Juan Soto hit two of the Yankees’ five home runs and New York salvaged a four-game series split with a 9-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
Soto had his fourth multi-homer game this season since coming over in a December trade and 21st of his career. He hit a solo homer into the third deck in right field in the seventh inning and added a three-run homer in the eighth and now has 25 on the season.
Soto went 11 for 18 in the series, including a four-hit game on Friday.
DJ LeMahieu, Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe also homered as the Yankees tied a season high by hitting five homers for the second time this season.
Carlos Rodón (10-7) earned his first win since June 10. He allowed one run and two hits and struck out 10 in seven innings.
LeMahieu ended an 0-for-18 slide with his first homer in 10 months. He entered with a .177 average and the two-time batting champion hit his first homer since Sept. 5 after being given Sunday off.
Rodón entered 0-5 with a 9.37 ERA in his previous six starts since his previous victory June 10 at Kansas City, but was in complete command from the outset. He allowed two hits and matched his longest outing of the season by going seven innings for the third time.
The left-hander had his 25th career double-digit strikeout game and first since Sept. 17. He averaged 95.5 mph on his 55 fastballs, threw 20 sliders, 16 curveballs and 10 changeups.
Rodón did not allow a hit until Jose Siri homered in the fifth inning. Siri also homered in the Rays’ 6-4 victory on Sunday.
TIGERS 8, GUARDIANS 2
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tarik Skubal pitched seven innings while continuing to be mentioned in trade rumors and Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a two-run homer, leading Detroit to a win over Cleveland.
Skubal (11-3) gave up a season-high 10 hits, but just one run as the All-Star worked out of several jams. The left-hander has been linked to potential trades with several contenders as the July 30 trade deadline nears.
Malloy homered in the first inning off Carlos Carrasco (3-8) as the Tigers beat the AL-Central leaders for the fourth time in five games.
Cleveland has dropped three straight and is just 2-7 since July 10. The teams play five more times in the next eight days.
PIRATES 2, CARDINALS 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Gonzales hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning after Mitch Keller allowed one run in the first seven, and Pittsburgh defeated St. Louis.
Bryan Reynolds led off the eighth with a single to left before advancing to second on a wild pitch. With one out, Gonzales sneaked a slow dribbler off John King (3-2) through the right side of the infield.
Gonzales hit a late-inning, go-ahead single for the second time in four games. He did it in the ninth inning against Philadelphia on Friday, giving the Pirates an 8-7 win.
Keller gave up six hits in seven innings, striking out three and walking two, before Aroldis Chapman (2-4) pitched a perfect eighth. David Bednar allowed a two-out single to Paul Goldschmidt in the ninth before striking out Nolan Gorman for his 18th save.
REDS 4, BRAVES 0 (AP) —
ATLANTA — Hunter Greene allowed only two hits in seven scoreless innings, Will Benson homered and Cincinnati took advantage of their speed to beat Reynaldo López and Atlanta.
Greene (7-4), making his first start since taking the loss in the All-Star Game, had seven strikeouts. The right-hander has allowed a combined two runs in his last four starts.
Marcell Ozuna had two hits for Atlanta, including a ninth-inning single off Alexis Díaz. Ozuna scored on Eddie Rosario’s sacrifice fly. Díaz walked Adam Duvall and Sean Murphy before ending the game on Orlando Arcia’s fly ball to left field.
The Reds ended a four-game losing streak and dealt the Braves their third straight loss. Cincinnati stole four bases, including two by Benson, and leads the majors with 143.
METS 6, MARLINS 4
MIAMI (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered twice, Jeff McNeil also went deep and the New York Mets beat Miami.
McNeil had three RBIs for the Mets, who split the four-game series against the National League’s worst team. New York (51-48) is 5-5 versus Miami (35-65) this season.
Mets starter David Peterson (5-0) permitted two runs and six hits in five innings. The left-hander walked four and struck out four.
José Buttó relieved Peterson and allowed one run over two innings. Phil Maton worked a perfect eighth, aided by a diving catch from center fielder Harrison Bader.
CUBS 3, BREWERS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ lined a solo homer, six Chicago pitchers cobbled together a five-hitter and the Cubs beat Milwaukee.
Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson each had two hits as the Cubs twice escaped based-loaded jams to end NL Central-leading Milwaukee’s three-game winning streak.
Willy Adames’ team-leading 16th home run got the Brewers on the board in the eighth.
Garrett Mitchell had two hits, and William Contreras and Joey Ortiz doubled for the Brewers, who failed to cash in on six walks from Chicago starter Javier Assad. He gave up just one hit but only lasted 3 1/3 innings in his second outing since returning from a right forearm strain.
Five relievers followed with 5 2/3 innings one-run ball. The first, Drew Smyly (3-5), got five outs the for the win and Hector Neris tossed the ninth for his 14th save.
RANGERS 4, WHITE SOX 3, 10 INNINGS
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas rookie Wyatt Langford hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, after scoring the tying run in the ninth, as the Rangers rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox.
