UNDATED (AP) — The National League East and West races are a little closer this morning following the Milwaukee Brewers’ win at San Francisco, coupled with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ victory over Atlanta.
Corbin Burnes furnished an RBI single and held San Francisco to a run and four hits over six innings of the Brewers’ 3-1 verdict over the Giants. Burnes struck out nine and walked none while lowering his ERA to 2.27.
Omar Narvaez singled home a run and scored a run to help the Brewers hand the Giants their third loss in four games since a three-game sweep of the Mets last week.
The Dodgers homered four times while building a 5-0 lead by the third inning of a 5-3 win over the Braves. Max Muncy, Will Smith and Mookie Betts hit solo shots before Corey Seager added a two-run blast, all off Drew Smyly.
Julio Urias picked up his major league-leading 15th win with six strong innings, blanking Atlanta until Jorge Soler and Freddie Freeman hit consecutive homers in the sixth.
The Giants’ lead in the NL West is down to 1 1/2 games over the Dodgers. The Braves find themselves just 3 1/2 games in front of Philadelphia in the NL East. Milwaukee stretched its lead in the NL Central to 9 1/2 games over Cincinnati.
Checking out Monday’s other major league action:
— Bryce Harper hit a first-inning homer and the Phillies earned their fourth straight win by outscoring the Nationals, 7-4. Harper went 2 for 5 and is hitting .404 with seven homers and 12 RBIs in 16 games against his former team this season. Brad Miller also went deep and Ronald Torreyes added a bases-loaded triple for Philadelphia, which improved to 7-1 at Nationals Park this season.
— Jon Lester allowed one hit while pitching into the seventh inning of the Cardinals’ 3-1 win over the Reds. Lester retired 16 consecutive batters after giving up his only hit, Kyle Farmer’s homer leading off the second. Paul Goldschmidt put the Redbirds ahead to stay with a two-run shot in the first inning before the Cards closed within 2 1/2 games of the second NL wild card.
— San Diego is within a half-game of the Reds for the second NL wild card after Fernando Tatis Jr. delivered a homer, double and three RBIs in the Padres’ 7-5 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Paddack gave up one run over 4 2/3 innings in his return from the injured list, his first outing since July 27. D-backs rookie starter Tyler Gilbert was hit hard by the Padres a little more than two weeks after he threw a no-hitter against them.
— Brandon Lowe hit his career-high 31st homer on the first pitch from Boston starter Nick Pivetta, igniting the Rays’ 6-1 win over the Red Sox. Wander Franco extended his on-base streak 30 games with a two-run single. Luis Patiño pitched neatly into the sixth inning, allowing a Bobby Dalbec homer and little else as Tampa Bay earned its eighth consecutive win, putting the Rays 35 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history.
— Tampa Bay’s lead in the AL East is up to seven games following the Yankees’ 8-7 loss to the Angels. Shohei Ohtani banged out his major league-leading 42nd home run and Juan Lagares singled home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning. Lagares also hit an RBI triple and Jack Mayfield launched a grand slam as Los Angeles dealt New York its third straight loss since a 13-game winning streak.
— Houston’s 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners puts the Astros six games ahead of second-place Oakland in the AL West. The Astros trailed 3-2 until Kyle Tucker and Jake Meyers hit RBI singles in the eighth inning. Tucker had two RBIs to help the Astros overcome homers by Jose Marmolejos and Dylan Moore.
— Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in four runs with his 37th and 38th homers to support Robbie Ray as the Blue Jays dumped the Orioles, 7-3. Ray was reached for two runs and just four hits while fanning 10 over seven innings to win for the first time in his last six starts. The Orioles have dropped four straight and 23 of their last 25.
— A.J. Alexy won his major league debut pitching one-hit ball through five shutout innings of the Rangers’ 4-3 victory against the Rockies. Alexy allowed only a second-inning double to C.J. Cron and three walks. DJ Peters, Leody Taveras and Nick Solak homered in consecutive innings for Texas.
— Bailey Ober pitched six solid innings and Josh Donaldson slammed a two-run homer to help the Twins beat the Tigers, 3-2. Ober struck out five while holding the Tigers to two runs on five hits. Losing pitcher Casey Mize gave up three runs on five hits , including Donaldson’s 21st home run of the season.
