ATLANTA — Chadwick Tromp’s two-out single in the 11th inning drove in Eli White from second base and Atlanta beat Washington for its fourth straight victory.
It was the first career walk-off hit for Tromp, who also had a run-scoring single in the 10th.
Tyler Kinley (4-2) picked up the win with a scoreless 11th inning. He stranded a runner at third by striking out Nasim Nuñez.
The Nationals took a 4-2 lead in the 10th on a two-run triple by CJ Abrams, but the Braves rallied with two of their own on RBIs by Tromp and Mauricio Dubón to force an 11th inning.
Paxton Schultz (0-2) took the loss for the Nationals with the unearned run in the 11th.
Bryce Elder recorded his eighth quality start of the season for the Braves, giving up one run and five hits in six innings. He lowered his ERA to 1.97.
Abrams, an Atlanta native, hit a solo homer 405 feet in the eighth to tie it at 2. Curtis Mead had a solo home run to lead off the sixth for the Nationals.
Washington used reliever Richard Lovelady as an opener and he tossed a scoreless first inning. Miles Mikolas pitched the next five innings, giving up no runs and just three hits with no walks on 66 pitches.
ASTROS 4, CUBS 2
CHICAGO — Christian Vazquez homered, Spencer Arrighetti threw five scoreless innings and Houston topped scuffling Chicago.
Pete-Crow Armstrong hit his sixth home run of the season for the Cubs, who have dropped six straight and 10 of 12. They started this week’s homestand with a 15-game winning streak at Wrigley Field.
Arrighetti (6-1) won his second straight start after allowing two hits and four walks while striking out five. He issued a walk to start the third inning, then hit a pair of batters to load the bases, but worked out of the jam with a strikeout, infield popup and groundout.
Bryan King, the last of four Houston relievers, got the final four outs for his fifth save.
The Cubs also came up empty after loading the bases with two outs in the eighth. Chicago finished with just four hits and went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
Vazquez led off the third with his fourth homer of the season and added an RBI single an inning later to make it 3-0. Zach Cole also drove in a run with a fielder’s choice in the fourth and Brice Matthews added an RBI single in the fifth.
Jameson Taillon (2-4), who allowed his majors-worst 17th home run of the season to Vazquez, allowed all four Houston runs and lost his third straight start. He gave up eight hits and a walk and struck out five in 4 2/3 innings.
YANKEES 4, RAYS 2
NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole pitched six scoreless innings in his return from elbow ligament replacement surgery but shortstop José Caballero’s error led to a four-run eighth inning that boosted the Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 4-2 on Friday night for their 16th win in 19 games.
Austin Wells homered for the first time since April 28, a fifth-inning drive off Nick Martinez, before Tampa Bay rallied to deal the Yankees their third straight loss and 10th in 14 games. The Rays, a big league-best 34-15, are 4-0 against the Yankees and opened a 5 1/2-game AL East lead over New York
Yankees star Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 with a game-ending flyout to the centre-field warning track with a man on and is in 1-for-24 slide that dropped his average to .245. Judge has gone a career-high 11 games without any RBIs.
A 35-year-old right-hander who had surgery in March 2025, Cole allowed two hits and three walks while striking out two. The six-time All-Star and the 2023 AL Cy Young Award averaged 96.1 mph with his four-seam fastball.
Caballero, back at shortstop after missing 10 days with a broken finger, allowed Chandler Simpson’s one-hopper to bounce off his glove leading of the eighth.
Junior Caminero singled off Tim Hill (0-2), Jonathan Aranda followed with an RBI double and Yandy Díaz was intentionally walked. Richie Palacios hit a comebacker that could have been a 1-2-3 double play but the ball bounced off the glove of a leaping Hill, over Caballero and into centre for a two-run single. Ryan Vilade added a sacrifice fly.
Ian Seymour (3-0) allowed Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s RBI triple in the eighth and Bryan Baker got three outs for his 14th save in 17 chances.
