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MLB roundup: Manny Machado, Padres defeat Marlins in tenth

MLB: San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh PiratesAug 8, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (13) runs the bases after hitting a two run residence run towards the Pittsburgh Pirates through the first inning at PNC Park. Necessary Credit score: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports activities

In his homecoming, Manny Machado drove in three runs — together with two within the decisive tenth inning — because the San Diego Padres defeated the host Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday evening.

San Diego has received six straight video games, the longest lively streak within the majors.

Padres rookie Jackson Merrill almost upstaged Machado by going 3-for-4 and ending a double shy of the cycle. Merrill, who additionally had two steals, two RBIs and a stellar catch in middle, led off the ninth with a homer to ship the sport to further innings.

Miami reliever George Soriano blew a save probability within the ninth. Brett de Geus (0-1) took the loss in his Marlins debut, permitting 4 runs (three earned) within the tenth. San Diego’s Jason Adam (7-4) earned the win with a scoreless ninth.

Dodgers 9, Pirates 5

Proper-hander Jack Flaherty had 10 strikeouts in his residence debut and was backed by three residence runs as Los Angeles earned a victory over visiting Pittsburgh within the opener of a three-game collection.

In his second begin since he was traded from the Detroit Tigers to his hometown workforce, Flaherty (9-5) gave up 4 runs on 9 hits over 5 2/3 innings and threw 110 pitches. 4 Dodgers pitchers mixed for 16 strikeouts. Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Enrique Hernandez every hit residence runs because the Dodgers received for the fourth time of their previous six video games.

Oneil Cruz and Joey Bart every hit residence runs for the Pirates, who misplaced their fifth consecutive recreation. Proper-hander Mitch Keller (10-6) gave up seven runs on seven hits in 4 innings for Pittsburgh. Proper-hander Domingo German made his Pirates debut and gave up two runs in 4 reduction innings.

Twins 4, Guardians 2 (Recreation 1)

Carlos Santana and Ryan Jeffers every homered for host Minnesota within the first recreation of a doubleheader.

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (12-5) fired six scoreless innings and struck out 9. He held Cleveland to 2 hits and two walks.

Joey Cantillo (0-2) took the loss and Brayan Rocchio hit a two-run homer.

Twins 6, Guardians 3 (Recreation 2)

Matt Wallner went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, and Minnesota pulled away for a win over Cleveland within the second recreation of a doubleheader in Minneapolis.

Willi Castro stole residence for the Twins, who received each video games of the day-night doubleheader. Minnesota moved inside 1 1/2 video games of Cleveland for first place within the American League Central.

Josh Naylor hit a three-run homer to steer Cleveland on the plate. The Guardians misplaced their seventh recreation in a row, extending their worst streak of the season.

Orioles 4, Rays 1

Former Tampa Bay pitcher Zach Eflin (8-7) scattered 4 hits over seven shutout innings, and Colton Cowser and Cedric Mullins every homered for visiting Baltimore.

Eflin, who was traded on July 26, walked one and struck out seven.

Dylan Carlson homered for Tampa Bay. Zack Littell (5-8) allowed three runs on eight hits over 5 innings. He walked one and struck out 5.

Blue Jays 3, Athletics 1

Proper-hander Jose Berrios struck out eight in seven innings, George Springer and Spencer Horwitz homered and Toronto defeated Oakland.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. prolonged his hit streak to 21 video games with two singles and Ernie Clement had three singles within the opener of a three-game collection. Berrios (10-9) allowed one run, six hits and one stroll.

Darell Hernaiz had a homer and single for the Athletics. Oakland right-hander Mitch Spence (7-8) allowed two runs and eight hits with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Nationals 3, Angels 2 (10 innings)

Alex Name’s one-out RBI single within the backside of the tenth inning lifted host Washington to a victory over Los Angeles.

With Angels left-hander Matt Moore (5-3) on the mound to start out the tenth, the Nationals’ Nasim Nunez bunted computerized runner Jacob Younger to 3rd. Name hit a 99-mph fastball from reliever Ben Joyce previous second baseman Luis Guillorme and into shallow middle area, driving residence Younger for the game-winning run.

Nationals reliever Kyle Finnegan (3-5) acquired the win because the Nationals overcame the return of third baseman Anthony Rendon, who led the Angels’ offense with three hits. It was Rendon’s first journey to Washington since he left the workforce through free company after the Nationals’ 2019 World Sequence championship.

Astros 8, Pink Sox 4

Jose Altuve’s two-run residence run was a part of a four-run seventh inning that carried visiting Houston previous Boston within the first assembly between the groups this season.

The Pink Sox led 3-1 when Altuve hit his fifteenth homer of the season towards reliever Lucas Sims. Jon Singleton and Jeremy Pena adopted with RBI singles that prolonged the result in 5-3. The Astros collected seven hits within the inning.

