Teoscar Hernandez hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in a season-best six runs and the Seattle Mariners tied the franchise mark with seven homers while routing the visiting Kansas City Royals 15-2 Saturday afternoon.
Josh Rojas, Mike Ford, Julio Rodriguez, Cal Raleigh and Cade Marlowe also homered for the Mariners, who established a season high for runs. Logan Gilbert pitched seven strong innings for Seattle, which has won 10 of its past 11 games to move into a first-place tie with the Texas Rangers in the American League West.
Gilbert (12-5) allowed one run on two hits, with one walk and seven strikeouts. The only hits he allowed were a third-inning single by Dairon Blanco and Waters’ solo shot in the fifth.
Drew Waters went deep for the Royals, who have lost six of their past seven games. Jordan Lyles (3-15) was lifted after allowing seven runs in the third inning — including three homers. The right-hander gave up six hits, walked three and fanned four.
Nationals 3, Marlins 2
Washington, down to its last strike, got a game-tying single from Jake Alu and the go-ahead run on a passed ball later in the ninth inning in a win over host Miami.
Washington, which had been in last place for most of this season, has won five straight series. The Nationals are 11-3 in their past 14 games. Jake Irvin allowed four hits, three walks and one run in six innings. He struck out three.
Miami got a game-tying homer from Josh Bell in the sixth and a go-ahead dinger by Jorge Soler in the eighth. But closer David Robertson (4-5) couldn’t nail down the save, allowing two runs — one earned — in the ninth. Miami’s Eury Perez allowed just three hits, one walk and one run in six innings. He struck out seven.
Astros 9, Tigers 2
Alex Bregman had three extra-base hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in four runs as visiting Houston pounded Detroit.
Jose Abreu and Chas McCormick knocked in two runs apiece and Jose Altuve scored three runs. Detroit native Hunter Brown (10-9) was the winning pitcher. He allowed two runs, four hits and two walks in five innings while posting nine strikeouts.
Tigers starter Eduardo Rodriguez (9-7) was charged with four runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He also walked four batters and struck out one. Parker Meadows, who hit a game-winning, three-run homer on Friday, had two hits and an RBI for Detroit.
Brewers 5, Padres 4
Freddy Peralta pitched effectively into the sixth inning and Milwaukee extended its season-high winning streak to seven games, holding on for a victory over visiting San Diego.
Milwaukee scored five runs in the fifth to take a 5-1 lead, but Juan Soto pulled the Padres within 5-4 with a two-run homer in the eighth, his 25th, off Joel Payamps. Peralta (11-8) allowed two runs on two hits in 5 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts to win his fifth consecutive decision.
San Diego starter Pedro Avila (0-1) allowed five runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking two.
Angels 5, Mets 3
Shohei Ohtani had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases for visiting Los Angeles, which raced out to a big early lead and held on for a win over New York.
The Angels have won the first two games of the three-game series. Daniel Vogelbach homered for the Mets, who have dropped four straight and five of six. Ohtani doubled in the first and scored on Brandon Drury’s RBI single. Ohtani laced an RBI triple during a four-run second, when he scored on Drury’s double.
Angels starter Chase Silseth was hit in the head by an across-the-diamond throw and took a few steps before collapsing. After several minutes on the ground, the right-hander was able to walk off the field with assistance and was transported to a local hospital, according to Angels manager Phil Nevin.
Phillies 12, Cardinals 1
Zack Wheeler struck out 10 over seven-plus innings, Nick Castellanos and Brandon Marsh each hit three-run homers during a seven-run seventh inning, and Philadelphia beat visiting St. Louis.
Bryson Stott hit a solo homer and Bryce Harper added three hits and two RBIs for Philadelphia, which has outscored St. Louis 19-3 in the first two games of the series. The Phillies have gone deep 48 times in August, setting a franchise record for home runs in a month.
Wheeler (10-6) gave up three hits with no walks and reached the 10-win mark for the sixth time in his career. He has posted a 2.51 ERA over his last seven starts. St. Louis was held to four hits and lost for the eighth time in its last 10 games.
