TORONTO (AP) — Christopher Morel hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Saturday.
Dansby Swanson added a three-run home run as the Cubs won for the 18th time in 24 games.
Chicago’s Cody Bellinger doubled off right-hander Jordan Hicks (1-7) to begin the ninth and came around to score what turned out the be the winning run on Morel’s one-out double to left field.
Former Blue Jays right-hander Julian Merryweather (4-0) worked one inning for the win and righty Adbert Alzolay finished for his 16th save in 17 chances.
After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third, Chicago replied with four runs in the fourth off Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt. Bassitt allowed four runs and four hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out six.
BRAVES 21, METS 3
Ozzie Albies homered and drove in six runs, and Atlanta pounded New York in the opening game of a doubleheader.
Atlanta connected six times in its fourth win in five games, running its major league-leading total to 224 homers. Matt Olson went deep twice in his seventh multihomer game of the season and No. 20 for his career. Sean Murphy, Austin Riley and Nicky Lopez also homered for the NL East leaders.
Lopez, making his first start since he was acquired in a trade with Kansas City on July 30, finished with four hits and five RBIs. He also pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
Allan Winans (1-0), who was drafted by the Mets in 2018 before the Braves selected him in the minor league portion of the 2021 Rule 5 draft, got the win with seven scoreless innings.
New York’s Denyi Reyes (0-2) allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings in the opener.
RAYS 6, GUARDIANS 5
TAMPA BAY (AP) — Randy Arozarena lined an RBI single to right center to complete a three-run ninth inning off Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase as Tampa Bay rallied to beat the Guardians.
Clase (1-7) allowed Yandy Díaz’s one-out double. Díaz advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored to tie it at 5 on Brandon Lowe’s infield single before the All-Star Arozarena won it.
Cleveland wasted an impressive start by rookie Gavin Williams, who struck out 10 over five impressive inning. He allowed one run, five hits and didn’t walk a batter in his 10th career star.
The Guardians were without All-Star third baseman José Ramírez, who had his MLB suspension for fighting with Chicago’s Tim Anderson reduced from three games to two on Saturday. Ramírez also won’t play in Sunday’s series finale.
Kole Calhoun and Cam Gallagher had run-scoring singles during the eighth against Josh Fleming (2-0) before Tampa Bay came back to win.
TIGERS 6, RED SOX 2
BOSTON (AP) — Kerry Carpenter hit two solo homers and Detroit cleared Fenway Park’s Green Monster four times in a win over Boston.
Spencer Torkelson and Eric Haase also homered for the Tigers, who snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Red Sox, one day after losing the series opener. Torkelson finished 4 for 4 and Riley Greene added an RBI single.
Justin Turner hit a solo homer for Boston, which had won four of its last five games and closed the gap in the race for the AL’s third and final wild-card spot.
Matt Manning (4-4) gave up an unearned run and just two hits in 5 1/3 innings. Jason Foley got five outs to earn his fifth save.
Brayan Bello (8-7) gave up four runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings in his 20th start of the season.
MARLINS 3, YANKEES 1
MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara threw a complete-game, five-hitter and Luis Arraez hit his fourth homer of the season in Miami’s win over New York.
Alcantara (5-10) struck out 10 in his major league-leading third complete game and first home win since going the distance against Minnesota on April 4. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner induced 10 groundouts before a season-best crowd of 33,986.
Jake Burger and Jesus Sanchez each had two hits for the Marlins. Arraez finished 1 for 4 and his major league-leading batting average fell a point to .365.
Isaiah Kiner-Falefa knocked in New York’s only run. King (3-5) was lifted after two innings and 41 pitches. The right-hander gave up two runs, four hits and struck out three.
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