



ST. LOUIS >> Nolan Arenado delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in 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 (3-0) in the top of the ninth.
It was the second straight blown save for Helsley.
Masyn Winn raced home on Alec Burleson’s infield single to put St. Louis ahead 1-0 in the eighth inning.
Erick Fedde walked four and struck out two in 5 1-3 scoreless innings, giving up four singles. He allowed the first two batters to reach in the sixth before striking out Andy Pages. Steven Matz retired the next two batters to end that threat.
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine in six scoreless innings, allowing four singles and two walks.
Blue Jays 5, Twins 4 >> George Springer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and Toronto beat Minnesota.
Springer went deep against Twins reliever Griffin Jax (1-4), who allowed a leadoff double to Addison Barger one at-bat earlier. Springer’s 10th homer of the season made it 4-3 just as a light rain started falling at Target Field.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tacked on an insurance run with a two-out RBI single in the ninth off Twins closer Jhoan Durán.
Reds 4, Diamondbacks 3 (10 innings); Reds 13, diamondbacks 1 >> Christian 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 to help Cincinnati beat Arizona.
Encarnacion-Strand’s heroics came in his first game since April 17 after coming off the injured list Friday. It was the first walk-off win this season for the Reds (31-33) and their first victory in extra innings.
Gavin Lux hit a grand slam, Encarnacion-Strand homered for the second straight game and the Reds routed the Diamondbacks 13-1 after completing a suspended game with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings.
T.J. 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.
Cubs 6, Tigers 1 >> Chicago hit five home runs, including two by Seiya Suzuki, and went on to a win over Detroit.
The Cubs, playing before a sold-out crowd of 41,334 in Detroit that appeared to be at least one-third Chicago fans, 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.
Pirates 2, Phillies 1 >> Henry Davis hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Pittsburgh to a victory over Philadelphia after the slumping Phillies placed star first baseman Bryce Harper on the injured list before the game with right wrist inflammation.
Davis hit his fourth home run of the season and second in as many games to left-center off Ranger Suarez (4-1) on a first-pitch changeup to snap a 1-1 tie. The Pirates won for the third time in four games and can sweep the three-game series on Sunday.
Rangers 5, Nationals 0 >> Jacob deGrom allowed two hits in seven shutout innings and Marcus Semien drove in three runs to lead Texas to a victory over Washington that snapped a four-game skid.
DeGrom (6-2) threw 81 pitches and struck out eight while lowering his ERA to 2.12. Luke Jackson and Chris Martin each pitched a scoreless inning to close it out.
White Sox 4, Royals 1 >> Tim Elko hit a two-run homer, Adrian Houser pitched six strong innings and Chicago beat Kansas City.
Chase Meidroth also went deep for the White Sox, who have won three straight for the second time this season.
Astros 5, Guardians 3 (10 innings) >> Jake Meyers scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, Isaac Paredes drove in an insurance run and Houston defeated Cleveland in 10 innings.
Yainer Diaz had a two-run homer in the sixth as the Astros won for the fifth time in six games.
Marlins 11, Rays 10 (10 innings) >> Jesús Sánchez had a three-run homer and a two-run double, and Heriberto Hernandez singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as Miami outlasted Christopher Morel and Tampa Bay to snap a five-game losing streak.
Morel went 3 for 3 with two home runs, a double and four RBIs for the Rays, who had a four-game win streak halted.
Brewers 4, Padres 3 >> Caleb Durbin hit a walk-off homer leading off the ninth inning as Milwaukee rebounded after squandering a late lead to beat San Diego.
After a two-run, two-out double by Luis Arraez tied it in the top of the ninth, Durbin ended it by sending the first pitch from David Morgan (0-1) over the wall in left-center field. It was the rookie third baseman’s second career homer — and first since April 21.
Red Sox 10, Yankees 7 >> Trevor Story had five RBIs, Garrett Crochet struck out Aaron Judge three times and Boston beat New York to even their weekend series at one game apiece.
Story hit a three-run double for 5-3 lead in a five-run third against Ryan Yarbrough (3-1) and, after the Yankees closed to 10-7, added a two-run single in the ninth off Ian Hamilton.