Leody Taveras, who had earlier homered, opened the Texas 10th with a sacrifice bunt that moved pinch-runner Travis Jankowski to third.
After a strikeout by Marcus Semien, who had also homered, Steven Wilson (1-6) intentionally walked Corey Seager and Josh Smith to load the bases before Langford’s drive ricocheted off the wall in left.
The White Sox (27-75), who have lost eight in a row and 14 of 17, had gone ahead on Paul DeJong’s solo homer in the ninth inning before their bullpen’s MLB-high 25th blown save.
ROYALS 10, DIAMONDBACKS 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. fell a single short of the cycle, Salvador Perez and Hunter Renfroe also homered, and Kansas City beat the Arizona for their fourth straight victory.
Witt tripled in the first inning, doubled in the third and drilled a three-run homer to deep left-center in the fourth to get the hard part out of the way.
The crowd arose chanting “Bobby! Bobby!” when Witt came to the plate in the sixth in anticipation of a single and the first cycle by a Kansas City player in 34 years, but Arizona reliever Humberto Castellanos hit Witt with his first pitch, drawing loud boos.
Witt got another chance in the eighth but was retired on a fly ball to right field. The last Royals player to hit for the cycle was Hall of Famer George Brett at Toronto on July 25, 1990.
Twins 7, Phillies 2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota starter Bailey Ober rebounded from Bryce Harper’s two-run homer for Philadelphia in the first to settle in for seven innings, and the Twins beat the Phillies.
Ober (9-5) threw only 83 pitches and retired 17 of his last 18 batters, getting a double-play grounder to erase the lone baserunner in that stretch. The 6-foot-9 right-hander gave up four hits and one walk and improved to 4-1 with a 2.23 ERA in his last six starts.
Cole Sands finished with two scoreless innings for the Twins, who held the Phillies to one hit in their last 27 at-bats.
ATHLETICS 4, ASTROS 0
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hogan Harris and three relievers combined on an eight-hit shutout, and Oakland beat Houston Astros.
Harris (2-3) allowed seven hits in 6 2/3 innings and matched his career-high of seven strikeouts. The win was Harris’ first since June 18.
The game took 2 hours, 7 minute and was played in front of an announced crowd of 4,517
JJ Bleday had three hits while Lawrence Butler and Max Schuemann added two hits each to pace the A’s to their second win in eight games against the Astros.
ROCKIES 9, RED SOX 8, 12 INNINGS
DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar singled home the winning run with the bases loaded and two outs in the 12th inning Monday night to give Colorado a victory over Boston, handing the Red Sox their fourth straight defeat since the All-Star break.
Jake Cave singled to drive in Brendan Rodgers with the tying run with no outs in the 12th off rookie Bailey Horn (0-1), who was making his fifth major league appearance.
Jacob Stallings was intentionally walked to bring up Sam Hilliard, who sacrificed the runners up a base. After Aaron Schunk was intentionally walked, Horn struck out Charlie Blackmon before being replaced by Chase Anderson.
Tovar had three hits to extend his hitting streak to nine games. Blackmon had two hits, including his seventh homer, and the last-place Rockies won for the fourth time in five games.
Wilyer Abreu’s two-out RBI single in the top of the 12th gave Boston an 8-7 lead. The Red Sox are playing without closer Kenley Jansen, who will miss the series because of health concerns related to the Denver altitude.
ANGELS 3, MARINERS 1
SEATTLE (AP) — Jo Adell drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle.
Adell’s base hit to center against reliever Trent Thornton (3-2) scored Brandon Drury. Center fielder Victor Robles’ throw to the plate went wide and ricocheted away from catcher Cal Raleigh for an error, allowing Zach Neto to score from first base to make it a two-run game.
Mariners starter Bryce Miller worked seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits, but the Angels tied the game in the eighth on Taylor Ward’s sacrifice fly.
Cal Raleigh hit an RBI single in the first for Seattle against lefty Tyler Anderson, who was nearly untouchable after that, retiring the next 15 batters. He gave up three hits over 5 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out eight.
Angels relievers combined to allow one hit over the final 3 1/3 innings. Luis García (5-1) worked the eighth, while Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth for his 19th save.
DODGERS 3, GIANTS 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández had three hits and three RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to four games by beating the San Francisco.
Tyler Fitzgerald became the first Giants player to homer in four straight games since Brandon Belt did it twice in 2018. Fitzgerald connected on an elevated sinker from Ryan Yarbrough to tie it 2-all in the seventh.
River Ryan allowed one unearned run over 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut for the Dodgers. The 23-year-old right-hander, acquired from San Diego in a 2022 trade, gave up four hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
Hernández lined a base hit up the middle with two outs in the eighth to drive in Kiké Hernández, who got aboard with a leadoff double against Erik Miller (3-3).
Blake Treinen (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Daniel Hudson earned his seventh save.
New York Yankees' Juan Soto follows through on a three-run homer during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium Monday, July 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
