The New York Mets walked away from Atlanta with a hard-fought 7-6 win in 11 innings on Monday, splitting their four-game series with the Braves.
The decisive blow came from Luis Torrens, who laced a two-out double in the 10th inning off Owen Murphy — who was making his major league debut — just beyond the reach of left fielder Jorge Mateo to break the tie.
New York’s Brooks Raley (3-3) recorded the final out of the ninth inning. In the 10th, Luke Weaver surrendered an RBI double to Michael Harris II, then issued intentional and unintentional walks to Matt Olson and Mateo respectively, loading the bases. Weaver then got Mauricio Dubon to hit into a fielder’s choice to end the game, earning his first career save.
The ninth inning was anything but quiet. Juan Soto launched a three-run homer with two outs to put the Mets ahead 5-3, but Olson answered with a two-run blast — his second home run of the game and 24th of the season — to even things up at 5-5 and send the game to extra innings.
Dodgers 8, Rockies 7 (11 innings)
Dalton Rushing came through with a walk-off single in the 11th inning as Los Angeles held off visiting Colorado. Shohei Ohtani homered and knocked in four runs, clubbing the 299th home run of his career. Rushing, Ohtani, and Kyle Tucker each finished with three hits in the Dodgers’ first extra-inning game of the season.
Cole Carrigg had three hits, two RBIs, and scored three times for Colorado, while Ezequiel Tovar added a home run and two RBIs. The Rockies trailed 6-1 after four innings, battled back to tie in the ninth, but gave up a 7-6 lead in the 10th.
Royals 15, Phillies 1
Kansas City turned in a dominant performance at home, with Luke Maile, Salvador Perez, Lane Thomas, and Tyler Tolbert all going deep against Philadelphia. Tolbert was a perfect 5-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs, and the Royals scored in every inning they batted while setting a season high with 22 hits. Starter Noah Cameron (5-6) held the Phillies to one run and six hits over five innings.
Trea Turner went 3-for-4 for Philadelphia, which has dropped three of its last four. All-Star left-hander Cristopher Sanchez (10-4) had a rough outing, giving up a career-high nine runs on 12 hits in just 3 1/3 innings.
Giants 10, Blue Jays 1
Heliot Ramos slugged two home runs and Landen Roupp went eight innings — the longest outing of his major league career — as San Francisco opened a three-game interleague series with a convincing win over visiting Toronto. Victor Bericoto stole home as part of a two-hit, two-run, two-RBI night for the Giants, who were beginning a seven-game homestand. Roupp (6-8) held the defending American League champions to just three hits.
Kazuma Okamoto hit his 20th home run of the season in the sixth inning to make it 3-1, but Toronto could not get closer. Kevin Gausman (4-8) was roughed up for seven runs — four earned — on five hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Nationals 12, Astros 11
Washington staged a remarkable comeback at home, erasing a five-run deficit to beat Houston. James Wood connected on a grand slam, and CJ Abrams went 3-for-the-night including a three-run homer as the Nationals scored 11 consecutive runs to flip a 6-1 hole into a 12-6 lead.
Curtis Mead contributed a solo home run among his three hits and added three RBIs. Miles Mikolas (3-7) earned the victory despite surrendering seven runs on nine hits in six innings. Clayton Beeter recorded the final four outs for his seventh save.
For Houston, Jose Altuve and Brice Matthews each hit three-run homers, and Yainer Diaz added a two-run shot. The Astros plated four runs in the eighth. Mike Burrows (4-9) allowed 10 runs — seven earned — on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Brewers 4, Cardinals 3
Milwaukee rallied in the seventh inning to beat St. Louis on the road, with Brice Turang’s two-run single capping a four-run frame. David Hamilton went 2-for-3 with a two-run double before exiting in the seventh with left hamstring tightness. Garrett Mitchell also went 2-for-3 as the Brewers picked up their sixth win in eight games. Shane Drohan (4-2) threw six innings, allowing three runs, only one of which was earned.
Jose Fermin went 2-for-3 with a run-scoring single for St. Louis, which scored twice in the third. Dustin May threw 4 2/3 scoreless frames, but his replacement Justin Bruihl left after spraining his right ankle. Ryan Fernandez (1-2) gave up three runs without recording a single out.
Yankees 5, Rays 1
Jose Caballero homered twice against his former team and drove in four runs as New York defeated Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg. Caballero went deep in both the fifth and eighth innings as the struggling Yankees picked up just their second win in 11 games. Ben Rice also homered, and all three of New York’s hits on the night left the ballpark.
Starter Cam Schlittler (9-5) was excellent, limiting Tampa Bay to one run on four hits across eight innings. Richie Palacios went 2-for-3 with an RBI single for the Rays. Tampa Bay starter Griffin Jax (4-6) allowed only one hit but gave up three runs in five innings while striking out 10.
Diamondbacks 8, Padres 0
Max Kepler, Geraldo Perdomo, and Nolan Arenado all homered as Arizona shut out San Diego on the road. Brandon Pfaadt (2-1) cruised through five scoreless innings, giving up just four hits with no walks and six strikeouts in his second consecutive victory. The Diamondbacks won for the fourth time in their last 10 games.
Walker Buehler (5-5) had a tough night for San Diego, surrendering seven hits and seven runs in five innings as the Padres suffered their ninth loss in 10 games.
