MILWAUKEE (AP) — Steven Matz pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings and combined with three relievers on a five-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1. Paul DeJong hit a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Corey Dickerson singled home an insurance run with two outs in the eighth. Milwaukee’s Victor Caratini ripped a two-out solo shot to left off Génesis Cabrera that cut the Cardinals’ lead to 2-1. Giovanny Gallegos struck out Andrew McCutchen to end the eighth and worked around Willy Adames’ leadoff single in the ninth to earn his second save in as many opportunities.
Also around the majors:
— The Arizona Diamondbacks were finally able to celebrate a victory at Citi Field. The DBacks had dropped 11 straight in New York since August 2017 before defeating the Mets, 3-2. Sergio Alcantara snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning, Ketel Marte (keh-TEHL’ mahr-TAY’) added an RBI double. Carlos Carrasco gave the 6-3 Mets five shutout innings, leaving the team’s starting rotation with a 1.17 ERA.
— Trea Turner launched a two-run homer and the Dodgers finally caught up to some record-setting heat from Cincinnati rookie Hunter Greene in their fifth straight win, 5-2. Greene threw an astounding 39 pitches 100 mph or faster, the most in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008.
— The Braves came away with a 5-2 win at San Diego behind Ian Anderson, who pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning. Ozzie Albies homered on the game’s second pitch before Matt Olson and Marcell Ozuna (oh-ZOO’-nah) went deep for Atlanta.
— Michael Chavis capped a three-hit night with a lead-off triple in the eighth before scoring an insurance run in the Pirates’ 6-4 downing of the Nationals. Chavis has reached safely in eight of 14 plate appearances this season and has gone 3-for-4 in two of his past three games.
— Bryce Harper doubled in two runs, walked twice, and stole home in the Phillies’ 10-3 pounding of the Marlins. Alec Bohm had two hits and three RBIs, and Nick Castellanos added two singles and an RBI to help Philadelphia snap a four-game losing skid.
— Brandon Belt scored the tiebreaking run and was 2 for 5 with a pair of RBIs in the Giants’ fourth win in a row, 4-2 at Cleveland. Belt came home on Wilmer Flores’ grounder and Austin Slater subsequently scored on a wild pitch.
— C.J. Cron (krohn) homered twice and Antonio Senzatela (sehn-zah-TEH’-lah) pitched five solid innings in his 100th career start for Colorado as the Rockies beat the Cubs, 9-6. Cron hit a two-run shot in a four-run third inning and connected again leading off the seventh.
— José Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) homered for the first time this season and had two RBIs before Liam Hendriks left the bases loaded in the ninth inning of the White Sox’s 3-2 win over the Rays. Michael Kopech (KOHY’-pehk) limited Tampa Bay to an unearned run and one hit over five innings.
— The Astros blanked the Mariners, 4-0 as Justin Verlander pitched three-hit ball over eight innings for his first win since July 2020. Martín Maldonado (mahr-TEEN’ mal-doh-NAH’-doh) provided offense with a two-run homer, his first hit of the season.
— Cristian Pache hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning and Sean Murphy also went deep in the Athletics’ first win in seven games against the Blue Jays, 7-5. Former A’s third baseman Matt Chapman and Zack Collins homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth as the Blue Jays erased a 5-2 deficit.
— The Red Sox beat the Twins, 4-0 as Alex Verdugo (vur-DOO’-goh) and Xander Bogaerts (ZAN’-dur BOH’-gahrts) each hit two-run home runs. Tanner Houck held Minnesota to a pair of hits and three walks while striking out four over five-plus innings.
— Josh Donaldson hit his first home run since joining the Yankees, a tiebreaking two-run shot in a four-run fifth that lifted New York to a 5-2 victory at Baltimore. JP Sears came earned his first career win, working out of a fifth-inning jam by retiring Ramón Urías on a flyout with the bases loaded.
— Hunter Dozier’s tiebreaking, two-run homer carried the Royals past the Tigers, 3-1. Kansas City starter Kris Bubic departed after 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits and five walks.
— Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee) was 2 for 5 with a two-run homer, three RBIs, and three runs scored in the Angels’ 7-2 win at Texas. Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd) is 2-0 since signing with Los Angeles after allowing two runs and five hits over six innings.
