DENVER — Max Muncy homered twice, Tyler Glasnow allowed two hits in seven innings and Los Angeles rolled to a win over Colorado in frigid conditions.
The Colorado grounds crew had to clear 3 inches of snow from the Coors Field playing surface before the game, which began with temperatures at 36 degrees Fahrenheit (2 Celsius). But the chilly air didn’t cool down the major league-best Dodgers (15-4), who have won 11 of 14.
Shohei Ohtani went 2 for 5 in his return to the Dodgers’ lineup, extending his career-best on-base streak to 49 games. The two-way superstar pitched but did not bat in Wednesday’s victory over the New York Mets because he was still sore from getting hit by a pitch on Monday.
Muncy leads the Dodgers with six homers. He went 3 for 4 with a double and drove in three runs in his 21st career multi-homer game. The veteran third baseman entered the game in a 1-for-17 slump.
Will Smith had two hits and two RBIs for Los Angeles, which scored at least one run in each of the first five innings.
BRAVES 9, PHILLIES 0
PHILADELPHIA — Austin Riley hit a three-run homer in the second inning and a solo shot in the ninth, Martin Perez pitched six innings and the Atlanta Braves’ routed the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 on Friday night.
Dominic Smith and Michael Harris II also homered to help NL East-leading Atlanta improve to 13-7 with its third straight victory.
Perez (1-1) was designated for assignment Sunday then signed a minor league deal Wednesday. He limited the Phillies to four hits, and José Suarez gave up two hits in the final three innings in picking up his first save.
Phillies starter Taijuan Walker (1-3) allowed seven runs in four innings.
The Braves loaded the bases in the first on leadoff hitter Ronald Acuna Jr.’s walk, Drake Baldwin’s single and Matt Olson’s walk. Ozzie Albies drove in Acuna with a groundout, and Mike Yastrzemski had an infield single off Walker’s leg to make it 2-0.
Olson had an RBI single in the second, and Walker upped it to 6-0 with two outs with his three-run shot to right-centre.
CUBS 12, METS 4
CHICAGO — Moisés Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ homered, and Chicago handed New York its ninth straight loss.
The Mets’ skid is their worst since the 2004 team dropped 11 straight. They’ve been outscored 56-16 during the streak.
Chicago scored in double digits for the third straight game and major league-leading fourth time this season.
Ballesteros made it 4-0 in the first with a three-run homer.
Hoerner had three hits and drove in two runs after setting a career high with five RBIs in Wednesday’s 11-2 win at Philadelphia. His two-run shot in the second against Kodai Senga (0-3) made it 6-3. The two-time Gold Glove second baseman also made a diving stop to rob Bo Bichette of a hit in the fifth.
Happ added a two-run drive in the eighth.
Edward Cabrera (2-0) went six innings, allowing three runs and eight hits, as the Cubs rolled to their third straight win.
Senga got tagged for seven runs in his second straight start.
ORIOLES 6, GUARDIANS 4
CLEVELAND — Jeremiah Jackson’s three-run homer capped Baltimore’s six-run outburst in the eighth inning against Cleveland’s bullpen, sending the Orioles to a win.
The Orioles’ rally came after Daniel Schneemann hit a grand slam to give Cleveland a 4-0 lead in the seventh.
But Guardians’ reliever Scott Armstrong couldn’t get an out, giving up two walks and hitting a batter before being pulled. Johnathan Rodríguez’s sacrifice fly off Erik Sabrowski (0-1) made it 4-1 and pinch hitter Weston Wilson roped a two-run double to get the Orioles within one.
Sabrowski struck out Coby Mayo before giving way for Connor Brogdon to face Jackson, whose fielding error at second helped set up Cleveland’ four-run seventh. Jackson then pulled a 1-0 fastball over the wall in left for his fifth homer.
Rico Garcia (2-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Ryan Helsley worked the ninth for his sixth save.
GIANTS 10, NATIONALS 5
WASHINGTON — Heliot Ramos hit a three-run homer, Logan Webb pitched six solid innings and San Francisco beat Washington.
Drew Gilbert and Casey Schmitt hit solo homers, and Matt Chapman had three hits and drove in three runs for the Giants, who had scored three runs or less in each of their past five games.
Ramos drove in his fourth run with a bases-loaded walk in the ninth.
Every batter in the San Francisco starting lineup had at least one hit and the Giants banged out 15 hits in winning their second straight after a four-game skid.
Webb (2-2) allowed four runs on seven hits. The 29-year-old right-hander struck out six and walked two.
James Wood and Daylen Lile homered, and Jose Tena had three hits for the Nationals in the opener of a seven-game homestand following a 5-2 trip.
Zack Littell (0-2) allowed eight runs on 11 hits in four innings for Washington.
PIRATES 5, RAYS 1
PITTSBURGH — Oneil Cruz hit a two-run home run, Brandon Lowe went 3 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs, and Pittsburgh beat Tampa Bay to snap its six-game win streak.
