MLB Wraps: Jake Burger and Jonah Bride homer in the Marlins win over the Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Xavier Edwards drove in three runs, and Jake Burger and Jonah Bride homered to help Roddery Muñoz beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 Wednesday for the rookie’s first win in nearly three months.
Edwards had a sacrifice fly and two-run single for the Marlins, who overcame a pair of one-run deficits to salvage a two-game split and send Taj Bradley (6-5) to his first loss since June 8.
Muñoz (2-5), a 24-year-old right-hander, had been 0-5 in 10 starts since beating Colorado on May 1 for his first major league win. He allowed two runs and four hits while striking out seven over five innings. He gave up a solo homer to Christopher Morel in the first and RBI triple to Jonny DeLuca in the second.
ORIOLES 10, BLUE JAYS 4
BALTIMORE (AP) — Jackson Holliday returned to the major leagues with a flourish, hitting a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run to help Baltimore to a victory over Toronto.
Holliday, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft and baseball’s top-ranked prospect at the moment per MLB Pipeline, had been sent down after going 2 for 34 with 18 strikeouts for the Orioles earlier this season. In his first game back, he grounded out twice before connecting for a 439-foot drive with the bases loaded that gave Baltimore an 8-3 lead.
Colton Cowser also went deep for the Orioles, and Addison Barger homered for Toronto.
Grayson Rodriguez (13-4) allowed three earned runs and six hits in six innings for Baltimore. He struck out eight and walked three.
YANKEES 6, PHILLIES 5
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — DJ LeMahieu had a career-high six RBIs with a grand slam and two-run double, Nestor Cortes got his first road win this year and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to five with a victory that completed a three-game sweep of slumping Philadelphia.
Giancarlo Stanton added a pair of hits for New York, which rebounded from a 10-23 slide with its best stretch since eight consecutive wins from May 9 to June 6.
Weston Wilson homered and Nick Castellanos had three RBIs for the Phillies, who have lost four in a row and 11 of 15. Two-time NL MVP Bryce Harper went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts, hit into a game-ending double play and is in a 1-for-30 slump. The Phillies had not been swept in a three-game series at home since July 22-24, 2022.
CARDINALS 10, RANGERS 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Pham started in left field for St. Louis, getting three hits and two RBIs, and Michael McGreevy pitched seven innings in his MLB debut to lift the Cardinals to a victory over Texas.
Pham returned to St. Louis on Tuesday and debuted with a pinch-hit grand slam after being part of a three-team trade Monday. Pham began his career with the Cardinals, who drafted him in the sixth round in 2006.
Brendan Donovan drove in three runs, and Michael Siani and Alec Burleson each had two RBIs. Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt added two hits apiece, and the Cardinals scattered 14 hits against four pitchers.
Marcus Semien had two of the Rangers five hits and drove in the lone RBI.
ROYALS 10, WHITE SOX 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Freddy Fermin launched a two-run homer among his four hits and the Kansas City pounded the White Sox, extending Chicago’s franchise-record losing streak to 17 games.
Vinnie Pasquantino added a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs. Salvador Perez had three hits and drove in two runs as the Royals won their third straight.
Major league batting leader Bobby Witt Jr. lengthened his hitting streak to 13 games with two infield singles, raising his average to .349. The star shortstop walked twice, scored three runs and stole his 24th base.
Andrew Benintendi drove in two runs with a double and finished with two hits for the major league-worst White Sox, whose slide is the longest since Arizona dropped 17 straight games in 2021.
TWINS 8, METS 3
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Wallner hit a two-run homer and came within inches of another round-tripper as Minnesota finally won a game in New York by beating the Mets.
Byron Buxton also connected and Pablo López (10-7) pitched six innings of three-hit ball as the Twins prevented a three-game sweep. They were outscored 39-13 while losing their first five games in New York this season against the Yankees and Mets.
The victory was Minnesota’s first at Citi Field since April 9, 2019.
Wallner’s homer capped a five-run outburst in the third, when Luis Severino (7-4) gave up five straight hits to begin the inning. The outfielder nearly went deep again in the fifth, when center fielder Tyrone Taylor reached over the fence and got a piece of the ball but could not corral it as Wallner settled for a double.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, NATIONALS
PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen won his third straight start, Ryan Thompson got out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks earned a three-game sweep by beating the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Wednesday.
Arizona has won five straight series, but this was the Diamondbacks’ first sweep in that stretch. Washington took an 8-2 lead in the series opener Monday before Arizona rallied to win 9-8 and outscored the Nats 29-3 over the rest of the series.
The Nationals have lost four straight and seven of nine.
RED SOX 3, MARINERS 2, 10 INNINGS
BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning for his third hit of the game, and Boston beat Seattle.
Zack Kelly (4-1) pitched out of a major jam in a scoreless 10th for the win. Danny Jansen hit a tying single in the sixth and Boston took two of three from the Mariners, who are locked in a tight race with Houston atop the AL West.
Josh Rojas homered for Seattle, and Dylan Moore had an RBI single.