NEW YORK — MJ Melendez hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to give New York a victory over Miami after squandering a four-run lead.
Mark Vientos launched a 445-foot homer for the last-place Mets, who have won two in a row following a five-game slide.
A.J. Ewing and Brett Baty each had a two-run single in the first against unbeaten Max Meyer, who blanked New York on one hit over seven innings last weekend in Miami to help the Marlins earn a three-game sweep.
Melendez came off the bench as a pinch hitter in the seventh and supplied a sacrifice fly that extended New York’s lead to 7-5. Owen Cassie tied it with a two-run homer off Tobias Myers in the eighth.
With one out in the 10th, Melendez fell behind 0-2 in the count before lofting a 98 mph fastball from Pete Fairbanks (2-3) into the second deck in right field just inside the foul pole.
Pinch-runner Vidal Bruján, the automatic runner at second base, scored ahead of a fired-up Melendez, who flipped his bat when the ball stayed fair and gestured excitedly toward the New York dugout on Fireworks Night at Citi Field.
Austin Warren (1-1) worked a perfect inning for the win.
PIRATES 6, TWINS 5
PITTSBURGH — Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning — after Oneil Cruz hit a mammoth shot early — to give Pittsburgh a victory over Minnesota.
Reynolds launched a 422-foot shot to left field off Taylor Rogers (1-2), scoring Tyler Callihan, who replaced Spencer Horwitz after an infield hit to begin the inning.
All the previous scoring came in the first three innings.
Pittsburgh’s Jared Jones struck out Byron Buxton on three straight fastballs that topped 100 mph in his first start in the majors since Sept. 27, 2024.
Kody Clemens hit sixth homer on Jones’ seventh straight pitch above 100 to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. The 24-year-old right-hander missed more than a year after undergoing UCL surgery in 2025. He allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Twins starter Taj Bradley threw eight straight balls to put Brandon Lowe and Reynolds on base with one out in the first. Nick Gonzales reached on an infield single with Lowe scoring on a throwing error by third baseman Brooks Lee.
WHITE SOX 4, TIGERS 3, 10 INNINGS
CHICAGO — Miguel Vargas hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning to give Chicago a victory over Detroit.
The White Sox tied the game in the ninth on Rikuu Nishida’s bunt, and Vargas’ 391-foot winner to left field an inning later scored automatic runner Drew Romo. It was his 13th home run of the year.
Vargas also drove in Chicago’s first run of the game on a double in the third inning.
Down 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Nishida bunted and the Tigers went for the out at first base. Andrew Benintendi then took off from third base and scored on Detroit first baseman Spencer Torkelson’s errant throw home.
Bryan Hudson (3-1) pitched the ninth inning and allowed a run while striking out a batter.
Dillon Dingler had a two-run homer in the top of the third for Detroit, and Zack Short capped the Tigers’ scoring with a sacrifice fly to right field in the 10th that scored Matt Vierling for a 3-2 lead.
Drew Anderson (2-2) blew his second save of the year after allowing the game-ending homer. Troy Melton pitched seven innings in his start for Detroit and allowed one run on six hits.
ROCKIES 8, GIANTS 6
DENVER — Ezequiel Tovar capped a five-run ninth with his second homer of the game, Hunter Goodman had a three-run shot in the inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 8-6 on Friday night.
Tovar had four RBIs to help Colorado end a five-game skid.
With the Rockies down 6-3, Jake McCarthy and Tyler Freeman led off the ninth with singles off Caleb Killian (1-3). One out later, Goodman hit a 2-2 slider just inside the foul pole in left for his 13th homer.
Willi Castro’s two-out single kept the rally going and Tovar lined his fourth homer of the season into the seats in left to end it.
Juan Mejia (1-4) got the win after allowing two runs in the ninth.
Jung Hoo Lee, who had been sidelined with a mid-back strain, was activated from the 10-day IL before the game. He had four hits and two run-saving catches for San Francisco, which also saw the return of pitcher Logan Webb.
Webb, who had been in the IL since May 6 due to right knee bursitis, allowed a run in 4 1/3 innings.
BLUE JAYS 6, ORIOLES 5
BALTIMORE — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to cap a furious Toronto rally, and the Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night.
Toronto trailed 5-0 at the start of the seventh and had managed only two hits before Baltimore’s beleaguered pitching staff — which had been better of late — unraveled. Starter Trevor Rogers didn’t get another out, allowing two-run homers to Kazuma Okamoto and Charles McAdoo. It was the first big league hit for McAdoo, who was making his debut.
