Patrick Bailey had a solo homer while Brayan Rocchio had three hits, including two doubles, as the visiting Cleveland Guardians won their sixth straight game, a 3-1 triumph over the slumping Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
Daniel Scheemann and Jose Ramirez knocked in the other runs for the Guardians, who completed a four-game series sweep while winning for the ninth time in their past 10 games. The Tigers have lost six straight and 14 of their last 16.
Cleveland starter Joey Cantillo (4-1) gave up three hits in 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Hunter Gaddis pitched a shutout ninth for his first save of the season.
Detroit starter Casey Mize (2-3) allowed two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings. Dillon Dingler homered for the Tigers’ lone run.
Mets 2, Nationals 1
Bo Bichette’s two-run single provided the offense, David Peterson pitched five solid innings and New York held on to beat host Washington and earn a split of the four-game series.
Peterson (3-4) allowed a run on four hits. Mets star Juan Soto, who began his nine-year career in Washington, recorded his 100th career stolen base.
Daylen Lile had two hits of the Nationals’ five hits. Washington starter Cade Cavalli (2-3) tied a career high by going seven innings. He allowed two runs on four hits and struck out nine.
Blue Jays 2, Yankees 0
Rookie Spencer Miles pitched a career-high 4 1/3 innings in his role as a bulk reliever and helped visiting Toronto shut out New York.
George Springer hit his second homer of the series to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead. Daulton Varsho had an RBI double in the first inning off New York’s Carlos Rodon (0-2). Ernie Clement added three doubles for the Blue Jays, who won for the fourth time in six games.
Rodon made his first home start since undergoing surgery for loose bodies in his left elbow. He allowed one run on three hits in five innings as the Yankees lost for the ninth time in 13 games. Aaron Judge went 0-for-4. He finished 1-for-15 in the series and failed to homer for the 10th straight game.
Braves 9, Marlins 3
Michael Harris II hit two home runs and Mike Yastrzemski broke out of a slump with a homer and three hits to help visiting Atlanta beat Miami. The Braves won the last three games of the four-game series.
Atlanta star Ronald Acuna Jr., who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, exited due to pain in his left thumb, though the ailment is considered minor. Harris went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Braves starter Spencer Strider (2-0) allowed three runs on only four hits, but three of them were solo homers.
Kyle Stowers hit two home runs and Owen Caissie also went deep for the Marlins. Miami starter Sandy Alcantara (3-3) pitched six innings and allowed six runs on nine hits.
Pirates 6, Cardinals 2
Braxton Ashcraft matched a career high with nine strikeouts for Pittsburgh in the rubber match of a three-game set at St. Louis.
Ashcraft (3-2) permitted one run on four hits over seven innings. Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Brandon Lowe went 2-for-4 with a solo home run for the Pirates, who have won two straight after a four-game losing streak.
Dustin May (3-5) allowed four runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings for the Cardinals, who have lost three of their past four games.
Diamondbacks 2, Rockies 1
Corbin Carroll hit a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Arizona past Colorado in Phoenix, the Diamondbacks’ fifth consecutive win.
Ketel Marte had two singles for the Diamondbacks, who got only four hits, all singles. Paul Seward (1-4) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth.
The Rockies’ lone run came when Tyler Freeman was hit by a pitch with one out and the bases loaded in the eighth inning. Juan Mejia (0-4) took the loss.
Athletics 3, Angels 2 (10 innings)
Nick Kurtz extended his on-base streak to 44 games and scored the winning run in the 10th inning as the Athletics rallied past Los Angeles in the finale of a four-game series at Anaheim, Calif.
Kurtz had an RBI single to go along with two walks for the Athletics, who posted their third consecutive win. A’s reliever Joel Kuhnel (1-1) threw one scoreless inning for his first win since 2022, and Mark Leiter Jr. handled the bottom of the 10th for his fourth save.
Nolan Schanuel homered and Mike Trout singled, walked and scored a run for Los Angeles, which lost its third straight game and fell for the ninth time in 10 games. Ryan Zeferjahn (2-2) yielded the decisive run.
–Field Level Media
