Braves’ Austin Riley hits two 450-foot home runs

Austin Riley hit a pair of tape-measure home runs and Travis d’Arnaud drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday in the first game of a four-game series.

With the bases loaded, d’Arnaud singled to left off reliever Gregory Soto (1-4) to drive in Ozzie Albies and Marcell Ozuna and break a 5-5 tie. Matt Olson followed with a long sacrifice fly.

Riley went 2-for-5 and hit his eighth and ninth home runs of the season. The first blast traveled 459 feet, the second was 458. It was the fifth time he has hit multiple home runs, the first time since June 15, 2022 in Washington.

Nick Anderson (3-0) got the win and Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save. Atlanta starter Dylan Dodd pitched five innings and allowed four runs, seven hits and one walk, with three strikeouts.

Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola worked six innings and allowed five runs and eight hits, three of them home runs, and two walks. He struck out seven. It was the first time he allowed multiple home runs this season and tied his career high with three.

Mariners 3, Athletics 2

Ty France homered twice and Logan Gilbert pitched eight solid innings as Seattle completed a four-game sweep of visiting Oakland.

Eugenio Suárez was walked with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the eighth to bring home the tiebreaking run. Gilbert (3-2) allowed two runs and three hits. The right-hander did not issue a walk and struck out six batters. Paul Sewald pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two, to earn his 11th save of the season in as many opportunities.

Seth Brown hit a two-run home run for the A’s, who suffered their eighth straight loss.

Orioles 3, Yankees 1

Kyle Gibson allowed two singles and four walks in seven scoreless innings as the resurgent Baltimore defeated host New York.

Anthony Santander hit an RBI single and Austin Hays added a two-run double as the Orioles won the three-game series, tied the season series at three games apiece and won for the 11th time in 15 games since a three-game losing streak. in May. 6-8.

Gibson (6-3) won his second start after allowing 12 runs in 17 2/3 innings during a three-game losing streak from May 3-14. New York’s Clarke Schmidt (2-5) matched Gibson for fifth and allowed one run and five hits in five innings. Schmidt struck out four and walked two.

Tigers 7, White Sox 2

Alex Faedo struck out a career-high 10 batters to record his second career win as Detroit beat Chicago.

Faedo (1-2) allowed two runs and three hits without a walk in six innings. Javier Baez and Zack Short each drove in two runs and Akil Baddoo hit a solo home run. Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson reached base four times, scored one run and drove in another for Detroit.

White Sox starter Lucas Giolito (3-4) allowed four runs and six hits to tie a career high with seven walks in 3 2-3 innings. Gavin Sheets hit a solo home run and Tim Anderson had the other RBI for Chicago.

Parents 8, Nationals 6

Rougned Odor capped a five-RBI day with a two-out, three-run home run in the ninth inning and visiting San Diego rallied to beat Washington, taking the three-game series contest.

Washington scored five runs in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead, but Jake Cronenworth and Juan Soto singled off Hunter Harvey (2-2) to lead off the ninth. Harvey rallied and struck out Xander Bogaerts and Matt Carpenter, but Odor hit a 1-0 fastball to right field for his second home run in as many days.

Drew Carlton pitched a scoreless eighth and Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 13th save for San Diego, which had lost five straight series. Padres starter Blake Snell allowed one run and four hits in five innings. Joey Meneses, Dominic Smith, Jeimer Candelario, Keibert Ruiz and Corey Dickerson each had an RBI for Washington.

Rockies 7, Marlins 6

Ezequiel Tovar singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth as Colorado rallied after blowing a four-run lead to beat Miami in Denver.

Tovar finished with two hits, Elias Diaz homered, Randal Grichuk had three hits and two runs and Ryan McMahon also had two hits for the Rockies. Marlins reliever Huascar Brazoban (0-1) walked the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Tovar singled to left field through a five-man infield to bring home Kris Bryant with the winning run.

Jorge Soler homered among his three hits and Garrett Cooper had a pinch-hit home run for the Marlins. Jonathan Davis also had three hits and Xavier Edwards and Yuli Gurriel each had two hits for Miami.

Rays 6, Tiles 3

Zach Eflin posted seven solid innings to lead Tampa Bay to a victory over Toronto in the final of a four-game series in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Eflin (7-1) allowed just one run and six hits in his third straight victory. He walked two and didn’t register a strikeout. Randy Arozarena had two hits and two RBIs for Tampa Bay, which won three games in the series to improve to 5-2 during its current 10-game homestand.

Alejandro Kirk had three hits and Brandon Belt went 1 for 2 with an RBI and two walks for Toronto, which has lost seven of its last eight games. Toronto starter Alek Manoah (1-5) was pulled early in the fourth after giving up five runs (four earned) and three hits in three innings. He walked five and struck out six.

Cardinals 2, Reds 1

Nolan Gorman drove in one run and scored another as visiting St. Louis edged out Cincinnati to save a split in their four-game series.

Gorman extended his hitting streak to 15 games with his go-ahead RBI double. Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (3-1) shut out the Reds over seven innings of five hits. He struck out five and walked no one. Giovanny Gallegos got the last four outs to earn his fifth save.

Reds starting pitcher Luke Weaver pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings. He struck out six, walked one and gave up three hits. Reliever Lucas Sims (1-1) allowed two runs and took the loss. In the ninth, the Reds’ Spencer Steer hit a one-out double and scored on Stuart Fairchild’s two-out single, but Gallegos struck out Luke Maile to end the game.

Mets 10, Cubs 1

Carlos Carrasco allowed one run in a season-high 6 2/3 innings, Pete Alonso hit his major league-leading 19th home run and visiting New York beat Chicago to avoid a three-game sweep.

Making his second start since missing more than a month with elbow inflammation, Carrasco (1-2) turned in the best of his five outings in 2023. The right-hander allowed Dansby Swanson’s first-inning solo home run, others four hits and struck out four while walking two. New York’s Jeff McNeil had three hits and scored for the third time on Alonso’s safe two-run home run in the seventh.

Returning from a shoulder injury and on a major league mound for the first time since July 5, Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks (0-1) had his moments of success Thursday, including retiring seven straight Mets in a spot. However, he was charged with five runs, three earned, six hits and two walks while striking out five in 4 1-3 innings.

Giants 5, Brewers 0

Six San Francisco pitchers combined on a four-hit pitch to lead the visiting Giants to a shutout victory over Milwaukee, ruining Julio Tehran’s return to the majors.

Tehran (0-1), signed by the Brewers earlier in the day, allowed one run and four hits in five innings in his first major league start since April 2021, when he was with Detroit.

The Giants added four runs in the eighth off Tyson Miller to lead 5-0. Jakob Junis (3-2), the Giants’ third pitcher, allowed two hits in 2 1/3 innings for the win.

–Field level media