Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers by picking up a 4-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings as the Diamondbacks won for just the second time in their past six games. The victory came after a one-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of

The Philadelphia Phillies rallied with a pair of ninth-inning homers to beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Tuesday night to even up their three-game series in Anaheim, Calif. Nick Castellanos tied the game 5-5 with one out off Angels closer Carlos Estevez, who was tasked with trying to complete a four-out save, by launching a solo shot to right. After a ground-rule double from Bryson Stott, Johan Rojas took Estevez deep to left for

Jon Gray allowed one run over eight innings to pick up his first win of the season, leading the Texas Rangers to a 7-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas. Josh Smith and Leody Taveras homered for the Rangers, who earned their third win in four games. Gray (1-1) gave up just three singles, only one of which left the infield. He didn’t walk

DJ Stewart hit a tiebreaking three-run homer on Tuesday night for the host New York Mets, who went on to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 in the second game of a four-game series. The Mets won for just the third time in nine games. The Cubs have lost three of their past four. Sean Reid-Foley (1-0), the first of four Mets relievers, threw a scoreless sixth inning in relief of Sean Manaea. The Cubs were

Wenceel Perez hit two homers and drove in three runs to lift the host Detroit Tigers to an 11-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals to split a doubleheader on Tuesday night. Perez, a rookie, had three hits and scored three runs. Riley Greene also supplied three hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs. Mark Canha scored two runs and knocked in another, while Jake Rogers had two RBIs. Alec Burleson homered and

Manny Machado hit a three-run double and Yu Darvish fired five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list as the San Diego Padres snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. Darvish (1-1) allowed three hits and didn’t issue a walk, striking out three in his first outing since April 14. He had been sidelined due to a neck injury. After throwing 50 of

JJ Bleday hit two home runs and the Oakland Athletics ran their winning streak to a season-best-tying three games with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Mitch Spence (3-1) three shutout innings to pick up his third relief win of the year. Lucas Erceg and Mason Miller followed by each striking out the side, with Miller earning his eighth save. Tyler Nevin and Abraham Toro each had two hits and

Pedro Pages’ sacrifice fly capped a two-run ninth-inning rally as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals spoiled former teammate Jack Flaherty’s career-high 14-strikeout performance by defeating the Detroit Tigers 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Cardinals broke through against Shelby Miller (3-3) in the ninth. Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Alec Burleson hit consecutive singles to tie the game with one out. Pages’ sacrifice fly scored Goldschmidt with the go-ahead run.