Brewers, Rays: Willy Adames homered twice with four RBIs and Colin Rea pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Brewers over the visiting Rays 7-1 on Wednesday in the finale of a contentious three-game series. Brewers reliever Abner Uribe was suspended for six games and starter Freddy Peralta for five by Major League Baseball for their roles in a brawl on Tuesday night. Rays outfielder Jose Siri was suspended for three games, and Brewers manager Pat Murphy for two. All four also were fined. Murphy started his suspension Wednesday, leaving associate manager Rickie Weeks to lead the team. Siri’s suspension was cut to two games as part of an agreement, and he served the first game Wednesday. Uribe and Peralta can continue to play until their appeals are resolved. Playing against his former team, Adames hit a solo homer in the third off Zach Eflin (1-4) and a three-run drive in the seventh against Erasmo Ramírez for his fifth big league two-homer game. Rea (3-0) gave up four hits over six innings with two walks and six strikeouts in a 99-pitch outing — his highest pitch count since July 25, 2016. Bryan Hudson, Uribe and Thyago Vieira finished a five-hitter, and the Brewers took two of three.
Twins: Max Kepler and José Miranda hit run-scoring singles to put the Twins ahead in the seventh, and they rallied late for their 10th straight win, 10-5 over the host White Sox. Miranda added his third hit for another RBI in a four-run ninth that put it away for the Twins, whose winning streak is their longest since June 2008 and the longest in baseball this season. Willi Castro added an RBI single to cap a three-hit day. Alex Kirilloff hit a solo shot, and Ryan Jeffers knocked in two runs with a double in the victory. Twins OF Byron Buxton left the game in the second with right knee soreness after an unsuccessful attempt to steal second base.
Athletics: Ross Stripling threw six strong scoreless innings to earn his first win in nearly two years, and the A’s hit two HRs to beat the visiting Pirates 4-0 to complete their first series sweep of the season. Abraham Toro and Phil Nevin both went deep to help the A’s to their fourth straight victory. Kyle McCann added two hits and an RBI. Stripling (1-5), acquired from the Giants in the offseason, had lost 10 consecutive decisions for the A’s and Giants. He allowed three hits, had two strikeouts and retired the final seven batters he faced to gain his first win since Oct. 1, 2022. Five A’s relievers combined for three innings to complete the team’s fourth shutout of the season.
Royals: Seth Lugo pitched seven strong innings to win for the fifth time in seven starts, Michael Massey hit a three-run HR and the Royals beat the Blue Jays 6-1. Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits, scored once and also drove in a run as the Royals won for the fifth time in seven meetings with the Jays. Salvador Perez had an RBI single and extended his career-best streak of reaching base safely to 21 games. His 27 RBIs lead the AL. Massey homered off right-hander Nate Pearson in the eighth, his second in two games. He finished with four RBIs. Lugo (5-1) walked two and struck out eight. He lowered his ERA to 1.60.
Braves: Chris Sale allowed one run over five innings and struck out nine, Austin Riley had the big blow at the plate with a two-run triple, and the Braves salvaged the final game of a three-game series with a 5-2 road win over the Mariners. The Braves were coming off back-to-back defeats for the first time this season. Sale (4-1) won his third straight decision and has a 2.36 ERA over his last three starts.
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