Pittsburgh
A day after his aggressive slide at home plate that took out Pittsburgh catcher Elias Diaz drew a rebuke from Major League Baseball, Rizzo doubled in the first inning and sent a solo shot off Edgar Santana (2-1) just over the railing of the Clemente Wall in right field to knot the game at 4.
The Cubs then piled on against Pittsburgh’s sagging bullpen to hand the Pirates their ninth loss in 11 games. Chicago scored five times against Pittsburgh relievers, including Ian Happ’s go-ahead double two batters after Rizzo tied it and Kyle Schwarber’s two-run homer off the right-field foul pole in the eighth.
Yankees 6, Astros 5 (10)
New York
The Yankees won despite making five errors — including two by Torres at second base — for the first time since 2014. They also came up with a startling defensive play in the 10th when Aroldis Chapman threw a 100 mph fastball to the backstop that took a fortuitous carom to catcher Gary Sanchez, who threw out Tony Kemp at third base.
Charlie Morton appeared set to win his 11th straight decision and become the American League’s first eight-game winner. Manager A.J. Hinch chose not to use closer Ken Giles for the third straight day and sent Chris Devenski to the mound with a 5-3 lead for the bottom of the ninth.
Indians 7, White Sox 3
Cleveland
Brantley was 3 for 4 and extended his hitting streak to 18 games, the longest active streak in the majors. He homered in the third and had an RBI single in the seventh.
Ramirez hit his team-leading 16th home run in the fifth and drove in a run with a first-inning double.
Nationals 3, Orioles 2
Baltimore
Harper finished with three hits, Reynolds scored twice and 19-year-old rookie Juan Soto had his first three-hit game for Washington.
The Nationals’ nine-game run on the road matches their longest since moving from Montreal before the 2005 season.
Angels 9, Tigers 2
Detroit
Nick Tropeano (3-3) made the most of Los Angeles’ offensive display, allowing two runs and seven hits in 5⅓ innings.
Kinsler connected in the second. Valbuena’s solo homer in the fourth gave the Angels a five-run lead, and his solo shot in the eighth restored their five-run cushion. Martin Maldonado added a two-run drive in the eighth.
Cardinals 6, Brewers 1
Milwaukee
Harrison Bader, Matt Carpenter and Francisco Pena homered to help St. Louis top the NL Central leaders.
Wacha (6-1), who entered the game with a 2.17 ERA in May, allowed just one run.
He walked four and struck out three, and combined with two relievers to limit the Brewers to three hits.
