![]() Ryan Helsley walked Christian Encarnacion-Strand leading off the ninth, and Tyler Stephenson hit a grounder to shortstop Masyn Winn for the forceout. ![]() allowing three runs and five hits in six innings with six strikeouts and three walks, Casey Lawrence, John King and Giovanny Gallegos each pitched a scoreless inning. Zack Thompson (5-5) improved to 3-0 in his last four starts. The Cardinals have won four of five.Ĭincinnati (73-71) fell 7 1/2 games behind NL Central-leading Milwaukee with 18 games left, and sits 2 1/2 games behind Arizona for the last NL wild card berth. Lars Nootbaar broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth with a two-out RBI double off Sam Moll after Tommy Edman chased Carson Spiers (0-1) with a leadoff single. Louis handed Cincinnati its third straight loss. Aroldis Chapman worked around two walks in the ninth for his fifth save.ĬINCINNATI (AP) - Willson Contreras homered for the third straight game and drove in three runs as St. Will Smith (2-5), the fourth Texas pitcher, worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings. But last-place Oakland got even in the top of the seventh on Zack Gelof’s two run homer. Nathaniel Lowe and Leody Taveras had RBI singles to give Texas a 2-0 lead in the sixth, when Grossman also walked and scored. The Rangers won for only the fifth time in their last 21 games, a span when they have gone from a 3 1/2-game lead to third place in the AL West. Reliever Francisco Perez took over and uncorked a wild pitch when facing pinch-hitter Jonathan Ornelas in his first major league at-bat. ![]() Grossman drew the first of three consecutive two-out walks against Lucas Erceg (3-4). 2 slot in the NL wild-card standings.Ĭhicago has just four runs and 16 hits through the first three games of the four-game series.ĪRLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Robbie Grossman scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning and Texas snapped a four-game losing streak. ![]() The Diamondbacks moved within one game of the Cubs for the No. Cody Bellinger hit a two-out RBI single, but Sewald got Dansby Swanson to foul out to the catcher. Kevin Ginkel (8-0) got three outs for the win and Paul Sewald worked the 10th for his 32nd save. Lawlar was hit by a pitch and advanced on Yan Gomes’ passed ball before taking third on the wild pitch. Gabriel Moreno scored on a wild pitch before Pham drove in Jordan Lawlar with a liner to left against rookie Daniel Palencia (5-1). James McCann hit a two-run homer in the fourth off Chris Sale (6-4) and a solo drive in the sixth against Zack Weiss.ĬHICAGO (AP) - Tommy Pham hit an RBI single in the 10th inning, and Arizona got its fourth straight win. Shintaro Fujinami (7-8) pitched 1 2/3 innings.īoston dropped seven games behind Toronto for the AL’s last wild-card berth. The Orioles opened leads of 7-2 in the fourth, 12-6 in the seventh and 13-9 in the ninth as Aaron Hicks and rookie Gunnar Henderson hit three-run homers and Jordan Westburg had a solo shot.īoston closed in the ninth on Trevor Story’s two-run, two-out double and Wilyer Abreu’s RBI single before Valdez’s opposite-field flyout to left that Austin Hays caught in front of the Green Monster.īaltimore won for the 13th time in 16 games and became the first AL team to reach 90 wins. With automatic runner Chavis on second to start the 11th, Jacob Young sacrificed, CJ Abrams was intentionally walked by Varland (1-1), Lane Thomas hit into a forceout as Hernández held and Varland bounced a slider off catcher Will Smith.Īndres Machado (4-1) pitched a hitless 11th.īOSTON (AP) - Yenier Cano retired Enmanuel Valdéz on a game-ending flyout that stranded the tying run on third as Boston’s ninth-inning rally fell short, and Baltimore held on for its seventh straight win. Kiké Hernández hit an RBI single in the 10th, but Keibert Ruiz singled in a run in the bottom half. James Outman walked after fouling off five consecutive pitches, stole second, took third on catcher Keibert Ruiz’s throwing error and scored when Kolton Wong singled past a drawn-in infield. Los Angeles overcame a 5-4 ninth-inning deficit against Kyle Finnegan, who blew a save for the eighth time in 33 chances. WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Chavis scored on Gus Varland’s game-ending wild pitch in the 11th inning, and Washington beat Los Angeles in a game that started after a 4-hour, 10-minute rain delay.
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