Ohtani closes in on 50-50 season in win
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani, Tommy Edman, Will Smith and Max Muncy all homered for the Dodgers in the first inning on Wednesday night, then Edman homered for a second time for the second straight game in a 10-8 victory over the Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani led off the game with his 47th homer, a 405-foot shot to center field against Chicago Cubs starter Jordan Wicks. The Japanese superstar notched his 48th stolen base in the second. He’s three homers and two steals away from becoming the first player in MLB history to record a 50-50 season.
■ Yankees 4, Royals 3: At New York, Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a game-ending infield single with one out in the 11th inning for the Yankees, who increased their AL East lead to 1 ½ games over Baltimore. Kansas City held the league’s second wild card by 1 ½ games over Minnesota.
■ Red Sox 5, Orioles 3: At Boston, Tyler O’neill hit a walk-off, three-run homer to left with one out in the 10th inning. O’neill connected off Keegan Akin (3-1) for his 30th homer of the season.
■ Mariners 5, Padres 2: At Seattle, Bryan Woo took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Luke Raley had a two-run single and J.P. Crawford added a two-run double as Seattle moved within 3 ½ games of first-place Houston in the AL West. Woo (8-2) retired his first 19 batters before Fernando Tatis Jr. homered with one out in the seventh.
■ Nationals 5, Braves 1: At Washington, CJ Abrams hit a home run and Jake Irvin gave up one run and two hits in six innings. The Braves only had six hits and fell one game behind the Mets for the third NL wild card.
■ Diamondbacks 14, Rangers 4: At Phoenix, Ketel Marte homered, Eugenio Suarez hit two homers, and Arizona swept the two-game rematch of last season’s World Series won by Texas. The Diamondbacks moved a half-game ahead of San Diego for the top NL wild-card spot.
■ Twins 6, Angels 4: At Minneapolis, Matt Wallner homered for the second straight game and Brooks Lee snapped an 0-for-19 stretch with a go-ahead, two-run double. Minnesota has back-toback wins after losing six of its previous seven and remain three games ahead of Detroit for the final AL wild-card spot.
■ Tigers 7, Rockies 4: At Detroit, Kerry Carpenter matched a career-high with four hits and the Tigers kept their improbable wild-card hopes alive. Carpenter came up in the seventh needing a homer for the first Tigers cycle since 2006, but hit an infield single.
■ Phillies 3, Rays 2: At Philadelphia, Weston Wilson drove in the tiebreaking run with an infield single down the third-base line, and the Phillies completed a three-game sweep.
■ Athletics 5, Astros 4: At Houston, Kyle Mccann hit a two-run homer and Brent Rooker had two hits and two RBIS to lead Oakland. The Astros have lost three straight games.
■ Cardinals 2, Reds 1: At St. Louis, Paul Goldschmidt’s double in the eighth inning scored Michael Siani with the tiebreaking run. Siani led off the eighth with a single and stole second despite the Reds pitching out on the play.
■ Pirates 3, Marlins 1: At Pittsburgh, lefthander Bailey Falter carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and the Pirates swept the season series. Falter (8-7) allowed three walks before Jonah Bride dropped a single into left field with one out in the seventh.
■ Guardians 6, White Sox 4: At Chicago, Lane Thomas had four RBIS and Cleveland held on behind for a three-game series sweep to stay tied with New York for the best record in the AL.
■ Giants 13, Brewers 2: At San Francisco, Mike Yastrzemski homered and drove in four runs and Blake Snell struck out eight in five innings.
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■ Aviators 5, Isotopes 3: In Albuquerque, N.M., Tyler Soderstrom and Colby Thomas each hit tworun homers and Greg Jones added a solo shot for the Aviators.