MLB roundup: Walkoff wins for Indians, Rockies, Padres
By The Sports Xchange
CLEVELAND -- Tyler Naquin followed Jose Ramirez's game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off inside-the-park homer to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night at Progressive Field.
Trailing 2-1, Cleveland tied it when Ramirez hit an 0-2 pitch from Toronto closer Roberto Osuna (2-2) over the right field wall.
Naquin then hit a 1-2 pitch off the top of the right field wall. The ball ricocheted toward center fielder Melvin Upton Jr., who fell down as he attempted to throw the ball into the infield. Naquin, tearing around the bases, dove through the air on a headfirst slide across home plate to beat the relay.
Reliever Jeff Manship (2-1), who pitched a scoreless top of the ninth inning, earned the victory. Manship combined with starter Trevor Bauer on a five-hitter, with 15 strikeouts.
Padres 7, Diamondbacks 4 (10 innings)
SAN DIEGO -- Ryan Schimpf, who tied the score with a two-run homer in the eighth inning, hit a three-run walk-off homer with one out in the 10th to give San Diego a victory over Arizona at Petco Park.
Yangervis Solarte drew a one-out walk from Diamondbacks left-hander Patrick Corbin. Alex Dickerson followed with a single. Schimpf then drove the first pitch to him from Corbin 409 feet into the right-field stands.
The win was the second straight for the Padres over the Diamondbacks in the four-game series between the worst teams in the National League West.
Rockies 7, Cubs 6 (11 innings)
DENVER -- Colorado struck for two runs in the 11th inning off Chicago closer Aroldis Chapman and came away with an improbable victory on an errant throw.
Nick Hundley singled with two outs and scored on Ryan Raburn's double. Second baseman Javier Baez threw the ball into the Cubs' dugout and Raburn, who was on his way to third, was awarded home plate with the winning run against Chapman (0-1).
Dexter Fowler flared a single to center with two outs in the 11th, giving the Cubs a 6-5 lead against Matt Carasiti (1-0).
The victory gave the Rockies three straight wins for first time since their season-high tying five-game winning streak July 26-30.
Royals 5, Twins 4 (11 innings)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Eric Hosmer, who was the only Kansas City starter without a hit, delivered the winning single in the 11th inning as the Royals outlasted Minnesota.
Chien-Ming Wang (6-0), the seventh Royals pitcher, picked up the victory. Twins rookie J.T. Chargois, who gave up two hits and a walk in the 11th, absorbed the loss.
Cheslor Cuthbert opened the 11th with an infield single and Lorenzo Cain drew a walk before Hosmer lined a single over right fielder Max Kepler's head.
Yankees 7, Angels 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Masahiro Tanaka allowed five hits over 7 2/3 innings and Ronald Torreyes had four hits including his first career home run as New York defeated Los Angeles at Angel Stadium.
New York broke a two-game losing streak to move within five games of the Baltimore Orioles for the second AL wild card and have won all five games against Los Angeles this season. Jacoby Ellsbury, Didi Gregorius and Brian McCann hit solo home runs.
Tanaka (10-4) struck out nine and walked none, the third straight start in which he has struck out a minimum of eight batters without issuing a walk. He lowered his ERA to 3.25, throwing 100 pitches and not allowing an extra-base hit.
Red Sox 10, Tigers 2
DETROIT -- David Ortiz and Jackie Bradley Jr. ambushed rookie Michael Fulmer with a pair of two-run home runs in the first inning, Hanley Ramirez added a late pair of two-run doubles and Rick Porcello tamed his former team on four hits over seven innings to make his 17th win a Boston victory over Detroit.
Porcello (17-3) became the second pitcher in the majors with 17 wins by quieting the Tigers, who traded him to the Red Sox following the 2014 season. He struck out eight and walked two and one of the two runs he gave up was unearned.
Heath Hembree pitched the eighth and Fernando Abad the ninth for Boston.
Astros 15, Orioles 8
BALTIMORE -- Jose Altuve homered and drove in five runs, sparking an 18-hit Houston attack as the Astros overcame five Baltimore home runs en route to victory.
