the associated press
NEW YORK — The Chicago Cubs tied a major league record by turning seven double plays Friday night, including a game-ending effort by rookie third baseman David Bote on a grounder by David Freese to finish off a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Cubs got six double plays on grounders — five with Cole Hamels pitching — and one on a line drive. The Elias Sports Bureau said the Cubs became the third team in big league history to turn seven DPs in a nine-inning game.
Pittsburgh put runners on first and second in the ninth before Jesse Chavez got Freese to ground to Bote. Having hit a game-ending grand slam last Sunday night to beat Washington 4-3, Bote again was in the right place to cap off a win. Bote stepped on third and threw to first base to end it.
Hamels (8-9) pitched seven solid innings. Kyle Schwarber hit a home run in the second off Trevor Williams (10-9). Chavez got his second save as the Pirates lost their fifth in a row.
The Cubs beat the Pirates by a 1-0 score for the second straight game.
CARDINALS 5,
BREWERS 2
ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong and Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs apiece, Jack Flaherty pitched six shutout innings and St. Louis beat Milwaukee.
The Cardinals won for the ninth time in 10 games and pulled within a half-game of the Brewers for the NL’s second wild-card spot.
Milwaukee has dropped three of four.
ROCKIES 11, BRAVES 5
ATLANTA — Ian Desmond tripled and drove in five runs, Kyle Freeland pitched six strong innings and Colorado beat Atlanta.
The Rockies have won six of seven, and they’re 28-14 since June 28, tops in the NL over that span. And they’ve done it without the benefit of many blowouts: Friday’s game snapped a franchise-long, 25-game streak in which the Rockies scored six runs or fewer.
PHILLIES 4, METS 2
PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola struck out 11 in seven impressive innings to stay unbeaten at Citizens Bank Park, pitching Philadelphia past New York.
Asdrubal Cabrera hit an RBI double off former teammate Noah Syndergaard during a three-run first inning, and Nola made the early lead stand up.
Nola (14-3) allowed one run on three hits with one walk while lowering his ERA in 2.24. The All-Star is even better at home, improving to 9-0 with a 2.00 mark in 12 starts in Philadelphia this season.
YANKEES 7, BLUE JAYS 5, 7 INNINGS
NEW YORK — Neil Walker hit a three-run homer, Giancarlo Stanton added an impressive opposite-field blast and New York rallied for a rain-shortened victory over Toronto.
Stanton hit his 31st homer of the season into a party deck behind the home bullpen in the bottom of the seventh, and a batter later, umpires pulled the teams off the field amid rain at Yankee Stadium. The game was called with one out in the seventh after a delay of 1 hour, 25 minutes.
NATIONALS 8,
MARLINS 2
WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer pitched six scoreless innings for his major league-leading 16th win, and Ryan Zimmerman and Matt Wieters homered as Washington beat Miami.
After throwing seven shutout innings against the Cubs Sunday only to watch Chicago win on a walk-off grand slam, Scherzer (16-5) left with a 5-0 lead and watched as the Nationals thwarted a Marlins rally.
RED SOX 7, RAYS 3
BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run triple and added a pair of doubles, and Boston scored seven straight runs after allowing three in the first to beat Tampa Bay.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had two hits, including an RBI double in the sixth, and the Red Sox improved on the best record in the majors with their 87th victory.
REDS 2, GIANTS 1,
11 INNINGS
CINCINNATI — Phillip Ervin led off the 11th inning with a home run over the center field fence, lifting Cincinnati over San Francisco.
Ervin’s third homer of the season and first career walk-off drive came on a 1-1 pitch from Ray Black (2-2).
David Hernandez (5-0) struck out two in a perfect 11th inning as the Reds ended a four-game losing streak.
INDIANS 2, ORIOLES 1
CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco pitched seven scoreless innings and moved into a tie for the AL lead with his 15th win, Jose Ramirez hit his 37th home run and Cleveland beat Baltimore.
Carrasco (15-6) allowed three hits, struck out six and retired his final 10 hitters.
Ramirez’s first-inning homer tied him with Boston’s J.D. Martinez, who entered Friday with the major league lead.
TWINS 5, TIGERS 4
MINNEAPOLIS — Pinch-hitter Joe Mauer hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Minnesota beat Detroit.
Eddie Rosario and Tyler Austin added solo home runs for Minnesota, which finally broke through against Detroit starter Matt Boyd to win its fourth straight game.
Kyle Gibson (7-9) allowed three runs and eight hits and struck out five in seven innings for the Twins. Taylor Rogers earned his first major league save by striking out Jeimer Candelario with two runners on in the ninth.
RANGERS 6,
ANGELS 4
ARLINGTON, Texas — Rougned Odor drove in three runs with a single and a sacrifice fly, Joey Gallo ripped a two-run double and Texas beat pitching-depleted Los Angeles.
Odor’s two-run single capped a five-run outburst in the second inning off recently acquired Odrisamer Despaigne (2-1), the 14th starting pitcher used by the Angels this season.
WHITE SOX 9, ROYALS 3
CHICAGO — Jose Abreu and Nicky Delmonico hit three-run homers in a seven-run, seventh-inning outburst, lifting Chicago past Kansas City.
Delmonico went 2 for 4 and had a career-high five RBIs. Tim Anderson went 3 for 3 with a walk and two stolen bases for Chicago, which has won eight of 14.
Dodgers 11,
Mariners 1
SEATTLE — Manny Machado hit two of Los Angeles’ five home runs, Walker Buehler allowed one run in six innings, and the Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners to open a key three-game series on Friday night.
The Dodgers won consecutive games for just the third time since July 28, using the long ball to knock around Seattle starter Wade LeBlanc and for a night take the pressure off their shaky bullpen. Machado’s first homer led off the fourth inning and was his third since being acquired in a trade with Baltimore. He added a two-run shot in the seventh inning to deep left-center field, where it caromed off the hand of a fan wearing an Orioles jersey with Machado’s name across the back.
Machado has 28 homers overall this season.
Athletics 4, Astros 3
OAKLAND, Calif. — Matt Olson hit a leadoff home run in the 10th inning after a video review gave Oakland the tying run in the ninth, and the Athletics beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Friday night to pull within a game of the reigning World Series champs for the AL West lead.
Olson pulled a 3-2 pitch from left-hander Tony Sipp (2-1) for his 23rd homer. It was his second career walkoff RBI and first game-ending homer.
D-backs 9,
Padres 4
SAN DIEGO—Joey Lucchesi is still seeking that game where his heart and his arm both show up to play and he does what he knows he can.
So are the San Diego Padres.
The rookie left-hander lasted just four innings in a 9-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks that took almost four hours to complete Friday night at Petco Park.
After winning six of 10 games to start this month, the Padres have lost five straight and have dropped 21 of their past 25 home games dating to June 19. Included in that are five straight losses to the Diamondbacks since July 27.