Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryson Stott follows through after hitting a two-run home run against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Graham Ashcraft during the eighth inning Monday.
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Bryson Stott, center, celebrates with Edmundo Sosa after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning Monday against the Cincinnati Reds.
Matt Slocum| AP Photo
PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Jhoan Duran worked a 1-2-3 ninth as the Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
The Phillies (25-23) won for the eighth time in nine games and moved two games over .500 for the first time this season. They are 16-4 under interim manager Don Mattingly, who took over last month after Rob Thomson was fired.
Philadelphia scratched MLB home run leader Kyle Schwarber due to illness, and Stott was moved up to the No. 6 spot in a shuffled lineup and hit his fifth homer of the season.
Spencer Steer’s RBI double with two-out in the eighth off reliever Jose Alvarado had given the Reds a short-lived 4-3 lead.
Orion Kerkering (2-0) finished the eighth for Alvarado and was credited with the win. Reds reliever Graham Ashcraft (1-1) took the loss.
Reds starter Nick Lodolo was in trouble from the outset. Philadelphia leadoff hitter Trea Turner doubled off the wall in left field and Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm walked to load the bases with no outs. Edmundo Sosa and Adolis Garcia knocked in runs with sacrifice fly balls and Lodolo limited the damage to two runs in the inning.
The Reds got those runs back when Phillies starter Andrew Painter began the second by giving up consecutive singles to Sal Stewart, Nathaniel Lowe and Tyler Stephenson. Stewart scored on Stephenson’s hit and TJ Friedl followed with a sacrifice fly, tying the game 2-2.
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 6
NEW YORK — Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two-run homers off Yariel Rodríguez in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees survived another shaky performance by David Bednar to beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs, including a home run on Patrick Corbin’s first pitch of the game, and Bednar allowed a ninth-inning run before stranding a pair of runners by striking out George Springer and retiring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a groundout.
Ernie Clement had four RBIs, including a three-run homer, and Springer hit his first home run since March 30 for the Blue Jays.
Red Sox 3, Royals 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Willson Contreras hit his team-leading 10th homer and Sonny Gray outdueled Seth Lugo as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals.
The first pitch was moved up 30 minutes because heavy thunderstorms were forecast for later Monday.
Gray (5-1) allowed one run on five hits in six-plus innings. He struck out nine and walked one. He has given up two runs over 16 innings (1.13 ERA) since returning from the injured list on May 6. Three relievers followed Gray, with Aroldis Chapman working the ninth for his 11th save in as many opportunities.
Lugo (1-4) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings for Kansas City, which has lost seven of eight.
The Royals had back-to-back hits off Gray in the fifth. Michael Massey lined a double off the glove of left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Kyle Isbel rolled a single into left, but Yoshida threw out Massey at the plate.
Lugo gave up a bloop single to Mickey Gasper leading off the sixth. With one out, Contreras hit a 435-foot shot to left-center for a 2-0 lead.
Marlins 12, Braves 0
MIAMI — Javier Sanoja hit his first career grand slam, Joe Mack drove in four runs and the Miami Marlins shut out the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves.
Max Meyer (4-0) continued his strong start to the season, limiting the Braves to just three hits over six innings while striking out six and lowering his team-leading ERA to 2.85.
John King, Calvin Faucher and Lake Bachar combined for a one-hitter the final three innings as the Marlins (22-26) took the first of four games between NL East rivals. It was the largest home shutout win in Marlins history.
The Braves (32-16) were shut out for only the third time this season. Their 12 runs allowed were a season high, and 11 of those came during a disastrous two-inning stretch.
Sanoja’s 375-foot drive against reliever Aaron Bummer highlighted a six-run fifth. It was his first homer of the season, and he became the first Marlins player since Justin Bour (June 10, 2016, at Arizona) to hit a grand slam batting ninth in the lineup.
Xavier Edwards hit a 397-foot shot in the next at-bat against Bummer, who allowed six runs on three hits and walked five.
Rays 16, Orioles 6
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Yandy Díaz had four hits and four RBIs, Junior Caminero homered and drove in four runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays battered Baltimore Orioles pitching.
Ryan Vilade and Jonny DeLuca each added three RBIs for the Rays, who had 18 hits and scored their most runs since May 31 last year in a 16-3 win at Houston. Tampa Bay is 13-3 this month and owns the best record in the majors at 31-15.
Díaz got the offense started with a leadoff double and then delivered a two-out, two-run single in the second. The first five hitters in Tampa Bay’s lineup combined to go 13 for 24 with 15 RBIs.
Brewers 9, Cubs 3
CHICAGO — Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs in the first meeting this season between the longtime NL Central rivals.
Christian Yelich went deep for the second straight day as Milwaukee used a 13-hit attack to improve to 9-2 in its last 11 games. Andrew Vaughn had two hits and scored twice.
Milwaukee pulled within a half-game of Chicago for the division lead. The Brewers won the Central in 2025 for the third consecutive year and then eliminated the Cubs in a five-game NL Division Series.
Chicago lost for the seventh time in nine games.
Guardians 8, Tigers 2
DETROIT — José Ramírez homered and hit a two-run double on a 3-for-4 night, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the reeling Detroit Tigers.
Slade Cecconi (3-4) held the Tigers to two runs in 7 1/3 innings, his longest outing of the season.
Chase DeLauter and Rhys Hoskins drove in two runs apiece for Cleveland. Angel Martínez extended his hitting streak to seven games with two singles while scoring a run and driving one in. Brayan Rocchio scored three times for the Guardians, who’ve won six of seven.
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