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MLB glance: Max Muncy hits 2-run homer to power Dodgers past Yankees Max Muncy hit a go-ahead two-run homer with nobody out in the seventh inning against Gerrit Cole and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night in the first meeting at Yankee Stadium between the teams since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.
The Dodgers snapped a three-game losing streak in their first trip to the Bronx since scoring five unearned runs off Cole in the fifth inning of Game 5 to clinch the first of their consecutive titles.
ADVERTISING Cole (3-5) entered the seventh at 90 pitches and started the inning by walking Mookie Betts.
Manager Aaron Boone visited the mound and kept Cole in as relievers Brent Headrick and Fernando Cruz warmed up.
Muncy fouled off three pitches before ending the at-bat by hammering Coles 2-2 slider about halfway up the second deck in right field.
Cole had held him hitless in five previous encounters.
Cole was lifted after his 103rd pitch gave the Dodgers the lead.
Headrick finished the inning by getting the next three hitters.
The Yankees held a 1-0 lead when Jasson Dominguez scored on a passed ball by catcher Dalton Rushing in the fourth.
Dominguez hit a two-out double and advanced to third when center fielder Andy Pages bobbled the ball for an error.
Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki allowed an unearned run on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.
He struck out five, walked one and exited after allowing a single to Cody Bellinger to put runners at first and second.
Jack Dreyer (4-1) struck out Dominguez to end the sixth and pitched 1 1/3 innings.
Alex Vesia gave up a double to Ben Rice in the eighth but was aided by Betts throwing out Grisham on a close play at the plate.
The Yankees challenged the call and contended Rushing blocked the plate, but the call was not overturned via replay.
Following an intentional walk to Paul Goldschmidt, Vesia retired Bellinger on the next pitch.
Tanner Scott pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 14th save.
Cole allowed two runs on four hits in six-plus innings.
He struck out eight and walked one.
Giants homer twice, blank Mariners in return from All-Star break Willy Adames hit a grand slam and Landen Roupp pitched seven innings of two-hit ball as the San Francisco Giants returned from the All-Star break with a 7-0 victory against the host Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game interleague series Friday night.
Bryce Eldridge added a two-run shot for the Giants, who won their third game in a row to tie their season-long winning streak.
Roupp (7-8) allowed a two-out single to Josh Naylor in the fourth inning and a leadoff single to Luke Raley in the fifth.
The right-hander walked three batters and struck out two.
It was scoreless until the fifth inning.
With one out, the Giants Drew Cavanaugh lined a single to right.
An out later, Eldridge deposited an 0-1 splitter from Mariners starter Bryce Miller (4-4) over the fence in right-center field to make it 2-0.
The Giants added an unearned run in the sixth.
Heliot Ramos grounded a leadoff single into left field.
Jung Hoo Lee grounded to first baseman Naylor, with Ramos forced out at second, but shortstop Colt Emersons throw to Miller covering first was errant and Lee advanced to second.
With two outs, Drew Gilbert was hit by a pitch and the Mariners brought in left-hander Jose A.
Ferrer to face Cavanaugh, who walked to load the bases.
Luis Arraez hit a bouncer that second baseman Cole Young bobbled for an error, allowing San Francisco to take a 3-0 lead.
The Giants pulled away in the seventh.
Casey Schmitt led off by lining a single to left off reliever Nick Davila.
An out later, Ramos grounded a single to left and Lee was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Adames hit an 0-1 slider over the fence in right-center to extend the lead to 7-0.
Miller gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings.
He walked one and fanned six.
Hao-Yu Lee comes through in clutch as Tigers rally past Angels Hao-Yu Lee lined a two-run double into the gap in right-center with two outs in the top of the ninth as the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.
Lee hit a 1-0 fastball by Los Angeles reliever Kirby Yates (0-5) that one-hopped the wall to drive in pinch runner James Outman and Riley Greene.
Matt Vierling had two hits and a stolen base and Greene and Ben Malgeri each doubled for Detroit, which snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the 10th time in the last 13 games.
Keider Montero (6-5) picked up the win with 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief.
He allowed one hit and struck out five.
Troy Melton allowed one run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out nine and walking four.
Zach Neto had two hits and scored a run and Mike Trout had a double for Los Angeles, which lost its third straight game and fell to 2-11 in its last 13 games.
Reid Detmers was denied his first win since June 16 at Arizona after allowing four hits over six shutout innings.
He struck out seven, didnt walk a batter and left after throwing 86 pitches, 57 for strikes.
Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
Neto led off with a single and advanced to third on back-to-back walks to Nolan Schanuel and Jorge Soler to load the bases.
Josh Lowe then drove in Neto with a groundout to second.
Detroit, which failed to get a runner to third base in the first eight innings, then rallied for two runs in the ninth against Yates.
Dillon Dingler was hit by a pitch to open the inning and, after Spencer Torkelson flied out to left, Outman stole second.
Greene walked and Kerry Carpenter flied out to left, setting the stage for Lees game-winning hit.
The Angels put the first two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth, but failed to bring across the tying run, stranding two runners in scoring position.
