ATLANTA (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals’ game at the Atlanta Braves was postponed because of rain. The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader Sunday at 2:10 p.m. and 7:08 p.m. Under pandemic rules, both games will be scheduled for seven innings. St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright and Atlanta left-hander Drew Smyly are scheduled to start the opener. Wainwright is 9-4 with a 3.63 ERA in 14 starts and five relief appearances against the Braves. Lefty Kwang Hyun Kim is slated to pitch the nightcap for the Cardinals.
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— The Miami Marlins have added to the Chicago Cubs’ current skid. Adam Duvall belted two-run homers in each of his first two at-bats before the Marlins completed an 11-1 thrashing of the Cubs. Duvall joined Derrek Lee in 2002 and Giancarlo Stanton in 2016 as the only Marlins with back-to-back multi-homer games. Pablo López pitched one-hit ball over seven innings to help the Fish deal the Cubs their fifth loss in six games since a five-game winning streak.
— Willy Adames (ah-DAH’-mehs) smacked a go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning to send the Brewers past the Rockies, 6-5. Adames also had three doubles and finished with three RBIs for Milwaukee, which snapped a five-game skid as well as a seven-game losing streak to Colorado. Charlie Blackmon drove in a pair of runs with groundouts and Raimel Tapia extended his hitting streak to 16 games for the Rockies, who had won five straight.
— Francisco Lindor (lihn-DOHR’) had five RBIs on a pair of two-run homers and run-scoring single, guiding the Mets to a 5-1 victory in Game 1 of a twinbill in Washington. Lindor hadn’t driven in more than two runs in a game this season and entered the game hitting just .209 since signing an 11-year, $363 million contract. David Peterson threw a season-high 94 pitches but fell short of qualifying for the win, allowing one run and two hits in 4 2/3 innings.
— The Nationals gained a split of their twinbill as Jon Lester carried a shutout into the seventh inning of a 6-2 decision over the Mets. Lester gave up seven hits over six-plus innings of his first win as a Nat, blanking the NL East leaders until Jose Peraza’s two-run blast. Kyle Schwarber homered twice and had four RBIs for Washington.
— The Phillies rolled to a 13-6 win over the Giants behind Rhys Hoskins, who was 3-for-6 with a pair of homers and six RBIs. Ronald Torreyes (toh-RAY’-ahs) also homered and had three ribbies as Philadelphia moved back to .500. Five Phils relievers combined for 6 2/3 scoreless innings after Aaron Nola was tagged for six runs, including homers by Mike Yastrzemski (ya-STREHM’-skee) and Brandon Belt.
— Rookie Kim Ha-seong hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run with two out in the eighth to power the Padres past the Reds, 7-5. San Diego took a 5-2 lead when Manny Machado hit a bases-loaded double in the fourth, but the Reds quickly tied it before the Padres beat Cincinnati for the third straight day. Reds star Joey Votto (VAH’-toh) and manager David Bell were ejected in the top of the first for arguing a check-swing call.
— Walker Buehler flirted with a no-hitter and Justin Turner hit a three-run double as the Dodgers hammered the Diamondbacks, 9-3. Will Smith and Gavin Lux belted two-run homers to back Buehler, who struck out 11 and held the DBacks hitless until David Peralta’s (peh-RAHL’-tahz) leadoff single in the eighth. Arizona has lost a franchise-record 16 straight and dropped 39 of its past 44 games.
— Light-hitting Bobby Dalbec had three RBIs and was a double short of a cycle in the Red Sox’s 7-1 win at Kansas City. Dalbec singled in the second, put Boston ahead 2-1 in the fifth with his team-high third triple, and hit a two-run homer in the ninth. J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer and Martín Pérez allowed one run and three hits in five innings, helping Boston improve to a major league-best 23-11 on the road.
— Gio Urshela slammed a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 7-5 comeback over the Athletics. Urshela stayed in the game despite a shard of a broken bat hitting an eye in the second inning. He also hit an RBI single as New York ended Oakland’s seven-game winning streak despite trailing 4-1 in the fifth inning.
— Astros rookie Robel Garcia tied a career high with three RBIs and Carlos Correa homered for the Astros in a 7-3 downing of the White Sox. Framber Valdez allowed two earned runs and six hits in six innings to help Houston earn its sixth straight win. Lance Lynn entered the game with a 1.51 ERA before surrendering season highs of eight hits and six runs in four innings.
— Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee) homered for the fourth time in five games and equaled his mark for most home runs in a season as the Angels whipped the Tigers, 8-3. Ohtani has gone deep 22 times, tied for second in the majors with San Diego’s Fernando Tatis (tah-TEES’) Jr. and one behind Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
— J.P. Crawford launched a grand slam and scored the winning run on Mitch Haniger’s RBI single in the 10th inning, sending the Mariners past the Rays, 6-5. Crawford’s first career grand slam capped a five-run second inning against Rays starter Josh Fleming. Pinch-hitter Brandon Lowe tied it 5-all with a solo home run in the top of the ninth off Kendall Graveman before Tampa Bay lost their fifth in a row to drop to second in the AL East.
— The Blue Jays rallied for a 10-7 win over the Orioles as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major-league leading 23rd homer and later capped a ninth-inning rally with a go-ahead, two-run double. Marcus Semien homered twice for Toronto, which scored six runs in the ninth off relievers Paul Fry and Tyler Wells to end a five-game skid. Ryan Mountcastle recorded his first career three-homer game and Cedric Mullins had his second consecutive multi-homer game for Baltimore.
— Michael Perez and Bryan Reynolds smacked three-run home runs in the seventh inning to rally the Pirates past the Indians, 6-3. Pittsburgh has won the first two games of the series after entering on a 10-game losing streak. Harold Ramirez went deep twice for Cleveland, which also received a round-tripper from Rene Rivera.
— Max Kepler scored the go-ahead run on a second consecutive wild pitch from John King in the seventh inning, sending the Twins to a 3-2 win over the Rangers. Former Texas slugger Nelson Cruz hit a tying two-run homer in the fourth, his team-leading 15th for Minnesota.
