Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt hit three doubles and Eric Chavez drove in three runs to give the Diamondbacks a 5-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, taking the final two games of the series after a heavy defeat in the opener.
Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy (2-3) yielded five hits in five innings, striking out seven.
In interleague action, Cleveland hit three homers to beat Philadelphia, San Diego matched their season-high with 17 hits in the victory over Baltimore and Toronto won a fourth straight game with victory over San Francisco.
Elsewhere, Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer to power Texas past Oakland 6-2. Cruz’s three-run shot backed up Texas starter Alexi Ogando (4-2), who did not allow a hit until the sixth inning, as the Rangers moved seven games clear of the A’s atop the American League West division.
Raul Ibanez punished his old team with a grand slam and a two-run homer to send Seattle past the New York Yankees 12-2. Ibanez was on fire in the Mariner’s win over the Yankees, evoking memories of his star turn in last year’s AL championship series when he hit some key homers. His grand slam came during a seven-run first inning as the Mariners chased Phil Hughes (2-3) after he got only two outs.
Trying to preserve his bullpen, Yankees manager Joe Girardi had Brett Marshall throw 108 pitches in his big league debut, then brought in backup shortstop Alberto Gonzalez in the ninth inning in his first professional pitching appearance.
Boston’s Stephen Drew hit his second career grand slam and Jon Lester improved his record to 6-0 as the Red Sox roughed up Tampa Bay ace David Price to win 9-2.
Price (1-4) departed from the marquee pitching matchup against Lester because of left triceps tightness during Boston’s eight-run third inning, which Drew finished with his towering homer.
Lester (6-0), coming off a one-hit, complete game shutout of Toronto, allowed two runs in seven innings to help end the Rays’ six-game winning streak.
Cleveland’s Jason Kipnis hit a three-run homer, while Nick Swisher and Mike Aviles also went deep as the Indians beat Philadelphia 10-4. Cleveland starter Corey Kluber (3-2) gave up six hits in six innings.
San Diego’s Alexi Amarista homered and doubled twice as the Padres beat Baltimore 8-4. Everth Cabrera had four hits and a walk and Jedd Gyorko had three singles for the Padres.
Toronto’s J.P. Arencibia and Adam Lind each hit two-run home runs in the Blue Jays’ 11-3 win over San Francisco. Ramon Ortiz won for the first time since 2011 and the Toronto Blue Jays won their season-high fourth straight game, beating the San Francisco Giants.
Toronto starter Ramon Ortiz (1-1) allowed one run in seven innings for his first win since 2011 and his first win as a starter in six years.
St Louis rookie pitcher Shelby Miller followed up his nearly perfect one-hitter in his previous start with 5-2/3 scoreless innings to steer the Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the New York Mets.
Pittsburgh’s Wandy Rodriguez allowed one run over seven strong innings and Neil Walker hit a two-run single as the Pirates beat Milwaukee 3-1.
Chicago’s Jeff Samardzija hit a two-run home run and pitched eight strong innings as the Cubs beat Colorado 6-3.
Los Angeles’ Zack Greinke pitched 5-1/3 strong innings in his first start for a month as the Dodgers defeated Washington 3-1.
Cincinnati’s Choo Shin-soo hit two homers as the Reds downed Miami 4-0, while Chicago’s Adam Dunn homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs, powering the White Sox past Minnesota 9-4.
Kansas City’s Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run double to help the Royals to a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Houston’s Brandon Barnes caught Miguel Cabrera’s bases-loaded drive against the wall in right-center field for the final out, preserving the Astros’ 7-5 win over Detroit.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
Japanese players are moving to English soccer in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the English Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, the captain of Japan, believes his compatriots are “being held in higher esteem” by English clubs compared with the past. “The staff at Liverpool ask me about lots of Japanese players, not necessarily with a view to a transfer, but just saying this or
Taiwan yesterday survived Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their Davis Cup World Group I tie at the Taipei Tennis Center. The tight series started on Saturday with world No. 123 Jason Tseng losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Mirza Basic in the opening singles matchup. However, teammate Tony Wu kept the tie even, dominating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday, 24-year-old Ray Ho and partner 25-year-old Hsu Yu-hsiou kept up the momentum, making short work of Basic and Nerman Fatic, winning 6-3, 6-4. Tseng then suffered another defeat, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Dzumhur in a brutal match that lasted more than two