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PITTSBURGH -- Bligh Madris hit his first major league home run and fellow rookie Roansy Contreras pitched five solid innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.
Madris connected in the sixth for a solo shot to right-center field off Mark Leiter Jr. to close the scoring. It came a day after Madris had three hits in his big league debut.
"It's been really special," Madris said. "I don't think anyone can imagine exactly what it's going to be like when you come to the big leagues. So, I think it's pretty unexpected to think it's going to be like this. I'm just going out there and trying to help the team win, but it's been a pretty special two days. You really couldn't draw it up like this."
Contreras (2-1) allowed one run and four hits while striking out three and walking two. He had given up four runs in each of his previous two starts.
He got through a 32-pitch first inning without allowing a run.
"For young pitchers, they can let that unravel when they don't have their best stuff, and he still was able to go out and execute pitches, get us through five, was able to spot his fastball," Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said. "For a 22-year-old, it's only going to move upward from there."
Anthony Banda, Chris Stratton and rookie Yerry De Los Santos combined for four scoreless innings of relief.
Michael Perez also homered for the Pirates, and Daniel Vogelbach went 2 for 2 with two walks and two RBIs. Pittsburgh won its third straight game after losing 11 of 12.
"When I feel I'm at my best is when I'm walking and I'm hitting at the same time because I'm a believer that walking is hitting," Vogelbach said. "Sometimes, you can't control whether they throw you strikes. All you can control is when they throw it over the plate, you've got to hit it hard."
Cubs rookie Matt Swarmer (1-3) permitted five runs -- four earned -- and five hits in four innings while losing his third straight start. He had five strikeouts and two walks.
"It looked like they were all over his stuff," Chicago manager David Ross said.
Jason Heyward had two hits for the Cubs, who lost for the 13th time in 15 games. Patrick Wisdom accounted for their lone run with a 461-foot leadoff homer into the bullpens in center field leading off the fourth inning.
Wisdom's drive came after the Pirates scored in each of the first three innings to take a 5-0 lead.
Ke'Bryan Hayes led off the first with a triple and scored on Bryan Reynolds' sacrifice fly. Perez homered in the second, then Vogelbach and Oneil Cruz hit RBI singles in the third. Another run scored in the inning on catcher Willson Contreras' throwing error.
A run-scoring double by Vogelbach in the fifth made it 6-1.
ROSTER MOVES
The Cubs optioned rookie right-hander Caleb Kilian to Triple-A Iowa and recalled Leiter from the same club. Kilian was 0-2 with a 10.32 ERA in his first three career starts.
Left-hander Sean Newcomb was sent outright to Iowa after clearing waivers. He has until Wednesday to accept or decline the assignment.
The Pirates acquired left-handed reliever Eric Stout from the Cubs for cash and assigned him to Triple-A Indianapolis. Pittsburgh opened a spot on the 40-man roster by transferring OF Jake Marisnick from the injured list to the COVID-19 IL.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Marcus Stroman (right shoulder inflammation) threw his first bullpen since going on the injured list June 9.
Pirates: LF Ben Gamel (strained left hamstring) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Indianapolis on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Keegan Thompson (6-2, 3.27 ERA) will start Wednesday night. He pitched six scoreless innings against Atlanta in a no-decision last outing after getting tagged for 12 runs over 3 2/3 innings in his two previous starts combined.
Pirates: RHP Jerad Eickhoff will be called up from Indianapolis, where he is 4-3 with 4.84 ERA in 13 games, including six starts. The 31-year-old has pitched in the major leagues with Texas, Philadelphia and the New York Mets.
Paredes hits 3 homers, Rays hand Yanks 3rd loss in 20 games
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Isaac Paredes homered in his first three at-bats and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 5-4 on Tuesday night, handing New York only its third loss in 20 games.
Paredes, who had four RBIs, combined with Harold Ramirez for back-to-back homers in the first off Nestor Cortes, then put the Rays ahead 3-2 in the third and added a two-run drive in the fifth on the first pitch after Clarke Schmidt relieved.
The Rays led 5-2 before Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth off Colin Poche, who got his fifth save when pinch-hitter Aaron Judge flied out to the left-field warning track.
Shawn Armstrong (1-1), the second of seven Tampa Bay pitchers, got his first win for the Rays despite giving up DJ LeMahieu's tying, two-run single in the second.
Cortes (6-3) allowed four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings, giving up three homers for the first time in his major league career.
GIANTS 12, BRAVES 10
ATLANTA (AP) -- Mike Yastrzemski broke out of a slump with a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning, Joc Pederson and Austin Wynns homered and San Francisco beat Atlanta.
Yastrzemski drove a pitch from Collin McHugh to right that put the Giants up for good at 8-7. San Francisco has won eight of 11 and 14 of 22.
Matt Olson homered twice and Ronald Acuña Jr. and Marcell Ozuna went deep for Atlanta.
Darren O'Day (1-1) took the loss after allowing two hits and two runs and failing to retire any of the three batters he faced in the sixth.
Tyler Rogers (1-3) pitched two innings to earn the win.
DODGERS 8, REDS 2
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Tony Gonsolin became the first pitcher in the majors to win nine games, Freddie Freeman drove in five runs and Los Angeles beat Cincinnati.
Gonsolin (9-0) gave up two runs on solo homers by Jonathan India and Albert Almora Jr. but only allowed one other hit through five innings and 87 pitches. The 28-year-old righty has a 1.58 ERA.
Four Dodgers relievers threw scoreless innings to wrap it up.
Tyler Mahle (2-6) was lucky to give up only four runs through six innings. He allowed 12 hits but manage to strand eight runners.
Freeman had a two-run double and a bases-loaded triple.
RED SOX 5, TIGERS 4
BOSTON (AP) -- Trevor Story hit a three-run homer out of Fenway Park, Christian Vázquez added a solo shot and Boston beat Detroit.
Boston went ahead 4-3 in the fourth when Story put a hanging a slider from rookie Beau Brieske (1-6) on Lansdowne Street for his 11th homer this season.
Vázquez lined Andrew Chafin's first pitch into the Green Monster seats for a 5-3 lead in the seventh.
Rich Hill (3-4) gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings with six strikeouts.
John Schreiber got his second save this season when Miguel Cabrera hit a game-ending groundout with a man on.
MARLINS 9, ROCKIES 8
MIAMI (AP) -- Garrett Cooper lined a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, and Miami overcame a four-run deficit to beat Colorado.
Colorado led 4-0 before Miami scored five times in the fourth and three in the fifth to take an 8-5 lead. The Rockies tied the score 8-8 in the sixth after Cooper allowed Brendan Rodgers' two-out grounder to get by him and into right field for an error that led that led to three unearned runs.
Nick Fortes led off the eighth with a double against Alex Colomé (2-1) and later scored on Cooper's double.
Steven Okert (4-0) pitched a perfect eighth and Tanner Scott worked around a leadoff walk to Randal Grichuk in the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.
NATIONALS 3, ORIOLES 0
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Erick Fedde allowed two hits over six innings, and Washington beat Baltimore for its second straight victory following an eight-game skid.
César Hernández doubled on the game's first pitch from Jordan Lyles (4-6) and scored on a double by Nelson Cruz to put Washington in front. Hernández added an RBI grounder in the second inning.
Fedde (5-5) struck out four, walked one and did not allow a runner past first base.
Kyle Finnegan worked the seventh, Carl Edwards Jr. pitched the eighth and Tanner Rainey completed the four-hitter for his eighth save.