Tyler Wells relieved Rogers and got through the rest of the seventh. Then Yannier Cano (1-2) quickly gave up the lead the following inning. George Springer and Ernie Clement hit back-to-back singles, and they both scored on Guerrero’s double.
Jackson Holliday, Pete Alonso and Samuel Basallo homered for the Orioles.
Mason Fluharty (3-0) won in relief. After closer Louis Varland pitched the previous two days, Braydon Fisher worked the ninth for his first career save.
Toronto has won eight of 10.
BRAVES 8, REDS 3
CINCINNATI — Michael Harris II went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and Atlanta beat Cincinnati.
Ronald Acuña Jr., who hit a grand slam in Thursday’s win in Boston for his first home run since April 24, put the Braves ahead on Friday with his 38th career leadoff homer.
Reds right fielder Blake Dunn prevented additional damage in the first inning when he scaled the right-centre field wall to rob Harris of a home run then threw out the next batter, first baseman Matt Olson, trying to stretch a single into a double.
Chris Paddack, who lost to the Braves on April 15 as a member of the Miami Marlins, issued consecutive walks to load the bases in the second. Harris’ RBI single made the score 4-0.
Paddack (0-7) remained winless after allowing four earned runs on seven hits with three walks in five innings.
Solo homers by JJ Bleday and Nathaniel Lowe, both off right-hander Grant Holmes, cut the Reds’ deficit to 4-2 in the fourth.
Holmes allowed three earned runs on seven hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Didier Fuentes (4-0) allowed one hit in 1 1/3 innings to earn the win.
GUARDIANS 4, RED SOX 3
CLEVELAND — Angel Martínez had an RBI single during Cleveland’s four-run first and made a key defensive play in the second inning as the Guardians held on for a victory over Boston.
Cleveland’s Chase DeLauter and Kyle Manzardo broke out of slumps with two hits apiece.
Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the fifth inning for the Red Sox. They have dropped six of seven.
Colin Holderman (3-0), the second of six Guardians’ pitchers, got the win with 1 1/3 innings of hitless ball. Starter Slade Cecconi allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings. Cade Smith picked up his MLB-leading 20th save.
Boston’s Brayan Bello, who came in after opener Tyler Samaniego (0-3) allowed four runs in the first, threw seven scoreless innings and allowed four hits with five strikeouts.
Samaniego allowed six straight singles with one out, including RBI base hits by Rhys Hoskins and Angel Martínez. Hoskins scored after Boston centre fielder Ceddanne Rafaela bobbled Martinez’s line drive while getting it out of his glove for an error. Patrick Bailey extended Cleveland’s lead to 4-0 with a sacrifice fly to bring in Manzardo.
CARDINALS 6, CUBS 5
ST. LOUIS — Nelson Velázquez hit a three-run homer and Iván Herrera and Thomas Saggese added solo shots, powering St. Louis to a win over Chicago in the first meeting of the season between the teams.
Promoted from Triple-A Memphis before the game, Velázquez hit the first pitch he saw over the left field fence to tie the game 3-3. It was his first game in the majors since June 23, 2024, when he played with Kansas City. He was 0-for-6 in 2023 in games against the Cubs, a team he played for in 2022-23.
St. Louis snapped a four-game losing streak. The Cubs entered the game winning their last two after losing their previous 10 games.
Gordon Graceffo (4-1) picked up the win with a spotless inning in relief.
Riley O’Brien, the sixth reliever used, earned his 14th save. He allowed a run when Pete Crow-Armstrong scored on a groundout by Michael Busch.
Shota Imanaga (4-6) worked 5 1/3 inning and allowed five runs and five hits.
José Fermín singled home a run in the eighth with two outs, extending the lead to 6-4.
RAYS 8, ANGELS 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Yandy Díaz hit two home runs, including back-to-back shots with Jonathan Aranda in a seven-run seventh inning, and Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles to end a four-game losing streak.
Bryan Baker walked Mike Trout on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases with two outs in the ninth before retiring Vaughn Grissom on an infield pop-up for his 15th save in 18 opportunities.
Nick Martinez (5-1) allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings to earn the win. The right-hander has allowed two runs or less in all 11 starts this season.
Díaz hit his ninth home run on the second pitch from Walbert Ureña for a 1-0 lead. Díaz gave the Rays a 3-2 lead in the seventh with a two-run shot off Ryan Zeferjahn (2-3) after Cedric Mullins drew a leadoff walk.
PADRES 7, NATIONALS 5
WASHINGTON — Jackson Merrill hit a go-ahead home run an inning after Ty France tied it with a homer, and San Diego outlasted Washington.
