The Phillies’ Nick Castellanos hits a two-run home run for the only runs of Wednesday’s win vs. the Brewers.
Laurence Kesterson | AP photo
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PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola tossed two-hit ball over seven shutout innings and Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer to send the Philadelphia Phillies off to London with the best record in the National League after a 2-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
The Phillies completed the three-game sweep of the NL Central leaders and improved to 44-19 overall as they head overseas for a weekend set against the New York Mets.
Nola (8-2) struck out five, walked none and has almost seemed like a bargain this season for the NL East leaders after signing a $172 million, seven-year contract in the offseason.
Jeff Hoffman tossed a scoreless eighth and José Alvarado worked the ninth for his 11th save.
YANKEES 9, TWINS 5
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge drove in five runs, Carlos Rodón retired his first 16 batters and New York matched its longest winning streak of the season at seven by beating Minnesota.
New York has won 18 of 22 games and is tied with Philadelphia for the best record in the major leagues at 44-19.
Backed by a four-run first inning, Rodón (8-2) won his career-best sixth straight start. He didn’t allow a hit until Carlos Santana drove a fastball into the right-field seats in the sixth.
PIRATES 10, DODGERS 6
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes struck out eight over five innings, Aroldis Chapman threw the fastest pitch in the majors this season and Pittsburgh beat Shohei Ohtani and Los Angeles.
Skenes (3-0) allowed three runs on six hits, including a two-run shot by Ohtani in the third. The 22-year-old rookie also struck out the Los Angeles superstar with a 100 mph fastball in the first inning, one of 28 pitches thrown by Skenes and Chapman that reached triple digits.
Chapman had five pitches of at least 103 mph during the seventh inning, including a 104 mph heater to Teoscar Hernandez that Hernandez managed to foul off.
METS 9, NATIONALS 1
WASHINGTON — Luis Torrens hit two homers in a game for the second time in his career and Francisco Lindor added a solo shot as New York completed a three-game sweep of Washington.
The Mets batted around in the sixth inning, sending 10 men to the plate, scoring six times on seven hits, including two home runs and two doubles. They now head to London after winning five of their last seven.
BLUE JAYS 3, ORIOLES 2
TORONTO — Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and Toronto beat Baltimore.
Justin Turner singled off Craig Kimbrel (0-2) to begin the ninth, his third hit of the game. Cavan Biggio ran for Turner, advanced to second base on Kimbrel’s errant pick-off throw before moving to third on a fly ball and scoring on Kiner-Falefa’s base hit to right field. Kiner-Falefa had two hits and two RBIs.
RAYS 5, MARLINS 3
MIAMI — Isaac Paredes doubled twice and drove in three runs and Tampa Bay beat Miami to sweep their two-game series.
Brandon Lowe had two hits and an RBI for the Rays, who have won 23 of 26 against Miami since the start of 2019.
GIANTS 9, D-BACKS 3
PHOENIX — Wilmer Flores’ grand slam highlighted a six-run outburst in the third inning and San Francisco snapped a six-game losing streak with a win over Arizona.
Heliot Ramos added a two-run homer in the third off Jordan Montgomery (3-4), whose ERA rose to 6.80 in his ninth start since signing with the Diamondbacks late in spring training.
REDS 12, ROCKIES 7
DENVER — Jonathan India hit his fourth career grand slam to cap a two-out, six-run rally in the ninth inning and Cincinnati beat Colorado to sweep the three-game series.
Spencer Steer began the comeback with a two-run homer off Jalen Beeks (2-3), who hit TJ Friedl with a pitch leading off the ninth. After two singles and a walk loaded the bases, India blasted a pitch from Angel Chivilli for his second slam this season.
CARDINALS 4, ASTROS 2
HOUSTON — Nolan Arenado homered, Alec Burleson added an RBI double to back up a solid start by Miles Mikolas and St. Louis beat Houston.
Burleson’s hit made it 3-0 in the fifth inning and Arenado added an insurance run in the sixth after the Astros got within 1 in the bottom of the fifth.
RED SOX 9, BRAVES 0
BOSTON — Nick Pivetta combined with two relievers for a one-hit shutout and Rafael Devers hit two homers and drove in three runs as Boston beat Atlanta.
Pivetta (3-4) worked seven innings and allowed Atlanta’s only hit — a leadoff single by Austin Riley in the fourth inning. The 31-year-old right-hander struck out nine and finished one strikeout shy of his season high.