Austin Riley hit a pair of home runs and Travis d’Arnaud drove in two runs in a no-hitter in the eighth inning to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. Thursday in the start of a four-game series.
With the bases loaded, d’Arnaud lined a single to left field against reliever Gregory Soto (1-4) to drive in Ozzie Albies and Marcell Ozuna to break a 5-5 tie. Matt Olson followed with a long sacrifice fly.
Riley went 2-for-5 and hit his eighth and ninth homers of the season. The first blast traveled 459 feet, the second 458. It was the fifth time he’s hit multiple home runs, the first since June 15, 2022, at Washington.
Nick Anderson (3-0) got the win and Rysel Iglesias worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save. Atlanta starter Dylan Dodd went five innings and allowed four runs on seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola went six innings and gave up five runs on eight hits, including three home runs and two walks. He hit seven. It was the first time he allowed multiple home runs this season and tied his career high with three.
Mariners 3, Athletics 2
Ty France hit two home runs and Logan Gilbert pitched eight strong innings as Seattle completed a four-game sweep with visiting Oakland.
Eugenio Suarez walked with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth to bring home the tiebreaking run. Gilbert (3-2) allowed two runs on three hits. The right-hander threw no bases on balls and struck out six. Paul Sewald pitched a 1-2-3 ninth with two outs to earn his 11th save of the season in as many chances.
Seth Brown hit a two-run homer for the A’s, who suffered their eighth straight loss.
Orioles 3, Yankees 1
Kyle Gibson allowed two singles and faced four walks in seven scoreless innings as Baltimore beat host New York.
Anthony Santander hit an RBI single and Austin Hayes added a two-run double as the Orioles snapped a three-game series, evened the season series at three games apiece and won for the 11th time in 15 games after three May losses. 6-8.
Gibson (6-3) won his second start after allowing 12 runs in 17 2/3 innings in a three-game stretch from May 3-14. New York’s Clark Schmidt (2-5) singled Gibson into the fifth and allowed one run on five hits in five innings. Schmidt struck out four and walked two.
Tigers 7, White Sox 2
Alex Faedo had a career-high 10 strikeouts and recorded his second career win as Detroit lost on the road at Chicago.
Faedo (1-2) gave up two runs and three hits in six innings without a walk. Javier Baez and Zach Short drove in two runs and Akil Baddu hit a solo homer. Riley Green and Spencer Torkelson both reached base four times, scored a run and had another hit for Detroit.
White Sox starter Lucas Giolito (3-4) gave up four runs and six hits while finishing with a career-high seven walks in 3 2/3 innings. Gavin Sheets hit a solo homer and Tim Anderson had Chicago’s other RBI.
Padres 8, Nationals 6
The rookie capped a five-RBI day with a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and visiting San Diego rallied to beat Washington in a three-game rubber contest.
Washington scored five runs in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead, but Jake Cronenworth and Juan Soto homered off Hunter Harvey (2-2) to start the ninth. Harvey bounced back, hitting Xander Bogaerts and Matt Carpenter, but Odor hit a 1-0 fastball to right for his second homer in as many days.
Drew Carlton pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 13th save for San Diego, which has lost five straight. Padres starter Blake Snell allowed one run on four hits in five innings. Joey Meneses, Dominic Smith, Jaime Candelario, Kebert Ruiz and Corey Dickerson each had an RBI for Washington.
Rockies 7, Marlins 6
Ezekiel Tovar hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Colorado rallied from a four-run lead to beat Miami in Denver.
Tovar finished with two hits, Elias Diaz homered, Randal Grichuk had three hits and two runs, and Ryan McMahon also had two hits for the Rockies. Marlins reliever Huascar Brazoban (0-1) walked the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Tovar singled through the five-man field to left to bring home Kris Bryant with the winning run.
Jorge Soler had three hits and Garrett Cooper hit a homer for the Marlins. Jonathan Davis also had three hits and Javier Edwards and Yuli Gurriel each had two hits for Miami.
Rays 6, Blue Jays 3
Zach Eflin pitched seven strong innings to lead Tampa Bay to a victory over Toronto in the finale of a four-game series in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Eflin (7-1) allowed just one run on six hits to pick up his third straight win. He walked two and did not record a hit. Randy Arozarena had two hits and two RBIs for Tampa Bay, which won a three-game winning streak to improve to 5-2 on its current 10-game homestand.
Alejandro Kirk had three hits and Brandon Belt went 1-for-2 with an RBI and two walks for Toronto, which has lost seven of its last eight games. Toronto starter Alec Manoa (1-5) bounced back in the top of the fourth, allowing five runs (four earned) on three hits in three innings. He walked five and struck out six.
Cardinals 2, Redskins 1
Nolan Gorman drove in one run and scored another as St. Louis visited Cincinnati to salvage their four-game losing streak.
Gorman extended his hitting streak to 15 games with his RBI double. Cardinals starting pitcher Myles Mikolas (3-1) shut out the Reds on five hits over seven innings. He struck out five and walked none. Giovanni Gallegos got the final four, earning his fifth save.
Reds starting pitcher Luke Weaver pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings. He struck out six, walked one and struck out three. Reliever Lucas Sims (1-1) allowed two runs and took the loss. In the ninth, the Reds’ Spencer Stehr doubled and scored on Stewart Fairchild’s two-out single, but Gallegos struck out Luke Mayle to end the game.
Big 10, Cubs 1
Carlos Carrasco allowed one run in a season-high 6 2/3 innings, Pete Alonso belted his major league-leading 19th homer and visiting New York beat Chicago to prevent a three-game sweep.
Making his second start after missing more than a month with elbow inflammation, Carrasco (1-2) pitched the best of his five 2023 outings. The right-hander gave up a first-inning solo home run to Dansby Swanson, four other hits and walked two while striking out four. New York’s Jeff McNeil had three hits and scored for the third time on Alonso’s two-run, insurance homer in the seventh.
Returning from a shoulder injury and on the major league mound for the first time since July 5, Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks (0-1) had his moments of success Thursday, including at one point striking out seven straight against the Mets. However, he was charged with five runs, three earned, six hits and two walks while striking out five in 4 1/3 innings.
Giants 5, Brewers 0
Six San Francisco pitchers combined for four hits to lead the visiting Giants to a win over Milwaukee, spoiling Julio Teheran’s return to the major leagues.
Teheran (0-1), signed by the Brewers earlier in the day, allowed one run on four hits in five innings in his first start in the majors since April 2021, when he was with Detroit.
The Giants added four runs in the eighth inning off Tyson Miller to take a 5-0 lead. Jacob Younis (3-2), the third Giants pitcher, allowed two hits in 2 1/3 innings for the win.
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