Diaz will return to closer role for Mets
NEW YORK — Edwin Díaz will go right back into the closer role with the New York Mets when he returns from the injured list Thursday.
The struggling reliever has been sidelined since May 29 with a right shoulder impingement. Before going on the IL, he blew three straight save chances and four out of five — and that didn’t even include a May 18 meltdown in Miami when he squandered a four-run lead in the ninth inning but wasn’t charged with a blown save. Cubs: Chicago signed Jorge López to a minor league contract, giving the veteran reliever another chance after an abrupt conclusion to his time with the Mets.
The 31-year-old López threw his glove into the stands after he was ejected in the eighth inning of New York’s 10-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on May 29. López then used a profanity during a bizarre and confusing postgame interview in the Mets’ clubhouse. Dodgers-blue Jays trade: Los Angeles Dodgers acquired infielder-outfielder Cavan Biggio from Toronto in exchange for minor league pitcher Braydon Fisher on Wednesday.
Brewers 5, Blue Jays 4: At Milwaukee, rookie Tobias Myers won back-to-back starts for the first time, allowing one run and three hits over six innings to lead the ]Brewers over Toronto for its sixth straight home series win.
Twins 17, Rockies 9: At Minneapolis, Willi Castro and Royce Lewis homered and Carlos Correa had a career-best five hits for Minnesota, which met Colorado starter Austin Gomber with a five-run first inning and finished with a season-high 24 hits.
Giants 5, Astros 3: At San Francisco, Austin Slater had three hits and drove in two runs to help San Francisco beat Houston.
Padres 5, A’s 4: At San Diego, rookie Jackson Merrill’s second homer of the game was a walk-off shot off Mason Miller with one out in the ninth and San Diego beat Oakland as Fernando Tatis Jr.’s career-high 17-game hitting streak ended.