New York beat Atlanta 9-7 on Wednesday night, ending the Braves’ eight-game winning streak. Brett Baty hit a home run in his major league debut, and Starling Marte hit two.
The Mets, leaders of the NL East, stormed out to a 6-1 lead and narrowly held on to win, increasing their lead over the Braves to 4 1/2 games.
The game ended after Vaughn Grissom hit a two-run single in the ninth, but the victory was sealed when Trevor May got Ronald Acuna Jr. to fly out to the warmup track.
Baty, the Mets’ first-round draught pick in 2019, stepped up to bat for the first time in the bottom of the second with a man on base and
the Mets are up 2-0 after a pair of solo home runs by Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda in the top of the first inning off Jake Odorizzi (4-5).
Baty became the fifth player in Mets history to homer in his first at-bat by connecting on a hanging curve on his first swing.
Without even recording a hit, the Braves could knock off Matt Scherzer (9-2) in the seventh inning.
Over 6 1/3 innings, he was responsible for four runs despite allowing only three hits, three walks, and eight strikeouts.
Score: Yankees 8, Rays 7
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York, who had been struggling, beat Tampa Bay with a walk-off grand slam from Josh Donaldson in the bottom of the 10th inning, just as the clock struck midnight.
With a 9-16 record since the break, the Yankees still maintain a 10-game lead in the AL East over both Tampa Bay and Toronto. Since June 13, New York has held a double-digit lead over second place in the division on all but two days.
A WIN FOR THE BLUE JAYS, 7 LOSSES FOR THE ORIOLES
In the seventh inning, Toronto’s George Springer came off the bench to hit an RBI single, and the Blue Jays went on to beat Baltimore thanks to Ross Stripling’s dominant performance on the mound.
Toronto beat Baltimore, ending a five-game losing streak and marking only their third victory in the previous eleven. After Stripling took a perfect game into the seventh inning against the Orioles bullpen, they finally scored.
Mariner 11; Angels 7.
CA’s ANAHEIM REGION — Seattle swept Los Angeles in three games behind homers from Cal Raleigh (twice), Eugenio Suárez (twice), and Jesse Winker (twice).
For the Angels, Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run, a triple, two singles, and drove in four runs.
The final score was TWINS 4 – ROYALS 0.
After Tyler Mahle left the game with right shoulder fatigue, the Twins won 3-0 over the Royals thanks to two scoreless innings from Emilio Pagán.
Minnesota, which is vying for the AL Central title along with Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox, got a big boost from a two-run homer by Jose Miranda.
SPANISH RED SOX 1; AMERICAN PHILLIES 0
Jose Barrero won the game for Cincinnati in the ninth inning when he singled home the winning run off Seranthony Dominguez.
With one out, Albert Almora Jr. walked, paving the way for the game-winning hit by Barrero.
Score: PADRES 13, MARLINS 6
MIAMI — San Diego avoided being swept by Miami when Jake Cronenworth hit a grand slam in the first inning and Ha-Seong Kim drove in four more. If you read more posts like these posts so you can visit TheActiveNews.Com.