ST LOUIS: DexterFowler drove in four runs to power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-4 victoryover the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. Fowler's bases-clearingdouble in the sixth inning -- a well-placed popup into shallow left field withthe bases loaded and two outs -- capped a four-run rally that erased a 2-1deficit. The Cardinals won for the ninth time in 11 games to remain atop theNational League Central by a half-game over the Chicago Cubs. They moved fourgames up on the third-place Brewers, who lost for the sixth time in eightgames. Tyler Webb (1-1), the fourth of six Cardinals pitchers, earned thevictory. Jeremy Jeffress (3-4), the second of six Milwaukee pitchers, took theloss.
METS 9, INDIANS 2
Michael Confortohit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning, rookie Pete Alonso added atwo-run double in the seventh, and New York began a pivotal nine-game homestandwith a victory over Cleveland. After winning 18 of 23 games while playing severallosing teams, the Mets (65-60) began a stretch of 18 straight games againstother playoff contenders by improving to 11-1 in their last 12 home games. Theymatched a season best by going five games over .500. Conforto snapped a 2-2 tiewhen he clobbered a two-out slider from Shane Bieber (12-6) and hit the ballinto the Mets' bullpen beyond the right-center-field fence. New York's StevenMatz (8-7) allowed two runs (one earned) and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. Hestruck out seven and walked two.
DODGERS 16, BLUEJAYS 3
A.J. Pollock andWill Smith hit home runs to jumpstart the offense, and Clayton Kershaw movedpast Sandy Koufax on the Dodgers' all-time win list as Los Angeles earned aninterleague victory over visiting Toronto. Max Muncy, Chris Taylor and JocPederson also hit home runs for the Dodgers, who have gone deep 30 times intheir last eight games. Los Angeles improved to a major-league-best 49-16 athome this season. Kershaw (13-2) went six innings, giving up three runs on sixhits with three walks and six strikeouts. It was his 166th career victory,moving him out of a tie with Koufax and into sole possession of fifth on theteam's all-time list.
TWINS 14, WHITESOX 4
Nelson Cruzhomered and doubled three times, Max Kepler had a home run, a double and threeRBIs, and Jorge Polanco also homered to lead Minnesota past Chicago inMinneapolis. Cruz finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs. C.J. Cronhad a three-run double, and Eddie Rosario had two hits and two RBIs for Minnesota,which increased its American League Central lead to three games over theCleveland Indians. Michael Pineda (9-5) allowed four runs on six hits overseven innings. He didn't walk a batter and struck out four while improving to3-0 against Chicago this season.
ATHLETICS 6,YANKEES 2
Matt Olson andMark Canha hit first-inning home runs off Domingo German, and Homer Baileypitched effectively into the sixth, helping Oakland open a three-game seriesagainst visiting New York with a victory. In their first meeting since the 2018American League wild-card game, which New York won 7-2, the A's sent theYankees to their second straight defeat while winning for the fifth time in sixgames. After Gary Sanchez homered off Bailey (11-8), a solo shot with two outsin the top of the first, the A's came right back. Robbie Grossman's walk set upOlson's two-run homer before Canha followed with a long ball for a 3-1 lead.
PHILLIES 3, REDSOX 2
Aaron Nolapitched seven strong innings to make a three-run first stand up as visitingPhiladelphia edged Boston in the opener of a two-game series. Nola (12-3)stranded the tying run in scoring position with no outs in both the fifth andsixth innings, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.The victory snapped a two-game skid for Philadelphia. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit atwo-run home run for the Red Sox, whose five-game winning streak ended.
PIRATES 4,NATIONALS 1
Starling Martehit a three-run homer in a four-run eighth inning as host Pittsburgh halted athree-game losing streak with a win over Washington. The Pirates had scoredjust one run during the skid. Washington starter Stephen Strasburg missed achance at setting a career high with his 16th win of the season. He pitchedseven scoreless innings, scattering four hits with six strikeouts and one walk.Wander Suero (3-7) was charged with three of the eighth-inning runs. FelipeVazquez (3-1) got the final four outs for the win.
BRAVES 5, MARLINS1
Freddie Freemancontinued to feast on visiting Miami, hitting two solo home runs and driving infour in Atlanta's win. Freeman ended a 0-for-12 streak by going 3-for-4 andproducing his second multi-homer game in five days. He hit his first homer inthe fourth inning, added another homer in the fifth and chased home a pair ofruns in the seventh with a single. The 29-year-old All-Star has 33 homers and aleague-leading 102 RBIs, the second time he's surpassed 100 in his career. In17 games against Miami this season, Freeman is batting .354 (23-for-65) withfive homers and 16 RBIs.
