Christian Yelich hit a walk-off double with two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers celebrated a 3-2 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.
The Cubs learned before the game that shortstop Javier Baez has a hairline fracture in his left thumb and could be out for the rest of the season. The star 26-year-old is hitting .281 with 29 homers and 85 RBIs in 133 games.Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer that completely exited Fenway Park in the fourth inning, and J.A. Happ pitched 6 1/3 outstanding innings as New York won in Boston.
Sunday will be the Dodgers’ final home game against the Giants this season. Los Angeles holds a slim 8-7 season-series lead against its rival.Alex Bregman joined elite company in team history, and Kyle Tucker scored the go-ahead run following his leadoff double in the seventh inning as Houston continued its dominance of visiting Seattle.
The victory notwithstanding, Minnesota was dealt a significant blow earlier on Saturday as Major League Baseball handed right-hander Michael Pineda a 60-game suspension without pay for violating the league’s drug policy.Atlanta got home runs from Ozzie Albies and Josh Donaldson for the second straight night and received another strong effort from starting pitcher Julio Teheran to top visiting Washington.
Wainwright allowed one run and six hits, with three strikeouts and one walk. He also doubled, singled and scored a run.Drew Smyly allowed four hits in seven scoreless innings, and two relievers finished Philadelphia’s shutout of host New York. Pinch hitter Ji-Man Choi led off the bottom of the eighth with a walk against Toronto’s fourth pitcher, Jordan Romano , and advanced to third on a double by Kevin Kiermaier. One out later, d’Arnaud brought home pinch runner Mike Brosseau with the go-ahead run on his sacrifice fly, after which Robertson singled home Kiermaier for a 5-3 lead.Chris Bassitt struck out 11 in his return from paternity leave, and Matt Olson had a solo home run among four hits as Oakland thumped visiting Detroit.
Joey Lucchesi and three relievers combined on a three-hit shutout, and Wil Myers and Manny Machado hit opposite-field homers as San Diego topped visiting Colorado.
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