Nomar Mazara drove in five runs, including a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning, and the Texas Rangers held on to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-8 on Thursday night.
The Rangers (60-60) reached .500 for the first time since July 15 with their fourth straight win and seventh in eight games. The defending AL West champs, out of the division race behind Houston, pulled within 1 1/2 games of the idle Los Angeles Angels for the AL’s second wild card.
Yankees 7, Mets 5
NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Sanchez homered and matched a career high with five RBIs, Luis Severino got right back on track and the Yankees made it a four-game sweep in the Subway Series.
Nationals 2, Padres 1
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Zimmerman homered with two outs in the eighth inning to lift NL East-leading Washington.
Zimmerman homered to right field on 1-1 pitch from Kirby Yates (2-4), who struck out the first two batters of the inning. It was Zimmerman’s 29th. Yates then struck out Adam Lind to end the inning.
Giants 5, Phillies 4
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jeff Samardzija struck out six over six innings to win for the fourth time in five starts and Jarrett Parker hit a two-run double to lead San Francisco.
Cardinals 11, Pirates 7
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dexter Fowler’s two-run triple keyed St. Louis’ comeback against Pittsburgh.
Indians 9, Twins 3 Twins 4, Indians 2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler made up for a fielding mistake in the top of the inning with the go-ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh, sending the Minnesota Twins to a victory in the second game to salvage a doubleheader split with the Indians.
Blue Jays 5, Rays 3
TORONTO (AP) — Justin Smoak hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson added two solo blasts and Toronto beat Tampa Bay.
Braves 10, Rockies 4
DENVER (AP) — Ender Inciarte hit two of Atlanta’s four homers to lead the Braves past Colorado.
Reds 13, Cubs 10
CHICAGO (AP) — Phillip Ervin hit a two-run homer to snap a tie in the seventh inning and had four RBIs in his first major league start as Cincinnati rebounded after giving up a nine-run lead.
D-Backs 4, Astros 0
HOUSTON (AP) — Patrick Corbin came within an out short of his first career shutout and first complete game since 2013 in Arizona’s win over Houston.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less