MARLINS 2, METS 1
MIAMI — Eury Pérez gave up Juan Soto’s solo homer in the first inning and settled down to pitch solid ball into the seventh, Owen Caissie drove in both of Miami’s runs and the Marlins edged New York.
Pérez (3-6) allowed two hits — both to Soto — and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings for his first win since April 19. The right-hander had a 10.00 ERA in his previous three starts.
Soto’s 449-foot homer in the first landed in the upper-deck seats in right-centre for his 10th homer. But Pérez and three relievers held the Mets off the scoreboard after that.
Pete Fairbanks pitched the ninth for his sixth save. He struck out Nick Morabito and pinch-hitter MJ Melendez before Carson Benge drew a two-out walk. With Soto waiting on deck, Fairbanks retired Bo Bichette on a fly out to centre.
Pérez’s outing ended before Soto’s third at-bat in the seventh. Andrew Nardi relieved Pérez and got Soto on a groundout and struck out Mark Vientos. Nardi then struck out Brett Baty to lead off the eighth before Michael Petersen came in and struck out Marcus Semien.
A.J. Ewing hit a two-out single against Petersen, but was thrown out by Joe Mack attempting to steal second.
Marlins centre fielder Jakob Marsee twice robbed Benge of extra-base hits with leaping catches at the wall in the first and sixth.
GUARDIANS 1, PHILLIES 0
PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Manzardo hit a pinch-hit homer off Philadelphia closer Jhoan Duran in the ninth inning to preserve a terrific outing for starter Gavin Williams and lead Cleveland to a win.
Cade Smith worked a scoreless ninth for his 19th save in a game that needed just 2 hours, 5 minutes.
Cristopher Sánchez and Williams matched up in a classic pitchers’ duel where each tossed eight shutout innings in front of 38,092 fans on a rainy night. They were the first opposing starters to each pitch at least eight scoreless innings since Miami’s Ryan Weathers and Detroit’s Reese Olson on May 14, 2024.
Manzardo made Williams (7-3) a winner when the left-handed hitter launched a homer the opposite way to left off Duran (1-2).
Sánchez tossed four-hit ball over eight innings and struck out six. He threw 96 pitches and lowered his ERA to a staggering 1.62 on the season.
Coming off his first shutout of the season, Sánchez ran his scoreless streak to 37 2/3 innings, which moved him past Cliff Lee (34 innings) into second place and within striking distance of the franchise record for consecutive scoreless innings. Grover Alexander tossed 41 straight innings in one stretch in the 1911 season.
Williams was just as stout. He struck out 11 and walked none.
TWINS 8, RED SOX 6
BOSTON — Byron Buxton and Austin Martin both hit two-run homers off reliever Justin Slaten in the seventh inning to help Minnesota rally from four runs down to beat Boston.
Ryan Kreidler added an RBI double for the Twins. Luke Keaschall and Buxton both had RBI singles.
Travis Adams (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to pick up the win. Anthony Banda got four outs for his first save.
Minnesota’s four-run seventh ended a streak for Slaten (1-1) of 15 consecutive appearances dating to Sept. 16, 2025, without allowing a run. It was the third-longest active streak in the majors.
Wilyer Abreu had an RBI double. Willson Contreras, Andruw Monasterio, Marcelo Mayer and Jarren Duran all added RBIs for the Red Sox.
With Boston trailing 7-6 in the eighth with two outs, Mayer reached on an error by Minnesota second baseman Keaschall. Carlos Narváez followed by drawing a walk off Eric Orze, who was replaced by Banda — who got Mickey Gasper to fly out to end the threat.
Boston took a 4-0 lead in the first, teeing off on Twins starter Connor Prielipp, who was pulled after four innings, allowing six runs and seven hits.
Minnesota’s comeback came after Boston starter Payton Tolle, who went six innings, allowed three runs and four hits while striking out nine.
BLUE JAYS 6, PIRATES 2
TORONTO — Kevin Gausman pitched into the seventh inning, Yohendrick Pinango and George Springer had two-run doubles and Toronto beat Pittsburgh for its third straight victory.
After Springer scored Toronto’s first run in the third inning, Pinango drove in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho in the inning.
