Christian Yelich slid home ahead of the throw on an infield grounder in the 12th inning, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a wild 15-14 comeback victory over the Athletics on Monday in the opener of a three-game series in Las Vegas, the future home of the A’s.
Each team scored four times in the 10th. William Contreras belted a three-run homer to cap the top of the inning, putting the Brewers up 14-10. The A’s tied it in the bottom half on a two-out RBI single from Shea Langeliers, a two-run homer from Nick Kurtz (his second long ball of the game) and a pinch-hit solo shot from Jonah Heim.
The A’s pounded out seven homers at the hitter-friendly home of the Athletics’ Triple-A affiliate, including two blasts from Tyler Soderstrom and one apiece from Zack Gelof and Langeliers. The Brewers’ four-homer total included shots from Brice Turang, Andrew Vaughn and Jake Bauers.
Abner Uribe (4-2) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in a 4-hour, 14-minute game, and Chad Patrick earned his third save. A’s reliever Jose Suarez (0-2) yielded the decisive run.
Mariners 6, Orioles 3
Josh Naylor smashed a fifth-inning grand slam and Seattle held off late-inning threats to beat host Baltimore.
Randy Arozarena rapped three hits and drove in a run and Mariners starter Emerson Hancock (5-2) worked five strong innings, giving up one run on three hits. Andres Munoz pitched the ninth for his 10th save, a day after a blown save in Detroit.
Taylor Ward and Blaze Alexander both had two hits for the Orioles, who made a pregame pitching change when likely starter Chris Bassitt went on the injured list with low back discomfort. Bassitt’s injury resulted in rookie Trey Gibson’s call-up from Triple-A Norfolk. Gibson (1-1) was charged with three runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Yankees 7, Guardians 5 (10 innings)
Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the 10th inning as visiting New York beat Cleveland.
Yankees closer David Bednar (2-3) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and Ryan McMahon added a solo shot for New York, which used seven relievers and won for the ninth time in its past 13 games.
Angel Martinez hit a two-run homer for Cleveland, which has dropped four of its past five games. The Guardians went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 baserunners. Shawn Armstrong (1-1) took the loss.
Astros 5, Angels 4 (10 innings)
Jose Altuve tagged up and scored on a popup to shallow center field in the top of the 10th inning as Houston rallied to beat Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif. Catcher Logan O’Hoppe was charged with an error on the go-ahead play.
Christian Walker went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Astros, who picked up their third win in four games. Josh Hader (1-0) struck out the side in the ninth, and Bryan Abreu pitched a scoreless 10th for his fourth save.
Zach Neto homered for the third straight game and Trey Mancini, called up from Triple-A Salt Lake earlier in the day, went 3-for-4 with a RBI and a run for the Angels. Sam Aldegheri (1-1) gave up the tiebreaking run.
Rays 3, Red Sox 1
Yandy Diaz hit a solo home run and had two RBIs as Tampa Bay ended a two-game losing streak by beating Boston in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Diaz hit the Red Sox’s first pitch of the game over the fence in left for his 12th home run of the season. He also drove in Taylor Walls with a sacrifice fly in the eighth that extended Tampa Bay’s lead to 3-1. The Rays received five scoreless innings from their bullpen after starter Ian Seymour exited with the game tied 1-1.
Boston starter Connelly Early (5-4) allowed two runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out six. Marcelo Mayer hit a home run for Boston, which was held to four hits. The Red Sox rank last in the major leagues with 49 homers.
Phillies 5, Blue Jays 2
Adolis Garcia hit a two-run home run, Cristopher Sanchez struck out 10 in seven innings and visiting Philadelphia defeated Toronto.
Sanchez (8-2) allowed two runs, four hits and one walk in the opener of a three-game series. Jhoan Duran pitched around a double in the ninth to earn his 16th save of the season in 16 opportunities. Alec Bohm and J.T. Realmuto contributed an RBI single apiece.
Ernie Clement hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, who are 2-2 to open a nine-game homestand. Patrick Corbin (2-3) allowed five runs, four hits, four walks and hit a batter while striking out three in three innings.
Nationals 4, Giants 3
CJ Abrams stroked a two-run, game-tying single and Daylen Lile followed two batters later with a two-out, two-strike RBI single as Washington rallied in the ninth inning to overtake San Francisco.
After the Giants had scored twice in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie, San Francisco starter Logan Webb was pulled in favor of Keaton Winn (2-2). The reliever served up a one-out double to Luis Garcia Jr. and then hit Curtis Mead with a pitch, setting up the big hits by Abrams and Lile.
Gus Varland earned his fifth save with a shaky bottom of the ninth, striking out Bryce Eldridge with runners at the corners to end Washington’s third win in four games. Clayton Beeter (2-1), who allowed two runs in the eighth, wound up with the victory.
Padres 6, Reds 2
Samad Taylor knocked in a career-high three runs while Freddy Fermin homered as San Diego came from behind to post a win over visiting Cincinnati. Before Monday, Taylor hadn’t driven in a run in the major leagues since 2023.
Adrian Morejon (5-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings as the Padres won for just the third time in 14 games. Taylor, Fermin, Xander Bogaerts and Jase Bowen each collected two hits.
Andrew Abbott (4-4) yielded four hits and three runs in six-plus innings as the Reds lost their fifth game in a row. Cincinnati finished 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and stranded nine baserunners.
–Field Level Media
