Kevin McGonigle ripped a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth and the host Detroit Tigers rallied past the Seattle Mariners for a 5-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.
McGonigle lined a single to right off closer Andres Munoz (3-4), allowing Detroit to capture the series, two games to one. The rookie also hit his fourth homer, while Wenceel Perez supplied a two-run triple to help Detroit rally from a 4-1 deficit entering the bottom of the seventh.
Will Vest (2-4) picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Jack Flaherty gave up three runs with seven strikeouts in five innings.
Josh Naylor had two hits, scored a run and knocked in another to lead the Mariners’ offense. Luis Castillo gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings.
Braves 3, Pirates 2
Michael Harris II delivered a bases-loaded pinch-hit double in the seventh inning to drive in three runs, leading Atlanta to a win over visiting Pittsburgh. Atlanta earned its third sweep of the season and its first sweep of Pittsburgh since 2022. The Braves have won eight of their last 10 and improved to 24 games above .500.
The winning rally started when Dominic Smith reached on third baseman Tyler Callihan’s throwing error. With one out, Mike Yastrzemski and Jorge Mateo walked to fill the bases, causing the Pirates to lift Bubba Chandler (2-7) for reliever Evan Sisk.
Harris, unable to start the last two games because of back soreness, batted for light-hitting catcher Sandy Leon and smacked the second pitch he saw into the right field corner to drive in all three runners and give the Braves their first lead.
Yankees 6, Red Sox 1
Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking home run with two outs to start a five-run eighth inning, and New York recorded a victory over visiting Boston.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a three-run homer to put a cap on the scoring. The Yankees won for the eighth time in 12 games and second time in five games since losing Aaron Judge to a stress fracture in his right rib.
Willson Contreras had an RBI double and Ranger Suarez had six strikeouts with no walks for Boston.
Phillies 9, White Sox 5
Brandon Marsh homered for the third consecutive game, drove in two runs and scored twice, fueling host Philadelphia to a victory over Chicago.
Rafael Marchan belted a two-run homer and Alec Bohm also had two hits and two RBIs for the Phillies, who won the rubber match. Bryce Harper had an RBI double among his two hits, Trea Turner doubled and singled and Bryson Stott added a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning to help Philadelphia win for the ninth time in 12 games.
Randal Grichuk ripped a two-run single among his two hits, and Tristan Peters and rookie Sam Antonacci each had two hits and an RBI for the White Sox, who left 10 runners on base. Tyler Davis (2-3) allowed three runs in one inning of relief work to take the loss.
Angels 13, Dodgers 5
Sebastian Rivero drove in a career-high six runs with five hits, Jo Adell had a home run among his four hits and the visiting Angels avoided a season sweep at the hands of the Dodgers in the final game of the season between the Los Angeles foes.
Zach Neto hit a three-run home run and Jose Siri drove in a pair of runs as the Angels won after opening 0-5 against the Dodgers. The bottom four hitters in the Angels’ lineup finished the game 13-for-15 with four walks.
Right-hander Jose Soriano (7-4) gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits over six innings to win for the first time in five starts. Dalton Rushing hit a three-run home run among his four hits and Ryan Ward added a home run for the Dodgers, who are now 11-4 since May 23.
Blue Jays 6, Orioles 4
Yohendrick Pinango started a five-run sixth inning with a solo home run and Toronto rallied to defeat visiting Baltimore.
Four of the sixth-inning runs were unearned because of shortstop Gunnar Henderson’s error as the Blue Jays rallied from a 4-0 deficit. Brandon Valenzuela added an eighth-inning homer as the hosts captured the rubber game of the weekend series.
Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer and Colton Cowser added a solo shot for Baltimore. Cowser and Blaze Alexander each had two hits in four at-bats for the Orioles.
Athletics 5, Astros 0
Nick Kurtz and Brent Rooker homered, and Gage Jump carried a shutout into the seventh inning as the visiting Athletics salvaged the finale of a three-game series against Houston.
Alika Williams’ leadoff single in the third set the table for Kurtz to hit his 12th home run of the season. Rooker added an RBI double, while Jump (2-1) surrendered three hits and walked three while recording three strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. The A’s bullpen finished a combined four-hit shutout.
Astros starter Mike Burrows (3-8) allowed five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Cam Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk.
Royals 6, Twins 5
Starling Marte belted a three-run shot for his first home run of the season, and Kansas City held on for a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Nick Loftin went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for the Royals, who finished the series with three wins in four games. Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with two runs and a double.
Royals left-hander Noah Cameron (3-4) allowed one unearned run on three hits in six innings. Lucas Erceg got the final two outs for his 12th save.
Josh Bell’s three-run homer sparked the Twins’ four-run ninth which ended just short of a full comeback with Brooks Lee’s flyout to the warning track. Twins left-hander Connor Prielipp (2-4) gave up two runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Marlins 4, Rays 1
Sandy Alcantara recorded his second consecutive June win with seven strong innings and Otto Lopez boosted his average to .336 as Miami claimed its three-game series against visiting Tampa Bay.
