TREY Cabbage’s two-run double capped a five-run 11th inning for the visiting Houston Astros, who moved over .500 for the first time this season with a 10-5 win over the New York Mets on Sunday (Monday in Manila) in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Matt Festa (0-1) intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to open the 11th before Yainer Diaz singled. Jake Meyers followed with a go-ahead RBI single before Joey Loperfido laced a two-run single down the third base line. Two outs later, Cabbage doubled to deep right-center field.
Tayler Scott (4-2), the sixth pitcher for the Astros, allowed an unearned run in two innings of relief and came away with the win. Brandon Nimmo finished with three hits, including a two-run, game-tying homer in the seventh, for the Mets.
The Astros went 17-8 in June, the best record in the majors, to improve to 42-41. The Mets, who were 16-8 in June, lost the final two games of the series to fall under .500 (40-41) at the midpoint of their season.
In other games, it was the Giants 10, Dodgers 4; Pirates 4, Braves 2; Yankees 8, Blue Jays 1; Rays 5, Nationals 0; Red Sox 4, Padres 1; Phillies 7, Marlins 6; Rockies 5, White Sox 4 (14 innings); Cardinals 2, Reds 0; Royals 6, Guardians 2; Brewers 7, Cubs 1; Tigers 7, Angels 6; Diamondbacks 5, Athletics 1; and Twins 5, Mariners 3.
Giants 10, Dodgers 4
Matt Chapman homered, Spencer Bivens worked a season-best five innings and San Francisco completed a series win over visiting Los Angeles with a romp.
Making his first major league start, Bivens (2-1) took a shutout into the fifth inning before serving up a solo home run to Chris Taylor with one out. It was Taylor’s second homer of 2024.
Dodgers starter James Paxton (7-2) was pulled after four innings, charged with nine runs on 12 hits. The Giants finished with 11 extra-base hits and 10 doubles, a San Francisco-era franchise record.
Pirates 4, Braves 2
Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez each hit a tape-measure two-run homer in the fifth inning as Pittsburgh defeated host Atlanta to salvage the finale of their three-game series.
Bryan Reynolds went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts for the Pirates to end his 25-game hitting streak, the longest in the majors this season. Pittsburgh starter Bailey Falter (4-6) snapped a personal four-start losing streak with his first victory since May 24, allowing one run on two hits over five innings. He walked four and struck out five.
Sean Murphy doubled and totaled two hits, and Marcell Ozuna doubled, walked and scored a run for the Braves, who finished with just six hits.
