


Brandon Marsh singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning after the Philadelphia Phillies used two bunt hits to load the bases and beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Monday night.
Ian Happ tied it at 2 for the Cubs on a solo homer off reliever Matt Strahm in the eighth. Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI double in the 11th off Carlos Hernández (1-0) for a 3-2 lead.
J.T. Realmuto made it 3-all when he drove in the automatic runner with a single off Daniel Palencia (0-2). The Phillies then improbably got two straight bunt singles — the first from rookie third baseman and undrafted Division II prospect Otto Kemp, who had the third of his first three big league hits in the game. Bryson Stott also bunted for a hit to set up the clutch swing from Marsh.
The Phillies needed this one after they were swept in three games over the weekend at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia was 1-9 over its past 10 games and fell from the top of the NL East standings.
The 25-year-old Kemp, who played at Division II Point Loma Nazarene University, singled in the fifth for his first hit since he was promoted on Saturday. He scurried to third on Cubs starter Matthew Boyd’s errant pickoff attempt and scored on Weston Wilson’s single for a 2-1 lead.
Braves 7, Brewers 1: Chris Sale struck out a season-high 11 while allowing just one run over seven innings as Atlanta snapped a seven-game skid by winning at Milwaukee.
Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Eli White homered to make sure the Braves avoided their first eight-game losing streak since 2016.
Sale (4-4) allowed just five hits and two walks.
Pirates 10, Marlins 3: Bryan Reynolds hit a bases-loaded triple to cap a four-run third inning and Pittsburgh defeaqted visiting Miami for its season-high fourth straight win.
All nine Pirates had hits, and Andrew McCutchen and Adam Frazier paced a 15-hit attack with three apiece. Brett Sullivan had two RBIs in his Pirates debut.
Reds 7, Guardians 4: Jake Fraley had three hits, including a home run in the fourth inning, Wade Miley got his first win since 2023 and visiting Cincinnati beat Cleveland in Terry Francona’s return to Progressive Field.
Francona managed Cleveland for 11 seasons (2013-23) before being hired by the Reds last October.
TJ Friedl also went deep for the Reds, who have won four straight.
Miley (1-0) got the win in his second game and first start since signing a one-year deal with the Reds on June 4. He went five innings and allowed three runs and five hits.
The 38-year old left-hander signed a minor-league contract with the Reds on Feb. 4 and was with the club during spring training as he worked his way back from Tommy John surgery.
Red Sox bring up prospect Anthony: The Boston Red Sox called up top prospect Roman Anthony two days after the 21-year-old outfielder hit a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester.
Anthony made his major league debut Monday night at home against Tampa Bay, batting fifth and playing right field.
Boston put right fielder Wilyer Abreu on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain.
A second-round pick in the 2022 amateur draft, Anthony batted .288 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 58 games at Worcester this season.