Alvarez delivers in tenth, Astros beat Rodríguez-less M’s 3-2

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI single with one out within the tenth inning to raise the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Mauricio Dubón began the tenth as the automated runner on second and the Mariners deliberately walked Jose Altuve. Dubón superior to 3rd on a sacrifice fly by Yuli Gurriel. Alvarez then laced a grounder off Brennan Bernardino (0-1), who was making his MLB debut, to left area to ship Dubón house and begin the celebration.

Hector Neris (4-3) pitched a scoreless tenth for the win.

The Mariners have been enjoying with out star rookie Julio Rodríguez, who was positioned on the injured listing with a bruised proper wrist Sunday after being hit by a pitch an evening earlier.

The AL-West main Astros scored two runs within the first inning to take the lead. The Mariners used a two-run homer by Jesse Winker within the eight inning to tie it.

CARDINALS 5, NATIONALS 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul DeJong homered for the second straight sport after ending a minor league demotion, Andre Pallante pitched into the ninth inning and St. Louis Cardinals blanked Washington.

Corey Dickerson additionally homered for the Cardinals, who broke the sport open within the fourth inning towards starter Josiah Grey (7-7).

Washington star Juan Soto was 0 for 3 with a stroll. Soto is one among a number of Nationals who may very well be dealt earlier than Tuesday’s commerce deadline. Washington has the worst file within the majors at 35-68 and went 6-19 in July.

Pallante (4-4) allowed 5 hits in eight-plus innings and earned his first street victory for St. Louis. He struck out a career-high eight and walked one.

Grey allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings whereas putting out six.

PIRATES 8, PHILLIES 2

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alec Bohm fell a triple shy of the cycle and matched a profession finest with 4 hits as Philadelphia accomplished a four-game sweep of Pittsburgh.

Bohm hit his seventh homer of the season within the sixth, a solo shot that gave him 4 hits on simply 5 pitches and prolonged Philadelphia’s result in seven runs. Nick Castellanos additionally had 4 hits, together with his fourth single coming within the ninth. Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading thirty third homer.

Aaron Nola (7-8) allowed one run and 6 hits with eight strikeouts in six innings.

4 straight singles off JT Brubaker (2-9) highlighted a five-run fifth. Brubaker allowed seven runs on 12 hits in 4 1/3 innings.

WHITE SOX 4, ATHLETICS 1

CHICAGO (AP) — José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez homered, Dylan Stop threw six sturdy innings and Chicago gained for the tenth time in 15 video games and moved about .500.

Abreu and Leury García had two hits apiece for the White Sox, who trailed first-place Minnesota by three video games coming into the day.

Stop (11-4) allowed a run and 4 hits, putting out seven and strolling one in profitable his fourth straight begin. Liam Hendriks picked up his twentieth save in 23 alternatives.

Ramón Laureano homered for the A’s. Adam Oller (1-4) allowed 4 runs, seven hits and no walks, setting profession highs for innings (6 1/3) and strikeouts (six).

RED SOX 7, BREWERS 2

BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Christian Vázquez every had an RBI double as Boston gained for the fourth time in 17 video games.

Boston, which had a season-high eight doubles, was 3-7 on a season-long homestand and 8-19 in July.

Ex Crimson Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run homer over the Inexperienced Monster for the second straight day and went 4 for 4 for NL Central-leading Milwaukee, which misplaced for under the second time in 9 video games because the All-Star break.

Josh Winckowski (4-5) allowed two runs and 7 hits in 5 innings for the win. Aaron Ashby (2-9) took the loss.

BRAVES 1, DIAMONDBACKS 0

ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley hit a run-scoring double off Mark Melancon within the ninth inning and Atlanta accomplished a three-game sweep of Arizona.

Max Fried, Dylan Lee and Kenley Jansen (5-0) mixed on a four-hitter for the Braves.

Matt Olson singled with one out within the ninth towards Melancon (3-9) and scored when Riley’s double hit the fence in right-center on two hops. Olson slid headfirst, simply beating the throw.

Fried allowed 4 hits and two walks with 5 strikeouts in seven innings. Arizona’s Merrill Kelly gave up three hits and two walks in seven innings with eight strikeouts.

GUARDIANS 5, RAYS 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Austin Hedges had a tiebreaking two-run single within the fifth to assist Cleveland beat All-Star Sport starter Shane McClanahan and Tampa Bay.

Cleveland gained its first collection towards the Rays since August 2017 and ended a protracted stretch of video games on the street with a 6-5 file.

Reliever Kirk McCarty (2-2) allowed one run, 4 hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings. Emmanuel Clase labored the ninth to get his twenty third save.

McClanahan (10-4) gave up 5 runs, seven hits and three walks with 4 strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings — tying season-low. ppearances.

Guardians rookie Steven Kwan prolonged his hitting streak to 14 video games on a first-inning bunt single. He additionally threw out Brandon Lowe, who tried to attain from second on Randy Arozarena’s fifth-inning single.

METS 9, MARLINS 3

MIAMI (AP) — Francisco Lindor had three hits and New York pounded commerce deadline goal Pablo López and swept Miami and handed the Marlins their seventh straight house loss.

Jeff McNeil singled twice and doubled, and Mark Canha additionally had three hits for the NL East leaders, who gained their sixth straight and completed with a season-high 19 hits — 12 towards López.

New York starter Taijuan Walker gave up three runs in 5 2/3 innings. Walker (9-2) allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out 4.

López (7-6) struck out one in 2 2/3 innings, one among his shortest begins of the season. The Marlins snapped a 20-inning scoreless skid on Jacob Stallings’ RBI single within the fifth.

BLUE JAYS 4, TIGERS 1

TORONTO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit a two-run house run, José Berríos pitched seven sturdy innings to win his third straight determination and Toronto beat error-prone Detroit.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette had RBI doubles because the Blue Jays have gained 12 of 15 general after taking three of 4 from the Tigers.

Berríos (8-4) allowed three hits, together with a solo house run to his brother-in-law, Tigers shortstop Javier Báez. Berríos walked one and struck out six. Jordan Romano completed for his AL-leading twenty fourth save in 27 possibilities.

The Tigers made 4 errors Sunday, giving them seven within the four-game collection. None of Toronto’s runs Sunday have been unearned.

Garrett Hill (1-3) allowed 4 runs and 6 hits in 5 innings, his third straight dropping determination. Hill walked two and struck out one.

REDS 3, ORIOLES 2

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Drury reached 20 homers for the primary time in his huge league profession when he hit a tiebreaking drive within the eighth inning to provide Cincinnati a win over Baltimore.

Drury entered as a pinch hitter within the sixth inning and broke a 2-all tie within the eighth together with his homer off Felix Bautista (3-3).

Alexis Díaz (3-1) gained regardless of permitting a tying house run within the eighth to Anthony Santander. Buck Farmer bought his first profession save in six possibilities.

Santander had three hits, together with his nineteenth homer, and prolonged his hitting streak to 11 video games.

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