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Collins' two-out single to center field off reliever Lou Trivino (3-1) broke a 4-all tie and put Milwaukee ahead for good after a back-and-forth start. The Dodgers cut their deficit to a run in the ninth and loaded the bases with two outs, but Uribe got Betts to line out to center for his sixth major league save and second this year. Jose Quintana (7-3) allowed four runs over six innings for the win. Los Angeles starter Clayton Kershaw permitted five hits and three runs (two earned) in 4 1/3 innings. Ohtani launched his 34th homer of the season, and Esteury Ruiz hit his first with the Dodgers. First baseman Freddie Freeman exited in the sixth after getting hit by a pitch on his left wrist.
BLUE JAYS 8 GIANTS 6Addison Barger hit a two-run home run, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer added solo shots, and Toronto beat San Francisco to complete a three-game sweep and match a franchise record with its 10th consecutive home win. Toronto also won 10 straight at home July 21–August 3, 1985. Toronto's current streak began with a four-game series sweep of the Yankees from June 30 to July 3, overtaking New York for the AL East lead. The Blue Jays followed that with a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees and Blue Jays open a three-game series in Toronto on Monday. Since a three-game sweep of San Diego in late May, the Blue Jays have won 22 of 26 at home. Guerrero reached base three times and drove in two as Toronto improved to 12-3 in July. The series sweep was their eighth of the season. Toronto's José Berríos (6-4) allowed four runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings and won for the fourth time in six starts. Yariel Rodríguez finished for his second save in three chances. Ray (9-4) allowed five runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. The left-hander matched a season-high with five walks.
PARDES 8 NATIONALS 1Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam in the first inning, Elias Díaz also homered, and San Diego routed Washington. Bogaerts hit the first pitch he saw from MacKenzie Gore (4-9) into the seats in left for his sixth homer of the season and eighth career grand slam. Jake Cronenworth had an RBI double to make it 5-0 before the Nationals batted. Padres starter Nick Pivetta (10-2) allowed one run in six innings while striking out five. Pivetta is 3-0 with a 0.57 percent ERA in his last five starts. The Padres improved to 54-45, winning two of the three in the weekend series and five of their last seven. Riley Adams homered in the fifth for Washington. The Nationals have lost 10 of 12—going 2-7 under interim manager Miguel Cairo—to drop to 39-60. Díaz lined a two-run shot to left in the third to end Gore's outing. Gore tied his career high with eight runs allowed in a season-low 2 1/3 innings. San Diego center fielder Jackson Merrill was scratched due to illness about a half-hour before the game.
GUARDIANS 8 ATHLETICS 2David Fry had a career-high four RBIs, Gavin Williams struck out 11, and Cleveland defeated the Athletics to take the weekend series. Angel Martínez had three hits, including a home run to lead off the seventh inning for the Guardians, who have won eight of 10 after a 10-game losing streak. Nick Kurtz had a pair of doubles for the Athletics, who have lost nine of their last 10 in Cleveland. Williams (6-4) tied a career high in going seven innings and got his first win since June 1. He is 2-1 in his last nine starts. The right-hander—who gave up one run and four hits—struck out five of the first six Athletics hitters he faced. It was his first double-digit strikeout game since Aug. 12, 2023, against Tampa Bay. Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs (8-7) had his two-game winning streak snapped after he allowed five runs and nine hits in four innings.
WHITE SOX 7 PIRATES 2Miquel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back homers in a four-run first inning, and Chicago cruised to a victory over struggling Pittsburgh for its first series sweep this season. Vargas hit a three-run shot to open the scoring against Andrew Heaney, his 11th homer of the year but first since June 15. Tauchman followed by launching a drive that carried over the right-field stands and bounced into the Allegheny River. The White Sox became the last major league team to sweep a series this season as they sent the Pirates to their 11th loss in 12 games. Tauchman hit a two-run double in the fifth to chase Heaney and extend the lead to 7-1. Aaron Civale (2-6) got his first win in seven starts since being acquired from Milwaukee in a June 13 trade. He gave up one unearned run and three hits in six innings with six strikeouts. Vargas, Tauchman, Chase Meidroth, and Michael A. Taylor each had two hits for the White Sox. Heaney (4-9) was tagged for seven runs and nine hits in four innings. The left-hander has lost six of seven decisions since May 26.
