Benge and Vientos lead the Mets to a victory over the skidding Rockies
DENVER (AP) — Carson Benge homered leading off the sixth inning for New York’s first hit against Tomoyuki Sugano , and the Mets beat the skidding Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday in a game moved up three hours to avoid potential wet weather.
Mark Vientos added a two-run single for the Mets, who are 3-1 on a nine-game trip after losing 17 of 20 overall. Benge also saved a run with a diving catch in center field.
New York got four hits in a four-run sixth after Sugano (3-2) was untouchable through five innings. He threw just 48 pitches and had faced the minimum entering the sixth before things unraveled for him.
Benge homered to right-center and Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens followed with consecutive doubles to make it 2-0. Sugano walked Juan Soto and was removed following Bo Bichette ’s groundout that put runners on second and third.
Vientos drove in two more with a two-out single off Jaden Hill . Vientos hit a pair of two-run homers Sunday in a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels .
Denver native David Peterson (1-4), the third New York pitcher, went four innings for the win. He gave up two runs and three hits with six strikeouts and no walks.
Craig Kimbrel worked a scoreless eighth and Devin Williams pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
Mickey Moniak had two hits for Colorado to extend his hitting streak to 17 games.
RED SOX 5, TIGERS 4
DETROIT (AP) — Payton Tolle pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Jarren Duran hit a three-run home run and Boston used a five-run seventh inning to beat Detroit.
Tolle (1-1) struck out eight, giving up two runs, one hit and a walk to help the Red Sox take the opener of the series and earn his first win of the season.
Aroldis Chapman pitched a hitless ninth for his seventh save of the season and 373rd of his career.
Duran went 3 for 5 and drove in three runs, and Wilyer Abreu and Marcelo Mayer both finished with RBIs in a 12-hit night for Boston.
Ricky Vanasco (0-1) took the loss after giving up four runs in two-thirds of an inning.
RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Vilade hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Taylor Walls added a two-run single in the sixth and Tampa Bay beat Toronto .
Tampa Bay has won four straight games and 10 of its last 11.
Jonathan Aranda went 3 for 5 with a run scored — a day after delivering a game-ending single in the 10th to cap a 4-for-5 afternoon and complete a three-game sweep of the Giants.
Vilade hit the first pitch he saw 413 feet to give Tampa Bay a 3-0 lead. It was the Rays’ first three-run shot this year and 30th homer overall.
Vilade’s only other major league homer came in 2024 with Detroit.
Walls singled to left field with two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth to make it 5-1.
Nick Martinez (3-1), who entered third in the AL and fifth in the majors with a 1.70 ERA through six starts, struck out four in five innings while allowing just one run. Bryan Baker came on for three pitches in the ninth to get his ninth save.
PHILLIES 1, MARLINS 0
MIAMI (AP) — Bryce Harper had a homer, double and single, Aaron Nola worked six strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Monday night.
Adolis García had two hits for the Phillies, who took three of four games in Miami and improved to 6-1 under interim manager Don Mattingly.
Nola (2-3) bounced back from two consecutive difficult outings, scattering five hits and striking out five. The right-hander gave up 11 runs and 13 hits over a combined nine innings in his last two appearances.
Tanner Banks relieved Nola and got the three outs in the seventh. José Alvarado followed with a perfect eighth. Closer Brad Keller pitched the ninth around two singles and earned his second save.
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge put New York ahead in the first inning with his major league-leading 14th home run as part of a four-RBI night, and the Yankees routed Baltimore for a four-game sweep and their 14th win in 16 games.
Judge drove a hanging, full-count knuckle-curve from Shane Baz (1-3) into the Yankees bullpen in right-center for a 2-0 lead and added a two-run single in a six-run eighth off Lou Trivino , who made his Orioles debut.
Judge leads the majors with six first-inning homers this year and has 91 in his career, trailing only Babe Ruth’s 126 and Mickey Mantle’s 103 among Yankees. The home run was Judge’s 53rd in 124 games against the Orioles.
Cody Bellinger had three RBIs, including a two-run triple off Trivino.
AL-best New York (24-11) moved a season-high 13 games over .500, outscoring the Orioles 39-10 in the series.
ROYALS 6, GUARDIANS 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Wacha needed only 79 pitches to get through seven strong innings and Bobby Witt Jr. homered to spark a four-run fourth as Kansas City beat Cleveland .
Jac Caglianone also went deep for the surging Royals, who have won four in a row and eight of 10. Nick Loftin delivered a two-run single with two outs in the fourth to give Kansas City a 4-2 lead.
Five different Royals had an RBI, including Witt’s fourth homer and Caglianone’s solo shot in the sixth on his bobblehead night.
