
Brendan Donovan doubled home two runs and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error, lifting the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the finale of the three-game series Wednesday afternoon.
The game had a 1 hour, 25 minute rain delay.
Nolan Gorman homered and drove in all three St. Louis runs, and Lance Lynn pitched six solid innings to help the Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 earlier Wednesday. The game was suspended because of rain after a 91-minute delay Tuesday night with the teams tied 1-1 in the middle of the sixth inning.
It was the first series sweep this season for the Cardinals, who have won eight of their last 10 games.
The Orioles had gone 106 consecutive regular-season series without being swept. Baltimore had just eclipsed the 1903-05 New York Giants for the third-longest streak in MLB history.
giants 9, pirates 5 (10) >> Patrick Bailey hit the first of three RBI singles in a four-run 10th inning, and visiting San Francisco rallied from a five run deficit for a win over Pittsburgh.
Bailey started with a single to right off Carmen Mlodzinski (0-1), scoring automatic runner Thairo Estrada, before Jorge Soler followed with one up the middle to bring in Matt Chapman. A sacrifice fly from Brett Wisely plated Bailey ahead of another RBI single from Luis Matos.
BRAVES 9, CUBS 2 >> Max Fried struck out nine while throwing a three-hitter for his second complete game of the season, and visiting Atlanta beat Chicago.
Marcell Ozuna, Matt Olson and Adam Duvall homered for the Braves, who had dropped five of six.
Fried (4-2) retired his first 15 batters before Ian Happ hit a leadoff double in the sixth. Happ and Dansby Swanson singled in the eighth for Chicago’s other two hits.
PHILLIES 11, RANGERS 4 >> Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto hit solo homers and Edmundo Sosa had a three-run shot to lead host Philadelphia past Texas.
Realmuto extended his hitting streak to 12 games and added three RBIs and Alec Bohm hit a two-RBI double in the sixth inning that made it 10-3 and gave him an NL-best 46 RBIs.
The Phillies won their fifth straight game, 17 of 20 overall and are 21-8 at home — and winners of 17 of 19 at Citizens Bank Park.
Matt Strahm (3-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win in relief.
ROYALS 8, TIGERS 3 >> Cole Ragans allowed one hit in six innings and Freddy Fermin drove in three runs as host Kansas City beat Detroit for a series sweep.
Ragans (4-3) struck out a career-best 12 while holding the Tigers hitless until Riley Greene’s two-out single in the sixth.
Detroit’s Tarik Skubal (6-1) threw five innings, allowing four runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts.
The loss snapped Skubal’s 14-game unbeaten streak dating to Aug. 29 last year.
PADRES 7, REDS 3 >> Luis Arraez went 4 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs and visiting San Diego beat Cincinnati.
He led off with his first homer of the season off Nick Martinez (1-3). It was his first home run since Sept. 16, 2023 when he also led off with a homer against Atlanta. Arraez, who has 25 home runs in 585 games, has seven leadoff homers for his career.
Jeimer Candelario’s fifth home run of the season tied the score 1-1 in the first. That was the Reds’ only hit until Candelario singled with two outs in the sixth.
TWINS 3, NATIONALS 2 >> Carlos Correa hit a solo home run and made a diving play to prevent a game-tying run, and visiting Minnesota beat Washington.
Max Kepler also had a solo shot, doubled and scored a late run to win the game and series, which the Twins entered having lost seven in a row.
Joey Meneses homered for Washington, which lost its seventh out of eight.
GUARDIANS 6, METS 3 >> Johnathan Rodriguez singled home David Fry in the seventh inning for his first major league hit, driving in the go-ahead run for host Cleveland in a victory over New York.
The AL Central-leading Guardians extended their winning streak to a season-high six.
The Mets had gone in front by three on homers by Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and Harrison Bader — all against right-hander Triston McKenzie.
RED SOX 8, RAYS 5 >> Wilyer Abreu and Connor Wong both drove in two runs and visiting Boston beat Tampa Bay to complete a three-game sweep.
The Red Sox swept the Rays on the road for the first time since April 19-21, 2019. The Red Sox had lost 15 of their previous 16 games at Tampa Bay entering the series.
Boston star Rafael Devers had his 11-game hitting streak end after going 0 for 4.
José Caballero drove in a pair with a single during a three-run second for the Rays, who have lost a season-high four straight.
yankees 7, mariners 3 >> Juan Soto homered twice, Aaron Judge and Alex Verdugo also went deep and host New York beat Seattle to stop its first two-game losing streak in three weeks.
Nelson Cortes (3-4) gritted through five scoreless innings for the AL-best Yankees (34-17), who improved to 3-0 when Judge and Soto both homer.
marlins 1, brewers 0 >> Jesús Luzardo threw eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball in his longest career start and host Miami beat Milwaukee.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered for the only run of the game as the Marlins won their third consecutive series.
Luzardo (2-3) struck out four and retired 17 straight until Gary Sanchez’s one out single in the eighth.
BLUE JAYS 9, WHITE SOX 2 >> Bo Bichette homered and had three RBIs, Daulton Varsho reached base three times and drove in a pair, and host Toronto used a seven-run second inning to beat Chicago. Chris Bassitt (4-6) allowed five hits in a season-high seven innings.
Rockies 4, A’s 3 (12) >> A two-run home run by Ryan McMahon in the top of the 12th inning led visiting Colorado past Oakland. The A’s managed a run in the bottom of the inning, but fell short.


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