France hit a solo shot to centre field in the sixth to tie the game at 5-5 before Merrill’s two-run homer in the seventh sealed the win.
Jeremiah Estrada (2-1) threw 1 1/3 innings, striking out two and giving up a hit. Mason Miller pitched the final 1 1/3 frames without giving up a hit for his 17th save of the season. It was his fourth four-out save of the year.
Xander Bogaerts drove in the Padres’ first run in the first inning with a sacrifice fly, and Manny Machado added two more in the third with a single to right field for a 3-2 lead.
Freddy Fermin had an RBI groundout, and Fernando Tatis Jr. tacked on an RBI single in the fourth to knot the game 4-4. Tatis Jr. finished 3 for 5, and Gavin Sheets went 2 for 3 with a run.
Curtis Mead hit a two-run home run in the first for the Nationals and Keibert Ruiz followed in the second with a homer of his own for a 3-1 lead. Dylan Crews and Jacob Young both had RBI singles to cap Washington’s scoring.
Mitchell Parker (2-2) blew his third save of the season. He allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits while striking out one in two innings.
RANGERS 9, ROYALS 1
ARLINGTON, Texas — MacKenzie Gore continued his home-field mastery this season with 6 1/3 shutout innings, Brandon Nimmo, Nicky Lopez and Joc Pederson homered, and Texas beat Kansas City.
Gore (4-4) allowed four hits and walked one. The left-hander is 3-0 in five starts this year at Globe Life Field with a 2.08 ERA. His 1-4 road record comes with a 5.81 ERA.
The Royals have lost four straight, 14 of their last 17, and fell a season-worst 13 games under .500.
Vinnie Pasqantino ended Kansas City’s string of 23 consecutive scoreless innings with an RBI single in the ninth off Gavin Collyer.
Nimmo hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning off Stephen Kolek (3-1), who came off his second career shutout. Lopez, a former Royal who joined Texas on Tuesday, homered in the sixth off Steven Cruz with one on for his first Rangers hit after going 0 for 8. Pederson pulled a solo shot just inside the right field foul pole in the eighth off Eric Cerantola.
The Rangers struck for four two-out runs in the first inning with the aid of two Royals throwing errors. The inning included a two-run single by Ezequiel Duran, the first of two hits for Texas’ shortstop while Corey Seager is on the injured list.
Kolek, a Houston native who pitched three seasons for Texas A&M, gave up six runs, four earned, in five innings.
DODGERS 4, PHILLIES 2
LOS ANGELES — Justin Wrobleski took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith in a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
Wrobleski (7-2) struck out a career-high nine against no walks in seven innings. The 25-year-old left-hander struck out the side in the first — setting down big boppers Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner and Bryce Harper — and the fifth innings.
In the sixth, Schwarber homered 411 feet to dead-centre with two outs for the first hit and run off of Wrobleski in a rematch of last year's National League Division Series. The Dodgers won 3-1 on the way to their second straight World Series championship.
Tanner Scott retired the side in the ninth for his fifth save.
The NL West-leading Dodgers won their sixth in a row for the first time since reeling off seven straight from April 26-May 3 last year.
YANKEES 8, ATHLETICS 2
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer, Ryan McMahon and Ben Rice also went deep, and the New York Yankees beat the Athletics 8-2 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
Goldschmidt connected in the first inning against Luis Severino (2-6) to stake the Yankees to a 4-0 lead and they rolled from there behind a strong outing from Carlos Rodon (1-2) for the win. Rodon allowed one run and four hits in six innings.
Aaron Judge added two RBIs for New York and Rice moved into a tie with Judge for the team lead with 17 homers on the season.
The Yankees outscored the opposition 36-6 during this current winning streak.
MARINERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 6, 10 INNINGS
SEATTLE — Randy Arozarena hit a walk-off double, J.P. Crawford homered twice — the first multi-home run game of his career —and the Seattle Mariners beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 in 10 innings on Friday night for their fourth straight win.
After Seattle reliever Cooper Criswell (2-1) threw a scoreless 10th inning, Arozarena went to the opposite field on a slider by Diamondbacks righty Juan Morillo with two runners aboard.
The Mariners (29-29) are .500 for the first time since April 29, when they were 16-16 after a 5-3 win against the Minnesota Twins.
Crawford hit 74 home runs in 978 major league appearances prior to Friday, but never twice in one game before depositing a pair of offerings from Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen into the seats at T-Mobile Park.
The veteran shortstop led off the first inning with a solo shot off the Arizona right-hander, then added a two-run homer in the fifth inning for his ninth of the season, the latter of which gave Seattle a 5-1 lead.
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