Wacha (3-2) allowed four hits and two runs while striking out three. He has given up just three runs over 14 innings in two starts against the Guardians this season.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Leahy pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Iván Herrera drove in three runs and St. Louis beat Milwaukee .
Leahy (4-3) struck out five and walked two while giving up six hits. Riley O’Brien recorded the final two outs and earned his 10th save of the season.
JJ Wetherholt went 2 of 4 with two RBIs, and Masyn Winn added an RBI and a run scored.
Wetherholt opened the scoring with a single to center field that scored Winn in the second inning, giving the Cardinals an early lead they never surrendered. Herrera extended the lead to 4-0 with a bases-loaded double in the fourth inning.
The Brewers scored in the top of the sixth when Luis Rengifo drove in Jake Bauers on a single to left field. Brice Turang hit his fifth homer of the season in the ninth to pull Milwaukee within the final margin of 6-3. The Brewers went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
DODGERS 8, ASTROS 3
HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker homered and drove in two runs against his former team to lead Los Angeles to a win over Houston.
Tucker’s home run came in a four-run third inning that broke open a close game, pushing the lead to 7-2. He’s in his first season with the Dodgers after spending last year with the Cubs following seven seasons in Houston.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six strong innings and Alex Freeland homered and tied a career high with three hits to help the Dodgers to their second straight win following a four-game skid. Yamamoto (3-2) allowed five hits and three runs with eight strikeouts for his first win since April 7.
Zach Cole hit a solo home run for the Astros in his season debut after being recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land before the game. Houston played without catcher Yainer Diaz , who was a late scratch because of a left abdominal injury.
CUBS 5, REDS 4
CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto capped a two-run ninth inning with a solo homer, and Chicago rallied to beat Cincinnati for their sixth straight victory.
Seiya Suzuki hit a 455-foot home run for the NL Central leaders, who improved to 23-12 with their 16th win in 19 games. Chicago has won 12 in a row at home, the team’s best streak at Wrigley Field since a 14-game run in 2008.
The Reds took a 4-3 lead in the eighth when Spencer Steer lined an RBI single against Ben Brown , only to drop their fourth straight.
Pete Crow-Armstrong tripled leading off the ninth against Emilio Pagán (2-1) on a ball that popped out of center fielder Dane Myers’ glove as he tried to make a leaping catch against the wall. Crow-Armstrong scored one out later on Nico Hoerner ’s sacrifice fly.
Conforto, batting for Matt Shaw , then drove a 3-2 pitch to center and was mobbed by happy teammates as he crossed home plate.
WHITE SOX 6, ANGELS 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Munetaka Murakami hit his 14th homer and Miguel Vargas also went deep as Chicago beat Los Angeles.
Murakami’s two-run blast in the fourth inning kept the Japanese rookie tied with New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge for the major league lead in home runs. Murakami also hit his first double of the season in the sixth, singled and scored in the eighth, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Davis Martin allowed five hits in seven shutout innings, with 10 strikeouts and no walks. He improved to 5-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.64. The right-hander escaped his only jam in the seventh, getting Josh Lowe to fly to deep center with runners on first and third.
Andrew Benintendi added four hits — all singles — and an RBI for the White Sox, who have won six of their last seven games.
Nolan Schanuel and Travis d’Arnaud had two hits apiece for the Angels, who have lost 13 of 15.
GIANTS 3, PADRES 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trevor McDonald pitched seven crisp innings in his season debut and San Francisco beat San Diego.
Casey Schmitt hit his fifth home run, Luis Arraez had two doubles and scored twice while Rafael Devers drove in two runs to help the Giants to win in their first home game at Oracle Park following an 0-6 road trip.
McDonald (1-0), called up from Triple-A Sacramento earlier in the day, was sharp in his first game of the season. The right-hander matched his career-high of seven innings and allowed one run and two hits with eight strikeouts despite getting hit near his right hip by a 102.9 mph line drive by Miguel Andujar leading off the fifth.
Jackson Merill and Ramon Laureano homered for the Padres.
MARINERS 5, BREWERS 4
SEATTLE (AP) — J.P. Crawford hit a go-ahead two-run homer, Matt Olson reached 300 career homers, and Seattle rallied from four runs down to beat Atlantat.
Josh Naylor had two hits for Seattle and Luke Raley hit his sixth homer of the season as Seattle snapped Atlanta ’s four-game winning streak.
Jose Ferrer pitched the seventh, Eduard Bazardo worked tne eighth, and Andrés Muñoz got the last three outs for his seventh save.
Olson’s 428-foot solo blast to left-center made him the 166th player to reach 300 career homers. The Atlanta native has hit 158 of them with the Braves after spending his first six seasons with the Athletics .
Olson, 32, leads the National League with 12 home runs.
