
Weston Wilson become the ninth Phillies player to hit for the cycle, and Alec Bohm and Nick Castellanos had consecutive homers in the first inning as the Philadelphia Phillies overpowered the Washington Nationals 13-3 on Thursday.
Wilson tripled and singled in the fourth; homered in the seventh and, then — with fans chanting “Double! Double!” — doubled to right in the eighth, with Alex Call failing on a diving attempt.
Wilson had the 10th cycle in Phillies history — Chuck Klein did it twice — and he was the first home player to accomplish the feat at Citizens Bank Park since David Bell in 2004.
Philadelphia took a 4-0 lead in the first, with Bohm hitting a three-run homer and Castellanos following with another shot.
Zack Wheeler (12-5) moved one behind Atlanta’s Chris Sale for most wins in the National League and the Phillies scored at least nine runs for the second straight game.
GIANTS 6, BRAVES 0 >> Logan Webb threw seven-plus shutout innings, Grant McCray had his first career hit and home run, and San Francisco beat Atlanta to avoid a sweep. The Giants snapped a four-game losing skid behind Webb’s performance. The All-Star recorded his fourth straight win and held opponents to a run or fewer for his fourth consecutive start. He finished at least seven innings for the 14th time this season, most of any pitcher in the majors.
Webb (11-8) threw 104 pitches, striking out seven and holding the Braves to four hits. He departed with runners at the corners and two outs in the eighth.
McCray, after going hitless in his major league debut on Wednesday, went 2 for 3 and hit a solo homer in the sixth inning to extend the lead to 5-0. With his father, former big-leaguer Rodney McCray, watching from the stands, McCray, the Giants’ 11th-ranked prospect, also had an RBI bunt single in the second inning that knocked in San Francisco’s first run for his first big league hit.
TIGERS 2, MARINERS 1 >> Javier Báez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Detroit held Seattle to one hit and rallied for a win on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep. The Mariners got seven scoreless innings from their starter for the second game in a row and once again handed the lead to Yimi García. On Wednesday, he allowed Kerry Carpenter’s tying homer in what ended up a 3-2 loss in 10 innings.
This time, Parker Meadows walked and stole second, but García retired the next two hitters before giving way to closer Andrés Muñoz.
Muñoz (2-4), who hadn’t allowed a hit in a franchise-record 12 straight outings, hung a 2-1 slider and Báez lined it over the fence in left field.
ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 1 >> Zach Eflin pitched six impressive innings to improve to 4-0 since joining the Orioles, and Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins homered in Baltimore’s victory over Boston. Eflin (9-7) has won all four starts since Baltimore acquired him from Tampa Bay before the trade deadline. He allowed a run and five hits, striking out a season-high eight without a walk.
twins 3, rangers 2 >> Carlos Santana hit a sacrifice fly off All-Star closer Kirby Yates in the ninth inning and playoff-contending Minnesota beat Texas. Santana’s deep fly to right-center came after Yates (4-2) issued consecutive one-out walks and then threw a wild pitch.
Willi Castro homered for the Twins, who moved within four games of idle Cleveland for the AL Central lead. Minnesota currently holds the American League’s second wild card. The Rangers are third in the AL West and now 10 games behind Houston, matching their biggest division deficit this season.
athletics 7, mets 6 >> JJ Bleday hit his first career grand slam, Shea Langeliers reached base five times for the second time in three games and Oakland rallied to beat New York 7-6 in the longest nine-inning game in the pitch clock era.
The game lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes and the teams combined to throw 425 pitches, the most in a nine-inning game this season.


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