Gausman (4-3) settled in after giving up a run in the first inning. The right-hander allowed six hits, one walk and had eight strikeouts.
Pittsburgh starter Bubba Chandler (1-6) allowed three runs — only one earned — in five innings. The Pirates have lost five of seven to fall to 26-25.
Gausman was pulled with two outs in the seventh inning with two runners in scoring position. Reliever Mason Fluharty then needed one pitch to get Oneil Cruz to fly out.
Pittsburgh had two more runners in the eighth before Toronto manager John Schneider called on closer Louis Varland for a rare six-out save. The Pirates scored on a fielder’s choice, but left the potential tying run at third base when Jhostynxon Garcia grounded out. Varland has seven saves.
BREWERS 5, DODGERS 1
MILWAUKEE — William Contreras hit a three-run homer and Logan Henderson combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as Milwaukee defeated Los Angeles.
The game marked the first time the teams faced each other since the Dodgers swept the Brewers in last year’s NL Championship Series.
The Brewers have won their last nine regular-season matchups with the Dodgers. Los Angeles’ last regular-season win against Milwaukee was a 7-2 decision on Aug. 13, 2024.
Milwaukee scored all of its runs in the first two innings off Justin Wrobleski (6-2), who allowed hits to six of the first seven batters he faced.
After Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang hit back-to-back singles, Contreras sent a 410-foot blast over the left-field wall. Wrobleski retired Christian Yelich before Andrew Vaughn, Jake Bauers and Luis Rengifo singled to load the bases.
Vaughn scored Milwaukee’s fourth run of the first inning on Sal Frelick’s sacrifice fly.
Milwaukee extended the lead to 5-0 in the second when Vaughn’s two-out double drove in Contreras.
ORIOLES 7, TIGERS 4
BALTIMORE — Pete Alonso homered and drove in four runs, Jackson Holliday added a go-ahead two-run shot and Baltimore handed Detroit its seventh straight loss with a victory.
Alonso homered for a second straight game, a three-run shot off Jack Flaherty (0-6) in the third to put the Orioles up 3-2. The slugger added a sacrifice fly in the seventh following his 10th home run.
Holliday hit a two-run homer in a three-run fourth that gave Baltimore a 6-4 lead. The second baseman, who was on the injured list for the Orioles’ first 48 games, singled for his first hit before Alonso homered.
Baltimore snapped a three-game losing streak.
Rookie Kevin McGonigle hit his third homer — on opener Keegan Akin’s first pitch — to give Detroit the lead.
Chris Bassitt (4-3) entered in the second and needed seven pitches to retire the side, but Gage Workman and Hao-Yu Lee led off the third with doubles to make it 2-0.
Zach McKinstry’s RBI fielder’s choice and Hao-Yu Lee’s two-out single put the Tigers ahead 4-3 in the fourth.
Leodys Taveras, who doubled in the second, reached on a bunt single to start the bottom of the fourth. Colton Cowser singled to put runners on the corners and Taveras scored on a balk to tie it 4-4.
Flaherty did not have a balk through any of his previous 200 appearances and 1,037 1/3 innings. He allowed six runs — three earned — in 3 1/3 innings, striking out seven.
MARINERS 2, ROYALS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer, Logan Gilbert threw 5 2/3 sharp innings and Seattle beat Kansas City.
Cole Young walked to open the seventh inning before Garver squared up a 1-0 sinker from Nick Mears (2-3) and launched a 406-foot shot to left field.
Gilbert surrendered two hits and struck out six while walking four. Eduard Bazardo (3-2) followed with 1 1/3 hitless innings, Matt Brash worked out of trouble in the eighth and Andrés Muñoz pitched the ninth for his ninth save.
The teams combined for nine hits. Julio Rodríguez doubled and singled for Seattle, and Garver also went 2 for 4.
Kansas City’s Noah Cameron struck out a career-high eight while allowing four hits in six innings, his first scoreless start in nine outings this season.
The Royals have lost five straight at home and have scored nine runs in their last six games.
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