


James Wood’s RBI single with two out in the ninth inning scored CJ Abrams from first base and the Washington Nationals rallied to beat the visiting Mets 5-4 on Friday night, ending New York’s seven-game winning streak.
Dylan Crews had three hits for Washington, which won for the fifth time in seven games and turned the third triple play since the franchise moved to Washington in 2005 in the fourth inning.
Matt Vientos drove in three runs for New York.
Wood poked a single up the middle off A.J. Minter, just under the glove of second baseman Jeff McNeil. Abrams never slowed as the ball dribbled into center and beat the throw to score the winning run.
Cubs 4, Phillies 0: Ian Happ had two doubles and an RBI, Seiya Suzuki doubled twice and host Chicago beat slumping Philadelphia.
Jon Berti added two hits and drove in a run as NL Central-leading Chicago won its third straight and for the fifth time in six games. Nico Hoerner and Pete Crow-Armstrong had RBIs in a game that started after a 2-hour, 10-minute rain delay.
Blue Jays 4, Yankees 2: Alejandro Kirk hit a go-ahead two-run double in the ninth inning off Yankees closer Devin Williams and visiting Toronto beat New York, snapping a five-game losing streak.
Williams (0-2), who has an 11.25 ERA in his first 10 appearances, failed to retire a batter and blew his first save in five chances.
Snell’s MRI reveals no structural damage: An MRI exam on the left shoulder of Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell revealed no structural damage, manager Dave Roberts said.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner hasn’t pitched for his new team since April 2 due to left shoulder inflammation, and the Dodgers stopped Snell’s throwing program earlier this week after he felt discomfort. The results of Thursday’s MRI were a cause for optimism, Roberts said.
“At some point I think he’ll get an injection to calm it down, and then we’ll figure out when we pick up the throwing program,” Roberts said. “But I think for us, we feel given the findings of the MRI that we dodged a bullet.”
The Dodgers still don’t know how long the 32-year-old Snell will be sidelined, Roberts added. They signed the veteran starter to a seven-year contract worth $182 million last November to take a major role in their rotation.
Blue Jays’ Scherzer takes step in recovery: Max Scherzer threw 27 pitches off the mound and Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider said it was a step in the right direction as the right-hander recovers from a troublesome thumb.
Scherzer threw off the mound a week after getting a second cortisone shot in his thumb and throwing off flat ground earlier this week in Houston.
“It wasn’t max effort by any means, but he threw all of his pitches,” Schneider said before the Blue Jays opened a three-game series against the Yankees. “He spun a few breaking balls in there and I think just a good step in the right direction.”
The 40-year-old Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list because of thumb inflammation on March 30 and had a cortisone injection the following day.