GIANCARLO Stanton hit his 350th career homer and lifted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning as the host New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).
Stanton reached the milestone in his 1,341st career game when he hit a two-run homer off Tyler Wells four batters in. He entered the night with four hits in his previous 31 at-bats and no homers in his prior 14 games.
Stanton joined Alex Rodriguez and Babe Ruth as the third player to get his 350th career homer with the Yankees. He helped the Yankees win their fifth straight and seventh in the last eight games.
Anthony Santander hit a tying two-run homer in the sixth for the Orioles, who dropped their third straight.
In other games, it was the White Sox 7, Royals 3; Cardinals 10, Mets 5; Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 1; Cubs 6, Braves 3 (10 innings); Rays 3, Mariners 2; Brewers 3, Pirates 1; Astros 4, Rangers 3; Angels 9, Guardians 5; Athletics 1, Giants 0; Padres 8, Reds 5; Phillies 7, Rockies 3; Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 1; Twins 5, Tigers 0; and Marlins 2, Nationals 1.
White Sox 7, Royals 3
Andrew Vaughn belted a tiebreaking three-run home run in the seventh inning and Jake Burger added his own homer as Chicago defeated visiting Kansas City to end an eight-game losing streak.
Chicago scored four unanswered runs after the Royals’ Whit Merrifield tied the game 3-3 with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. Vaughn connected on the first pitch he saw from Scott Barlow, who entered after Collin Snider (2-1) allowed consecutive two-out singles.
Bennett Sousa (1-0) notched the win after pitching just two-thirds of an inning, and Kendall Graveman struck out four to notch a two-inning save.
Cardinals 10, Mets 5
Nolan Arenado drove in three runs before getting ejected and St. Louis rallied past visiting New York in a contentious game.
Corey Dickerson and Dylan Carlson drove in two runs each as the Cardinals erased a 4-1, second-inning deficit and snapped their three-game losing streak.
The benches and bullpens emptied in the bottom of the eighth inning after Arenado became enraged by Yoan Lopez’s up-and-in pitch. Things escalated after Arenado shoved Tomas Nido, the Mets’ catcher, to earn an ejection. Cardinals coach Stubby Clapp wrestled Mets slugger Pete Alonso to the ground. Clapp was also ejected. — Field Level Media
