UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have followed a season-worst, four-game losing streak with five straight wins.
Justin Turner slammed a three-run homer and the Dodgers completed a four-game sweep by rallying past the Diamondbacks, 5-3. Turner’s fourth-inning blast gave Los Angeles a 4-2 lead and made a winner out of Walker Buehler, who allowed two runs over five innings.
David Price worked out of a seventh-inning jam and tossed a perfect eighth to preserve the lead.
Also on major league diamonds:
— The Rockies were in danger of their 13th straight loss to the Giants before C.J. Cron belted a tiebreaking two-run homer in a three-run eighth that gave Colorado a 5-3 victory over San Francisco. Giants pitcher Logan Webb retired 16 straight batters and led 3-2 when pinch-hitter Connor Joe singled leading off the eighth. Charlie Blackmon hit his 37th leadoff home run and Brendan Rodgers added an RBI single in the first for Colorado, which stopped a three-game skid overall.
— Keston Hiura returned to the majors and hit a two-run, winning homer off Jesse Chavez in the 11th inning of the Brewers’ 7-6 comeback win over the Braves. Both teams scored in the 10th and the Braves took a 6-5 lead when Travis d’Arnaud led off the top of the 11th with a single that brought home automatic runner Ozzie Albies. Atlanta had grabbed a 4-0 lead when Austin Riley and Marcell Ozuna hit back-to-back homers off Corbin Burnes with two out in the third.
— The Mets finished their 11-4 rout of the Cardinals without Max Scherzer, who took himself out in the sixth inning because of discomfort in his left side. The Mets are 13-1 following losses this season after Pete Alonso delivered a home run and four RBIs. Mets batters were hit by pitches three times, increasing their major league-leading total to 28. That includes eight by St. Louis pitchers in six games.
— Zack Wheeler combined with two relievers on a four-hitter as the Phillies blanked the Padres, 3-0. Wheeler struck out nine and scattered four hits over seven innings to help Philadelphia ruin Blake Snell’s season debut. Rhys Hoskins homered and J.T. Realmuto snapped his 0-for-13 skid with an RBI single.
— Keibert Ruiz had three hits, including a go-ahead double in the 10th inning to push the Nationals past the Marlins, 5-4. César Hernández tripled and doubled, Maikel Franco singled twice and Juan Soto had three walks for Washington. Miami was seeking its second three-game sweep of the Nats this season.
— Chicagoland native and Pirates rookie Jack Suwinski belted a tiebreaking homer in a 3-2 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Michael Chavis’ single in the third snapped the Pirates’ scoreless streak of 20 innings. Pirates relievers Mitch Keller, Duane Underwood Jr. and David Bednar allowed four hits over the final seven innings.
— Gerrit Cole was sharp in the Yankees’ 21st win in 24 games, allowing two runs and six hits in a 3-2 verdict of the Orioles. Gleyber Torres hit an RBI double and scored in a three-run first inning that propelled the Yankees to their ninth straight series win. New York’s 28-9 start is tied for second-best in the majors since 1948, trailing only the 1984 Detroit Tigers at 32-5.
— The Red Sox took the rubber match of their three-game set with Houston as Nick Pivetta tossed a two-hitter in Boston’s 5-1 victory. Pivetta retired 18 straight after Jose Altuve led off the game with a home run. Xander Bogaerts hit a solo home run and Rafael Devers added an RBI double for the Sox.
— Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run homer on the first pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Rangers a 6-5 win and a three-game sweep of the Angels. Los Angeles had tied it at 4 on Jared Walsh’s second homer of the game, a two-run shot in the ninth inning. Jonah Heim had three hits and drove in two runs against Angels starter Shohei Ohtani.
— Gary Sanchez had three RBIs and the Twins set a season high for runs in a 14-4 rout of the Athletics. Correa was 2-for-4 with a double in his first game since missing 11 straight with a bruised middle finger on his right hand. Luis Arráez, Ryan Jeffers and Gilberto Celestino drove in two runs apiece to help Minnesota win a series in Oakland for the first time in 11 years.
— The Royals earned a 6-2 win over the White Sox as Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez homered and fellow rookie Emmanuel Rivera hit a go-ahead triple. Witt, Melendez and Rivera each had two hits. Lucas Giolito labored early, needing 54 pitches to complete the first two innings of his first outing since coming off the COVID-19 list.
— Isaac Paredes homered twice against his former teammates and the Rays knocked out Eduardo Rodriguez in the first inning of a 6-1 win over the Tigers. Rodriguez was charged with three runs in just 1/3 of an inning, escorted off the mound by the trainer after his fastball averaged 2.4 miles below his season average. Drew Rasmussen allowed four hits and struck out seven in five shutout innings, improving to 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA in his last five starts.
— Marco Gonzales pitched six solid innings to snap a five-start winless streak and lead the Mariners past the Blue Jays, 5-1. Ty France hit a two-run homer for the M’s, who also received solo shots from Cal Raleigh and Abraham Toro, France was 3-for-5 to help Seattle avoid a three-game sweep.
— The Reds and Guardians were rained out in Cleveland. The game will be made up on Thursday, an off-day for both teams.
