveland’s final run on a fielding error in the bottom of the eighth.

Brayan Rocchio drove in the Guardians’ first two runs with a single in the second.

Dane Myers hit his third homer of the year in the third inning and Sal Stewart drew a walk to bring in a run in the fifth to tie it at 2-2.

Spencer Steer then added a two-run double in the fifth for a 4-2 Cincinnati lead.

Cleveland’s Rhys Hoskins hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to tie the game 4-4.

Erik Sabrowski (2-1) got the final out of the seventh. Joey Cantillo got the start for the Guardians and gave up four runs on four hits while striking out four in five innings.

Sam Moll (1-3) surrendered the go-ahead run. Chris Paddack made his debut for the Reds and worked five innings, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out three.

ASTROS 4, RANGERS 1

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit his 15th homer and Houston matched a season high with four longballs in a win over the Rangers that left Texas’ Jacob deGrom stuck at 99 career wins.

Jose Altuve sent deGrom’s third pitch of the game into the Crawford Boxes in left field for the 42nd leadoff homer of his career. Alvarez also went deep in the first.

Altuve left the game in the ninth inning with an undisclosed injury.

Christian Walker opened the third inning with his 11th homer, and with two outs, Zach Cole homered to make it 4-0.

DeGrom (3-3) allowed four homers for just the second time in 257 career starts. The first time was on April 22, 2017, against the St. Louis Cardinals. He surrendered just one other hit over six innings and did not walk a batter.

Kai-Wei Teng (2-3) struck out seven over five scoreless innings. It was the third time in Teng’s career he’s completed five innings, and his 76 pitches were a career high.

WHITE SOX 8, CUBS 3

CHICAGO (AP) — Munetaka Murakami homered twice and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs.

Miguel Vargas, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi also connected as the White Sox improved to 6-2 on a nine-game homestand. Davis Martin (6-1) struck out seven while pitching six innings of one-run ball.

Murakami’s solo drive to center made it 4-0 in the third inning. The Japanese slugger added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.

It was Murakami’s first career multihomer game. The rookie batted .158 (3 for 19) with no homers, seven strikeouts and six walks in his previous six games.

Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya homered for the NL Central-leading Cubs, who beat the White Sox 10-5 in the series opener on Friday night. Taillon (2-3) surrendered a career-high five homers in five-plus innings.

BREWERS 2, TWINS 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jackson Chourio hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth inning and made a run-saving catch in the seventh, Logan Henderson struck out seven in five innings and Milwaukee beat Minnesota.

It was the 13th come-from-behind victory for the Brewers, who were outhit 7-5 but improved to 8-1 in their last nine games.

Chourio went 2 for 4, including a double in the eighth, to raise his average to .318 since returning from a broken hand suffered during the World Baseball Classic. His sliding catch in left field in the eighth prevented James Outman, who hit a one-out triple, from scoring the tying run from third.

Henderson (1-1) allowed one run and six hits with one walk. Chad Patrick earned his first career save after giving up one hit and striking out three in four innings in relief of Henderson.

METS 6, YANKEES 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Weaver escaped a seventh-inning, bases-loaded, no-outs jam when he entered to face his former team for the first time, and the New York Mets beat the Yankees to even their weekend Subway Series at one game apiece.

Mark Vientos had three RBIs and Juan Soto two hits and two walks as the Mets won for the fourth time in five games.

Carlos Rodón’s two-run wild pitch/throwing error in the third inning and Vientos’ two-run double in the fifth off Brent Headrick built a 5-2 lead. The Yankees closed within two runs in the seventh when Mets rookie right fielder Carsen Benge dropped Cody Bellinger’s drifting fly ball for an error that allowed Aaron Judge to score from second.

Paul Goldschmidt was hit by a pitch and Jazz Chisholm Jr. loaded the bases when he popped up a bunt and it landed behind the pitcher’s mound for a single.

Weaver, who left the Yankees in December for a $22 million, two-year deal with the Mets, relieved Brooks Raley and struck out Amed Rosario and Trent Grisham on changeups, then got Anthony Volpe to ground into an inning-ending forceout.

Weaver pitched a one-hit eighth and Devin Williams, who left the Yankees for a $51 million, three-year deal with the Mets, pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.

PADRES 7, MARINERS 4

SEATTLE (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a three-run homer, Rodolfo Durán went deep for his first career hit, and Gavin Sheets also connected in San Diego's win over Seattle.

Walker Buehler (3-2) allowed two runs in five innings as San Diego improved to 5-0 this season against its West Coast rival. The Padres clinched the season series on Friday to secure the Vedder Cup, named after Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, who has ties to both cities.

Durán, a 28-year-old catcher who spent 11 seasons in the minors, hit a two-run shot in the seventh to end a rough night for Logan Gilbert (2-4). In the ninth, Durán hit a deep fly to center and Julio Rodríguez made a leaping catch above the wall to deny the rookie a second homer.

Sheets hit a solo shot in the second inning. After an RBI grounder by Miguel Andujar in the fourth, Castellanos drove one out to center for his third homer of the season to make it 5-0.

Gilbert struck out five batters to reach 941 for his career, moving into fifth on the Mariners’ career list. He allowed seven runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

J.P. Crawford homered for Seattle, and Cole Young drove in two runs.