Jarren Duran and Nick Sogard every had a double and a single for the Pink Sox.

Brewers 8, Reds 3

Willy Adames hit a three-run homer and Brice Turang added a two-run shot as Milwaukee continued its offensive surge with a victory over visiting Cincinnati within the opener of the three-game collection.

Milwaukee jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings towards Carson Spiers (4-4), who allowed eight runs on seven hits. Aaron Civale (3-8) allowed two runs on 5 hits in 6 1/3 innings to win for the primary time in six begins with Milwaukee since being acquired from Tampa Bay in early July.

Civale took a shutout into the seventh earlier than surrendering Spencer Steer’s sixteenth homer of the 12 months to open the inning. Jeimer Candelario singled, however was thrown out at residence making an attempt to attain on Ty France’s double. Nick Mears got here on in reduction and gave up a two-run homer to Stuart Fairchild, his eighth, to make it 8-3.

Cubs 7, White Sox 6

Ian Happ, Cody Bellinger, Isaac Paredes and Nico Hoerner every homered to spice up the visiting Cubs to a victory towards the slumping White Sox.

Losers of 23 of 24, the White Sox surrendered seven runs within the first three innings within the debut of interim supervisor Grady Sizemore, who took the reins after supervisor Pedro Grifol was fired Thursday. The White Sox loaded the bases with two outs within the ninth, however Hector Neris recovered to retire Andrew Vaughn on a flyout for his sixteenth save.

Happ hit a leadoff homer, the primary of 4 given up by White Sox starter Garrett Crochet (6-9), who allowed 9 runs and 7 hits in 2 1/3 innings. Crochet, the lone White Sox All-Star, remained winless since June 7, a span of 10 begins. Andrew Benintendi hit two solo photographs and Andrew Vaughn added a solo homer for the White Sox.

Cardinals 8, Royals 5

Willson Contreras belted a pair of two-run homers to gas visiting St. Louis over Kansas Metropolis.

Contreras opened the scoring with a blast off Michael Lorenzen within the first inning and capped his three-hit efficiency with a mammoth homer to left area off Angel Zerpa within the ninth.

Michael Massey (3-for-4) drove in two runs and Kyle Isbel, Salvador Perez and Maikel Garcia every added an RBI for the Royals, who’ve misplaced three of their previous 4 video games.

Diamondbacks 3, Phillies 2

Adrian Del Castillo belted the primary pitch of the underside of the ninth inning over the wall in proper to offer Arizona a dramatic victory over Philadelphia in Phoenix.

Del Castillo had three hits and two RBIs in his second main league recreation, together with the profitable 416-foot blast off a fastball from Philadelphia’s Jeff Hoffman (3-2). He grew to become the primary participant in Diamondbacks historical past to have his first profession homer be a walk-off shot.

Bryce Harper homered for the Phillies, who misplaced for simply the second time in six video games. Alec Bohm and Johan Rojas every had two hits, with Rojas’ second hit being a game-tying double within the eighth.

Mariners 6, Mets 0

Bryce Miller pitched six scoreless innings as Seattle defeated visiting New York within the opener of a three-game interleague collection.

Ryan Bliss, recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday, hit a two-run homer because the Mariners remained tied with the Houston Astros atop the American League West. Miller (9-7) allowed simply three hits, walked one and struck out six.

The Mets, who had received three of 4, remained a half-game forward of the Atlanta Braves within the race for the Nationwide League’s third and last wild-card berth. Jose Quintana (6-8) allowed 5 runs on 4 hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Rockies 6, Braves 5

Brenton Doyle homered amongst his two hits, Ryan McMahon and Charlie Blackmon additionally had two hits, and Colorado beat Atlanta in Denver.

Jorge Soler, Marcell Ozuna and Ramon Laureano homered, Jarred Kelenic had three hits and Sean Murphy had two hits for the Braves, who’ve now dropped six straight. Their seven-game profitable streak in Denver got here to an finish.

Colorado starter Tanner Gordon was in line for his first profession win when the bullpen coughed up a 5-2 lead within the seventh. Laureano led off together with his fourth residence run of the season and Kelenic singled.

Giants 3, Tigers 2

Mark Canha beat his outdated workforce with a walk-off sacrifice fly within the ninth inning as San Francisco, held hitless for six innings, rallied for a victory over visiting Detroit.

After the Giants scored single runs within the seventh and eighth to attract even, Canha drilled a deep fly to left to attain Michael Conforto. Tyler Rogers (2-4), who pitched a 1-2-3 high of the ninth, acquired the win in San Francisco’s tenth walk-off victory of 2024.

For Detroit, Ryan Vilade opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly within the second, earlier than Javier Baez made it 2-0 within the fifth when he raced residence on a throwing error. Beau Briske and Kenta Maeda no-hit the Giants for 3 innings apiece.

–Subject Degree Media

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