
Ketel Marte also homered for Arizona, which won for the sixth time in its last eight games. Smith’s third homer of the season came off Robert Stephenson (0-2) and helped the Diamondbacks overcome a 3-2 deficit after Pirates ace Mitch Keller was pulled following six strong innings. PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pavin Smith hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift Arizona over Pittsburgh.

Ryan Pressly pitched a scoreless ninth for his eighth save. Hector Neris (3-1) allowed one hit in a scoreless eighth for the win. Altuve missed the first 43 games after fracturing his right thumb in the World Baseball Classic. Jose Altuve doubled in a two-run first inning for Houston for his first hit of the year after going 0 for 4 in his season debut Friday night. The game was tied at 2-2 with no outs in the eighth when Alvarez sent a pitch from Richard Lovelady (0-2) into the seats in right field for his team-leading 10th homer this season. HOUSTON (AP) - Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning to propel Houston over Oakland. Kenley Jansen, who blew each of his previous two save opportunities, walked two in the ninth before closing it out for his 10th save and first since he earned his 400th career save on May 10. Sale allowed Soto’s shot to right-center leading off the second, his eighth, and Tatis’ 440-foot shot into the second deck in left leading off the sixth, his seventh. Sale got all the backing he needed when Valdez drove a pitch from Joe Musgrove (1-2) several rows into the right field seats with one out in the second, his third. but otherwise shut down a superstar-studded offense with baseball’s third-highest payroll that continues to look lost at the plate. The lefty allowed homers to Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. The 34-year-old Sale (4-2) had his fourth strong start and helped the Red Sox win their fourth straight game. Freeland allowed six earned runs and nine hits with no strikeouts. The Rangers, averaging a major league-best 6.20 runs per game, knocked out Kyle Freeland (4-5) after two innings - scoring four runs in each. Toronto has lost three straight and five of six since sweeping a three-game series against Atlanta last weekend.įélix Bautista (3-1) pitched the last two innings and struck out his final four batters.ĪRLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Corey Seager had a two-run home run among three hits and Jon Gray won in his first start against his former club as Texas (28-17) is one win short of the franchise’s best record through the first 45 games.

George Springer hit a two-run home run and Danny Jansen hit a solo homer for the Blue Jays. Cedric Mullins hit a solo homer as the Orioles (30-16) won for the fourth time in five games. Ryan O’Hearn tied his career high with four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the eighth off Jordan Romano that tied the score 5-5. Turner's 2 home runs, 4 hits, a hopeful breakout game for Phillies
