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MLB roundup: Cards, Yanks hit walk-off homers

[May 07, 2018] Dexter Fowler's two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the 14th inning early Monday morning gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.

Harrison Bader started the winning rally with an infield single off Luke Farrell (0-2). Fowler followed by golfing a 2-2 fastball off the top of the right field wall and into the seats for his fifth homer and the Cardinals' fifth walk-off win in 17 home games.

The Cardinals swept the three-game weekend series. The finale lasted 4:46 and was delayed twice in the first three innings by rain for a total of 59 minutes.

Mike Mayers (1-0) got the win despite allowing Javier Baez's ninth homer in the top of the 14th that gave Chicago a brief 3-2 edge. However, Fowler's dramatics extended St. Louis' winning streak to five games and the Cubs' losing streak to five games.

Yankees 7, Indians 4

Rookie Gleyber Torres hit a three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning as New York erased a four-run deficit and recorded a stunning victory over visiting Cleveland.

Torres lifted Dan Otero's full-count sinker into Yankees bullpen beyond the right-center field wall. His first career walk-off hit gave the Yankees a sixth straight win and 15th in 16 games since April 20.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, at 21 years, 144 days old, Torres is the youngest Yankee to hit a walk-off homer. The mark was previously held by Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle (21 years, 185 days old).

Diamondbacks 3, Astros 1

Arizona's A.J. Pollock had two hits and drove in two runs, and Justin Verlander took his first regular-season loss since joining Houston last August as the Diamondbacks earned a victory in Phoenix.

Pollock tripled in a run in the sixth inning and continued home to score when Houston third baseman Alex Bregman was called for obstruction. He singled home an insurance run in the eighth inning as the Diamondbacks extended their streak of unbeaten series to 11. They are 10-0-1 in series during that span.

Verlander (4-1) gave up three hits and two runs (one earned) in six innings, with eight strikeouts and three walks. He had been 13-0 in regular-season starts over parts of two seasons with the Astros.

Nationals 5, Phillies 4

Max Scherzer struck out 15 in 6 1/3 innings, and Wilmer Difo produced a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth as Washington rallied for a victory over visiting Philadelphia.

The Nationals loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth, and Hector Neris (1-2) walked pinch hitter Pedro Severino to force in the tying run. With five Phillies playing in the infield, Difo lined a game-winning single to center.

Scherzer allowed one run on five hits and two walks in a no-decision.

Angels 8, Mariners 2

Shohei Ohtani pitched effectively, and Mike Trout hit his 12th home run of the season as Los Angeles won at Seattle.

Ohtani (3-1), making his first start on the mound since April 24 because of a mild left ankle sprain, took a shutout into the seventh inning. He wound up allowing two runs, both on a Ryon Healy homer, in six-plus innings.

Trout's three-run shot in the sixth inning off Mariners reliever Chasen Bradford extended Los Angeles' lead to 6-0. The Angels improved to 13-3 on the road, taking two of three games in Seattle.

Rockies 3, Mets 2

Ian Desmond's second solo homer of the game snapped an eighth-inning tie and lifted Colorado to a win at New York and a sweep of the three-game series.

The Rockies won the final five games of a nine-game road trip and finished 6-3 on the first of their three nine-game trips this season. The Mets finished 0-6 on a six-game homestand and have lost 14 of 20 following an 11-1 start.

The two-homer game was Desmond's second as a member of the Rockies. His first homer Sunday cut the Mets' lead to 2-1 in the second inning.

Giants 4, Braves 3

Rookie Andrew Suarez pitched 5 1/3 strong innings to earn his first career victory as San Francisco competed a three-game series sweep in Atlanta.

Suarez, a 25-year-old southpaw, was making his third major league start. He allowed one unearned run on seven hits and one walk. Suarez (1-1) struck out six and solidified his place in the starting rotation as a replacement for the injured Johnny Cueto.

Hunter Strickland earned his eighth save. He has converted six straight save opportunities for San Francisco, which has won four straight and eight of its past nine.

A's 2, Orioles 1

Andrew Triggs pitched seven solid innings, and Oakland completed a three-game sweep of visiting Baltimore.

