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Turner’s 3-run homer lifts Dodgers over D-backs for sweep

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LOS ANGELES • Justin Turner hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Wednesday to complete a four-game sweep tha extended their winning streak to five.

David Price came off the COVID-19 list to pitch 1 1/3 innings of hitless relief as Los Angeles sent Arizona to its fifth loss in a row.

Turner drove a 3-2 pitch from Zach Davies (2-2) into the lower left-field pavilion in his 1,300th major league game, putting the Dodgers back in front 4-2 in the fourth. Gavin Lux added a twoout RBI single in the fourth that backed Walker Buehler (5-1), who allowed two runs and six hits in five innings.

Mets 11, Cardinals 4

NEW YORK • Max Scherzer pulled himself from a start with discomfort in his left side before New York finished off St. Louis.

Pete Alonso homered and drove in four runs for the Mets (25-14), who improved to 13-1 following a loss. Jeff McNeil had an early two-run single and Alonso snapped a 2-all tie with an RBI single off rookie reliever Jake Walsh (01) in a four-run fifth inning.

Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals. Albert Pujols got two hits to pass Eddie Collins for 10th on the career list with 3,314.

Rangers 6, Angels 5, 10 innings

ARLINGTON, TEXAS • Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run homer on the first pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning and Texas completed a three-game sweep of Los Angeles.

The Angels tied it at 4 on Jared Walsh’s second homer of the game, a two-run shot in the ninth inning.

Jonah Heim had three hits and drove in two runs against against Angels starter Shohei Ohtani, but the Rangers’ switch-hitting catcher struck out with the bases loaded in the ninth against Raisel Iglesias (1-2), who then gave up in the homer to Lowe in the 10th.

Brewers 7, Braves 6

MILWAUKEE • Keston Hiura returned to the majors led off the 11th with a two-run homer off Jesse Chavez (01), capping a comeback from a 4-0, fourth-inning deficit.

Kolten Wong’s two-out RBI triple tied the score in the ninth, the first blown save for Kenley Jansen in 10 chances.

Rays 6, Tigers 1

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. • Isaac Paredes hit a pair of solo homers against his former teammates to double his career big league total.

Eduardo Rodriguez (1-3) lasted just one out and allowed three runs, four hits and two walks. He is likely headed to the injured list after hurting his left side.

Twins 14, Athletics 4

OAKLAND, CALIF. • Carlos Correa went 2 for 4 with an RBI double in his return from a stint on the injured list caused by a bruised middle finger on his right hand, and Minnesota Twins set a season high for runs.

The Twins won their first series in Oakland since 2011, stopping a nine-series losing streak.

Sonny Gray (1-1) became the first Oakland pitcher to lose seven straight starts since Brian Kingman in 1980.

Phillies 3, Padres 0

PHILADELPHIA • Zack Wheeler struck out nine over seven shutout innings, Rhys Hoskins homered and Philadelphia beat San Diego.

Wheeler (2-3) allowed four hits and walked none over 94 pitches. Jose Alvarado worked the eighth and Corey Knebel earned his eighth save.

J.T. Realmuto and Hoskins helped spoil Blake Snell’s first start of the season in his return from a groin injury.

Yankees 3, Orioles 2

BALTIMORE • Gerrit Cole outpitched Jordan Lyles in a duel of veteran righthanders, and New York squeezed past skidding Baltimore to clinch their ninth straight series win.

Gleyber Torres hit an RBI double and scored in a three-run first inning that propelled the Yankees to their 21st win in 24 games.

Red Sox 5, Astros 1

BOSTON • Nick Pivetta pitched a two-hitter, Xander Bogaerts hit a solo home run, Rafael Devers added an RBI double as Boston beat Houston in the rubber match of the three-game series.

It marked the first complete game by a Red Sox pitcher since Chris Sale on June 5, 2019, at Kansas City.

Kiké Hernández and Christian Vázquez added RBI singles for Boston, which took two of three from the team that beat them in the ALCS last season.

Pivetta (2-4) gave up a leadoff home run to Jose Altuve, but retired the next 18 batters. He finished with eight strikeouts and didn’t issue a walk.

Mariners 5, Blue Jays 1

TORONTO • Ty France hit a two-run homer, Marco Gonzales pitched six solid innings to snap a five-start winless streak and Seattle beat Toronto to avoid a three-game sweep.

Gonzales (2-4) allowed one run and five hits, walked three and struck out two to win for the first time since April 15 against Houston.

Nationals 5, Marlins 4, 10 innings

MIAMI • Keibert Ruiz had three hits, including a go-ahead double in the 10th inning, and Washington topped Miami.

César Hernández tripled and doubled, Maikel Franco singled twice, and Juan Soto had three walks for the Nationals, who avoided their second three-game sweep to the Marlins this season.

Pirates 3, Cubs 2

CHICAGO • Rookie Jack Suwinski, who attended high school 20 minutes from Wrigley Field, hit a tiebreaking home run and Pittsburgh ended Chicago’s four-game winning streak.

Suwinski made his major league debut this season and began the day hitting .183 with two homers. With the score 2-all, the 23-year-old outfielder from Taft High School opened the fifth inning with a drive off Drew Smyly (15) that barely cleared the center field wall.

Michael Chavis’ single in the third snapped the Pirates’ scoreless streak of 20 innings.

Pirates relievers Mitch Keller (1-5), Duane Underwood Jr. and David Bednar allowed four hits over the final seven innings.

Royals 6, White Sox 2

KANSAS CITY, MO. • Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez homered and fellow rookie Emmanuel Rivera hit a goahead triple, leading Kansas City over Chicago.

Witt, Melendez and Rivera each had two hits.

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