Jensen walk-off completes Royals 10th-inning rally past Padres Carter Jensens two-run, walk-off single capped a four-run 10th inning which helped the Kansas City Royals rally for a 7-6 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Friday night.
The Padres scored three times in the top of the 10th, beginning with Miguel Andujars third double of the night down the right field line against Lucas Erceg (4-3) to score the automatic runner.
Fernando Tatis Jr.
followed with an RBI single, and Xander Bogaerts made it 6-3 with a sacrifice fly.
However, Michael Masseys third hit of the game drove in the first run of the bottom of the 10th off Kyle Hart (0-2).
Isaac Collins RBI groundout left runners on second and third for the Royals, then Jensen delivered his third hit through a drawn-in left side of the infield to score two and snap a five-game skid.
In the bottom of the ninth of a 3-3 game, San Diego closer Mason Miller loaded the bases with nobody out before striking out Josh Rojas, Lane Thomas and Vinnie Pasquantino to force extra innings.
The Royals broke a 2-2 tie with Masseys two-out RBI single in the eighth.
However, with San Diego down to its final out and nobody on base, Ty France sent an Alex Lange pitch over the left-center field wall.
San Diegos Michael King grinded through 97 pitches, allowing four hits and two walks but only one run on a solo homer to Thomas in the second.
Meanwhile, Seth Lugo yielded four hits and two walks over six solid innings, giving up two runs (one earned).
Thomas opened the scoring in the second by sending that King pitch over the fountains and into the seats in left-center.
The Padres broke through against Lugo in the fifth.
The veteran right-hander hit France, who went to third on an Andujar double.
Both scored when second baseman Massey committed a fielding error on Luis Campusanos grounder.
However, some poor Padres defense allowed Kansas City to tie it in the sixth.
With Bradgley Rodriguez on the mound, Thomas singled and Pasquantino walked.
Salvador Perez then grounded to shortstop Bogaerts, who threw wildly to second base on the force attempt, allowing Thomas to score.
Rodriguez struck out the next batter and then induced a double play to keep the game level.
Andres Chaparro powers Nationals to 23-4 rout of the Athletics Andres Chaparro hit two homers and more than doubled his season RBI total with eight of them as the Washington Nationals torched the lowly Athletics 23-4 on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.
Chaparro had seven RBIs on the season before going 4-for-5 with a walk and four runs as Washington set a season high for runs and scored in double digits for the 13th time this season.
The 23 runs match the second most in franchise history, which began in 1969 as the Montreal Expos.
Daylen Lile homered and drove in four runs and Harry Ford homered in his Washington debut while Cade Cavalli pitched six solid innings.
Curtis Mead was 4-for-6 with four runs, three RBIs and three doubles and Nasim Nunez had three hits and three runs scored as Washington halted a three-game losing streak.
Tyler Soderstrom hit a two-run homer and Shea Langeliers belted a solo shot for the Athletics, who lost their 10th consecutive game.
Cavalli (6-4) struck out nine for Washington.
He gave up two runs and four hits and didnt walk anyone.
Gage Jump (3-5) of the As allowed four runs (three earned) and four hits in 3 2/3 innings.
He struck out eight and walked two.
The Nationals began their assault in the third inning with three runs on a two-run double by Mead and a run-scoring single by Chaparro.
Washington made it 4-0 in the fourth on Jacob Youngs ground-rule double over the wall in right-center.
The Athletics got on the board in the bottom of the inning as Jacob Wilson hit a leadoff single and Soderstrom followed with a two-run homer.
Mead singled with one-out in the fifth and Chaparro hit a two-run blast to left-center that traveled 467 feet.
Dylan Crews walked later in the inning and Ford followed with a two-run homer to left-center to make it 8-2 on his first major league blast.
In the sixth inning, Wood hit a two-run single before As rookie center fielder Henry Bolte had trouble on three consecutive plays.
Cardinals pull out victory in 9th to defeat Diamondbacks Ivan Herrera delivered the game-winning RBI in the ninth inning to lift the St.
Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday in Phoenix.
Herrera drove in Jose Fermin with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off reliever Paul Sewald (2-5).
Cardinals starting pitcher Michael McGreevy allowed two runs on six hits and struck out five with one walk in 6 1/3 innings.
Arizona starter Merrill Kelly gave up three runs, one earned, on four hits in five innings for the Diamondbacks, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
JJ Wetherholt put the Cardinals ahead 3-2 in the fifth inning, putting a fastball 402 feet over the wall in right-center field.
In the eighth, Masyn Winn hit a sacrifice fly to bring Alec Burleson home and make it 4-2.
Corbin Carroll tied it 4-4 in the bottom half of the frame with a two-run homer off Luis Gastelum (1-0) that went off the right field foul pole.
St.
Louis opened the scoring in the first inning.
Herrera connected on a changeup that deflected off Kellys glove toward second baseman Ketel Marte, who fumbled on his attempt to snare it, allowing it to roll into the outfield.
Marte was charged with an error on the play.
Burleson followed with a line-drive single to right field, and Jordan Walker walked to load the bases.