Mets spoil Francis’ no-hit bid, beat Jays
Francisco Lindor ended Bowden Francis’s nohitter with a leadoff homer to ignite a six-run ninth inning as visiting New York defeated Toronto, 6-2, on Wednesday. It was the second time in four starts that Francis lost a no-hitter on a leadoff homer in the ninth. The Blue Jays’ only no-hitter was pitched by Dave Stieb at Cleveland on Sept. 2, 1990.
Dodgers 10, Cubs 8:
Shohei Ohtani led off with one of the Dodgers’ four home runs in the first inning and Tommy Edman went deep twice for host L.A. Ohtani, who also stole a base, has 47 home runs to go along with 48 steals as he closes in on MLB’s first 50-50 season.
Mariners 5, Padres 2:
Bryan Woo took a perfect game into the seventh inning in Seattle. The Mariners won for the fifth time in seven games to pull within 3 games of division-leading Houston. Woo’s perfect game, nohitter and shutout were spoiled when Fernando Tatis Jr. lined a 1-0 fastball just inside the left field foul pole with one out in the seventh. Woo (8-2) was charged with two runs on two hits in 6 innings.
Phillies 3, Rays 2: One night after he was hit by a pitch and both benches emptied, Nick Castellanos got his revenge on Tampa Bay, hitting a two-run homer and scoring the go-ahead run for host Philadelphia. Zack Wheeler (15-6) logged six solid innings for Philadelphia (88-58) to win his third straight start.
Pirates 3, Marlins 1: Bailey Falter (8-7) threw 7 shutout innings in Pittsburgh, allowing just two hits after carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning. The left-hander struck out five and walked three.
Nationals 5, Braves 1:
Right-hander Jake Irvin continued to mystify Atlanta, throwing six strong innings in Washington. Irvin (10-12) allowed one run on two hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
Tigers 7, Rockies 4:
Trey Sweeney blasted a 3-run homer to cap a sixrun first inning in Detroit.
Guardians 6, White Sox 4: Lane Thomas had three hits and four RBIs and Austin Hedges in Chicago.
Red Sox 5, Orioles 3, 10 inn.: Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning of a home win.
Diamondbacks 14, Rangers 4: Eugenio Suarez hit two home runs in Phoenix.
Yankees 4, Royals 3, 11 inn.: Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled in pinch runner
Jon Berti from third base in the bottom of the 11th inning at Yankee Stadium. Juan Soto joined Aaron Judge (126) as the first pair of Yankees teammates to have 100-plus RBIs in a season since 2011 when Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira all accomplished the feat.
Giants 13, Brewers 2:
Jerar Encarnacion, Mike Yastrzemski and Matt Chapman homered as part of a 17-hit attack in San Francisco.
Twins 6, Angels 4:
Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in Minneapolis.
Cardinals 2, Reds 1:
Paul Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning in St. Louis.
Athletics 5, Astros 4:
Kyle McCann slugged a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to support Joey Estes, who pitched effectively into the seventh inning in Houston.
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