
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Taylor Walls and Ji-Man Choi homered for Tampa Bay’s only hits, and the Rays scored two runs in the seventh inning on four walks and a hit batter in a 4-2 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday that gained a four-game split.
Walls, in a 1 for 34 slide, homered on a 3-1 fastball from Luis Severino (3-1) for a 2-1 lead in the fifth and then made an outstanding defensive play to end the eighth inning. With runners on second and third, Walls ranged to the shortstop side of second and dived to grab Aaron Hicks’ grounder, then popped to his feet and threw out Hicks by a step at first.
Gleyber Torres had three hits, including a second-inning home run against Shane McClanahan (5-2). Torres’ ninth home run of the season matched in 161 plate appearances his total in 516 last season.
TIGERS 2, GUARDIANS 1: Harold Castro homered for the third time in three games, Jeimer Candelario also connected and Detroit won at home.
Detroit won despite getting just four hits. The Tigers beat Cleveland for just the seventh time in their last 28 games at Comerica Park.
TWINS 7, ROYALS 3: Sonny Gray cruised before leaving in the seventh inning because of right pectoral soreness, and Minnesota won at home behind Gio Urshela’s three-run homer.
Gray (3-1) allowed two hits and retired 14 in a row before Andrew Benintendi’s single leading off the seventh.
ASTROS 2, MARINERS 1: Ryan Pressly got Luis Torrens to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, preserving Houston’s win in Seattle.
Trying for its first home sweep of the Astros, Seattle took two of three from the AL West leader.
ATHLETICS 6, RANGERS 5: Jed Lowrie hit a two-out RBI single off Brett Martin in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting host Oakland past mistake-prone Texas..
After closer Dany Jiménez blew a save opportunity in the top of the ninth, the A’s came back and won in their final at-bat for the second time this season.
BLUE JAYS 11, ANGELS 10: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning for his season-high fifth RBI, and Toronto overcame two homers by Shohei Ohtani to complete a four-game sweep of Los Angeles in Anaheim, California.
Raimel Tapia added three RBI and Bo Bichette hit a tying homer in the eighth for Toronto, which capped its first four-game sweep of the Angels in 30 years with its highest-scoring performance of the season.
Toronto blew a four-run lead and Los Angeles blew a three-run lead in a wild game featuring 25 combined hits and highlighted early on by Ohtani’s latest power display.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
GIANTS 6, REDS 4: Evan Longoria hit his fourth home run in four games, a go-ahead, three-run drive in a six-run eighth inning that lifted San Francisco to a win in Cincinnati to avoid a three-game sweep.
Tyler Mahle took a no-hit bid into the seventh and Cincinnati led 2-0 in the eighth when Tommy La Stella doubled off Jeff Hoffman with one out, Wilmer Flores walked with two outs and Joc Pederson slapped a run-scoring single to right.
NATIONALS 6, ROCKIES 5: Juan Soto snapped a 15-game home run drought with a two-run shot, Tanner Rainey got the final five outs and Washington held on at home.
Soto added a double and a walk for the Nationals, who took three of four from the Rockies. Lane Thomas had a two-run homer.
Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (1-5) exited with an apparent left leg injury with two outs in the sixth inning. He landed awkwardly on his 107th pitch and pointed to his leg. Freeland, who was helped off the field, was charged with five runs on seven hits. He walked four and struck out two.
BREWERS 8, CARDINALS 0: Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Jace Peterson hit a three-run homer to lead Milwaukee to a win in St. Louis.
Lorenzo Cain and Rowdy Tellez also homered for the Brewers, who gained a split of the four-game set. Milwaukee has won four of six and stretched its road record to 13-10.
BRAVES 6, MARLINS 3: Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs as part of Atlanta’s barrage of extra-base hits in their win over Miami, giving the Braves their first winning homestand of the season.
Of the Braves’ 11 hits, nine were for extra bases, including six doubles. Ozuna’s second homer of the game, his 10th of the season, traveled 458 feet into the upper left-field seats in the third.
DODGERS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Tyler Anderson threw six effective innings, Will Smith added a solo homer and Los Angeles swept a four-game series in Phoenix.
Anderson (6-0) continued his streak of great pitching, giving the Dodgers’ rotation a much-needed lift after injuries to Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney. The veteran left-hander scattered five hits and has given up just two earned runs over his last 21 innings, spanning three starts that all ended in wins.
PADRES 4, PIRATES 2: Trent Grisham hit a two-run walkoff home run in the 10th inning and San Diego, who have struggled offensively, beat Pittsburgh in San Diego to take two of three.
Grisham drove a 2-0 pitch from Chris Stratton (2-2) off the right-field foul pole to bring in automatic runner Jorge Alfaro. It was the second career walkoff homer by Grisham.
Luis García (4-2) got the win for the Padres.
METS 5, PHILLIES 4: Nick Plummer launched a tying homer in the ninth inning for his first major league hit, Eduardo Escobar doubled home the winning run in the 10th and New York beat Philadelphia for a three-game sweep at Cit Field.
Nick Castellanos put Philadelphia ahead 4-3 with a three-run homer on an 0-2 pitch from reliever Adam Ottavino with two outs in the eighth.
Plummer, making his first major league start after getting recalled from the minors Saturday, drove the first pitch from Corey Knebel — a 96 mph fastball — into the second deck in right field leading off the bottom of the ninth.
INTERLEAGUE
WHITE SOX 5, CUBS 4: Jake Burger atoned for a costly error with a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning, and the banged-up White Sox topped the Cubs in a wild finale to the season series between the crosstown rivals.
Danny Mendick opened the White Sox 12th as the automatic runner, and he advanced on Andrew Vaughn’s grounder to second against Robert Gsellman (0-2). Burger then drove Gsellman’s next pitch into left for the winning hit.
Matt Foster (1-0) worked a scoreless 12th, helping the White Sox to a sorely needed victory after they lost shortstop Tim Anderson to a right groin strain in the fifth.
NOTES
BLUE JAYS: Toronto scratched slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from its starting lineup.
Guerrero was in the Blue Jays’ initial lineup as the designated hitter before being removed about 2 1/2 hours before first pitch against the Los Angeles Angels. Sportsnet reported Guerrero has soreness in his left wrist.
WHITE SOX: Shortstop Tim Anderson is headed for the injured list after he left Sunday’s game against the Cubs with a right groin strain.
Anderson went down in the outfield after fielding P.J. Higgins’ fifth-inning grounder and throwing to first for the out. He appeared to be favoring his right side as he was helped off the field.
CUBS: Chicago placed left-hander Wade Miley on the 15-day injured list with a left shoulder strain.
Miley also missed the start of the season with left elbow inflammation. He is 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in three starts in his first season with Chicago.
The 35-year-old Miley hasn’t pitched since he worked six innings of three-run ball in a 5-4 victory over Arizona on May 22. The IL move was made retroactive to Thursday.
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