Marlins Rally Past Pirates

MIAMI (AP) -- Jesus Aguilar hit a tying single and scored the winning run on a wild pitch as the Miami Marlins rallied for three runs in the 10th inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Wednesday night.

The loss snapped the Pirates' four-game winning streak. Pittsburgh last won five straight in April 2019.

Jon Berti hit an RBI single that trimmed Miami's deficit to 4-3. Aguilar followed with a one-out RBI single to center field against All-Star closer David Bednar (3-3) that advanced Berti to third.

Bednar intentionally walked pinch-hitter Luke Williams to load the bases. Brian Anderson's grounder forced Berti at home and sent Aguilar to third.

The first pitch from Bednar to Jesus Sanchez got past catcher Jason Delay, scoring Aguilar.

"I heard a couple of voices saying, go, go, so I took off," Aguilar said. "I've done it with a hit but never scoring the game-winning run like this, as a runner. It feels good."

Zach Pop (1-0) allowed Daniel Vogelbach's RBI groundout and Ke'Bryan Hayes' run-scoring single that put the Pirates ahead 4-2 in the top of the 10th.

"At the end of the day, it was a win, which was something we need," said Marlins manager Don Mattingly, whose club avoided a third straight loss to the Pirates in the four-game set. "Let's go get another one (Thursday) and move on."

Pittsburgh tied it 2-all on Michael Chavis' RBI double against reliever Tanner Scott in the ninth. Scott walked Vogelbach and Hayes to start the inning. Chavis hit a drive over left fielder Billy Hamilton that advanced Hayes to third.

Avisail Garcia's two-run single in the eighth put Miami ahead 2-1. Pittsburgh reliever Duane Underwood got the first two outs of the inning before he hit Joey Wendle with a pitch, walked Berti and plunked Aguilar with a pitch. García's line drive to center scored Hamilton and Berti.

"I was looking for a strike. I've been chasing too much this past week," Garcia said. "He threw me one over the middle and thank God I hit the ball."

JT Brubaker limited Miami to three hits in seven scoreless innings, matching the longest outing of his career previously done on June 9. The right-hander walked two and struck out nine.

"We had a chance to win," Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. "We had the lead twice and ended up giving it back. We didn't execute pitches at the end of the game."

Miami starter Pablo Lopez kept Pittsburgh hitless through the first four innings until Ben Gamel's RBI single in the fifth broke a scoreless tie. Oneil Cruz had a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on Gamel's line drive to right.

Lopez was lifted after five innings. He allowed one hit, walked four and struck out three.

"The main thing is that we won," Lopez said. "On a more personal note, I just think it was not a very good performance. Very poor command, poor execution, which led to a lot of things going on."

The Marlins threatened against Brubaker in the fourth when García hit a leadoff double and Anderson walked. But then Sanchez forced Anderson at second and Nick Fortes grounded into a double play.

"Brubaker was really good, really sharp, did a nice job," Shelton said.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Marlins: All-Star DH/1B Garrett Cooper (bruised left knee) continued to experience soreness and did not play. Cooper fouled a pitch off his knee in the sixth inning Tuesday.

UP NEXT

RHP Zach Thompson (3-6, 4.38 ERA) will start the series finale for the Pirates on Thursday against LHP Braxton Garrett (1-3, 4.33).

MARINERS 6, NATIONALS 4, GAME 1

MARINERS 2, NATIONALS 2, GAME 2

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jesse Winker hit his second solo homer of the day and the Seattle Mariners won their 10th straight game, edging the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Wednesday night to sweep a doubleheader.

The Mariners have 10 consecutive wins for the first time since April 8-17, 2002. Their only longer winning streak was a 15-game run from May 23-June 8, 2001 -- the last year they made the playoffs. Seattle is second in the AL West, well behind Houston but squarely in wild-card contention.

The Mariners won the opener 6-4, getting a three-run homer from Eugenio Suarez and six solid innings from Chris Flexen (6-8), who won his fourth straight start.

Winker also homered in the afternoon game, his first after serving a six-game suspension for his role in a brawl with the Los Angeles Angels on June 26.

Tommy Milone (1-1) pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to win the nightcap.

All-Star Juan Soto extended his hitting streak to 15 games when he hit his second ninth-inning homer of the day, a solo blast into the upper deck in right off Paul Sewald, who escaped further trouble for his second save of the day and 12th this year.

The Nationals have lost six straight and 12 of 13 and fell to 30-60, the worst record in the majors.