Bubba Chandler (1-1) allowed a run and three hits over six innings. Mason Montgomery, Gregory Soto and Dennis Santana each pitched an inning of scoreless relief.
Marcell Ozuna and Spencer Horwitz each had three hits.
Ozuna led off the second inning with a single and opened the scoring when Horwitz doubled. Konnor Griffin followed with a single, but left fielder Chandler Simpson’s throw home, though off line, gave catcher Nick Fortes enough time to apply the tag as Horwitz tried to score from second.
The Pirates have outscored their opponents 23-1 in the second inning this season, the best run differential in any inning by an MLB team this season. Pittsburgh’s best run differential during any inning in 2025 was a plus-19 (71-52), also in the second inning.
Rays starter Nick Martinez (0-1), who went winless with a 2.41 ERA in his first four starts this season, gave up two runs in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed eight hits, walked three and had three strikeouts.
YANKEES 4, ROYALS 2
NEW YORK — Ryan McMahon came off the bench and broke out of his season-long slump with a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning as New York beat skidding Kansas City.
Ben Rice also hit a two-run homer and the Yankees got another strong start from Cam Schlittler in winning their ninth consecutive game against Kansas City, including a playoff series two years ago.
New York is 15-3 versus the Royals since the start of 2024.
Vinnie Pasquantino launched a tying homer in the top of the eighth and drove in both runs for the Royals (7-13), who have dropped five straight and eight of 10. The first four losses during their skid were all by one run.
Michael Wacha tossed six solid innings for Kansas City in a matchup between two of baseball’s most dominant pitchers early this year.
RED SOX 1, TIGERS 0, 10 INNINGS
BOSTON — Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida singled over a drawn-in, five-man infield, scoring Jarren Duran from third base with one out in the 10th inning, as Boston beat Detroit, snapping its six-game winning streak.
The game featured scoreless starts by Boston’s Ranger Suarez and Detroit’s Casey Mize and each team with just four hits.
The Red Sox, sporting their “Fenway Greens” uniforms for the first time this season, improved to 7-5 — all walk-off wins — in the green jerseys that debuted in 2025.
Duran, the automatic runner, advanced to third on a wild pitch by Will Vest (1-3) before Yoshida bounced a grounder over first baseman Spencer Torkelson.
Suarez worked eight innings, giving up two singles in the first inning, and had four strikeouts and a walk. Garrett Whitlock (1-1) pitched the 10th for the victory.
Mize struck out seven and allowed three hits and a walk over 6 2/3 innings.
Boston’s Aroldis Chapman struck out Dillon Dingler swinging with a 101.3-mph pitch to end the ninth.
CARDINALS 9, ASTROS 4
HOUSTON — Nolan Gorman hit a three-run home run and Iván Herrera added a two-run shot to lead St. Louis to a victory over Houston.
The Cardinals led by a run with one out in the seventh when Alec Burleson doubled off Bryan Abreu, and Jordan Walker walked. Gorman sent a fastball from Abreu into the seats in right field to make it 7-3.
Herrera, who had three RBIs, connected off J.P. France with two outs in the eighth.
Masyn Winn drove in two runs and Walker extended his hitting streak to 12 games for the Cardinals, who extended their winning streak to three games.
Christian Vázquez, Yordan Alvarez and Jose Altuve all hit solo homers for Houston, but the Astros weren’t able to get much else going offensively as they lost for the 10th time in 12 games.
The home run by Alvarez is his eighth this season, moving him into a tie for most in the majors with Walker and Aaron Judge.
St. Louis starter Kyle Leahy (2-2) yielded five hits and three runs with a season-high six strikeouts in five innings.
Houston’s Peter Lambert (0-1) allowed seven hits and four runs in five innings in his first major league start this season.
REDS 2, TWINS 1
MINNEAPOLIS — Eugenio Suárez hit a two-run double, Brandon Williamson allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings and Cincinnati edged Minnesota.
Williamson (2-1) gave up three hits, struck out two and walked four. Emilio Pagán pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.
Twins starter Joe Ryan (2-2) allowed two runs — one earned — and three hits and had six strikeouts in six innings.
Josh Bell had two of Minnesota’s five hits — all singles. The Twins went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners stranded.
With the game scoreless in the fourth, Elly De La Cruz doubled on a line drive to the warning track and advanced to third when Sal Stewart reached on a throwing error by third baseman Ryan Kreidler. After Stewart stole second, Suárez doubled to center to give Cincinnati a 2-0 lead.
Brooks Lee, Kreidler and Byron Buxton walked to load the bases in the fifth. Lee scored on a sacrifice fly by Austin Martin to make it 2-1, but Williamson got Luke Keaschall to ground into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
BREWERS 7, MARLINS 5, 10 INNINGS
MIAMI — Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and Milwaukee beat Miami.
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