YANKEES 4 BRAVES 2Aaron Judge hit his 36th home run of the season and tied Alex Rodriguez for sixth place in Yankees history as New York defeated Atlanta. Judge's solo homer in the first inning was his 351st with the Yankees, matching A-Rod and behind Babe Ruth (659), Mickey Mantle (536), Lou Gehrig (493), Joe DiMaggio (361), and Yogi Berra (358). Judge also scored from first on Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s double in the seventh and finished 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored. Marcus Strohman (2-1) worked six strong innings in his fourth start since returning from a knee injury. He gave up one run on five hits with four strikeouts and no walks in his longest outing of the season. Paul Goldschmidt was 1 for 3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored, and Giancarlo Stanton was 3 for 5 with a run scored. Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a solo home run, his 13th, in the ninth off Devin Williams, who earned his 14th save for the Yankees. Matt Olson hit a 442-foot homer, his 18th, that hit the top of the Chop House in right field in the sixth inning for the Braves' other run. Atlanta's Grant Holmes (4-9) gave up three runs on seven hits in six innings.
ROYALS 7 MARLINS 4Kris Bubic pitched five shutout innings, Salvador Perez homered and doubled, and Kansas City beat Miami to avoid a three-game sweep and end the Marlins' winning streak at four. Bubic (8-6) gave up three hits and a walk. Andrew Hoffmann came on in the ninth and gave up four runs—none earned—in two-thirds of an inning before Carlos Estévez got the final out for his 26th save. Perez hit his 15th homer of the season in the eighth. Kansas City took a 3-0 lead in the fourth and made it 6-0 in the fifth. In the fourth, Bobby Witt Jr. scored on Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly, Perez hit a ground-rule double, and Jac Caglianone followed with a two-run double off starter Janson Junk (4-2). In the fifth, Jonathan India had a two-run double, and Vinnie Pasquantino added an RBI sacrifice fly. Xavier Edwards and Agustín Ramírez each had two RBIs for Miami.
METS 3 REDS 2Juan Soto dashed home with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, beating a throw to the plate on Luis Torrens' sharp grounder to second base, and New York avoided a three-game sweep with a win over Cincinnati. Soto led off the inning by drawing a walk from Brent Suter (1-1) and went to third on Jeff McNeil's one-out double. With the infield playing in, Tony Santillan got Torrens to hit a hard grounder to second baseman Matt McLain, but Soto got an excellent jump and scored with a headfirst slide as the one-hop throw arrived. Ryne Stanek earned his second save with a scoreless ninth. Edwin Díaz (5-0) blew a save opportunity for the second time this season when he plunked Spencer Steer with a pitch to force home the tying run in the eighth. Díaz then struck out Tyler Stephenson to leave the bases loaded. Brandon Nimmo had an RBI single in the third, and No. 9 hitter Luisangel Acuña gave the Mets a 2-1 lead with a run-scoring double in the fifth.
RED SOX 6 CUBS 1Wilyer Abreu homered twice and drove in three runs, and Boston beat Chicago to avoid a series sweep. Alex Bregman also connected as Boston rallied after managing just one run in its first two games after the All-Star break. Garrett Crochet (11-4) pitched six effective innings in his fourth consecutive win. The Red Sox went ahead to stay when Trevor Story opened the seventh with a walk, and Abreu hit a drive to right-center off Ryan Pressly (2-3) for his 19th homer. Bregman broke it open with a pinch-hit shot off Drew Pomeranz for a three-run homer in the eighth. Abreu tacked on a two-out solo drive against Ethan Roberts. It was Abreu's fourth multihomer game of the season and No. 5 for his career. He hit a total of 17 homers in his first two years in the majors. Boston improved to 12-3 in July. It had won 10 in a row going into the series. Chicago wasted a sharp performance by Cade Horton, who pitched 5 2/3 innings of two-hit ball. The Cubs had won five of six. Crochet allowed eight hits in his first start since July 12. The All-Star left-hander struck out five and walked two. Chicago scored its only run in the second. Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a leadoff double, and Dansby Swanson followed with an infield single. After Crow-Armstrong was caught stealing third, Swanson raced home from second on Ian Happ's single to right.
