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Rockies fall to Arizona Diamondbacks, Angels Shohei Ohtani hits his longest homer, plus more baseball roundup

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CHICAGO • Shohei Ohtani homered in consecutive innings, including a 459-foot drive that was the longest of his Major League Baseball career, and drove in four runs to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Chicago White Sox 12-5 on Wednesday.

Mike Trout put the Angels ahead 2-0 with a 476-foot home run in the first that was four rows shy of clearing the left field bleachers.

Taylor Ward hit also went deep as the Angels hit four two-run homers plus a solo shot.

Rays 4, Cubs 3

CHICAGO • Brandon Lowe and Jose Siri each hit two-run homers late in the game off Mark Leiter Jr. (1-1), Jalen Beeks got the final two outs after coming in with the bases loaded and Tampa Bay avoided its first sweep of the season.

Seiya Suzuki chased Rays starter Zach Eflin with a leadoff double in the seventh and came around on a line-drive single to deep left by pinch hitter Trey Mancini against Colin Poche (4-1), putting Chicago on top 3-2.

Tigers 3, Rangers 2

DETROIT • Jake Rogers hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and Jake Marisnick followed with a run-scoring single in his Tigers debut, leading Detroit over Texas.

Marcus Semien extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a double in the third.

Guardians 12, Orioles 8

BALTIMORE • Josh Naylor homered, had a career-high four hits and drove in six runs to highlight a rare power display by Cleveland.

Josh Bell and Gabriel Arias also went deep for the Guardians, who had gone 264 consecutive plate appearances without a long ball before Naylor went deep in the fourth inning.

Twins 8, Astros 2

HOUSTON • Rookie Louie Varland threw seven scoreless innings and Donovan Solano drove in a season-high four runs as Minnesota defeated Houston.

It was a career-long outing for the 25-year-old Varland (3-1), who allowed four hits — all singles — and struck out five with a walk. Houston rookie starter Hunter Brown (5-2) yielded six hits and a career-high five runs.

Mariners 1, Yankees 0, 10 innings

SEATTLE • Cal Raleigh’s single leading off the bottom of the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Jose Caballero to help Seattle avoid a three-game sweep and snap New York’s four-game win streak.

Raleigh lined a 2-2 pitch from Ron Marinaccio (2-2) into right field and Caballero scored easily after starting the inning as the runner at second base.

Braves 4, Athletics 2

OAKLAND, CALIF. • Ozzie Albies hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in a threerun fifth inning, and Atlanta denied Oakland’s bid for their first three-game winning streak this season.

Jared Shuster (2-2) allowed two runs, three hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings to win consecutive decisions for the first time this season.

Brewers 4, Blue Jays 2

TORONTO • Abraham Toro hit a tworun home run, Owen Miller had two hits and drove in a pair of runs in Milwaukee’s win over Toronto.

Called up from Triple-A on Tuesday, Toro connected off Toronto’s Alex Manoah in the second for his first hit with the Brewers, who are 24-10 this season when hitting at least one home run.

Reds 5, Red Sox 4

BOSTON • Spencer Steer hit a two-run homer to break a seventh-inning tie and Cincinnati took advantage of Rafael Devers’ throwing error to come from behind and beat Boston.

Kevin Newman, Matt McLain and Nick Senzel had two hits apiece for the Reds, who have won five in a row, taking the first two of their three games in Boston to beat the Red Sox in a series for the first time since the 1975 World Series.

Mets 4, Phillies 1

NEW YORK • Mark Canha homered and drove in four runs to lead Carlos Carrasco and New York past the slumping Philadelphia. Carrasco (2-2) pitched six efficient innings to win his second consecutive start.

Marlins 2, Padres 1

MIAMI • Jean Segura and Nick Fortes singled in runs against Josh Hader in the ninth inning, and Miami overcame Gary Sánchez’s first home run for San Diego.

Hader (0-1) blew a save for the third time in 16 chances, opening the ninth with a five-pitch walk to Yuli Gurriel.

Pirates 9, Giants 4

SAN FRANCISCO • Bryan Reynolds drove in three runs and made a leaping catch against the wall, helping Pittsburgh climb back above .500.

Former Giants Andrew McCutchen and Connor Joe each went 3 for 4 with an RBI as the Pirates (28-27) won consecutive games after dropping below .500 for the first time since they were 1-2.

Nationals 10, Dodgers 6

LOS ANGELES • Luis García hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, Keibert Ruiz added two more of Washington’s five homers, and the Nationals avoided a series sweep.

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