YU Darvish pitched seven shutout innings, extending his scoreless streak to 25 innings, and earned his 200th professional victory on Sunday as the visiting San Diego Padres hammered the Atlanta Braves 9-1.
Darvish (4-1) allowed only two hits and one walk and struck out a season-high nine. He has not allowed a run since missing 12 games on the injured list with neck tightness. The Padres have won the first two games of the series and handed Atlanta its third consecutive loss.
Atlanta starter Bryce Elder (1-2), pitching on his 25th birthday, was knocked out after facing four batters in the fourth and failing to get an out. In three-plus innings, he allowed seven runs (six earned) on nine hits, three walks and three strikeouts. Elder never recovered from a 41-pitch first inning and wound up throwing 93 pitches.
Yankees 7, White Sox 2
Jon Berti hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fourth inning and Aaron Judge followed with a two-run home run in the fifth as host New York extended its winning streak to a season-high seven games with a victory over Chicago.
The Yankees are on their longest winning streak since also winning seven in a row Sept.
18-25, 2022 and they are 13-2 in their past 15 games. Jose Trevino added a two-run single in the second as the Yankees erased an early two-run deficit. Former Chicago starter Carlos Rodon (5-2) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out six, walked two and won his third straight start.
Chicago starter Chris Flexen (2-4) was tagged for a season-high seven runs on eight hits in four-plus innings. He struck out four and walked one. Corey Julks homered and Zach Remillard hit an RBI triple in the second off Rodon.
Dodgers 3, Reds 2 (10 innings)
Shohei Ohtani delivered a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning and Los Angeles walked away with its third straight victory to conclude the four-game series over visiting Cincinnati.
Andy Pages hit a home run for Los Angeles, which now awaits a visit from the Arizona Diamondbacks, who knocked them out of last season’s playoffs. In his Dodgers debut, Anthony Banda (1-0) held the Reds scoreless in the top of the 10th inning.
Los Angeles opened the bottom of the 10th with Jason Heyward on second base, and Ohtani ripped a one-out hit to right off Cincinnati’s Alexis Diaz (1-3). It was Ohtani’s first walk-off hit as a member of the Dodgers. Los Angeles native Hunter Greene had eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings for the Reds in his homecoming, while giving up two runs on four hits.