MARINERS 7, RAYS4
Tom Murphy hit atiebreaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning as Seattle defeated Tampa Bay inSt. Petersburg, Fla. Kyle Seager also homered for the Mariners, who have wonfour games in a row and six of eight on their nine-game trip. Marinersleft-hander Tommy Milone (3-7), who entered after Matt Wisler pitched ascoreless first, earned his second straight victory despite allowing four runson six hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out four. Sam Tuivailala,Anthony Bass and Matt Magill combined for three scoreless innings of one-hitrelief for Seattle. Magill pitched the ninth for his second save.
ASTROS 6, TIGERS3
George Springerand Jose Altuve smacked back-to-back home runs in the first inning, and MartinMaldonado went deep in the fifth as Houston slugged its way to victory overvisiting Detroit. The Astros recorded their eighth consecutive win over theTigers despite Aaron Sanchez departing with the bases loaded and one out in thethird inning. Brad Peacock (7-6), making his first appearance since June 27,entered and stranded two of the three runners. Peacock, who came off theinjured list Sunday after recovering from a shoulder ailment, wound up pitching1 2/3 scoreless innings.
CUBS 5, GIANTS 3
Anthony Rizzowent 3-for-3 with two home runs, Nicholas Castellanos finished 3-for-5 with ahomer, and host Chicago beat San Francisco. Jonathan Lucroy and Tony Kemp alsodrove in runs for Chicago, which won its third game in a row. The Cubs postedtheir 42nd win in 61 home games this season. Cubs left-hander Cole Hamels (7-4)limited the Giants to three runs on five hits in six innings. He walked two andstruck out five. Austin Slater and Kevin Pillar homered in a losing effort forSan Francisco.
DIAMONDBACKS 8,ROCKIES 7
Nick Ahmedhomered, and Eduardo Escobar reached 100 RBIs for the season as Arizona held onto beat Colorado in Phoenix. Ahmed's solo shot -- his sixth homer in his past10 games -- started the scoring in the third inning, but the game turned in thesixth with one out. The D-backs scored five runs after Colorado starter KyleFreeland (3-11) left in the middle of an Ahmed plate appearance as he showeddiscomfort while the game was tied 3-3. Ahmed completed a walk against relieverBryan Shaw, who then walked Carson Kelly to load the bases with one out. Pinchhitter Jake Lamb knocked in two runs with a grounder to center for a 5-3 lead.Ketel Marte followed with an RBI fielder's choice, and Escobar pulled a ballinto the right field corner for a two-run triple to make it 8-3.
REDS 3, PADRES 2
Freddy Galviscontinued his strong early run with Cincinnati by belting a tiebreaking two-runhomer in the sixth inning, and Sonny Gray struck out 10 to win his fourthstraight decision as the Reds beat visiting San Diego. Galvis, claimed offwaivers on Aug. 12, is 12-for-29 (.414) with three homers and six RBIs in eightgames for Cincinnati. His opposite-field shot to left snapped a 1-1 tied andhelped the Reds avoid a third consecutive loss. Gray (9-6) saw hisscoreless-inning streak end at 23 when Josh Naylor hit a game-tying solo homerwith two outs in the sixth. However, that was all Gray allowed while fanning 10in six innings.
ANGELS 5, RANGERS1 (GAME 1)
Mike Trout set acareer high with his 42nd home run, and Los Angeles won the first game of adoubleheader in Arlington, Texas. Los Angeles' Andrew Heaney struck out acareer-high 14 and didn't walk a batter while winning consecutive starts forthe first time since winning five straight in 2015. Heaney (3-3) allowed onerun and four hits in eight innings. Trout also tripled, Luis Rengifo added atwo-run homer, and Brian Goodwin contributed two hits and two runs for theAngels. Willie Calhoun had two hits, including a solo homer, for the Rangers.
RANGERS 3, ANGELS2 (GAME 2, 11 INNINGS)
Nick Solak's11th-inning grounder got under the glove of Los Angeles first baseman AlbertPujols, scoring Delino DeShields and giving Texas a win in the second game of thedoubleheader. The Rangers posted their second 11-inning, walk-off victory overthe Angels in the past two nights, sandwiching Los Angeles' win Tuesdayafternoon in the opener of the doubleheader. In the 11th inning of thenightcap, DeShields singled to right with one out off Ty Buttrey (6-6), stolesecond and came home on the two-out error by Pujols.
ORIOLES 4, ROYALS1
Hanser Albertobelted a three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning as host Baltimoresnapped an eight-game losing streak with a victory over Kansas City. TheOrioles posted just their second win in 15 games overall and snapped afour-game losing skid to the Royals. Rio Ruiz had an RBI single in the seventhinning for the Orioles. Meibrys Viloria's sacrifice fly plated Alex Gordon inthe second inning for the Royals, who were thwarted in their bid for aseason-high fourth straight road win. Jacob Barnes (1-2) issued walks to TreyMancini and Jace Peterson in the eighth inning of a tie game before Albertodeposited 1-1 cutter over the wall in center field. - Reuters