ANGELS 8 PHILLIES 2Jose Soriano limited Philadelphia to two runs in seven innings, Taylor Ward had a three-run double, and Los Angeles beat the Phillies for a series victory. Soriano (7-7) allowed six hits and struck out five. He was touched for a run in the second inning on an RBI single by Rafael Marchan, and the Phillies mustered little else until Otto Kemp's two-out home run in the sixth. The Angels scored five runs in the second against Ranger Suarez (7-4), who allowed six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Zach Neto singled in a run in the second, and Ward followed with his three-run double. LaMonte Wade Jr. homered in the sixth. He replaced Nolan Schanuel in the first after Schanuel was hit in the wrist by a pitch.
TWINS 7 ROCKIES 1Royce Lewis hit two home runs—his first career multihomer game—and Joe Ryan struck out 11 in seven innings as Minnesota beat Colorado Rockies to prevent a three-game sweep. Coming off his first All-Star appearance, Ryan (10-4) gave up one run and five hits with no walks. The right-hander worked a scoreless fourth inning with two strikeouts in the All-Star Game last Tuesday night at Atlanta. Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran each threw a scoreless inning of relief for the Twins. Matt Wallner hit a two-run homer off starter Germán Márquez (3-11) in the third, and Harrison Bader added a solo shot for the Twins.
ORIOLES 5 RAYS 2Jackson Holliday, Alex Jackson, and Ryan OHearn homered to lead Baltimore to a rain-delayed win over Tampa Bay. The game at George M. Steinbrenner Field was delayed for 2 hours 36 minutes before the seventh inning. Holliday hit his 13th homer of the season on the second pitch of the game from Tampa Bay's Ryan Pepiot (6-8). Jackson opened a three-run third with his first home run of the season, and OHearn's shot in the sixth was his 12th of the season. Gunnar Henderson capped Baltimore's outburst in the third inning with a two-run single. Trevor Rogers (3–1) allowed two runs on five hits over six innings while striking out three as the Orioles snapped a four-game skid. Closer Felix Bautista allowed his second run in his last 17 appearances in the ninth and got out of a bases-loaded jam by striking out Junior Caminero for his 19th save. Caminero had an RBI single in the third inning, and Danny Jansen hit a solo homer, his 11th, in the fourth for the Rays. Ryan Pepiot (6–8) went six innings for Tampa Bay, giving up five runs on six hits. He struck out eight and walked one.
DIAMONDBACKS 5 CARDINALS 3Eugenio Suárez homered twice for the second consecutive day, and Merrill Kelly allowed two runs in six innings to help Arizona beat St. Louis. Suárez has six multihomer games this season—including a four-homer game on April 26—and leads the majors with 20 home runs since June 1. He launched a three-run drive off starter Miles Mikolas (5-7) in the first inning and a solo shot in the third. The slugger leads the National League with 35 homers, one more than Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, and his 85 RBIs are tops in the big leagues—two ahead of Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh. Yohel Pozo, Jordan Walker, and Victor Scott II drew consecutive walks to load the bases for St. Louis with no outs in the fifth. Pozo scored on Brendan Donovan's groundout to make it 5-2, but Kelly (9-5) struck out Iván Herrera before Alec Burleson grounded out to end the threat.
ASTROS 11 MARINERS 3Christian Walker hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth inning as Houston rallied from an early three-run deficit and beat Seattle to avoid a series sweep. Walker, who entered the game hitting .333 in July, hit his third homer of the month and 13th of the season to left field off Mariners All-Star Bryan Woo (8-5). Two batters later, Taylor Trammell added his second homer of the season to double the Astros' lead. Trammell added a two-run double in the seventh inning. The Astros were resilient after falling behind 3-0 after three innings. They tied the game in the fifth on a fielding error by J.P. Crawford and a two-run double by Cam Smith. Houston starter Hunter Brown allowed three runs on six hits with seven strikeouts in four innings. Four relievers worked five shutout innings with right-hander Kaleb Ort (2-1) earning the win.
TIGERS 2 RANGERS 1Matt Vierling hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning, and Detroit snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak by beating Texas. Vierling's base hit up the middle off Chris Martin (1-6) scored Gleyber Torres after the Rangers finally got something going against Tigers ace Tarik Skubal in the seventh. Skubal, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and starter in last Tuesday's All-Star Game, was cruising with a two-hit shutout heading into the seventh. He left with runners at the corners and two outs, and Adolis García scored on a wild pitch by Tyler Holton (5-3). Will Vest entered in the eighth and got four straight outs for his 16th save. Skubal struck out 11 and walked none on 105 pitches in his seventh double-digit strikeout game this season. Zach McKinstry singled home Wenceel Pérez in the second for Detroit's first run.
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