Carpenter’s late homer leads Cardinals past Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Matt Carpenter hit a tiebreaking solo homer with two out in the ninth, helping the St. Louis Cardinals edge the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 on Tuesday night.

Carpenter also had a tying tworun double in St. Louis’ four-run seventh. Tommy Pham homered and singled for the Cardinals, and Kolten Wong also went deep.

Odubel Herrera and Carlos Santana connected for the Phillies.

Seranthony Dominguez (1-1) struck out the first two batters in the ninth and had Carpenter in a 0-2 hole. But Carpenter lined the next pitch, a 98-mph fastball, over the wall in right to extend his homer streak to three games.

DODGERS 4-1, CUBS 3-2, (GAME 2, 10 INNINGS) Albert Almora Jr. hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to salvage a split of their day-night doubleheader. Kris Bryant sparked the winning rally with a leadoff triple against Brock Stewart (0-1). After Javier Baez was walked intentionally, Almora hit a liner into right field. Los Angeles began the long day at the iconic ballpark with a 4-3 victory on pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer’s two-run double in the ninth.

BREWERS 3, PIRATES 2 Rookie Freddy Peralta allowed two hits in six stellar innings, Jesus Aguilar hammered his 14th home run of the season and the Milwaukee Brewers cooled off the Pittsburgh Pirates. Peralta (2-0) struck out seven without issuing a walk, surrendering only singles to Corey Dickerson and Colin Moran in the fourth but otherwise keeping the Pirates firmly in check. Aguilar finished 2 for 3 and drove in all three runs off Jameson Taillon (4-6).

AMERICAN LEAGUE

YANKEES 7, MARINERS 2 Domingo German pitched two-hit ball over a career-high seven innings and Giancarlo Stanton hit one of New York’s four home runs in the Yankees’ victory against the Seattle Mariners. Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks each belted a two-run shot off Marco Gonzales in the fifth. Hicks homered for the third straight day and finished with three hits from the leadoff spot as the Yankees boosted baseball’s best record to 48-22, moving a season-best 26 games above .500. Coming off a four-hit game, Stanton sent a solo drive to straightaway center field in the first.

INDIANS 6, WHITE SOX 3 Mike Clevinger struck out 10 and allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings, and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox. Clevinger (6-2) beat Chicago for the third time this season and was in command after giving up a first-inning run. The right-hander retired 13 straight between the second and sixth while allowing five hits. Clevinger, who struck out a career-high 11 against the White Sox last week, was pulled after two walks in the eighth. RANGERS 4, ROYALS 1 Cole Hamels allowed four hits over seven innings, Delino DeShields doubled home two runs and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games. The Royals have lost eight straight, matching their season high, and 14 of 15. They own a major league-worst 10-28 home record and their 22-51 overall mark is the worst in franchise history after 73 games. Hamels (4-6) picked up his first win since May 22.

TWINS 6, RED SOX 2 Eduardo Escobar had two go-ahead hits, including an RBI single that launched a four-run eighth inning for the Minnesota Twins in a victory over the Boston Red Sox. Robby Scott (0-1), just recalled from Triple-A to make his season debut, relieved Chris Sale to start the eighth and walked the first two batters. Joe Kelly entered, and Escobar’s one-out line drive bounced in front of Jackie Bradley Jr. and skipped past the center fielder for an error as two runs scored.

RAYS 2, ASTROS 1 C.J. Cron homered early and Wilson Ramos hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a win to snap a 12-game winning streak by the Houston Astros. Blake Snell (9-4) allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings, but had to pitch around a career-high seven walks for his fifth straight win. Sergio Romo pitched for the third straight game, taking over with one out in the ninth and allowing one hit for his third save a night after blowing the save in Houston’s 5-4 win.

INTERLEAGUE

NATIONALS 9, ORIOLES 7 Trea Turner went 4 for 4 with a homer, Anthony Rendon drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals extended their recent domination of the Baltimore Orioles with a victory. Adam Eaton had two hits and two RBIs for the Nationals, who trailed 5-1 in the fifth inning before rallying to make it six straight wins over Baltimore. Washington is 4-0 against its neighboring interleague rival this season, outscoring the Orioles by a combined 20-8. BRAVES 11, BLUE JAYS 4 Johan Camargo hit his first career grand slam and went 4 for 5 with five RBIs, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Blue Jays to snap Toronto’s home winning streak at seven games. Camargo hit his seventh home run off Jaime Garcia (2-6) in the second, singled in the fourth, hit an RBI single in the fifth and doubled and scored in the eighth.

REDS 9, TIGERS 5 Joey Votto ended a long homer drought with his third career grand slam, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a victory that ended the Detroit Tigers’ longest winning streak in two years. Sal Romano (4-7) had a second straight solid outing, limiting the Tigers to four singles over seven shutout innings.

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