Altuve finished 3-for-6 with a two-run homer, a two-run double plus an RBI single as the Astros (62-60) snapped a five-game losing streak.
George Springer (4-for-5, two RBIs), Alex Bregman (3-for-5, two RBIs), Evan Gattis (3-for-4, one RBI) and Teoscar Hernandez (3-for-4, three RBIs) led the Houston offense.
Rangers 6, Rays 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Cole Hamels took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Adrian Beltre went 4-for-5 with two home runs as Texas cruised to a win over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.
Hamels (13-4) didn't give up a hit until Corey Dickerson's single with two outs in the sixth and had a shutout into the eighth before giving up a home run to the Rays' Steven Souza.
The Rangers won their fourth straight and ended a four-game win streak for the Rays.
Beltre had his 30th career multi-homer game, giving him 21 home runs for the season, with solo shots in the sixth and seventh.
Athletics 9, White Sox 0
CHICAGO -- Right-hander Kendall Graveman pitched a two-hitter for his first career shutout, Khris Davis homered and doubled among his three hits, and Oakland rolled to a victory over Chicago.
Davis went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and four runs scored. Stephen Vogt and Yonder Alonso added home runs for the A's, who matched their largest blowout win of the season. Oakland snapped a five-game losing skid.
A pair of singles by Adam Eaton and Jose Abreu marked the only offense for the White Sox. Chicago lost for the fourth time in the past five games and the 14th time in the past 21.
Reds 9, Dodgers 2
CINCINNATI -- Relief pitcher Michael Lorenzen and Joey Votto hit three-run homers and Tim Adleman pitched five shutout innings as Cincinnati defeated Los Angeles in the opener of a four-game series at Great American Ball Park.
Cincinnati won its fourth straight game to tie a season high while ending a nine-game losing streak to Los Angeles. The Reds, whose pitchers drove in five runs, improved to 20-12 since the All-Star break.
Dodgers right-hander Bud Norris (6-10), who was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list prior to Friday's game, allowed six runs and seven hits 3 2/3 innings.
Marlins 6, Pirates 5
PITTSBURGH -- Robert Andino's RBI single in the ninth lifted Miami to a victory over Pittsburgh at PNC Park, ending the Marlins' three-game losing streak.
Miami climbed to within a half-game of the Pirates in the chase for the second National League wild-card spot, which is held by St. Louis.
With the game tied 5-5, J.T. Realmuto led off the ninth for Miami with a walk off of Neftali Feliz (4-1). Ichiro Suzuki bunted Realmuto to second, and Andino followed with a single to right to push in the winning run.
Nationals 7, Braves 6
ATLANTA -- Washington coughed up a five-run lead, but against Atlanta didn't end up mattering.
Clint Robinson singled in the tie-breaking run with two outs in the ninth inning and the Nationals won for their 10th victory in 11 games against the Braves.
Wilson Ramos had a single off Jim Johnson and Anthony Rendon, who had made a costly error an inning earlier, walked to bring up Robinson.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 3
PHILADELPHIA -- Randal Grichuk's double knocked in the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning, giving St. Louis a victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.
Jhonny Peralta led off the 11th inning with a double and he scored easily when Grichuk launched a Frank Herrmann pitch over the head of Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera.
Grichuk's heroics were made possible thanks to a ninth-inning comeback.
Giants 8, Mets 1
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza broke a tie with a run-scoring single in a two-run seventh inning, helping Johnny Cueto wins his 14th game in San Francisco's victory over New York.
Denard Span had four hits, including an RBI single that followed Adrianza's, as the Giants regained first place in the National League West with a second straight win over the Mets to open their four-game series.
Cueto (14-3) won for the first time since July 6. He limited the Mets to one run on eight hits over seven innings, striking out two. He did not walk a batter.
Mariners 7, Brewers 6
SEATTLE -- Seattle used a pair of home runs to jump out to a 4-1 lead and held on to beat Milwaukee.
Milwaukee rallied behind three solo home runs then pulled within a run in the ninth but ended up suffering its fifth consecutive defeat. The Brewers have lost seven of their last eight.
Seattle kept pace at three games back in the American League wild-card race with the win.
