MILWAUKEE (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings and Jeremy Peña homered and drove in four runs as the Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Wednesday.
Houston earned just its second victory in seven games to snap Milwaukee’s three-game winning streak and leave both teams with .500 records. The Brewers were attempting to sweep a series from the Astros for the first time since 2012.
The Astros led 3-1 before Peña broke the game open by delivering a to left off reliever Elvin Rodriguez with two outs in the sixth inning.
Valdez (2-4) struck out seven while allowing three hits, two walks and one run to earn his first win since the Astros’ He threw a season-high 101 pitches.
Milwaukee’s only run off Valdez came on Eric Haase’s fifth-inning homer, a 425-foot drive to center.
CARDINALS 5, PIRATES 0
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and St. Louis beat slumping Pittsburgh for their fifth straight victory.
Gray (4-1) struck out eight and walked one in his first win since April 14. The right-hander went 0-1 with a 5.51 ERA in his previous three starts.
The Cardinals returned to .500 at 19-19, including a 15-6 record at home. They are 4-2 against the Pirates this year after finishing a three-game sweep.
GIANTS 3, CUBS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Robbie Ray pitched six sparkling innings, Wilmer Flores had three hits and San Francisco beat Chicago.
Ray (5-0) allowed one run and three hits in his second straight win. Camilo Doval and Tyler Rogers each got three outs before Ryan Walker handled the ninth for his seventh save.
San Francisco took two of three at Chicago to improve to 24-14. The Giants scored nine runs in the 11th inning in over the Cubs on Tuesday night.
GUARDIANS 8, NATIONALS 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carlos Santana kick-started an eight-run sixth inning , and Cleveland beat the Nationals to win two of three at Washington in a 24-hour span.
The Guardians sent 13 men to the plate in the sixth against Michael Soroka (0-2) and relievers Jorge Lopez and Andrew Chafin. The first seven reached, and all of them scored. Leadoff man Steven Kwan scored twice in Cleveland’s biggest inning of the season.
MARINERS 6, ATHLETICS 5
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Leody Taveras hit a game-tying two-out single in the eighth inning of his debut with Seattle before scoring the go-ahead run on Dylan Moore’s base hit and the Mariners rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Athletics and win their ninth straight series.
Andrés Muñoz gave up a leadoff single to Luis UrÃas in the ninth, before striking out Jacob Wilson looking to earn his 13th save. Muñoz hasn’t allowed an earned run in 18 innings.
Taveras drove in pinch runner Miles Mastrobuoni with one out then stole second before scoring on Moore’s single off Noah Murdock (1-1).
Wilson had two doubles and drove in a run in his first four-hit game to help the Athletics jump to a 5-0 fourth-inning lead off Mariners starter Bryan Woo. JJ Bleday had a two-run double, and Lawrence Butler added a solo homer.
METS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 1
PHOENIX (AP) — Juan Soto homered in consecutive at-bats, Kodai Senga overcame early control problems to pitch six scoreless innings and New York beat the Arizona.
Soto hit a solo homer off Merrill Kelly (3-2) in the seventh inning and added another off Jalen Beeks in the eighth, his seventh of the season. Soto also followed Francisco Lindor’s two-run double in the ninth with a sacrifice fly to put New York up 7-1.
New York earned a split of the four-game series. The Mets have won nine of 11 overall to improve to a major league-best 20-9.
DODGERS 10, MARLINS 1
MIAMI (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled twice and hit a bases-loaded triple and Los Angeles beat Miami.
Freeman drove in four runs and extended his hitting streak to 12 games as the MLB-leading Dodgers (25-12) took two of three at Miami and won their fourth straight series. Freeman went 8 for 13 in the series with six RBIs and two home runs.
Shohei Ohtani tripled and drew three walks Wednesday, including an intentional pass during a six-run seventh against reliever Lake Bachar.
Pinch-hitter James Outman padded the Dodgers’ lead with a three-run homer in the ninth.
Landon Knack (2-0) allowed four hits and no runs while striking out five after being called up earlier Wednesday from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Matt Sauer, who was also recalled, relieved Knack and pitched the final four innings for his first career save.
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