Yankees MVP candidate Aaron Judge hit his own home run, his 50th
of the season, but his chances were limited after he also was
intentionally walked twice.
Ohtani recovered from a double-play grounder and a strikeout in
his first two at-bats to go deep in the fifth inning. He added
an infield single. Luis Rengifo and Mike Ford also hit home runs
for the Angels.
Judge joined Babe Ruth (four times) and Mickey Mantle (twice) as
the only players with multiple 50-homer years for the Yankees.
Anthony Rizzo added a home run for New York, which lost its
third consecutive game.
Cardinals 13, Reds 4
Albert Pujols hit his 694th career homer, a two-run shot, as
visiting St. Louis routed Cincinnati.
Pujols homered against his 450th different pitcher, Ross
Detwiler, breaking Barry Bonds' major league record. Tyler
O'Neill socked two homers and drove in three runs for the
Cardinals, who won for the 13th time in 16 games. Nolan Arenado,
Brendan Donovan and Tommy Edman drove in two runs each.
Reds starter Chase Anderson (0-1) allowed five runs in 1 1/3
innings in his first major league appearance of the year.
Cincinnati got homers from TJ Friedl, Stuart Fairchild and
Chuckie Robinson.
Dodgers 3, Marlins 2 (10 innings)
Freddie Freeman hit an RBI groundout in the top of the 10th
inning and Chris Martin worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the
bottom of the frame, leading Los Angeles to a win at Miami.
The Dodgers were also led by Will Smith, who hit his 19th homer
of the season, a two-run shot. Prior to the game, the Dodgers
scratched Cy Young Award candidate Tony Gonsolin, placing him on
the injured list due to a strained right forearm.
Miami starter Pablo Lopez threw six innings of two-run ball.
Huascar Brazoban (0-1) took the loss.
Padres 6, Giants 5
Brandon Drury homered and drove in three runs, Mike Clevinger
threw five effective innings, and visiting San Diego held on to
top San Francisco.
Austin Nola chipped in with a two-run single for the Padres in a
game that was delayed 40 minutes between the second and third
innings because of a lights malfunction.
Clevinger (5-5) allowed a two-run homer to Joc Pederson but no
other runs. Giants starter Carlos Rodon (12-7) was tagged for
five runs in four innings.
Diamondbacks 13, Phillies 7
Carson Kelly drove in four runs and Arizona overcame a seven-run
deficit to post a victory over Philadelphia in Phoenix.
Corbin Carroll delivered a tiebreaking double in his major
league debut for Arizona, which scored six runs in back-to-back
innings for the first time in franchise history. Stone Garrett
clubbed his second big-league homer for the Diamondbacks, who
matched a season best with their fourth straight victory.
Kyle Schwarber hit his National League-leading 36th homer and
knocked in four runs for Philadelphia. The loss was just the
10th in the past 32 games for the Phillies, but also the club's
second in a row.
Blue Jays 5, Cubs 4 (11 innings)
Danny Jansen, who hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning,
added an RBI single in the bottom of the 11th as Toronto
defeated visiting Chicago.
Yimi Garcia (3-4) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win
for the Blue Jays, who trailed 4-0 after six innings. Toronto
snapped a three-game losing streak.
Cubs right-hander Javier Assad, making his second major league
start, allowed no runs, four hits and two walks in five innings.
He struck out one while maintaining his 0.00 ERA through nine
career innings.
Brewers 7, Pirates 5
Keston Hiura hit a two-run, walk-off home run in the ninth
inning to lift Milwaukee to a win against visiting Pittsburgh in
the opener of a three-game series.
Milwaukee's Garrett Mitchell hit his first major league home
run, a two-run shot with two outs in the eighth inning to tie
the score 5-5. Hunter Renfroe had three hits and two RBIs and
Willy Adames had three hits and scored twice for the Brewers,
who ended a five-game losing streak against Pittsburgh.
Oneil Cruz hit a three-run homer and Rodolfo Castro also went
deep for the Pirates.
Twins 4, Red Sox 2
Gio Urshela hit a bases-clearing, two-strike double with two
outs in the fifth inning as Minnesota rallied from an early
deficit and beat Boston in Minneapolis.
The Twins won their fourth straight on the heels of a six-game
skid. Jake Cave drove in Minnesota's first run with a sacrifice
fly in the fourth off Boston rookie starter Brayan Bello (0-4)
before Urshela came through against John Schreiber.
Alex Verdugo and Reese McGuire hit RBI doubles for the Red Sox,
who went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position and lost for
the eighth time in 11 games.
--Field Level Media
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