Allan Winans tossed seven shutout innings on Saturday afternoon for the visiting Atlanta Braves, who hit six home runs while cruising to a 21-3 win over the New York Mets in the first game of a day/night doubleheader.
Major league home run leader Matt Olson hit two homers for the Braves, while Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer and finished with six RBIs. Nicky Lopez hit the last of Atlanta's homers and had five RBIs.
Jose Quintana took the loss after allowing one run on four hits over six innings. Brandon Nimmo had two hits for the Mets.Sandy Alcantara struck out a season-high 10 batters to highlight his third complete game of 2023, lifting host Miami over New York. On a night in which Felix Hernandez was inducted into the Mariners' Hall of Fame, right-hander George Kirby pitched nine scoreless innings, allowing just three hits. He didn't walk a batter and struck out seven. Orioles left-hander Cole Irvin, making his first start since July 7 as Baltimore switches to a six-man rotation, stymied Seattle for five innings. He gave up two hits, walked one and struck out six.Tommy Edman homered twice in support of six strong innings from Steven Matz as St.
Padres left-hander Rich Hill gave up three runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings. He is now 1-9 with a 6.27 ERA in 14 career starts against Arizona.Ezequiel Duran had a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single as part of a three-hit night as visiting Texas made it two in a row in manager Bruce Bochy's homecoming against a former team with a victory over San Francisco.
Cleveland held a 5-2 lead in the eighth inning after Kole Calhoun and Cam Gallagher each had RBI singles in the inning. Guardians starter Gavin Williams struck out 10 and allowed one run in five innings.Kyle Tucker homered among his three hits and drove in four runs, while rookie J.P. France continued his string of quality starts with seven strong innings as host Houston walloped Los Angeles.
Mark Canha walked and Andruw Monasterio singled ahead of Taylor's game-tying, two-run double in the seventh. Taylor scored the go-ahead run on William Contreras' single against reliever Bryan Shaw two batters later.
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