Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall delivered back-to-back RBI singles off Erik Sabrowski with two outs in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon to earn a split of the four-game series.
Larnach drove in automatic runner Ryan Jeffers and Keaschall plated Royce Lewis with the first hits for either team in extra innings. This came after the Twins tied the game in the eighth on pinch hitter Alan Roden’s run-scoring single off closer Cade Smith.
Taylor Rogers (5-3) earned the victory with a scoreless 11th, while rookie Jack Anderson picked up his first major league save with a hitless 12th to wrap up the combined three-hitter. Cleveland scored its lone run on Patrick Bailey’s fifth-inning homer.
Guardians starter Gavin Williams struck out a season-high-tying 11 over seven shutout innings, allowing just two hits and no walks. He tossed the fifth immaculate inning in franchise history in the fourth. Minnesota starter Taj Bradley matched the longest start of his career with seven innings of two-hit ball.
Braves 6, Padres 5
Four Braves hit home runs, and Chris Sale earned his 11th victory when Atlanta topped visiting San Diego.
Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies, Dominic Smith and Drake Baldwin each went deep for the Braves, who won the series 3-1. Atlanta is 5-2 since the All-Star break and has scored at least five runs in 11 of its past 13 home games. Sale (11-6) pitched six innings and allowed three runs on five hits. He matched his season high with 11 strikeouts.
Griffin Canning (1-9) took his fourth consecutive loss. He pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits.
Diamondbacks 10, Cardinals 6
Brandon Pfaadt threw six quality innings and Tyler Locklear went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs to help visiting Arizona earn a victory over St. Louis in a standalone make-up game for the June 25 game that was postponed due to weather.
Gabriel Moreno tallied three hits and drove in two runs for the Diamondbacks, who posted a five-run eighth inning and had 16 total hits to improve to 9-2 in their last 11 games. Arizona broke the game open with a five-run eighth inning, ensuring Pfaadt (5-1) won his fifth straight start after allowing two runs on seven hits.
Lars Nootbaar drove in three runs for the Cardinals, who have dropped six of their last eight. Michael McGreevy (4-8) threw 6 1/3 innings of four-run, seven-hit ball for St. Louis, which plated four runs in the ninth on a pair of two-run singles.
Tigers 4, Royals 3
Dillon Dingler hit a tiebreaking two-out double in the eighth inning and Detroit held on for a win at Kansas City.
Dingler also singled and scored on a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning by James Outman for the Tigers, who have won five of seven coming out of the All-Star break. Drew Anderson (4-4) squandered a lead but emerged with the win, and Kyle Finnegan got the final two outs on a double play for his second save.
Royals starter Randy Dobnak threw five shutout innings, but Steven Cruz (2-3) allowed the decisive run in the eighth. Isaac Collins hit a two-run homer.
Blue Jays 3, Rays 1
Shane Bieber pitched a strong seven innings Thursday afternoon and host Toronto defeated Tampa Bay.
Bieber (2-1) allowed one run and three hits. Louis Varland pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 21st save as the Blue Jays salvaged the finale of the four-game series. George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and one RBI each.
Yandy Diaz drove in the lone run for the Rays, who finished a 3-5 road trip.