Triggs (3-1) tied a career high by pitching seven innings for the second time. He allowed one run on two hits while throwing 96 pitches. The right-hander recorded nine strikeouts and finished his outing by retiring the last 12 hitters. He matched his career best for innings and strikeouts.

Oakland completed its first three-game sweep of Baltimore since June 5-7, 2009. The Athletics also won for the 13th time in their past 19 games.

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Padres 3, Dodgers 0

Rookie Eric Lauer tossed six shutout innings to earn his first major league win, and Eric Hosmer hit his second two-run homer in as many games as San Diego defeated Los Angeles in the rubber match of a three-game series at Monterrey, Mexico.

Lauer (1-1) allowed seven hits and a walk with five strikeouts, lowering his ERA from 10.13 to 5.79 in his third big league start.

Relievers Craig Stammen, Kirby Yates and Brad Hand completed the Padres' first shutout of the season, with Hand striking out the side in a perfect ninth. The save was Hand's ninth of the season and second in as many games.

Red Sox 6, Rangers 1

Chris Sale fanned 12 hitters over seven dominant innings while batterymate Sandy Leon cracked a game-breaking, three-run homer as visiting Boston beat Texas.

Sale (3-1) gave up just four hits and a run -- Ryan Rua lined a homer to right to start the bottom of the seventh -- while issuing just one walk. He has 63 strikeouts in 49 innings this year.

Doug Fister (1-3) permitted nine hits and six runs over 6 1/3 innings, departing after J.D. Martinez swatted the last of his 103 pitches into the seats in right field for a solo homer.

Royals 4, Tigers 2

Behind three RBIs from Mike Moustakas, Kansas City beat visiting Detroit for the third time in the four-game series.

The Tigers left nine runners on base and only had one hit with runners in scoring position, while the Royals went 2-for-3 with runners in scoring position and left only two runners on.

Jakob Junis (4-2) pitched seven innings of two-run ball to get the win for the Royals, striking out eight, walking one and scattering eight hits.

Twins 5, White Sox 3

Eddie Rosario homered and drove in two runs, and Minnesota scored five runs after breaking up James Shields' no-hitter in the seventh inning for a victory at Chicago.

Rosario singled in a run in a three-run seventh inning and homered in the ninth inning as the Twins overcame a 2-0 deficit and extended their winning streak to three games in their first series victory in a month. They have won four of five after losing 11 of 12.

Logan Morrison had a two-run double to cap a three-run seventh inning for a 3-2 lead. The Twins also scored an unearned run on Max Kepler's groundout in the eighth inning after Leury Garcia tied the game at 3 with a single in the last of the seventh.

Marlins 8, Reds 5

Starlin Castro drove in three runs for the second straight game as Miami won at Cincinnati to capture its fourth consecutive series victory. The Reds lost for the fifth time in six games.

Marlins catcher JT Realmuto, who had his 12-game hit streak snapped on Saturday, went 2-for-4 with two walks and two runs scored.

Joey Votto led the Reds, going 4-for-5 with four RBIs. He hit a two-run, opposite field homer to left-center in the third and added RBI doubles in the seventh and ninth.

Blue Jays 2, Rays 1

Kevin Pillar doubled in the ninth inning and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch as visiting Toronto defeated Tampa Bay to avoid being swept in the three-game series.

Carlos Gomez tied the game in the eighth for the Rays against Ryan Tepera (2-1) with his fifth homer of the season. Tepera survived a walk, a balk and a single that followed, and he picked up the win.

Pillar led off the ninth with a double against Alex Colome (2-4), took third on a groundout by Kendrys Morales and scored on a wild pitch. Roberto Osuna pitched around a single in the bottom of the ninth to earn his ninth save.

Pirates 9, Brewers 0

Chad Kuhl pitched seven shutout innings and combined with reliever Richard Rodriguez for a two-hitter, and Pittsburgh backed them with 13 hits, including three homers, in a win at Milwaukee.

Kuhl (4-2) struck out eight, tying a career high, and walked two. He gave up one hit, a single by Domingo Santana. Rodriguez got all six outs in the eighth and ninth by strikeout. He allowed a ninth-inning single by Hernan Perez that went off Rodriguez's leg.

Adam Frazier, Jordy Mercer and Josh Bell hit homers for the Pirates, who won two of three in the weekend series and are 11-2 against National League Central teams.

--Field Level Media

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