Washington starter Erick Fedde (5-7) allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings in the nightcap. Josiah Gray (7-6) allowed five runs in five innings in the opener.

TWINS 4, BREWERS 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota's Jose Miranda hit a game-ending, three-run homer against Milwaukee's Josh Hader.

Miranda's third hit of the game traveled to the second deck in left field. The Twins have five walk-off wins this season.

Hader (0-3) walked Jorge Polanco and allowed a single to Max Kepler before Miranda's drive.

Jhoan Duran (1-3) worked the ninth for the first win of his career, allowing one hit and a walk. Milwaukee had runners on first and second against Duran, but Jace Peterson -- who homered earlier -- grounded into a 3-6-3 double play.

BLUE JAYS 8, PHILLIES 2

TORONTO (AP) -- Teoscar Hernandez hit a pair of two-run home runs, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also connected and Toronto won its first game after firing manager Charlie Montoyo.

Toronto swept a two-game series against Philadelphia, taking the finale under the charge of interim manager John Schneider, who will skipper the team the rest of the season.

Ross Stripling (5-3) allowed two runs in seven innings to halt a three-start winless streak as the Blue Jays won back-to-back games for the first time since June 30 and July 1 against Tampa Bay. Toronto went 1-9 in between.

Zack Wheeler (8-5) allowed six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings to lose for the first time since June 22 at Texas.

METS 7, BRAVES 3

ATLANTA (AP) -- Francisco Lindor hit a three-run homer, Chris Bassitt threw six strong innings and New York beat Atlanta.

The NL East-leading Mets won two of three in the series and lead the second-place Braves by 2 1/2 games.

Eduardo Escobar and Mark Canha also homered for the Mets.

Eddie Rosario had three hits, including one of Atlanta's three homers.

Bassitt (7-6) allowed one run on five hits. Atlanta's Charlie Morton (5-4) gave up five runs on six hits, including three homers, and three walks in five-plus innings.

GIANTS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Brandon Crawford hit a game-ending RBI single to complete San Francisco's rally from an early 3-0 deficit.

Wilmer Flores tied the game in the eighth with a pinch-hit homer. Brandon Belt started the rally with a solo homer in the seventh as the Giants took two of three from Arizona and won their first series since June 17-19 at Pittsburgh.

Ketel Marte homered for the Diamondbacks, who have lost 17 of their last 19 games at Oracle Park.

Belt hit a one-out, bases-loaded line drive to right field off D-backs closer Mark Melancon (3-8). Camilo Doval (3-4) struck out two in a scoreless ninth for the Giants.

RAYS 4, RED SOX 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Shane McClanahan earned his 10th win and regained the major league lead in strikeouts during his final outing before the All-Star Game as Tampa Bay beat Boston.

Taylor Walls homered for the Rays, who have won five straight against the rival Red Sox.

McClanahan (10-3) struck out six and allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings of three-hit ball. He increased his season total to 147 strikeouts and lowered his AL-best ERA to 1.71.

Colin Poche worked the ninth for his sixth save.

Boston's Josh Winckowski (3-4) gave up three runs and four hits in six innings.

WHITE SOX 2, GUARDIANS 1

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Lucas Giolito pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning and Chicago beat Cleveland.

Giolito (6-5) yielded an unearned run in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander is 5-1 with a 0.83 ERA in 10 starts against Cleveland since May 17, 2019.

Guardians starter Aaron Civale exited after one inning because of a sore right wrist. Jose Abreu and Andrew Vaughn drove in runs in the sixth inning against Sam Hentges (2-2).

Liam Hendriks pitched the ninth and earned his 18th save in 21 chances.

RANGERS 5, ATHLETICS 2

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Jon Gray allowed only a fourth-inning infield single in seven shutout innings and Texas beat Oakland.

Gray (6-4) struck out nine and walked none, winning for the fifth time in his last six starts.

Leody Taveras and Brad Miller hit two-run singles during a five-run first inning against Paul Blackburn (6-5). Corey Seager also had an RBI single for the Rangers but failed to homer, ending his streak of five consecutive games with a longball.

Skye Bolt and Ramon Laureano homered in the ninth for the Athletics. Garrett Richards was called upon for a one-out save, his first of the season.

ROYALS 5, TIGERS 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Brady Singer won for the first time in over a month as Kansas City completed its first winning homestand in nearly a year.

Singer (3-3) worked six innings, allowing one run on seven hits and five walks.

Scott Barlow worked the ninth for his 15th save.

Detroit's Tarik Skubal (6-7) allowed five runs on eight hits in six innings.