MLB roundup: Braves pound out 19 hits in 13-1 thrashing of Guardians

Dominic Smith homered and Jorge Mateo collected four hits as the Atlanta Braves rolled to a 13-1 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday night.

Atlanta starter Chris Sale (3-1) pitched six solid innings. The left-hander scattered eight hits, gave up one run, walked one and struck out six as the Braves won two of three games from the Guardians. Atlanta is the only team in Major League Baseball that hasn’t lost a series this year.

The Braves pounded out 19 hits as second baseman Ozzie Albies was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Center fielder Mauricio Dubon was 3-or-4 with two runs and two RBIs. Right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr had two hits and an RBI and third baseman Austin Riley also cranked out two hits, with a run and two RBIs. Left-hander Dylan Dodd went three scoreless innings in earning his first save of the season.

Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee (0-2) was saddled with the loss. He lasted 4 2/3 innings and gave up eight runs, 11 hits and one walk while fanning four.

Orioles 6, Giants 2

Baltimore Orioles starter Cade Povich, pitching on his 26th birthday, allowed just five hits and one run while fanning five in his 6 2/3-inning outing.

For Baltimore, Pete Alonso, Leody Taveras, and Taylor Ward had two hits apiece, while Samuel Basallo blasted a two-run homer.

Casey Schmitt hit a home run and two singles for the San Francisco Giants. Starter Adrian Houser (0-2) lasted 4 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 3

Corbin Carroll, James McCann, and rookie Jose Fernandez had two hits apiece for Arizona in a win over host Philadelphia.

Pinch-hitter Adrian Del Castillo singled in the go-ahead run in a two-run eighth inning. Taylor Clarke (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh, and Paul Sewald pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save.

Andrew Painter, the second Phillies pitcher, gave up three hits and one run in five innings. The scheduled starter, Painter did not open because of a migraine headache, the Phillies announced, before entering in the third. Trea Turner had two hits, including his first homer of the season.

Twins 8, Blue Jays 2

Tristan Gray hit a three-run home run and visiting Minnesota defeated Toronto.

Kody Clemens added a solo home run and Taj Bradley (3-0) went five innings to pick the win for the Twins, who have won six of their last seven. Minnesota scored three times in the second inning and added five more in the third.

Daulton Varsho and Ernie Clement each had three hits for the Blue Jays, who finished a 2-4 homestand. The Blue Jays had a 12-8 advantage in hits, but were 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Max Scherzer (1-2) allowed eight runs, five hits and two walks and hit a batter while striking out three in 2 1/3 innings.

Angels 9, Reds 6

Jose Soriano continued his hot start with 10 strikeouts over seven shutout innings and Oswald Peraza homered to lead Los Angeles over host Cincinnati.

Soriano (4-0) allowed two singles and walked three, while lowering his ERA to 0.33, tops in the majors. Mike Trout went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, three runs and an RBI and Nolan Schanuel had two hits, two walks and three RBIs for the Angels. Logan O’Hoppe and Jo Adell each added two hits and an RBI.

Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run homer and had two hits for Cincinnati, which lost for the fourth time in the last five games. Andrew Abbott (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing seven runs on eight hits in three-plus innings.

Marlins 8, Tigers 2

Dillon Dingler hit a three-run home run, Kevin McGonigle blasted his first career homer and host Detroit completed a three-game sweep of Miami.

McGonigle reached base four times, including three hits, and scored two runs while Kerry Carpenter supplied a two-run shot for the Tigers. Tigers ace Tarik Skubal didn’t allow a hit until Austin Slater’s bloop single to center in the sixth. Skubal (2-2) allowed one run and two hits while walking two and striking out seven in 6 2/3 innings.

Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara (2-1) gave up seven runs and 10 hits in six innings. Alcantara had allowed just two earned runs in his first three starts. Otto Lopez had both Miami RBIs with a solo homer and a sacrifice fly.

Rays 5, Yankees 4

Chandler Simpson collected three hits and two runs, and Tampa Bay hung on to beat New York and complete a three-game sweep in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Simpson singled and scored in the first inning, hit an RBI single in the second and tripled in the seventh inning before coming home on a sacrifice fly. Cedric Mullins also tripled and scored for the Rays, while starter Drew Rasmussen (1-0) allowed one hit, struck out seven and walked none in six scoreless innings.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer with nobody out in the ninth inning to cut the deficit to one run before the Rays’ Mason Englert completed his first career save. Yankees starter Cam Schlittler (2-1) allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings, striking out eight.

Athletics 1, Mets 0

Aaron Civale tossed 5 2/3 solid innings and combined with four relievers on a four-hitter for the red-hot Athletics, who completed a three-game sweep of host New York.

Civale (2-0) gave up four hits and walked none while striking out three. Nick Kurtz homered in the third for the Athletics, who won the final five games of a six-game road trip to New York against the Yankees and Mets.

