


Nolan Arenado delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals stifled the Los Angeles Dodgers’ offense for a second straight game in a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
Nolan Gorman led off the ninth with a ground-rule double before being replaced with a pinch runner. After Pedro Pages reached on an error by pitcher Ben Casparius (4-1), the Dodgers vacated left field to play with five infielders, and Arenado’s lazy fly ball landed just inside the foul line and bounced into the stands for another ground-rule double.
The Dodgers, who lead the majors in scoring, home runs and batting average, were held scoreless for the first 17 innings of the series, but managed to tie it when Shohei Ohtani scored on a wild pitch by Ryan Helsley in the top of the ninth.
Cubs 6, Tigers 1: Chicago hit five home runs, including two by Seiya Suzuki, in a road win over Detroit.
The Cubs also got home runs from Michael Busch, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Matt Shaw. They improved to 40-24 while the Tigers fell to 42-24.
Jameson Taillon (6-3) allowed one run on three hits and a walk in seven innings. He is 4-0 with a 1.68 ERA in his past four starts.
Rangers 5, Nationals 0: Jacob deGrom allowed two hits and struck out eight in seven shutout innings and Marcus Semien drove in three runs to lead Texas to a win at Washington that snapped a four-game skid.
Pirates 2, Phillies 1: Henry Davis hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Pittsburgh over Philadelphia.
The Phillies’ lone run came on Kyle Schwarber’s 20th homer with one out in the first inning off Andrew Heaney.
Reds 4-13, Diamondbacks 3-1: Gavin Lux hit a grand slam, College Park High graduate Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered for the second straight game and Cincinnati routed visiting Arizona after completing a suspended game with a victory in 10 innings.
Encarnacion-Strand homered in the sixth inning to tie the game before it was suspended Friday night and then hit a walk-off double in the 10th on Saturday.
In the regularly scheduled game, TJ Friedl and Elly De La Cruz drew walks off Arizona starter Ryne Nelson, and Encarnacion-Strand hit his fourth homer for a 3-0 lead.
Astros 5, Guardians 3 (10): Jake Meyers scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, Isaac Paredes drove in an insurance run and Houston won at Cleveland.
Blue Jays 5, Twins 4: George Springer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and Toronto beat host Minnesota.
Harper on IL: The Phillies placed first baseman Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list because of right wrist inflammation. The two-time National League MVP and eight-time All-Star is hitting .258 with nine home runs, 34 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 57 games. He missed five games from May 26 to June 2 with a bruised right elbow after being hit by a pitch from Atlanta’s Spencer Strider.