LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers own a 5 1/2 -game lead in the National League West after scoring four times with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth to beat the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-4. Corey Seager tied the game with a two-run single and Chris Taylor followed with a walk-off single that gave the Dodgers their 23rd win in 27 games. The DBacks wasted a pair of homers by Jake Lamb and a solo shot by Ketel Marte.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have opened a 4 ½-game lead in the NL Central by crushing the second-place Chicago Cubs, 11-2. Ryan Braun slammed a two-run homer to ignite Milwaukee’s seven-run third off Mike Montgomery and the Cubs’ bullpen. Zach Davies picked up his team-high 10th victory by limiting the defending World Series champs to two runs on five hits over six innings.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Foltynewicz (fohl-tih-NAY’-vihch) continued his recent strong pitching by tossing six innings of two-run ball in the Braves’ 5-2 win at Washington. Foltynewicz is 4-0 with a 2.98 ERA with 40 strikeouts over 42 1/3 innings in seven starts since allowing five runs over four innings of a loss at San Francisco. Freddie Freeman moved back to first base and had two hits and two RBIs as Atlanta pulled within 8 ½ games of the NL East-leading Nationals.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay beat Chris Sale and the Red Sox as Wilson Ramos hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs to lead the Rays’ 4-1 victory. Rookie Jake Faria improved to 4-0 with a 2.11 ERA by limiting the AL East leaders to a run and four hits over six innings. Sale had 12 strikeouts but allowed four runs over seven innings as the Bosox’s saw their division lead shrink to 3 ½ games over the Yankees, with the Rays just 4 ½ games back.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jose Ramirez drove in three runs and Cleveland salvaged the finale of its three-game series with San Diego by blasting the Padres, 11-2. Ramirez went 3-for-5 with a two-run blast, and Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN’) hit a solo homer and collected four hits while scoring four times. The outcome gives the Indians a one-game lead over second-place Kansas City in the AL Central, with Minnesota still 1 ½ games back.
