ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Griffin Jax pitched five strong innings, Yandy Diaz tied Tampa Bay’s franchise record for career RBI and the Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Wednesday night.
Jax (3-5) struck out 7 while allowing 2 unearned runs and 5 hits. It was his fourth start in a row with at least five innings pitched and less than two earned runs allowed. Bryan Baker gave up a run in the ninth, but closed it out for his 20th save.
Diaz hammered a line drive to left field in the fourth inning to tie B.J. Upton’s franchise mark of 447 RBI and give Tampa Bay a 4-0 lead. Jonny DeLuca followed with an RBI double.
Former University of Central Arkansas pitcher Noah Cameron (4-5) gave up all 5 runs on 8 hits in 5 innings for the Royals.
Carter Jensen extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single on the first pitch of the game.
ANGELS 7, ORIOLES 6 (10) Nolan Schanuel reached third on an error and Logan O’Hoppe drove him in on a soft ground ball in the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Angels rallied back to defeat Baltimore. It was the 12th come-from-behind victory for the Halos and sixth walk-off win.
ASTROS 3, BLUE JAYS 1 Joey Loperfido scored the tiebreaking run on Jeff Hoffman’s errant pickoff throw in the eighth inning and Houston beat Toronto for its sixth victory in eight games. Loperfido tripled off the center field wall with one out and scored when Hoffman’s pickoff throw sailed past third baseman Kazuma Okamoto. Okamoto was standing well wide of the base.
GUARDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 3 (10) Khalil Watson singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning for his third RBI of the day, and Cleveland survived a ninth-inning collapse to beat the Chicago White Sox. In a game delayed by rain at the start for 2 hours, 40 minutes, Watson singled to left off Grant Taylor (2-1) to score automatic runner Petey Halpin from third and help Cleveland tie Chicago for the AL Central lead. Shawn Armstrong (2-1) got the final out of the ninth and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th.
YANKEES 4, TIGERS 2 Paul Goldschmidt had two home runs and Jasson Dominguez hit a go-ahead, two-run shot in the sixth inning off Tarik Skubal, lifting the New York Yankees to a series-winning victory over Detroit. Skubal (3-4) tied a career high by giving up three home runs, allowing that many in a game for the first time since 2021.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BREWERS 6, REDS 5 William Contreras and Jake Bauers hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning and Milwaukee beat Cincinnati to complete a three-game sweep. Milwaukee improved to a season-high 20 games over .500 at 49-29. The Brewers have won 18 of the last 21 series against the Reds.
CUBS 10-10, METS 3-5 Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking three-run home run in the sixth inning and added a grand slam in the eighth inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a win over the reeling New York Mets in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. The Cubs trailed 3-0 before tying the game in the fifth inning, when Pete Crow-Armstrong singled with two outs against Nolan McLean (4-5) and scored on Michael Conforto’s double before Michael Busch hit a two-run home run off the advertising signage in right field. Swanson launched a two-out, 400-foot home run beyond the left-center field fence before hitting a grand slam two innings later. In the second game, Swanson drove in four runs with a triple and two singles. Shota Imanaga (5-6) picked up the victory despite giving up three home runs.
DIAMONDBACKS 9, CARDINALS 4 LuJames Groover and Ketel Marte hit back-to-back home runs to cap a six-run fourth inning that powered Arizona to a victory over St. Louis. Tommy Troy went 2 for 5 with 2 RBI on a night during which every Diamondbacks hitter had at least one hit.
PADRES 5, BRAVES 2 Ty France homered and JP Sears won his season debut for San Diego, who beat NL East-leading Atlanta for a three-game sweep. France homered to left off Martin Perez leading off the third, his ninth. He hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth and doubled leading off the sixth, scoring on Samad Taylor’s two-run single.
PHILLIES 5, NATIONALS 4 Derek Hill hit a two-out, two-run pinch home run in the ninth inning to lift Philadelphia past Washington. Major league home runs leader Kyle Schwarber, out of the starting lineup with lower back tightness, pinch hit with two outs and walked against Orlando Ribalta. Left-hander Richard Lovelady (2-4) came on and Hill pinch hit for Justin Crawford and homered to right center on a 1-2 pitch.
INTERLEAGUE
MARLINS 4, RANGERS 2 Otto Lopez homered, Xavier Edwards had an RBI single in the fifth and Miami beat Texas. Lopez’s two-run shot in the eighth off reliever Cole Winn gave him a 33rd multi-hit game and raised his major league-leading batting average to .340. Lopez also had a single. The Marlins improved to a major league-best 16-5 in June.
DODGERS 4, TWINS 3 Mookie Betts backed Shohei Ohtani with his 300th career home run, three hits and slick defense as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished a three-game sweep of Minnesota. Ohtani (8-2) helped himself with an RBI single to spark a three-run third inning against Twins starter Joe Ryan after the two-way superstar fell behind with a three-run second.
PIRATES 11, MARINERS 1 Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Rodriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O’Hearn had three hits to help Pittsburgh rout Seattle. Ashcraft (7-3) had 10 strikeouts without a walk while allowing 1 run and 5 hits.
ROCKIES 8, RED SOX 6 Tyler Freeman’s sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run, Cole Carrigg had three RBI and Colorado rallied past Boston.
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