Francisco Lindor recorded a pair of singles for the Mets, who lost the last five games of their six-game homestand. Freddy Peralta (1-1) took the hard-luck loss for the Mets after allowing the one run on four hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings.

White Sox 6, Royals 5

Dustin Harris roped a pinch-hit double and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning, then made a late potential home run-robbing catch, as Chicago edged host Kansas City.

Tanner Murray and Colson Montgomery each hit two-run homers and the White Sox used nine pitchers to win a contest that started after a three-hour rain delay and salvaged their split of this four-game set.

With the score 5-5, the little-used Harris opened the seventh with a double, and eventually scored from third via a wild pitch by John Schreiber (0-2). Then in the eighth, Kansas City’s Michael Massey sent a Lucas Sims pitch deep to right field, but Harris reached up and snagged the ball at the top of the wall.

Nationals 8, Brewers 6

Keibert Ruiz singled in the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning and Washington completed a sweep with victory over host Milwaukee, which has lost five consecutive games.

James Wood hit his fifth home run of the season for the Nationals. PJ Poulin (2-0) got the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. Gus Varland finished with a perfect ninth for his first save.

Gary Sanchez brought the Brewers even at 6-all with a three-run homer in the seventh. Brice Turang homered twice with solo shots in third and fifth innings. Jake Bauers hit his fourth homer. Milwaukee designated hitter Christian Yelich left in the fifth inning with left hamstring tightness, the team announced.

Red Sox 9, Cardinals 3

Willson Contreras had four hits, including a two-run home run, and drove in three runs to lead Boston past host St. Louis.

Jarren Duran also collected three RBIs for the Red Sox, who received four hits and two RBIs from Trevor Story. Brayan Bello (1-1) limited the Cardinals to two runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Jordan Walker and Alec Burleson each hit a solo home run and a single for the Cardinals, who trailed 7-1 after four innings. Walker’s home run was his MLB-leading seventh of the season. He homered six times in 363 at-bats during the 2025 season. St. Louis starter Andre Pallante (1-1) gave up seven runs on 10 hits in five innings and took the loss.

Cubs 7, Pirates 6

Carson Kelly drove in pinch runner Scott Kingery with one out in the ninth inning to give host Chicago a walk-off win over Pittsburgh.

Kelly’s RBI single delivered the Cubs’ first lead of the day as they rallied from deficits of 5-0 and 6-2 to avoid being swept. Cubs closer Daniel Palencia (1-0) tossed a scoreless ninth.

The Pirates wasted two home runs by Brandon Lowe. The second baseman drove in five runs with a grand slam in the second and a solo shot in the fifth. Jose Urquidy (0-1) was responsible for the ninth-inning rally.

Rangers 5, Dodgers 2

Jacob deGrom overcame allowing a leadoff homer to Shohei Ohtani by striking out nine batters, helping Texas defeat host Los Angeles, which lost for just the second time in its last nine games.

Right-hander deGrom (1-0) yielded one run on four hits in six innings. Evan Carter homered to lead off the third and Josh Smith had an RBI single later in the inning for the Rangers, who notched their fourth win in six games. Brandon Nimmo drove in his second run of the day with an RBI single in the eighth and Josh Jung had two hits and reached base four times.

For the second straight day, Ohtani homered to lead off the Dodgers’ half of the first inning. The homer was his fifth of the season. Kyle Tucker had an RBI single in the seventh inning to cut Texas’ lead to 3-2.

Padres 7, Rockies 2

Ty France, Ramon Laureano and Jackson Merrill each homered San Diego finished off a four-game sweep of visiting Colorado in a game where both starting pitchers went down with injuries.

France went 3-for-3, scoring three runs and finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Laureano and Manny Machado drove in two runs apiece, as San Diego extended its winning streak to five games, outscoring the Rockies 28-12 in the series. David Morgan (2-0) was awarded his second win of the series after throwing 1 2/3 hitless innings.

The Padres got some bad news in the fourth inning when Nick Pivetta, who retired the first nine men he faced, exited in the top of the fourth due to right elbow stiffness. Colorado’s scheduled starter, Kyle Freeland, didn’t even make it to the post. He was scratched during warmups with what the Rockies termed left posterior shoulder soreness.

Mariners 6, Astros 1

Logan Gilbert pitched seven strong innings for his first victory of the season as Seattle defeated visiting Houston.

Randy Arozarena and Luke Raley, the Nos. 5-6 batters in Seattle’s lineup, both had three hits. Raley had two doubles and two RBIs. Yainer Diaz hit a solo homer for the Astros’ lone run. The Mariners have won the first three games in the four-game series between the American League West rivals. Gilbert (1-2), the Mariners’ opening day starter, allowed one run on four hits.

With two starters going on the injured list last week and another sent back to Houston for further evaluation, the Astros were forced to go with a bullpen day. Right-hander Cody Bolton (0-1) served as the opener and allowed two runs on one hit in one-plus innings.

–Field Level Media