Alcantara (5-4) yielded one run and five hits, all singles, striking out seven with only one walk over 90 pitches. Michael Petersen and Anthony Bender (second save) crafted scoreless frames to seal the win. Lopez was 2-for-4 with a double, triple, run and RBI.
Rays starter Griffin Jax fired five scoreless innings. The Marlins scored twice against Garrett Cleavinger (1-2) in the sixth and added two more (one earned) against Steven Matz in the seventh. Yandy Diaz recorded an RBI single but the American League’s leading hitter fell to .325 as Tampa Bay fell to 3-10 in its past 13 games.
Rangers 10, Guardians 0
Justin Foscue hit a two-run home run, and Wyatt Langford, Josh Jung and Michael Helman added solo shots to lead Texas to a shutout of Cleveland in Arlington, Texas.
Ezequiel Duran was 4-for-5 with a double, one run and three RBIs, and Jacob deGrom (5-4) carried a shutout into the sixth inning as Texas took two of three games in the series. deGrom scattered three hits, walked two and struck out six in his 87-pitch outing.
Steven Kwan notched two hits for the Guardians. Joey Cantillo (4-3) allowed seven runs on nine hits while striking out seven in five innings.
Brewers 12, Rockies 4
Gary Sanchez hit a two-run home run and Brice Turang added a two-run single as Milwaukee scored seven runs in the sixth inning to beat Colorado in Denver.
Garrett Mitchell went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs for the Brewers. Andrew Vaughn also had three hits in five trips, scoring three times and driving in one. Shane Drohan (3-1) picked up his first win as a starter this year, giving up five hits and three runs in 6 1/3 innings to help Milwaukee complete its first three-game sweep at Colorado since 2014.
Colorado jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on Ezequiel Tovar’s RBI double followed by Hunter Goodman’s RBI groundout. Rockies starter Kyle Freeman gave up seven hits and three runs over five-plus innings before Jaden Hill (0-2) allowed four hits, two walks and five runs in one-third of an inning.
Diamondbacks 5, Nationals 1
Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno homered, Michael Soroka contained the highest-scoring offense in the majors and Arizona avoided a weekend sweep with a victory over Washington in Phoenix.
Carroll hit a solo homer off Cade Cavalli (3-4) in the first and Moreno added a two-run shot in the fifth for a 4-1 lead, which turned out to be plenty for Soroka (8-3), who gave up one run — a CJ Abrams homer in the second — and three hits in seven innings for his fifth quality start in the last seven outings.
The Nationals, who led the league with 351 runs entering the day, managed just three hits, with Curtis Mead and Keibert Ruiz each delivering a double. Cavalli gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings, snapping a streak of nine straight starts allowing three or fewer earned runs.
Cardinals 5, Reds 3
Reliever Sam Moll’s eighth-inning throwing error on Victor Scott II’s sacrifice bunt attempt allowed the go-ahead run to score for host St. Louis, which beat Cincinnati to complete the three-game sweep in a battle of National League Central teams.
The game was tied at 3 in the eighth inning before the Cardinals reclaimed the lead with two hits, one walk, two fielder’s choices and two Reds errors. Ryne Stanek (2-0) got the final two outs in the Cincinnati half of the eighth to earn the win. Riley O’Brien allowed a one-out double to Tyler Stephenson in the ninth, but that was it as he earned his 17th save
Moll (1-5) received the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) without recording an out. Matt McLain went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs, giving him three in two days. Stephenson’s 3-for-4 day included a solo homer and a double.
Mets 7, Padres 3
Rookie Carson Benge went 5-for-5 and supplied one of his team’s three home runs Sunday as New York won the rubber game of its weekend series at San Diego.
Benge clubbed his seventh homer of the year in the sixth inning, two batters after MJ Melendez belted his fourth homer. Marcus Semien homered in the second as the Mets totaled 13 hits. In the eighth, Benge capped his career game by lacing an RBI triple. Sean Manaea (1-1) worked four innings as the bulk reliever, allowing four hits and two runs.
Freddy Fermin homered for the second straight day and drove in all three of the Padres’ runs. Randy Vasquez (5-4) fell to 0-3 in his last four starts after being knocked out during a two-run fifth. Vasquez gave up eight hits and four runs in four-plus innings.
Giants 2, Cubs 1 (10 innings)
Matt Chapman opened the 10th with a go-ahead single, Dylan Smith capped a five-inning shutout effort by the San Francisco bullpen with a 1-2-3 bottom of the inning and the visiting Giants finished a marathon trip with a win in Chicago.
Playing a second consecutive extra-inning affair at the end of a 10-game, three-city venture, the Giants wasted no time taking advantage of their automatic baserunner in the 10th when Chapman grounded a Trent Thornton (2-2) pitch into right field, easily scoring Jonah Cox.
The outcome spoiled a remarkable effort by Cubs reliever Javier Assad, summoned cold from the bullpen in the second inning when Chicago starter Jameson Taillon was forced to leave with a left hamstring strain. Entering with one out in the second, Assad kept the Giants scoreless for the next 6 1/3 innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out five.
–Field Level Media
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