Blue Jays 8, Guardians 3
Davis Schneider had a two-run homer, three RBIs and three runs while going 3-for-3 with a walk as Toronto defeated visiting Cleveland.
Left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu (3-1) allowed three runs (two earned) and four hits in five-plus innings as the Blue Jays gained a split of the first two games of a three-game series.
Jose Ramirez and Tyler Freeman hit solo home runs for the Guardians. Cleveland left-hander Logan Allen (6-7) allowed five runs, six hits and one walk in four innings.
Braves 7, Giants 3
Austin Riley and Orlando Arcia hit home runs, Max Fried pitched six strong innings and Atlanta beat host San Francisco to record its fourth straight win.
Matt Olson collected a double, two singles and two RBIs for the Braves. Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer for the Giants, who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.
Fried (5-1) bounced back from Flores’ two-run blast, allowing no further scoring and a total of six hits. He walked two and struck out eight. Atlanta scored runs against all five Giants pitchers, including two in 3 2/3 innings off Sean Manaea (4-5), who took the loss.
Red Sox 8, Dodgers 5
Adam Duvall’s three-run home run in the sixth inning was the difference as Boston beat Los Angeles.
Alex Verdugo became the first player in Red Sox history to lead off three straight games with a home run, while Justin Turner also left the yard while going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs.
Duvall and Rob Refsnyder each had two hits.
Rays 3, Yankees 0
Tyler Glasnow threw 5 1/3 no-hit innings in a scoreless start in Tampa Bay’s two-hit shutout of visiting New York.
In an outing that required 85 pitches, Glasnow (7-4) allowed a lone single while striking out four and walking two.
The right-hander beat the Yankees for the second time in less than a month. Josh Lowe went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Randy Arozarena and Luke Raley (stolen base) each doubled and scored for the Rays.
Orioles 5, Rockies 4
Ryan Mountcastle hit a two-run, go-ahead double in the sixth inning and Baltimore went on to defeat visiting Colorado, winning for the seventh time in eight games.
It took some late-inning bullpen work to get the job done for the AL East-leading Orioles, who posted their fourth straight win.
Colorado lost its sixth game in a row. The first five in the skid included games the Rockies led or were tied in the eighth inning, but this time they never pulled even after the sixth.
White Sox 6, Athletics 2
Lenyn Sosa, Yoan Moncada and Andrew Benintendi homered and Touki Toussaint pitched five shutout innings to boost Chicago over visiting Oakland.
After allowing seven home runs in losing the first two games of the series by a combined score of 20-9, the White Sox turned things around while out-hitting the A’s 9-4.
Toussaint won for the first time in five starts behind his best outing in a frustrating August. The right-hander improved to 2-6 after scattering two hits, three walks and four strikeouts in five innings.
Cubs 10, Pirates 6
Left-hander Jordan Wicks made a splash in his major league debut, giving up just one run in five innings and striking out nine in visiting Chicago’s win over Pittsburgh.
Wicks, 23, a 2021 first-round draft pick, gave up two hits and walked one to earn his first win.
Seiya Suzuki hit an RBI triple and two-run double, Ian Happ laced a two-run double, and Cody Bellinger and Jeimer Candelario each had an RBI single for the Cubs, who have won six of their past eight.
Rangers 6, Twins 2
Robbie Grossman and Leody Taveras drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks to highlight a four-run ninth inning as visiting Texas beat Minnesota to end an eight-game losing streak.
Adolis Garcia hit his 32nd home run of the season and had two hits, and Mitch Garver also homered and had two hits for Texas, which remained in a tie for first place in the American League West with the Seattle Mariners.
Brock Burke (5-2) picked up the win with a scoreless inning relief after starter Max Scherzer allowed two runs on four hits over seven innings. Scherzer walked one and struck out 10, the 113th time he has struck out 10 or more in a game.
Reds 8, Diamondbacks 7 (11 innings)
Cincinnati scored the winning run on a balk in the top of the 11th inning, snapping Arizona’s six-game winning streak in Phoenix.
With two outs in the 11th inning, Spencer Steer reached on an infield single against Nabil Crismatt (0-2).
Designated runner TJ Friedl moved to third base on the play and scored when Crismatt committed a balk.
–Field Level Media
