Drew Smyly took a perfect game into the eighth, allowed one hit and struck out 10 over 7 2/3 innings while Nico Hoerner and Patrick Wisdom clubbed three-run homers during a seven-run fifth as the Chicago Cubs routed the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 on Friday.
Smyly , who also beat the Dodgers on Sunday in Los Angeles, fanned six straight at one point. The only baserunner he allowed in the 24 batters he faced came when David Peralta reached on a broken-bat infield single, which barely made it halfway down the third-base line, to open the eighth. That was the only hit for the Dodgers, who managed three baserunners all day.
The Angels didn't muster much offense against four Kansas City pitchers, totaling six hits. However, one of those hits was a two-run homer by catcher Chad Wallach in the third inning off Royals reliever Ryan Yarbrough .Pete Alonso hit his 10th homer of the season and drove in four runs, Joey Lucchesi threw seven shutout innings in his return to the majors and New York made it seven of eight on its tour of California by blanking host San Francisco.
Yordan Alvarez's two-run home run in the ninth inning completed the comeback for Houston, opening its weekend road series against Atlanta. Brandon Lowe hit a two-run walk-off home run in the ninth inning to lift Tampa Bay to a win against Chicago in the opener of their three-game series in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Cardinals lefty Steven Matz was charged with four runs on four hits in 5 1/ 3 innings, with two walks and seven strikeouts.Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Toronto cruised past host New York. Brewers starter Freddy Peralta allowed four runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out four with two costly walks.Adam Frazier brought home the game-winning run on a ninth-inning fielder's choice as host Baltimore eked out a win over visiting Detroit for its eighth win in its last 10 games.
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