BOSTON — Rafael Devers doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning for his third hit of the game, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Wednesday.
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.
“It feels like a relief, to be honest with you,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “To win the series, it feels good.”
Josh Rojas homered for Seattle, and Dylan Moore had an RBI single.
Tyler O’Neill was the automatic runner at second as Devers led off the bottom of the 10th. With an open base at first and left-hander Jhonathan Díaz on the mound, Seattle manager Scott Servais chose to pitch to the left-handed-hitting Devers — and the All-Star slugger made the Mariners pay.
MARLINS 6, RAYS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — 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 — 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 — 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.
BRAVES 6, BREWERS 2
MILWAUKEE — Matt Olson and Travis d’Arnaud hit back-to-back homers twice, and Atlanta defeated Milwaukee.
Olson and d’Arnaud went deep on consecutive pitches from Freddy Peralta in the fourth inning to tie the game as the Braves erased an early 2-0 deficit. Olson hit a 416-foot drive to center field and d’Arnaud added a 412-foot shot to left-center off Nick Mears in the eighth to help the Braves leave Milwaukee with a series victory.
According to Sportradar, it was the first time two players hit back-to-back homers twice in one game since Houston’s Mauricio Dubón and Jose Altuve did it in a 13-6 victory over Texas on Sept. 4, 2023.
CARDINALS 10, RANGERS 1
ST. LOUIS — 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 — 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 — 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 4
PHOENIX — 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.
CUBS 13, REDS 4
CINCINNATI (AP) — Ian Happ launched a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs banged out nine doubles among their 17 hits in routing Cincinnati to avoid a series sweep.
Seiya Suzuki, Patrick Wisdom and Pete Crow-Armstrong each had a two-run double. Nico Hoerner, Christian Bethancourt and Cody Bellinger also drove in runs for the Cubs, who set season highs for runs and hits. They struck early and never really let the Reds climb back into the game.
Chicago hammered one of Cincinnati’s best pitchers, left-hander Nick Lodolo (8-4), who exited with two outs in the sixth inning. He tied a career high by allowing eight runs and 11 hits in his worst outing of the season.
The Cubs hit nine doubles for the sixth time and first since Aug. 30, 2010. They finished one shy of the franchise record.
ASTROS 5, PIRATES 4
HOUSTON — Mauricio Dubón hit a two-run homer, Framber Valdez struck out 10 in six innings and Houston came from behind to beat Pittsburgh.
Dubón came in to pinch hit in the sixth inning with the Astros trailing 4-3. He hit a 97 mph sinker from reliever Colin Holderman (3-2) off the signage above the left field seats to give Houston the lead. It was Dubón’s first career pinch-hit homer and helped Houston snap a three-game losing streak.
Valdez (10-5) settled in after the second inning and gave up four runs on six hits in six innings for his fifth win in his last seven starts. Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 21st save.
The Pirates led 4-0 but three errors by shortstop Oneil Cruz allowed three runs to score for Houston in the second and third innings. Jeremy Peña scored on a wild pitch after reaching on Cruz’s throwing error in the second.
A fielding and throwing error allowed Chas McCormick to score from first in the third inning and Yordan Alvarez to reach third. He scored on a single from Yainer Diaz.
Pirates starter Jake Woodford gave up three runs, none earned, on two hits and struck out three in five innings.
PADRES 8, DODGERS 1
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s Dylan Cease held the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers in check in his first start after throwing his first career no-hitter and Clayton Kershaw lasted only 3 2/3 innings in his second start of the season as San Diego won for a two-game sweep.
Kershaw made his 2024 debut on Thursday after having offseason shoulder surgery. The 36-year-old lefty had a solid outing against San Francisco then but had a shaky performance at Petco Park, as did the rest of the Dodgers, who committed three errors and had just three hits.
All-Star Jurickson Profar had two RBI singles and Luis Campusano had a homer and RBI single for the Padres, who won for the ninth time in 11 games since the All-Star break.
The Padres clinched the season series against their biggest rivals at 7-3 with just a three-game set to go at Dodger Stadium in late September. It snapped a streak of 13 straight season series wins for the Dodgers.
GIANTS 1, ATHLETICS 0
SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb pitched his second career shutout, leading San Francisco to a victory over Oakland.
Webb (8-8) struck out six, limiting the A’s to five singles and a walk in his first complete game of the season and third of his career. His other shutout came July 9, 2023, in a 1-0 victory over Colorado.
Webb threw 73 of 106 pitches for strikes, getting 14 groundball outs. He allowed at least four earned runs in each of his previous three starts.
The Giants snapped a three-game losing streak against their Bay Bridge rivals to split the two-game series. They will play twice more in Oakland on Aug. 17 and 18.
Oakland’s Ross Stripling (2-10) pitched well against his former team, permitting one run on four hits with a walk and no strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
ROCKIES 2, ANGELS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Brenton Doyle capped an impressive July with a towering home run in the eighth inning, Ezequiel Tovar extended his hitting streak to 17 games and Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Angels to snap a five-game losing streak.
Logan O’Hoppe hit a solo shot in the fifth inning for the Angels, who are 2-4 on their current homestand.
Doyle, who missed Tuesday’s game due to a bruised right index finger, connected on a slider from Hans Crouse (4-2) that went 431 feet into the left-field stands beyond the bullpens to put the Rockies back on top.
It was Doyle’s 11th homer in July, tied with Oakland’s Brent Rooker for most in the majors, and it was his 19th extra-base hit, which led MLB.
Doyle’s .337 batting average (29 for 86) during the month was third in the NL. He led the NL in slugging (.791) and OPS (1.191).
Kyle Freeland (3-4) won for the third time in his last four starts and tied his season-high in going seven innings. The right-hander allowed one run and six hits while striking out six.